there's a report on our team. called for justice for law school following the death of a three year old adopted child from russia in 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. also a week of violence in the west bank thousands clash with israeli settlers and police calling for the e.u. to stand up for the rights of palestinian prisoners from hunger strike. a popular comedians candle prone berlusconi and a former communist the choice for italians boating and a journey of election of course to the prius hybrid and should've called the data rock tier of. syrian opposition fighters rebel over peace talks boycotting that own leaders efforts to end the civil war and refusing to meet

even their staunchest ally. the latest news and the week's top stories you're watching the weekly here on our c with me hello and welcome to the program. as they dance 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 died whilst in the care of an american foster family the boy's adoptive mother claims it was just an accident but moskos suspects their toddler might have been killed from. twenty russian children in the last seventeen years died in their adoptive american families most recently here in texas. to locals as max shadow just what i heard on the news was just the kid had some

scratches. 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 because it would be speculative. for the results to come by 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

the dark about an adopted child death. even unfortunately it's usually months after a 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 cooperation was shown until it was demanded. when one.

with almost two dozen deaths caused by abuse and. and manslaughter russia in a move often criticized recently imposed a 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 and 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 with the r.t.e. actor county texas. and news who given

a spokesperson for pound puppy legacy which helps children placed with new families says the case highlights the falls in u.s. adoption laws the united states has a very complex adoption system where the state department has federal responsibilities which it comes properly executed because adoption itself is performed at the state level in america the federal government has no control over who actually happens in you know the options you need to have a proper system in place that checks. adoptive parents much better before the adoption which has posts option monitoring all that is not really in place there is screening but it's not properly done post adoption monitoring is impossible. especially in america it is impossible because a right to privacy. the muslim brotherhood expands its presence in jordan it's

become the most viable opposition group winning over the population with aid programs coming out with a portrait of why some are worried about the rise of the islam it. is later but now the u.k. prime minister david cameron has bugs that idea redirecting hundreds of millions in foreign aid money towards military operations security peacekeeping and demobilization are the most likely recipients the job political analyst patrick henningsen things u.k. military policies have already caused enough damage all over the world the money that the government collection taxes has 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 and what each of find these various for any projects or military aid specifically i've seen the exact same words coming out of the mouth of bill clinton barack obama george bush and david

cameron said that he admit 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 america and the british. empire were responsible for the majority of these conflicts flaring up in this unrest flaring up in places like africa the middle eastern nation 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 so david cameron also discussed the military and money during his visit to india gather to launch trade delegation seeking to gain favor and popularity points over his french colleague who visited new day early in the month but professor ron chillis says the financial crisis is likely to help by cameras and missions. what we will see here. and you're going to get up in relationships that isn't a little food you need and based on mutual benefits and interests between india.

and bought into france or long was here recently most of us from europe as you know has been completely suffered betrayed by austerity so on one hand they're trying to promote bilateral trade and expand it on the other hand you know the shrinking of the state under these conservative policies is not going to help them revive the route the governor of the bank of england when king himself said that we're only halfway through the global economic crisis if doubly so then we're looking at. the only statement we're going to come out of this crisis so until then i think most of these drugs are mostly aspirational and i would be surprised if these are not meant to. challenge number one for america's new top diplomat secretary of state john kerry sets up the top of u.s. friendly european states and the volatile middle east more details on this later in the program. millions in

italy will be electing their next government on sunday and a parliamentary paul that will define rome's economic fortunes losing the race south three functions think democrats the party of political qur'an also we are berlusconi and a movement led by a former comedian who has captivated thousands with his anti austerity rhetoric. is a row for. these are close elections for it's least that's how the ins gets one in the house days to the week in the parliamentary elections some people are actually going to start to say that if they don't vote at least alexa's that the country is not going anywhere and. leave for these decades of the salicylate six eleven . obviously didn't have a hard time finding a job there having it was hard to see since the. explicit a running list. that you see you see the full of

the tea party with the supplies. firstly and the w.c. the leader. of the world one of the most i'll read says lee non-conformist mark is out there you will find stars and the position themselves in the fields establishment how did they take everything in the past and it's really a kick up a little bit wrong to still to get the slow meet with the opposition it was going to be someone not in. the political arena it's a little bit of money out about being a political force him out of his own the same way with. the subtlest here's. the money illegal

a little old. lady for illegal gold still think it's still a good. thing there's a little bit of the little it was a little earlier illegal so these. are things like the launch of the blood work at the entire eurozone depending on how things go here the future of your opinion it is also a. prosimians 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 being interrogated at the time this follows a week on rest which saw hundreds the west bank residents clashing almost daily with israeli settlers and police dozens were injured in the fighting the protests were in support of hopeless stimulatory hunger strike in israeli jails on monday negotiators sent a letter to the e.u.

foreign policy chief requesting help in securing the prisoners release meanwhile israel continues to push forward with the building on occupied land effectively blocking any negotiations as pointlessly reports. it's rugged and remarkable landscape largely empty but full of meaning this is one of the west bank's most sensitive pieces of real estate for fourteen years plans to build here have existed but were kept on hold but all of that changed last november less than twenty four hours after the u.n. general assembly recognize palestine is a nonmember observer state tel aviv fast track to construction plans here prompting the palestinian government to call it a slap in the face of the entire world. this plan to build here is not legal according to international law which states that when one country occupies another it cannot change facts on the ground israel is doing exactly this while also getting people out of the land soley for the benefit of the settlers. known as the

one this controversial patch of earth exists between east jerusalem where palestinians aspire to establish the capital of a future palestinian state and the huge israeli settlement of miley. it is the last remaining corridor between the large palestinian cities in the west bank and of plans go ahead in the israelis extend the syria it would cut into a big chunk of the west bank effectively driving a wedge into the middle of any potential palestinian state critics have warned that filling the space with jewish homes amounts to a doomsday scenario effectively striking a fatal heart attack to the two state solution but for now the plan is to build a garbage dump in this valley with the waste that comes from jerusalem and then in about twenty to thirty years when it's full to build a park on top of us here you can see that palestinians fear it's part of a long term strategy to extend the one and build new israeli settlements it's not surprising this is not the first time that such a plan is submitted it is

a ongoing policy that has been growing for years now in at them to grab palestinian lands but first the israelis need to get rid of the people who live here among them around three arab jerusalem neighborhoods and one hundred fifty bedouins for whom this has been home for nearly half a century tel aviv complains the bedwyn camps were set up eagerly without permits and stand in the way of urban planning but critics say this is just an excuse for a land grab it makes me furious this dump site is going to harm the environment and it's going to harm the health of the people and they make it harder and harder to find a solution for the situation demolition orders have already been issued threatening to destroy the last remnants of bedwyn life in these hills and while israeli officials say the construction anyone if it happens at all is many years away it cuts to the heart of the israeli palestinian conflict which fundamentally is about the land and the fate of the people who live on it pointlessly r r t in the west

bank. the joint french african force and man it takes have the casualties while president. of the peace prize for going to war in his country's former african colony the cult anonymous is coming out in just a few minutes. plus attempts to assure the allies of the future will take a look at how the u.s. is easing its well respected education system.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. issues. gritty take three. four three. three. three. three. three blog video for your media project free media r t v dot com. this is the weekly on all see welcome back to as rebels have pulled out all the

planned peace talks suggested by their own lead to the national coalition is now even boy causing me sings with the friends of c. . group its chief financial and political baka there was as jeff was justified by a perceived international failure to condemn president assad and also this week a suspected 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 london based syrian political activist danny markey as a potential strike between two isn't a sanctions that have far reaching consequences of. the biggest problem in lebanon is that some of the western countries are really trying to pit one of the islamist movements against each other the sunni f.s.a. against the shia hizbullah it's essentially a policy of divide and conquer which has been instigated media wise by the way to create divisions of fractures within our syrian lebanese society and this is an issue which they're working on today by pitting the f.s.a. against hezbollah they create more division and tension between syria and lebanon

and we've seen with the recent conflict in tripoli in northern lebanon that the syria crisis is not necessarily in syria syria is the linchpin of the reason of the region and there is great tension both in syria and lebanon and there is great fear and anxiety that the struggle in syria could spill into lebanon and we of course understand that lebanon had their own civil war which is very bloody under the so negative it's very scared at this moment of the syria crisis turning into a lebanese crisis the diplomatic skills of america's new appointed state department chief will be put to the test as he embarks on his first official trip john kerry's mission won't be easy as it includes some of the world's most troubled regions is more important i explain. america's 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 evil's 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 as 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 democratic reforms in the non existent 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 of reporting from new york. r.t. . and it's not only time diplomatic tools and negotiations the us is spreading its agenda around the globe the doors of american educational facilities are thrown

open for potential foreign leaders who often prove a useful political force to washington when they return home he is going to check out looks now at the success of this strategy. the u.s. is investing in potential for in the leaders by educating them in america convinced that back in their home countries when the time comes most of them will side with u.s. interests empower future generations of political leaders who've had a positive american experience and they are more likely to be global partners libya's mahmoud jibril could be one example having studied in the u.s. he went on to become the head of libya's transition government he's now the leader of one of the country's biggest political parties there's little doubt which country he would favor when it comes to dividing lucrative oil deals in the future u.s. foreign service officers had their eye on him even before the revolution broke out a leaked diplomatic cable from november two thousand and nine written by the u.s.

ambassador to libya gene credits described mr general as quote a serious into lockett or who quote unquote gets the u.s. perspective and of course mr gibril is not the only one who gets the u.s. perspective ninety two percent of the people who go on u.s. government exchanges go on to work in civil society positions in the parliament or in an n g o sariah took a two year course in public diplomacy in two thousand and six at the university of south in california in this particular program this was every single lecture has a state department member. so you know that you're not really learning what we. think follows how to implement. the u.s. trade and development agency an offshoot of the state department's usa id claims that what they call aid is actually investment for every one dollar they invest they get eight dollars back in u.s.

exports it's absolutely an investment and there's a return on investment. it is very hard to quantify that return completely but i can tell you that you could quantify it in troops that you don't have to send somewhere so i never pursued a career with the training she were saved. it was interfering in other countries i mean i may not be saunders' the government in iran but i support a hundred percent occupancy and i was sitting in this class lectures and people saying how do we think the market as we undermine the government we liked in two thousand and seven when i was in that program they had or distorted the push towards africa diplomacy is good business as it's been made clear by this video portman time and time again getting foreign leaders and their advisors to think getting rich and to subsequently favor the united states in their policies is much cheaper than bombing their country so the state department will certainly be more

forceful in their efforts at exercising some power in washington i'm going to. have a fighting has continued through the week in the north of mali setting soldiers from china were killed today the highest casualty count for the joint french and african force since the start of the military campaign against islamist rebels meanwhile the u.s. has deployed one hundred troops to neighboring new jetta says despite the ongoing guerrilla war and fears of escalating violence french general say they still plan to wrap up they involve mint and handler to local forces in x. months their operation has a french president a peace prize from the u.n. cultural agency unesco. decided has made a valuable contribution to stability in mali but peace activists can stone believes it's nothing but a throwback to colonialism. the form of neo colonial powers were once again flexing their muscles and they're starting to reach back into and into yugoslavia into iraq

. afghanistan into libya and now into west africa you know the main product mali for example where mushrooms there would be no french troops there are in niger but the main export is your aim and that's very important to the friends. we have a twenty first century race for colonies beginning it's a tragic fact there is a further problem that the west has introduced to end a successful overthrow of the look of the gadhafi government it introduced. al-qaeda type terrorists into africa where there weren't them where they didn't exist in any significance before so that has created a can of worms the main point though is that the western powers. of europe the neo colonial powers and the united states nato these countries have no right to act as the police of the world the muslim brotherhood has been expanding its political

presence in jordan becoming the kingdom's most viable opposition movement that is in this when i say someone has gained acceptance within the ruling mona katie with its humanitarian work winning over the some of the population but as news accounts and reports now and then you locals worry about the possibility of life under the organization of islamic rule. when it comes to the arts professor mohsen us four works to bridge the divide between east and west influenced by both islamic and renaissance art he hopes to inspire his students with the same passion. but he's one concerned about the muslim brotherhood's rise to power in the region a force says his students don't want to lose the freedoms they now enjoy and often worry about how their lives could change if jordan came under islamist rule. but. maybe.

we are afraid. of the mass. but not all share in that fear for decades the muslim brotherhood enjoyed a safe haven in jordan even as it was outlawed elsewhere in the middle east the monarchies tolerance has helped the group to become the country's most influential islamist organization. that system was on a full display at this islamic hospital in downtown amman the muslim brotherhood has gained support throughout the arab world with its model of combining political activism with charity work here in jordan the brotherhood is responsible for building schools clinics and hospitals like this one a critical lifeline for the nation's poor. emboldened by the arab spring rise of

their counterparts jordan's brotherhood is seeking more power it rallied behind calls for democratic reform of the country's political system trying to cast itself as the face of the opposition the group has vowed to refrain from violence but its leader hamam saeed promised jordan would soon become part of the muslim caliph it rejoice. victory is at hand. and islamic state will be created on this land so that good can prevail was heard in january the brotherhood made its move leading a boycott of the parliamentary elections but instead of being a nonevent high voter turnout evidence perhaps that jordan's brotherhood isn't ready for prime time just yet. i have a lot of concerns and must be resolved before i can support the muslim brothers we've seen their recent rise in egypt and tunisia but so far they haven't proven to be a good solution in either of those two countries despite such sentiments and fears about its.