come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cancer the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser report on. the u.n. security council strongly condemned north korea's most powerful nuclear test threatening more sanctions against pyongyang. iran may allow access to a military complex which is the suspected site of nuclear experiments that's ahead of another round of talks with the u.n. atomic watchdog. and a black bloc rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical with a mass movement attracting support our team has granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group.

from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day. the u.n. security council has issued a stern rebuke to north korea over its third nuclear test as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test which was in defiance of international regulations the organization says it plans to be fought the sanctions already in place for the country's previous atomic exercises. has more. well the u.n. security council unanimously condemned north korea's latest nuclear test there called it a defiant act and a clear threat to international peace and security her statement approved at an emergency meeting hours after pyongyang's latest underground test called the atomic blast a grave violation of three un resolutions of banning north korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests now the council also pledged further action calling peelings latest defiant

a clear threat to international peace the security council also strengthen sanctions in response to this missile test back in december and they promised the council members promised to take significant action in the event of this new nuclear test now while there was a unanimous unanimous sentiment within the security council in the midst of this emergency meeting some members like china and russia said that the international community should tread carefully russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that no country in the international community should not jump to quick conclusions or actions but i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the will not be used as a pretext to build up a military presence around the korean peninsula we believe that flexing military muscles in the region is extremely dangerous now u.s. president barack obama also warned that both tuesday's tests and earlier satellite

launches are provocations according to the u.s. president and he threatened further swift and credible action against pyongyang u.n. chief john ki-moon also condemned the nuclear test calling it deplorable of the test was also criticized by many others including britain japan france the e.u. the i.a.e.a. and nato north korean diplomats john young wrong are also told the u.n. disarmament forum in geneva recently that his country quote will never bow down to any. solution and that was in response to criticism that nuclear test violated several u.n. security resolution now pyongyang has also that if the u.s. response to that test with hostility then unspecified quote second and third measures may follow it seems as though if you just based on the patterns that are taking place that north korea is not backing down despite any threat of resolutions or sanctions so the u.n.

security council condemning that north korean nuclear exercise with pyongyang now facing the threat of further isolation director of global studies in hong kong going to. beijing join the worldwide criticism of the test they are likely to stand by the secretive state in the face of serious sanctions. in this region because you know stability is a major. principle. activities in japan and south korea isn't. north korea to be understood so it's not going. to call the interests of beijing and these kind of. i mean we still be tolerated by raging at this moment but you've got. to just be installed because. it's.

reuters escalation. true capabilities so. you could also make good. to move campaign and the results could be a competition among all of us in that region. where an important there with the latest on north korea's nuclear test and we've got a live timeline to keep you up to date on all the latest reactions and developments on that issue the dot com. iran has also condemned the north korean nuclear test calling for all atomic weapons to be destroyed to tehran itself has revealed it's producing stocks of material that has the potential of becoming weaponized another round of talks just around the corner but a breakthrough may not come quick enough for some rain into a seeing their health care hit by international sanctions a report on that for you just ahead on r.t.

. egypt's opposition is turning more radical as protests become increasingly violent and the movement of last men calling themselves the black bloc is attracting more supporters it's threatening is the most authorities and sparking fears of a possible all out street war both true and current tells us about the group which

is given r.t. exclusive access. this mysterious group appeared around the second anniversary of generosity five evolution when they released this statement saying they would fight the mizzen brotherhood and they would strive for the goals of revolution around about the time we started seeing a young man in black bought a car this according themselves said the black bloc and they were heading up the more minutes and signs of the revolution we saw them making want to talk to my facebook pages they were giving instructions for street fighting it taking responsibility for a number of the acts of civil disobedience such as stopping public transport and also have said they were responsible for the burning of muslim brotherhood headquarters of some of them this of course has sparked much criticism from the authorities including the mr brotherhood and that the t.v. channels the prosecutor general twenty ninth of january i said they were terrorists agree on that they would be arrested if they were caught red handed our team managed to secure interviews with this members of the secret organization. the black bloc is an idea that came about as

a reaction to the negligence of our peaceful demands and also as a reaction against the oppression of the interior ministry which receives orders from the regime we stand against the oppressive and tyrant regime we call upon the interior ministry to deliver justice for those who have been killed and we will continue our demands until they are met our actions are in self-defense we are protecting ourselves but have never attacked anyone we will always be present in egypt even after or demands are met however we will take on a different form the aim behind our presence is to prevent injustice in any form no one listens to our demands and the proof is the number of people who are being killed but of course we had much chance to mock this stepping down of the ouster of hosni mubarak this of course devolved into clashes by the presidential palace much take us was throwing up protest as he responded with molotov the similar protests occurred around the country down south in the suit and now we have reports

including egypt's second city in alexandria all the. the focus of the class was definitely as is most weeks by the presidential palace an indication that protesters attending to more violent means to push the regime to fulfill their demands will true there and under the new egyptian constitution the black bloc is considered a violent outlaw group political activists are committed says there's a reason for the opposition to be so desperate. they stand for a just cause and they're trying to portray themselves as a vigilante but the true anger behind it's the frustration from the lack of social justice the lack of fulfillment of the demands of the revolution so it's a true anger among certain groups of youth but then their frustrations in violence so that this could turn to peacefulness of the egyptian revolution which was which resonated all around the world with a lot of positive connotations the first reactions from the muslim brotherhood is

that they will create something called the white law in order to respond to that pressure from the black bloc now both of them will be deemed. illegal groups if that happens but i'm not concerned about that violence being organized among different starters of the society however how it's being employed on the streets to falsify the collective perception of people through media the situation that egypt is becoming a lawless state and that it's becoming a failed state both on the economic level and the security level egyptians by nature are not violent and these are tactics being employed so that egyptians grow desperate all the time with all the crises economic crises and all sorts of protests all around the country egypt. collectively people start thinking that the muslim brotherhood is doing a lousy job which more or less they are doing

a lousy job however it's to push people to beg the military council for a cool so that they can kick out the muslim brotherhood to justify the military overtake of the government. still ahead this hour on alex he went back to work. program to. discuss what's wrong with tackling the problem. with little space for some crucial issues. the state of the union address focusing on the prosperity of the average american. that's one. coming away a little later in the program. is

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these continue to reality british government policies to tackle unemployment are taking a hammering with a court ruling that a planned forced labor program was unlawful and it looks like taxpayers will be left to foot the bill for mistakes made by m.p.'s on the server takes a look at the u.k.'s shaking work their system. university graduate kate riley and forty year old jamison wilson succeeded in their claims that their unpaid work scheme that they were made to take part in was indeed a lot for them but was taking place in the court of appeal today and they argue it was that the surrounding issues will eagerly flawed so they were successful and a small but significant victory now the law is that that ruling say it could mean that thousands of people who have their benefits stripped from the under similar

circumstances in this government work program could we claim that money that could leave the door open to millions of pounds compensation that would be footed by the taxpayer of course that's causing a lot of concern that the d.w.p. is saying that they are not going to be coughing up any cash whatsoever in our teeth on its own investigation into the work program it's been hugely controversial program a lot of problems in response to what's the government has said that it was ridiculous to suggest that there were any problems with the work program and that it wasn't helping people get back into work but look this is all being quite embarrassing for the government today not speak to us more about this i'm joined by amery o'reilly from the political work there program thank you very much for joining us a small victory do you think that far enough because on the surface of it it seems like a big deal and a win the obviously the people involved in that but is this going to be as hard

hitting as far reaching well today's ruling is really significant for us it shows that workfare forced unpaid work in the u.k. isn't just wrong it's also been unlawful so that means every single person who's been sent on these schemes in the last two years was sent on them unlawfully and the tens of thousands of people who faced really extreme hardship and possible destitution by having their money stopped as a result of not participating may well. be entitled to claim that money back but you're right it doesn't go far enough the still a lot to be done one of this my significant schemes mandatory work activity is still intact and really disturbing me the government threatening to bring emergency regulation through to bring workfare straight back in this when just today the schemes are found illegal when they've been riddled with corruption allegations from the start and the government's own research shows that has no effect on helping people find work you know there are millions of people unemployed here in

the end of course the imperative is getting them back he said work i don't think anyone suggesting that these people shouldn't be put back to work but i think it's the rhetoric that surrounding it and indeed the figures as we said archy did their own investigation and the figures just do not add up the percentage of people who are actually getting jobs from this program were incredibly full of but it was worse than doing nothing a tooth so really the figure is quite shocking but you're right this is a fair assertion and one that i've put in conflicts where it's hugely controversial loads of criticism about these government work schemes but they are schemes that are in place and the government is quite right getting people back into a job so they will look unemployment in the u.k. the moment is a huge huge issue but the government nice that these schemes don't work its own research shows they have zero effect on helping people find work possibly worse in doing nothing and. instead of helping create jobs what they're doing is replacing paid work by handing big business like our tesco pound and hundreds of

thousands of hours of unpaid work effectively replacing jobs that would exist if these schemes weren't in place not only that the government is using these schemes to massage the unemployment figures because when people are forced to work without pay on the schemes they can't count them as having a job a very strange definition of having a job with not a single person is receiving a wage because one graduate who is on that work program certainly a small but significant victory in a fluid for that case said today it certainly means that the government now has to go back to the drawing board when it comes to their work schemes. iran said it may allow inspectors from the u.n. nuclear watchdog access to a military complex suspected of hosting atomic research with iran has always denied the parchin site is a nuclear facility the i.a.e.a. inspectors will arrive in iran for a new round of talks on wednesday in another move and easing the tension over its nuclear ambitions tehran said it is converting enrich uranium into reactor fuel and

that will slow the buildup of material which could potentially be used to make nuclear weapons well it's discussed this now with matthew mcallester he's a research fellow in nuclear security at queen mary university in london matthew iran has resumed as i just said converting some of its enriched uranium in into fuel proving it to be for peaceful purposes do you think that this gesture will ease tensions in any way over its suspected nuclear weapons program. our first of all yes it is a very good piece of information that we've just received. certainly a piece of information to international society was looking for. it is important to remember it on. almost a hard. and rich are you running that is and rich just below twenty percent are two. reactor fuel. that is not

unreachable. can be. can still potentially use. in richmond but this poses a very difficult because of that and if you have very good a piece of information it's true that indeed by the report. we're expecting up one to this month so you're a nuclear security expert on what you just said is iran really posing a threat. is it i'm posing a threat because it's a question that in our group. over the past twenty years and the question is. still we can next. certain aspects of concrete programs are questionable our concerns have been raised. but is it really. is a really dangerous we don't know but a good sign is it was the definitely not and also not that's not a good sign matthew not a good sign you can we say we don't know we talked about this this idea of the rich

really being turned into fuel which could be for peaceful purposes also what about this other move that it's it's now allowing inspectors to go to its march and military site which was of course suspected as a nuclear development facility so again is that another way of iran saying look we have nothing to hide so indeed this is a very this is a very important information and again should have because it's part of. the military and the current international legal structures the international society has no access to that sites unless allowed by the iranian regime. the trust building exercise. if the international society and. inspectors are allowed in this is definitely going to hear very good sign from it on to the international society it has to be mentioned. this would not be the first

time i would go into arguments the words if i'm not mistaken belief times and i have not found anything but there are concerns i have the greatest iran has not yet replied to questions posed to them so this provide a positive context for tomorrow's talks in the upcoming six party talks but perhaps to bring any sort of breakthrough it's. definitely is it's a very awkward mention it's a very good piece of information something that we definitely have been looking forward to but one thing has to be mentioned in order to on. standing down by their new regime one has to remember the. rhetorical. action on the other if his retort is met by action by the end of this month or any the near future then this is definitely going to be a very good trustable example could that be empty rhetoric when we've seen iran saying that it's joining the international condemnation of what's happening in

north korea at the moment is actually call for an end to nuclear arms we surprised by that reaction coming. i wasn't surprised. when the. press secretary of the ministry. mentioned this was certainly not surprising to me our thoughts and one also has to remember there was also a statement today from the foreign minister that on. this i'm he definitely. recognize that in his words north korea not being a member of the n.p.t. was in paul's right exercise their rights to test the. technology of. ok well we could talk more about north korea but of course we're talking really about the moment what's happening in iran a lot of talk and aggressive talk from israel indeed. from the u.s. is well we don't know what obama's going to say in today's speech concerning iran

but do you think there is a chance now that tensions could be easing and there's going to be less talk of any chance of a military strike that many analysts are talking about i mean that's not really. there is the chance of some sort of a deal at this well it's going to on a what kind of proposals the international society will make. kind of what kind of proposal will come from that round one thing many analysts tend to agree on is that in order to in order to. stop for crimes that you bring in crisis there is a need for direct during. american talks and this is something that we still are not see at all and in fact the supreme leader. khamenei mentioned that there will be no talks. with the u.s. unless all sanctions are got there are there have been remarks made by president ahmadinejad but. president ahmadinejad's remarks have to be taken with

a bit of caution. for those who watch it on very closely you know part of the nothing has been sort of a lame duck president for the past one year just briefly from a nuclear security expert a bomb is going to handsful now and what we're seeing in north korea and of course for those tensions ongoing with with iran when he first became president he wanted a nuclear free world it seems to be that the situation got far worse than when he first started. yes indeed and in fact some of the commentators today also mentioned that this show circles by north korea will also indicate it on the ability to act without impunity and international society obviously we need to wait for the after reaction of the international society. we need we need in remarks made today. in

fact have been some sort of. corporation with more koreans and. obviously. for the moment no information whatsoever to do substantial difficult final question but is the world a safer place though in terms of nuclear threats yes or no. i would say at the moment. very interesting to talk to you thanks so much your time matthew mccaskey joining us live there in london thank you very much indeed thank you. well despite the concerns of israel the u.s. and its western allies iran denies it's developing atomic bombs under the cover of a civilian nuclear program meanwhile the international sanctions are hitting the lines of everyday ring in need of medicine. as found out. behind this smile lies pain and despair a bass and they run in with blood a cancer has just received his medicine but there is no guarantee he'll get it tomorrow the best jokes about patients being patient but sadly has no choice.

it's so hard to get treatment these days it's not that i don't get any at all but you have to wait a long time and if you get it that only means someone else has missed. the reason for the drug shortage sanctions imposed by western countries and the republic they're not directly targeting the pharmaceutical or medical sectors but they hit banks in the post trade restrictions. unfortunately many foreign companies stop selling us drugs they're not allowed to have creme brulee with iran and people predict price with their lives. iran's officials warn it may have an impact far beyond its borders. if we have a disease or pedantic and are unable to vaccinate the population it could spread easily to neighboring countries and the third to many even outside iraq. iran

produces ninety six percent of its own medicine but the roma tears for half of them come from abroad more than fifty vital medicines have disappeared from the running pharmacist and international sanctions came in because the for an ingredient still made from can no longer make their way into iran people with cancer and him ophelia wait often ended with bad news that their drug is not available their chances of survival are getting ever slimmer as sanctions heat patients instead of politicians officials estimate a total of six million iranian patients could be in danger because of the drug deficit in the local and international media reported on the first death apparently caused by the shortage. a fifteen year old boy who suffers from hemophilia couldn't get the medicine he desperately needed despite a frantic search by his family and he died in hospital on.

the west used to do now they tried sanctions on the military sector they realized we actually started making progress there but they wanted to weaken destabilize the country and the government is their aim this is why they now target people so that people get angry and take that the streets protesting i think. and people indeed take to the streets this is a meeting of organ donors and some whose lives have been saved by transplant it's a process now complicated by the likes of medicine for that. i thank god and the donor who returned me to live i had hard problems and now his heart beats in my chest and i am again why but the problem is that many too many are still awaiting surgery became extremely expensive and the number of donors decreased will they have enough time. iranian doctors find themselves facing a very hard to to ation having to decide who will get the medicine and who will not

in this to ration they wrote an s.o.s. letter to the un chief they're still waiting for an answer brief interruption r.t. from iran. americans are preparing to tune into their president's big speech with barack obama to make his state of the union address in several hours from now is expected to focus on the economic recovery of the middle class ignoring crucial issues like secretive u.s. drone strikes and we'll be looking at what this could mean later in the program. also still to come the new hope going pope benedict the sixteenth says he won't have a hand in the vatican's choice of success with the catholic church at a crossroads following the surprise resignation announcement. well that's it for me for the robbery but the news team and more for in about fifty minutes from now the meantime here's katie with all the latest business news for you know understand that peace is being made no more currency wars yet the.