[000:00:00;00] live live . islamic militants say more attacks on westerners are planned in response to the french intervention in mali as the west's past actions in libya are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. we use most powerful do wet celebrate their friendship but the show of unity looks likely to stumble over widening divisions between the two. israelis choose their next parliament amid widespread apathy over prime minister netanyahu like the real action we take in i'm not dual unusual i should

say look at one of the most contentious campaign issues the expansion of settlements into palestinian territory. plus brock obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back them on for see across the globe sparking concerns america's intervention policies are not likely to change during the next four years. it's three pm here in moscow this is r.t. live with me and he said now way our top story this hour kind of 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 nationalist including french british and american were killed during the terrorist siege of a gas plant that was stormed by algerian forces over the weekend many of the

militants reportedly came from another african state libya using arms provided to rebels there by foreign sponsors during the revolution two years ago libya has been in disarray since the western backed toppling of the gadhafi regime resulting in a security vacuum and as archie's polly boy explains the recent surge of violence in africa is seen as a result of western states previous involvement in the reach him. very very. you wanted peace you wanted freedom you want an economic progress france great britain europe will always stand by the libyan people. but a regional crisis probably wasn't what mr sarkozy anticipated when he was spearheading the military operation to topple moammar gadhafi although the former french president can'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 qaeda will establish its rule bin laden will return and libya will be another afghanistan terrorists will flood to europe cut to paris and almost two years later markets after his words could well be ringing in the areas of need 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 it is fact 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 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 it's 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 the operating in different parts of libya and you have across much of this hour a situation where people have arguments for vengeance of a sense so bribery and corruption. is commonplace 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 provide the basis the first effects were immediate the 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 chirac 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 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. well in the face of a possible long and bloody conflict france has other allied germany has refused to fly ammunition to mali to help french troops the decision is seen as a test of their friendship amid the pomp and partying in berlin to celebrate fifty years of their post-war alliance but the very duet which was supposed to be at the heart of the european of european unity is also proving to have deep divisions on

some other core issues as artie's peter all over now reports. well it's certainly a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but they as they celebrate the formalizing of the friendship between former foes but what we are seeing though is that they 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 and the well the two biggest voices in europe really 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 elba shoulder 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 hours 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 that in libya we're also seeing that right now in mali where is germany they have said that they going to contribute any of their troops and it was backed up by. the finance minister here in germany and a key member of a christian democrat party but he said that germany didn't want to be a major player in foreign policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world and how germany does based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however there are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. well next hour max kaiser and stacy

herbert expose more of those they see as the orchestrators of the world's financial turmoil. it's officially decision time for israel with people across the country heading to the polls and it's not part of the mentary election but the overwhelming sentiment is that the outcome will be no surprise benjamin netanyahu is victory seems a foregone conclusion this despite discontent with his policies that many believe have led to economic hardship a lack of progress in peace negotiations with palestine and growing international isolation polls suggest the prime minister will have the government for a third time analysts say that's largely due to the limited time for campaigning and the failure of the opposition to unite behind a single strong candidate. and one of the most pressing pressing issues during this election campaign and one that's believed to have secured netanyahu a good share of votes is the expansion of israeli settlements one man has dared to

take a tongue in cheek look at the problem that's divided opinion in israel and seen it widely criticized by the international community filmmaker nimrod camera known for his prank documentaries reached out to the set of their community. my name is the more than israeli citizen living here among. you one housing crisis at all time high the thing is there is another one in jerusalem but i can also live among ourselves and i think i can get there much better deal with the wise over the. would like to see the flood to buy i'm here with some investors from england. we want to invest in this area because i'm hearing the property value might go up he's been told that one flat is one million shekels his father's flat and they're building that this whole new area called zero eight and he one begins after those heels despite

a few haters in the un almost all these really political parties support the building and selling of charming flats on palestinian land the latest talk location he won east of jerusalem hello i'm here to show a new client wants to buy property in this area is a big one investor understand it's the only building currently built but if i can show him more. hills more outposts. and no one except. two state solution who cares as long as the produce cheap is a jew man leaving i want to cash in on my jewishness and like be in touch with my roots. so it's all jewish yeah yeah any non jewish parts because. not. many people so he is not being constructive in the peace process but look how many settlements you've constructed i'm hoping. to build

a new settlement. this is the future for israel i believe and i'm afraid that if i buy the house and i get a document saying it's mine some day palestinians can scum and so you know it's not yours because i keep listening to that in the. you see. there's. this rain too there's just one thing and. it's funny how those small actions had like international meaning. the moving of stones like monumentally. it's like messing with international law. this is the most disputed area you never know to see just because people told us. but he says it is like a good place to build a new flat you think they'll be like because my friends want to be like to buy

something before we even construct and i was coming up and. it says this is the fail stone being set for the new god willing a few one facing the holy capital if i pay so much money for rent in london anyone in london and here. and in the big city think it's cheaper and more comfortable it all starts here so beautiful all of us is ours. view you can look down and palestinians this is the new area being built opens if you want i just called this real estate is called three they said all the flats in this part of town and i say no to see them and it will never be evacuated today selling more and more. of the city and all the bills are you should be jewish label. me.

i want to see an. agent to get to the all the legalities. of. you selling your house by any chance in. my life. earlier i talked to the filmmaker himself name rod cameron who seemed even more serious than the camera the property buyer in the film well when sharing his views on the settlements issues take

a lot. of the people i talk to never going to give up their house for like the ninety's the heavily. into the settlement of the entire west bank and they told me that like jordan is also the kind of part of the jewish state just cool and like the other ones are just like none of the just people who used to live in that you know these early election is all about social justice kind of the whole. the whole like housing prices so pretty much if you want to live chip in this well that's the only option they told me that if someone is going to a victim which they don't believe but if people going to happen they're going to even make more money because the government would pay them compensations will be evicted if you just go there and you buy a flat you can sell it to like a jewish americans so did you actually buy into this. i mean i bought money with me and i didn't go all the way and bought them but just got the

best deal and i almost bought it because i know what why don't i if if it's such a good deal you can make lots of money presumably yeah i mean i am i am jewish actually not all the way. into r.t. for more international news heading your way after a short break. there are twelve cities in the united states in which half of the people with hiv aids live. this is a problem that. is like the big elephant in the room and nobody wanted to talk they were really good. people really focused on this problem you certainly should

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mistress of the cave on auntie. live from moscow second time's 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 you going to catch 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 were new those institutions that extend our capacity to manage crisis brought 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 war so serious 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's it's very interesting i've been listening to debase 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 a 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 president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have big 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 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 be it 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 beautiful wee how could he be aggressive so perceptions are the reality of politics here. openly criticizing barack obama making you win a whole lot of trouble starts to dot com we've got the story of how one grammy nominated rapper was shown the door for delivering

a diatribe against the american president. travel chaos has taken 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 a standstill archies our fourth first reports from london. full across the united kingdom right now why did it feel like this like hit lungs and everyone covered in this blanket is snowy below says look at some of these equal it's being closing cables around the country little five thousand schools are being placed claims are being grounded the trains to being delayed as once again voices troubled school system quakes under the pressure of a little bit of snow causing havoc to kmita is as we've been finding out the thing

is with the first one still hope whatever it was i think it's ridiculous that other countries seem to manage i think we should catch up about that yeah it will be very good to smouldering a bit like the whole absolutely was going to be seen about half a century around the place anyway so well i don't quite know where we have the trouble to go to sort it out or that we could. do with those but none the person who seems to be going to vote with. now everything from rochester on to. trains are 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 are concerned that is 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 officiated today 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. a look now at other news from around the world this hour twenty find answers have been arrested after trying to enter an air force base near the turkish city of don't know where four u.s. troops are assembling two patriot missile batteries to be deployed near the syrian border earlier the first of six patriot batteries along with german troops arrived in the port city of the room where protesters voiced their anger over ankara stance against a mascot turkey has been a staunch critic of the also regime openly supported the weapons. in syria itself rebels continue to target pro-government facilities with the latest suicide bombing having killed at least thirty people and leaving dozens wounded according to a u.k.

based watchdog the explosion went off outside the headquarters of a program armed group in the western city of so are many of us along with the blast was also reported in damascus though the number of casualties there remains unknown the incident follows an arab league statement that u.n. efforts to end the conflict have failed to bring even a quote glimmer of hope. while it has been killed in three passengers injured after a helicopter crashed into a house in the brazilian city of south hollow 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 fleets of helicopters used to avoid heavy traffic. coming up in a few minutes abby martin's breaking the set stay with r.t.

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this i'm going. to say guys happy inauguration day everyone yet that very special day that comes only once every four years except this year it also happens to lie on martin luther king day so to celebrate this occasion president obama some more and. this hand over dr king's very own bible interesting but that's not the only bible obama uses just not extra part a look he took the oath of office over president lincoln's bible as well yeah just to say better stack them bibles so well the saving grace be enough to turn is that ministration around well let's find out on a very special break in a set starting now. looking at where

you are she going to be like. so guys we're now in two thousand and thirteen that's a story here for many reasons not only is it the fifty year anniversary since martin luther king's march on washington but also marks one hundred fifty years since those in slaves in this country were freed of the emancipation proclamation it's hard to believe how far we've come from a period of slavery to a period of racism to now having an african-american man to lead this country to strong symbol of progress indeed but is it a real indicator of racial equality or are there still a long road ahead for dr king's message is truly understood so we talk more about that i'm joined by matt myer one d. carter social justice activist and editors of the new book we have not been moved resisting racism and militarism and twenty first century america thank you so much