for granted let. me. two pm tuesday afternoon here in moscow the top stories this afternoon president putin demands an apology from the netherlands after russian diplomats reportedly attacked and beaten by police in the hague. and that a good crisis go to waste china turns to europe for investment opportunities companies all over the continent. the swiss army simulate war against that stricken french government that send troops to recover stolen gold.

kevin owen here in moscow this afternoon watching our top story then president president putin is demanding an apology from the netherlands over the treatment a russian diplomat who was allegedly attacked and forcibly detained by police in the hague the diplomat was reportedly brought to a police station to be released shortly afterwards it comes as other issues spark a diplomatic spat between the countries which is ridiculous could joins me now live with more details about this what exactly do we know about what happened here rated russia so much it's rather murky story but it's mostly that the information is coming from the diplomat himself and the ministry of foreign affairs according to the diplomats here his home was. he was accosted by several uniformed men. armed men who'll have forced their entry into his house he had received a blow on his head with a baton. lease allegedly have said that they had received information alleging that the price that the diplomat was mistreating his children afterwards the diplomat

says he along with his children was taken into custody. and kept there for several hours now this story has reached the highest ranks of the russian government the russian president wasn't reacting in this way to the situation let's have a listen. at the gate and i'm sure you can see. this is a flagrant violation of the vienna convention we are awaiting clarification an apology and punishment of those responsible our reaction depends on how the dutch side will behave. and of course you can imagine that the ministry of foreign affairs of russia is also outraged in fact they have given the netherlands until six pm moscow time to provide adequate explanations as to the situation now this comes against the backdrop of already strained relations between them and between moscow and the hague in amsterdam in lieu of the recent developments with the

greenpeace vessel the arctic sunrise which of course it is has been in waters under the dutch flag the russian history of foreign affairs have said that they have had issues with the vessel for quite some time it was arrested at the end of last month in the arctic waters. in the russian arctic waters and all thirty people on board the vessel i have been charged with piracy the netherlands have requested that russia release the greenpeace activist and the crew of the vessel i love but it doesn't look like that is going to be a likely development anytime soon so the wishes of the two current countries are rather strained and this recent development doesn't doesn't look very promising in that area ok well we're closer for this story got up to six o'clock tonight of course and so we. will be following it with your thank you very much.

financial storm has been ravaging the eurozone doesn't seem to have put off chinese businesses investment in europe and france been growing steadily in recent years with beijing buying up companies all across the continent take a look at some of the bigger deals we. turn a chinese car maker decided it was easier to take over a swedish rival volvo them to compete with it very january last year a german concrete pump maker the second largest firm in the field was sold to china that same month beijing acquired an italian york maker ferretti that a month later as a reminder of the chinese for most of luxury goods the famous french fashion brand was sold to a firm in hong kong china is also heavily investing in the u.k. buying shares in london's heathrow airport pumping billions of pounds of the country's nuclear industry and its polyploid to reports next chinese money is already changing the face of the. this time last year it looked like the iconic london cap would be consigned to the history books after it's made because the

financially troubled london taxi company went into administration chinese manufacturer g.t. which already owns volvo stepped in and bought the company for eleven million pounds the factory is now back in business this part of the assembly process is called the marriage of the carriage where the shape of the taxi. meets with the shafi of the taxi fare but it's a marriage between the chinese manufacturer and he and the london taxi company that managed to save a british icon from going out of production g.-d's pledged to invest a hundred and fifty million pounds into the coventry based business over the next five years promising to create jobs and develop new engines so the future really previously when we were a company the financial resources to continue to develop the product as we would like to. gives us the ability to develop. which we could have only dreamed of financial analysts have called it

a win win situation the london cab comes back from the brink of extinction while a major chinese manufacturer gets to invest in an exciting new project but what does it say about the state of british industry business secretary vince cable called the chinese buyout a clear demonstration of the strength of the british car industry but the london cap is just the latest in a raft of u.k. businesses being sold off to foreign companies cadres chocolate is now american indian and the british airports authority spanish represents a hollowing out of corporate britain and i'm happy that it's not going on that but it shows government policy for a long time now as encourage foreign companies to take over our british companies that means i would british companies are not competitive across the globe. so we're not putting in the right tax policies we're not dealing with regulation that hinders these companies welcome to have new investment it always is in the long

term this takes away economic productivity from this country it means that staff and jobs are more liable to go because there's allegiance between the companies that are owned by foreign entities and their country rather than britain peace has been a cabbie for over forty years in a scene the london taxi company gave to several british owners i hopped in for a ride in asked him how he feels about turning chinese this is a shame that it's not owned by a british company but it's better then going to the wall diameter companies they're still british they won't be faced with and you see. i see london. and online to go much more about china's expanding investment abroad including a story of lined up by beijing by going to lead to the in france's border region want to catch that kong. ok imagine a future scenario where impoverished french troops stormed the swiss border in an

attempt to bring back the gold they believe was stolen from them the defending forces then fight off that invasion to keep their banks safe peter all of that has more on switzerland's latest war game. the idea of two western european nations going to war with each other may seem on thinkable however that's exactly the contingency that the swiss military have been preparing for in article in the newspaper it was revealed that the swiss armed forces had conducted war games and which they depicted an invasion by neighbors friends to find out a little bit more about this i'm joined by the author of that article long thanks very much for talking to me why did the swiss military think that this was necessary. well. there's a history to this in two thousand and twelve the swiss army already held exercises on the premise that europe slides into economic chaos and many immigrants flock into the country or just this time around they went even further and created

another legend suggesting that a financially stricken france breaks apart into warring regions one of the new countries that will appear will be called so ionia a small but very nationalistic state. will have thirty percent unemployment and huge debt and it will blame switzerland for creating this debt so so i only like preparing an attack on switzerland and retrieve the money it had allegedly supplies from france so what's the reaction been in france to being portrayed as the invaders here. i don't know french media made fun of this in marketing we received lots of corn calls from the french press that he didn't take it seriously but in switzerland people are very serious about whatever the army does so public opinion is split some believe the story told for the drills was quite realistic and supports the idea of an exercise with this premise others think the swiss army put itself in a discrediting position. thank you very much so swiss war games underlining

real tensions between neighbors and western europe. they are all over still ahead the afghan president last the twelve year long u.s. led occupation of his country accusing washington of breaching the country's sovereignty and causing chaos well afghanistan falls into the hands of the taliban . also reporting to the oscars ready to send out a limb pick torch for the winter games in sochi on its historic journey across russia those stories a lot more coming up in just a minute or two time. soldiers you're in the military no more joking any more. never been some time in my life. every day would be close to absolute limits. do you think it's going to be easy.

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well again the president of afghanistan slammed the occupation by nato and its twelve front of verse are accusing allied troops of making the nation suffer and failing to uphold security the criticism comes at a crucial moment for the country seeking to hold its first democratic transition of next year's presidential election and the taliban overthrown by the u.s. led forces over a decade ago recently promised to disrupt the vote after nato pulls out all aspects of security will be in the hands of the afghan army meaning they would have to deal with high risk militant areas that snow nearly half of the country with elections just around the corner direct through the world can't wait and he will group told us they believe the chaos caused by the invasion comes in handy for the radicals this is an occupied country by the largest military in the world the biggest economy many billions of dollars up to a trillion dollars have been poured into afghanistan and the basic people are in

worse shape than average there's plenty of deadly violence going on now that the civilian death toll has actually been higher in twenty twelve then in any other year of the us occupation this is created justifiably a population which is very much against the occupation and in some senses has been one to support the taliban which many people never supported before this all started the us has spared and supported the taliban by creating such disasters around the country. on our website r.t. dot com freedom came too late and our t. dot com we've got the story of a u.s. mindset of a forty years in jail for a crime he didn't commit and he died just hours after his release also reporting to a powerful typhoon is still battering china's southern provinces it forced tens of thousands of people to flee in its path and it's brought public transport to a whole head to our emotions section for small stunning video on the at the

devastation they're having to put up with in. moscow leg of the sochi winter olympics torch relay is in its second and final day before it goes on an incredible journey across the world's largest country. it was led by president putin carried around moscow by athletes and heroes and over the next four months it will then travel to some of the most unique places on earth and beyond. tells us what's next for the iconic symbol of the games. in the limpia handed over to russians on october the fifth in athens and delivered to moscow on the next day now the olympic flame has started its long and unique journey across the host country five time olympic champion and synchronized swimming and. was chosen to be the very first store fourteen thousand more will hand the flame to each other in the next four months among them people of

a range of profiles and backgrounds including a special v.i.p. guest there's a lot of expectation on the on any significance but on these games i think there's a lot because it's been a lot of preparation. a lot of work to do and i think it will be but i think it will be a great to go into. the twenty fourteen sochi games olympic torch relay has only just kicked off but it has already been branded as historic covering more than sixty five thousand kilometers across nearly three thousand cities towns and villages in russia it will become the longest storage relay in history and probably the most seen as well with almost one hundred thirty million people being within reachable distance of the relays route for the first time in history it will be taken for a space walk outside the international space station that's before descending to the bottom of the world's deepest lake baikal heading to the top of the world at north pole and scaling europe's highest peak russia's mountain. this is

a unique opportunity to the united nations and a great way to explore russians themselves and because they're. with the flame. single c.d.'s and. this particular city it will be the capital of the olympic games after two days in moscow the olympic torch will head further inland before ending up at the grand opening ceremony of the salt your winter olympic games in exactly one hundred twenty two days from now. moscow. the olympic torch is on a journey to. one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand filling. in a record setting trip by land air. and others face.

olympic torch relay. r t v dot com. we'll be tracking his progress for you of course over the coming months now next back to the. asia pacific. has just been about economics this year syria as a guest not surprisingly once again become the focus of russian u.s. talks on the sidelines of the government both the russian president foreign minister praising the progress made on the elimination of chemical weapons there are peaceful scott's been following the summit he's live with us now so as i said the topic of syria not surprisingly i guess never far away was it. yes well the russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president barack obama were to be able to discuss the topic of syria on the fringes of this the economic summit. however president obama's enforced absence to deal with the financial problems and continuing shutdown in the united states put paid

to that however president vladimir putin saying that his absence would be a hindrance to the ongoing cooperation between the two nations today in a press conferences saying i believe that there is no need to hold meetings only for the sake of meeting. was not the only russian official who was speaking about syria today in an exclusive interview with russia today with r.t. russia's foreign minister lavrov spoke about his hopes for a geneva two peace conference in mid november. delegation from the syrian government is ready to talk at any time but he also says that the islamist extremists. the actions of islamist extremists in the opposition must be excluded from all discussions. because people are moving closer. then to the free syrian army which is being portrayed as the secular opposition so the trend is. in the favor of. radicals among those who fight on the ground. and it is not only

our conviction rippers become diction of the americans that we cannot and must not talk to these people. well the threat posed by islamic islamist extremists hijacking the opposition movement is something that russia has long wanted to bounce and despite initial resistance to that interpretation of events lavrov says that the international community or some members of the international community now coming away to that way of thinking. is the. actual situation of the ground as the real life was producing more and more facts that this is a large extent and more and more so about radicals trying to get hold of these huge regional. people who already committed themselves to a different interpretation very difficult to. admitting that they were wrong but because rules and this understanding will be of the danger of the radicals which

they presented to syria the north african region in general it's being understood more and more. but all eyes are now on america's efforts to get a representative delegation from the opposition around the table and if they're successful then maybe syria can take the first steps towards a long sought after pace. for scott life there whether apec summit is just reading up thanks for the update. on the time of the process of destroying syria's stockpile of chemical weapons is making progress the still. no solution inside to another severe crisis the conflict created all those refugees the u.n. estimates that four million more syrians be forced out of their homes more than a million will be in need of aid next year president of international committee of the red cross peter mauro told r.t. the only way to solve the refugee crisis now is to get help to the people within syria in perspective the first and foremost important step to do

is to improve the situation within syria so that those displaced within syria are not forced to of to become refugees either in neighboring countries or beyond so our effort at the present moment is to all appeal to the international community to wall responsible countries to exert maximum influence on all parties in the syrian conflict to allow independent actors to do their work in syria we do not enough at the present moment because of the security situation because of the blockages amongst the will between the syrian government and the armed opposition so we definitely and badly need to expand our operation in syria so that so that not more syrians become refugees and become a de star belies a factor in the neighboring countries. so world news in brief this afternoon north

korea's army has been put on high alert after u.s. military ships including aircraft carriers moved into the south korean port for joint naval drills washington of serious consequences nor did its military to be fully ready to launch an operation this comes despite a recent forward relations on the korean peninsula which led to the reopening of a jointly running just to park. u.s. billionaire warren buffett ten billion dollars in payoffs from companies in low money to general financial crisis in two thousand and eight according to the wall street journal the cash accounts was half of his company's profit off its one of the world's richest men with a bank roll of almost sixty billion dollars. a pakistani girl who survived taliban attack has received new threats from the militant group malala yousafzai was shot in the head last october for a campaign for women to education rights and we strongly opposed by the taliban threats to a life come just days after a teenager receive the politkovskaya human rights award and was named as the

favorite to win the nobel peace prize. in the united states a surveillance cameras captured the scene of an attempted robbery now this video shows the cashier van of a new york food store standing up to the thief in fact pulling out a machete before chasing the armed man through a parking lot. get your own back local police are currently looking for the robber for years education was an essential step on the way to a decent job but in the crisis in europe more and more graduates and find themselves unemployed with greece and spain having the most unsettling statistics every second student in spain's out of work now with little hope of finding a secure job either as r.t. sarah firth reports. europe's unemployed youth are often called the lost generation is perhaps not the most out of descriptions given that when you speak to young people they know exactly where they are and how tough the situation they're in is here in spain youth unemployment over fifty five percent coming at

a time when the spanish government says that things are slowly getting better in fact any greece has it worse in europe we'll be speaking to some of the students her to find out how they're going to be facing the challenges that lie ahead it's the start of a new academic year and for many of these students it will be the final year university with almost million one hundred thousand jobless used in spain accounting for the three point five million unemployed under twenty five's across the eurozone according to figures on the prospect of graduating isn't exactly a cause for celebration.

at the moment. we. show in many spanish are doing just that choosing to go abroad a worrying sign for a country who will lead a young dynamic workforce to help it out of its economic crisis the government have been reforms in a bid to feast hiring. impacted. see there now full arafat and i'll see if it. so far this thanks being with us coming up shortly we consider continue our inside look at the basic training for a russian paratrooper that's next on news after that. i

recently read headlines all over the russian internet screaming in full paranoia mode that china has just bought five percent of ukraine now they're writing that china will lease five percent of ukraine over ukrainian officials themselves claim that china won't be getting either and that this is a deal about some drip irrigation system the situation didn't explode onto the internet to the fantasies of bloggers the south china morning post reported that one company does have a crop and pig farming plan design utilized nine percent of ukraine's territory also last year the ban on foreigners buying land ukraine coincidently been lifted although i am the distrustful pro sovereignty type getting a rich foreign country to pay to develop your nation's agriculture might not be too

bad of a deal it would definitely take a lot of money to restore ukraine's farming to its former glory they see that ukraine used to be the bread basket of europe i think that status back could really help the country but selling off or even just leasing nine percent of the nation's territory is absolutely unacceptable doing a large project with the chinese that is mutually beneficial is one thing but selling or leasing off your country is another and by another i mean treason but that's just my opinion. it could be the most exciting see the most terrifying. way from everyone you know. one in the complete. it's a rite of passage for thousands. young russian men a chance to find out what they're really capable of. i was joining them on this journey of discovery and gold knows it was going to be tough.

take a deep breath and hold it. was your full name wrong james. ever done in a sports. swim. actually everything's fine you could. take these two are the right ten to arm to a side squeeze called a. perfect. heroic sauna i can't believe i'm actually writing this i'm going to join the russian paratroopers the video of it. my fellow recruits are all just eighteen and they look it this is their first sign away from their parents but at least for now some of them seem too nervous the regiment spaced into a few hours drive away from moscow and when we pulled into the barracks i knew

there was no turning back. comrade soldiers you're in the military now no more joking any more hair according to military regulations we perform our active duty now to positions dress left turn right laura single reich march on the double. you know we're going to drive a brown we're going to with a bad number eighty eight. i'm pack your personal belongings in three minutes gather in the car door. this is boot camp all the new guys are locked in to gether in the complex for a minimum of one month and it's as crowded as i feared there must be at least eighty bunks in this one room and we were issued our new beds and told to make them quickly. make the bed.