islam is smaller than say more attacks on westerners are planned in response to the french intervention in mali and the west past actions in libya are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. barack obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back the mocker see across the globe sparking concerns america's intervention policies are not likely to change during his coming years in office and. his role goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition and a widespread feeling known yahoo is set for reelection as left to marry voters disenchanted with the system.

this is r t live from moscow with. al qaeda linked militants acclaim 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 americans were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by a jury in forces at the weekend many of the militants reportedly came from another african state libya using chorus provided to rebels there by foreign sponsors during the revolution two years ago libya has been in this race since the western backed toppling of the gadhafi regime resulting in a security vacuum as artie's polyploid now explains the recent surge of violence in africa is seen as a result of western states really is involvement in the region because it was very

very. you wanted peace you wanted freedom you wanted economic progress france great britain will always stand by the libyan people. but a regional crisis probably wasn't. until when he was spearheading the military operation to top 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 a lot and will return and libya will be another afghanistan the terrorists will flood to europe cut to paris and almost two years later market southeast words could well be ringing in the is equal 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 democrat disease process which is what they said they were after but it is fact if it opened up the floodgates for weapons stockpiles and fighters to leave the country and go south of the border to 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 by the complete failure to establish any kind of real state you have essentially all its operating in different parts of libya and you have across much of this hour a situation where people have argued it's very very intrusive extenso bribery and

corruption order grabs is common place gadhafi was bitter opponent all right it was i mean groups whatever his faults and they you know 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 but this is always been a problem for france whether it's iraq or sarkozy. i'm french i was born here and live here my culture is french but my origins are there and if i was there i wouldn't like another country telling me what to do. you know we're scared of anything that threatens us. france's global allies are showing signs of being sucked into the mali conflict british 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. r t paris. second time's a 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 he's pledges how already led to concerns of further u.s. involvement in foreign states are just going to you can explain 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 were new 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 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 or 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 speeches 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 serious it's targeted assassinations program in different countries and the u.s. making a so-called pivot to asia expanding its military prepays its presence in asia pacific to counter the rising influence of china it's very interesting i've been listening to debase all kinds of panels in 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 where it can't 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 president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have 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. invested a 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 may get you into a whole lot of trouble at r t we've got the story of one grammy nominated rapper was shown the door for delivering a diatribe against the american president. the so. well there's going to be much pomp and partying in berlin as germany and france celebrate fifty years of post-war friendship but the very do it which was supposed to be at the heart of european unity is proving to have deep divisions on some core issues the eurozone crisis and foreign policy well for more on how why

the cracks are between the two powerhouses let's cross live now to peter all over in the german capital so peter what's behind the public show of unity between france in germany. well it's certainly a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but as they celebrate the formal icing of the friendship between former foes what we are seeing though is that they're hoping that the celebration can paper over some of the divisions between europe's power couple of course france and germany the two major economies well the two biggest voices in europe really however angle of merkel the german chancellor and. the french president don't exactly see eye to eye on everything and this isn't the type of relationship that angle of merkel enjoyed with nicolas sarkozy where they would cozy the socialist and merkel well that policy really kicks it off all

of the time certainly when it comes to how to tackle the eurozone crisis all around wants to see more spending to promote growth where is. stuck to her guns saying it's only through austerity that any kind of problems in the eurozone can be perhaps fixed now there's also rising concern here in germany over the state of the french economy the german people and german finance is looking to thinking well we don't want to get caught up a catch a cold if you'll recall and he sneezes it was a expected that the french economy went into recession at the end of twenty twelve a mild recession unless the recession was also when it comes to matters of defense military matters germany and france not agreeing either front certainly pursuing a policy of intervention we've seen in libya we're also seeing that right now in mali where is germany haven't. said that these military intervention interventions are wrong they have said that they are going to contribute any of their troops in

this was backed up by. the finance minister here in germany and a key member of angler merkel's christian democrat party when he said that he didn't want to be. a major player in foreign policy said going on to say that well if they hit auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how friends views its place in the wider world based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes as the two governments come together to celebrate fifty years of friendship however they all have some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. all right peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us this report there from berlin breakers off the rails and roads with flights also severely as now. causes transport chaos and heaps of problems for public

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it was. such . the to. welcome back you're watching our team live from moscow to it's decision time for israel with people across the country having 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 prime minister netanyahu his victory seems a foregone conclusion aren't you supposed to report on how a lack of change is left man 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 who's saying what in the final hours before his way he's head to the polls. is searching for an apartment 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 at that or the recent political jostling that's all candidates need from one party to another induced even more pessimism in people like musharraf who have lost trust in israeli politicians the union between bibi netanyahu and his foreign minister avigdor lieberman into biederman government the return of c.p. leave me form opposition leader back into the fray just a few months after announcing her time and only frustrated and already election where we public many israelis don't believe that the present politicians of the parties. have any really new solutions to the big problems facing israel

security spirit economic issues. 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 for them or the apathy based on the belief that netanyahu will almost certainly when has led experts to worry about the state of his way to democracy. there are some populations designing these really society if you take a certain sort of the ultra orthodox presenters that turns out the 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 their merits boasts that a vote for them is a secure vote against netanyahu and a leadership that will destroy israel first of all are is a lay should in the war will continue. there will be no solution to the palestinian

problem and the economic and social gaps between rich and poor will get to much wider and deeper such merits is expected to win only around five percent of the votes in a recalled field of fifty four parties that are running in these elections netanyahu is partially 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 win is not particularly liked by most of the country policia r.t. tel aviv all the issue of israeli settlements on the west bank was among the most pressing ones during this election campaign but politics aside actor and director

in iraq hammer known for his pranks videos decided to take an unorthodox look at the whole land expansion issue will take we'll talk rather to the author and self later in the day but here's a quick look at what i can expect later here in r.t. . i'm here with some investors filming them ok i'm here to show new blood work by booker to miscarry out in the north georgia but. not yet no exception to the state solution because. she knows that you're so beautiful all of us and all. the data stored in our travel chaos has taken over europe which remains paralyzed by snow and freezing temperatures has been especially tough for the u.k. were hundreds of flights have been cancelled and rail and road networks have been brought to a standstill artist sarah ferguson reports from london. all across the united

kingdom right now right phillip things like this like kid in london everywhere covered in this blanket of snow it was this looks absolutely beautiful it's being causing chaos around the country all the five thousand schools are being placed planes are being grounded trains that being delayed as once again voices transport system creaks under the pressure of a little bit of snow causing havoc to commuters as we've been finding out the thing is with the first one still hope whenever i think it's ridiculous other countries seem to manage i think we should catch up with. a very good to small. boys the whole absolutely the silly 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 recently seems like the focus now. from rochester on to. try and start to take the train to some pancras.

from the underground to get 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 are concerned that as people struggle to get into work on time with shops and restaurants having to close early that this could impact the already fragile economy and it looks like the cold weather is here to stay a little bit longer the met office of issued a severe 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 surf. london. now take a look at some other stories from around the world twenty five protesters have been arrested after trying to anger an air force base near the turkish city where u.s.

troops are sampling two patriot missile batteries to be deployed the or the syrian border earlier the first of six patriarch batteries along with german troops arrived in the port city it's kunderan were protesters voiced their anger over a stance against a mascot turkey has been a staunch critic of the us regime and has openly supported the rebels. syria itself rebels continue to target pro-government facilities with the latest suicide bombing having killed at least thirty people and left dozens wounded according to a u.k. based watchdog the explosion went off outside they have quarters of a pro regime armed group in the western city of selling me a blast was also reported in damascus though the number of casualties remains unknown the incident follows an arab league statement that un efforts to end the conflict had failed to bring even a glimmer of hope. a pilot has been killed in three passengers injured

after a helicopter crashed into a house in the brazilian city of some power no one on the ground was hurt in the incident authorities are investigating what forced the aircraft down the city has one of the world's largest private fleets of helicopters used to avoid heavy traffic. obviously the employees of investment banking giant goldman sachs are in line for a bonus boost for what seen us profiting on the crisis surging prices of staple foods and growing shortages are proving to be a silver lining for bankers despite manny 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 weak 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 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 steve herbert expose more bankers to come out of dodgy deals looking squeaky clean. pretty carmen ortiz says stealing is stealing whether you use a computer command or a crowbar think this is how the administration her department of justice behaves towards jeremy hammond towards wiki leaks towards barrett brown towards

environmentalists towards other activists however they have never let go the financial criminals they're not obeying the rule of law or even the rule of the constitution or even the spirit of the constitution they're just acting out as sociopaths and psychopaths and there are any time they get caught they rewrite the law they rewrite the rules. while get out of syria a couple minutes with a fresh edition of spotlight don't miss that. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought

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a human be possessed by the spirit. mistress of the cave on auntie. hello again or welcome to the interview shell on r.t. with love and today my guest here in the studio is a sample mataji of. nuclear energy as a part of our every day life well actually fifteen percent of the world's energy is generated a nuclear power plants but after the incidents that we said get your novel and the fukushima plant more recently people started to be more cautious about that generates and using the captured some say that we need

a new approach this new approach is using fusion instead of fission nuclear as well it may be science fiction but that people that believe that soon fusion will be the power source and the wild one of these people is mr a foul mouth . he's the general director of the power plant called the tat of the projects in the south of france pushes a great experimental nuclear reactor. after the disaster at the fukushima nuclear power plant. the world became much more concerned with nuclear safety germany even decided to phase out its nuclear power facilities long before leading countries including russia would join forces to work on a safer and cleaner sustainable source of energy known as nuclear fusion the project is called i t e r and although one feasible in the beginning the reactor that could finally generate fusion energy is being built.