it's six pm here in moscow the headlines from r.t. today moscow's furious after police allegedly beat up and detained a russian diplomat and president putin demands an apology while the dutch ambassador is someone to explain. flush cash beijing's finest to snapping up crisis right european corporations and brands lining china's mighty manufacturing industry with some western know how we got a report on that. and syria's chemical disarmament is on track with the u.n. plan as it progresses praised by the u.s. and russia but the asia pacific summit in bali.

this is a tease could have you company our top story russia's president is demanding official apology from the netherlands over the treatment of a russian diplomat in the hague police reportedly beat up the official and detained him overnight the news comes against the backdrop of another spot between the two countries what is going to cannes got more on this for us now let's catch up with her when we spoke earlier on there was a six o'clock moscow deadline for this what's happened that's right kevin the netherlands responded to russia's demand for an explanation and apology by saying they're investigating the incident and if they prove that the dutch line foresman violated in international law only they will apologize international law with regard to courts diplomatic status and how diplomats must be treated you know the countries. that counselor at the russian embassy and then he gets put into the russian foreign ministry dutch police broke into mr but ideals apartment ignored his diplomatic. status put him on the ground and hit him with a coat with

a baton and took him to the police station where they held him for four and until until morning as so russian diplomats are saying without explaining anything later he was released me too but i do says they broke into his apartment on the pretext that the neighbors call the police like to so i ended the russian that we have the statement by the russian president who said you already call they don't like violation of international law take a listen. at the could be sure there sure you can speak on the ins this is a flagrant violation of the vienna convention we are awaiting clarification on apology and punishment of those responsible for our reaction depends on how the dutch side will behave. day all the other issues causing tension between the countries. can't make the relations between russia and the netherlands have been tense sleezy the netherlands

are taking legal action against russia for the greenpeace ship the arctic sunrise that is which sailed on to dodge a lot of russia has blasted the netherlands for having systematically ignored russia's request to make the arctic sunrise stop illegal activity near the russian oil platforms in the arctic now according to russia it's been going on since august of last year russia says all its warnings were you bored by the day when three weeks ago we know what happened when peace activists try to climb on board the russian oil platform and they were detained together with everyone on board the ship now the russian foreign ministry says the day before the incident on september eighteenth they summoned the dutch and basset had to issue get another warning with regard to arctic sunrise effectivity but she says that warning voice ignored like the others before the activists and those who were on board the wimpiest ship are now facing piracy. charges because russia argues technically it was an attempt to

seize the platform is obviously it to everyone the activists are not pirates but according to russia they still broke the law and many russian foreign policy experts believe that the incident with the russian diplomat might have been in the hague is and might have been related to the tension between the two countries with regard to the peace activists ok well over the coming hours maybe days we wait to hear more reaction from the netherlands thanks for going to cannes and reminder as well the culture with the details of the russia greenpeace standoff to following the attempt to greenpeace to board that optical platform on a web site out to dot com. right to see. the search string. and i think the true.

on our reporters twitter. and instagram. could be empty. chinese money is flooding the e.u. and snapping up iconic european firms as beijing's business savvy elite tries to move in on companies it considers to be civilian developers to look at some of the bigger deals that have happened in the last couple of years back in two thousand and ten you may recall a chinese car maker flush with money decided rather than the competing against valvo it was in trouble at the time thought it would buy it that's one also in january last year one of germany's premier concrete makers also fell to beijing's rich list same two for italian yacht builder ferretti that was snapped up by a company controlled by the communist regime and just three weeks later french fashion brand new reichl was taken over by that hong kong based firm in keeping with the east growing fondness of luxury china is also heavily investing in the

united kingdom to buying shares at london's heathrow airport and pumping billions of pounds into the country's nuclear industry and its political reports to chinese money is also propping up one london i can. this time last year it looked like the iconic london cab 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 every day here but it's a marriage between the chinese manufacturer and he on the london taxi company that's managed to save a british icon from going out of production g.-d's pledged to invest in getting 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 know that. 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 to some it 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 no as encourage foreign companies to take over our british companies and what that means is that our 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 six 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 pieces been a cabbie for over forty years and has seen the london taxi company go through several british open is i hopped in for a ride and 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 would be faced with and you see. i see london.

time china's richest man the entertainment tycoon wang journalism well his plans for europe targeting hotels luxury brands and cinema chains political analysts professor joseph chang from hong kong city university spokesman says now is a perfect time to do so to. china has a very big war chest among into more than three point two trillion u.s. dollars tiny's exporters would like to stay and raise the role upstream and downstream to mean king and even expand their market shares he will want to acquire technology and bonds management just as of course that would tie in because prices are low in inexpensive because of the financial difficulties in europe. and online we've got much more about china's expanding investment abroad including a story about beijing buying a high end video ad in france is bordeaux region want to catch up more on that

drink the story and maybe a place to do it. now it seems not just france that feels under threat the swiss have been preparing for an invasion from a breakaway french region you hear me right they've been holding army practices which envision having to raise arms to guard the gold to follow that up in a few moments. but first the destruction of syria's chemical arsenal successfully ended its third day with the government an international team working together on it the process is in line with the latest u.n. resolution that followed the global outrage over the gruesome toxic attack back in august more details from our middle east correspondent paula slayer. tuesday is the third straight day that angle wind of cutting torches have been destroying missile warheads as well as aerial bombs and chemical equipment used for mixing the whole process is being overseen by some thirty three international observers there will really is to ratify a record an opposite of the process while the actual destruction of chemical of

syria's chemical weapons is taking place by syrian forces now the international team as of yet is not giving any interviews to the media we did however manage to catch up with the spokesperson who told us off camera that everything was going ahead as planned the important point to make though is that this whole process is not straightforward and this is because some of these stockpiles are in care in combat zones at the same time there's been no confirmation or indeed any kind of comment from the rebels that they're prepared to allow the international teams to actually reach the sites where some of the stockpiles are because they are currently in their positions so there's no indication whether or not indeed they're going to participate in allowing those stockpiles to be destroyed the u.n. chief banking moon has also called for eight hundred member team to be set up that would be based partly in damascus and parking in cyprus and the purpose of that would be to ensure that syria's chemical weapons are destroyed within the timeframe that has been established which is the end of july next year but certainly so far

the indications are that the process is happening smooth neat and according to the timeframe that has been say it. the progress made of syria's chemical disarmament on the sidelines of the asia pacific leaders economic summit. despite the fact that this is an economic forum designed to boost trade in the asia pacific region the subject of syria was never too far away and in an exclusive interview with our tape russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov expressed his hopes for a geneva two peace conference for maybe november now he says that he has a delegation from the syrian government ready to talk at any time but he also insists that the islamist extremists the factions of islamist extremists within the opposition must be excluded from talks 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 just radicals among those who fight on the ground.

and it is not only our conviction that there's because fiction of the americans but we must not talk to these people while the threat posed by the possibility of islamist extremists hijacking the opposition movement is something that russia has long warned about and despite initial resistance to that interpretation of events russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says that the international community is now coming around to that way of thinking as 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 allies now in america's efforts then to try and get a representative delegation from the syrian opposition around the table if they can do that and maybe just maybe syria is taking me for us tentative steps towards a long sought after pace. it seems president karzai has no plans to leave quietly he's hit out of the united states countries relations of mostly see american troops bring deadly misery nation will tell you more about what he had to say shortly and we're also following that flame to his final day of moscow we invite you to stay with us for a route report update. some

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breakaway french region launches a surprise invasion across the border to raid swiss banks and money says stolen well that is the scenario cooked up for the most recent war games carried out in switzerland which instead he's got the biggest army in europe relative to his population peter all of us got the story. the idea of two western european nations going to war with each other may seem on thinkable however exactly the contingency that the swiss military been preparing for article in. 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. thanks very much for talking to me why did the swiss military think that this was necessary. well. there's a history to this that in two thousand and twelve the swiss army already held

exercises on the premise that europe slides into economic chaos that in 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 it will be called sonia a small but very nationalistic state for. thirty percent unemployment want to huge debt and it will blame switzerland for creating this debt so saionji preparing an attack on switzerland and retrieve the money it had allegedly swiped from france. what's the reaction been in france to being portrayed as the v it is here. i don't the french media made fun of this in market 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 discredited position. thank you very much so swiss war games underlining real tensions between neighbors and western europe. ok well from make believe grow to the real thing going green belgian firefighters literally have been follow me with theories you can find on our web site at the given the boys in blue are dousing for getting in their way during a protest over budget cuts but the police were happy you can get more of that video of the story on the mind and arguably israel's biggest ever futile sees hundreds of thousands say farewell to the spiritual leader rabbi ovadia yosef. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images of the world

on the streets of. afghanistan the so afghanistan's president blasted the u.s. for bringing suffering to his country with very little security to counter it i made cars those words come ahead of a story chapter for the country which is gearing up for its first ever democratic transition of power the taliban is promising to disrupt the vote though and with militants plaguing almost half the country right now it's a serious threat the movement was overthrown by the us invasion but with maters planned pull out next year it's got its eyes on getting back into power the director of world can't wait antiwar group told us that the afghan army doesn't have the capacity though to withstand the taliban alone. 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 than 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 said and supported the taliban by creating such disasters around the country. the moscow leg of the sochi winter olympics torch relay of its second and final day before its incredible journey begins. that flight was welcome to moscow by greece from greece by president putin first tortured mostly watched

a few days ago before sending it all its way around the capital. next and tells us what's ahead for the iconic elliptic symbol. in a 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 storage bearer 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 so there's a lot of expectation on the in the beginning 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 you're 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 in groups this is a unique opportunity to unite the nation and a great way to explore russians themselves and because the torch. with the flame. single c.d.'s and. begins after today. we'll have further inland before ending up with the grand opening ceremony of the sort you winter olympic games let's see russia have ski r.t.d.

moscow. deliberate torch is on it's a big journey to structure. one hundred and twenty three days. to do the recount in cities of russia. really by fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand to one. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others please. olympic torch relay. m r g r g r. and we'll keep track of this progress for you some more news in brief clashes broke out in brazil on monday night as more than ten thousand teachers demonstrated over low salaries and police crackdowns at previous protests rioters threw petrol bombs and stones as well as tried to break into banks and start fires as the rich city hall in rio place resorted to tear gas to disperse the crowds have been on strike now from those two months to running better pay. before the greek defense minister

has been sentenced to another twenty years in prison for money laundering he's already serving eight years after being convicted of tax fraud in march sixteen accomplices were also jailed in the latest trial including his daughter wife and ex-wife is one of the biggest corruption cases since the country's crisis began in two thousand and eight. a good education should be a step to a better life not so though in spain students there are among some of the worst prepared to enter the workforce according to a report by the global economic development organization the o.e.c.d. sarah first reports next on how those heading back to university feel insults being added to injury. your son employee geezer often called the lost generation is perhaps not the most descriptions given that when you speak to young people here they know exactly where they are and how tough the situation they're in is here in spain you thought including all stands at more than fifty five percent not coming at a time when the spanish government says that things are slowly getting better in fact

only greece has it worse in europe we've been speaking to some of the students here 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 at university but with almost knowing hundred thousand jobless used in spain accounting for a quarter of the three point five million unemployed under twenty five's across the usa according to figures on the prospect of graduating isn't exactly a cause for celebration well i don't feel very good about that. i see people like. to take a job or work or they can't and. maybe if we. you know i think. we want to.

at the moment we we. we don't know. three years. shows that in fact many spanish east are doing just that choosing to go abroad a worrying sign for a country who will need a young dynamic workforce to help it out of its economic crisis the government have gotten reforms in a bit to appease tiring to these students impacted today's reforms may well come soon enough sara out to. frank spring with us for this hour's news update after the break. here again getting stuck into some more of the russian army toughest trading good luck to him i'll see you in thirty five minutes.

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. 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 it's 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 your 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 of young russian men a chance to find out what they're really capable of. i was joining them on this journey of discovery and god knows it was going to be tough.

james. ever done in a sports. swim. everything's fine you could lose some. take these two or the a red tent arm to a side squeeze he called a. perfect. heroic sauna i can't believe i'm actually writing this i'm going to join the russian power trip and the video of it. my fellow recruits are all just a seed and they look it this is the.