this is our take bill and take flames literally games a story birthplace and grace before setting off an epic four one three lead cross russia leading up to sochi twenty fourteen. in other headlines three attacks in two days leaves seventy there didn't appear as islamist insurgents target universities churches and civilian infrastructure in retaliation for government offensive. the british government's health care cuts drive tens of thousands of them to the streets of manchester early with a leading party is just gathered for example you'll get together. the un general assembly wraps up with a return to hope and diplomacy world powers agree on a syria resolution could finally be light at the end of the tunnel over iran's

nuclear crisis two. for a good morning this is the weekly live from r.t. in moscow it's a round of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin zero in this morning and first flame for the twenty fourteen winter games has been lit in olympia the birthplace of the legendary event it's from there that the torch will then travel thousands of kilometers to next year's host city here in russia earlier mooted joshie spoke to our season andrew farmer at the ceremony in greece and say in sochi russia. the limpet flame for sorcery twenty fourteen has been lit will probably be able to see it just behind my left shoulder there and it also we will see here at olympia the birthplace of the games the longest torch relay in elim pick history just a few moments ago the lighting of the flame ceremony took place it was basically

a step back in time winding back the clock perhaps two and a half thousand years is so not trust stressed as a high priestess light the flame using the powers of the sun and a parabolic mirror which is basically what happened in seven hundred b.c. that flame is them brought here to the ancient stadium which is where i am standing and it is now being used or just was used to light the torch the very first torch bearer he runs off to my right by tradition he's always a great god on this occasion he was an eighteen year old ski called yanis antonio who hopes to compete for his country in sochi next year and he will hand this torch the first russian torch bearer alexander ovechkin the ice hockey star he himself has only been released by his club the washington capitals for forty eight hours to carry out this honor he flies back to the states this evening but he says this event today was one of the highlights of his career while the torch will go on

a tour of greece for the next seven days and that will end in athens next weekend before it flies to moscow for the russian leg that's the longest in torch relay history but it also has started here as we've been on there in the limpia the birthplace of the olympics now what's crossing to say is in sochi the host city for twenty eight fourteen olympics so tomorrow power the storage will get to start well it's definitely going to be an olympic torch relay that's going to break a many records and here's why it's going to take around one hundred days for all of that torture to go through russia it's going to take a sixty five thousand kilometers and force. a thousand torchbearers to bring it right here to the holy city now it's going to day through nine at times earnings in russia eighty three regions of two thousand nine hundred and cities and settlements across russia it also visit at the north pole also it will go to the top of the

europe's our highest mountain in the rushes the north caucuses it will then make a trip outside of earth or to the i assess the way cosmonauts they will take it on a space walk now this has never happened before in the history of the olympics now in terms of traveling the torch around russia it's going to have a conventional ways such as you know the train a plane as well as on foot or through personalities but it's also going to go through unconventional ways or through reindeer sleighs and hot air balloons of course a russia wanted to highlight some of its culture its the history and of course this emerging new younger russia that we're seeing being developed here at the whole city in a sort she. the olympic torch is on its big journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred towns and cities of

russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand killings. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others plays. a limp dick torch relay special coverage monarchy. and of course we'll be following that epic journey for you now a complete change of pace next is that mr militants in nigeria reportedly went room to room at night executing students as they slept in an attack on the university that's killed up to fifty people in total upwards of seventy have died over the weekend in three attacks they believe to be the work of boko haram that's increasingly targeting vulnerable civilian infrastructure we spoke to the founder of the viewpoint africa website he told us the cells ultimately directed by al qaeda. we and all these groups are all joints to get beat but are shut babin somalia or the wider m.l.a.

in in mali or in the we're joined across west africa these jihadist cells are all of the blueprints on the organizational under very very strict. their focus is the same she said and the they also want to do the spectacular in terms of the sort of attacks on they can do and they always keen on grabbing the headlines and they're very strict in trying to drive her away to be a religious divide in specially christians and muslims and in countries like nigeria which is very already splits on ethnic and religious grounds in which is that much easier for muslims to be pushed to the edge muslims many of them who are don't have anything to do with to be marginalized. themselves become. elements for these groups because they are already on the fringes of the society where some of the history of this the nigerian army has been waging a counterinsurgency campaign against poke around pushing its fighters into hiding across borders but that's not stopped the militants here are just some of the tax

code back around this year in march suicide bombers detonated a car bomb at a bus station that killed sixty five mostly christians then two months later boko haram organized a complex raid an army base in jail fifty five were fifty five were killed the two hundred prisoners were released in july it's militants attacked a boarding school slaughtering forty two students and teachers in fact more bodies were found there were some charred they could be identified in august nigerian troops left thirty five people dead including soldiers and militants again this is just some of the attacks but they show the region the willingness of bach around to kill. coming up in bahrain the oppositions found that speaking out means getting locked up was the main force behind the anti-government protests with jailed with members of one of the opposition groups behind bars for supposedly limiting. what

a week it was no one expected just two weeks ago even but this year's general un assembly has proven that there is enough space for consensus between world powers it seemed that historic phone call that raised hopes that a deadlock could be broken in iran's nuclear crisis but of course the show of unity paid when the u.n. security council unanimously then voted in the syrian resolution so that seemed to be so elusive for more than two years artie's nissen now reports next them from new york hope for diplomacy progress on two fronts at the united nations a new tone in policy towards iran and a security council resolution on chemical weapons in syria the european union we've been hearing increasingly often the argument that the threat or use of force which is directly precipitated by the un charter might be the most efficient way to solve international problems the united states of america is prepared to use all elements or power including military force to secure. our core interests in the rich

but rare consensus at the u.n. emerged after years of deadlock over how to deal with the syrian crisis the un security council unanimously passed a resolution to secure and eliminate syria's stockpiles of chemical weapons according to the geneva agreement put forward by russia and the u.s. the mandate outlines a legally binding compliance but no threat of automatic sanctions or military action i think it shows there were turning towards a diplomatic solution least on the issue of chemical weapons but the other issue that is still remained outstanding is what will happen outside of the issue of chemical weapons will the promise to be pursued by the united states or will they continue to find as they have the opposition are in the opposition of bacillus day that happening and trying to deepen the conflict over there was out in another way it's a u.s. policy that iran's new president says has no place in the region his debut at the u.n. this week star hassan rouhani reach out but also defend tehran from political attacks

iran is an anchor of stability in unstable region the iranian threat is imaginary and is used as an excuse for the misdeeds of others iran poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region ronnie made it clear that iran does not want nuclear weapons and that it wants peace but also to be treated as an equal rainy and u.s. officials praised high level meetings that took place on the sidelines of the general assembly and the country's president spoke over the phone for the first time in over three decades but what would it take for a would be photo op to become a new u.s. approach towards iran obama's has are very tied there his hands are tied that there are people and lobby groups in the united states that do not want to see the united states and iran after thirty four years of demonizing the country to have relations rapprochement the u.s.

is in a tough spot it has to keep from north. the relation of the middle east and now the only imation of the arab muslim against the earth is mostly due to the commitment of the government founder of the us shows. obama said to meet with israeli prime minister netanyahu on monday in washington now is the real test will the u.s. be able to move forward with diplomacy in the middle east both with iran and syria the first week at the u.n. general assembly has opened the door to rethink a failed policy the question is will the obama administration shut it the first chance they get reporting from new york and eastern hour r.t. and meantime you inspectors return to syria this past week to probe several more cases of alleged chemical weapons use they'd face sharp criticism of their earlier investigation of the organs twenty first gas poisoning there damascus according to the moscow it wasn't nearly enough now

a former commander of the british military's chemical defense regiment told me to he's not optimistic either about the new mission daryn is nor is this nation and it doesn't last very long it can remain in saw oil and other samples for some time but you know i would be surprised if they find sarin or degradation elements of sarin and bases like ours you know three months after the event hopefully what they will find is circumstantial evidence to try and lead us to to work out exactly what happened in those places and i think more importantly to discover if. and into terrorist groups that are going to have an impact are why didn't the region itself and apart from destroying syrian chemical weapons that the russian federation and the united states that a group plan on which we must push ahead most importantly for the rest of us in the world is to ensure that political regime of any of those chemical weapons doesn't

happen. i did more the big news of the week the opposition in iran once again show that president rouhani faces a very rocky road if he continues to steer the country towards diplomacy with the united states and i agree more pelted around his car with eggs and shoes as he returned from the un general assembly in new york protesters are particularly outraged by that historic phone call with barak obama in the week which marked the first direct talks between the country's leaders in three decades norman solomon for the institute of public accuracy thinks it's crucial crucial and critical that hardliners a kept to bather for diplomacy to succeed the u.s. government is under great pressure from the hawks in washington many of whom why the united states to either attack or wake a nod towards israel launching an attack on iran within the next year or so the role of the us i think is now to see what's possible diplomatically and i think

it's a combination you know it takes two to dance that was not possible under our dinner job it would not be possible under president romney or president mccain for instance i think that is the very important factor the combination it's a matter of timing. but it will be very important for the grassroots leaders as well as the powerful in both iran and the united states to keep this on course so that the hardliners in each country don't gain the upper hand we invite you to head to r.t. don't come for much more analysis on the signs of a thaw in iran u.s. relations as well as predictions for future nuclear talks. one of britain's biggest cities has been witnessing one of its largest ever protests his health cuts through tens of thousands onto the streets its aim to catch members of the governing conservative party here to sending all manchester for the annual conference we talked to one of the protesters to ask what's called the much is so fired up. this

government is in fact in real trouble of course it's been very much to do with the national health service today that actually that it's facing twenty billion of of cuts by twenty fifteen it's old but it's also showing that crystallized to so many issues and where the government's unpopular for all the way from mass surveillance to threaten action in syria to legal aid the fact that so many people are willing to speak out and stand up for the n.h.s. and stand up for a better britain a really puts pressure on this government now we've seen how the austerity the austerity agenda is damaging out of the country and that it's also clear that a new network a new movement is really beginning to forge itself it's also i think what's going to really put pressure on the tories is the fact that people are talking together it's not like the left wing in one corner but it this is i'm actually a much bigger movement now time to rethink david cameron. and to you

a part is getting a large slice of the vote of part of the austrian election this weekend but early results suggest the centrist coalition will make it back into power by the narrowest of margins we cover there but after this break. the. economic down to the final. day the old saying i and the rest that i meet building every week on. the car soon. look

clueless the new fashion show. also designed bangs and shoes in the bus shop windows. luxury is a school. this is the last kong. concert. on archie. bar any court sentenced fifty shiites to fifteen years behind bars for organizing a clandestine all poor opposition group linked to anti government militants the february fourteenth coalition was formed in twenty eleven and was the major driving force behind the nationwide pro-reform uprising doctor not a judge who chairs the bahrain rehabilitation and antiviolence organization and also spent two months in prison itself that says the whole trial is

a well known top level tactic of demonization. actually it's quite all the propaganda and the whole process all the demonization of the pro-democracy orders and to pro-democracy groups is a quite an old fashioned thing that the authorities that are aiming at are it is they be using for a while and it's not working anymore i mean at this moment they feel absolutely failed to provide any evidence that these groups are involved in any. terror attacks or any more of it take movements two years ago exactly at the same the same judge he convicted doctors almost fifty doctors for sentencing up to fifteen years it's the same thing repeating. weeks of anti fascist riots and rallies finally yield results for greek protesters police bring in the leaders of

the golden dawn party with officials from the extreme right group now facing charges ranging from murder to money laundering more on the other head and the people of a tiny remote post in the south atlantic say the u.k. is squeezing them out of their oil and we'll tell you why in just a few minutes as well. but next a russian called motorman says no denied bail to all of those greenpeace activists who were arrested after trying to scale a russian oil platform in the arctic all together thirty people have been remanded in custody them for two months as the investigation into the protests continues it comes as the polar region gears up for significant changes eager prescreen off explains. the pictures that stormed international media greenpeace activists trying to climb onto a floating platform in russia's north arrested by coast guards was. shocked shocked all thirty activists from eighteen countries were detained and are now

awaiting whether there will be officially charged greenpeace claims their actions were peaceful but the authorities say they could have endangered not only the lives of the rig's workers but the environment itself social and she had no it's obvious they are not pirates but they tried to storm the platform and these people violated international law by coming dangerously close to the president's common scheme and an international arctic conference organized by russia or here in city huts the only city in the world located exactly on the arctic circle line where the presidents of russia finland iceland other officials along with around four hundred experts have gathered and the arctic environment is what this forum is all about as average temperatures warm up the arctic is opening up new opportunities for trade routes and energy projects moscow says only companies with experience working in the tough region and enough funds to do it properly and without harming nature must be allowed access and cleaning up the heritage of the cold war era is another issue

amanda and military bases equipment and piles of barrels with fuel i know a map of the arctic binary assessment program has been involved in that but russia has really been working on its own to try to claim we have a ways to go and they're not alone there are places around the planet or similar things that happened when people didn't recognize it as something they did had long term negative consequences for the environment the arctic nations seem to be on the same beach looking after the north pole is a responsibility they must carry together so that the mistakes of the past aren't repeated especially when their every move is under such intense scrutiny you've got this going off in the arctic. circle. back to europe now the centrist coalition government appears to have scraped back into power at austria's parliamentary elections but preliminary results suggest right wing parties that i'm particularly well scooping up more than a quarter of the overall vote peter all of us live in vienna. what it shows is that

the social democrats on the people's party who went into these elections as the coalition government well it looks likely that they'll come out of these elections as the coalition government they've picked up around fifty percent of the vote there over the coming days we should probably hear that they will continue their coalition what is most interesting about these elections is that over one quarter of austrians have voted for parties that want to do away with bailouts for eurozone countries and see in see real changes to the structure of the single currency now to talk a bit more about this and what it means i'm joined by barbara cole who's the director of the austrian economics center barbara thanks very much for talking to me why have austrians voted in this way and why are they upset with the current eurozone system well there and trust the politicians in brussels any more they don't trust our austrian the decision makers what day do there they don't believe they find the right solutions i mean after all it's just. a redistribution on

a supranational level it's austrian tax euros that go to other countries and are just washed down the drain now austria is one of the four eurozone economies this century underpins bailouts what would this vote over a quarter as they say people voting for parties that want to change things what does this mean for the future of the single currency well i think it does set a couple of politicians thinking and overlook their past solutions that after all it has only prolong the problems this is definitely what the people feed and it has not come up to any solutions as a matter of fact that that's grew bigger and bigger and higher so the next generations will suffer and this is what those twenty five percent obviously have in mind so austrians voting in increasing numbers for parties they want changes to the eurozone and also voting for right wing party something that we have seen spreading across europe as my report shows. the political. it is on the rice in

europe and it's drawing some surprising support a lot of people from the working class blue collar workers lower educated people are voting for the extreme right of the radical right because of the policies staying put forward like immigration and european integration corruption i guess a politicized them as such so these are the topics that are now days important for those people voting for the radical right across europe there's a time that's turning right ukip is being talked about as the legitimate third party in britain while alternative for germany just missed out on a place in the bundestag norway's conservative government came to power with tough immigration promises and in sweden and finland there's also been gains here in australia euro skeptic right wing parties gaining support from people who feel that the main issues important to them ons being addressed they might care less and we

should all feel we need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreign us but enough is enough. yeah e.u. is saying wow diminution of good cheer like an. that's on each of their own country and it used to wouldn't be like john dictate everything. else it used to be that opar. interest spruced and the e.u. second now it's only after you. bought. the freedom party of austria have made significant gains it's critics call it xenophobia its leader begs to differ. i don't hate foreigners. even so the party adopted a different campaign tactic than it had done in previous elections there issue his message about religious values a sense of talking about love your neighbors which is a very catholic way of talking about it but of course the hidden message behind was

that this is against islam or against muslims also flying the anti euro flank is a stroke canadian billionaire frank stronger who come dems the single currency is the road to rack and ruin. we need to stop creating every housewife knows that if she spends more money than she earns all parameters most of europe's recent elections have been nail biters for politicians desperate to keep their jobs amid limping economies austria is different it's doing relatively fine what's happening here is brussels persistence with bailouts and encroachments on sovereignty has given the right to come didn't sing brought to beat them with peace or all over auntie vienna. and elsewhere in europe it may be the beginning of the end for greece's extreme right golden dawn party with its leader and top members know charged in court they're accused of running

a criminal gang as well as resorting to murder violence and extortion it all began after the murder of a problem that the fascist by an alleged member of golden dawn more than twenty of the party's officials have been arrested with special police squads looking for a dozen more now the authorities are said to have guns i mean mission and tens of thousands of euros at the home of golden dawn's lead a result see heard earlier sudden likely the party itself will be shut down for fear of driving the group underground to see catherine off for port. fury on the streets of athens clashes erupted following a protest against the murder of pablo's physis the anti-fascist rapper was stabbed to death last week by an alleged supporter of the far right golden dawn party allegations the group firmly denies. kill a p.c. as a young man was known being not have been the first to die at the hands of greek neo nazi groups but he was the first non migrant golden dawn has also been said to be

targeting anarchists and communists renewing political tensions between the extreme left right and the greek government they have acquired a fear. races they have. nazis maybe guides and they have blood on their hands this is why we say go with this government with the golden dome the group is trying to keep a low profile in the wake of the killing and wouldn't speak to us on camera this man however was keen to talk george says he's one of the group's oldest members and he blames journalists for giving golden dawn a bad rep is the only party that has spent poor people and desperate greeks who are suffering the crisis we're not extremists and we aren't against anyone yet georges also wanted to make sure i noticed people in the neighborhood he claimed this man was an egyptian immigrant who lived on handouts at the expense of greeks like himself as for the nazi symbolism the fascist salutes that the group has been known for all a misunderstanding he says it's once wrong with this there's nothing wrong with

a salute it's just a way of saying hello i did myself it's a greeting that still terrifies this greek resident he believes that golden dawn was to blame for his recent assault but he also points to another factor behind the growing divisions and the violence economy that. i didn't used to be afraid but agrees has changed everyone is suffering financially and some are looking to blame others immigrants and. the target despite the public shows of anger against it golden dawn is greece's third largest party and at least until now its fastest growing political force it gained ground against the backdrop of unrest linked to the economic crisis and a country burdened by debt soaring unemployment and deep cuts to social spending. it's the blip in that vein that it's when your life changes totally like ours has in the past few years and when you lose your job and can't provide for your family .