if we. are. trying to scupper an iran nuclear deal the israeli prime minister is in moscow and his last minute bid to deal with the world powers kick off the new round of talks. nato is european ambitions the flux of planning massive military drills in the e.u. to maintain cooperation after the afghan mission finishes despite fears it will badly hit europe's pockets. and russia granted bail to the majority of greenpeace activists detained for storming an oil rig one thousand people to be released so far seven of them today.

from our studios in germany this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day world powers are beginning a new round of talks over iran's nuclear program today in geneva as the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in moscow in the hope of preventing any progress in the negotiations to ban let's say. he is said to try to convince for the last time with the russians to go with what he believes is an exceedingly bad decision in terms of the iran's nuclear program now we know that the deal that's on the table is to try to hold iran's nuclear program an indra turned they will get a bit of relief from the sanctions that they have at the moment france has already said that they will not supported but the deputy been a star of iran has said that israel has no right to dictate what the world how the world should deal with iran. some nations have such relations with tel aviv that they are influenced by their influence by the atmosphere that's been created around

iran for the five plus one countries which are holding talks with iran it is unbecoming when some of them or indeed one specific nation is being influenced by tovey it's probably cations also weak when the told so happened that i almost felt like there was some kind of hope but then threw us a curve ball and said to him dr no go ahead with it we know that mr rouhani has been contacted by the british prime minister david cameron saying that this is the time that that needs to happen we know russians are russia's president has also been quite vocal say it needs to happen now the deal is give it a chance not only that president obama has been trying to gather momentum from his five say this deal is a momentous deal if it happens and that congress must hold any kind of thought in trying to push forward for those for more sanctions against iran and the i.a.e.a. has also gone on to say that iran has halted any kind of activity since august so

it will be interesting to see how friends will vote this time and if it is well indeed what will israel do if indeed this deal does go ahead. talks started more than a decade ago but hit deadlock in two thousand and five that's when i'm a dinner becomes president and iran resumes your reign him in richmond doubting the peaceful nature of its intentions the u.n. security council approves the first round of sanctions against iran in two thousand and six concerns grow when in february two thousand and ten iran begins uranium enrichment to the twenty percent level now that's a significant advance towards producing weapons grade uranium the us and israel launch a computer virus to attack iran's nuclear facilities stocks net is discovered in july two thousand and ten and the lack of progress in talks leads to the e.u. significantly expanding its sanctions in two thousand and eleven and the new election of a new leader hassan rouhani allows for a thaw in iran's relations with the west and go show sions resume or to discuss the

situation around iran's nuclear talks are now joined live by amir order and he's a columnist for the hot it's newspaper so what exactly is netanyahu expecting to achieve during his trip to moscow. it's somewhat of a mystery to israelis because netanyahu has been to moscow only six months ago and he has a habit of having periodic talks with president putin which is a good thing he has been to moscow for the last sixteen years already because in one thousand nine hundred seventy he has been to see president yeltsin and prime minister to the midan and russia of course is a major player regionally and even globally but does not appear to be any agenda item out of which can gain some profit so one has to bear in mind that mr netanyahu is first and foremost

a politician he has some political problems back home he is coalition. divided even his own party. may not. be has to sign an agreement was the palestinians so in a few months he could go to elections and in elections in israel a photo op with president putin is a plus so all this is for political gain but surely an agreement could signify a major gain change in the entire middle east doesn't netanyahu doesn't israel have a responsibility to be part of a positive process after all these talks aren't just about the nuclear issue of a. well that's a very favorable approach to two strategy and one would hope that israel adopt such a policy but it is not in the cards right now in the netanyahu administration because he has put his prestige on the line in

a very militant policy viz of the iran he has been bypassed by the us russia and the other four major powers. as well as the e.u. in the talks with iran and the first phase agreement seems like a foregone conclusion all they can do now is ask the powers to verify such an agreement and to work towards a final agreement in a few months time because this time around israel has lost its battle right but of course it's not just israel france also would like to see these talks fail what do you make of the potential outcome of this next round of talks do you think that israel in france really could derail any sort of agreement no israel does not have the power to derail any agreement it cannot act militarily against the wishes of the international community and definitely not against the

wishes of its major arms supplier it cannot go ahead and attack iran in u.s. made f. if jeans or f. sixteen s this is unthinkable and many people in israel and even within the israeli government do not want to be real disagreement perhaps netanyahu wants to gain some some tactical advantages perhaps a better deal but he cannot have a no deal approach all right so there is then a chance your being caught optimistic that a deal could actually be worked out in this next round of talks even though obama was quite hesitant about maybe be a positive outcome you think it could be all right. well the assessment here is that. out of all indications at deal is in the making of course it could always fall through if one of the players

insists on some minor point but the general direction is towards an agreement towards. reconciliation and many in the israeli public think it's a very good development contrary to what. would make it appear israel is not as militant israel is dead set against an iranian nuclear weapon but whether to get this result by force of arms or by force of diplomacy most israelis would go for the second choice amir great to talk to on this thank you very much indeed for your comments your thoughts on this for the it's newspaper live from tel aviv thank you. at least twenty eight people have been killed in a series of blasts in iraq the bloodshed is skyrocketing with bombings in crowded areas and busy streets almost every day more analysis of the situation is ahead for you here in r.t.

. as well winding down its combat mission in afghanistan nato is seeking to boost its military drills in europe the alliance commanders are planning large scale exercises which they say have to ensure the allies keep working smoothly together like the latest nato war games held in poland in the baltic republics earlier this month these were the largest in years involving six thousand troops but the u.s. led bloc has even bigger plans for the future upcoming drills and twenty fifteen which will take place in spain and portugal are expected to gather a force of more than forty thousand who are financially troubled europeans are not so keen on paying for nato ambitious drills sorties peter oliver reports. european nations can and should. do more to match america's commitment that commitment is said to see upwards of forty thousand troops deployed on maneuvers within the e.u. in the coming years all in port and work for the future of the alliance once the

combat mission in afghanistan is over the question is how can you retain these operational experience and capabilities and so you must exercise you must train your forces you must test whether the old routines work the command structure works but the troops are interoperable. balm is a former east german security officer turned author to spending a career watching nato during the cold war he isn't buying the reason given that this is all part of the winding down of operations in afghanistan because we have our own. there isn't any need to put these troops in europe i think they would have ramped up operations even if afghanistan wasn't coming to an end or that it's down to what he sees as a change in nato policy following actions in libya and towards syria. well nourished instead of a defensive army they want an army of intervention of aggression nato is

responsible for three quarters of global arms spending at a time when many of its members a flat broke here in central a group of demonstrators on a banner saying no to wars of intervention but it's crazy to think that this is anything to do with any rogue state by holding operations in europe it shows nato still looks towards russia and. the population is getting poorer and who are they getting more expensive these types of exercises are a threat to the citee they want politicians to pay attention to the real cost of military spending with most eurozone countries still fighting serious economic battles it's understandable why europeans would be uneasy about shelling out for nato war games at a time they can least afford it peter all of a r.t. . meantime the european union is struggling to rein in the mounting government debt

and the austerity stricken nations have been steadily pruning back their defense budgets in recent years at hard economic times like the present boosting military corporation is not a major priority but it got to discuss the issue with retired u.s. army colonel douglas macgregor who says nato is struggling to hold the alliance together. so the plan for europe for twenty fifteen nato has is war games with forty thousand troops in portugal and spain. these countries of course will have to chipping to make it happen that's a huge expense for their better the economies what's what's the origins well whatever nato conducts exercises of any kind there's always a great deal of time and money invested in what i would call a large solidarity and i know there is great concern about the troubled nature of the economies particularly on the iberian peninsula in portugal and spain i think we want to reaffirm the or close members of the alliance that we are behind them

that we support them and what better way to do that than to conduct an exercise in will in their ground and a lot of money will match up that is money is already budgeted more than half the troops will probably be air and naval forces so they have to conduct a certain number of operations one way or the other there are so many discussions on how nato sees future they are so proud of what they did in libya it seems that they see their future in this kind of hit and run operations but what do you think about it libya was not a success we ultimately unleashed forces in that country sunni islamic forces that are anti western. american and ultimately antithetical to the interests of libya's future social and political development we don't know how libya will turn out which nato sees it as a successful that's the as an example for its operation is that that is a public message in truth there were enormous problems with the operation how do you see the future of nato i think it's it's very questionable over time it's going

to be harder and harder to hold the alliance together and so i don't see the nato alliance holding together in its current form for another decade or maybe these exercises are not such a bad idea maybe at least for a while nato will. not actually invade other countries to keep itself. with me in washington colonel macgregor and i'm going to watch him work. over the twenty four hours a day still to come of the program the fukushima plant operator may claim it's doing well in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami disaster but things don't look so great now more problems have been exposed. we were treated like nothing like disposable people they promise things that when we received a large radiation dose coming up we report on why those cleaning up the crippled power plant feel mistreated and who is cashing in on this. american captain of the greenpeace vessel involved in the storming of russian

arctic oil rig has been freed on bail this brings the total number of those released to nineteen before their trial for hooliganism medina which never has more . the russian court ensign petersburg has the american captain of the greenpeace ship peter wilcox and earlier the court has also decided to release u.k. citizens who are all over the board has decided to release it to dutch greenpeace activist associate can see more than top of the cases down i don't for thirty d.t.'s that are now standing trial for hooliganism not true they tried to steal an oil platform and the arctic back in september and out of all activists to have so far appeared before the court on the one that has been ordered to stay in pretrial detention counting trial that's a stroll in activist colin ross so now he will remain in the pretrial detention until february twenty fourth the end of the hearings for the others will be carried

out later throughout the week one of russia's top banks has had its license withdrawn over allegations of money laundering we bring you the details on that story in a couple of minutes. oh god is woman. is proof that our weapons although brits extremists should remember pre-made fix. your posts. like the straight. up. three. put on your full complement of the bank of new college face i think you're right.

to have you with us your kids today i roll researcher. has been stripped of his license because of large scale juby operations russia's central bank criticized most bang for violating laws against money laundering and false accounting coming out of the details russia's financial regulator had revoked the operating license for master bank on wednesday opening the door to the largest repayment to depositors in history in the history of russia almost

a billion dollars owed now after bank was allegedly guilty of conducting a large scale suspicious operations have violated laws against money laundering as well as the financing of terrorism this is according to a statement from russia's central bank explaining its decision it's at that they were dubious transactions and tax of void and theft of budget kickbacks including drug related operations a very big concern now master bank is one of the country's top one hundred banks in terms of assets top five in terms of a.t.m. operations and this sparked a massive wave of problems with a.t.m. withdrawals among not only master bank customers but also other bank clients who are working with master bank mastermind did hold an estimated one point four billion dollars in deposits which will now be state paid out by the state run agency the deposit insurance agency officials they're trying to call for calm saying that the financial payments will be made on time to clients now no one could

actually be reached at the master bank headquarters that which remained closed on wednesday but we did hear the police were searching the banks headquarters trying to make progress with. their investigation and this is of course the largest bank to lose its license this year twenty three so far had their license revoked this year. a web team is lined up many stories for you including the latest on toronto's embattled mayor city council it's turned into a bear pit after rob ford was stripped of most of his powers what's the man's impulsive retreat in the in the motion section on r.t. dot com. plus he is america's military might is in jeopardy over a brand new computer virus head to our web site to find out exactly where the u.s. military concerns stem from. a series of deadly bombings across baghdad has targeted crowded areas most of them in shia neighborhoods people reported are being killed and sixty five wounded unrest is spiraling in iraq with twenty

thirteen the deadliest in the past five years the total number of lives claimed by the violence in the country since two thousand and three is estimated at about one hundred and twenty thousand with four thousand bombers having carried out the attacks police post schools mosques and busy streets john white a journalist who's been extensively covering issues says the iraqi government is unable to control the radicals pouring into the country. movement in europe and the united states predicted that this is to say see what would happen if. the new key went into iraq as they did in two thousand and three so this is a sort of chickens coming home to roost but the. people because of this regional. difficult for security forces in iraq and syria to keep a lid on these things that's why it's important that the west pressure on the

opposition. to stop fighting and to come to the negotiating table but to isolate these sunni fundamentalists they have no place in the future of the region. an online team has created a special project to keep track of the growing casualties in iraq and to draw attention to the bloodshed is just a click away at r.t. dot com. i i i i. i i i i. the disaster at the fukushima nuclear plant and the one hundred fifty billion

dollars cleanup operation have reportedly become a honeypot for japan's mafia the plant operator tepco is sitting on a pyramid of subcontractors and according to police some of them have ties to organized crime poor working conditions and low safety standards make those taking part in the cleanup feel victimized by the reports. as if clearing up the dangerous debris in the aftermath of japan's worst natural disaster in a century was not tough enough this former fukushima worker says he's having to see you with a firm which hired him i was out of work after the tsunami so when a job offer at fukushima came up i took it they promised a lot of money even signed a long term contract but then suddenly terminated it not even paying me a third of the promise so do you have a feeling that you were mistreated absolutely we were given no insurance for health risks no radiation meters even we were treated like nothing like disposable people they promised things and they kicked us out when we received

a large radiation dose this young man volunteered to jump into nuclear hell to make a living many others though were forced so claims investigative journalist. who went undercover to fukushima filming with a camera hidden in his watch you discovered that many of the workers were brought in by the infamous underworld syndicate the young so this is. at fukushima. in japan and quite often when a certain construction project requires an immediate workforce in large numbers bosses make a phone call to the yeah so it was the case with fukushima the government called tepco to take an agent action tepco relayed it to subcontractors and then eventually as they had a shortage of available workers who the young could sell for help to their work with them. but fukushima is no ordinary construction site the workers drawn to the power plant by the young kids or mostly with gambling debts to the organization or family obligations often had absolutely no idea what they were dealing with.

they were given very general info about radiation and most were not even given radiation meters they could have exposed themselves to large doses without even knowing it even the so called fukushima fifty the first group of workers sent there immediately after the disaster at least three of them were enrolled by the. suzuki publish details of what he says is solid evidence but tepco officials remain defined that any mistreatment or organized crime involvement is taking place and we're doing everything to ensure our workers operate in safe conditions we deal harshly with law while eating subcontractors but the company and its subcontractors already short of hands there are twenty five percent more openings for jobs at fukushima plant than applicants according to government data gaps filled says suki by the homeless the desperately unemployed and even those with mental disabilities there are no exact figures as to how many people are involved in the fukushima

clear up operation but rough estimates suggest that this may be up to a quarter of a million people and with experts saying that it may take another forty years to completely liquidate the aftermath of the disaster it's really hard to imagine how many more workers will be involved in this dangerous line of duty and more importantly how many of them will feel disposable and expendable once their jobs and. reporting from japan. investigators have found the missing tape from the cockpit voice recorder of the passenger plane which crashed near the russian city of khazan so far the decoding of the flight recorder has revealed details about the maneuvers of the pilots moments before the tragedy on sunday evening the boeing seven three seven aborted a landing at the airport. after that. the crew requested a second attempt the plane rapidly climbed to a height of seven hundred meters while losing speed the crew then forced the jet into a dive in order to regain the speed but it hit the ground in an almost vertical nosedive

all fifty on board were killed. some other world news in brief in egypt at least twelve soldiers have been killed and twenty four wounded in a car bomb attack in sinai the suicide bomber rammed an explosive laden vehicle into one of two buses carrying off duty soldiers in the heartland of the islamist insurgency the attack came just hours after a raid on a checkpoint in the capital where four policemen were wounded by an explosive device hurled at their post. in spain hundreds of students gathered in front of the ministry of education in the truant to protest against the new education reform bill which is currently being approved by the country's parliament demonstrate to say that no one forced more cuts and i for a system where students with less money did not have the same opportunities as wealthy ones there has been compared to the days of dictator franco. the mean time the very highest ranks of the church and government are vulnerable to

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