this one's a snap election in the country but only by the now truesdale margins. bated breath across asia as north korea knocks the high point of its kind and the job it's found out with many worried that pyongyang may be compelled to demonstrate its power. on the world renowned turkish piano player is back in court facing up to eighteen months in prison on blasphemy charges over several some caustic tweets about islam and muslims. international news and comment live from moscow this is all she with me you are hello and welcome to the program. chavez has won the presidential election in

venezuela meaning been legacy of the influential leader will continue but the mileage in between to him on the opposition candidates and recreate the privilege was how extremely narrow with the vote split almost fifty fifty so. is joining us now live from the capital caracas with the latest good morning to you while madeira has won but his victory seems to be thought from being convincing wealthy reaction there in caracas. well first of all if you talk about the reaction coming from the supporters of mother roy it was almost instant as soon as the the results were announced fireworks were going off actually just a few seconds before we went live fireworks were still going off for about an hour already cars were honking and people his supporters on the streets very excited very happy of course about the results but there were there was a lot of waiting really hours of of anticipation people holding their breath

because the now the margin really has been very very narrow let me just read to you the latest figures that we have it's fifty point sixty six percent for forty nine point zero seven percent for completeness this is out of a seventy eight point seven one percent participation and this is about ninety nine percent of the votes counted already at this point initial reaction with little came out saying that the fight will continue the revolution work will continue alluding very much to work google child this is a very and revolution and had come out though. being a quite negative he came out say that there were allegations of voting fraud and he wanted a recount which model had agreed to and it will be interesting to see how the supporters of this react to this news especially since it is so narrow it's almost fifty fiftieth's almost half of the country we know that model had. campaigned really on the platform invoking who got shot this really it was at the core and you have

communities who want something new wanted a change in direction and it's evident you know that the diverse opinion of the two men is evident among the people we've spoken to a lot of them in the past two days a very enthusiastic very passionate about their belief the different direction they want to take a venezuela however what's clear though is that all the citizens regardless of who they voted for a recount to us all the problems that they want solved and without a charismatic character like google chavez to ask assuage the fears of the concerns of citizens it will be a very very tough for a challenge for model first of all to unite a very divided country a second of all to address the problems as we have been finding out in the past few days. the campaign has not been long but neither has it been short on passion where you're in a 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 got gained for fourteen years of having taught us as president talking about education talking about the social mischa's 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 for him we have a lot of heart. and a blogger for the dollar he was chosen right. he leads the same revolution we can go forward with moderates but with cruz 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 for over chavez 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 the list. the governor and expected he has a lot of support here most of the people that you see now on the street who have

told me that they have indeed voted for a couple listen when you ask them why they did so the word that really comes so repeatedly from their answers is they want to change or let's talk to one of those who actually voted for completeness. why did you vote for the completeness well i vote for it appears because i think that when i say learn it's a better food or here's the only one that going to give us a better future i don't know birth means think you're ok you're welcome so as you heard her say actually that opinion is repeated and 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 chavis and also it's noticeable that 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 new man is now at the helm and he harriet's job this is socialist legacy a country with some of the world's largest oil reserves and also

a nation plagued with longstanding problems such as crumbling infrastructure and double digit inflation of which its citizens are all too aware when the lack of security is killing 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 but it's rather the corruption the base of the broader economy. and everything old but brawling that have been it's really the corruption the oil price the high. 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 go back us bases 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 are to what has been a. professor may go to a solace to promote a college told us that now what's now lays ahead for maduro and where he might take venezuela. i think it tells us that there are real problems in venezuela and that mother will have a very short period in which she has to begin to address these issues or will have to will have a confronting a crisis within his own party and among his own supporters he has to address head on the question of prying the question of inflation the question of infrastructure eliezer 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 them need to actually carry through and implement change i think we're going to see a continuation of venice on foreign policy i think there's

a difference between criticizing us and being anti american i think we'll 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 we'll 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 chalices foreign policy so i very much see continuity during this period. and as the polls closed under lection fever became too afraid on the streets of venezuela's cities the political struggle is still very much up and running on the internet and other twitter account of nicolas maduro has been compromised by the low security peru's hacks of his group so it was filled with vulgar massacres in no which the hackers claimed responsibility for their successful tongues fan and his profile picture was also replaced by a troll sais that so exactly the same happened to the twitter page of the ruling

united socialist party of the his who album and while there is official website also became a target the government claims the talks were the result of the opposition's despair. are you watching your chance to head for you this hour the u.s. citizens taking types of ordinance to a whole new level they're giving out that american passports and becoming stateless all just to flee from what they call an tonks distribution. and an official report into a missile strike that left twelve people dead including four children dreamed last year's gaza war planes these really military chair nearly axes with close professional lives all that coming up later this hour.

now a nuclear test a missile launch or even a military provocation are all on the cancer day north korea amongst the most important date in its calendar a day which experts say may push beyond young to demonstrate to its people the power of the north they see aides coincided with a historically tense moment as young engages in a diplomatic standoff with the words japan and south korea warships ring ring in the north's costs while its own missile stand ready on launching pads across the country but there have been overtures made with washington declaring it is ready and willing quote to reach out to beyond young so long as it abandons its atomic arsenal. the 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 ever 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 stories are especially high because the doesn't seem to be any breakthrough in on the diplomatic level in the talks between the parties in evolved on sunday young young again rebuffed the attempts by seoul to hold talks to resolve the issue all at the negotiations table saying that the proposal itself

was nothing more than a crafty trick the leadership and 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 news on the world and it is really unclear why china and south korea and japan are not mediating this conflict but clearly it is very interesting to see whether north korea will actually try to hold it this me solid test launches will be 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 speculation peculation and there is a formation that north korea may be embarking on the space program so definitely the 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. with the world's attention centered squarely on the korean crisis the b.b.c. has been criticized for going just to fine in search of a good story the british well cosco friesian 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 the

students' reaction and what the b.b.c.'s got to say about it all at r.t. dot com. a turkish piano prodigy hits the wrong notes with provocative tweets while israel possibility for an errant missile strike all after the break here on our city. this land. torn apart by conflict. has changed. a modern islamic nation. and a peaceful one is still islam is first of course secular law a second. fashion. show. in places. where traditions still. mando cannot go on the catwalk in

a swimsuit. republican country see. wealthy british style. but i devised by. markets weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on. your chelsea life from moscow welcome bag a world renowned turkish pianist as going to court or third time over tweets allegedly insulting islam prosecutors scientists several sarcastic messages about believers and islamic concepts of heaven the charges were brought against say for

the first time in june last year a musician who has served as a cultural ambassador to the european union denies the accusations and says he's surprised his country is treating him this way and if found guilty he could face up to eighteen months in prison and those are his rare few notion there could be signs the secular state of turkey is increasingly dominated by the islamic ideals it appears to reject almost nine decades ago the simpsons has kept its humor close to the bone for many years between turkey's radio and television a supreme council in charge of monitoring media content it's now gone too far if more liberal say that the us is not an insult is 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 the thirty thousand us dollars the council dominated by the prime minister's party has fined the same media group for promoting smoking through

allianz in america and your violence against women up to showing oliver stone's alexander without this god's. 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 it's 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 church 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 but we don't want to. close these doors we are coming here for brick for tourists come here it is good for travelers on their earth often with. 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 long captains skirts below the knee and autumn on style fans caps or two months to develop ultra religious so they. you know laws on sharia and there are. in the secular people in turkey a thing that you know we don't want such a rule and that's changing changing. our troops way of life the security of life did not work in turkey turkey and erdogan has made impressive progress its economies and its role in the region and internationally is increasing but other things are happening too which could put societies journey into reverse grief notion r.t. from turkey. and you can read more on this story at our website and those more

there besides including. divisive even in death ding dong the witch is dead it reaches number two in the official u.k. it was a chant music chants just days before the late prime minister is laid to rest. on cyprus special if at least three million euros have disappeared from your account under the e.u. sponsored bailout deal all it seems is not lost so you can still earn yourself a secret citizenship had to alter dot com to learn all the details. an 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 four young children died in that time during israel's military offensive in november last year and they report put out by the legal body of the israeli defense force says civilian deaths during the conflict

were regrettable but the generally the israeli military action with utmost professionalism and schmidt martin from the palestinian center for human rights believes the military hasn't put forward an adequate explanation for its action during the war a warning that you may find some of the following images disturbing that 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. rember 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 choice that they said on behalf of victims of operation cast lead have also been dismissed and of course operation cast lead 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 is tongues day in the u. us which means people are preparing to lighten the wallets to call it square with the government but while taxes are often seen as the price to pay for living in a civilized society many believe the moaned people have to stump up is not distributed fairly oh she's peace and all of a explains. 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 that do it. and there are go 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 there were 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 good ski gave my kids 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 us where 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 zone is 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 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 others 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 our c berlin. and coming up next the latest edition of our special report this time on the ancient koch asian region of chechnya and russia. oh no lazy bureaucratic and trivial censorship strikes again but this time in russia a bill has been signed into law that will put fines on individuals and legal entities for using vulgar in the media one major flaw of many with this is that they really don't know which words are going to be considered vulgar i guess these words are so awful that they cannot even write them down i'm not naïve there has always been and

will always be censorship but this where word list is just silly there is a common expression on the russian internet that russian mainstream media could accept more and i was a sion of society russian t.v. does have all the bloody violent action movies as well as scandalous talk shows which are kind of like freak shows and plenty of reality t.v. where young people pretty much act like subhuman animals in a cage they've got all that so the government is basically saying that if some guy on t.v. because there are twenty people blooded limbs flying that that is totally ok for television unless they cannot forbid swear while doing it you can show brainless materialistic dimwits sleeping and fighting with everything that moves on a reality show but if they say that one magic three letter russian word then it is over the line this is not a logical way to conduct censorship but that's just my opinion.

is sort of smirnoff lives and works in grozny the capital of the chechen republic. the city had. two military operations to curb separatist militants and. from terrorist groups in the region. the presidential palace was completely destroyed. around the place. struck the car.

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