prospects of unity palestinian rival groups fatah and hamas attempt to build bridges bringing hope to families divided by the conflict. as well as supreme court rules it's legal to postpone the dog aeration of president in which august due for health and it fears his absence could destabilize the country. and has island bitten off more than it can true double implants for your words recovery as they use new president while critics say should deal with and still cash flows for.

this is our day coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshua into the program now the long divided palestinian groups fatah hand hamas are seeking ways to overcome their differences and share power their leaders held talks in cairo on wednesday in the latest attempt to bridge the gap between their parties as artie's policy reports it means a lot for palestinian families which have been divided by the political rivalry. you know it's been five long years since this family was together one thousand eight hundred days since i'm in a muslim last saw her son his crime belonging to a group the gaza government was opposed to except this time it wasn't the israelis who forced him into exile but hamas and other brands are i work with family and house in gaza and headed for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations begin that seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two

thousand and seven in a surprise coup that who must took control of gaza from wyvil faction group fatah one hundred sixty one people were killed and more than seven hundred injured when the dust settled the palestinian people were divided a mass was in charge in gaza fatah called the shots in the west bank hundreds fled their homes from both in fear of their lives like other fatah supporters from gaza mohammed took refuge in the west bank waiting for the day we conciliation would come. all denied i prayed to god to protect my son more harm and i prayed for his safety and asked god to bring him back home safe and now for the first time we conservation between the two sides looks promising each feels boosted by recent successes and is more willing to compromise her muscles capitalizing on the recent conflict with israel despite the heavy cost for fatah who's claiming victory after president mahmoud abbas successfully upgrade a palestinian state has at the united nations as hamas and fatah move closer

together the irony is that they getting help from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his right wing policies and rhetoric are winning the palestinian support and sympathy on the international stage it was on that on yahoo's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also on it on yahoo's watch that u.s. is revelations reached their lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity plausible seems. for her it's a long term interest of her for us to think cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that the west bank will be and we're going to be part of the same political structure which de facto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day calls for reconsideration if you left with them you know you think that of course. between hamas and catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't

mean peace etc etc but for this family nothing can detract from the feeling of question cheat and joy of a father and son coming home they tears and smiles it could the hope that a new chapter is also about to open in gaza political life points here r.t. on the israel gaza border. but as well as supreme court has ruled that postponing the inauguration of president of the charges for a new term in office is legal opposition leader and reeking of prelims has accepted the ruling after others call the delay on constitutional lawyer abogado interest says that the matter was open to interpretation by the supreme court but that the president's continued absence could destabilize the government. article two thirty one of the venezuelan constitution does leave open to interpretation the issue of inauguration when the elected president cannot meet the date of january tenth

before the national assembly which is the parliament what the article specifically says in a second clause is that in the case of unforeseen circumstances then the president elect will be sworn in before the supreme court but it doesn't give a date for there is another article in the constitution as well under which president chavez was authorized to leave the country for more than five days back in early december in order to undergo surgery and that article allows him to be absent from the country for it's ninety days which can be renewed for another ninety days the issue is whether or not he's now incurring those first ninety days or is he under just the initial authorization now it's really way is it is going to be determined as well because it's there is no question that the president has now been out of the country for more than a month he's been absent from the spotlight there's not really a crisis at this time the opposition is trying to say there is a crisis and there is no doubt they're calling for national strikes all kinds of

protests around there are already asking for the organization of american states and the united states to intervene that's going to be ongoing and yes the longer that chavez is away the more time that will give them to prepare and to further progress with plans to the stabilize his government and try to create some situation where new elections can be can mean all this is a man to put euro back on track lie with ireland now the government has launched a program for the next six months of its presidency with plans to bring bad growth and create jobs but some alice a double shabad a focus on its own problems. has its own economic problems which are continuing it course has the economic problems which have been happening ever since the euro which created high inflation there and then of course exacerbated the faster they had ready to take on the presidency of the european council is of course a very large piece of work not just for the senior politicians in the government but also for many of the civil servants and they would be better off spending their

time really trying to address arlen's economic difficulties rather than trying to solve the problems within the european union which are very great indeed of course unemployment now in the e.u. is alarmingly high and of course the thing is that arlen what he says are and this is the reason that aren't supposed to boil for austerity means that the obvious people are not protesting and taking their voyage to protest as people in spain and greece have done because we know that austerity at this time point actually work last year in the euro in the single currency it will create more economic problems that's why we see unemployment across the eurozone rising quite alarming lee so he's very happy there are these getting on with the policy of austerity but actually it's actually the vong policy this time as the global financial downturn shows little sign of improvement banking regulators are criticized for trying to make life easier for the leaders for the planners rather instead of the public

basel committee up central bankers has loosened the acid rules while trying to prop landers up against any future crises or to speed all are in our reports it's the way the decisions are made that's raising most questions. have you ever heard the wall about the bank is the billions and bars all chances are you probably haven't but six times a year central bank heads from the u.s. europe asia and everywhere in between representing around three quarters of global economic output gather in the swiss city to talk shop behind closed doors i personally also don't like these secretive meetings because. you never know what in effect. is discussed in these meetings it's something that has a tradition that's put there play i mean bankers have always talked to each other in a more secretive way the whole business of banking is not really built on transparency

but rather on trust and confidentiality the continuing global financial crisis has seen the banking sector firmly in the spotlight with more than a few accusing fingers pointed in the direction of bankers it's the job of the secretive bars all committee to set regulations on banks the chairman of the group says he wants the public to be better informed about the work they do it's not that many years ago since this was basically a group of central banks it's expanded its membership considerably and in the process of that the whole governance arrangements of have changed as well and i think this is an attempt to explain to you in the world in general what those changes amount to and whether critics of the group are scathing in their criticism of what they see as an old boys club looking out for the needs of banking bosses as opposed to keeping the industry in line bezel three has failed to meet any objective any you know faint hope of arraigning in banks this this is what we talk

about today the banks does have to be reined in because the banking system in itself as a general rule has left its you know bottom sense despite mervyn king saying that he wants. people to better understand what the basel committee actually do the very nature of the banking industry and its need for a certain level of secrecy means that the big decisions that will affect people all over the world will continue to be made by a small group of people meeting in that building just behind me peter all of a r.t. basel switzerland. high tech rivalry as drones take center stage an arms race between tokyo and beijing. both sides because they are military spanning struggling for dominance over disputed territory i'll bring you more analysis in just a few minutes stay with us. turning into the fun and

games picturing the downfall of syria's president that allows players to take part in a simulated civil war raises ethical question so more on that after a short break away. live. that's the. oh. oh. oh oh. oh oh oh miss leave oh. oh oh.

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such. the so. it was. thank you. welcome back you're watching r.t. going to live from moscow now where the u.s. considering the possibility of removing all of its troops from afghanistan by the end of two thousand and fourteen president karzai is preparing for crucial talks in washington he's meeting with president obama this friday is set to yard line america's role in afghanistan where the pentagon still malling the number of troops that could remain to contain insurgency in the country but tricia danger now row politics professor from new york university believes the u.s. just can't afford to leave afghanistan. there's a lot of talk about not leaving any troops there at all however i don't think the

u.s. can afford that leader in the region because there are still quite a bit of violence going on there so i think the president will probably leave some troops there for some time but i would assume that president karzai is going to want that out because it gives him more. or it makes him look more powerful on the negotiating table and within the context of his own constituency however he also needs some protection so it will be a little bit of a catch twenty two situation for them i think he probably hopes to achieve a few things a one his continued military support for the afghan troops so they can maintain their own military and army if you will and the second is can continue to. monetary support in some development efforts there. withstand ssion flaring all were disputed islands in the east china sea an arms race between china japan is

escalating while beijing's boosting its drone program tokyo's eyeing the purchase of a cutting edge u.s. model japan based journalist james corbat says with both sides ready to spam war on their military some stand to gain from the deepening crisis. i think they are preparing to to be ready to commit more more resources to the military expenditures and they're getting ready to do that even as we speak and i think we see really the start of a new normal here and in east asia as unfortunately i think tensions military tensions are going to lead to increasing military expenditures on both sides as japan is looking to buy some more global hawk drones and china is launching a new line up to its own fleet of drones and i think that washington is perfectly happy to to encourage japan in this not only because it obviously benefits their armaments industry and the defense contractors who stand to make the billions that japan will be spending on increased expenditures but also because i think when the

further the wedge is driven between japan and china the more it plays into american hands as long as this doesn't actually come to a full scale war i think the more off balance japan is the better it services america as they seek to get a bigger toehold in the region and i think we're going to see more and more of this because now that abi is in power he's known as a hard line nationalist and now that she paying is taking the helm of china for the next ten years i think he's looking to to put his stake down it's as someone who can really be a strong defender of china so i think we're really going to see an entrenched position on both sides and it looks like there is a new normal of wars and increasing expenditures that are likely for the next several years. well it's real see the adventure turns deadly and russia one man dies and the other is seriously injured when a giant inflatable ball they were plunges off them out of all the details of the horrifying incident on our website. also online and new york closes

on or has an answer to the brother of producing a line of garments designed to me where nearly invisible to spy drones all that on r.t. dot com. the union flag has been lowered over about faust city hall flying for the first time since council decided to and the century old tradition of displaying it all year call appears to have returned to northern ireland after a week of street violence more than one hundred people have been arrested and dozens of police officers injured in over a month of sporadic riots in belfast however pro british loyalists have vowed to continue to protest and are preparing to take action in the irish capital dublin on saturday paul and tell deputy leader of the ukraine panel's party can damage the violence and says it's down to politicians to find a solution. i think it is getting all the hand and the reports that there are sort

of quasi fascist groups and far right elements who are now directing this this protest is very worrying indeed i think the decision taken by belfast council to to lower the flag or only allow the flag to fly and said and dave was a wrong decision i hope it is overturned but as i say i condemn the violence it's wrong and this should be done through politics and not through people up the street i'm not sure about the logic of. it is in effect obviously the republic of ireland is a different country to our only our u.k. northern ireland is part of the u.k. i fear that there might be violence i hope there's not but as i say this is a job for the politicians this isn't the job for people out on the streets let's get the politicians around the table and let's hope that the council come to see sense and let's have the union flag flying. this is our new live from moscow so take a look at some of the stories from around the world u.s. has expressed concern over the possibility the u.k. could leave the european union the state department said they have

a growing relationship with the e.u. and would like to see their key ally if you do you have a strong voice within the organization these statements come as u.k. prime minister david cameron prepares to make a speech on the future of european policy later this month he's facing domestic pressure from conservative m.p.'s to commit to a referendum on whether or not the u.k. should remain part of a blog. some websites of america's top banks have been hit by a new wave of denial of service attacks it's not clear who is behind the cyber assault but some idea experts in the u.s. are pointed the finger at iran because of the apparent scale of the operation the disrupting attacks began in september and now are viewed by u.s. officials as likely retaliate for economic sanctions placed on iran iran of the united states have long traded accusations of hacker attacks with some saying barack obama ordered to speed up assaults on tehran from very first months in

office. at least eighty five people have been injured with one person in critical condition one of manhattan commuter ferry hit a dog near wall street passengers were preparing to disembark when manny were thrown to the dad due to the force of the collision safety officials are set to investigate the accident on thursday the same vessel has been involved in two crashes since two thousand and nine. serious conflict has now and jurd the realm of internet gaming was one application simulating the nation's civil war the players of and and game syria get the chance to fire on the rebel side only with a peaceful solution not among the recommended tactical options are going off looked at the game and shared his impressions with my colleague kevin owen. well i wouldn't miss this game for the world it's breathtaking action three d. graphics not really it's more about an online card game you can see it there

basically has two sides to obviously the regime on one side and the computer plays for that and the rebels which the gamer plays for their side basically you choose what sort of interior or other methods you want to use against the regime and put it up against its weapons then you've got chopper the infantry some more choppers a lot of the weapons and here and so on and then the game basically calculates your chances for success it's pretty much how it works what's being said about the appropriateness of this game as i mentioned thousands and thousands of lives have been lost over the last two years there's a huge diplomatic standoff appropriate is this how. well it's unethical at least because the really tens of thousands of people have been killed throughout this conflict has been causing huge diplomatic problems not only with syria but between other world players this game did try to reflect so you could you could see it

there the political fees the developers have been saying that the game was beast on real media reports from the real situation in the in in syria. of all here there's the perfect example china which is automatically given by the game it's here represented as a country which supports the regime although we haven't heard any open statements from the chinese government russia is put in the same line with iran. has also actually has more hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has the russian fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it's not taking any side of the conflict but there's only one outcome apparently to this game no the only outcome well it does. actually there we go it offers a peace offer but the game itself recommends the user not to choose that since it

says that you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending of this game particularly is the fall of the regime while the man on trial for allegedly releasing thousands of secret files to wiki leaks is found guilty to have his sentence reduced to jonjo made the ruling because private bradley manning suffered harsh treatment in detention more as davis a former chief prosecutor at guantanamo prison believes that for the u.s. the case is a huge embarrassment and i think the government here is overplayed their hand if you recall when the wiki leaks documents were going to come out it reminded me of the y2k scare everybody kind of braced in expecting the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think the government really overplayed i'm not aware of there being any thing more than embarrassment that has been caused by the wiki leaks documents there been any operations that have been compromised or any individuals harmed i'm not aware of it but it certainly seems at this point this is

more of a case of embarrassment than actual harm it seems to be that there are good leaks and there badly that you know when it helps make the administration look good in a leak is ok when it's an embarrassment like it is with bradley manning you know it's a capital offense well our calls in the u.k. for more to be done to protect the public from dangerous dogs but political inaction is having a riff the consequences are the sarah first met one family struggling to come to terms with the cost of letting vicious dogs roam the streets. it was a nightmarish attack that lasted just a few minutes but one which these parents wake up every day early in this year and me in state t.v. year old son kieran with recently set upon by a neighbor's dog distraught. so does the minister it's been six months now and still is on going surgery. it's not going on with

staying at his grandad house when he managed to slip. what happened next very nearly cost the child's life we were looking grim. so then we ran round the corner. chewing into pieces. of chicken a dog. released. when the dog started it all to seconds earlier happened to seconds later they say it was a pair but it's not the grotto. kiran's family maintains the attack happened in the alleyway next to their house and not on their neighbor's property the law in the case only covers attacks on public land they say take place on private property are often impossible to prosecute even

though that's when. the number of dog attacks in the u.k. is increasing more than six thousand people were mitta to hospital in two thousand and eleven now we hear a loss about how dogs can but the truth is that rules in this country were also hurting them every year countless innocent dogs are put down simply because of the way last year we had to put to sleep just hundreds of dogs and people right here on site it's just under two thousand dogs charities and politicians agree it's time control changed there appears little consensus on just how it should be done. a dog's still a big issue with irresponsible. and meanwhile all the abandoned washing up in places like part of the dog's home and it's a tragedy for the government agency whose remit this falls under ses is

a situation they're trying to rectify in a statement it said compulsory might could tipping of pets and legal changes were under discussion and it will make an announcement. but that's little comfort the kiran family. situation. and is. changing the rules it's too late. and while the lazy drag on the how person handles its dogs another tragedy is simply waiting. so. long. well shortly we're bringing you the story of the occupy movement from its inception made us.

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