this. five or six of the our team you send to britain's intelligence chief warns the country is facing its grave this terror threat from al qaeda affiliates citing thousands of islamic extremists living in the u.k. . president obama says they'll be no negotiations with his opponents until the shut down the debt ceiling is raised with america's costly political impasse now into its ninth day. and the enemy of my enemy is my friend unlikely allies israel and saudi arabia reportedly team up to take on syria and iran. very good enough to join us just after six pm here in moscow my name's kevin irwin

this is r.t. international our top story thousands of islamic extremists living in the united kingdom could attack at will that's the warning from the country's security chief sharing his fears in his first speech since taking over m i five hundred parker also admitted that u.k. intelligence services were not perfect as he put it. specifically named al qaeda and its affiliated groups in pakistan and yemen as being the most direct and immediate threat to the u.k. and he had referred to the groups that had successfully been able to smuggle some explosives onto planes in the last four years and also raising it be a conflict in syria he echoed the same concerns as several other european governments have been expressing with regard to individuals who had gone over to syria to fight and that have been coming back to the country that he raised the point that there are some sunni extremist groups in the syria who are aspiring to attack western a country is now having given these warnings he also defended the need for

intelligence services to be employing the kind of vast surveillance that they've already had of course this is one this side of the story the other side being the recent public backlash we've seen on the activities of the intelligence services let's get more insight on this whole story the new warnings from the gym brad from the a stop the war coalition thanks very much for joining us what do you make of the statements of the m i five achieved i mean why issue the warnings now if we look at the terrorism act for example that's already in place this is never really last priority with this government there are certain things that he said that have some logic and there are certain things that he said the on the face of it have no logic clearly there are people from this country to go to syria and. there's some possibility that they may cause some problem coming back here because they will him to come back that has a certain logic those people keep fighting in syria coming back what about the british extremists who maybe have been involved in attacks elsewhere and they have

to bolster this idea of the war on terror as a coherent thing where the threat is coming from about their authorities nothing to do with what the british government does it comes from out there and that remains they have to present the thing that way we are justified in what we do because of the threat that already exists rather than that we are creating the threats. president obama is refusing to budge you talk for the republicans and so congress ends the government shutdown and raises the debt ceiling and it's just over a week now before the u.s. runs a caution its ability to borrow more money putting the nation in front of a very real risk of default. vetoes new york a nine day government shutdown with a credit default looming in the wings washington's failure to so far agree on a budget or how to pay its bills has given an entirely new meaning to american exceptionalism hundreds of thousands of americans are losing paychecks and social benefits because u.s. officials elected to lead this country are engaged in a bitter fiscal deadlock on tuesday president barack obama said he would be willing

to negotiate on budget issues only after republicans agreed to reopen the federal government and raise the debt limit without preconditions republicans meanwhile are insisting on deficit reduction talks as a condition for raising the federal debt by october seventeenth members of the party have demanded also that obama's health care be delayed or defunded in return for approving funds to end the government shutdown of president obama warned the public that an economic shutdown the first in history would be dramatically worse than the current reckless government shutdown and while washington's temper tantrum remains on full display economist max wolf says the world is watching with all and growing less impressed with the economic and political experiment otherwise known as the united states i do think we will see the debt ceiling get resolved however with each day where the dysfunction is more obvious more out of control and larger

it becomes harder to have faith tomorrow it becomes harder for the markets it becomes harder for americans it becomes harder for the population of the world to have faith in brand america government america and people begin to ask unfortunate and unpleasant unflattering questions about america's future that china which owns a reported one point three trillion dollars of the u.s. . government debt recently reminded washington that the clock is ticking and urged u.s. lawmakers not to repeat the mistake of two thousand and eleven that's when the debate over raising the u.s. debt ceiling. fight it reading. and japan's finance minister also recently said a failure by the u.s. to quickly resolve its political deadlock over government finances could damage the global economy in the meantime the u.s. government shutdown has reportedly delayed trade talks between washington and brussels it has also forced president obama to skip asia pacific economic cooperation meeting this week ceding valuable ground china reporting from new york

. and of washington's inability to solve his political messes and go for nations around the globe with many countries risking their economies being compromised by close ties to the u.s. meantime both democrats and republicans are refusing to capitulate costing americans hundreds of millions of dollars every day let's take a look at how political impasse is worked in other places where lawmakers couldn't agree on a budget where we go this is a stray it once did it was back in one hundred seventy five of the budgetary squabbles the queen stepped in and fired everybody they've had no new election since and no such problems occurred since then when the congress failed to pass a budget in brazil about seven years ago it was no big deal very the just some limits to salaries and current expenses in israel if they don't get a budget by december thirty first that automatically revert to the one from the previous year but united states democracy has no such mechanisms resolve the deadlock we're now and american political commentator no planes would all evolved.

it's exceptional in the history for them in true democracy and it's interesting to see what's happened. there have been significant economic changes in the past generation the way the economy structure going to it but one of the effects of these trade groups specifically in the liberal programs and they're having the same kind of effect they have everywhere they. direct wealth to a very narrow sectors the increasing inequality it has an immediate effect on politics and. democracy as arabic it's more concentrated political power goes as well so now all elections are almost boy it's so plutocracy. both political parties have drifted to the right he was the soul of one party state the business party. talk

a bit more about american exceptionalism bit later in the program next though there could be changes to the charges facing the arctic sunrise crew of the new details emerged in the investigation over the vessel involved in last month's greenpeace protest ortiz was he from. what we have first to go this far out of the no mentioning the from drugs on board. what happened it's been announced that investigators found drugs and including poppy straws and what is reportedly morphine along with dual purpose devices this was discovered on the arctic sunrise when investigators did a search of the vessel according to the investigative committee this means that thirty people that currently face piracy charges could face even more charges and of course that means facing. tougher jail sentences if convicted for its part green feet greenpeace says it's very skeptical about this information drugs are very strongly prohibited. in its entire organization and so of course it's he's no no

reason any of these activists would have brought that sort of paraphernalia on board also it's wondering if the morphine and dual purpose devices that the investigators are talking about is in the morphine and devices that the doctor at the on the on board doctor would keep in the cabinet and so that's also a question so obviously this is just increasing the drama around this entire situation at this point. the protest is still currently held behind bars but more on how they got there and what facing them that's right thirty people do remain behind bars despite repeated appeals by various lawyers to secure their release they will remain in pretrial detention until. a judge in that regional court decides to let them out on bail this has prompted a letter by the executive director of greenpeace international to come to russia himself to vouch for the characters for of the thirty activists saying they would not flee they would still face their trial bravely but what does does want to

campaign for their. least now this of course all kicked off back in september when the arctic sunrise was essentially the staging area for the activists who then launched their motor boats and drove drove the boats up to the russian oil rig on the pecera sea and attempted to scale the oil rig that's when the security forces came out and the clash began the arctic sunrise was then told back into port the activists have since been detained and that's the drugs aren't the only only news involved in this case in fact the netherlands which has two citizens involved in this debacle along eighteen other countries or seventeen other countries excuse me the netherlands has launched legal action against russia secure the release of the activists so this will be in international courts of this will definitely not be going away any time soon and we will of course be keeping a very close eye as events unfold frogs' legs for that. already

a different drama playing out in the hague to the netherlands most recently in the last hour or two's apologize to moscow for its police allegedly beating up the russian diplomat moscow demanded explanation soon after the incident happened on dimitri borrowed been reportedly open the door to a group of security guards who waited most of his wife had been in a car accident the vendor broke into the official's house and apparently attacked him with a weapon in front of his children before briefly then going on to detain him now russia's embassy in the netherlands also says the dutch police officers accused of mistreating his children his part president putin described the assault as a blatant violation of the vienna convention because more details come in about the terms of the project said sure we'll keep you posted. still to come watch out for the eagle or you may look like a bird of prey were is it here it is what is actually a high tech spy device you know the hundred meters above the target without detection kind of look bird like we go bird sporting

a few minutes from now. well . science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. activism politics in a cold place and a whole lot of media publicity what is greenpeace all about today is it is smug and self promoting or a brave environmentalist for the opinions vary and at the very center of the debate surrounding organisations such as greenpeace is the question whether they have the right to operate outside the law. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to. face is changing the world. the picture.

from around the globe. dropped. to fifty . kilo game with the conflict in syria iraq and the stability of the entire middle east old region alliances are being broken and new ones forged in their place no two unlikely friends israel and saudi arabia don't even have diplomatic relations but know they have apparently managed to find some common ground. reports next on the country's united front against the syrian government and its close ally iran. there's an unexpected union forming right now in the region between israel and saudi arabia and expected because on the one hand while the two shape common rivals in egypt and syria saudi arabia particularly recently has been pouring millions of

dollars of aid into palestinian projects both in gaza and in the west bank the potential impact of such an unlikely union cannot be overestimated israel brings to the party excellent propaganda skills saudi arabia on the other hand is able to tap into vast reservoir of petro dollars israel too has unparalleled influence over american foreign policy and the result of these two countries working together is shaping international responses no doubt about it reports about. corporation secret meetings started to appear following the second lebanon war two thousand and six. when it became clear the iran is to become a major player here in our immediate region but also. in the gulf but this

cooperation between israel and saudi arabia is problematic because saudi arabia gives so much support to the palestinians just recently it gave some ten million dollars to enrich the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees this is in addition to an extra two hundred million dollars that was donated to palestinian infrastructure projects one such project is in russia in gaza where homes are being rebuilt for palestinians whose lives were destroyed during the last israel will the result is that on the one hand you can see them. cooperate prizzi's and when it comes to iran on the other hand they had close contacts with hamas on the one hand the initiate there are a peace initiative. of. world support him directly or. this is the ambiguity you can find in the. saudi policy many are asking the

question whether israel isn't shooting itself in the foot by forming an alliance with a country that supports its enemies policy r.t. east jerusalem well despite the differences israel and saudi arabia share key views on regional key issues both countries want regime change in syria with saudi arabia strongly backing the rebels both nations also see iran as their main geopolitical rival they want to neutralize the islamic state and the israelis and saudis are united in the backing of the military government in egypt to which taken a strong stance against islamists where does this leave united states while in a more difficult position to exert its influence on the region according to investigative journalist robert perry. it had this building up of mutual interest between these two very significant powers in the middle east so it raises the question of whether this very significant although unlikely or a sort of fairly unusual odd couple relationship between saudi arabia and israel

might present might create a new superpower in the in the middle east if saudi arabia and israel could figure out a way to work together you would have you could have israel providing it's very tremendous sophisticated political operations involving both the israel lobby back in the united states it's like supposed to get a propaganda technique with what the saudis have which is vast amounts of money united states might find this problematic in that while both saudi arabia and israel are american allies if the two of them or to collaborate more formally on some of these issues like a syria for instance or rand or egypt that could put the united states in a position of not being able to work its will with quite the freedom that it's had in the past. coming up to eighty minutes past six now here in moscow let's take a look some world news and some details coming in from the middle east this water

bombs if an israeli military post of the golan heights according to a report from the reuters news agency there's mortars are apparently fired from syrian territory and israeli soldier was wounded in the attack it's not the first kind of tit for tat we've seen going on there over the past few years but that's the latest we've got there will bring you more as we get it and used to from fukushima six workers at that nuclear to japan have been exposed to radiation after one of the mistakenly removed a pipe connected to a water treatment system several tons of contaminated water therefore spilled as a result but they say it was contained within the treatment syllabi it is the latest in a string of errors at that crippled flood which suffered triple melt and after the earthquake and tsunami two years ago she was operated tepco has been lambasted for failing to control radioactive water leaks. a roadside bombs killed eight people in iraq the explosion hit a truck carrying workers south of baghdad the bloodshed in the country wracked by terrorist attacks as reached

a level not seen since two thousand and eight more than two hundred iraqis have died from blasts and shootings this month alone. like a stunned supreme courts granted bail to the embattled former military ruler general pervez musharraf leader of the house arrest for the last six months it follows an appeal in a murder case of nationalists leader can bug he was killed in the explosion in two thousand and six during a military crackdown that was ordered by the sheriff with the times president and army chief. in other world news feminist activists scaled spain's parliament in protest against plans to restrict the access to abortions three topless women from the group femen climb the lower house gallery of screen slogans of politicians who debating changes to the long term nations of time spent currently allows abortions without restrictions until the fourteenth week but the conservative government now wants them limited to when the health mother will fetus is in danger.

the birds may be watching you and we're not talking paranoia here a spanish manufacturer is come up with a new surveillance drone disguised as a bird which even apparently mimics its flight path sara furthur ports and how several countries militaries alarming up for this new feathered kind of air force. is it a bird is it a plane well actually if you guessed. you'd be almost right this is one of the newest trains on the market is this company maxim's defense unit x l this behind the creation of this unmanned aerial vehicle you wavy but this is a drone with a difference it's been designed to look like a native birds now it's already in operation as a bird strike avoidance system but how say that they want to expand its uses as a surveillance drone they could also eight firefighters all be used in drug

trafficking operations that you are a known as shepherd mill we showcased at this year's international in london the average price is one hundred thousand euros and giving a whole new meaning to bird's eye view the company claim it's so well camouflaged compared to standard. the fly about thousand meters and texted this train can fly just one hundred meters above the enemy without being seen in fact in the sky that's a big advantage this is thing. one of the front of the other at the bottom. in real time information to the ground station to decide what to do or information to. go. simply to. purchase the drones being tested by the spanish military but expo say that they're

already in talks this tell it to several other countries armed forces the drone is currently not available for civilian purchase expelled told r.t. that so now he has the bird but by the end of the year they hate to sign two important. well they they won't displays with you and she drank champagne is a concern and this is yet another development kit make it harder today when and how dorothy's keeping their eyes on you. r.c. . look at a couple stories going lot of interest on our website you wonder this story shot dead on a crowded commuter train but no witnesses passenger in california pulls out his gun toys are there then shoots the student in the head swiftly disembarked but apparently no one saw it there was so engrossed in their i phones phones and tablets disturbing stories some of the times they are to dot com. might there be

some light at the end of the tunnel for julian assange choose not left ecuador the embassy for almost a year and a half fizzes siler man is now asking the international criminal court for help. increasingly crowded to u.k. it's russia for the country's cemeteries graveyards are rapidly running out of space and predicted to be for within the next few decades so it's already to come up with a controversial idea to simply reuse them nora smith reports on how even that may not solve the problem. as the saying goes nothing is certain but death and taxes and while u.k. government's very good at collecting tax it's not so good at providing for its citizens inevitable to molly's because on this small island with soft running out of space to bury the dead according to a recent study of her account almost hall said burial space in that areas would run

out in the next twenty years and a quarter said they only had ten years left and it's no surprise them confined to london cemeteries like this one and several rural councils already say they're full meaning people will have to go elsewhere for their thought you know resting place and all that despite the fact that already seventy four percent of people all cremated symmetries in the sustainable when the food local authority has some difficult decisions to mike does it build another symmetry. a higher capital cost and then of course it's going the other symmetry to mind sawing increased my costs so there's a pressure to increase fees and also be a solution would be to open more cemeteries but the limited amount of space means that's just a holding tactic you could force people to be cremated also not workable which only leaves a very emotive option reusing graves by digging up any remains and then taking

deeper to make space for more burials and the disturbance of human remains without lawful authority at the moment is an offense in the ministry of justice won't give a loss and it's to create a new barrier spice although they'll give a lawson's to clear a churchyard and perhaps build a supermarket or a car park which seems a little bit old. at the moment reusing grace is only allowed in london cemeteries and although it's an issue that affects literally everyone. it's not exactly a vote when i say typically governments just avoids talking about it but experts say those in power must come up with a workable proud on burials rather than just burying their own heads in the sands. up service in the russian military that is tougher in the eyes of a rather correspondent james brown salute.

the. economic down in the final. day the london the all sang night and the rest because i think the case you'll be every week. the russian paratrooper regiment small is nobody but. i will push

you harder than you've ever been pushed in your life. they say once a power of the ways of. the many of the conscripts like a reminder. that's all going to go for you beauty you're one of us now. or. never. progress right for alleged dress right there the tension. hand to hand combat maneuvers on my count by division. one. three. four my new regiment another a cska is heavily focused on combat training and every day we're out on the square

learning our unarmed fighting drills at the moment we work individually but it won't be too long before we're facing off against each other. it's the elite. station a real man has to be ahead of everyone to be the best or the one i think that the paratroopers of the greatest. just like him to learn everyone is assigned various responsibilities each day i'm back to see although this time i'm at the front of the base rather than in the barracks. was because you god for the control points reason for your visit returning to base your documents. security is paramount every vehicle that drives up has to be thoroughly checked even our own trucks nobody takes any chances here it's only us we've looked into every nook and cranny that they're allowed on

the base. i'm not sure whether it's the benefit of experience but everyone seems more confident here and it's a good thing because a live fire exercises are about to be ramped up it's a tough job for the man in charge. sometimes i get tired of ordering people it happens from time to time the guys don't obey me but i was given the task of commanding the company and i have to do it so in any case i'll remember this time with a smile it was tough sometimes but everything will be fine i'm sure we'll do our military duty. today the war games really got started we were assaulting the hill with full armor support. machine gun i goes first second is private brown private brown well.