the e.u. races to raise of billions of dollars to reconstruct war torn mali there are concerns the country is still too and secure and the insurgency too strong for rebuilding the. fourteen countries try their luck by seeking observer status to the arctic council this in order to gain access to the region's vast untapped energy resources. and the mother's day shooting in new orleans reloads the debate on gun control in the u.s. . is continuing his fierce fight against change.

a very good morning to you from all of us here. live from the russian capital with your news from around the world. european leaders and delegates internationally are meeting to raise billions of dollars in aid for war torn mali it's the highest level gathering since france invaded back in january and aims to rebuild the country still plagued by islamists and rebel insurgents. has more from the summit in brussels. the leaders from the e.u. and france as well as international donors are gathering today here in brussels to drum up and get aid and support for mali a country which has been dealing with the radical islamist militants as well as a political crisis for the last couple of years now now the french foreign minister law fabulous' had said that the aim of today is to raise some one point nine a billion euros a to give to the country in what he calls a quote unquote an effort to build democracy dialogue and development now we know

that france has been very much involved in the country especially in the beginning of the year when it launched a military operation into the country saying that they were there to fight off islamist militants away from key cities now france is also in the middle of withdrawing some four thousand troops from the country however it does plan to keep about a thousand troops in says in what is seen as a long term a kind of posting in the country would this is in contrast to what has been told to the french people in the beginning who had given support to this military operation they were told that it was going to be a short a kind of operation however we have been speaking to some experts who are very familiar with counterinsurgency efforts and have had firsthand experience with them and they've told us here on our team that it's very difficult for counterinsurgency operations to be a short kind of war because as you drive out militants from key cities they do have a tendency to just keep coming back so there is a question of whether security is really in place to do. any military intervention creates is that you care is from one place they move they withdraw or they

consolidate somewhere else where. they are less likely to create higher living areas of the state of chaos sort of the. place they're going to go but it is us they can see. the weapons their assets they. are whites who would sooner or later. the intervention forces whether the french shipping in mali where it is our guys are sitting right. the french foreign minister insists that security is largely in place in the country or whatever critics do question the extent of that kind of stability the mali may be seeing at the moment there is no argument among everybody involved that a stable mali is in the interest of a secure region a regional security however there is that question of how sustainable and how effective the efforts have been so far they're all signs of having elections in the

country in july if and when that does happen what kind of a democracy and system will be put in place considering that the country is still facing some of those militant threats it's not one hundred percent out of the country also since today is largely a fund raising activity there are questions on the money now are there mechanisms that will make it should make it very transparent as to where this money is going to go and if it will actually reach its intended destination lot of questions that need to be answered as these leaders and international donors me today here in brussels artists are also reporting there and of course we'll be following the conference and bringing you analysis of the situation of malia throughout the day here on r.t. plus tesser is in brussels right now and you can always check our twitter feed for the latest updates underscore hot. the arctic council originally formed of nations with land above the arctic circle has now a waiting list of nations keen to join up some very very far from the north pole of

china and india are among fourteen nations seeking comment observer status during the current meeting in sweden. but in a culture explains why they're so cute. here in the north this week in the future not the only tickets at stake and ministries from aid to north in most countries including the us canada and russia will decide whether to let fourteen other states gain observer status and they are to become self so what is that for one certainly still interest says and this ice covered region while the reason is on tip of the iceberg it's vast resources given the harsh environment their resources are difficult to extract but underneath the snow and ice is around twenty two percent of all remaining oil and gas deposits the world's eight north and most countries are the washington fellas laid claim to the region there is still uncertainty however over the life should be divided among them but now i'm still countries

including the u.s. are calling for the scrapping of turturro principles to make it a free for all china and india are among those who would cherish that most these two countries have already made tentative steps north this april china signed to free entry deal with the iceland as fast with a european nation chinese businessmen are also to be investing in greenland so it really seems that the asian aims to get a foothold in the arctic and other fast developing global player is indiana also seeking to be heard about the arctic cold so as to wakes up to the increased economic potential off this region so far the arctic council includes those country who are invested in the protection and exploration of the north in place cap but now as the commercial interests kicks in maybe other nations are rushing to the region and it's up to the council's postmen and members to decide whether the

unfriendly north insurers should suddenly become a crowded place. when it's a good to have you with us here all through this morning our research area in moscow just a few minutes well when we did the story spying on us. if you're depressed though allegedly necessary to plug a dangerous leak this according to the u.s. justice department or as one analyst told us so you could just be a way to scare whistle blows and stop them working with a.p. i'll take a closer look at that in a few minutes time plus. the no we're not talking about. rain that's a description is being given to you. and this important the submarine to run into trouble we've come here to the baron furnace where the submarines designed and built to find out what's been going on but more on that story coming up. new orleans police are seeking a teen suspect over the mass shooting at

a mother's day parade on sunday which left nineteen people wounded the incident comes as president obama continues his push for a clamp down on gun owners but his answers more important i reports far giving no ground. it's the national wound that never stops. nineteen americans including two ten year olds were hospitalized after gunfire erupted in new orleans during a mother's day parade yet another mass shooting in the united states this time amid a national debate on gun control if you go to google to look at the stories on this particular incident you'll find that there are also advertising places to practice your shooting out of carry weapons and all the rest of it in other words instead of waiting people from using guns this whole incident is being used to promote more guns and promote more people having licenses to carry guns so you

know i we're in a situation now where bizarrely the more violence there is the more violence there probably will be in the aftermath of last year's school shooting in newtown which killed twenty children and six adults the national rifle association proposed armed security guards to be stationed in every american school. in the country's largest gun organization is five million members strong and has fought fiercely to defeat washington's recent efforts to introduce basic gun control legislation let me make this perfectly clear we will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law abiding american gun owners . these children were among the eighty six thousand gun enthusiasts who recently turned out in houston texas for the n.r.a.

annual meeting and exhibit. during the three day meeting they received personal lessons on how to stand their ground. with kids as young as six practicing their aim with air guns let's. just irving about what's happening now in gun culture is the way the n.r.a. spearheading this kind of integration of children into the use of things like assault weapons and military style semiautomatic weapons as opposed to the old you know bold action on to the right tools that kids maybe grew up with a generation or two ago with a reported three hundred million guns already circulating in the us kyle copeland founded the armed citizens project to give firearms out for free we're going to be training and arming residents in a neighborhood in oak forest in houston it's a high crime neighborhood with a lot of home invasions and we're offering all the residents that live in our targeted neighborhood if they can pass

a background check and it will take our training class will give them for free a pump action shotgun for home defense when it came to defending attendees at the new orleans parade even police officers interspersed in the crowd couldn't stop the gunman so all in all this was a pretty shameful day for washington but many argue the legislation for basic background checks that failed last month in washington could have ironically america's divisive debate on gun control has turned into a blessing for the arms industry sky rocketing sales of rifles and ammunition has been reported arguably making it even harder for the future of mass shootings to possibly be prevented according from new york bring up more dire heart to. heart attack with a lot more news on the world update here in just a moment hope you can stay with us.

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with me wrong welcome to the program international peace conference on syria brokered by moscow and washington it's likely to take place in geneva next month russia and the u.s. are turning that diplomatic efforts to finally bringing the syrian government and the opposition to the negotiating table now u.s. secretary of state john kerry has warned washington will give additional help to syrian rebels if the assad regime backs out of the talks russia's foreign minister insists the syrian government is positive about the prospect of negotiations simply laughed off also explained the likely format of the conference or so to say it's as though with. regarding the composition of the participants the conference should be at the level of ministers all the deputies we discussed the possible formats of the conference the general opinion is that those who were in geneva in june last year

should be at the new conference as well as russia believes that a few important players should take part two including iran and saudi arabia most import. late we need to ensure that both the government and the opposition support the initiative the government has already made a statement and that statement is generally positive the opposition still does not speak with one voice just today we discussed with john kerry the necessity for our american colleagues to do everything possible so that the opposition appoints a delegation it's a little. and the prospects for the international conference on syria and what's in it for a foreign country certainly topics for debate in the latest edition of cross talk of the full program coming your way to get seven m. g.m.t. for now though a quick preview. brinson churchill said that americans can be counted upon to come to the best option not to the tried everything else but i think the united states missed an opportunity to reinforce and support moderates

in tie us up forces this center collapsed we ended up with extremists from the muslim brotherhood all the way to outside so the united states is trying to give it a shot. thanks for joining us here a nazi today at the u.s. justice department has defended its spying on the associated press saying it was necessary to find leaks that could endanger american people the phone records of about one hundred journalists including that private numbers were seized sparking outrage in the media world wide the white house has distanced itself from the scandal saying it knew nothing about the probe however president obama's

administration is known for targeting whistleblowers as r.t. contributor afshin rattansi reports they will now think twice before contacting a.p. . they weren't able to notify the head of associated press because it would undermine the security of the whole operation idea of justice anyway and united states around the world we see now going to be a problem of justice when that strike is cuba and as for eric holder himself well what exactly. thinking when they're actually naming associated press the american taxpayer will have to pay reparations to associated press because let's face it whistleblower source is now going to call the a.p. desk in new york or washington d.c. and generally it has to be said that given the obama administration's attitude you know really an american journalist if you're not if your phone calls are being recalled down and sent to the f.b.i. . you can find out more about the a.p.

spy story just log on to. their own this one by washington officials as well as the reaction of journalists and expert analysis also online. before any contact with representatives report it to prevent any leak of information about the real condition of the full story for you online. and exxon mobil assures. the breathing problems of a very different story and find out what it's really like in the affected area online.

it was a deadly blast in libya's second largest city of. many more injured came amid a frantic pullout of u.s. embassy staff with the recent spike in violence lawrence freeman executive intelligence review magazine he thinks the west could be leaving behind a message helped to create. well they created a monster that they could no longer control and it's turning against them in a way they were it's absolutely foreseeable the fact that the tony blair policy which obama cameron is our cozy filed implemented in the overthrow of gadhafi in

orcus two thousand and eleven created this condition which was understandable and he wanted a new you know was going to happen we worked directly with the outfit of militias all throughout gaza you know other parts of libya and now libya has become fund government of the so even the people who initiated the mess have to leave to protect themselves because nobody loves the text and in this situation he's completely out of control. to nigeria now to open up the world update the president has now declared a state of emergency in three states in the northeast of the country which decision was prompted by a surge of your brother a time with at least twenty three people killed in the latest round of violence all the reinforcements are to be dispatched to the troubled region and with an order to demolish all islamist hideouts. mexico authorities have restricted access to the area around the public at a petrol volcano and are preparing evacuation routes for the volcano has been

increasingly active over the past few days the latest eruption sending smoke as you can see there are three kilometers up into the sky and no evacuations have taken place yet but emergency officials say they are watching for rain that could wash down the ash gathered around the crater by flooding nearby communities. and more than fifty people are feared dead after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of me and mark the passengers were fleeing a township in the west of the country which is preparing for the arrival of a powerful cyclists the un is with united nations has called for them to be evacuated from the region because many live in ramshackle camps in vulnerable low lying areas. the operation is planning to spend nearly one hundred sixty billion pounds over ten years on new military equipment a large chunk of the money will go towards a new class of nuclear submarine but the project faces serious problems at the subs nuclear reactors malfunctioning and well it's too slow to go to war on reports of

the high tech weaponry which is far from state of the. cutting edge in military technology. every decade tens of billions of pounds in the making these of britain's new class of hunter killer submarines and they've been making waves that lead to. serious problems from ground to. corrosion this is. the astute and. the damning description is a far cry from what persons ministry of defense has hailed as one of the most technologically advanced machines in the world as impressive as she sounded on paper. launch into the public sphere it's not been an easy one the series of leaks intelligence has become clear that its problems could run deeper.

is that. if. the design started in the mid ninety's a lot of. you know electronics. right with all the electronics. present time to try and keep up with that then you need to think about replacing equipment. as complete problem with. simple things. in the northeast of england in barrow in thoroughness is now the only site in the u.k. that designs builds and test submarines and that work forms the backbone of the economy here the current owner of the shipyard is defense systems not without its critics it's a company that shrouds itself in secrecy and it didn't disappoint when it came to

addressing the alleged catalogue of errors the submarine program having been beset by the design for. we asked the aide to give us their side of the story but they declined to comment. is perhaps no surprise with the government order a seven astute class submarines only two are in the water with one still being built any one of the things that can play a part of obviously the people who live very protective. and you preach. about the problems and that sort of information. it is difficult for you come to expect an understanding and there's a distinction between the protectiveness and secretiveness of local people compared to seek to the rest of the company and that's because in terms of the local people and people there protecting them because this is their heritage state history and from the perspective you understand. because the commercialism that's that's the

reason that they're being paid x. amount of money to build and design something the local pride in the submarines is evident but even the ministry of defense is being forced into embarrassing admissions about what they've turned teething troubles. really how. do we continue producing this. or do we get it right and then start again the problem here is this is if they stop. short of submarine attack submarine. and that means that strategy. so it really is quite serious with the launch of the third class submarine still some way are the next couple of years for this project . sink or swim time. so r.t. baron furness in the north of england and here are two we are coming to you live

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