era but with the same foundations the success of venezuela's late leader chavez wins as snap election in the country despite a strong challenge from the opposition. also the sour baited breath across asia as north korea marks the high point of its kind and the birthday of its founder with many worried that young may be compelled to demonstrate its power. and a world renowned turkish piano player is back in court facing up to eighteen months in prison on blasphemy charges over several suck tweets about islam and muslims.

international news life this is r.c. was me your leisure and a very warm welcome to the program so the air chavez has won the presidential election in venezuela meaning the legacy of the influential leader will continue the margin is very narrow with the vote split almost fifty fifty and syria is joining me now live by the phone from caracas with the latest tests. so the latest news has worn so tell us more about the raise and the reaction on the street. actually you know right now. speaking live giving his press conference right after that and now it's very very long for the electoral committee to give the response but it's really been announced. the workshop started the street honking of the cars you can. see their arch bridge and. there are fifty points

sixty sixty four. and forty nine point zero seven percent for really very very close and he's got a lot of challenges ahead of him of course and we know for the past few days we've been speaking to a lot of the neglect quite a colorful campaign and all of them don't really know that when they do not talk a lot of policy that's exactly what tomorrow will have to do now that you've got the time. all the law on that neither has a big short on passion well we're here in the district that really has support for the. so-called successor of chavez as you can see from all the graffiti here the people really having a very festive attitude and a lot of them selling paraphernalia haley get shot this is really a bastion of chavez a support many people tell me of the kind of benefit that they have gained for fourteen years of having chavez as president talking about education talking about the social mission which really is

a cornerstone of his popularity and the people here are very enthusiastic about giving their opinion about why they support chavez let's talk to the gentleman over here and put him. on. the border for their dollar he was chosen right. here least the same revolution that we can go forward with but with cruise we can do nothing it's clear that for many people here who are staunch supporters of chavez a huge part playing here is the loyalty they have and voting for nicolas maduro while over on the other side of the city where here in the district where the main opposition candidate and we kick up real this is the governor and expected he has a lot of support here most of the people that you see now on the street here have told me that they have indeed voted for a couple listen when you asked him why they did so the word that really comes so repeatedly from their answers is they want a change or let's talk to one of those who actually voted for this. why did you

vote for it we see this well i vote for a couple years because i think the venezuelan it's a better food and he is the only one that going give us a better future i don't know birth means think you're ok you know what so as you heard her say actually bet opinion is repeated in resonated among the supporters of a couple of us that they say that they again they want change from after fourteen years of who go chavez and also. it's noticeable there's a lot of students and a lot of younger people who are also were coming out into districts a supporting him and voting for him. a need that is now at the helm of your parents' job this is socialist legacy a country with some of the world's largest oil reserves and also a nation plagued with longstanding problems which is probably infrastructure and double digit inflation of which its citizens are all too aware. of the lack of security skill in us and statistics prove many people have died at night you can't

leave your home this is a serious problem. i want change by corruption that's the brahman in venezuela the corruption the base of the broader economy. everything old but brawling that have been it's really the corruption the oil price the price. the government you know has a lot of. of probably its spending so we are in a lot of that. we now know the winner but the narrow victory has left venezuela polarized the new leader to caracas traces an uphill battle not just to mend the country's economy and improve living standards but also to match up his charismatic predecessor who casts a very long shadow not just within the country but beyond its borders as well just our cilia r.t. as well or. let's get more perspective on venezuela's political future from miguel

tanka solace he's a professor of latin american history had to promote a college and also of the injury legacy oil culture and society in venezuela and he's joining us now live from a candle in california a professor solitary nice to have you on the program it's been a very busy night i believe this is the question is if this victory more about this is a lingering popularity or was a strong enough political figure to win this on his own merits i. i don't think you can actually separate the two i think the two are very closely linked in the minds of most supporters of charice and of mother i think the reality is that you still have the impact of the popularity of charice and you have my little beginning to distinguish himself to play forth his own of his own program his own argument and also part of that argument invariably volves continuity so i think that we have a combination of all these factors at play and again part of the polarization within venezuela gives us a very razor thin margin and

a wind is saying the result was so tice the vote almost split on the hov one of the stylus well i think it tells us that there are real problems in venezuela and that model will have a very short period in which he has to begin to address these issues or will he will have a front a crisis within his own party and among his own supporters he has to address head on the question of crying out for questionnaires lation the question of infrastructure you mentioned earlier as leads are real issues that affect real venezuelans and although they felt the pain for a job is a significant number also now begin to criticize and to see the need to actually carry through and implement change that's right and it is actually a good thing i just wanted to ask you that for venezuela the country is struggling economically the crime rate is among the highest in the wild so maybe it was time for a change that i think that. is relative its actual debt to g.d.p.

is actually equal to most of the countries in the region and actually better than some european countries so that the economic model isn't a problem as much part of the major challenge is the the chairs on that exists between the rhetoric on the part of the government its implementation and then the ability to carry out those programs so yes there is help for medical benefits but that has to be carried out and implemented yes there has to be able to complete the fight against the corruption that has to be an effort to root out crime so these are many of the issues that are still pending as part of the agenda that is still pending it's been a period of uncertainty since chavez died last month do you still expect a rise of opposition sentiment despite my dearest make traina why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened as i said earlier model may have a small window to operate the venezuelan constitution permits a recall within three years i wouldn't doubt that unless my little gets traction

and addresses these issues significantly and quickly the opposition may mount a challenge again in three years that's what they did to which i was in two thousand and four also the late president chavez was well known as a hotshot on ten american chrissake a well my dear a continue this line. well i think we're going to see a continuation of venezuelans foreign policy i think there's a difference between criticizing us and being anti american i think will see a promotion of latin american policy the promotion of a multi-polar world that is the u.s. is not the dominant issue on their agenda they have relations with russia with china with europe with that with latin american countries and will see i think a continuity within that that's been part of the strength promoted by the chinese administration and my little recall was the foreign minister in charge of travis's foreign policy so i very much see continuity during this period all right and also being an ex on a tongue canal and chavez had influence over the military and its support of course

with no military background or will not do or have the same control and loyalty of the army now i think the issue of mother is that the team around him is the most important issue and the team around him has been proven they were part of the same theme that was be around charges they include military individuals part of the coalition that is governing part of the bureaucracy includes a your was a member of the group among the military it also includes i.d.s. god of the us it also includes other individuals to make it all come from the military and who now have important post as either governors the national assembly presidents or members of the administration so i think that we're going to see a continuation of that governing coalition that leadership body. right on the gallatin because silence professor of latin american history at pomona college and also of the ensuring legacy oral culture and society in venezuela many thanks indeed thank you. all right as the polls closed and election fever became to fade

on the streets of caracas so the political struggle is still very much up and running on the internet and the twitter account actually of nicolas maduro has been compromised by the laws. security peruse his group so it was filled with vulgar messages in which the how has claimed responsibility for this successful attack and his profile picture was also replaced by a troll face it's the same happened to the twitter page of the ruling united socialist party of venezuela and while murderers official website also became a target the government claimed the attacks were the result of the opposition's dispair. this is an see and sled for you own ad the u.s. citizens taking time avoidance to a whole new level they're giving up that american passports unbecoming statelets all just to flee from what they call on a flat tax distribution well that's coming up later in the program. and an official

report into a missile strike that left twelve people dead including four children during last year's gaza war find the israeli military truly accept it was on supposed professionalism and that's coming up later this hour. if you. are a nuclear test a missile launch or even an military provocation are all on the cards today as north korea among the most important date and it's kind of

a day which experts say may push people young to demonstrate to its people the power of the north south the day of the sun celebrates the birth of the reclusive state found it kamal sun and this year it's coincided with a historically turns moment as pyongyang engages in a diplomatic standoff with the u.s. japan and south korea but there have been overtures made with washington declaring it is ready and willing quote to reach out to north korea so long as a abandons its atomic arsenal the next here cesky reports now from the borders of north korea. monday april the fifteenth is known as the day of the sun in north korea when the nation is celebrating its biggest holiday the birthday of the late leader the founder of the north korean republic kim il sung of course the north koreans will be celebrating in the streets in the other present military parades but the eyes of the world will of course be focused not on the celebrations and the festivities in north korea but on whether pyongyang will actually decide to hold

missile test launches now the latest reports are suggesting that pyongyang already has mid-range missiles called mustard done which would be able to hit a target at more than two and a half thousand miles and the reaction of the international community to do the possible test launch can be very very serious and could provoke a major conflict in the region so the worries are especially high because the doesn't seem to be any breakthrough in on the diplomatic level in the talks between the parties in volved on sunday young young again rebuffed the attempts by seoul to hold talks to resolve the issue or at the negotiations table saying that the proposal itself was nothing more than a crafty trick the leadership in most of the countries of the region china north korea and south korea are new in south in south korea and north korea moreover the leaders are quite young and with they have obviously more than views on the world and it is really unclear why china and south korea and japan are not

mediating this conflict with here it is very interesting to see whether north korea will actually try to hold that this me solid test launches see that during the day some reports suggested that north koreans would want to do that on their late leader kim il sung's birthday as it's often happening in the countries like north korea when they want to show something to the world and they do it on a particular date which is memorable to the whole nation it is also interesting to see. the transformation of north korea under the embargo under the sanctions which the country has been living in for many years already not only have they managed to build missiles to create missiles which could potentially be dangerous for the whole region and even reach the shores of the western shores of the united states but also there are the speculators peculation and there is a formation that the north korea may be embarking on the space program so

definitely this crazy twist the crazy saga of grievances continuing we are watching the situation here in the far east and we'll update our viewers with all the latest developments as we get them throughout the day. and with the world's attention centered squarely on the korean crisis the b.b.c. has been criticized for go interesting find search of a good start the british brought car operation is being accused of using students as human shields during a trip to north korea the network invited undercover journalists with a group of british eliminate visiting pyongyang a crime that could have seen many sent off to prison and you can find out a student's reaction and what the b.b.c.'s got to say about it all at r.t. dot com. a world renowned turkish pianist is going to court for a third time of a twitter allegedly insulting islam prosecutors cite several such caustic messages about believers and islamic concepts of heaven so the charges were brought against

brazil say for the first time in june last year the musician who has served as a cultural ambassador to the european union denies that he is asians and says he is surprised his country's treating him this way so if we're going to get on tape he could face up to eighteen months in prison as our season or if you know she reports now there could be signs the secular state of turkey is increasingly dominated by the islamic ideals it appeared to reject almost nine decades ago. the simpsons has kept its humor close to the bone for many years before turkey's radio. in television a supreme council in charge of monitoring media content it's now gone too far if you are more liberal you can say that yes it's not an insult it's a joke but those who are more conservative may feel it and then we'll go on to other of the protection of their beliefs this episode cost a company that protested thirty thousand to us dollars the council terminated by the prime minister's party has fined the same media group for promoting smoking

through allianz in america and your violence against women after showing oliver stone's alexander without discussing. i can't imagine how celtic broadcasting world will be created for many turkish women real life is far more insulting to them than western movies at first glance they are free to wear and do what they want but the head of the group of women of the republic says there is a lot of pressure on them. the reformed education system is split into three parts of four years in which the result thousands of girls leave school before the end encouraging young marriages the state promotes heaven at least five kids only three out of ten women today go to work it's far from a democratic model of society. turkish opposition says there is a dangerous tendency here nine decades off to turkey broke with islamic rule of the ottoman empire in favor of

a ninety clerical pro western vision the ideas and values that were jacked it appear to some to be making a comeback becoming on me. tells you what to do what to do what not to do. what not to eat what to eat with islamic ideas comes islamic symbols this form of greek also books taught on the turkish plexi coast is currently a museum no service has been held here for fifty years but so on its walls will once again reign with the sound of prayer this time not led by priests but any mom it's quite a religious conversion a seven century old christian heritage site is about to become a mosque and from that point on will only be open to muslim men access for women will be restricted and they don't want to. close his doors we are coming here for a break for those tourists come here it is good for travelers on their earth to offer

miscue around there i think there are enough i guess sophia has already been used as a mosque durance long history after the ottoman sultan conquered turkey today it seems the country's given itself up voluntarily one example could be the leaks drafts for new uniforms for flight attendants on turkish airlines they show the nation's image will be represented by a loan cap turns cursed below the knee and autumn in style fast caps or two months to develop ultra religious so they. you know laws on sharia. and there are many a secular people in turkey a thing that you know we don't want such a rule and that's changing changing as turks. our troops way of life the secular way of life did not work in turkey turkey and every gun has made impressive progress its economy's booming and its role in the region and internationally is increasing but other things are happening too which could put a scientist journey into reverse. from turkey.

its time today in the us which means people are preparing to lighten that wallets to call it square with the government but while taxes are often seen as the price to pay for living in the civilised society many believe the amount people have to stump up is not just heard fairly on his piece on explain taxes no one likes paying them but in the us some are willing to go the extra mile to avoid it there are many people who consider it there are people to do it. and there are good really can be great tax advantages for people who want to give up their stuart citizenship it might sound quite drastic but last year over eighteen hundred people did just that one hundred back their american passports some high profile names were among them kung fu star jet li felt he was taking a pounding from the i.r.s. so swap his u.s. citizenship for that of singapore joining him there is facebook co-founder eduardo

saverin who avoided a tax bill of around forty million dollars by doing so. once you've made the decision to give up your citizenship what happens if you change your mind just how easy is it to get back again. as long as it isn't found that you gave up your citizenship pretty much purely for tax reasons certainly possible but it's not painless you have to go through this process again authorities are considering introducing tougher laws against the. tax if you will now through u.s. citizenship and it is determined that you've done this. pretty much purely for tax reasons you could face serious issues with regard to ever returning to the united states but is that the only reason people give for renouncing citizenship mike give back his u.s. passport because he couldn't calm tone the direction the country was taking two

thousand and eight there was a lot of talk in the news about. america going to leave all options on the table with respect to iran's nuclear program which of course was code for yes what we've deployed nuclear weapons against the people of iran i said to myself then if the united states. commits another mass atrocity by deploying a nuclear weapon or say deploying chemical or biological weapons. i'm just going to give up my citizenship i just you know give up on this country my kids now what is known as a stateless person as he didn't take on any other citizenship despite now living in slovakia you know the. obviously a great place to be for somebody in my situation because if you're going to be in a cage as i say this is a very nice one europe is is lovely he says he has no regrets about the decision

you know we've got drone killings without warrant of even american citizens and whoever you know and their relatives. overseas we've got you know the president has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous presidents combined despite his campaign promises to the contrary. you know there's a laundry list i don't need to go specifically into obama i think this is a it's a feature of the system be it for tax purposes or personal reasons like mike the number of people choosing to jump ship has risen eight fold since two thousand and eight making it a serious choice for a growing amount peter all of an artsy belin. to some of the international news in brief thousands of people have rallied in the center of this capital madrid demanding big paying the bill replaced with a democratically elected head of state not shmucks the second anniversary of the declaration of the last democratically elected public republican the country later

thrown out with the dictatorship of general franco and amber of recent of financial scandals have taken their toll on the popularity of the royal family. and mount a militant politician has been about all the time by the tire ban in northwestern pakistan just a month before parliamentary elections in the country it's thought that the explosive device was set of by remote control as the parts have official got into his car a second bomb by the pakistani taliban also in the country's north wounded a member of the provisional assembly along with three of his advisers. in somalia a brazen assault on the main cooled buildings in the capital mogadishu has left at least twenty people dead one hundred full of extremists threw grenades and fired automatic weapons as they clashed with security forces is thought the extremist al shabaab group which from power back in twenty eleven were responsible. and

israeli military investigation into a missile strike in gaza that killed twelve people including ten members of the same family has said it will not launch a criminal probe into the incident so four young children died in that arc during israel's military offensive in november last year and the report put out by the legal body of these really defense forces so as a civilian deaths during the conflict were regrettable but that generally the israeli military acted with most professionalism and martin from the palestinian center for human rights believes the military hasn't put forward an adequate explanation for its actions during the war so warning that he may just a warning that he might find some. images disturbing there were two cases which were closed in this way the one cases the case of the family which is one of the most enduring images of the offensive in november where there were twelve civilians killed and a further six were wounded there were five children of the family that the second

cases of the show a family home which was targeted and it's located on baghdad streets and you're in that target saying four civilians were killed and another six were wounded and there's been very little explanation as to why these cases have been closed israel has made merely stated that they weren't no prosecutions it's part of a wider problem and in fact already this year since january or thirteen civil cases which piece the hay chores that they said on behalf of victims of operation cast lead have also been dismissed and of course operation cast that happened four years ago so we're facing ongoing impunity for both about offensive and the offensive in november there's been a number of changes to the israeli legal system which have made it practically impossible for palestinian victims to achieve any form of justice. the up to date aussies call soc show is coming up next.

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