we've got the future. the founder of one of the most popular websites ever who is now fighting extradition to the us piracy charges tells us here at r t why he thinks the prosecution of internet freedom activists is purely political. in davos where the u.k.'s prime minister will meet key european partners. as some of the world's major politicians join the annual high powered gathering on day two at the swiss ski resort live pictures for you right here on our. parliamentary election fails to convince the people of the monarchy's democratic credentials as the opposition condemns the vote as a rigged smokescreen to conceal an overall lack of reform.

while it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today. live in moscow with news from around the world. kim dot com the web entrepreneur and internet activist known for his now banned file sharing service he says that he's at the center of a political witch hunt it was just until last year that his a mega upload site was one of the most popular in the world it allowed millions of users to exchange content absolutely freely however if you log on to mega upload right now this is exactly what you will see a banned by the u.s. the case has already sparked many questions about internet freedom the founder has started a new service but we'll have to see how long that's going to last andrew blake

exclusively spoke to the man known as kim dot com but why he's being hounded from all across the cloud. here's a guy who grew up on the internet was a guy who made millions off the internet and here's a guy who designed mega upload at one site one of the most popular websites in the entire world with over one hundred million users is in the top five most trafficked websites and you know that's kind of why the f.b.i. wanted to shut it down i'm not. this my hero he was selfless he is completely the opposite of me but i'm a businessman i'm driven by the success of achieving something in the business world ok that's not a crime there's nothing wrong with that big raid on the mega mansion the dot com mansion happened january twentieth two thousand and twelve it was the middle of the night kim was at this guest house on this how in the mansion all of a sudden the authorities the local police showed up and helicopters came into his house with guns drawn arrested him arrested his colleagues hauled him off to prison

froze his assets shut down his website essentially they put his entire life on hold and caused him to kind of take this new stance in terms of what he thinks of the internet particularly what he thinks about the current state of privacy and surveillance of the government is quite exposed here because they really went in was completely be prosecutorial abuse and overreach and ignoring due process ignoring our rights spying on illegal search warrants illegal restraining orders illegal spying and i mean the whole picture when you look at it shows that this was an urgent mission done in a rush to take them down i want them to go and it was a political decision to do that is still waiting a eventual extradition hearing to the u.s. at this point though it seems like every single passing day the justice department's case against him just crumbles more and more and more so sooner or

later the u.s. government is going to have to prove that kim dotcom is worthy of the extra us and at that point if he's convicted he could spend decades in prison but the opinion that i got from him and from his legal team is that that's not going to happen anytime soon. and you can see our exclusive interview with kim dotcom about to be our next hour here on out cease to be found in the mountains in this. it's good to have you with us here in our to you today no cherry picking i know i

like caught e.u. leaders were quick to dismiss david cameron's ideas for a reformed union that britain would be happy to stay in in a speech back to a national referendum on membership but only after brussels agrees to some major changes france said it will roll out the red carpet if the u.k. wants to go and meet people not all says there's just no way britain will get any special favors. the point is that really is going to be nigh on impossible we've heard of under-employed the president of the european council you've had georgia a man well but also you've had a shawl to use the president of the european parliament you've had the prime minister the list can go on of all of these people who are saying that britain cannot cherry pick this is an attempt by cameron to kick this issue with the long grass we're talking about a referendum five years down the line and it's all dependent on whether he wins the next general election or not and we know that if you look at the polls today it's showing quite clearly that cameron will struggle to win the election so i do think

that this is an attempt to kick it into the long grass and quite frankly this man has lived before and referendums he gave as a cast iron guarantee that we were that we would have a vote at our friends and our nonmembers. of lisbon he went back on that referendum pledge so i don't think he can be trusted on this issue. and in the meantime the david cameron does have the chance for some instant feedback on his proposals from one of his most crucial e.u. partners that of course anglo merkel and they'll both be in davos on the second day of the world economic forum and the two are among those addressing delegates on what is seen as politicians today at the swiss ski resort artie's business host katie philbin is there. it's very much the who's who of the find out to world really today it's all about politics that will take center stage british prime minister david cameron has to address the other european leaders we've got german chancellor angela merkel she will also make a speech on how to boost the stagnate global economy the two marios are in town as

well as mario monti e.c.b. president mario draghi as well and i have a feeling that the really interesting conversations about the referendum the european union debate in britain will happen behind secret closed doors but you know what i'm going to really try my best both go tactics to get into those listening to what's going on yesterday is all about russia's oh we had the prime minister to me to medvedev speak about the prospects and i realize the dependency on oil the place and see if they can come out of advance sometimes that russia gets a bad rap concerns of a major as well the brics are also going to be discussed today how they serve in these challenging times i'll be going into a lawsuit veto a novice's a go exclusive interviews for you in the business balloted at six thirty at eight thirty g.m.t. so join me. for joining katie just a bit later on the program for now there were jordanian islamists who boycotted

wednesday's election they claim the vote was rigged and its results will undermine the future parliament's credibility of the government however hailed the poll as a gradual step towards democracy and i want to hear that you know wave of protests spurred on by the arab spring since a calf in office more from the jordanian capital. despite a boycott by the muslim brotherhood and other opposition groups and jordan's first parliamentary election since the start of the arab spring turnout was quite high according to election officials more than fifty six percent of the country's two point three million registered voters came out to cast their ballots this is higher than in the last parliamentary elections in this country the muslim brotherhood and opposition activists meanwhile dismissed the results as illegitimate saying that voter turnout was actually much lower than officials describe now jordanian officials want credit for what they claim are successful if cautious democratic reforms this is the first time that outside election observers were invited to watch over the polls and the new parliament for the first time will be able to

elect the country's new prime minister the parliament will also have more of a say over day to day affairs but the king will continue to retain authority over the security services and foreign policy moreover the new parliament can still be dismissed at any moment by a royal decree which has caused some jordanians to say that the new reforms are simply too little and too late now the opposition groups also claim that the new parliament is illegitimate because of the country's new election law which they say is tilted towards favoring candidates from rural tribal organizations that are largely seen as being supportive of the monarchy in fount of the one hundred fifty seats in the new parliament only twenty seven went to national candidates of which the muslim brotherhood is the strongest most powerful and most popular political party they will continue to dismiss the results as illegitimate and are likely to try to ferment more street protest to boycott continue their boycott of the new

poll now at the end of the day jordan stability may not be dissolved by politics and may in fact depend on the economic situation jordan faces high levels of unemployment and has twenty two billion dollars of national debt now jordan's new parliament will have to push through even more biting austerity or. forms which could severely undermined stability here in jordan the future of the arab spring may in the end depend on the economic situation and not politics you see caffein of r t amman jordan well i loosely of course are following all the events in jordan as we speak in sway the election results are yet to be announced she's posting updates from there on how twitter feed you can always get the latest. company.

live from moscow this is art of the dangers of driving in winter while safety is more important than ever especially in cold climates like right here in russia a video footage of a miraculous escape from tragedy in one accident which has gone viral dramatically underlines the point at tubby's here to tell us more about this tabby it's already been a few months of snow here in moscow and it's not just snow but it's usually snow on the ice as well a very thick blanket over that you know just driving by just walking the beach i know it's tricky already when you're just on your two feet but now you've got to be driving as well but i want to tell you talk to you about this video like you just said it's gone viral and the reason it's got viral it's because it's really terrifying to watch someone i'll ask you and all of us to take a look at this it might be

a little bit disturbing for thirteen of us because it does have contained certain images now this driver you see does one hundred eighty degrees turn around because he was trying to overtake somebody that of a car comes out something flies out of the cot the mitsubishi and as you move closer you'll see right now as you move closer to actually we're going to tell you about him out of the car that's what you think the first time you think it's a teddy bear you think it's packaged it's actually a baby girl this one year old flew out all of that moving car on to the road words coming in incoming traffic likely this driver sees the baby swerves. parents pick up the baby mother picks up the rest of the stuff that's left the and it's like life just move on like nothing ever happened. to the average drugs i mean that was maybe a foot away that's when i mean just just the whole accident from here when the crash actually happened when the baby got out of the car could have been just the disaster that was now you might be wondering who's actually filming this because we

think it waited this footage come from in russia most motorists depend on web cameras in terms of the car insurance so in turn to protect yourself you have a camera on your desk obviously was filmed from a from a desk but this driver did not even stop to say what is going on how can i help what can i do he continued filming didn't come out didn't help the baby and life went on but what caught our view was talking even more about this thing that shocked them the most is the fact that the parents just reacted like nothing happened i'm watching it i'm already freaking out and they just went on their business picked up the things that were on and if you haven't been target enough already here comes the footage one more as i only has one more time. already you know the thing about this is that we like you said in russia in your opening slippery roads it's winter it's snowing you gotta be careful in russia you know the government has said that they were already going to try to find people for not

strapping in their babies properly can they for reasons so from now on if you don't show up in your car properly your baby in your car probably you might get a five hundred rubles to a five thousand fine for not doing it people have been outraged they said why have these parents not been charged why has the child not been taken away i. think that earlier they probably learned a pretty valuable lesson and just like my credit. is obviously starting off with a charmed life the question is actually down the road and the next thing you know that happens it's an image that is not going to leave me anytime soon and that is the lesson for the day like really take care. because it's really that time of the year right now where everybody needs to be extra extra vigilant and more so make sure that your children are strapped in this baby was at the rear end of the car in a blanket not even strapped you know at the car seat behind in the back. about how horrible this accident could have gone well we're just we're doing our last

question is i mean are you are you getting behind the wheel you will have her moscow you are you driving here i think people who drive in mosul are very brave i personally would never do it and i do have one more piece of news for you the good news is that the baby did survive with just a few scratches and just a minor concussion but a lesson learned today drive safely and take care and strap in and if we could show we cover the recall at this moment outside right now the snow is extremely high as it is really really densely at the moment so we're going to take. our. a valuable lesson learned right all right now for the u.n. security council though it's a drawing a harsh response from north korea no real big surprise that. it will unleash its nuclear power against the u.s. over the tightening of sanctions also france's military presence in mali a mission of rescue or a mission for resources we explore that more in a few minutes.

to assassinate venezuela's vice president amid growing concerns over the health of the country's leader chavez i will speak exclusively with the vice president himself who says there is no meat that could they can stay with us here on out.

he. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton at the terrorists behind the recent deadly hostage taking in algeria. responds to france's intervention in mali. troops. in the.

i the french have died had no need for the military operation in mali but the discussion is to undergo in as to exactly why the western nation has people who are as written soil again costing money and people's lives official rhetoric remains in line with the mantra of the war on terrorism but some statements suggest another may or france's defense minister has declared total become question mali is the main goal with the president echoing french troops twenty five hundred so far who remain in the region or as long as necessary there to demilitarize huge checks of africa so that they will to monopolize access to the city to the resources this is the day we think this is the complete specifically i mean relations do it to states that no we seeing problems in other parts of the european union troops of european union troops actually being used i mean some of the money conflict as well which

has been relatively rare in the past gold mali is the world's third largest producer of oil gas and especially enormous uranium deposits make the country very attractive nearly eighty percent of all france's energy generated by almost sixty new lines is dependent on african reigning french companies must go on the offensive and fight the growing influence of rival china for a stake in africa's increasingly competitive markets all of this is neocolonialism you saw it with a major employer of the new france as far from the only nation to have it and defend its interests in africa. the french have intervened around fifty times in the last fifteen years it's insufficient to four nation protecting regimes from rebels like integrity the central african republic and find tunisians like in libya that france is always leaving by only economic or geopolitical interests this time is going to. radically that you have to go in as asian was it actually overheated

that apart from the comic there is also. this part of africa through the red sea and middle east. for centuries for trade. but with many other involved. but that doesn't mean the round mutual interests here. if you ask people in mali you'd be surprised if they were waiting for somebody to save them because their army is not a group to train to oppose these militants it was necessary to intervene in mali people see this operation as a liberation they hardly wanted to live on the islamists this is how does is a philosopher informant tunisian ambassador to damascus his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come you resources then it's logical that locals profit as well those riches go to improve their lives i think that's

not the case this ways while the kind of slavery in. mali among the richest in national resources in africa maine's one of the poorest nations in the world. many years these will be very serious if this is the country's ministry of colonies if i did minister frank territories of the seas today that ministry not only exists oh my french colonies or. someone that's one idea someone just got a history and history may be repeating. right now to carry. but as well as vice president says the country's security forces have uncovered a plot to assassinate him and another senior ally to chavez it comes amid growing uncertainty over the leader's health he's still recovering from cancer surgery in cuba. spoke exclusively to van as well as vice president nicolas maduro who dismissed speculation that chavez is on well insisting that he is still in full

control. during the interview with vice president nicolas maduro to the vice president of venezuela he informed us that president chavez is right now in his best moment. since his operation that took place and the beginning of december that there's a lot of expectation regarding his return to venezuela that he's definitely been improving complications have been overcome that arise during his surgery and in the post-operative phase at the same time he did want to speculate about when president chavez what exactly return to the country that that's definitely the cards definitely the near future. this isn't a good post-operative condition and he's recovering with very well will make an official announcement to the public soon we're able to visit him all the time. vice president said that right after this interview he would be leaving on a plane to have an excuse to meet with president chavez to visit him informing us also that president chavez is conscious is awake he's aware of what's going on he's

actively involved in his government wants to know what's happening and that he's still at the head of government that he's the one giving the orders and. decisions he's still making the decisions about the different paths that the government's taking. he's the president and more than fifty six percent of the people who voted for his continuing to fulfill his obligations everyone has been a swell and the rest of the world know that the government is continuing to develop social and economic reforms and he's waiting for the president to recover and fulfill constitutional obligations. overall there's a lot of expectation regarding the return of president chavez and the people of venezuela are very anxious awaiting his arrival. and you can watch of the full version of our tos exclusive interview with the vice president of venezuela that's coming up at eighteen thirty g m c. for now north korea has warned of a quote full fledged confrontation with washington promising to conduct

a rocket launch on a nuclear test targeting the u.s. the threats come a day after the u.n. security council expanded u.s. backed sanctions against pyongyang for its rocket launch in december a political analyst and niall bowie says washington is keeping up pressure because north korea's isolation actually benefits barack obama's asia policy. the military analysts have commented on the nature there is military hardware most of it is based on old soviet design and all of their own. jihad of the recent years of the capability to directly attack the states from where they are i think the danger is the truth of. the east pivot to asia. was very keen the pretext for the united states. so very concrete further and i think we have to look at. this issue and we either should.

she should leave and it. gets to be really. hard straight into the world cup there we go starting with syria where rebel forces attacked and looted several christian muslim religious sites claiming the buildings as barracks for regime forces and that's according to human rights watch which is also warning the country is sliding deeper into sectarian violence there's just no end in sight for the twenty two month old conflict which has already claimed thousands of lives of both pro and anti president assad supporters. twenty one people have been killed and thirty injured in a bus crash in southeastern bolivia the vehicle reported the flipped over in a roll down a cliff while traveling along a mountain highway a place not running out of the driver may have been drinking this comes just a few days after a similar bus crash left twelve dead in the exactly the same region. xico

supreme court has released a french woman who was arrested in two thousand and five and sentenced to sixteen years in jail for helping her mexican boyfriend run a gang of florence cast says was freed after judges ruled there had been violations in the case she was transported on to police protection alva. cole and later boarded a plane to france in the case a spot of considerable diplomatic tension between paris and mexico. are much more international news to come in about half an hour that will be the after our special report mistress of the cave that's just around the corner.

right wing t.v. host glenn beck is going to build his own utopia beck plans to put together a massive social experiment building his own city which will be totally independent from the evil grasp of government and the outside world where residents will have to learn how to survive on their own make their own things and grow their own food the future city called independence usa will be based on libertarian principles with hints of iran flavor there will be no handouts and no help for the self-sufficiency minded residents but beck may need some help himself because building the city could cost about two billion dollars the thing is that commentators about politics like glenn beck and you horse truly have a very easy job it is easy to point out what is wrong with society but it is another thing entirely to try to change it and i want to salute actually doing something and putting his money where his ideological mouth is now why would i want to live in the i and rand paradise of independence usa under the rule of lord beck

no no i wouldn't taking marching orders from a tiny portly man known for crying on camera doesn't suit me but if you were a hardcore libertarian here is your chance to make all of your dreams come true but that's just my opinion. so the project is called the mistress of basically she looks like the silhouette of a woman on the wall. in the cave. she lives there it's true she does exist and you'll get the chance to meet her.

you know being serious. to be sure it's the longest gypsum crystal in the world. more than five kilometers long and it's the longest water. some say it might even become the longest of the earth. estimated time of arrival at. the airport is three thirty pm local time.