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calls for justice from moscow following the death of a three year old adopted child for rushing to the u.s. it's alleged american parents could be to blame. u.k. prime minister david cameron admits hundreds of millions of pounds of foreign aid money could actually be spent on the military critics say this is no way to compensate for defense budget cuts. this hour week of violence in the west find thousands clash with israeli settlers and police calling for the you to stand up for the rights of palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. the popular comedian scandal prone berlusconi and a former communist the choice for time it was voting in a dry new election watched with a three hundred across the death rocked you were. last here in opposition fighters a rebel of the peace talks only did efforts to end the civil war and refusing to
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meet even that story just outline. the latest news and the week's top stories you're watching the weekly here on our she was new you dash of our thanks for joining us. the das about three year old boy in the u.s. has caused a storm of outrage and dissent inside russia it was revealed this week that the russian he died while soon became head of an american force a family the boy's adoptive mother claims it was just an accident but most suspects they told one might have been killed while those from the sea churkin are now. twenty russian children in the last seventeen years died in their adoptive american families most recently here in texas mark simkin meehan known to locals as max shadow just what i heard on the news. just that kid had some scratches.
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that's all i know three year old mark and his younger brother keel lived in this house with their adoptive parents in a rather secluded neighborhood it was from here that on the afternoon of january twenty first the boy was taken away by an ambulance never to come back his legs had an internal organs were allegedly severely bruised. it could mean could if this is confirmed as a result of the investigation that maxime's death was a result of certain violent actions but specific circumstances of his death have yet to be announced i can't get into that because it would be speculative. for the result of the russian officials had no knowledge of the incident until almost a month after the boy's death it was a little bit later that we started getting some suspicions of what was going on and that all developed from talking to the parents the people that live there it just took a little more time moscow says this is far from the first time it has been left in
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the dark about an adopted child stuff. even unfortunately it's usually months after russian child has died in the u.s. that the american side informs us about it and one case it was five years after a boy died. a probe is now being conducted in texas and russia has an ongoing investigation of its own. if as a result of the investigation it is determined that maxine was killed by his mother for example if this is the conclusion of the investigation naturally those responsible for the death of the russian boy will have to suffer the most severe punishment there have also been allegations that the mother continually fed the child drugs intended to treat schizophrenia and adults meanwhile at the u.s. state department we obviously take very seriously. the welfare of children particularly children who've been adopted from other countries according to moscow little co-operation was shown until it was demanded political only.
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with almost two dozen deaths caused by abuse and even manslaughter russia in a move often criticised recently opposed to ban on american adoption of its kids i've always believed that russia should stop these adoptions and i hope that they maintain this ban and don't yield to pressure autopsy an investigation results are expected to take weeks if not months to be announced no arrests have yet been made the dead boy's younger brother's destiny is yet to be determined for now he continues living in the adoptive family where his brother died while the investigation of floor paste in the alleged information on the little boy's life and death extremely scarce one of the questions that demand an answer is why should it take a rigid push from abroad for the us to pay attention to yet another tragic destiny of a hopeless child to whom it promised a better life on its soil and r.t.e. actor county texas. egypt's president struggle so
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a peace protesters with promises while his law enforcement tactics cause more anger in a few minutes we reported on the alarming allegations of abuse and torture used by local police while the government hands out weapons to the lowest ranking offices. in the u.k. prime minister david cameron has bonds that idea of redirecting hundreds of millions in foreign aid money towards military operations security peacekeeping and demobilization are the most likely recipients of joe political analyst patrick henningsen a tell you things the u.k. military policies have already caused enough damage all over the world. the money that the government collects in taxes is already is already spoken for what the british government is doing here is it going exactly the way of the american model which is to put the country and the government into debt and what each of find these various foreign aid projects or military aid civically i've seen the exact same words coming out of the mouth of bill clinton obama george bush and david
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cameron said that he admits that much of the foreign aid the british government has been duly out is being wasted or ends up in the wrong hands we in american and british legal merican in part we are responsible for the majority of these conflicts flaring up in this unrest flaring up in places like africa the middle east in asia i think people need to take a very close look at what's going on and what their political leaders are up to in this department on calls guns charities and circus animals to name but he british prime minister david cameron has announced one policy before turning around and following another so stay with us from long day paralysis of the governing coalition and here came. the millions a nation that will the election the next government on sunday in a parliamentary poll that will define one's economic fortunes leading the race off
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three functions the democrats the party of political perennial silvio berlusconi and a movement led by a former comedian who has captivated thousands with his on toast i would hear a trick oh he's a rino going to go isn't well for us. these are close elections for it's least it's highly instead of one and a half days to the week in the parliamentary elections the clerics they're going to start to say and if they don't vote it leaves a lexus and the country is not going anywhere and it is illegal for these decades of salicylate. illicitly solicited illa. obviously didn't have a hard time finding jobs they're getting it was hard to take their seats in the. first explicit rundle. easy. to see the full of the tea party with the sunnis. or at
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least the w.c. elite but. these were one of the most solid reaches leaned on some form of parties out there it's all fine and the facility itself didn't see that but i did take everything that was done and it's really cold take us a little bit wrong the filter of the sunnis when i was asleep lindsay said we're not in. the political arena it's a little bit of money out of the the political world. love it it's going to stay with highly of the subtlest there's a. lot of money the elite. leave that city for the elite the elite the
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still play you. get the full if you want to play or believe you these alliances are big fights along to some of the blood work at the entire eurozone depending on how things go here the future of your opinion it is also it's a. u.s. president has moved parliamentary elections forward five days to april twenty second a few struggles with this treatments engulfing the country that had been weeks of protests would be opposition accusing the hamad were also hijacking the revolution and backtracking on reform promises rights groups are reporting widespread police abuse and torture resulting in the detention and even death of mine is boettcher has been investigating for r.c. in his hometown of tanta the bill i'll give the points out twelve local you have renamed to street after his son mohammed a twenty eight year old activist allegedly tortured to death by security forces two
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weeks ago after protesting on tyreese square. on the first time i went to see mohammed in hospital i didn't recognize him seriously this reason was covered with . a fractured when i asked the daughters they told me this is more common no then the one would be although muhammad's injuries points to torture his mother sammy says the official forensic report maintains he died after a car crash if you had to be a but that's what vehicle breaks teeth is there a car that stamps on a person with a shoe shattering the glasses and pushing them into his eyes what can only injures a person's head but not their legs yeah. right now egypt is witnessing unprecedented levels of police violence against protesters rights groups reporting with at least ten extra judicial killings by security forces since president mohamed morsi to power the worse the violence often occurs in places like this
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infamous security directorate behind me which can be viewed through mohammed's kokanee however the most worrying trend activists say is the targeting of children in an impoverished district of alexandria explains how her thirteen year old son up to rahman was detained for over two weeks for being a bystander at a demonstration. the police use violence against children my son has cut some of the loses all over his body as a hound's young children because kids come from away from them. and i believe if anyone cries to contact their family or friends they would beat us despite the scenes like these the interior minister denies security forces use violence against protesters and refutes that torture is systemic in the police force instead the government says it will arm low ranking police officers sparking fears of further
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abuses human rights organizations and advocates are extremely concerned by the increase in one violence between the supporters and the opposition to president morsi to the political cover of that president morsi the administration and the legislators are giving to the. violence exercised by the police force and the increased level of brutality. being exercised by the police force three were they concerned by the increase of weapons back during egypt's revolution a key demand was police reform but people here say there is no evidence of that until there is crowds of thousands continue to push for change so many fear the worst is yet to come bell true for r t cairo. the joint french african force and mali takes heavy casualties while president calls on our
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land over the peace prize will go into war in the country's former african colony and gotten out of his coming up in just a few minutes. the diplomatic skills of america's new appointed state department chief will be put to the test as him box on his first official trip john kerry's mission won't be easy as it includes some of the world's most troubled regions or in a fortnight explains i. because new secretary of state john kerry is on his first official overseas trip visiting nine countries in western europe and the middle east over the course of ten days hillary clinton's replacement will reportedly consult with allies on topics including iran the up peoples in the arab spring countries and syria's civil war secretary kerry is also scheduled to meet with members of syria's opposition according to the state department the top u.s. diplomat thinks of this trip as a quote listening tour meanwhile in his first speaking engagement as u.s. secretary of state mr kerry ran into some geography problems when referring to
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democratic reforms in the non existant country of cures ixtapa they fight corruption in nigeria they support the rule of law. they support democratic institutions and george kyrgyzstan is the country kerry should have said but unfortunately his speech was written with the mistake reporting from new york. r.t. . cleaning out the internet or moving toward censorship i think proposal to sell to movies online critics alarmed this is the tip of the internet clamp down eyes bugged on that still ahead. but now palestinians are demanding an international investigation into the death of a palestinian prisoner in an israeli jail it's reported he died of a heart attack but it's alleged he was british he was being interrogated at the time so this follows a week on rest which saw hundreds
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a west bank residents clashing almost daily with israeli settlers and police dozens were injured in the fighting the protests were in support of four palestinians on hunger strike in israeli jails and on monday negotiators sent a letter to the e.u. foreign policy chief requesting help in securing the prisoners release rivalry between israel and the palestinians is being fought on every front including in the most unlikely areas. explained. the french have the eiffel tower the brits big ben and now the gazans the only symbol of the reign of the few bottles with the same type of victory and the perfumes always make a person remember good things after we won the last war on gaza the rocket at them seventy five that was celebrated we were immortalized in it by naming this perfume after it and sales have reportedly rocketed excuse the pun love for five years i haven't bought israeli products the moment a palestinian product comes in the market i don't hesitate to buy it but this is
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something special this is a symbol of our victory. in november as israel gaza war the m seventy five long range missile reached as far as television the first time in twenty years the city came under threat which is why its frequency is far from sweet to those living here i hope it doesn't smell like like a bomb it's funny it's nonsense. the funny side of the thing else though it's a good idea. i wish all day. would be. the fields it's for the day it's better to love than to sure no i don't think it's funny to name a perfume out of the rocket. actually i think it's sad but i think on both sides they're kind of warmongers unfortunately i mean to see why the conflict is going on and on thanks to people who turn back not to be outdone the government to celebrating its own nature to. the iron dome anti-missile defense
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system that's intercepted eighty seven percent of all rockets fired from gaza and so this is the israeli symbolic response a state middle with three interceptors fired from the over the tel aviv skyline with the state and the biblical message i will shield the city to save it. most of the medals have been bought by the company rafael that's behind the anti missile shield as a thank you to its employees we are at the wharf symbols we are the war of perceptions we are at the war of media even here the media play the role of by diminishing the aggressiveness of the israeli response during the war because scenes and televisions are today a very very vividly part of any war as postwar symbolism cements each side's perceived triumph over the other it's only a matter of time before the decades long conflict erupts again into missiles in the
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skies policy r.t. television. iran has announced it's found thousands of tons worth of uranium reserves and it says it will use them to end its nuclear program and to build world power reactors online find out what the u.s. and europe hope to do about it. and the governor of nevada home to las vegas has signed a new law or he says it will be u.s. state and before front of gambling legislation go to dot com to see to restore his planning. syria's rebels have pulled out all the planned peace talks suggested by their own leader the national coalition is now even boycotting meetings with friends of syria
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group chief financial and political baka there was jaw was justified by a perceived international failure to condemn president assad and also this week i suspect that a rebel suicide bombing in damascus killed at least fifty three people and wounded more than two hundred opposition fighters in the west of syria also apparently threatens to strike hezbollah over the border into lebanon and with. these latest advances syrian pro reform activist have says western powers could be losing their grip on the gravel. and they do not want to have any dialogue with the syrian government because all their strategy based in a sense on the syrian government falling and them coming as a substitute they do not have a lot of already on the ground the also the release for the rebels rather than the political elite that are called the national council would receive the national commission so all they are interested in is for the government to form very normal that the western societies of western countries have invested a lot in them both in money and time and so on in organizing them and they think
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that they could probably make a stand here with regards to what they see is the policy this is a bit funny because now if they choose to get out of this sort of international friends of syria meeting then the western communities really would have no leverage whatsoever in the syrian crisis internet pornography get soon be banned in iceland making him the first western nation to do so officials or says the aim is to protect children but freedom of speech activists disagree the u.k. leader with a pirate party knows kayani believes politicians just don't realize how much damage this might cause. waisting another area of the world where freedoms are being eroded attention to these proposals show yet again the lack of technical knowledge of the heart of our kind of politics our politicians have the real objection to their culture post or is that there is no magic switch that we can push that will
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actually do what's being proposed we need this in the context of a rising attempt to to block and filter and censor the internet right across the world we've seen for just in the last year in the united states for example google record today with the seven hundred percent increase in requests. to take down the search result there is a move ever increasing move toward into the internet censorship who want to have a reasoned. to supply international news in brief this hour turns of thousands of people have gathered across lame to show their anger at austerity measures put in place by the incumbent conservative government two people were injured and sushi more rested in the capital as they protest against sweeping cuts to public services as well as political corruption the government hopes to avoid asking for easy financial aid by using budget savings to reduce the national debt.
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police have stopped several hundred antivirus protesters from breaking up at candlelit vigil held by neo nazis more than a hundred people from the extreme right who are knocking down a verse or old the british bombing of the city of all time during world war two the police used bottles to disperse the demonstrators marching on the vigil leaving one injured. as through your we began the rallies were held across the us in an action dubbed the day of resistance acts of its and officials denounced bronco bombers plans to further regulate firearm ownership citing their constitutional right to bear arms support for gun control has soared in america in recent years following a number of high profile killings three. heavy fighting has continued throughout the week in the north of mali thirteen soldiers from chandimal killed there on saturday the highest casualty count for the joint french and african force
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says the start of the military campaign against islamist rebels meanwhile the u.s. has deployed one hundred troops to neighboring says and despite the ongoing go relive one fears of escalating violence french generals say they're still plan to wrap up the involvement and handover to local forces next month the operation has a french president a peace prize from the cultural agency unesco and i decided france are not and has made a valuable contribution to stability in the late social justice activist of heroes munchies this will inspire other heads of state to follow his example. but so what is this reward actually encouraging it presumably encouraging others to follow the example of the french or invading africa of occupied territories in africa it's an invasion on behalf of nato and the u.s. troops and is aimed at the konami can pollute ical interests of empire and particularly all fronts the problem here is that this is a political crisis in mind it can be resolved only by political means by sending in
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the warriors the troops the planes and the bombings actually doesn't resolve them as we can see it's actually exacerbating and they claim that they have been invited to come into mali by a government but it has been an illegitimate government and it's outrageous that the u.n. should do so should such or such a policy i guess that unesco feels that this is what what needs to be rewarded. british prime minister david cameron has done more u. turns than i learn a driver new figures from the guardian newspaper show he's gone back on more decisions in three years than either of the sunni leaders before him first tried not to find out why the coalition government is so quick to go into reverse. it can be hard to tell what goes on inside the mind of the prime minister say many decisions to be made on a daily basis it's perhaps little wonder that sometimes they change their minds and
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from buses to badges health care to housing case goes caravans charities and circus animals petrol and even pass these the list of this government's u. turns buried and long in fact there have been so many recently that some wonder if this is the most indecisive british government ever this kind of difficult to get a tow truck and partly because people change what we call them so and after modifier to talk about you turn the load you stop turning your everybody's where do you turn but before that up top are quine downs or part owned or whatever back then the words you turn carried negative connotations you turn if you want to i don't thank the ladies not for turning. the warmest thirteen might not have been for turning
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this prime minister is certainly is his coalition's clocked up to getting thirty five you tend to say far roughly for every twenty nine days the coalition's been in power there's been a change of direction a u. turn if you like i can pass around fifty two days for gordon brown and tony blair was much more wrong was less likely to change ration he was one of them self and margaret thatcher you know you turned i took around four hundred days to get a change or a shot of tony blair's government going back to the coalition when it comes to the why do you think we have seen this government have so many so many more than previous governments i think a lot of it is down to the fact that it is a coalition. that this is a very new thing actually in british politics it's very common and embarrassing for them do you think are these been difficult from a leadership point of view but i think it's something that. has been accepted going in and during the coalition agreement there will have to be compromises when it comes to this government it's clear that what they say might not always be exactly
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as i think it is the fact that they clocked up so many you turns a sign that the government is listening or doesn't leave their pledges and promises sounding a little well both that's not good is not a good thing. if you vote for a government aspects of what they say it's going to be good for you. it's not proper to say well i don't know why i think if it's an issue that obviously people are worried about that it will interest them if it's something people don't care about and. bill with the quality you turn about turn climb down or back down when it comes to changing your mind in government many thera it's a case of you're damned if you day and. this government may well be recorded as being indecisive but he was being indecisive it would be a check for the opposite for being. ultimately and this is something we often used
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to say you take your money you pays your money you takes your choice. or you're not decisive enough as to what david cameron thinks about who the coalition u. turns well he hasn't given us an answer yet perhaps he hasn't made up his mind so if. london. now with the start of the twenty four c. winter olympics less than they get away technology update takes a look at some of the gadgets being used behind the scenes in the preparations for the sochi games that are out of the breaking on out.

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