tonight u.k. faces loyalty test in the falklands referendum exacerbating the standoff with argentina over sovereignty and now as we report. two years on anti nuclear sentiment gets stronger in japan as the country marks the anniversary of when the world's worst nuclear disasters but many unsatisfied at the. hostage drama result in syria the ukrainian journalist kidnapped by rebels as a scapegoat after being held to the threat of death over a world with six months now. live from the r.t.d. center tonight it's kevin owen here in moscow tonight in our top story the disputed

full clint islands are voting on a second day of a referendum on whether or not to remain a british territory but a loyal pro british sentiment among many islanders leaves little doubt as to what the outcome is going to be later while argentina who still lays claim to the islands has called the vote a sham polyploid a report on the toxic miss mix of nationalism politics and oil. these are some very far flung islands from britain a tiny territory now nevertheless the islanders are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favor of remaining a british overseas territory but this isn't just a question of national identity we know that the argentinian government's already dismissed the vote as a propaganda exercise cooked up in london but there's the prospect of all that a lot of people are talking about now there's speculation surrounding how much oil there is an estimated sixty billion barrels of oil potentially to be found in the falklands basin and that's worth about one hundred sixty seven billion dollars to

compare that with britain's oil reserves well they seem scant in comparison the u.k. has an estimated two point eight five billion barrels of oil so if this estimation proves to be correct if the falkland islands do indeed have these sixty billion barrels then we're talking about more oil than the reserves of the usa could tar or even libya to talk about this i'm joined in the studio by ken hurst he's a journalist came to what extent is this dispute a question of resources for both the british and the argentinean government well it could be argued that it's always been questionable whether it's morally or logistically sustainable to try to protect. a colony that eight thousand miles away i suppose the argument one could have added to that is economically sustainable said he wore ships and so on and so forth but of course the oil rather changes all

that. changes if you believe it's morally justifiable to go on what we call it you know a colonial plundering mission something we did in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries and personally i don't happen to believe it is but a lot of people are saying that this is a question of domestic politics for the argentinean president because there is a flailing economy at home and. you know picking up the question of that island sovereignty is going to increase her ratings back home well that may or may not be true certainly south america as a bloc may be having its economic issues but it's certainly becoming generally an economic powerhouse a part of the the the brazilian the russian the indian the chinese the rise of those nations and it's part of all of that and we've had issues haven't we about. vessels carrying our flags not being allowed into some some of those ports so there is that issue around it but you know i don't know how sustainable that is it isn't

trying to ramp up the argentinian claim to the islands just a way of increasing popularity as well it may be but you got to remember that president cristina fernandez actually had a landslide victory herself in the two thousand and eleven election i think it was so she's probably more politically stable than david cameron is and finally getting the referendum is going to resolve this dispute referendums don't resolve disputes actually negotiation resolve disputes and that's what really needs to happen down there in the in the falklands or the melbourne or whichever you call them. three hundred g.m.t. tonight will no more on r.t. dot com or website so it will ask you to get involved what do you think argentina's next step is going to be if falkland islanders do decide to stay british this is what telling us thanks for doing it almost half of us' you can see there. a few percent points up from last hour so that argentina is going to declare the vote rigged or legitimate slightly fewer. figure for clinton will be told to move to

britain by their south american neighbor fewer still believe argentina will call for a new referendum down the line and only a fraction a growing smaller number to where they are believe one is areas will finally back off from its claims still plenty of time to tell us what you think there was the dot com is the website to be. now meantime domestically in the u.k. economic hardship appears to be sparing no one coming up then on the program we've got the story of world war two veterans whose families are forced to sell their momentos and memories just to pay for basic care.

japan is grieving the death of a nineteen thousand people killed during that devastating earthquake and tsunami it's two years now since the tragedy was also triggered of course the world's worst atomic disaster in twenty five years as well the focus shiver plant saw a nuclear meltdown on the release of radioactive materials artie's sean thomas was injured and he witnessed the aftermath. when i first arrived what struck me the most is that the scale of the disaster was much larger than what many people may even remember in fact what you had was you had the earthquake you had the tsunami then you had the nuclear disaster and then the lingering disaster after the fact so traveling to the coast homes destroyed villages decimated and the people doing what they could to try and pick up their lives people we spoke to have a great distrust for the government they don't at that time they don't feel that

they were getting all of the information that they needed to for their safety and i can tell you that from the get go there was a lot of mistrust in the government about how the situation was being handled on the ground and include tragedy also sparked massive protests all over the globe against the use of atomic energy and investigates if the world is ready to wean itself off nuclear power. if we look at japan first of all there before the before this leak nuclear energy made about twenty five percent of japan's energy needs afterwards all nuclear reactors were suspended some have since been restarted to try to cope with blackouts far away in germany the public and politicians were horrified by what they saw unraveling in japan and that led in part to the blunders tag's decision in may two thousand and eleven to end all nuclear power in germany by two thousand and twenty two in france

a very different policy since the one nine hundred seventy s. france has really pushed nuclear energy as a clean and safe provider of energy it still makes up nearly eighty percent of france's and edgy needs and there although public opinion has changed slightly it's still more in favor of nuclear power than it is in japan if we look at japan again the new government is more pro nuclear energy than the previous government was but they're going to have a big a big time trying to convince the japanese population that it is worth it one thing they have on their side is that nuclear power is demonstrable cheaper than other alternatives and fossil fuels or renewables there just isn't enough of those renewables yet to try and cover the gap and you can read on how japan is trying to

fix the consequences of the fukushima tragedy on our website latino camas well as real expert opinion as one of the country's nuclear futures big debate going on there right now. after almost six months in rebel captivity ukrainian journalist working in syria is skate and is reportedly on a way to damascus the captors are threatening to kill or unless they got a fifty million dollar ransom and he's really good more details. they for missions that are two causes coming from one hard question as ex-husband who cost contect our channel and said that his but his ex-wife seems to have escaped her captivity in homes in syria she has made a post in her live journal a column saying that to and i'm quoting alice is back with more details to follow on her question as ukrainian journalist who has been taken captive in october by the free syrian army rebels who threatened to kill her unless the korean government paid the fifteen million dollar ransom that didn't happen and the rebels did not proceed with their threats on her question what was incredibly critical off of the

syrian rebels six to tease us throughout the entire conflict and she has been very active in showing her support for the syrian president bashar al assad now when it comes to syrian opposition the syrian opposition of course has been largely disjointed in their efforts to overthrow the regime of the syrian president aust said ah but they haven't shown any unity of whatsoever and one of the as one of the leaders of one of those fragments of the syrian opposition has been lost go on monday talking to russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov there have been reports in western media very recently about u.k. france and the united states military personnel training some of the still syrian arab red ball forces there in jordan primarily training them to use anti-tank weapons and this sort of training according to this of member of the syrian opposition is something that is only is only making this syrian crisis worse

in an interview to our tease arabic channel he has made that statement. well and good two of them and i want the opposition to be united for at least we would know who to negotiate with but unfortunately there are many small armed groups we are trying to establish contact with the most rational and far seeing opposition representatives who respect international humanitarian law and the basic constitutional principles that unite us the syrians whose actions aren't based on religious beliefs or malicious murders there's much. aside what is your view on the main political problems of the syrian crisis for example the preservation of assad's presidency civilian death and their position being supplied with weapons and a cult will have so hello to them well first the arms supply should be stopped completely both for the rebels and for the syrian army second concerning the presidency we

need time syria needs a boat ten to twenty years a parliamentarian ism to eliminate the idea of destroying one person and the role of the president so we can see that the majority of syrians support our program that will redistribute power from the president. so fun to afraid of clashes with the government which is going to be formed in istanbul and it is considered to control so-called free districts mostly now you have. we are far from it still i think that if a project starts with the french foreign minister statement and then was discussed in istanbul's lobbies over three months the project doesn't have any future it is likely to be a farce and it will actually be much better if it is not realized at all because it won't gain any support or respect they still don't have a worthy candidate for prime minister if they don't have any political modesty the

correct way of thinking or political experience. it appears as if god's will is preventing some from going to war we talk about that so the anger among secular jews is growing as the ultra religious are excluded from compulsory military service claiming prayer is equally important for the country's security coming up after the break. its technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia. the

future covered. mission. critical three times four chargers three. richmond free. free. free. download free volunteer video for your media projects a free radio down to our teeth dot com. i . tell again israel's witnessing a widening religious divide where the difference secular jews who have to do military service are claiming it's unfair that the ultra religious are excluded

from such tutti the lot of those say their contribution to the country's security is no less important of his policy as both the people on both sides of the divide. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is struggling to form a government five weeks after parliamentary elections he can't get potential coalition partners to agree the stumbling block is whether or not ultra religious orthodox jews should serve in the i.d.f. the religious parties that are certainly beginning to understand things have changed they're going to find themselves challenged on many fronts military service is going to be one of them and as a result they will have to conserve their political capital to fight on the things they care about most most ultra religious jews have never been in the israeli army and religious political parties have never been pressed on the issue like they be now but january's parliamentary elections saw a new play is coming to the fore on yahoo needs in his coalition if he's to form

a majority government but they're insisting the religious played a part. like this woman who spearheaded a campaign with other like minded israeli mothers they're fed up with what they call an injustice that the children should serve one of those stoned with thirty no guards that something is very unfair that we are going to give our children to the army not knowing if we are going to get them back in fifty percent of the mother or the new. do not have to warry because their children do not go to the army iran is twenty eight years old married with two children while others his age were doing their national service he was here starting far from being apologetic he feels the contribution he makes is as important if not more. of the backbone of the jewish people i think viable occasion first of all is to preserve the jewish intellect and the jewish mind for our city for this country's sake and for the generations to come and yes while i might be not putting my life at risk i also contributing to

this country's security they also say which doesn't make any sense for me that it's the third in that study the torah is soldier is not getting killed so if you are taking the twenty two thousand eight hundred soldiers that were created until now for independent. what does it mean they didn't study enough but the frustration among secular israelis who make up most of the population goes beyond just army service they complain ultra religious jews don't work or pay taxes while receiving disproportionate government support just about every city in israel has a religious neighborhood like this one in ten israelis is ultra orthodox the challenge remains how to include them in a society that is increasingly hostile to them whether netanyahu eventually chooses to include religious partners or leave them out of his coalition there's no running away from the growing internal divide in an already divided country policy r.t.

jerusalem. checking out some of the many stories we got online for you tonight surprising claims that hitler was no but i'm sure you got some views on what we can vall the conversation almost half of austrians poll recently anyway claimed they see benefits to hit was nine hundred thirty eight an exaggeration of a country. plus i rank you both gary and free food for selling is pricey rolex watch the paid church bills was a good deed but is a cash strapped congregation think otherwise find a wife aarti dot com. for for the country's freedom some world war two veterans in the u.k. are struggling to financially survive austerity and skyrocketing living costs

leaving even the most decorated heroes with no other choice but to sell their medals just to make ends meet so first got their story. i fired a short burst from five hundred feet producing strikes on the port engine i don't flame and here soon it began to dive steeply exploding into the ground these are the private extracts from the flight logs of world war two night pilot brand burbridge despite being a highly skilled and decorated pilot his story has remained largely untold until now ninety two and suffering with outsiders bronzes in a nursing home and his family struggling with high care costs have put the incredible mementos up for sale i said that that these are your medals we're selling them and there was a smile and there was a sort of recognition that. you know this this is what he things were his so i have

no doubt that he's probably got some understanding of. this happening the family are hyping to raise more than one hundred thousand pounds at the auction with their father's nursing home costs averaging around fifty thousand pounds a year and service that is the money will go a long way to paying for their father's treatment the ice and tell the remarkable story of a man he began the war as a conscientious objector but he wended it is arguably one of britain's most prolific night flies and the story goes one short absolutely true he never really because you only have room for the engines hoping that maybe lives will be so. pleased to see. a parachute emerge from any time so this is prances pilots flying logbook and slowly unusually he also includes his combat reports now this particular one you can see describes one of his exceptional

achievements during the war where in one night alone he shot down four enemy german planes now that was absolutely remarkable and was described by a fellow night flying eighth as one of the most exceptional sorties flown during the war in from now and he looks planes there's that recognition that it's part of his life of all of the. people so quick to say there is that. yeah i think it's yes the elderly care needs to be more funding for for our elderly care. so that they don't have to sell all their possessions over. what they fought for. in order to pay for that that's the hardest thing british but do you would be a tax free pension but with sky high living in care costs and often simply not

enough. shockingly and it's estimated that x. service personnel account for around one in ten the u.k.'s homeless politicians are criticised for abandoning but humans in that hour of need leaving it to charities to pick up the slack we have hundreds of people who contact veterans and their dependents who contact us every year who need help with care looking at the ageing population it's not likely that those the number of people we help would go down any time say every year in the u.k. there are key paid. people in their country but in a nation where everything north of only added to the number of leading brown fervor to story is an important reminder to the rest of the year away from the ceremonies and the cameras and many verses that friends are facing daily personal challenges but by and large go on to serve our london.

briefly hundreds of stones from protest as a class at least in the capital bangui sugar ongoing trials for crimes committed during the war of independence authorities used to gas more bullets to disperse the crowds and running street battles that opposition leaders called for the rallies angry and legal action being taken against politicians for water trustees committed more than thirty years ago. police in egypt prevented a strike and given authority ten days to ground their calls for more powerful weapons a third of provinces in the country have been hit in the dispute including portside where more than fifty people have died in clashes over the last few months this is the country's top prosecutors called on civilians to arrest people they see committing crimes raising concerns then vigilante groups could take security into their own hands. a suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives at a police station two hundred kilometers north of the iraqi capital it's killed five people wounded thirty six officials say two policemen and three civilians are among

the dead some of the wounded are thought to be students from a nearby school no groups yet said it's responsible for the attack. the presidents of pakistan and iran have reiterated their commitment to open a gas pipeline between the two countries despite american opposition to the plan the pipe on the iranian side is complete whilst work on the pakistan section apparently cost of one point five billion dollars is yet to begin to stern says it needs the link to fulfill its energy needs but the us has criticized the plan saying it could go against sanctions in place against iran. twenty four hour one is possible in moscow time thanks for being with us on but with a news update for you thirty five minutes next up sport richard here after the break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that

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and we look up a russian team niche motorsports part of it and you were destroyed as some lows made the podium supersport race of the season in australia. will start with football on your. response at moscow korea after a sizzling stance as a red and white spiteri free one in the first game of the winter break moscow win five points clear of its all falling into no victory and creates a bit of well with more on the reaction from week twenty is paul scholes. the old guard after a three month winter break finally the russian premier league regime and and university on how to sponsor a debut to remember school in three times in sponsor x. three one win against tatic getting his fust off to just two minutes his second was an absolute cracka out he went on a mazy run before the ball fell to the armenian international who rifled an unstoppable shot from distance leaving the keeper with one chance i mostly see on

completing his hat trick fifteen minutes from time with a small left footed finish terek did pull one back later on but spots are easily held on and are now fourth in the table the old was the most ask our moscow state help of the russian premier league off the beaten curtis of itself to nail. blame opening the scoring off to getting on the end of alan's corner and that bad mussa made the point safe in the second half to leave the army man five points clear the old guy on jay missed the chance to close the gap on sas collar to slip into a surprise to know the fate that struck him more davey the side from set on scott only one twice coming into class with chris hitting steyn however they got their first victory in eight off the goals from milan pad a deal a new stand new commits in the old was the most unique why for we continue.