the operation to free the remaining captives to the all jury and gas plant continues as a military operation that sparked the hostage crisis in towns of five with friends 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 by the prime minister remains shaky on calling a referendum on the issue an. illusion would be so cool to europe there existed. i could say one thing to me it's so good to drag that tens of thousands of people in russia including parties very own peed all over or take the plunge for the feast

of the pity. it's eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t was me marina joshie algerian armed forces are continuing efforts to free a group of international hostages from libyan militants at a gas plant as many as six hundred fifty captives have reportedly been rescued with an unknown number of civilian deaths and manny still missing the insurgents claim they were avenging french intervention in mali which is putting president francois hollande into an increasingly tough political situation probably 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 very surprised at how quickly fronts wattle and jumped into this intervention just one week ago when the 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 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 francois hollande 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 all and and of course this is a man who was voted in los. in france for his rather peaceful prevent shuls 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. played by the reporting there well france has meanwhile helped the an army of retake the strategic towns of qana and the body 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 eighteen hundred troops with more on the way french and u.n. officials have admitted that the islamists are bad or trained and equipped than initially anticipated prompting fears of a drawn out conflict nigeria 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 go on to university researcher dr yunus says at a french intervention is primarily sparked by the economic interests of the west the economic crisis has shown that the western developed countries out of the. last d economic competition against the new. players china russia south africa the great countries basically know that tending to militarize this competition trying to expel the chinese from the region for the natural resources is very important especially when you know because it's a very necessary element and resourceful france 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 we know that the two are of who would khadafi 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 would pay the price. energy center farmer has been looking into what could potentially drive the economic interests of western countries to the region. potentially has a wealth of minerals that can be exploited as far as oil 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 we can 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 any 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 meet all of us here residents is to prevent the core he's expanding your region of. russia or china to iran to northern africa and the rest of africa that could leave the united states as a houseman's who 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 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. now the u.k.

could leave this is the prediction of prime minister david cameron revealed in a preview of his delayed speech on britain's status within the blog meanwhile he's been wavering about the idea of an end out referendum saying it could be held after the next general election in two thousand and fifteen nigel farrar the leader of the u.k. and panels party told r.t. sarah firth that the vote should be held right now. gita 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 reveal quite a positive thing to that he does 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 you could has led to massive discontent on the back benches in the house of commons and amongst the conservative party in the 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 you there's a lot of concern that if a person left the 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 or 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 unit we sell to them would mislead is stop selling cars in britain and we have the e.u. well i think we all know they are some of the new things britain should be looking to trade outside the well you know i think ok so what i'm saying is this that europe is aging europe as a percentage of the world. he is now below one hundred forty quite sharply it is gripped by eurozone crisis which is likely because of their fanaticism to keep it together the last rock to a decade yeah ok europe. are obviously exact but it's an important market place but the rest of the world is more important to us. because we're stuck inside this old fashioned nineteenth century concept of a customs union we can't 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 but i've seen you seen a number of delays already what do you think about that the fact that this is such

a huge issue and we just had a. you know i've been waiting for years for this speech not a couple of weeks. thank you very much for joining us nigel for us and the clear information about when exactly that big speech in europe will be delivered summering is that it could be as early as next week and of course the latest place payment making that big speech on europe no less controversial. human trafficking is on the rise in the u.k. one smuggled into britain many become victims of sexual in domestic slavery we report on that later in the program stay with us and praising the weather water as russians take a dip to celebrate a penny and wash away sins while many do it just for the boss the stories coming up shortly after a short break. science

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to run on i was the one dollar the plane or cocaine or looking after the children. but i wasn't even allowed to take the kids to school i was locked inside the house when i was nowhere and open the door. 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. slapped and right i kept getting the right. things i was like a slave never a time i kept playing i kept trying to clean myself up and i kept getting called and she was shouting asking me to keep clean. the house is clean i still have to keep clean. 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 street for nine months begging until she eventually found help through a pact 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 seller 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 victims there's a retreat. victims say they were just ten percent. twenty. trafficked into this country. 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 have previously been smuggling drugs arms. may now be looking to. children and people because a child can be recycled a human can be recycled the drugs that they have

a one off crime so there's a number of ways that the controller and once that happens they are literally sort of assigned to the trafficker for hospital time unless the authorities do something to intervene antony steen founder of a parliamentary group on trafficking is leading the biggest ever conference on the subject held in britain slavery for 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. now let's 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 a senior pakistani diplomat the releases are expected to bolster peace efforts with the insurgency as a 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 freedom in pakistan the u.s. welcomed the decision despite its long lasting operation in afghanistan battling the insurgents who are now to walk free. but as well and president hu of china is has reportedly been moved from the cuban hospital where he was receiving treatment to secret location that's according to the univision t.v. channel is rumored to have been taken to a 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 u.s. mashallah could be put behind bars for a lie the opposition leader is now being accused of ordering the murder of

a prominent political figure and her business rival sixteen years ago it was already serving a seven year sentence for abuse of office she denies the allegations and says she is the victim of a witch hunt by president victoriana coverage. of the. out tens of thousands in russia celebrated the feast of a pig fanie taking part in traditional bathing by immersing themselves in an icy waters the celebration commemorates the baptism of jesus christ it's also believed to wash away the sins with manny saying it keeps them healthy for the rest of the year 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 here to show them goes quite prange khaled's 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 and there were sure a natural part after i took up my swimming i regained 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 worshippers marked the feast of the 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 have these woods from my own experience statement calls. that say i did provided that the first day i put that when i read mission so the russian workers aren't girl tell you you're there exerting well i could say i'm feeling very exhilarated right now. the head walrus at this swimming hole is bloody me again

a being can he's the chairman of the russian i swimming in cold water treatment federation and insists that no i'm genuine in medical benefits if you're the main way i swimming works for you is through blood circulation driven by cold and struggling to stay warm your body contracts his blood vessels so there's less blood pumped around the system so where does the excess blood go it 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 trained thrill seekers who want to push the abilities of the human body to the limits. they have holds the record for time spent in icy water i mean could. 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. a swimming federation has one and a half million members across the country and blah to me it does his best to drum up more support with his own personal guarantee for a gift for the 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 r.t. moscow. well certainly it feels tempting if it weren't so cold and did it mean time israelis sharing democracy report on our website it sounds of israelis are donating their right to vote in the upcoming parliamentary ballot there palestinian neighbors via facebook. and brushes snow we

tsunami the countries witnessing relentless snowfall with streets cars and buildings buried under drifts in siberia thousands are battling the wife's threatening blizzards find out more at r.t. dot com. now the artistic director of the ballet company of russia's bolshoi theatre 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 archie is always here she asking it discovered fillin had spoken to colleagues of other incidents that had happened to him prior to the attack. 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 statistic director sergei filin 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 sergei filin 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 city gate 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 sygate 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 wet chilled to shoulder it's a brutal crime and i hope those responsible will be fun and punished. because to use a co-equal over goodness the police should look into people who would potentially benefit from creating that sort of scandal and compromised 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 things 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 that. sygate was the one who was assigning all the roles in the bolshoi theatre still the bolshoi never made criminal headlines and this attack is something completely outrageous for all the bolshoi theater but definitely everyone is waiting for the results will be investigation or something but these preliminary data from the security authorities to see whether this could have been inside job and whether somebody inside the bolshoi theater could have been responsible for this terrible attack and in addition of the kaiser

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he he has to. be free. to leave. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser hey you know the currency war is ome bring out the body bags the first shots i've been fired in the war to end all wars the currency war stays here oh yeah max kaiser this is been the big story of the

kaiser report for the past three or four years and the f.t. front pages the financial times or eads germany to shift fifty four thousand gold bars home one of the biggest shipments of yellow metal on record which inspired this front page on the financial times was this announcement on the deutsche a boon to spank web site deutsche a boon to spanks new storage plan for germany's gold reserves by two thousand and twenty the bundesbank intends to store half of germany's gold reserves in its own vaults in germany the other half will remain a storage at its partner central banks in new york and london while germany has no partner central banks this is every man for himself and those with the most gold are going to win the currency war as we have been warning about now for years this is why the euro has been trading relatively well against the dollar because in the euro zone there are twelve thirty.