twice. movement has broken away from the islamists. to fight terrorism extremism. group has stated it's ready for peace talks with the government and the french. defense minister. looks at the reasons behind. thank you french have died headlong into the military operation in mali but the

discussion is still ongoing as to exactly why the western nation has put boots on african 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 layer of france's defense minister has declared total reconquest of mali is the main goal with the president echoing french troops twenty five hundred so far who remain in the region for as long as necessary they're attempting to militarize huge sections of africa so they want to monopolize access to the city to the resources this is there with english to become specifically i mean relations the united states i know we're seeing it with problems in other parts of the european union through european union troops actually being used i mean some of the money conflict as well which has been relatively rare in the past gold and especially iranian deposits make the country very attractive nearly eighty percent of all france's

energy generated by almost sixty nuclear power plants is dependent on african uranium. french companies must go on the offensive and fight the growing influence of rival china for stake in africa's increasingly competitive markets all this is neo colonialism but with a simpler role france is far from the only nation to have and defend its interests in africa the french have intervened around fifty times in africa in the last fifty years since official declination protection regimes from rebels like in djibouti of the central african republic of fighting regimes like in libya france is always driven by his own economic or geopolitical interests this time is no different i like to call the cold eyes asian wasn't actually over apart from economic there is also strategic importance this part of africa opens routes to the red sea and the middle east britain and france have for centuries force over it before it's like

a remake but with many others involved but that doesn't mean the rounds mutual interests here. if you ask people in mali you'd be surprised they were waiting for somebody to save them because their army is not equipped to train to oppose these militants but it was necessary to intervene in mali people see this operation as a liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists mess they had that is a philosopher in the formant an asian ambassador to us co 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 put then it's logical the locals profit as well those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way is wild a kind of slavery mali him on the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the poorest nations in the world. for many years this will be very serious

to have this is the country's ministry of colonies if i did minister french territories overseas today that ministry normally exists and home. colonies. someone that's one idea someone just got a history and history may be repeating. now not very. i know there have been numerous reports of weapons spilling into mali after the toppling of moammar gadhafi his regime in libya independent political analyst dan glazebrook believes the western intervention in libya is the actual reason behind the turmoil in mali and was happy mali is a direct result of the arming of of rebels and gadhafi in gadhafi libya. as well as the fall of gadhafi get after he was a key player in negotiating peace deals the last peace deal in northern mali and the government was negotiating in two thousand and eight to buy gas to get off it so he was a linchpin of

a lot of the security system in north africa plus the arming of the road plus the looting and get out of his own. weaponry by the rebel forces that's was created this instability and again this is not completely just this is not unforeseen consequences there may be stupid the imperialist but they're not completely blind to the results of their actions. now the fruits of the arab spring have been acknowledged by all the top u.s. diplomat. arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region hillary clinton delivered her congressional testimony on whether washington's policies in the region are also blamed for the deaths of american embassy staff in libya. plus going nuclear over sanctions north korea announces major ballistic and atomic weapons tests both targeted against america over fresh u.n. imposed. for all the health of the global economy and that

what polls in europe both have come into the spotlight of the world's business and political elite who have converged on the swiss ski resort of davos for the annual financial forum. bill payments following the second day of the rather fancy three there's politics that is the focus of policy by kids german chancellor angela merkel on the team areas the fleas mary among c. and the e.c.b. president are they said ok only a discussing a strategy to pull europe out of the long running economic crisis is now the most anticipated speech of the day they had to come from british prime minister david cameron of the he announced a referendum on membership of the e.u. and his desire to win a new settlement for your opening credits of monti concessions from brussels as well but today when he came face to face with the leaders interestingly he seemed to think blacks tracks like who he was soft and his approach nice said he was no

whites turning his back on europe although he was right as did you it is away from the topic because his speech was that she focused on tax transparency to come down on avoidance is what he wanted to talk about with the rest of the financial ministers and here in davos that is what it's all about the referendum. so i will see katie again later in the program here on our t.v. for an hour britain's pitch for a sweeter deal from brussels did however receive a cautious response from germany and chancellor merkel remarked that there was room to talk but not to shout warning the u.k. not to expect too much but stephen hall for spokesman for the u.k. independence party still believes britain would do just fine on its own they said that we would be in huge problems if we came out of the they said that business would not actually invest in the u.k. unless we join the euro this isn't going to happen and we're not going to believe

the false promises and the false concerns that european politicians and big businesses are actually going to throw as i mean there's an unholy alliance that seems to be forming with three old conservatives with large corporations with members of the labor party who will want to frighten the people of this country to say that they can't survive on their own but we're still the sixth largest trading nation in the world so yes the public in this country know that there is a problem out there they understand the arguments and they're not going to be fooled this time by a political elite. all of britain's or may not be falling to the tricks of politicians any time soon but according to the kaiser report there is somebody they are being fooled by sixteen thirty g.m.t. max keiser and stacy herbert lay bare the state of the british economy. talk to pick up bulk of r.b.s. is five hundred million pound live or fine. that's right the bank

while it was owned by the people went out and to show their appreciation and commit a massive act of financial terrorism and they said good british people pay us again pay us again paste again we know you worship stones and rocks and you don't know what money is just give us all your money and the people here in the u.k. are like yes yes banks will do whatever you want. to thanks for joining us here in oz he in the dead of winter it pays to be careful one of russia's icy roads shocking footage was going going viral of what can happen if you know he's to buy more so he took such through the drunk. the road is clear he decides to overtake he slips on the road the truck coming back she's on to him they go something falls out there you see why don't your left corner is the baby

who's just literally out of the moving car into oncoming traffic now what's more surprising about this is that the father comes out luckily this driver is quite you know it's pretty much aware of what's going on around him he picks up the kid goes back into the car his wife comes out picks up what is what's left of everything in the now this video has gone literally viral people are going crazy over it and it's only natural that they would because so many questions are being asked on why was this baby not properly settled in this car there was no baby seat obviously seen that the baby fell out of the car and it's unacceptable that they just nonchalantly just went about their business but now the question that everybody should be asking is rather who was filming this video where all of this was happening so russia motorists know that they'll put cameras on at the actual car so that if anything happens in terms of insurance they have something to actually show the police and

say this is what happened on the road the person who was filming this decided to continue for me even as he saw that there's a child who just fell out of this car he continued filming didn't stop to help didn't say anything and he just went about for me maybe because he thought it was going to be on you tube you know i'm not involved who cares but something that got everybody even talking more is the actual parents they just nonchalantly pick up whatever's left of their belongings and just move on i think the lesson of the day here is that not only are you not you know supposed to be driving recklessly on roads as we have right now it's winter it's slippery it's no we you need to be a bit more vigilant and baby seats for reason to protect us and to protect our kids . well find the closest secrets about anyone in the world at r.t. and read about how in the regions agencies and governments are becoming google's

favorite. the number of requests for private data continues to soar. also online for you the great british brain drain the lack of opportunity forces many of the u.k.'s brightest and best to look elsewhere for more money and better jobs more on that. for the meantime north korea has warned it is prepared to carry out a plethora of rocket launchers and nuclear tests to allow it to compete militarily should words turn to warfare but the message comes a day after the un approved more sanctions against pyongyang over a satellite launch in december but political analyst says that despite some speculation as little chance of an attack on america. all of their own so long each year seems technology has improved the recent years and i think that they have the capability to do it directly attacked the states from where they are i think the danger is much greater for the people in south korea and i think we have to do your

best and see if you think it will work for these guys you know that during the free world of the united states it's not a north korea and you look at the first issue that was passed yesterday for example i think they perceive this to be message the international community saying that you cannot have a right to defend yourself so i think this is the core of the reason why they behaved at leisure you know i was in pyongyang last month and i saw the profit and it banner that really stuck out to me that said we believe in our own but they are going to be defining a trading day most anything here to change that basically they've been down from the bench getting the system currently exists. and results from jordan give the if it is almost something new to get angry about pro-government habits of reinforced their positions in parliament off the claims that king hijacked the election. bus when as well as security services uncover assassination plots against senior

officials as questions abound of what will go chavez's health more to come in just a moment. the. whole world. was.

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. operations. it's good to have you with us here on our t.v. today armed robbery suchet live in moscow. dot com the web entrepreneur and internet activist known for his now banned file sharing service he says is at the center of a political witch hunt now until last year his mega upload web site was one of the most popular in the world with literally millions upon millions of people using it and exchanging information absolutely freely however if you go to the web site

right now this is what you see it has become by us all thora g.'s and it's becoming a landmark case in the persecution of internet activists with kim dotcom has already started a brand new service and is rather determined to keep free fall sharing alive he spoke exclusively to blake about why he continues to be hounded all across the globe. 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. 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 his guest house on this house the mansion all of a sudden the authorities the local police showed up on 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 the prosecutorial abuse and overreach and ignoring the process ignoring our rights spying on illegal search warrants illegal restraining orders illegal spying going to 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 spent decades. in prison but the opinion that i got from him and from his legal team is that that's not going to happen any time soon. or we can see a more of the interview as well as analysis and opinion on the issue later today that will be of course on r t in the martin's breaking of the set. for now though preliminary results in jordan's general election show pro-government tribal candidates have increased their ranks in parliament the announcement on state t.v. came as islamists claim the poll was rigged in the rulers favor. has more on the first parliamentary vote in jordan since the arab spring kicked off there two years

ago. 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 cost 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 fact 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 fire for meant more street protests to boycott to 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. and. i want to. just.

we heard secretary of state acknowledged that the revolutions in that we can have led to the spread of extremism on the revolutions she said it's a great opportunity for the united states but also a great threat to the u.s. certainly see the opportunity when they made the revolution in libya happening because it was mostly due to the u.s. firepower that the rebels there were able to take over hillary clinton cheered when that happened and generally up until that tragic attack in benghazi in september and the murder of the u.s.

ambassador the obama administration had libya checked as a foreign policy success what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism and the spread of weapons in the region and the new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in algeria hillary clinton also spoke about how the u.s. needs to help the governments in the region to deal with their security to build their institutions and all of this in the context of this expanding war on terror so to anyone who expected a smaller u.s. footprint in the region that's probably not going to happen from what we heard today if anything one could expect a bigger u.s.

footprint in the region harden our security forces in venezuela have uncovered an assassination plot this against the vice president nicolas maduro the head of the national assembly the claims came directly from a duro amid growing concern over the health of president hugo chavez he is still recovering from cancer surgery in cuba and hasn't been seen in public in six weeks . ago and spoke to the vice president who says there's no cause for concern over the condition of chavez. during the interview with vice president nicolas maduro the vice president of venezuela he informed us that president chavez is right now in his best moment. since his operation that took place at 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 but that's definitely the cards definitely the near future. if this isn't a good post-operative condition and he's recovering with very well will make an official announcement to the public soon were 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 the way 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. but if 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 will 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. well the full version of aussies exclusive interview with the vice president about as well coming your way off eight hundred thirty g.m.t. next though after a break our special report mistress of the k. . you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so poorly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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