please. please. please please. please please please . prospects of unity palestinian rival groups fatah have hamas attempt to build bridges bringing hope to families divided by the conflict. as way with supreme court rules it's legal to postpone the inauguration of president zuma child is due to poor health and it fears his absence could destabilize the country. and has island bitten off more than a can true double implants for europe's recovery as his new president while critics say it should deal with its own past woes first.

the long divided palestinian groups fatah and hamas are seeking ways to overcome their differences and share power their leaders held talks in cairo wednesday and the latest attempt to bridge the gap between their parties and artie's policy reports it means a lot for palestinian families which have been divided by the political rivalry but it's been five long years since this family was together one thousand eight hundred days since i'm in a muslim last saw his 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. i left my family and house in gaza and headed for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations began that seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two thousand and seven in

a surprise that hamas took control of gaza from weigel 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 among us was in charge in gaza fatah called the shots in the way spent. hundreds fled their homes from both in fear of their lives like other fatah supporters from gaza mohammad took refuge in the west bank waiting for the day we conciliation would come. all day and night i prayed to god to protect my son mohamad i prayed for his safety and asked god to bring him back home safe and now for the first time we conciliation between the two sides looks promising each feels boosted by recent successes and is more willing to compromise hamas is 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 his right wing policies and rhetoric are winning the palestinian support and sympathy on the international stage it was on that one young who's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also an attorney whose watch that u.s. is revelations reached their lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity seems plausible for her it's a long term interest of a friend starting to cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that gaza in the west bank will be and probably part of the same political structure which defacto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day calls for reconciliation if you work with them you know we think that of course. between hamas and the catastrophe it's proof 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. on the israel gaza border but as was supreme court has ruled out postponing the inauguration of president charges for a new term in office is legal opposition leader. has accepted the ruling after others called the delay unconstitutional or ag on your 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 or under which president chavez was authorized to leave the country for more than five days back in early december in order to undergo the surgery and that article allows him to be absent from the country for it 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's going to be determined sooner as well because it's there's 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 prior progress with plans to the stabilize his government and try to create some situation where new elections can be convened this is a man to put you are 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 back growth and create jobs but some alice a double and should better focus on its own problems. arland 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 when he says all of these there is a reason that on and supposed to boil for austerity it means that the irish people are not protesting and taking up their why the protests 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 that arlen is 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 lander's instead of the public the basel committee of central bankers has loosened the rules while trying to prop landers up against any future

crises are all over the reports it's the way the decisions are made it's raising most questions. have you ever heard the wall about the bank is the billions and bars all the 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 in the you know faint hope of reining 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 we think in that building just behind me peter all of a r.t. switzerland high tech rivalry as drones take center stage and an arms race between tokyo and beijing both sides are military spanning struggling for dominance over disputed territory we'll bring you more analysis a little later in the program and turning it into a fun game depicting the downfall of syria's president that allows players to take part in a simulated civil war raises questions for him to after

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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 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 or army if you will and the second is can only continued. monetary support and some development efforts there with tension flaring over

disputed islands in the east china sea an arms race between china japan is escalating while beijing's boosting its drone program tokyo was eyeing the purchase of a cutting edge u.s. model japan based journalist james corbat says with both sides ready to spend 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 tension 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 some 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 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. i thrill seeking advantage or turns and dadley in russia the situation is underway there are giant inflatable ball known as a sword plunges off

a mountain killing one man and seriously injuring another all the details of the accident on our website. also online and you are close desirable as an answer to big brother producing a lot of garments designed to make the wear in the early invisible to spy drones all that and more is an art. news today violence flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up for a shelter all day. early .

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else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't. like it was a big issue. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow now the union flag has been lowered over about city hall flying for the first time since council decided to and the century old tradition of displaying it all here but calm appears to have returned to northern ireland after a week of street violence more than a hundred people have been arrested and dozens of police officers injured and over a month of sporadic riots in belfast however pro-grade a loyalist have vowed to continue to protest and are preparing to take action in the irish capital dublin on saturday paul and paul deputy leader of the u.k.

new panels party can damns the violence and says it's down to politicians to find a solution. i think it is getting old ones and the reports that there are sort of quasi fascist groups and far right elements who are directing this this protest is very worrying indeed i think the decision taken by belfast council to lower the flag or only allow the flag to fly in certain days 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 out in the streets i'm not sure about the logical approach as. it is in effect obviously the republic of ireland is a different country only 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 now is take a look at some other stories from around the world. the us expressed concern over the possibility of a 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 continue having a strong voice within the organization these statements covers u.k. prime minister david cameron prepares to make a speech on the future of european policy later this month it'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 bloc. at least five people have been killed and several others injured in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan the attack targeted a suspected militant hideout in the country's north waziristan region where the identities of the victims not yet known the same area along the afghanistan border was hit on tuesday killing three people a total of forty two alleged insurgents have been killed in six such attacks this

year. some web sites of america stop 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 experts in the west have pointed the finger at iran because of the apparent scale of the operation to disrupt the attacks began in september and now are viewed by u.s. officials as likely your tail for economic sanctions placed on to iran iran and the united states have long traded accusations of hacker attacks with some say barack obama order to speed up assaults on tehran from his very first months in office. at least eighty five people have been injured with one person in critical condition one of them having commuter ferry hit a dock near wall street passengers were preparing to disembark when matty were thrown to the dam 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. now the man on trial for allegedly releasing thousands of secret files to wiki leaks is if found guilty to have his sentence reduced the judge made the ruling because private bradley manning suffered harsh treatment in detention morris davis a former chief prosecutor at guantanamo prison believes that for the u.s. the case is a huge embarrassment. 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 and expected the worst and then when it came out not much happened and i think the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment right that it's 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 they're good leaks and they're badly that you know when it helps make the administration look good then the leak is ok when it's an embarrassment like it is with bradley manning then you know it's a capital offense serious because light has now entered the realm of internet gaming with one application simulating the nation's civil war the players of and game syria got the chance to fire on the rebel side only with a peaceful solution not among the recommended tactical options largely the group is going to have looked at the game and shared his impressions with my colleague kevin allen. 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 right there basically it has two sides were 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 inventory 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 along on the weapons and here and so on and then the game basically calculates your chances for success is 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 it will be viewed well it's an ethical at least 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. 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 and with there has also actually has been there 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 is 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 were those offers of peace offer but the game itself recommends the user not choose that since then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending of this game particularly is the fall of the regime well after the break abby martin

looks at the misuse of new york stop and frisk policy of by the city's police department. which brightened. from funds to pressure. from stunts on t.v. don't come. government no longer represents the people. the people are going to

take stuff from. we. may not be ready in the traditional but into the into the muck. the way our economic system currently is not a. good. way.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck. i mean. i know that i. i really miss. the old story so actually. that's. the worst you are going through. right now for the. radio guy and for a minute. what. did you never seen anything like this i'm so. tired i'm having martin this is breaking the set so just yesterday in manhattan federal court judge ordered police to discontinue the controversial stop and frisk policy that has been characterized by many advocacy groups as an infringement on civil liberties the judge ruled the tactic to be unconstitutional yea and in

a one hundred fifty seven page ruling said that quote while it may be difficult to say when precisely to draw the line between constitutional and unconstitutional police encounters such as such a line exist and my p.c. has systematically crossed it when making trespass stops outside buildings now while right wing extremists like bill o'reilly or mayor michael bloomberg championed the tactic as a vital tool for criminal profiling the new york civil liberties union revealed last year that while blacks and hispanics comprised only fourteen percent of the population they actually accounted for more than seventy percent of the stops. criminal profiling or racial profiling and the stats speak for themselves so for now this is a win for civil liberties so let's keep it going and let's break the set. all right so let's talk about an issue.