have the police coming through the mouth. didn't seem to be a good idea to learn the european way with brussels business. in the workers here it's one person one fault but in brussels business it's one euro one fault. barack obama's state of the union address sees a pledge to pull more troops from afghanistan but they targeted killing of terror suspects fails to graze his speech. north korea faces mall sanctions as the un security council strongly condemns pyongyang seven most powerful underground nuclear test to date. and as high earners and their bags have had a way europe's small business owners call their governments taxes suffocating as pressure mounts during tough financial times.

international news and comment live from moscow this is our c. was me hello and welcome to the program. barack obama devoted his first state of the union address of his second term to trying to appease lawmakers and taxpayers with fresh promises to boost the economy and slash debt and deficit aside the reduction of the occupation force in afghanistan and also announced was that essentially full size and troops do say leave by next february but certain sticky issues were notably left out of the speech as once he's going there to check on reporters. although the president try to speak in most generic terms on foreign policy one could notice a change in the way he was talking about the result of the spring in the aftermath of europe's spring he said quote unquote messy he also said that the u.s. can't dictate the course of changing countries like egypt we remember how the u.s.

was cured leading for revolutions in those countries and maybe the change they see now is not much to their liking the president was very briefly incautiously mentioned syria saying the u.s. supports those in the syrian opposition that respect the rights of all syrians but with terrorists flooding into syria and with radical forces doing a lot of the fighting for the opposition there it's really hard to see much respect for all syrians right at the moment the president mentioned north korea saying north korea's provocative actions show how much the u.s. needs missile defense he also said the administration will be seeking further reduction of nuclear arsenals with russia although there was no mentioning of the word drones president obama did say that the administration will continue to chase down suspected terrorists around the globe despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones washington is setting up new drone bases around the globe the war that the administration is waging with the

remote control is shrouded in secrecy and as you can imagine the president did not say much about it but he did say this is true different kind of affiliates and extremist groups have emerged from the peninsula to africa. the threat these groups pose is a bomb but to meet this threat we don't need to send tens of thousands of our sons and daughters abroad occupy other nations where necessary through range of capabilities we will continue to take direct action against those terrorists who pose the greatest threat to americans the administration's no prisoners policy has raised all sorts of red flags numerous reports of civilian deaths in those drone strikes president obama did say in the speech that his justice department was working on a legal framework for those operations but one wonders what kind of the legal framework that could be when the man who's been in charge of the program john brennan during his confirmation hearing last week explained why the administration couldn't go to court with drones he said we don't punish people for past the guilt

we strike before they take action he basically said the u.s. government could execute people for what they haven't done yet it is a very controversial policy and yet we heard very little about it in the president's state of the union address. during his speech obama also announced the signing of a new cybersecurity stated purpose of which is to boost the nation's defenses against what the policy has been slammed by critics as an invasion of privacy and journalist and author tom gjelten says the cyberspace simply not transparent enough to be accountable. we are moving into an era where countries feel more and more free to attack each other and where they may feel that they can do so without being caught difficult. particularly here in the united states there is so much secrecy surrounding cyber war and

cyber weaponry in general but particularly on the off and side there should be perhaps no morals that will govern our conduct in fact some discussion about. how international laws of war apply in the cyber do again. so one topic barack obama didn't break any new ground on was gun control and wissen report from the council on new york state money for protests that hit the streets to demonstrate against top gun control measures introduced by the authorities after the sandy hook massacre last december. the un will be fought sanctions against north korea that's not an emergency meeting of the international bodies security council resulted in making none of us condemnation of pyongyang said nuclear test the communist state conducted a controlled atomic detonation all true stay in defiance of the divine plan of all such activity north korea's main ally and aid benefactor china was among those

condemning down its atomic test and the wrecks of global studies at hong kong investing simoncelli believes while beijing joined the united criticism of its relations with a secretive state will remain intact beijing does not wish to see and certainly in this region because you know stability is to measure the critical engine at this moment however due to the rising reuters activities in japan and south korea in the reason you're seeing north korea as a new factor of balance against you know understates so as long as the be ok does nords the core interests of beijing and these kind of behaviors i mean still be tolerated by beijing at this moment so is the new government up south korea and japan just being installed and it could rain makes use of this excuse to mobilize their own writers as collusion was to build up their military capabilities so it

could be done beijing but also matured as their own excuse to mobilize their own military campaign and then the result could be a competition among all the powers in the region that's not something that low. iran's foreign ministry says international inspectors are demanding access to the military complex which is suspected of covert atomic research the country said it may have allowed the u.n. watchdog to revisit this site it comes as another round of talks on iran's controversial nuclear program begins later today teheran also sat it's been converting and reached rain into reactor fuel and other move aimed at easing tensions with the west the process is meant to slow the buildup of material which could potentially be used to make nuclear weapons and matthew mcconaughey nuclear security expert from queen mary university in london lays direct talks at the only solution to the stalemate. the international society and. inspectors are

allowed in that this is definitely going to be a very good sign from it on or to the international society it has to be mentioned that. this would not be the first start it would go into power to. the board if i'm not mistaken belief that they have not found anything but still. not yet replied to questions posed to them one thing many analysts country agree on is that in order to in order to. stop the crunch if you are in crisis there is a meaning for direct reining in american talks and this is something that we still . hold tough times means many in europe are finding it increasingly harder to make ends meet the taxpayers are unlikely to be given my trip three of us especially one that governments are talking record debts and was no one willing to dish generously funded public services the year looks set to continue having one of

the highest top tax rates in the world peace on of investigates. he's a leading man of stage and screen however european heads of state will be hoping here are death by do doesn't become the leader of a tax exodus by the super rich fund to our lands decision to push through a seventy five percent top rate of tax on those earning over one million euros saw the actor up sticks and head to russia europe has some of the highest rates of taxation in the world with many giving the lion's share of the things to the state of vermont feel that it can be a balancing act of course you want to run a successful business but if you make over a certain amount you find yourself paying out huge quantities of tax over fifty percent. there are warnings for europe that when compared to low tax countries like russia they could lose their competitive edge if they're

a country with low taxes and with high taxes capital flow well to country with a low tax in the same is true for people with talent there's always going to be people that think the taxes are too high but a growing number actually starting to think that it's becoming detrimental to the development of business but he can't owns a haulage company in munich currently he employs around ninety people transporting everything from the small to the big and bulky all over mainland europe he says that lowering the current rate of tax would not just make big changes to his business but also to the lives of his staff that's where not only can he suppose our current it would be super first i could pay higher salaries this is a very important issue right now due to the rise in the cost of living also i can invest more into the company and grow the business even employ more people everyone benefits something that is impossible under the current tax system and that those

in power argue that the problem in european countries right now is that taxpayers want to have the best of both worlds big management of the phenomenon we face regarding taxes is that everyone wants to pay as little as possible however no one is willing to give up the services that those taxes go to pay for them with few signs of any major tax cuts on the horizon in year businesses like this one going to have to continue to struggle to bring home the bacon but it comes to saving fifty future development peter all of a r.t. . i'm going to come for you this saw a dangerous president in just a couple of minutes told the court heard him blowing a big hole in the british government's unemployment schools. and then he has the tough wait to get a pro-democracy rebels a swat secular tinnies is cool teaching children islam a spreading cross

a nation all right. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for life you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charging welcome to the big picture. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images killed world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are ruled the day.

the hour you're watching r.c. welcome back into nisa religious schools are spreading through rasta nation following the revolution two years ago some parents have no problem with their kids getting down to the nuts and bolts of an islam at an early very early stage but others fear such occasion as only planting the seeds of future extremism or his reign are going to come reports. tunisia's learned some tough lessons in the wake of its revolt but now the report card for what's going on in its schools is facing examination in the school in one of the poorest districts of the tunisian capital

children come to learn about the qur'an and the way of life of true muslims religious education was banned under the old regime but it's making a comeback in a big way the rise of islam islam has led to an increase in the number of religious schools springing up across the country these schools are private operating outside of the control of state officials who have no say over what's being taught in these schools and some worry that this may lead to a rise in the number of young extremists even many religious experts agree filling your minds with religious doctrines may not be the best way to bring up children. i read in one of the papers sent by a three year old girl to her mother with a message my beloved mom teach me about the afterlife the same way you teach about this life is this a way to teach three year old children we can see it clearly attempts to brainwash these children dr ramani carried out an extensive research of religious schools and

to nice to find out whether critics were right to say that they were damaging to the country's post revolutionary development she found most schools were primarily focused on teaching strict islamic values without worrying about the effect these methods may have on youngsters. and i have noticed that all female teachers at these schools where any cub while teaching you can't see her face this is in contradiction with what's known in psychology as communication how can she communicate with the kids if her face is covered emotions and movement of vital to kids and social interaction such things do not contradict our values and morals. but parents who send their children to study at these schools believe they are on the right track. educating our children with muslim values is the way to ensure that they will lead a proper life from childhood study in the koran improves memory increases thinking abilities and says the right course for the rest of their lives. at the moment not

even the ministry of education is able to say exactly how many religious schools there are in tunisia after the revolution they sprung up over the country many operating without license from the state the government has acknowledged the problem but has its hands full trying to keep the economy to gether education is on the back burner absence of control of it especially worse emissions on top of the concerns about extremist salafist groups gaining ground. these groups don't believe in democracy the republic and freedom they consider them to be against their religion they want to impose their way of life onto new zealand by force as if they know better than other people. after the arab spring revolt tunisians were eager to embrace what they hoped would be a new way of life but with radical islam permeating more and more spheres of everyday life these children's future i mean not be exactly what many parents had hoped for in their quest for freedom or democracy in tunisia.

and right now in hati dot com for you one march against the president suddenly turned into violent goals with police in ages biggest cities these are the guys who are turning up the heat and our channel gives you an exclusive chance to hear from the secret of the stars of the egyptian uprising online and also doubtless suffering at times by mother nature home owners and also in new york which were hit hardest by hurricane sandy are in point unfortunate surprise from the cities towns of origin you. also had to also you don't call me while some believe or is that feeling sad about the pope's decision to pack these vatican bides these ukrainian girls were only too delighted to hear the news and staged a celebration in paris as most famous track. is

today. game flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations are on. the now world of a day at this hour at least nineteen gunmen have been killed in thailand's turbulent south after all said to be the area's most vigorous militant attacks and yes some one hundred heavily armed man stormed a not a is but were repelled a science to tip off the militants had previously defected now casualties among servicemen were reported on. three muslim dominated provinces often suffer from the times by senators calling for greater autonomy from bangkok. and another blow to syria's government forces the rebel free syrian army has seized

a military airport east of the country's second city of aleppo following two days of intensive called bought the militants are now in the control of a small plane fleet which includes mig fighter jets f.s.a. commanders say the government troops will no longer be able to send reinforcements to stop rebel advances in a province neighboring aleppo however damascus has laid down the importance of the airbase claiming it was only used to train for training problems. also a nato airstrike in a remote area of eastern afghanistan has reportedly left at least ten civilians dead that target was apparently targeting at tyburn hideout with four militants also thought to be among those killed the high number of civilian deaths is a sensitive issue in afghanistan and has caused severe tension between president karzai and his american counterpart barack obama. moving now to the u.s. braga bolivar bros to enact tougher gun control measures many in the country saying

he's taking america down the wrong path the state of new york was the first to follow the president bypassing restrictions like flogging customers who buy large amounts of ammo and health traps for potential gun owners reasons the citric going to reports now from the state's capital albany on how some there are taking it all that. the big apple business as usual. a few hours by train the empire state capital. as the united states remains divided when it comes to what to do with guns in this country after a recent series of shootings hundreds of anti-gun control protesters gathered outside the state capitol building in albany hear the toughest state law on firearms in the u.s. after the sandy hook elementary school shooting the safe fact was passed a month ago. and those whose guns are at stake are far from happy joy look like a terrorist because they will look like a fanatic among other provisions the new state law bans weapon sales over the web

restrict ammo magazines to seven bullets include stricter background checks and regular research if acacia cuomo signed that law in a maryland eye without at least three days for debate allowing the people to read it. these protesters say their second amendment right to bear arms under the u.s. constitution is being stepped on by legislators in need to smarten up and listen you get the garbage out in your ears and listen to what the people are saying gun owners believe politicians are looking for criminals in the wrong places i've been going to owner for thirty years and now some of the guns i have in my locker are now illegal have never had a. parking ticket in my life there's nothing wrong with good law abiding citizens having firearms it's just it's an assessment because this legislation is not going

to stop hardened criminals obsessed with firearms it's not going to stop drug dealers it's not going to stop murderers it's not going to stop latest so what is the answer as the u.s. struggles to find common ground on where the gun debate should take the country next i think the fear of punishment anyone does a crime with a gun here. no. no no. in that. what you see in the world the position of these gun advocates is clear what remains to be seen is whether the us as a whole can ever come to a compromise and especially archie opening. it was one of the u.k. government signature product policies designed to get people back so what what it's like to claims of slavery and could now result in the also of his having to cough up millions to those who took part. 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 loss for them a small but significant victory now the law is there that ruling say it would mean that thousands of people who have their benefits stripped from the under similar circumstances in this government work program could reclaim that money that could lead the door open to millions of pounds compensation that would be footed by the taxpayer of course that's causing a lot of concern dark he'd done its own investigation into the work program 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 now speak to us more about this i'm joined by amery o'reilly for the boycott workfare program thank you very much for joining us a small victory do you think that far enough is 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 and as far reaching well today's ruling is really significant and for us it shows that workfare forced on paid work in the u.k. isn't just wrong it's also been unlawful but you're right it doesn't go far enough to still a lot to be done when of this my significant schemes mandatory work activity is still intact and really disturbingly the government threatening to bring emergency regulation through to bring workfare straight back in three to controversial loads of criticism about these government work schemes but they are schemes that are employed in the governor's quite right getting people back into jobs are they not unemployment in the u.k. the moment is a huge huge issue but the government nice that these schemes don't work instead of helping create jobs what they're doing is replacing paid work effect. replacing jobs that would exist if the schemes were and place not only that the government seizing 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 when not a single person is receiving a wage for them before one graduate who is on that what program is certainly a small but significant victory and if the if that k. fed today it certainly means that the government now has to go back to the drawing board when it comes to their work schemes. and coming up a special report on gun control in america to state that. sigrid laboratory kirby was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot we jointly doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should watch only on the r g dot com.

yeah. yeah. a. gold. anis yeah. i stand on guns in america is i'm i'm pro-life and from. i don't think i'm political stand but i do say i really think that we should increase the love and

sex marriage only. when people are hurt they have the tendency to hurt there is and the thing that can heal that is love and so i'm my stance but i personally believe it is to teach more how to love how do you love your neighbor how do you love your friends love the teachers love students and that will that will decrease kind may not necessarily end diminish kinds of events. and this is our first task as a society keeping our children safe this is how we will be judged and then gramps. a good way for. grant said i think there should be some changes

we should learn from what happened at sandy hook i feel really bad in the month since twenty precious children and six brave adults were violently taken from us at sandy hook elementary more than nine hundred of our fellow americans have reportedly died at the end of a gun so i'm putting forward a specific set of proposals but as important as these steps are they are in no way a substitute for action from members of congress to. get you to talk to you know she she did for the long haul when she died or you can put a court injunction and put it into the hands are serious matter how little funding . he demands but you know saying to snore counts you know.