prospects of unity palestinian rival groups fatah and hamas attempt to build bridges bringing hope to families divided by the conflict. venezuela's supreme court rules that it's legal to postpone the inauguration of president is due to poor house amid fears his absence could destabilize the country . and has island bitten off more than it can to dublin plans for europe's recovery as the president while critics say it should deal with its own cash woes first.

it is a lot i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshua welcome to the program. now the long divided palestinian groups fired her boss 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 you're now reports it means a lot for palestinian families which have been divided by the political rivalry. 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. with their money and house in gaza and headed

for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations began with seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two thousand and seven in a surprise coup that a must to control of gaza from why of all 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 mohammad 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 reconsideration 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 after his claiming victory after its president mahmoud abbas successfully upgraded palestinian status at the united nations as hamas and fatah moved 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 supply. and sympathy on the international stage it was on this 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 on its own yahoos watch that u.s. is revelations reached at the lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity seems possible for her to have a long term interest of her for a start think of 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 de facto right now is the case leaders from both sides have

a new day calls for the conciliation if you left with them you know we think that of course. between hamas and fatah is a 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 echoed 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 to reach august for a new term in office is legal opposition leader and of realize has accepted the ruling after others call that a lay and cause a tearful lore of a god or 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 people 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 which 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 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 is going to be determined 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 and 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 can mean decisions man to put you back on track lie with are now the government has launched a program for the next six months of its presidency with plans to bring back growth and create jobs with some alice a double ensure a 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 what he says are the reason that aren't supposed to boil for austerity means that the obvious people are not protesting and taking up their white 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 and 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 use 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 assa rules while trying to prop ladders up against an e future crises as artie's peter oliver in our report says 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 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 bears 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 artsy basel switzerland. high tech rivalry as drones take center stage in an arms race between tokyo and beijing. both sides boost their military spanning struggling for dominance over disputed territory and we'll bring you more

analysis a little later. and turning conflict antiphon a game depicting the downfall of syria's president and players take part in a simulated civil war raises ethical questions of war and that after a short break. down the official publication to yourself. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. any time anyway.

we speak your language but i mean from my below not against. what news programs documentaries and spanish what matters to you. i want to turn a different angle stories. for you here. the spanish to find out more visit actuality. welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow now where the u.s. considering the possibility of removing all of its troops from afghanistan by the end of twenty fourteen president karzai is preparing for crucial talks in washington is meeting with president obama this friday is said to outline america's

role in afghanistan where the path to god still mulling the number of troops that could remain to contain an insurgency in the country patricia gennaro 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's 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 and army if you will and the second is can continue to. add monetary support in some development efforts there was tension flaring over disputed islands in the east china sea an arms race between china and japan is escalating while the sheens boosting its drone program tokyo's on the purchase of a 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 jinping 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 worth seeking inventor turns deadly and russia an investigation is underway after a giant inflatable ball known as orbit plunges off the mountain killing one man and seriously injuring another all the details of the accident are on our website. also on why. your clothes designer has an eye on big brother producing a lot of garments designed to make the wearer nearly visible to spy drones all bats . you.

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truth access to. welcome back now the union flag has been lowered over about fast city hall flying for the first time since council decided to and the century old tradition of displaying all your column 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 and val fast however a pro british loyalists have vowed to continue to protest and are preparing to take action in the irish capital dublin on saturday paula tell deputy leader of the ukraine of 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 to our only northern island as 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 on the table and let's hope that the council come to see sense and let's have the union flag flying and alice take a look at some other stories making news around the world. the 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 in t.v. you have your 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 random on whether or not the u.k. should remain part of the blog. at least five people have been killed and several others injured in an 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 know the same area along the afghanistan border was hit on tuesday killing three people at least forty alleged insurgents have been killed in six such attacks this year. some web sites of america's banks have been hit by a new wave of denial of service attacks it's not clear who is behind the cyber solved but some mighty experts in the u.s. have pointed the finger at iran because of the terror and scale of the operation the disturbing disrupting attacks began in september and now are viewed by u.s. officials as likely retail haitian forgan amik sanctions placed on to iran iran in the united states of long traded accusations of hacker attacks with some saying barack obama ordered to speed up assaults on derived from his very first months in office. at least people have been injured with one person in critical condition

when a man had in the commuter ferry hit a dock in the your wall street passengers were preparing to disembark when you were thrown to the deck due to the force of the collision safety officials are set to investigate the accident on thursday well the same vasso has been involved in two crashes since two thousand and nine. the man on trial for allegedly releasing thousands of secret files to weaken leaks is found guilty to half his sentence reduced job made the ruling because private bradley manning suffered harsh treatment in detention morris davis a former chief prosecutor out 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 that the government really overplayed this i'm not aware of there being anything more than embarrassment right 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 they're good leaks and they're 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 then the new it's a capital offense serious cause would have now entered the realm of internet gaming with one application simulating the nation's civil war the players of and game syria get the chance to fight on the rebel side only with a peaceful solution not among the recommand a tactical options are getting more of his can off looked at the game and shared you the brushes 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 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 interior or other methods you want to use against the regime and put it up against it's 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 is pretty much how it works what's being said about the appropriateness of this game as i mentioned thousands of thousands of lives have been lost over the last two years is a huge diplomatic standoff appropriate is this how. well it's unethical at least because there 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 the 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 were no it offers

a peace offer but to the game itself recommends the user not to choose that since it says that then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending off this game particularly is the fall of the regime i'm next to the kaiser reported with max and stay safe stay with us.

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today. again flared up. these are the images from. canada. showing. the day. welcome to the kaiser report max kaiser to be austere or not to be that is the question. to suffer the austerity sandwich about ray just stolen fortune or to take arms against the city of bank stores oh no well since moving to london i have of course been enjoying the austerity sandwich let me

demonstrate here this is a slice of bread and of course this is a slice of bread now the austerity sandwich is when you fill this with a slice of bread you say this would be then the austerity sandwich all wrong. that's really really good now scientists in the u.k. say that this is by far the cheapest sandwich available they did a study go they did a study and they found that this was the cheapest sandwich now speaking of doing his part for austerity george osborne the chancellor of the exchequer is giving up his monthly welfare check. yes it seems the chancellor of the fricken exchequer has been collecting child benefit for years he makes over one hundred thirty four thousand pounds per year and some hardworking taxpaying joe pint of lager.