france pushes to retake mali from islamist militants as battles rage across the country while the number of victims and the algerian hostage crisis triggered by the campaign drives us to forty eight. president barack obama officially begins his second term in office with manning waiting to see if you will deliver on numerous promises on domestic and foreign issues. japan warrants china over its naval presence near disputed islands in the east china sea s.p.d.m. slams washington stance on the territorial conflict.

what you are taking to live from moscow with me marina joshie twenty five more bodies have been found in the wake of the desert hostage crisis bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to forty eight says they have arrested five suspected islamist attackers after earlier reports that all thirty two militants have been killed in the operation to and the siege as many as twenty workers still remain unaccounted for as foreign governments try to track down their missing citizens and so on and al qaeda linked group claimed they were behind the attack which they say is in revenge for french intervention in the neighboring mali heavily armed insurgents rate at the plant on wednesday with an initial algerian response drawing criticism from western nations as our voice in our reports of the campaign in mali which sparked the hostage situation appears to be part of a french geo political agenda. to do with peace but it's terrorism was about to

over well. this friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also the entire world. he's vowed that france weren't stop its intervention in mali until islamic extremism in the country is stamped out the military has announced that it's going to be sending more troops but the total set to exceed two hundred thousand the stated goal to help the government in bamako drive out his list insurgents before the francoise alarms talk of freedom and democracy critics say the french government you see as a for the military offensive could be linked to other elements u.a.d. of these fronts. and many people say a huge cost is a huge factor in its economy and it's something that not only mali but specifically niger and other amazing parts where the tourist people reside. sits on top of almost every single light bulb in france runs on electricity generated by nuclear

power power relies on a steady flow of pure rainy i'm so you don't have to be a nuclear physicist to figure out that to keep all these bright lights on the french government depends on a steady flow of the precious natural resource but molly says micio land is not about power or money so that you know security this is nothing to do with any political issue from a different time if we are defending your government or business interests which government which business. some have their suspicions actually supported the french energy company. is about to finish the second largest ukrainian mining plant in the world next to mali you know every year the cars do exactly machinery and it's going to be very cheap there's

a third world very cheap very to be very very interesting. and after the french military offensive reportedly sparked a deadly hostage crisis in algeria lightbox the beginning to go off in the heads of ordinary citizens what are they almost nobody i'm for intervention if it is to fight terrorism but it's got to be for good reasons i know that it's for raw materials that are in mali oil diamonds and gold already there is a growing to the north of more prothro they don't think about their workers well we feel they have made paris a huge target and from such a target for terrorism studies but with the prospect of untapped natural resources needed to keep fronts eliminated political analysts say that foreign lands promise to stop playing big brother to former colonies isn't going to be fulfilled anytime soon buddy boy can see paris. well the french defense minister said

quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali well it's now see if france can actually avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hoped for at the start of the intervention now let's take a look at the map here as we can see the north of the country marked in yellow is controlled by al qaida linked rebels and local to write insurgents and ironically this territory in fact is almost as big as france and some of the weapons used by mali's insurgents came from the french led overthrow of the khadafi regime in libya france itself airdrop arms to the libyan rebels while khadafi is arsenal was also raided after his fall now there are concerns about libyan smugglers taking more arms into mali you can see that over there martin arrows and this could make it actually very difficult for france to fully secure the area and a short amount of time as it initially planned international relations professor mark almond says the current situation in mali could lead to even further unrest

across the region. we're getting a kind of an eye level to this problem of kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite contrary spreads and similarly in mali the argument is that france is intervening to stop chaos but the risk must be from what we've seen with interventions before that the french intervention will actually tend to send ripples of disorder further around the region and nobody seems to think that perhaps organized groups can come from somewhere other than mali it seems they came across the nearby libyan border libya is as i say central to all this problem because all the a lot of weapons that's been produced by the quotes a bit of the regime but also the complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially all these operating in different parts of libya. has

officially begun his second presidential term after being sworn in at the white house later on monday he will spell out his vision for the next four years in his inaugural address but as it is going to check out now reports many are still waiting for him to tackle some of his broken promises. it's generally thought that its second term said to us president free on locks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those three presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises i want to cut the growth of two or shouldn't hand over the next ten years we've got to cut the deficit by four trillion dollars over the next january so long as i'm commander in chief we will sustain the strongest military

the world has ever known along with the pledges comes the threat of another devastating war in the middle east for four years president obama pushed to great extent by israel has to at war with iran i will take no options off the table and i mean what i say. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against the strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the web but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced. i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone whom the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program and many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority

at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more bodybags they don't want more american troops killed to the extent they want to prevent that they want to have all the soldiers sitting in alexandria virginia or los angeles or whatever and running the drones that are killing people whether it's afghanistan or yemen or iran or you know we're however over the next four years the administration's reach will extend far beyond the middle east as it is said to continue its pivot to asia as well as building a missile shield provocatively close to russia's borders last year in

a hot mike moment president obama told russia's made that event if that in his second term he'd be more flexible to discuss moscow close search. but it could turn out to be flexibility to words only rather than action believe russia is still we opposed to it still sees it as and we're just going to go ahead . while president obama may have more control over foreign policy domestically there is a greater chance of his agenda getting bogged down in congress like gun control the executive orders or use. legislative proposals i suspect will not pass in this country and i don't think it's in the offing anywhere in the near future because we are a culture that is very deeply. in love with our guns in the last four years congress more than was attempted to sabotage the president on key

economic issues including reaching a last minute deal is the country teetered on the edge of fiscal cliff presidents who have trouble with congress like to do international things because they have to worry about congress much less the president's actions so far have shown little possibility that in the next four years he will be any more flexible on major foreign policy issues as far as is the mess that could join the many doubt whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to will significantly beyond inspiring speeches in washington i'm kind of chicken. well was obama given a second chance at change anti-war activists john glaser says there won't be any noticeable shift in the president's policies. as is typical with politicians what they say is very different from what they do there's a broad bipartisan consensus on some of the most terrible. national security issues that affect us on the domestic front i mean for example warrantless wiretapping this is a policy that was why it lee criticized when the bush administration was in power

and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are from been spied on so things like that i mean they're really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his predecessors excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. also out for you this hour here in r t damascus calls on the syrian opposition to lay down arms the country's main preconditions for talks while the opposition coalition seeks more backing to form a government. and one for your life later on we have the story of

a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest i managed to survive but that's coming up after this short break to stay with us. election. eve.

an issue. accreditation free in-store charge of free. agency three. three stooges free. download free blog just plug in video for your media projects and free medio dog r t dot com. leg. this is actually coming to you live from moscow welcome back japan's for a. mystery has a lodged an official protest with china after three of the chips were decided in the east china sea near disputed islands a comes after beijing slammed washington's position on the conflict urging it to be careful with its words and to maintain

peace in the region the u.s. war and its against anti action that would undermine japanese administration arbitrary authorities at the same time secretary of state hillary clinton said it doesn't take a position on who has sovereignty over the islands china has send ships and planes to the area claiming it's exercising normal jurisdiction and its waters and airspace japan it turns out it may fire warning shots at foreign aircraft violating what it sees as its territory the founder of international strategic alliances george says in the u.s. and japan or escalating the tension. the us has role of being the policeman around the world and spreading the military forces all around the world now can they afford it well that's a different question because it seems like in order to to meet their military budget which is ever increasing they're probably going to have to borrow the money and most likely they'll be borrowing the money from the chinese china has. been.

asking japan to recognize and go she rather than rushing ratcheting up the tension of course japan and inviting electing is not going to help because it is very well known. in this particular situation and the u.s. for its own strategic reasons view japan as to prefer l.-i and that's what's clear and agree there's friction but i am not sure that i think cooler heads will will come and not go to war over these little specks of violence certainly china has never been. the aggressor in terms of in terms of these disputes. syria's opposition coalition is struggling to form an interim government the hat of the group has flown to qatar trying to secure promises of financial aid for it in

rebel held areas the opposition is mauling the idea of a government and exile with differences remaining over who should lead the new exhibit at which this serious foreign minister is called on assets opponents to lay down arms and start a national dialogue the opposition groups though rejected earlier calls for talks seeking more support from their western and arab backers and step political analysts they are shouting he says the syrian opposition is incapable of forging an out of front of the government you. will see shunned by these americans some elements are abroad with. him table and even knowing that you're going to seek them in syria pre-election struggle chris and then you however be right and wrong this will be big no it in the party in syria and she's the unique most in brother who is on their. face they do have a look on the news when you go for missions you also have in

a home of times in the rebel forces in syria like the preceding army they are named you had to be a new structure on the move there you had these from these moments right now there's there aren't close or won't try to. be with ensured the second or bombings or older members of your position so really we see the. old lines the opposition lines and then we will be required to see the only thing they're hoping is that they want to remove the berm in damascus. well israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots for money for its bonuses to teachers who succeed in motivating students to do their army service for more on that head to our t.v. dot com. also online today you are in a k. stern snow as extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the continent. well now let's take

a look at some other stories from around the world at least two insurgents have been killed and a gun battle with security forces in the afghan capital kabul close to the parliament building both a multiple suicide bomb attack on a nearby traffic police compound at least four police and six civilians were injured in the assault the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack the second in less than a week. or house has been set on fire in the egyptian city of alexandria following day long clashes between riot police and protesters demonstrators were demanding justice in the trial of former security officers accused of killings during the twenty eleven uprising violence first erupted when the presiding judge abruptly resigned without carrying out his duties. the ruling coalition of german chancellor angela merkel has been defeated in crucial regional elections where the center left opposition with a thin victory the outcome of the ballot in lower saxony is seen as

a final rehearsal for the parliamentary election in september merkel is seeking a third term in office despite a setback still enjoys popularity in the country's other polls. as well and president hugo chavez is reported to be gaining strength recovering well following respiratory complications after cancer surgery that's according to vice president nicolas maduro the tour of says he met with the leader and discussed important issues of state it was obvious that i should have taken his oath on the cans of january but has not been seen in public since his latest operation in mid december prompting our rage from the opposition demanding new elections. out catching a train became a matter of life and death for one russian man who fell from his carriage and subzero temperatures in a forest and rushes far east earlier artie's dumbarton told my colleague sean thomas the story. if we picture the scene we've got forty two year old valarie mail

call for a lorry driver in this train clickety clack ing its way through the forests in the a more region in russia's far east at night they decide to go for a cigarette but nothing special so he goes to the vestibule at the end of the carriage smokes his cigarette and then as he stays went to open the door to go back to his carriage except it was the wrong door and he falls out the back of the train so he rapidly realizes that he is not just running to catch up with the train but for his very life we managed to talk to him earlier he was a little bit embarrassed about the whole thing when i fell out i only had parents slippers in t. shirt i ran for seven kilometers i didn't curse minitab and i just saw the train was gone so i came quickly to my senses and started running so that i didn't freeze i ran on the railway track for about twenty or thirty minutes when i go to the nearest station their eyes popped out after they saw a man with almost no clothes on women there quickly gave me tea and reported what

just happened i didn't tell this to anybody my wife found out about the incident only after journalists called her i would imagine that the phone call he had with his wife after she had found help not from him but from journalists was possibly a little bit strange luckily he's ok no injuries no hypothermia he's back at work there will be an investigation into perhaps the whether the train guard had forgotten to lock the back door of the train which as we can see was a probably quite a big oversight if it turns out that that was what happened it's also possibly one factor that made him run a bit faster was that we've recently reported on in the far east in siberia there's been quite a lot of problems with packs of ravenous wolves being there so i imagine hey if he had that in mind if you knew about that possibly something to spur him on a bit faster. on did an incredible story but with a happy ending in just a few minutes here in our team will be catching up with all the week's top stories

sports headlines i should say with kate partridge. georgian president mikheil saakashvili as military police have been accused by prosecutors of using a very unusual weapon to control members of the government a weapon so unusual that history's great villains wouldn't even touch it that weapon was almost sexuality the georgian prosecutor's office claims a network of gay spies was set up to seduce certain politicians in order to surveil them and blackmail them the gay spies would tempt men in the government into going back to their apartments which were filled with hidden cameras and microphones to record information and create a not safe for work video to be used to put pressure on these officials this is truly one of the most unique and kind of gross weapons of political intrigue i've

ever heard of i mean how many men in georgia politics could possibly fall into the spy trap you know if he actually did implement this scheme and it actually worked than machiavelli and von bismarck could have a thing or two to learn from president saakashvili but that's just my opinion. live. live.

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