i know of another frontline after more than a decade of war this time planning an assault via the ballot box rather than the battlefield. there's no shortage of ambition as a new generation prepares to take the reins in china the communist party of promising to spend everything it needs in order to cement its superpower status. mansion must be called. compatible military threat and israel benjamin netanyahu pulls no punches on iran labeling diplomacy as a waste of time and calling it once again for the taking up arms against tehran and that's the nuclear ambitions.

so good to have you with us this afternoon it's two pm here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of you're watching our t.v. well onto our top story now the taliban is considering a serious run for the afghan presidency next year that's according to a senior official of the militant movement now after more than a decade of war a vast numbers killed and little ground made by either side it would of course mark a significant shift in the group's approach that the official however made clear that the taliban's bid at the ballot box wouldn't necessarily come at the expense of the insurgency he also said the group may formed a registered political party which could very well have a solid chance of seizing power now this map right here shows you the regions that are either poised for a taliban comeback or have areas that are already under their control seventeen of them and all this according to data from the carnegie endowment fund now earlier my colleague had spoken to a former afghan m.p. and political analyst diodes will tunde the who told my colleague that the current

government has set the ground for a taliban comeback. this government has so much so many problems the western world have lost their credibility in this government has no credibility so in that sort of a situation that taleban and had they been smart they would have scored big in the political front but i think the taliban can take advantage of this void and fill that vacuum it is up to the taliban to show their real face not the face that is pushed by the british intelligence or the pakistani intelligence do you think and aleck did taliban could save face so to speak for the western groups there well they say they may say ok well the taliban is here but this time it's by a vote so that's good enough. i think the west is confused the west is looking for an exit a very speedy exhibit and they're. afraid that they will probably do whatever is possible whatever is convenient to put up

a very very. very temporary fix and leave and then things will go back to where it started that's the problem in the region has to realize that we have to find sustainable success for this problem not a temporary face saving thing for the nato to leave and then leave a big problem for afghanistan for the neighborhood raging violence across egypt shows no sign of abating government buildings forged and seven hundred people injured protesters police and the army clashing poured saïd following the funerals of those who have already died in the turmoil. and the british military faces up to allegations of torture as an inquiry is shown in graphic gruesome avodah ends that iraqis were abused at the hands of u.k. soldiers all that coming up. china's prime minister has opened the national people's congress in beijing the event is

especially significant this year due to a handover of power to a new generation of communist party leaders which only occurs once in a decade delegates will also rubber stamp the country's economic social and military plans for the future among the aims is continued and still unparalleled economic growth as well as a double digit boost military spending but environmental and anti-corruption measures were also mentioned reflecting concern over pollution as well as the abuse of office by senior politicians are also a number of new topics on the agenda according to james corbett an expert on the asia pacific region. where we saw a couple of the main issues on the table are increasing calls even among the party officials by. an increase. in calls for losing of regulations on private capital in china's economy and we're also seeing another big issue right now is the idea of environmental concerns obviously there's been

a lot of problems with air quality in china as they still continue to develop so that's a huge concern in terms of the foreign relations i think that's something we're going to have to see play out in the coming months but we already have indications that there are more people within the party itself that are calling for china to go its own way in the east china sea so we'll see how that develops with japan china and the us realize that their economies are intimately linked at this point and i think that in more ways than they'd like to admit they are actually on the same side of this conflict as it were and i don't think china can allow the u.s. economy to sink any more than the u.s. economy can cut its ties with stone no matter what the political rhetoric might be i think there's actually more collaboration and there is conflict and and that's underscores what's going on in the political arena. let's take a check on what we've got cooking for you on our website it's the fiery fury of mother nature we've got footage of a volcano erupting in russia's far east awakening after thirty years of lying

dormant and poses no threat to locals but it's certainly putting on a spectacular light show. the emails and phone calls are not enough pentagon scientists look for ways to transcribe every real world conversation into a giant computer database so should you watch your every word from now on find out that r.t. dot com. egypt sports is locked in a cycle of violence the funerals of people who died in fighting on sunday have served only as a catalyst for more clashes as government buildings were set ablaze and the police and army were lost in street battles the turmoil had begun after suspects held over severe football violence last year were moved to prisons they were located outside of the city are true had watched the unrest. we're seeing very bloody and chaotic

scenes coming from the coastal city of port saeed this comes after a funeral for three people killed and the ministry of health announced five people in total killed three civilians and police offices there's also been a very confusing reports of the army and the police fighting each other although we have no confirmation on that the military maintains that the armed forces are in the streets to protect the police and help the police in this situation that is gradually descending this comes ahead of a very important verdict on saturday on this massacre at this point saeed football moscow that occurred february last year with the crash that you broke out on sunday well just thirty nine of the defendants related to this case that were moved from the prison that they were in families found out about this from a very angry when security directorates where they started fighting with police even in the funeral imports which is really related towards this verdict and

saturday people were chanting against the muslim brotherhood the ruling party here behind the ring party here and also against the president there's been a lot of anger in the streets of cairo and also the major cities across the country since the second anniversary of january to do find revolution here on tahrir square and sit in continues even though security forces attempted to clear it so yesterday morning in fact there's been clashes actually in the capital small clashes on the cornish and what people are saying here is they've seen no change as major economic woes couche of the country is below the poverty line people are against this i.m.f. loan the four point eight billion dollars loan that said the president is trying to push through they also against the constitution who they say was. drafted by an islamist dominated assembly and in addition we've got parliamentary elections on the horizon that people say you know shouldn't be happening so there's many many grievances here with these clashes erupting across the country and no sign of any

of this violence abating anytime soon. anger and cairo was further fueled by the visit of the u.s. secretary of state john kerry whose presence the opposition had strongly objected to john kerry then continued on to saudi arabia to send joint warnings to iran and the syrian leader but journalist neil clark believes that allying with a country that has no democratic credentials and his point of view undermines the message while these autocratic go straight out of the way which the u.s. has for decades maintained its control based very poor region having these kind of leaders there the undemocratic leaders in saudi arabia bahrain. the way the u.s. maintain its control of this very strategically important region and of course now there's a big problem because these governments these autocratic regimes in the gulf are coming under increasing pressure and we see now quite clearly that the u.s. because these great promoters of democracy when it comes to bahrain and saudi arabia are not siding with the protest as they're not signing with the opposition

they are in syria on the contrary they're sending more military hardware to these countries and they are supporting crackdowns on the opposition well a lot there has been showing us devotion to the idea of joining the euro zone and that is just spite of the country blocks economic woes critics say that it is bartering financial safety for political advantage. and the mysterious acid attack that almost blind to the artistic director of one of the world's most renowned ballet theatre as the bolshoi could be a step closer to being solved as police arrest a suspect coming up for you after a short break. as it was deep into your members. you never put his trust in anyone and rightly so. his body was found on the floor of your soon. to.

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welcome back when your son brought in a suspect over an assault on the ballet director of russia's bolshoi theater sergei fenian an unknown attacker had splashed a jar of acid in its face in mid january this as he was walking home from work in the evening our genes are going to go his go has the latest for us. we're being told that they have the investigators have arrested the man who they believe is actually the pair the person who carried out the crime of of the acid attack on the of the on sergei filin and now they're not to talk they're not disclosing his name at the moment they do say that he was arrested in the town in the moscow region and brought to moscow for interrogation they're also saying that he did have an accomplice but it's unclear at this point who that accomplice was and whether or not he was also i pretended as well another thing to know it is that the investigators are saying that these two men have have been merely the executors of the crime and indeed there is somebody else behind it the mastermind so to speak

and that person or persons is yet to be determined and they're also saying that neither of the of the suspects of who have actually committed the crime are in any way associated with the bolshoi theatre or the ballet troops so. that is one important issue to keep in mind while thinking about the case now before he left for his treatment in germany and as a gay feel and did receive extensive burns to his face and neck and his eyesight has been especially damaged so he has been undergoing treatment to restore his eyesight in germany before leaving for that he did say that he believes he knows who has been behind the crime but he didn't want to disclose the name or the names of those persons so as not to enter interfere with the investigation of course you can find us online at r.t. dot com for more on this story.

the israeli prime minister has made us feelings clear about every when it comes to iran and any man that on yahoo told a meeting of america's most powerful israeli lobby as that gauche ations what tehran are frankly a waste of time he also said that only military action will make a difference or he is hosley are reports on the message they israeli prime minister who is at it again a christian his favorite topic words alone will not stop iran sanctions alone will not stop iran sanctions must be called with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail strong statements from

a leader emboldened by new quote from power on yahoo bones the american israel public affairs committee iran is using international negotiations to buy time so it can prissy haid with its nuclear program a message he's willing to in the past. how do you stop well you have to put greater pressure and you have to upgrade the sanctions and they have to know that if the sanctions and diplomacy fails they will face a credible military threat that's essential nothing else will do the job. and it's getting closer. so much for the sigh of relief many breathed following last month's parliamentary elections the surprising win by same tempo peace political parties prompted many to believe netanyahu would back down from his threats to strike iran ask those on the street who voted against netanyahu they feel the message was clear take your finger off the trigger in your threat to

attack iran give economic sanctions and diplomacy a chance but analysts on so sure netanyahu has any intention of toning down the rhetoric and the ten year old is a man which is very much concerned about his position in history and he understands that now his third or by ministership i'm afraid that one off the reasons that he would like to foster taking against iran is to place himself at the history of the israeli people and it's making the israeli public nervous daniel be an obvious company sells a system that provides ventilation in bomb shelters in times of chemical or biological attacks he says each time it on yahoo mentions he ran the number of queries goes up. some people prefer not to think of the threat but it's a bear and they know it so we have climbs just calling to find out about the system but who have difficulty deciding to buy one and then we have some people who are

more alert these are the people who as soon as there is some tension in the media will call and order the system you know a lot of worry is good for business and that's really help problem in israel we were so many money go. on that mother of one is an israeli graphic designer who accidentally created an online movement after posting a facebook message declaring that israel would never bomb iran are the israelis quickly created the own posters with the same message and iranians responded in kind but they're up against this one yahoo and he's more powerful message i think a big part of it is people are voting out of fear out of you know being afraid of the walker coming in he's the one you know fighting the war. speculation about a possible israeli strike on iran is also keeping foreign investors away maybe away we that while war might mean big business for some it spells disaster for others

policy r.t. tell of. what the impact conference off of thought a group of activists protesting against america's close relationship with israel after both made their benjamin believe that people should be concerned about the actual nature of this meeting. apac is really a danger to our national security a pac is pushing the policies of a foreign government in israel which is not always in the interests of the united states and i should say is not always in the interests of the israelis either i think this push towards war with iran is disastrous for everybody in the region as well as here in the united states we're looking at a conflagration of tremendous proportions so much so that there are those in the u.s. military that are trying to hard to stop this because they know how disastrous the u.s. getting into such a conflict would be in fact it would be very easy for iran to retaliate against u.s. embassies against u.s.

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy austerity protests across europe and to government coffers doesn't seem to care the country has still formally appealed for membership to your zone in two thousand and fourteen durk john pink who is a member of the european parliament says that law we have wants to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. and lead if you want to be a member of nato or of the e.u. or of the eurozone so want to be a member of a big a bloc now nato i can imagine the e.u. or can imagine the eurozone at the moment is not the right club to join because lead came out of the crisis in two thousand and ten and the economic recovery started shortly after actually legacy is doing quite well so one could wonder why

does latvia want to enter the eurozone if you have an economic crisis would come back to latvia latvia indeed you cannot leave have you and will have to stay in it like agrees is doing now in greece is go towards a lot of suffering and that is the economic downside to perhaps the political advantage to have member of a bigger club. when having a home is simply too expensive skyrocketing real estate prices see berliners forced out as the highest bidders for a more prosperous region to sprout up prime spots and that story is coming right up . shocking photos i've been shown at a public inquiry into allegations of british troops killed and tortured iraqi soldiers after a firefight in two thousand and four the u.k. military has denied the charges that echo the horrific treatment suffered by detainees at the hands of u.s. soldiers in the abu ghraib prison scandal or d.

is probably boko reports from london victims and families of victims say that british troops took a number of iraqis from the battlefield and then murdered and tortured them for the ministry of defense strenuously deny that british troops are normally killed and the iraqis in fact the evidence given by the ministry of defense is so different to the evidence provided by the victims and their families that it's resulted in this very long with three year delay this inquiry was ordered back in two thousand and nine so three years later it's only just coming to fruition and i'm joined in the studio by christopher stanley of rights watch u.k. this isn't the first inquiry of its kind of already have this very embarrassing case of the killing of a back in two thousand and three is this potentially another big embarrassment for the british military it would be a big embarrassment if they allowed it to become one which i think is what they obviously do not want to know about and on the hounds because it was

a damning inquiry against the ministry of defense against the process by which investigations were undertaken against the death of innocence of iraqi civilians trying to manage it's going to come on and these are people getting away with human rights violations including killing without punishment or due process of law whether it's you or your kindle or international or domestic law it depends on the cost of how much you watch how much you want to spend. the stuff we spend a lot of money. and the media and hacking of people in the public. this is about death she would want to violations and it cost forty million something that the company swallowed christer stanley from right thank you very much and of course the issue of iraq is a very sensitive one at the moment we've just heard reports that william hague the foreign minister has urged in a private memo the minister is not to talk about iraq in the run up to the ten year anniversary of the invasion later this month time now for some international news

in brief venezuelan president hugo chavez is suffering from a new serious respiratory infection he returned recently from after surgery for his cancer is now being cared for at the military hospital in the capital caracas rallies in support of the president and protest by the opposition calling for more information about his health have been frequent over the last few weeks. thirty six people were killed when a plane came down in a gold city in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo the locally run aircraft crashed in heavy rain as it was trying to land the country has poor air safety record a plane accident at another airport back in two thousand and eleven left more than seventy people dead well folks in berlin fear that they might soon be forced out of the german capital because their income simply can't keep pace with housing costs will a state is becoming unaffordable for locals and people from richer regions are swooping

in artie's peter all over one to find out just how bad the situation truly is. who are both sexy. men lovingly described his city. now some berliners feel this way of life is coming under threat there was in here in the if you keep hearing phrase we've seen big changes over the past ten years more and more apartment buildings have been built in areas where people traditionally used to rent what we're seeing is people being forced from their homes real estate prices in berlin have shot up by thirty two percent since two thousand and seven well ahead of the german average this is resulted in some tenants of the and victor it is their rented flat says sold from underneath them prompting anger and demonstrations from those who see the city's identity being sold to the highest bidder isn't. our problem here is that berlin is turning into

a city split between the haves and have nots rising prices of forced people who have lived here for years to move out and those who have come don't mix. this year has seen an increase in the amount of protests against the gentrification of lin as well as growing resentment towards other germans and foreigners moving into the city for the most part the public image of this still poor but sexy however times are changing the new emerging face of berlin is certainly stylish however it's also becoming increasingly an affordable due to the demand from people wanting to live in a desirable location economically viable and politically secure the lane is becoming the place of choice for southern europeans to invest in during turbulent times in their own countries. can't trend sells and rents property to italians. and

the town. one of the main reasons our customers are buying here is that there is no trust in their tailing economy. at the banks people see an apartment in berlin as a good way to preserve the value of their savings. was about the claims that the real estate boom is stealing and sold i think it's been god this is progress berlin is developing sure it presents some challenges but this is just the same as when the wall came down and people moved into new areas if anything this creates the mall she calls her allies and that makes for a what it is best new housing developments are being built all around the city to try and accommodate demand however with rental prices having risen by ninety percent in the last decade it does seem that the writing is on the wall for the dream of an affordable life in the german capital peter all of a. darlin. well coming up on the program we delve deeper into the mysterious death

of the infamous figure who shaped the twentieth century justice. john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes when we speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of someplace on earth like course to lobola or walla walla washington the thing is that he didn't just misspeak his speech was written correctly and if you look at his eyes as he said it he wasn't really looking at notes or something he was reading it off of a teleprompter right now i am reading off

a teleprompter but i put every word there myself which is probably why john kerry is spelled with a q but my question is would kerry and prompter mr obama just read anything put in front of them to they even really know the realities of the tiriel they're reading in their speeches and who are deeply versed on some subject and you should need to read word for word from the teleprompter to give a speech just try writing some notes and speaking with your brain and maybe your heart like in the good old days but that's just my opinion.