venezuela supreme court ruled it's legal to postpone the inauguration of president hugo chavez street to poor health amid fears his absence could destabilize the country. has our lender bitten off more than it can chew dublin plans for europe's recovery as a new president one critics say it should deal with its own cash first. and to the call of the wild is heard in russia's a north eastern siberia the state of emergency is declared over a growing number of rolls attacking livestock.

it's three o'clock here in moscow are you watching r g alive with me to vomit so it's good to have you with us venezuela supreme court has ruled that postponing the no gration of president hugo chavez for a new term in office is legal opposition leader enrique cupp realist has accepted the ruling after others call the delay unconstitutional lawyer eva golinger says that the matter. 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. 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 venezuela 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 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 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 this isn't meant to put a euro bag with ireland now the government has launched a program for the next six months of its presidency as plans to bring about growth and create jobs but some analysts old dublin should better focus on its own problems. island 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 you is alarmingly high and of course the thing is is that arlen when he says island is the reason that ireland's a poster boy for austerity means that the irish 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 can't 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 alarmingly so he's very happy that arlen is getting on with the e.u. as policy of austerity but actually it's actually the wrong policy this time. as the global financial downturn shows a little sign of improvement banking regulators are credit for trying to make life easier. public the basel committee of central bankers has list in the acid rules while trying to problem does up against any future crisis as our g.'s beat all of

our reports it's the way the decisions are made that's raising most questions. have you ever heard the word 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 us 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. jill 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 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. 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 the building just behind me. so it's all and the russian republic of the equity here has declared a war on walls region in the north east of siberia on the walls regency with a thriving population of the predators posing a major threat to livestock my colleague a marine just disgusted with our visa tom barton earlier. it is a very serious situation. here is a vast territory with a very low payment population but a lot of the people who live there rely on reindeer for their for their livelihood and on the horses they used to travel with those herds of reindeer and those

reindeer what the wolves are desperately trying to get to driven there by hunger because they are normal food stuffs are like hares and rabbits are a lot more scarce this year so these some of these pictures show this is a wolf in a zoo but some of these other pictures show wolves in the wild in siberia usually they would stay well away from these reindeer herds but they're being driven there by hunger it killed sixteen thousand reindeer last year that's simply too much the numbers of wolves have reached three thousand five hundred new kuti now and the president of the republic says that's too much that the attrition rate as it were on the reindeer has reached it now too expensive they're losing too many reindeer and that's become a serious problem sure it does sound like a serious problem and like you said it probably happens because there is an imbalance of other animals in the forest and that's why the wolves are driven out of the forest and exactly closer to the people so what is the solution to the

problem under the circumstances is there any at all solution is as you might probably think relatively simple just step up a hunting of the wolves sort of a natural cole as it were of these planned cull of the of these wolves so that the president the public has really has really gone for that and said rewards will be offered hunters six figure awards for the top three hunters the aim is to kill three thousand of the three thousand five hundred wolves in you in the next three months starting in a in a few days time and that hopefully will bring the numbers down to what experts say is it should be the natural level about five hundred wolves or not three thousand five. take rival remained as drawings a data center stage in an arms race between tokyo and beijing but i saw you visit a military wing struggling for dominance over disputed territory we'll bring you more analysis politically to.

too far on a game of depicting the downfall of syria's president that allows players to take part in a simulated civil war raises apical questions more on that after this break. led mission and free accreditation free gifts transport charges free. range minsk free risk free stereotypes priests.

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arjun's policy 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 with 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 my 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 a must to 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

mohammad took refuge in the west bank waiting for the day reconciliation would come . all denied 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 was 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 support 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 an attorney who's watching that us is revelations reached the lowest ebb and now it's a listing in unity seems possible for her it's a long trip in the interests of her for a start think cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk. of the worst will be and probably part of the political structure which de facto right now is the leaders from both sides have a new day course for reconsideration if you ask them you know one thinks that of course. between hamas and for a catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't mean peace etc etc but for this family nothing can detract from the feeling of gratitude and joy of a father and son coming home they tears and smiles it could a hope that a new chapter is also about to open in gaza political life police here r.t. on the israel gaza border 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 set to outline america's role in afghanistan with the pentagon still mulling the number of troops that could remain to contain insurgency in the country but just a dozen are all political professors in new york university says it's in no one's interest for the u.s. military didn't leave immediately 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 and the religious part of violence going on there so i think the president will probably win some troops there first. but i would. as i was going to wind 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 that i think probably hopes to achieve a few things on 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 continue to. monetary support and some development efforts there with tension flaring over disputed islands in the east china sea an arms race between china and japan is escalating while beijing's abusing its drone program tokyo's eyeing the pages of a cutting edge u.s. model japan based journalist james coburn says with both sides ready to spend more on the 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 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 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 demand is the better it serves 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

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a darn about anything james mission to teach creation or why it should care about human to engrave this is why you should care watch only on the r g dot com. the man on trial for allegedly releasing thousands of secret files to weaken the us if found guilty is to have his sentence reduced jaja made the ruling because private bradley manning suffered haase treatment in detention more as a was 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 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 then the leak is ok when it's in manning then you know it's a capital offense. and now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines at this hour other stories making headlines back to get pounded in paris after being shocked. one of the victims was a co-founder of the p.k. k. party along with the party's french representative and another member the bodies were discovered inside the british institute with the motive for the killing not yet clear as many as forty thousand people have died in the twenty five year conflict between the p.k. k. and the turkish government has recently begun to also with the parties jailed

leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm. do you answer those purse 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 the three ally continue having a strong voice within the organization and statements come as u.k. prime minister david cameron prepares to make a speech on the future of european policy later this month is facing domestic pressure from conservative m.p.'s to committed to a referendum on whether or not they were u.k. should remain part of the bloc. some websites of america's top banks have been a hit but a new wave of denial of service attacks it's not clear who is behind this solve the flood will solve but some i.d. experts in the u.s. have pointed the finger at iran because of the apparent scale of the operation the destructing attacks began in september and now are viewed by u.s.

officials as likely retaliation for economic sanctions placed on toronto iran and the united states have long traded accusations of the hacker attacks with something broke obama ordered to speed up our souls on to run from his very first months in office. it is nine people have been killed in a series of attacks across iraq a car bomb in baghdad has left at. least three people dead and wounded eleven while a series of separate shootings and bombings in the diyala province claimed six more lives the victims included an army officer you was gunned down inside his house and two guards who were killed in a bomb blast sporting a university president a violent comes amid rising tensions in iraq after sunni and shia government rallies swept across the country. a serious conflict has now entered the realm of internet gaming with one implication simulating the nation's civil war the

players of endgame syria get the chance to fight on the rebel side only with a peaceful solution not among the recommended tactical options are to alpha looked at the game and share 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 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 in syria 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 on the weapons 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 view well it's an ethical at least because the really tens of thousands of people have been killed throughout this conflict that 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. has

also actually has more hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has 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. offers a peace offer but the game recommends the user not choose that since then you won't get much credit among the rebels so basically the best ending of this scheme particularly is the fall of the regime news just in an explosion has sounded near military headquarters in tel aviv israeli ambulance services reports seven to ten casualties rescue services are arriving at the scene of the blast was apparently a car bomb police say the explosion could be a result of criminal activities well of course i bring you more as soon as we get it. but after the break it's abby martin with the breaking the set.

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