grinding to hold the euro zone's fears over deadlocks italian government become a reality with inconclusive election results leading to a hung parliament. also this hour syrian rebels squeezed more out of their foreign patrons in a diplomatic standoff with the newly appointed u.s. secretary of state john kerry promising aid in return for just getting them to talk . on world powers play good cop bad cop with the wrong juggling sanctions and woods in a bid to coax the islamic republic into abandoning a new plan which. you saw in russia under wrong but while this is all she was me your leadership of iowa hello and welcome to the program so it is

a waking up today to deadlocks political system after a big force parliamentary election with all domestic shots counted not a single political group has enough support to take the reins of the debt ridden nation and let's not go to seize every night in rome now for more irina very nice to see years so the vote count is all but complete so what's the picture that. well the first thing we can say at this point is that it seems like civil is back with a vengeance he's just a ship that won't sink a man of some political experts have called a political corpse just a couple of months ago has made this tremendous comeback he is actually seems to be holding a really good share of seats in the senate but again he is tied with me for the number for the number one position in the senate now if we look at the lower house however parliament it does seem like the majority of the seats there he has already claimed his victory there but you have to understand that this is not because so

many people have voted for him it is because of the italian election law which does give a lot. to the party that is ahead even by the tiniest margin and that is exactly the situation in this case because. as well as the new cover but we're going to lower our all essentially tied in the parliament as well so what we have with this point is a total deadlock you have mentioned because none of the parties that we mentioned are willing to make any alliances and the senate is definitely in that. deadlock and there is no movement possible so we do and we have ended up with the hung parliament and in fact that's what some of the newspaper headlines. this morning is that the country is governable at this point there's no clear solution and it does seem like free elections are a very very high possibility for its. next we expect.

what we can expect one thing is that there's uncertainty you have to stand this is the third biggest economy in the eurozone what happens here is vital for the economy off the confidence of the bankers and politicians over in europe already waking up with their hearts pounding because it does seem like there is a certain total. total disparity in the people's votes the population is lost the ones. they have made clear is that they have had enough of. the technocrats from. really saying yes to any one single party. that has been implemented by them these draconian measures highly unpopular in the country. doing everything to show that they have. the right way to step out of the economic crisis and just willing to do anything even voting for a man. who is totally inexperienced and is not really politician basically voting

for anybody. this is what's happening in italy right now this is a protest exactly so they actually the result of policy is especially interesting how did you realize so so is also fonts. well so far you have a quarter of those. quarter of them have actually given their vote. is not. a movement. the movement is not going to be in the parliament but if you think enough we have the right and if. he has no clear definition of the problem. space basically is just empty everything and establishment and even the five star movement is not calling themselves a non party and this is what people are voting for of course we have

a lot of young people majority of. people that have voted for girl but when we went to one of the rallies that was here just a couple of days ago it was astounding there were hundreds of people there from all walks of life even i would say even the arrested aristocrats were there because obviously. everything that's been happening for the past couple of decades they just want something completely new and who knows perhaps this will be a trend that will catch on in the rest countries because you have to remember that . greece spain portugal pretty much the same as in italy this is a very interesting election and you could see the results really are revolutionary in this respect. many thanks indeed and enjoy the weather that under political analyst. struggling italians feel let down by the politicians.

we should note the structure of all this is. the future. of the working of. the workforce. we should not be the socialist. it is. getting what it was already seem to me a bulls be elections but certainly many people are wondering why they didn't make the reforms in the previous the stations where they had the majority so the situation is very cultic at the moment it is not certain that the government can be forced if not the coalition government involving almost all the major political forces that are present in the bombings. and does markets lose ground sharply at the prospect of a hung parliament the kinds reports turns its attention to the fixing of interest rates that's coming up. the new u.s.

secretary of state's first assignment has seen him give in to pressure from the syrian opposition he pledged more aid in return for the rebels agreeing to talk to john kerry along with his british counterpart william hague has made concessions in order to drive the syrian national coalition to the upcoming friends of syria is meeting the group initially refused to go to the gathering of his global supporters accusing them of not doing enough to eye with through the assad regime some analysts now feel the western powers are being blackmailed by the group they helped create. both countries pledged more aid so now they're coming and i think it's sort of outrageous that they just expect people to give them aid you know they want more they want lethal aid and i think they're really clamoring for that and united states is really bad luck funneling arms into conflicts everything from the soviet period in afghanistan to what happened when they attacked libya and gadhafi is arms

ended up in mali and i think it's better to get with this negotiating process they had to bribe them to get to get him to do that i don't think they want any negotiations and i think they'll probably try to block at this point because i think they think they're winning and when you're winning a war at least you think you're winning it i'm not saying they're really winning it but they're going to be intransigent and i want to see how it plays out on the battlefield the pledges that led to the syrian rebels you came in with the secretary of state's visit to the u.k. the first stop on the diplomatic marson during his talks in london john kerry praised the will relations with grayson although some politicians that doubt whether they bring anything positive. tony blair formed a very close relationship with george bush took a straight into the war in afghanistan and later on accepted all those arguments bush used about iraq and britain was deeply committed in iraq and as a result we've been involved in two major wars we lost

a very large number of soldiers spent a vast amount of money and made the world an infinitely more in secure place we've also damaged civil liberties in our own country just as much as the united states has with its department of homeland security and all the controls that go with that and i think we need to examine the whole strategy of the west involving itself in iraq then later libya and now syria to some extent and wonder if we're not really heading off in a completely wrong direction as if all this isn't enough a new adventure has broken out in north africa where britain and this time france are involved in the deployment of forces or the process. and the lack of harmony in relations between washington and moscow will provide the backdrop to john kerry's meeting with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov in berlin later on tuesday and there's our season isa now reports they have a lot to talk about. conflict in syria miss out on defense and u.s.

expansion of projects in eastern europe plus iran and north korea's nuclear programs amid test and escalating rhetoric these issues have been on the table for years now let's take a closer look at some of them syria ripped apart by violence for two years now a militant opposition there trying to force out president that russia from the beginning has pushed for a diplomatic solution and avoiding intervention at all costs while saying that time is limited moscow still believes negotiations are the way to go the u.s. has constantly called for are said to step down while supporting rebels despite them not being able to unify or willing to sit down for talks with asad a strictly one sided solution although recently the obama administration has taken a more distant tone on syria perhaps thanks to fallout from other arab spring countries like libya and egypt the nuclear ambitions of iran and north korea remain

high on the agenda especially with north korea's recent underground test but again while both russia and the u.s. condemn any nuclear steps or weaponization the two differ greatly on how to deal with them russia is against threats of more sanctions or further isolation while the u.s. has gone as far as saying military intervention it's not off the table especially in the case of iran in europe and u.s. plans to expand on missile defense systems and russia's concern over its national security are considered the number one issue to have sidetracked a so-called reset but a shadow over by lateral relations is now russian children adopted by american parents the latest russian child to die might seem mean three years old only moscow was informed of the tragedy a month after month seems death his legs head and internal organs allegedly severely bruised maxie was adopted. a u.s. family from the same orphanage as dimitri yakovlev died of heat stroke in two

thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car you have good lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens but critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest possible today and coming up later this hour oakland where truck cable stuns up to being all but hung out to dry in a base had autism stand off. and also lay so one well fat is on fat u.k. unemployment benefits lead to generations giving up want to go into one because it's more lucrative to take government handouts basons much more after the break.

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this is honestly life for most kids good to have you with us let's move on now having tried this stick it will reportedly be the current for iran today as world powers meet with tehran's nuclear representatives in kazakhstan and according to sources the islamic republic will even be offered a less helpful sunshines of tehran shuts down a fortified nuclear site bearing in a moment to hold some of its enrichment activities in return according to reports sanctions on the trade in gold and precious metals could be lifted so the measures along with an oil embargo have put massive pressure on iran and samone this joined live by former washington advisor when it told it when it's very nice to have you on the program so you are known as

a person who has told the us from attacking iran six years ago don't you think that washington might have given up its plans already judging by the current situation. now i don't think iran has any reason to give up its nuclear program i think. iran has a just need to have a nuclear energy program and a nuclear medicine program and when it comes to nuclear weapons we prove that they actually got a wife and. it's much more sort of fear and height. and what i watch and to watch washington so probably they might have given up their plans already i think that. washington is being pushed and being pushed by israel for a long time to effect regime change in iran. and the nuclear program as

an excuse to put pressure on iran to try to cause regime change i'm not saying that a nuclear armed iran would be a good thing. but and if they aren't any country is not a good thing but the rationale behind pressure on iran and my opinion comes directly from israel desire for regime change in iran and why the united states government to make that happen u.s. diplomats say there's a chance of a relief inside iran if it agrees to cope its nuclear program is that a genuine move towards dialogue no. i think that there is a genuine move on the part of the obama administration toward start along i think that they are being sabotaged step of the way by. right wing israeli interests and i know that because during my time in the white

house i went through the same thing with the wrestling team which just competed as you probably saw in iran that was a very big step forward yet we were lobbied very heavily by the israelis to stop that sort of push mall and do you think the wrong agrees to this ultimatum that was case scenario could be prevented i'm not sure what the worst case scenario is. i do not believe that there is a military at search of this so i don't see that isn't reliable scenario. for the iranian people i think that it would be wonderful for them to be able to access medicine and food and to be able to have an economy that grows. but. as far as any agreements and this and these talks today i don't see it accomplishing very much other than sort of cosmetic. changes and i think iran

knows that and may be resistant. all right washington advisor gwynneth told gwynneth many thanks indeed for your time. well old economic hardships iranians have suffered a science to sanctions may actually have prepared the ground for some of the country's other exports as finished and now reports. the international ban on iranian oil cost the country around forty billion dollars in two thousand and twelve according to the u. but despite this huge gap in iran's income officials have some good news indeed harsh sanctions normal experts have increased by at least thirty percent from a year ago. so what may look like a bad thing or may actually play a positive role we've been asking our government for many years to decrease dependence on oil to at least fifty percent was too high up around eighty percent

making our economy too vulnerable that some say today is a historic opportunity to finally get rid of this dangerous oil dependency and iran actually has a lot of alternative resources to feed from from well known copper it's to dade's via minerals and stones between wanting destry in particular appears to be thriving these days iran's famous discussions have been going through tough times in the last couple of years heavy frosts and terrible droughts have been damaging large parts of the harvest but this year with the country under tough economic sanctions the specials are doing better than ever. our currency ryall fell by almost forty percent in october but i sell the statues both at home and abroad and i benefited from price rises that you read in the stuff here's an explosive to more than a hundred countries worldwide but even if farmers cannot send in the broad confident business who remain great thousands of industry workers also benefit

which has them overcome the country's highest inflation the amount of production and price of this the shares affect our salaries every year they add ten to twenty percent of my salary this is why i have some bonus to my daily payments but. reducers seem to be more protected than exporters while international sanctions don't directly targeted food industry current measures affect the banking system making financial transactions a hard nut to crack the also penalize the banks that. are not in u.s. and europe maybe in china or south america they penalize them for dealing with iraq to the mean that's the main problem which is actually really good internationally if oil is a black gold the discussion is must be a green one at least for iran locals say these small knots have great health benefits especially for the men wealth of the country it also gives strength iran's biggest mall expert has always been

a significant source of revenue and as the latest round of sanctions cautious ever bites it's also something iran may have to rely on even more than before or even ocean r.t. from iran. while all the economic hardships the rain years have a right i should say something else along partisan here would stand up obama's pick for secretary of defense is to be voted on today chuck hagel drew the ire of republicans from the outset largely due to a number of his unorthodox stances and a lackluster performance at his initial confirmation hearing didn't help either get an education that explains. a number of republican senators including john mccain say chuck hagel is not qualified for the job but they indicate that they're going to allow the full senate to vote because what happened ten days ago was that the senators voted to postpone the vote and to continue the debate so it's all likely that they're going to keep stalling the vote over chuck hagel is confirmation and he will be confirmed there's no doubt about that the votes are there but the

humiliation that he had to grow through during these last few months sent a message all by itself right now chuck hagel is this repenting figure who keeps apologizing for the positions he had taken before for the statements he had made before including that war with iran should not be an option including his criticism of israel's actions and other foreign policy views that he had expressed as a senator the congress effectively showed their readiness to destroy anyone who would allow themselves to descend from washington's core foreign policy belief so despite all the apologizing that mr hagel has done one senator said that you know he almost had tears in his eyes as he apologized for his earlier statement about the israeli about the influence of these really a lobby so despite all the repentance chuck hagel has still been under attack of some point the conservative media got so carried away that they misinterpreted someone's joke about a charge tables association with a group of friends of hamas and they were in such

a rush to break the story that they failed to check whether the group even exists and it doesn't so chuck hagel has been under attack not just for his previous statements but also for what he had never said and done. eleven people dead millions of barrels of oil poured into the sea and three years on from the environmental catastrophe b.p. is going to court on charges of gross negligence find out just how much the energy giant could be forced to shell out and damages on a web page. so here's to a good house go to altie dot com for the details on the new law was signed by president presented this pains to say the lungs of the nation.

region's unemployment benefits and to provide a safety net for anyone between looking for the next korea opportunity only for some of the payouts truck to getting out of bed to go to work doesn't seem worth it all she's pointed boyko explained i couldn't really believe my luck to be on the story where it was just a dream i thought this was amazing you know british government is helping me out you know i needed somewhere to live and i don't have a job not the words you expect to hear from someone who's fallen on hard times housing benefits allowed stephanie to rent a flat in this sport a block in london's glitzy mayfair by myself i could always barely afford a studio in central london when i was working and. looking for a job and so intro in the spacious flat it just makes you really lazy it's a sprawling and complicated system but one that allows a family of four to claim up to thirty five thousand pounds

a year from housing to child care and unemployment benefits i've known people on benefits and they've been able to afford a new car the being able to afford to go abroad on holiday i've never actually been abroad on holiday before in my life so how can they afford a good holiday when they're on benefits. and i forgot to do that. that's what makes me angry. is the growth and growth before world start. for. there's no doubt but for a certain segment of society we basically have communities imbedded in well for generations of people who have not worked the welfare state was all the idea of a man who might well be turning in his grave william beverages an idea of the five giant evils of society squalor ignorance won't idleness and disease some of the

very qualities that critics say the system encourages beverage was arctic wealth should only provide you with subsistence levels of support and it should only do so for a short period of top seventy years down the line and welfare spending is the biggest item of government expenditure milking it is so widespread it's become a source of satire you know ever we're told here we've been on this disability allowance a told he worked at docklands. do you think you can get me on is just ability allowance he's got a bone to see which called. westminster now wants to make it clear that benefit on to a career path and coming through the doors of your local job center a year in and year out filling in a few forms and claiming your money is no longer an option but for people that have been through the experience of claiming unemployment benefit they say it's all too

easy to get no money no one's really checking whether or not you're genuinely looking for was. artsy. yes it's a stay with us for the kaiser report coming up after the break. there's an old urban legend that says that the u.s. army stopped using circular targets for rifle practice because the soldiers would be hesitant to shoot people on the battlefield the logic is that if you practice shooting something that looks like an enemy soldier you'll be desensitized about killing real enemy soldiers so again the logic is to practice shooting at what you want to kill so.