inheriting the revolution a new venezuelan leader will be chosen next month while questions mount of a foreign influence in the oil rich nation the death of its longtime president. will fall out violent clashes in the gulf the top of course confirmed death sentences to last year's deadly football riot the growing unrest. military in the country. tens of thousands gather across japan to show their opposition to the wrenching two year anniversary of the fukushima nuclear disaster upon us. the ballet dancer from the bolshoi theater is facing twelve years behind bars for plotting an attack which ended his boss' party goes behind the scenes to examine the dark side of life in the spotlight.

you're watching artie's weekly news review with me kerry. but his way to set the date to pick the successor to the late president hugo chavez who died from a heart attack following a two year battle with cancer on tuesday election will take place on april the fourteenth will determine whether his revolution of vision will live on for marty's rapley video agency is closely watching the political situation in caracas. vice president nicolas maduro sworn in as the president and so. take place some voices in the opposition notably the man who. is the main opposition. who have called the swearing in. hugo chavez personally appointed.

the man that he wanted to succeed him and of course hugo chavez the late president has immense popularity and by the way the russian has said that he hopes that. continues to deepen the ties between russia. and he's also said that he hopes that russia will respect the outcome of venezuela and elections and he hopes that all countries around the world. has been many outside powers he would like to see and. among many condolences coming from inside and outside venezuela there was a very good statement coming from chavez's last election and. he said he was mourning this loss and that he had never been his enemy but his rival i think is a very respectful attitude and i hope in the following election battle mourning the loss of venezuela and its friends including russia we have to look forward to my

shop as his only help to deepen our partnership a majority in venezuela want to shop with his policies to continue. the choice of the venezuelan people i hope all the countries that have relations with venezuela do the same and there was no attempt to influence their choice. amongst the crowds you know we've been there quite a lot over the last few days and one of the most popular chance is with chavez and i thought other people are saying when he was sworn in in the national assembly that was very emotional crowd support for him and he announced that he just to continue the revolution he was very emotional he was in tears as he took the presidential sash and he said that the sash that he was taking belonged to. now within the past hour position leader. has officially confirmed he will run for president in the forthcoming elections will compete against the man who had his hand picked as his successor and nicolas maduro journalist eric margolis he's been writing extensively on venezuela says there are no presidential candidates who have

the charisma like a chavez did he is an antique charisma at it compared to. chavez superabundance of charisma he's a very dull figure as a former bus driver. people nor do the other leaders of the. party so that's not sure and experience tells us that sympathy is a very important factor in elections when leaders guy who woke up realize thing as far as i know in his mother's apartment in new york city so he's obviously the candidate favored by the u.s. which i think will be putting a lot of effort into trying to get him elected and trying to defeat the socialists in venezuela but again he's not a very popular figure either and he's a governor of a small state and his loyalties are suspect by some as well. the

opposition needs a stronger candidate right now we don't have. well the embalmed body of her child as will rest on public display in a glass crystal cost it well leaders and thousands of venezuelan mourners gathered to pay their respects to the late commandant till friday but while there was grief on the streets of caracas there was a different tone emerging from washington is also going to change the kind of polls . communities of people throughout latin america are mourning the death of. the venezuelan leader enjoyed tremendous popular support in his country as well as the whole region he won four presidential elections and had ruled venezuela for fourteen years so you see this liberation process not only on the venezuelan people but also of all the latin american peoples must continue. chavis allowed us to restore faith in latin america region so that a profound transformation in the region can be carried out the only guards at the

empire will no doubt be happy and celebrating the new empire is the word a host of south american leaders and used to refer to the united states in washington president obama extended his sympathy to the chavez family and herald it quote a new chapter in the history of latin america but the u.s. congress was not as restrained in their reaction to the death of the venezuelan leader the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee had this to say his death. to us leftist leaders in south america good riddance to this dictator in the media a slew of hundreds embarked on a search for new opportunities that might now be available for the u.s. in venezuela. so what does this mean now for the united states in all that oil in that country venezuela is a place of enormous opportunity it has by survey's perhaps the largest reserves of oil in the world from the u.s. point of view this has enormous potential implications because venezuela that moves

away from chavez is foreign policy means a venezuela that's less welcoming to iran less friendly. russia less friendly to castro's cuba less friendly to leftwing regimes around the hemisphere which is financed in their campaigns in and other aspects but before america jumps at the chance to explore those new opportunities it might be useful to look back at what washington's previous efforts led to what the u.s. now calls leftist populist governments in latin america came to power partly in reaction to decades of the u.s. recklessly meddling in the affairs of the region for years washington had seen many of those countries as its outposts after chavez was elected in one thousand nine hundred nine a host of other leaders in latin america followed his example to varying extents including but not limited to ever morales in bolivia rafael correa in ecuador and daniel ortega in nicaragua charges may not have been as hardened in his views

against washington if not for allegations of the tacit support of the bush administration in the coup against him in two thousand and two he met with bill clinton a couple times and they got along just fine it was really only with george bush then when things really were turned sour and especially after the coup attempt within forty eight hours of the start of the cool with the help of the military and vast popular support chavis returned to power. but during that short period when he was deposed some in the us hurried to celebrate the new york times for example ran this article venezuelan democracy is no longer threatened by would be dictator caracas now provides fifteen percent of american oil imports and with signs of policies could provide more for years after the coup chavis expressed his anger at the bush administration in a variety of fiery metaphors yet as to who is the other the devil came here yesterday. and it still smells of

sulfur here george w. bush has long left office but. suspicion and mistrust remain some argue if during these challenging times black america washington continues to deal with the region using the same old tactics the hostility could be put in washington i'm going to shut down. another verdict sparking another riot in egypt saturday's court ruling to uphold twenty one death sentences of the portside stadium killings at a further round of violent clashes death penalties were from last year's deadly football riots dramatically in cairo and portside based clubs another five life terms were also handed down the announcement sparking an outcry in both cities three people died in the ensuing clashes in the capital but i'm going crowds

torched football federation buildings authorities had already been struggling to maintain security in port side so a week of deadly violence leading up to the verdict the army has taken over security in the city with at least seven people now reported killed held true is following developments for r.t. . for so i got it security headquarters is a powerful reminder of the past five days of bloody clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in a bid to quell on rest a day ahead of the contentious verdict on last february's football riots the government removed the police and put the city security in the hands of the army activists here say a military takeover will only antagonize the situation and is an example of president mohamed morsi ignoring their demands this is. the government has gotten our main needs the rights of the people and those who have been killed poured so you'd is not going to be more secure with the withdrawal of the police but it will help us at all the ports are you do officers are supposed to be in the street

taking care of the country that's what we asked for with the police leaving there will be chaos now the people will. to secure the city themselves tension between protesters and the police has been high since last year's riots and when the minute she replaced them on the city's streets there was an initial optimism but that all changed off the court's decision the atmosphere changed on saturday when the verdict confirmed that twenty one people will face the death penalty and a further five will serve my sentences residents here say that the army will not protect them as the local authorities bowed to pressure from the capital that's a funeral for protesters killed during recent clashes spicey founder of the green eagles ultras saeed's football fan club says the police used excessive force against local demonstrators treating them worse than the counterparts in cairo he believes the death sentences are further proof the city is being targeted toward

side has been persecuted for the last thirty years and president mohamed morsi is keeping the status quo created by the last regime the president wants to wrong the people of portside and instead satisfy the cairo old tribes who are widespread across the country now there is a risk of everyone being racist towards port syeed the military for their part to maintain they are protective peaceful force and that put side protesters have not been singled out they say police are merely responding to the level of violence from those attacking key government buildings meanwhile on the banks of the suez canal protesters burn tires to prevent boats from docking saying they will escalate acts of civil disobedience until there is a fair trial with further violence on the horizon this could be the toughest challenge yet for morsi and his military true for r t put saeed. but he's also monitoring the situation in egypt on twitter you can follow her for

the latest details of what's happening on the ground there. to senior police officials also received fifteen year sentences in the latest ruling while seven others walk free that's that's which cause much of the public outcry political activist says some interior ministry officials are the real troublemakers the results are definitely not satisfactory not just for the football fans the old. seventy eight young people got killed and yet two of the ministry of interior officials are the ones on trial and president morsi had a couple of months ago appointed a fact finding committee that implicates fifty six other members of the ministry of interior this report was not taken into consideration at court and only two of those officials were scapegoats hence the issue escalates on the streets

more because this is nothing but a political fiasco rather than. a real court to see to read the people want is a fair trial for those who are. implicated not those who actually killed the people with their own hands but those who were behind them supporting them financing them and giving them the plan third's of the truth because they continue to be on the streets in key. places such as the ministry of interior the national security and some of them are in the intelligence community the president needs to take very severe measures radical measures in cleansing the state institutions of the loyalists to the mubarak's he's not being doing so on the contrary he's promoted some of them he's trying to co-opt them and it's not working and it's only blowing in his face and he needs to present that we've got in t.s.a. for the political process to resume fairly.

hello. well much more ahead including the story of the bolshoi theatre a ballet soloist in custody for plotting an attack on his boss which he claims is more volatile than expected. also coming up at all in the head to the polls to vote on whether to amend a british rule to a tree of knowledge and tina viewing it as a meaningless publicity stunt if you can in the u.k. and later in the program. and therefore a call to tens of thousands of protesting japan's use of nuclear power to you know all of us or the from the she went nuclear disaster off the brake reexamined of one of the country's reluctant troops are going to do so.

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i. this is our team or world of stories for you now japan is marking the two year anniversary of one of the darkest days in its history it was march twenty seventh when an earthquake and tsunami triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster and the country's continued use of nuclear power has been the cause of discontent among many in japan tens of thousands of protesters gather across the country to march against our state the prime minister shinzo are they considering reactivating reaction is. the time away from tremors a little more than fifteen thousand people using the radioactive materials. security expert from the task he says japan has been backed into a corner over the un some energy imports. the comes from the liberal democratic party that for many years has had

a very close relationship with nuclear energy but also one has to remember that japan at this very moment a very bad position when it comes to its economy and its dependency on fossil fuels from overseas there is us many as much as about eighty percent of it that is imported energy being imported into dependency on oil from overseas is certainly a very very dangerous game. we can just have a look at what happened last year during summer two thousand and twelve power breakage is in talk the amount of cotton ball the cost of energy in tucker alone rose by about eight point five percent and the figures that have been created recently by the it's a tutor of the energy economics. estimate that as much as around four hundred twenty thousand jobs could be cut if japan was to phase out all its nuclear energy

. now the people of the falkland islands are holding a two day referendum whether to remain there british overseas territory u.k. is hoping for international backing in its dispute over the islands with argentina should the majority say yes we want to oppose is the poles saying it has no validity and british m.p. george galloway agrees saying you case claims are rooted in its colonial past these are settlers the majority of them were not born on the falklands they have been sent there by the british to establish a colonial claim and the days of that belong in the eighteenth maybe even mid nineteenth centuries not in the twenty first so i'm afraid the sovereignty does not lie with the people of the falkland islands because most of them are british and british cannot dictate what happens tens of thousands of kilometers away in the

south atlantic those days are long gone but britain beating its chest in the echo of its former in the past just simply refuses to do it and that's unacceptable i didn't danger's our interests in latin america which is one of the few parts of the globe that is economically thrusting ahead and we are prejudicing fatally our interests and our reputation in latin america by continuing to attempt to hold on to this appendage of british colonial rule. george galloway there well we have more stories for you on our website where you can take a look in the u.k. human trafficking is hitting shocking numbers but the government appears to be turning a blind eye to the problem head to r.t. dot com to the full story. should any natural disaster prevent brokers from going into work in new york city stop trading will go on. the ambitious

contingency plan of replacing traders with computers more log on to our website. and both theater ballet dancer is facing up to twelve years in prison for most of the unit back on his boss' travel demitra chain career is interested the along with two others involved in the assault charge with inflicting grievous bodily harm on the artistic director of the bolshoi ballet sergei filin was nearly blinded after having acid splashed on his face in moscow in january he's now undergoing extensive treatment in germany but the pretrial hearing earlier this week. he did order the assault that he didn't intend it to be an acid attack and thought he'd had a number of disagreements with his boss when his girlfriend ballerina or she complained about being rejected for some leading roles entertainment reporter martin andrews told my colleague much rather about the ugliest side of the artistic world. for if you see

a beautiful production but really the drama backstage is i think it's everyday life in a production house and that's what it is it's a factory from from the problems with the understudies from the problems because thing from the problems of of management who were dancers there are bitter about their faded korea it's not an easy world to be in obviously the rivalries between companies with a mosque and with the mets and the skull and they all want to be at the top of their game and tensions are always high in fraud and this is the first time we've had these have sort of things happen right. well this is certainly very severe but there been other kind of scandals what is this it's called drama for a reason if a year ago stravinsky's rite of spring was postponed and in fact one of the dances that. she was actually said that she was threatened by various people and she she actually went over to canada in fear of her life in fear of that it would escalate beast and she was between the theatrical ballet world would escalate into violence

and obviously as we see with the result. that happened in january it happens and this may reduce it down to a level of a cliche but we have this blockbuster movie black swan that play out that's absolutely what it's like with the black swan film nothing portman really highlights the you know the extremities and the tensions and especially with the with the management with the hiring in the firing it's everyday life and it's sometimes it can seem like a wonderful place to work but it they reality is somewhat different. some other international news in brief for you now this hour afghan president hamid karzai who's the u.s. of colluding with the taliban as washington held secret talks in qatar meanwhile u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has denied any negotiations with a group of taliban officials suspended discussions over a year ago quoting american statements shaky and erratic the afghan government has been pushing for the taliban to return to the negotiating table and attempt to

pacify a mounting tensions before u.s. led troops pull out in twenty fourteen on saturday two suicide bombs went off as the new american defense secretary rides in kabul to meet government officials. and at least fourteen people have been killed and thirty eight injured after a passenger bus veered off of shrouded highway in southern peru the accident occurred at dawn as the bus was traveling from the beach resort city come on a regional capital. police say the bus driver pit of lost control of the vehicle causing it to plunge off the cliff when three hundred meters. since the unification of germany has been changing rapidly but the way it's developing now is worrying many of its residents rental prices are soaring forcing many locals to move out what is peace all over went on to the streets of it into trying to tread. poor sexy but so. lovingly described his city. now

feel this way of life is coming under threat. if you keep your inquiries 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 being a victim. as their rented flat says sold for 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 makes. this year has

seen an increase in the amount of protests against the gentrification of lynn as well as growing resentment towards other germans and foreigners moving into the city for the most part the public image of it is still poor sexy however times are changing the new emerging face of perlin 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 lin is becoming the place of choice for southern europeans to invest in during turbulent times in their own countries. can't turn sales and rents property to italians. one of the main reasons our customers are buying here is that there is no trust in the italian economy or at the banks people see an apartment in berlin as

a good way to preserve the value of their savings but what about the claims that the real estate boom is stealing them in sold. out 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 her areas if anything this creates the march a cultural isn't it that makes berlin what it is the 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 r.t. darlin. well shortly we'll take you to brussels to reveal a shady political side of it you can stay with us here in.

the month before the oscars and what annoys you with their predictions and the month after everyone complains about the results but isn't being talked about much as the few hundred people who gathered to protest the glamour filled award show why protest the asker's you ask well although the film life of pi won the oscar for best visual effects effects to you that made the movie look so amazing rhythm and hues has filed for bankruptcy quickly after the film's release you know that seems like a bit of a discrepancy i mean the group that made the best visual effects in the world in two thousand and thirteen is flat broke how can that be this reminds me of how the lead creators of call of duty modern warfare two were let go directly after the release of the game which to date is the eighth highest grossing video game of all time this was done supposedly to dodge paying them the royalties that they you know

earned through hard work the problem is that we live in a world where only the bottom line count making as much profit as you possibly can damn the consequences it's just good business practice they say well it might be profitable but it's bad for society and it's very bad for visual effects and videogame artists but that's just my opinion. and what the european union is they don't understand how it's governed they don't know who are the people who are running it but they know that they were chosen by the people and so when they see the results and.