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the air over. the reins of power in venezuela but loud jubilation has been overlaps by fears of potential uncertainty to the slimmest of victories at the margin between an opposition candidate and it was almost split fifty fifty. as the latest from caracas. well first of all if you talk about the reaction coming from the supporters of moderates was almost instant as soon as the the results were announced fireworks were going off 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 net 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 us 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 google child mrs beauly very and revolution and us had come out though. being very 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 will react to this news especially since the margin is so narrow it's almost fifty fifty it's almost half of the country we know that had a campaign really on the platform evoking who it was at the core and you have to want something new wanted a change of 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 few days are 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 it was all the problems that they want sold and without a charismatic character like us to ask assuage the fears of the concerns of citizens it will be a very very tough a challenge for. the 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 here in the district that really has support for the. heart so-called successor of chavez as you can see from all the graffiti here the people are really having a very festive attitude and a lot of them selling paraphernalia halley get chavez is really a bastion of chavez 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 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 put him. on. the border for the dollar in a month he was chosen by our cong healy's to seem revolution we can go forward with what do it in the butt with the crew if we can do nothing it's clear that for many people here who are staunch supporters of chavez a huge part of playing here is the loyalty they have little bush obvious 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 who 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 less. why did you

vote for it we could be this well i vote for a couple years because i think the venezuelan it's a better food there and he is the only one that going give us a better future i don't know birth means thank you for your work so as you heard her say actually that opinion is repeated in resonated among the supporters of a. they say that they again they want change from after fourteen years of google chavez and also it's noticeable there's a lot of students in a lot of younger people who are also what coming out into districts a supporting him and voting for him. a new lead is now with a helmet here parents job this is socialist legacy a country with some of the world's largest oil reserves and also nation with one stone of problems which is probably infrastructure and double digit inflation of which its citizens are all too aware. of security is killing us and statistics

prove many people have died at night you can't leave your hey this is a serious problem. i want change by corruption that's the brahman but as for the corruption the base of the broken economy. everything old but brawling would have been a trial by the corruption the oil price the high. the government you know has a lot of. probably it 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 tases an uphill battle not just to mend the country's economy and improve living standards but also to match up his charismatic predecessor casts a very long shadow not just within the country but beyond its borders as well just our cilia are to get across what has been a. and in the meantime a professor make world think us solace at pomona college he believes the election

result gives more in protests for the opposition and its supporters to further undermine the legacy of venezuela's revolutionary leader. 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 with latin american countries and we'll see i think a continuity within that that's been part of the strength promoted by the chavez administration and my little we should recall was the foreign minister in charge of chalices foreign policy why i think the opposition will definitely be emboldened by the 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 what chavez in two

thousand and four. now as the production isis as you say the election fever actually started to dissipate off the streets of the major cities in venezuela the political struggle continued but this time into the arena of the internet in fact to the twitter account of nicholas was by a peruvian hacktivist group it was also filled with a vulgar messages by the group also claiming that we're the ones who hacked into your account profile picture was also taken off and exactly the same happened as well to the twitter page of the ruling united socialist party of venezuela. website it also became a target as well but the government claims its acts were the result of the oppositions. more details on that and on call mend still ahead for you here on r t the u.s. citizens ultimately taking tax avoidance to all whole new level are they giving up american passports and becoming stateless told just to flee will they call their

tax distribution. also an official report into a missile strike that ultimately left twelve people dead including four children during last year's. intervention though the report finds the israeli military acted with the utmost professionalism and that's coming up for you a bit later this hour. now at ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital this is r.t. a nuclear test missile launch even a military provocation may be in the offing as north korea mocks the apex of its

calendar day which experts feared would push junge yang to demonstrate to its people the power of the north and this year it's coincided with a historically tense moment as pyongyang engages in an atomic standoff with the u.s. japan and south korea warships from those nations currently ring the north coasts while its own missiles stand ready on launch pads across the country but talks still seem distant with washington declaring it is ready and willing quote to reach out to pyongyang but only when the time and conditions are right. to shift the reports now from the front 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 that's of course the north koreans will be celebrating in the streets and 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 young will actually decide to hold missile test launches now the latest reports are suggesting that pyongyang already has a mid range missiles called muscle down 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 volved on sunday yong 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 when 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 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. a 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. could potentially be dangerous for the whole region and even reach the shores of the western shores of the united states

but also. speak to their speculation and there is information that north korean media. space program it's definitely the this crazy twisted crazy saga. continuing we're 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 the world's attention centered squarely on the korean crisis the b.b.c. pushing the boundaries of ethics in the search of a good story in the british broadcast corporation is being blasted for using students as human shields during a trip to north korea and the network embedded journalists with a group of british visiting pyongyang a crime punishable by years in jail you can find out the students' reactions on what the b.b.c. is going to say all about it. the wrong with provocative tweets shocks responsibility for an errant missile strike

all of that after the break. oh this land. torn apart by conflict. has changed. a modern islamic nation. and a peaceful one the stone islam the first of course was secular last second. fashion . and so. in place of.

the difference still a mando cannot go on the catwalk in a swimsuit. just the republican controlled see. live from moscow this is art. a world renowned turkish pierce has been handed a ten month suspended prison sentence over tweets mocking islam prosecutors cited several sarcastic messages about believers and islamic concepts of heaven. say wasn't present at the hearing as he was on tour abroad with a musician who has served as a cultural ambassador to the european union as always it denied the accusations and

even said that he was surprised his country is treating him like this and his art is where if a national report so they could be signs the secular state of turkey using increasingly dominated by the islamic ideals it appeared to reject almost nine decades ago. all these years not that murder was a sin then i got new instructions from the good lord himself in his favor language english 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 you have a more liberal use you can say that yes it's not an insult is a joke but those who are more conservative may feel it and then we'll go on to a bit of the protection of their beliefs this episode cost a company that broadcast it thirty thousand u.s. 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 violin so

against women up to show it all over stones 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 sure the reform education system is split into three parts of four yes it's the result thousands of girls leave school before they and encouraging your majesty the state criminals have in at least five kids and only three out of ten women today go to work it is far from democratic model of society only in 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. that 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 they form a great 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 we don't want to. close visitors we are coming here for a brick for tourists come here it is good for tribes 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. given itself up voluntarily one example could be the leaks drafts for new uniforms full flight attendants on turkish airlines the shoe the nation's image will be represented by lone captains skirts below the knee and autumn on style fans caps or two months to develop ultra religious so they the basie 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 and that's changing as turks victimise that the troops way of life the sickler 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 societies journey into reverse. from turkey. to find a lot more stories about his website including for example this hour stop the

invisible war hundreds in washington protest against the remote killers at r.t. dot com we've got the inside track on the rallies blaming u.s. drones for the killing of people all over the world. in cyprus special if at least three million euros have disappeared from your account on the e.u. sponsored bailout deal all it seems is not lost you can still earn your self cypriot citizenship by proxy dot com most popular. are now twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow an israeli military investigation into a missile strike in gaza that killed twelve people colluding ten members of the same family has said that it will not launch a criminal probe into the incident four young children died in the attack during israel's military offensive in november last year but the report put out by the legal body of the israeli defense force says civilian deaths during the conflict

were quote regrettable but that generally the israeli military acted with quote the utmost professionalism. just out of schmidt martin from the palestinian side over human rights believes the military hasn't even put forward an adequate explanation for its actions during the war i just want to malveaux you may find some of the following 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

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 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. ok interview on the world update very briefly here for you starting with iraq where at least thirty one feet have been killed and two hundred injured in a spate of bomb attacks in towns in the north and south of iraq it's thought most of the blasts were car bombs and one was set off by a suicide bomber every explosions happened just days before citizens vote in provincial elections fourteen candidates have now been killed in the lead up to the poll. the deadline passes today for thirty eight french ministers to declare their

assets publicly and the register would include a list of the polls that would be held by the officials of president francois hollande is carrying out the move to calm the scandal over the budget minister who was forced to resign last month he's been charged with tax for whatever a secret bank account. a car record has to decide today whether former egyptian leader hosni mubarak can be released from prison his defense states that he has already spent the maximum two years in prevention of detention without sentence the eighty four year old a strong inspiring in the killing of protesters during a popular uprising which ended is decades long rule is now want to go trial which was ordered in january offers boys successfully appealed a previous verdict when he was found guilty of the. earlier there were reports the president was acquitted of the charge which later turned out to be for.

hundreds of protesters in scotland up locating a naval base housing the u.k.'s nuclear deterrent at the submarine mounted trident missiles at a group called scrap trident is demanding the weapon be disarmed and the funds from the program go instead to disability benefits education and welfare at the earliest stages similar protest in the center of glasgow with trade union members scottish m.p.'s and the austerity activists taking. it is a day in the us which. people are preparing to lighten their wallets to call it square with the government but all taxes are often seen as the price to pay for living in a civilized society and they believe the amount people have to stump up is not distributed fairly is pretty or all of our reports 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 the

really good 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 and handed 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 tough laws against those who skip pounds 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 come to 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 will deploy 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 biological weapons. i'm just going to

give up my citizenship i just you know i 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 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 a r.c. berlin. and if you know stay with us just for a moment here in our latest edition of our report on the ancient cook asian region of chechnya here in russia. oh no who 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 connects them more and is ation 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. comes there are twenty people blooded limbs flying that that is totally ok for television unless they come out for bid 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.