with the withdrawal of. troops from afghanistan the one of the main. state of the union address examines the foreign policy areas the. broken israeli media shroud of secrecy over the death of an alleged secret agent in custody the government trying very hard to keep it quiet. and with the europeans paying some of the highest taxes in the world the wealthy to protect that money by looking for places that won't take.

news around the clock this is with me and live in moscow welcome to the program barack obama used his first state of the union address on his second to try and appease lawmakers and taxpayers making fresh promises to boost the economy and work hard on slashing the debt on the issue of foreign policy though the us president also announced that thirty four thousand troops will leave afghanistan by next february. joins me live here in the studio to bring us some more about this policy foreign policy is a fairly mixed bag of issues are being said by a by the american president of course and that big news on afghanistan top the address president obama himself saying that after over a decade troops are coming home by the end of twenty four teen obama pointing out that there are. two missions at hand now preparing afghan forces to take over so

that the country does not slip into chaos again those were his words the key words here again as if it's not as if it's now a stable place just today reports coming in that ten civilians were killed in a nato strike targeting taliban insurgents now while obama spent most of his speech talking about the economy and taxes he failed to mention that so far the u.s. has invested over one hundred billion dollars in reconstruction of afghanistan and that this year it's expected another thirty billion could be spent in aid as well this as the afghan state is rated one of the most corrupt in the world despite red flags from watchdogs monitoring the aid directly given to the government there's no way of ensuring where all this money is going if it's going to the right place whose hands that cash is falling into watchdog also saying it's too dangerous in

many places across afghanistan to safely observe what's happening before more and. says some have become very rich including western officials well most afghans have been left with nothing and many countries thrive on this war they make money there in goes their un people others who are lined up and making fat salaries and while the life of afghan ordinary afghans have not changed we of course we have had some things like media like communication and this and that but. in relation to what was available and what could have been done it's a drop in the bucket. obama also spoke of defending democracy across the globe most notably the arab spring which has previously been held a success by his administration especially libya egypt and tunisia all contraries that are now still drowning in chaos and violence two years on well obama has changed his tune a bit now saying well it's going to be

a messy transition also his tone on syria a bit distant considering a year ago the u.s. was insisting president go a lot of speculation about possible intervention while obama now saying they will continue to put pressure on the syrian leader another pledge from obama to continue to push for legal and durable policy on counterterrorism now no mention here of guantanamo drones or wiretapping but obama did mention internet freedoms well sort of he flaunted signing an executive order on cyber defense but the order is really seen as a response to congress's refusal to pass the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act system that was last year and in light of serious privacy concerns it didn't go through in other words a loophole has been found for cispa to really be put in action so i suppose

actually signed on the day of the state of the union address well there's about i believe i don't want to check it for next hour but i believe that day because he said i just signed that was totally his yeah it's always an executive order that was very very easy to take attention away from something if you can do it on the around the same time as the state of the union because no one's going to think about anything else except the big speech so it could be a crafty move could be indeed on tuesday so now we thank you. well know while barack obama is charting of the food food and future course of his country being taken close same with his plans for stricter gun control. listen to what people are saying. protesters in the state of new york demonstrate against the restrictions. following the sandy hook school massacre last december more on that to come this.

this is a lie from moscow and a veil of silence over the death of a top secret prisoner has been lifted by the israeli media which had been gagged by a court order it surfaced following a report of australian press about a man linked to the israeli secret service who hanged himself in prison after months of being held in secret. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu summoned the editors of all the major israeli news outlets to an emergency meeting and in that meeting he asked them not to publish the story saying and i'm quoting that it would be embarrassing to a certain government agency not at first the editors did listen and all references to the original australian report would remove from israeli news websites but later it was brought back not only to the websites but also to all the radio and t.v. stations here and certainly sincerely also this morning it has been the headline news everyone though is referencing it as

a report from australia what we understand is that israeli parliament terence did oss the justice minister to confirm whether or not this report was true they also demanded to know if they were other prisoners who were being held in secret in israeli jails the justice minister's comments were and i'm quoting that there is no doubt that if this information is accurate this is something that needs to be checked state since it is gave news operates in israel the green light to report on this parliamentary debate but nothing else but of course we're witnessing now that the reporting has gone much further than just this debate such a gag order it is important to say it is highly unusual in israel way states military sense is normally an hour of the local media to quote selling services on controversial topics such as the alleged israeli strike in syria last month what we also understand is that various human rights groups such as human rights watch as well as the israeli civil rights movement has been aware of this particular

incident for quite some time now the australian media is reporting that this man came to live in israel when he was a youngster he made what is called idea and he was recruiting on the stand by the messiah these ready secret service something went wrong and we've been given no reason for him being imprisoned but they respect the nation that it would have had to be connected somehow with espionage and sensitive state secrets the. former foreign minister avigdor lieberman has said that left wing parliamentarians have damaged israeli security by bringing this issue to the fore in the first place. what is our policy reporting right there now tax hikes still the default plan for you nations trying to get out of debt and europe's super rich aren't exactly happy about handing over their cash by the sackful parties put it all of a found out low tax nations are suddenly looking very tempting. he's a leading man of stage and screen however european heads of state will be hoping

share our debt by a deal doesn't become the leader of a tax exodus by the super rich front lawns decision to push through a seventy five percent top rate of tax on those earning over one million euros saw the 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 the need 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 don't. there are warnings for europe that when compared to low tax countries like russia they could lose their competitive edge if their country with low taxes and with high taxes capital flow went to countries that 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 cards 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 does where not only can his will. he 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. 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 when it comes to saving fifty development beach or all other. and altie is coming to life and faith in teaching religious schools spread across two. decades of being banned under the previous regime coming on the program and leaving many alarmed about the possible spread of radicalism we investigate whether schools. report just ahead for you. the un security council to tighten sanctions on north korea defies international regulation and explodes a new ball monger remote mountain range all those details after the break.

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video for your media. media. this is a religious education is making a serious come back until two years after the regime which banned the teaching of islam was toppled and the current government has no control of a private muslim schools are springing up all over the country and the worry is spreading the issue of extremism. visited one school where the koran is the main subject. 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. that do this and 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. i have noticed that all female teachers at these schools where any cub while teaching you can see her face this is in contradiction with what's known in psychology as communication how can she communicate with the kids of her face is covered in motions 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 studying 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 together. is on the backburner this absence of control that especially worrisome 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 on 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 and democracy in tunisia. r.t.

. lots of great stories and videos at. the moment. which. some people are feeling about the pope's. group.

shortly here in the program but for now the u.n. security council has promised more sanctions against north korea. defied the international community and held it most powerful. yet. china. was among those to join the worldwide chorus of condemnation. recent leadership changes in the region. could be applied or are already being applied so it's really fall into

a lot of diplomatic pressure on china to use its leverage with your. and i imagine that officials in beijing must have known that this this was coming probably in the next few days and it certainly is it couldn't have happened at a worse time internationally speaking it's the lunar new year in china so basically the entire country is on holiday and in the u.s. there is no confirmed secretary of defense or central intelligence director so it's a very interesting time that threw into that the wild card of xi jinping we don't know much about him or how he's going to lead china and the fact that kim jong un is a relatively new leader as well you also have the new army government in japan and there's a lot of wildcards in this mix to see how this is going to shake out but i think on the question of china specifically i think it does have the most leverage over north korea at this point and certainly a lot of aid and support comes from china so i think they have a lot of pressure that they can put on north korea at this point. are to starting with thailand let's get into the world update now it's exactly where nineteen

insurgents were killed and they launched a pre-dawn assault on a military base in the country's south over one hundred heavily armed fighters stormed the marine camp on the malaysian border the troops to repel the attack suffering no injuries themselves at the raid is the heaviest militants attack for several years and the rest of sell. at least used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters in the country's capital days before the two year anniversary of the uprising a people marched in the streets carrying flags and chanting anti-government slogans accusing the ruling regime of corruption and human rights violations about grannies have been staging demonstrations since two thousand and eleven all the time demanding political reform now while they all fight for a move of the ruling. blaming them for the bombing crackdown on protests. and they hand over the syrian embassy in the capital doha to the opposition syrian

national coalition opposition leader news out of how to act. he claims he was recently appointed as ambassador to cuts and says that the handover is just a formal procedure to acknowledge his new post the national coalition was formed in doha eighteen months ago and it's recognized by the other gulf states as syria's legitimate representative. nearly four million british adults have never had any form of paid work in their lives that's more than the population of wales and a recent court ruling some of the schemes to get people into work as unlawful explanation out swansea's correspondent sara. university graduate kate riley and forty year old jamison wilson succeeded in their claims that their unpaid work that they were made to take part in was indeed a little for them a small but significant victory now the law is there that willing 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 the millions of pounds compensation that would be footed by the taxpayer of course that's causing a lot of concern darkies done its own investigation into the work program in response to what's the government has said that it was rigged 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 for 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 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 one of this my significant schemes mandatory activity is still intact and really disturbingly the government threatening to bring emergency regulations through to bring workfare straight back and hugely controversial loads of criticism about these government work schemes but they are schemes that are in place in the governor's quite right getting people back into jobs are they not like 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 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 where not a single person is receiving a wage for them before one graduate who is on the program certainly

a small but significant victory in a fluid 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 correspondence or further porting now as barack obama prepares to enact tougher gun control measures many in the country think that he's taking americans down the wrong path the state of new york was the first to follow the president by passing restrictions like flagging up customers who buy large amounts of ammunition and health checks for potential gun owners he's an associate chuck and i reports from the state's capital albany on how people there are taking it. 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 us after the sandy hook elementary school shooting to say fact was passed a month ago the. and those whose guns are at stake are far from happy july look like a terrorist because it will look like a fanatic among other provisions the new state law bans weapon sales over the web restricts ammo magazines to seven bullets and clued stricter background checks and regular the certification cuomo signed that law in a mill and i without these three days were to be 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 the legislators they 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 a gun owner for thirty years and now some of the guns i have in my locker are now

illegal have never had a. yes mark and taken my life there's nothing wrong with good law abiding citizens had 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 the 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 fine if anyone does a crime with a gun here. no slap on the hand no no. imagine. what you see in the country well the position of these gun advocates is clear what remains to be seen is whether the u.s. as a whole can ever come to a compromise and r t. r and up next i'll be marking the guests are

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