thank. you. i'm coming. to. islam as militants say more attacks on westerners plan in response to the french intervention in mali the west past actions and they are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. barack obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back democracy across the globe sparked concerns america's intervention policies are not likely to change during his coming years in office. that israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition and widespread feeling netanyahu is set for reelection has left mary voters disenchanted with the system.

it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshing. okada linked militants who claim to be behind the deadly hostage taking in algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french british and american were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by a jury and forces at the weekend appear in official say the militants used weapons gathered in another african state of libya large stockpiles of arms were smuggled from bear in the chaos that followed western backed toppling over could avi regimes and is arguably boyko explains the recent surge of violence in africa comes as a consequence of western states really as involvement in the region he had assumed is south of something was very very. he wanted peace you wanted freedom you

wanted economic progress france great britain europe will always stand by the libyan people. but a regional crisis probably wasn't what mr causey anticipated when he was spearheading the military operation to top oh mamma khadafi although the former french president couldn't say that he hadn't been warned personally i play a significant role in establishing peace in those regions of africa should the situation in libya be unstable al qaida will establish its rule bin laden will return and libya will be another afghanistan the terrorists will flood to europe cut to paris and almost two years later marwan gets out these words could well be ringing in the is only what i saw was the successor francois hollande having just sent troops to mali france's new leader could well be learning that every action

has a reaction. secu so not only did the french intervention in libya not help the democratic process which is what they said they were after but if that's if it opened up the floodgates for weapons stockpiles and fighters to leave the country and go south of the border this is a more to mali where the recently deployed french military were reportedly stunned by the technologically advanced weapons that are in the hands of their adversaries nobody seems to think that perhaps organized groups 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 have been produced by the collapse of the darfur region but also a complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially all the operating in different parts of libya and you have across much of this hour a situation where people have arguments where very little civic sense so bribery and corruption order grabs is common place gadhafi was bitter opponent all right it

was ahmed groups whatever his faults and they now have the ability to use the chaos in libya to buy themselves a base the first effects were immediate a hostage crisis in algeria said to be in retaliation for the french offensive in mali has already claimed the lives of dozens of civilians taken captive i'm frightened of terrorism this is always been a problem for france whether it's iraq or sarkozy it's just i'm french i was born here and lived here my culture is french my origins are there and i was there like another country telling me what to do if you were scared of anything that threatens us. france's global allies are showing signs of being sucked into the mali conflict prime minister david cameron has already acknowledged that battling radical insurgency in the region could take decades rather than months and all this so that france can remedy the knock on effects. from its libyan intervention plenty boy can

t. harris. and the former u.k. ambassador graeme hand told my colleague and now we that he believes britain will continue its involvement in the north african intervention the spy fear is of being bogged down in the conflict i think the united kingdom will continue to support the french intervention what is britain's interests that. well i think britain's interest is in having stability on the on the if you like the southern flank of nato just across the mediterranean from from western europe. i don't accept these conspiracy theories about minerals i think it's really about knowing that we have we have stable neighbors stable neighbors but at the same time britain openly backs rebels who are known to have sort of attachments to al-qaeda and other islamist groups in syria. yes yes well if i say the region

and you're saying it was more of a geo political in terms of security and not resources so where then why yes in syria no in syria in mali well i think it's a different story this is not. an al-qaeda linked islam the stop arising in syria it's all been repeated for who want a different life they want to be rid of a tyrant. side in charge of them and the story in mali is completely different this is. a foreign intervention by the al-qaeda linked terrorists themselves this is not honest molly i'm striving to change the government but i was john laughlin doesn't agree with the former ambassador assertion that there are no extremists among western backed rebels in syria and he says the west selective approach to which islam is forced to support has more to do with the geopolitical interests. i

greatly enjoyed the. discomfiture when you put in that question i mean he doesn't have an answer and the western governments do not have an answer to the question you wrote which is to say why do we support islamic or islamist rebels in syria and yet send troops into crushes in the midst rebels in mali there's no way of squaring the circle these are simply double standards for the by the same token why do we support last year the secession of south sudan but we suddenly send in troops to prevent the succession of north mali these are political decision we are taking political decisions on the basis of our political vision and our friends and enemies and that's the reason why we do one thing in syria and the other thing in mali and as for encouraging stability i mean that really does take the cooking to say that you know we have practically the whole of the middle east including north

africa in turmoil we have supported we the west have supported the great uprisings of the arab spring only to find that they the regimes they have produced have an important islamic element these conundrums which the west has not sold in is not sold and it is on the contrary making matters worse the second time is the charm during his inauguration speech in washington president barack obama forcefully laid out the priorities for his second term in office and with a special stress on backing democracy around the world his pledges have already led to concerns of further u.s. involvement in foreign states are discouraged you can explains and his inaugural speech president obama sort of for spawn it to those who have been wondering whether the u.s. will continue on the track of interventions here is what he said we will renew those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis abroad for no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful nation. we'll support democracy from asia

to africa from the americas to the middle east because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom. so from asia to africa from the americas to the middle east that pretty much covers the whole world so we could potentially see interventions by the united states pretty much anywhere and one wonders how different it is from george w. bush's speech is about advancing freedom and democracy in the world which the u.s. has been doing mainly with bombs but president obama's remarks do not come as a surprise to those who've been following his policies in the last four years which included the u.s. in gauging in undeclared wars so through targeted assassinations program in different countries and the u.s. making a so-called pivot to asia expanding its military presence in asia pacific to counter the rising influence of china it's very interesting i've been listening to the base all kinds of panels and national media here about the future of u.s.

foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening wherever it can that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and then that president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have been made and it seems there is a notion that as long as there are no u.s. boots on the ground as long as wars are fought either with a remote control or through proxies it's a success and it's not perceived as aggressive again president obama's hit and run style libya intervention was touted as a success then the u.s. ambassador died and it became more difficult to brag about libya and ignored the mess that we get turned into so it very much seems like it's not about the

president's actions it's about perceptions president obama talks beautifully and smiles beautifully how could he be aggressive so perceptions are the reality of politics here. openly criticizing barack obama getting into a whole lot of trouble at a teed off we've got the story of how one feels rapper was shown the door for delivering a diatribe against the american president. it's decision time for israel with less than an hour left before people had to the polls in a snap parliamentary election but due to the limited time for campaigning and the failure

of the opposition to unite behind a single strong candidate a prime minister netanyahu his victory seems a foregone conclusion reports on how a lack of change has left many israelis apophatic and disillusioned by the state of democracy in their country. the countdown has begun but instead of scanning the papers to brush up on hussein walked in the final hours before his radio's head to the polls. is searching for an apartment in the twenty eight year old is desperate to move out of his parents' home but times are tough and he blames the government right i'm not going to vote i see who are the candidates and there is no one standing who represents me or who can change the general mood in the country over the phone or the recent political justing that's all candidates need from one party to another induced even more pessimism in people like musharraf who have lost trust in israeli politician is the union between bibi netanyahu and his foreign minister avigdor lieberman in cheek biederman government the return of c.p.d.

for me for my opposition leader back into the fray just a few months after announcing her time and only frustrated and already eviction where we public many israelis don't believe that the present politicians and parties. have any really new solutions to the big problems facing israel create security peace spirit economic. but among all the uncertainty one thing is certain for the disenchanted voters and it can work and i also feel like the outcome is pre-determined everyone knows not to know who is going to win or the core them or the apathy based on the belief that netanyahu will almost certainly when has made experts to worry about the state of his way to democracy. there are some populations designing the israeli society if you take a certain. percentage that turns out to vote is very high it's above eighty on the other hand when you look at the middle class the youth and the arabs the presenters is around sixty. and those figures only help netanyahu and his allies

of course there are parties who are ready to oppose the government's policies one of them ever exposed that a vote for them is a secure vote against netanyahu and a leadership that will destroy israel first of all are is aleisha in the world will continue. there will be no solution to the palestinian problem and the economic and social gaps between rich and poor who will get to march why they are in deeper such merits as expected to win only around five percent of the votes in a record field of fifty four parties that are running in these elections netanyahu is party is expected to get only about a quarter of the seats in the parliament but with other political forces being shattered into rival factions this is still going to be enough for him to continue in power the coalition effort on yahoo is expected to build would have a very slim majority but it would still give him the mandate he needs to map out

this country's next four years but the paradox of the selection is that the candidate say to when is not particularly liked by most of the country policy r.t. tel aviv's. tyrus exactly director of the one voice movement that's calling for a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict says netanyahu is a reelection will delay this prospect even further. you know finds himself leading a party of offering a very platform actually no platform at all but they have not presented a program a party program to address a lot of the issues that are concerning israeli citizens from the left and the right and are dividing them and when you think about the prospects for this government leading policy of more settlement expansion and indeed even annexation of the occupied territories in the west bank i think that it would lead not only to a growing pressure in friction with the united states and president obama with the

european union and with the palestinian population but it will also lead to a growing disappointment in the israeli public that. it is still supporting and i believe will still support a. uphold its right to peace and security which can only be manifested and realized through the two state solution and the issue of israeli settlements on the west bank was among the most pressing ones you're in this election campaign the parties aside actor and director in iraq amer now on for his pranks videos decided to take an orthodox look at the whole land expansion issue we'll talk to the author myself later in the day but here's a quick look at what you can expect later here in r.t. . i'm here with some investors from england. i'm here to show you apply and most of my books are doing this area and you know jewish but. not enough to know that station. two state solution to carry. those thoughts are

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choose your language kelly make it without any fear that you. choose the consider. the opinions that degrade to. choose the stories that impact the. truth except to. welcome back you're watching r t coming to a line from moscow travel chaos is taking over europe which remains paralyzed by snow and freezing temperatures it's been especially tough for the u.k. where hundreds of flights have been cancelled and rail and road networks have been brought to standstill already sarah for as we forwards from london. all across the

united kingdom right now right phillip things like this like kid in london everywhere covered in this blanket is snowy but was this looks absolutely beautiful it's being causing chaos around the country for the five thousand schools are being placed claims are being grounded the trains to being delayed as once again persons transport system creates under the pressure of a little bit of snow causing havoc to commuters as we've been finding out. things with everything fine still hope whenever i think it's ridiculous other countries seem to manage i think we should catch up with. very good this morning. like the whole absolutely thing about half a century around the place anyway so you know we have to travel to get the sources out of the way so i haven't seen it but none personally seems like it with now. from rochester on to. a train start to take the train to some pancras.

let me go from the underground to here i guess i'm going to go back about why but it's not just commuters of course being affected as the cold weather continues some economists a concern that as people struggle to get into work on time with shops and restaurants having to close early that this could impact an already fragile economy and it looks like the cold weather is here to stay a little bit longer the met office a vitiated to the weather warning of course large parts of the country looks like much of the chaos we've seen over the past couple of days but to continue here proving once again that when it comes to britain a little bit of snow can cause a lot of trouble so if. london. little surprise there all right let's take a look at some other stories from around the world twenty five protests have been arrested after trying to enter an air force base near the turkish city of atlanta

where u.s. troops are is sampling two patriot missile batteries to be deployed near the syrian border earlier the first of six pavia batteries along with german troops arrived in the ports the obvious kunderan were protesters voiced their anger over ankara stance against a mascot turkey has been a staunch critic of the asad regime and has openly supported the rebels. in syria itself rebels continue to target pro-government facilities with the latest suicide bombing having killed at least thirty people in the western city of sell me that's according to the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights which also reported an explosion in damascus but provided no immediate information on casualties the incident follows an arab league statement that un efforts to and the conflict had failed to bring even a glimmer of hope to. a policy has been killed and three passengers injured after

a helicopter crashed into a house in the brazilian city of some pow no one on the ground was hurt in the incident authorities are investigating what forced the aircraft down the city as one of the world's largest private fleet of helicopters used to avoid having traffic. they employees of investment banking giant goldman sachs are in line for a bonus boost for what seen as profiting on a crisis surging prices of staple foods and growing shortages are proving to be a silver lining for bankers despite many around the world being left to starve. explains. the employees of goldman sachs investment bank are in for some happy times their salaries have reportedly been raised and almost half a million dollars worth of annual bonuses are to be paid out all because in twenty twelve the company made about four hundred million dollars from investing its clients' money in a range of products known as soft commodities such as weed and maize to coffee and sugar but what's good for bankers is damaging the global food situation say experts

and many claim major investment players are contributing to a global food emergency the united nations has warned that the world could be on the brink of a major hunger crisis this year after poor harvests in the united states and ukraine food prices already surged last summer with cereals hitting a record high in september last year food cost sixteen percent higher than in twenty ten and more than twice as expensive as a decade ago even after adjusting for inflation with almost a billion people already starving such a forecast could make things catastrophic worse and the latest controversy with goldman sachs has once again we ignited the debate on what actually stands behind the hike in food prices organizations like food watch say they are not the only ones financial players around the world to bear a large part of blame by investing astronomical sums of money into foodstuffs and speculating on the prices to make big profits in the last three years alone speculators have poured in as an extra hundred billion u.s. dollars into the sector and that is expected of driving prices even higher

investment and central banks deny this saying futures trading is important for farmers and their bets have no effect yet the prices. bear scant resemblance to the natural growth in demand for food moreover they're already creating grounds for instability sparking protests and demonstrations for instance in several african countries including working fast so in senegal bakers went on strike recently because of an eighty percent increase in the price of wheat so if this trend continues people will be unable to afford basic staple foods and if further harvest suffer too it's not hard to imagine the consequences for the world's hungry. well later today max geyser and stays in her berth expose more bankers who come out of dodgy deals looking squeaky clean. u.s. attorney ortiz says stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or crowbar think this is how the administration her department of justice behaves towards jeremy hammett towards wiki leaks towards barrett brown towards environmentalists towards other activists however they have met always let

go the financial criminals they're not obeying the rule of law or even the rule the constitution or even the spirit of the constitution they're there just acting out as sociopaths and psychopaths and there are any time they get caught they rewrite the law they rewrite the rules. and in just a few minutes we take a look at how thirteen percent of americans can make up half the aids cases in the united states. please speak to language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of your people interviews intriguing story to tell you. troy

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