i think. i'm going to. the operation to free remaining captives in the old theory and gas plan continues as the military operation that sparked the hostage crisis intensifies with france helping retake central towns in neighboring mali. u.k. could be drifting towards an exit from the european union according to the excerpts of david cameron's speech but the prime minister remains shaky on calling a referendum on the issue and. it looks like his own good will tell you you're there exists and. i could tell you it's him doing it so here it is right now. tens of thousands of people in russia including r.t.s. peter oliver is

a can see take the plunge or the feasible pick any. it is not the end of the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program algerian armed forces are continuing efforts to free a group of international hostages from libyan militants at a gas plant is mannie a six hundred fifty captives have reportedly been rescued where the known number of civilian deaths and manny still missing the insurgents claim their advantage in french intervention in mali which is putting president francois hollande into an increasingly tough political situation boyko explains. these are peaceful civilians from all around the world that were working at the facility they've suddenly found themselves in the middle of this very dangerous situation where the algerian

military have apparently been criticized for going in guns blazing you know the u.k. and the u.s. have already complained that they weren't really warned in advance that this rescue operation was taking place david cameron over in the u.k. has already warned britons to brace themselves for multiple casualties and for more bad news potentially on the way so many were very surprised at how quickly francois hollande jumped into this intervention just one week ago when he asked strikes in the north of mali began with the crisis in algeria the stakes are really getting much higher we've got a number of civilian casualties from the u.k. from britain from japan all in this very dangerous situation and a lot of political analysts saying that yes other terrorist attacks in retaliation for the french military offensive in mali of very much a possibility now we've also got critics over in the u.k. and in the u.s.

saying that this is the place that the these allies of france are now paying for supporting this intervention that was quite a hastily planned and a bit of a surprise announcement last week so of course france while london needs to spin the crisis to suit his own needs and he said that the behavior of these militants justifies he says the french military intervention in mali up until a few days ago almost two thirds of the french public supported this military intervention in mali but for francois hollande that could change very very quickly as we're seeing these civilian casualties pile up this is turning into a very sticky and difficult situation for orland and of course this is a man who was voted in los. in france for his rather peaceful prevent scholz he actually said that he wanted to cut his paternalistic ties with the former french colonies but we've seen him jump into this conflict very very quickly and

a lot of political analysts are also saying that it could turn into a real quagmire and that these islamist groups these al qaeda linked groups could actually be much stronger in the region then the french previously anticipated so it could turn into a much longer conflict than anybody thought. france has meanwhile helped mali army retake the strategic towns of qana and vali from al qaeda linked militants conducting air strikes to support its troops on the ground the french contingent in the west african nation has now increased to one thousand five hundred troops with more on the way french and u.n. officials have admitted that the islamists are a batter trained and equipped than initially anticipated prompting fears of a drawn out conflict and jerry has meanwhile agreed to up its military presence to over a thousand troops as part of west african led support forces the un meanwhile says that up to seven hundred thousand people could be displaced by the fighting with

one hundred fifty thousand already having fled the country columbia university researcher dr yunus says that the french intervention is primarily sparked by the economic interests of the west. the economic crisis has shown that the western developed countries have. lost the economic competition against the new. players china russia south africa the brics countries basically they know that tending to militarize this competition trying to expel the chinese from the region the natural resource is very important especially when you know because it's a very necessary element and resourceful friends this is basically a new fight and competition over the resources of the african countries this is going most probably to spread into the region it's going to affect definitely libya because this is the largest border between mali and libya this and i can see drug

dealers jihadists and fighters going back and hordes you know that too are to do with gadhafi are now back with heavy weapons this could affect the whole west and north africa this is for sure we're not going to stop here but of course at the end of the day it's the population who paid the price. and i guess any farmer has been looking into what could potentially draw the economic interests of western countries to the region. mali potentially has a wealth of minerals that can be exploited as far as all is concerned there is zero proven reserves however it is believed major oil fields have been discovered in the north of the country although that still has to be mapped on top of that mali is africa's third largest exporter of gold between only why south africa and ghana and there are also some five thousand tons of uranium deposits the french have two major mines in the country already and extract extensive amounts from neighboring niger and would not want that jeopardized in many ways they rely almost entirely on

uranium for their nuclear energy all this has led some analysts to think that big economic incentives are also fueling the u.s. backed french intervention here's what the author eth william angle had to say the critical strategical goal of u.s. foreign policy so you need all of us here resident is to prevent the core he's expanding your region from russia or china to iran to northern africa and the rest of africa that could leave the united states. are just. so according to him the u.s. is fearful of china's increasing economic presence in africa in the figures seem to back up that argument china has increased its investment in africa exponentially over the last decade and they are catching america up fast despite the u.s. investing over one hundred billion dollars over the last two years mali it can't be denied does have significant geopolitical importance. human trafficking is on the

rise and the u.k. once smuggled into britain many become victims of sexual and domestic slavery we report on that later in the program. braving the winter water is russians take a dip to celebrate it have any and wash away sins while many do it just for the bus . they ok could leave the the e.u. . this is the prediction of prime minister david cameron revealed in a preview of his delayed speech on britain's status within the block meanwhile he's been wavering about the idea of a referendum saying it could be held after the next general election in two thousand and fifteen nigel farrar the leader of the u.k. new panels party told our sarah ferguson that the vote should be held right now. due to the ongoing hostage crisis in algeria involving a number of british nationals amongst others the prime minister had to postpone that long awaited for speech on europe but nonetheless some extracts of what he was

expected to say in that speech have been revealed to us more about that we're outside you are a powerhouse in london to talk to the leader of the u.k. independence party nigel farage the party that says we're better off out the. some of the excerpts that reveal quite a positive thing to that does surprise you well positive in the sense of you know he's using euro skeptic language to pursue a euro agenda she exactly what harold wilson did forty years ago this speech is happening because of the rise of using it on the rise of ukip has led to massive discontent on the back benches in the house of commons and amongst the conservative party in the whole country that's what he's responding to so that's why he talked tough and says we must renegotiate but the reality of what he says if you read the subtext is that the e.u. is very good for us but it serves our interests and i promise i promise god to do my best over the next five years to do everything i can to keep britain a member of that union so that's the game but he's playing ok i want to ask there's

a lot of concern that if a person left the that this would massively affect our relationships our trade relationships certainly have a hit on the economy as a result of that what do you say to those concerns a classic scare tactics always employed by the status quo whether they're defending slavery all the called laws or e.u. membership you know transparently body with a whole series of shocks you know three million british jobs would be lost if we left the european union really really we import massively more from the e.u. than we sell to them would mislead is stop selling cars in britain and we have the what i think we all know the answer about when you think the person should be looking to trade outside being well you know i think ok saying what i'm saying is this that europe is aging europe as a percentage of the world. he is now below a fifth and falling quite sharply it is gripped by euro zone crisis which is likely because of their fanaticism to keep it together to last for up to a decade yeah ok europe is thirty percent of our overseas exports and it's an

important market place but the rest of the world is more important to us and we're impotent because we're stuck inside this old fashioned nineteenth century concept of a customs union we cannot make our own trade deals anywhere else in the world let's have a free trade deal with europe like the swiss do and let's reengage with the rest of the world we've always see this latest postponement to take understandable reasons they don't see seen a number of delays already what do you think about that the fact that this is such a huge issue and we just. you know i've been waiting for years for this speech not a couple weeks doesn't matter too much thank you very much for joining us nigel for us clear information about when exactly that big speech in europe will be delivered there some mean is that it could be as early as next week and of course the latest postponement making that big speech on europe no less controversial. how israeli sharing democracy were reported on our website the sawzall israelis are debating their right to vote in the upcoming parliamentary ballots to their palestinian

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side it sounds like something from an eighteenth century workhouse but it's britain today so it was trafficked to this country aged twelve now nineteen she's still too afraid to talk about her experience but the fact that she's played here by an actor doesn't make her horrific story any less real i was getting beaten by them and i was slapped and right i kept getting right and i targeted things i was like a slave never a time i kept. i kept trying to clean myself up and i kept getting called and she was shouting asking me to keep playing even in the house just playing i still have to keep playing. eventually sarah's female employer threw her out of the house aged just fourteen with no way of contacting relatives at home she lived on the streets for nine months begging until she eventually found help through ecpat an international group campaigning against child trafficking it's

a story that all too common and it's not just about domestic slavery according to experts many people are trafficked to work on cannabis farms in the u.k. and they're often kept in a perpetual cycle of debt or through fear of repercussions for their families but another sector that says is rife with trafficking victims particularly from asia is high street nail bars so next time you go for a manicure pedicure ask yourself who serving you and is the skull on their cell figures from the into departmental ministerial group on human trafficking show it's risen by thirty three percent compared to last year and victims come from all over the world africa europe and the far east. more than two thousand people live with two thousand victims there's a retreat. victims say they were just ten percent. twenty. trafficked

into this country huge business. for organized criminal gangs this is the second most profitable thing to drugs and a lot less chance of getting caught that rise could be because more cases of being reported but chloe seta who works with trafficking victims including sarah says it's partly down to a lack of police awareness only eight cases of trafficking were successfully prosecuted last year trafficking is seen not just in the u.k. but worldwide as a low risk high profit crime those criminals who might have previously been smuggling drugs or arms. may now be looking to also work with children and people because a child can be recycled he will can be recycled the drugs once they're sold that they have a one off crime so there's a number of ways of control and once that happens they are literally sort of assigned to watch out for hospital time unless the authorities do something to

intervene antony steen founder of the parliamentary group on trafficking is leading the biggest ever conference on the subject held in britain slavery it's a modern day slavery is alive and well and ten times the size of what it was when it was abolished two hundred years ago but prosecution relies heavily on his say evidence and testimony and huge numbers of victims like sarah never want to talk about their experiences again laura smith r.t. london. tens of thousands in russia celebrated the feast of taking part in traditional dazing by immersing themselves and icy waters the celebration commemorates the baptism of jesus christ it's also believed to wash away the sins was manny saying it keeps them healthy for the rest of the year well are these fair all over braved the icy plunge. winter temperatures commonly fall below minus fifteen celsius in the russian capital perfect conditions for

a swim say this lot they are part of a group who refer to themselves as a walrus club and they believe in the health benefits of taking a few subzero laps yet i shouldn't lose quite prange colds all my life until i turned sixty when i took up i swimming and i've never had any kind of a cold since then who knows i was acquitted i used to have terrible back pain but it's gone now i'm healed there were surely a natural part after i took up my swimming i regain my flexibility i could even do a proper like split and that's how it works i recommended to everyone it's the only existing cure to all illnesses and maybe this isn't a new activity in the tradition of the russian orthodox church will ship is marked the feast of the pitch with a late night submergence into the icy waters symbolizing the baptism of jesus to anyone thinking that they would like to give it a go i do love these woods from my own experience stove and cold. let's say i did

provided that the first day i put that when i rode mission so the russian legs on girl tell you you're there it is there so. i could say i'm standing very exhilarated right now. the head walrus at this swimming hole is bloody me a good a being can he's the chairman of the russian ice swimming and cold water treatment federation and insists that there are genuine medical benefits. the main way i swimming works for you is through blood circulation driven by cold and struggling to stay warm your body contracts its blood vessels so there's less blood pumped around the system so where does the excess blood go goes to the vital organs that is why it's good for the kidneys and liver they are constantly cleansed blood in me has also changed thrill seekers who want to push the ability. yes at the human golden to the limits. day of holds the record for time spent in ice and water

green kapoor's how to spend sixty minutes in there and i helped him get out of that condition when he could hardly talk he couldn't even say mama he couldn't walk his arms wouldn't move but thirty five minutes later he was recovered and can talk to the press. the russian ice swimming federation has one and a half million members across the country and blood to me it does his best to drum up more support with his own personal guarantee for a gift for a little i jumped into a nice hole for the first time thirty four years ago i saw that people who did it are never sick and so i decided to give it a try now look at me fit as a butcher's dog. well it might not be everybody's idea of a good time but be it for health reasons or for spiritual reasons there's no shortage of people willing to take the plunge peter all of a altie moscow. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world pakistan is planning to free all

afghan taliban prisoners held in detention that's according to senior pakistani diplomats their releases are expected to bolster peace efforts with the insurgents as the western military withdrawal from afghanistan draws closer the diplomats didn't specify the exact time of the move and whether the prisoners are to be transferred to afghan custody or freed in pakistan the u.s. welcome to the decision despite its long lasting operation in afghanistan battling the insurgents who are now to walk free. as well and president hugo chavez has reportedly been moved from the cuban hospital where he was receiving treatment to a secret location that's according to the uni of his young t.v. channel he is rumored to have been taken to a bunker specially built for former cuban leader fidel castro the move was reportedly made to avoid constant leaks about the state of health of the president and to prepare him for his return to venezuela the ailing leader has not been seen

since his latest cancer surgery in mid december and missed his own inauguration ceremony. ukraine's jailed former premier you could be put behind bars for life the opposition leader is now being accused of ordering the murder of a prominent political figure at her business rival's sixteen years ago was already serving a seventy year sentence for abuse of office she denies the allegations and says she is the victim of a witch hunt by president began a cottage. the artistic director of the ballet company of russia's bolshoi theater is being treated in hospital for severe burns following an acid attack sergei filin was assaulted on thursday night outside his home in central moscow as he's always here cesky discovered fillin had spoken to colleagues of other incidents during that week. well the bolshoi theatre the pride and joy of the russian culture is celebrating exactly one hundred eighty

eight years since it was created but definitely this birthday celebration has been marred by this gruesome attack on a such a stick director so gay feeling was returning from work on thursday night when and not notified man called him out by his name sygate turned around to respond and the man reportedly threw a ball of acid into his face we know that's a good feeling was taken to a hospital and the doctors have been battling to save his eyesight a prosecutor's office has launched an investigation a criminal case to determine who stands behind this attack and the bolshoi press officer said that sergei was intimidated for several months his car tires were slashed human seed threatening phone calls and his facebook page was hacked as as we saw in the hollywood movie the black swan definitely the big stage is certainly a rather conflict zone and there is some infighting happening behind the scenes the bolshoi theatre has never been an exception to that there have been stories of some serious infighting to get roles to get

a prima ballerina positions we had heard many revelations from former artists of the bolshoi on that still we talked to the colleagues and employees of a feeling they were all shell shocked at what happened. and that it's an incredibly difficult day for us the dons companies an enormous shock it's really hot speak as with always what told to shoulder it's a brutal crime and i hope says responsible will be found and punished. because the circle with. the police should look into people who would potentially benefit from creating that sort of scandal and compromise the reputation of the theater just today surrogate was telling me how a couple of days ago he got into his car with his children and realized two piece car tires were pierced he told me i feel as if i'm living on the frontline despite all the infighting and despite the fact. sygate was the one who was assigning over roles in the bolshoi theater still the bolshoi never made criminal headlines and

this attack is something completely outrageous for other bolshoi theater but definitely everyone is waiting for the results of the investigation for some of these preliminary data from the security authorities to see whether this could have been inside job and whether somebody inside the bush with you to could have been responsible for this terrible attack. well coming your way here in r t after the short break find out about the trials of a russian man left to care for his children after the death of his wife leave it to dad is right after the break here in our team. well. science technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future covered. could be.

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