for social justice golden rice. a fresh immigration initiative in the u.k. is slammed for ethnic profiling by the un could trigger a sweeping crackdown on workers on asylum seekers who are there legally. iran may unfreeze and accelerate its nuclear program and washington introduces new sanctions something that could undermine be of historic geneva agreement seen as a key key breakthrough twenty thirteen. and legal cases brought against russia's former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky are to be reviewed the move by the country's highest court could lead to previous sentences being overturned.

by from our headquarters in moscow you're watching r t international with me and he said now a our top story this hour the u.n. has denounced a new british immigration bill as a recipe for stigma misunderstanding and ethnic profiling if passed a law could trigger a crackdown on refugees and temporary migrants leaving them homeless and expelled from society parties probably boycott has the details of the new draft. well this proposed immigration bill contains measures that would make the landlords liable to fines if they're found to be renting out properties to illegal immigrants that would also banks from opening bank accounts for people who are in the country illegally and it would also make temporary migrants liable to payment for medical for medical treatment on the national health service now all this according to the un's refugee agency would contribute towards

a climate of misunderstanding and ethnic profiling in the u.k. now in practice they're simply worried that for landlords and for banks it's extremely difficult to tell the difference between a legal asylum seeker and an illegal one and sometimes it's very difficult to see through the documents to understand these documents and understand migrant status is and they're worried that some people here in the country genuinely who are in a genuine need for these services for housing are simply going to be denied even though they're in the country completely legally while mark half of the u.k. has immigration minister has said that this bill would stop migrants from abusing public services and it would make it easier to remove the people from the country that aren't supposed to be here but the government's really got to be seen to be tackling the issue of immigration it really is in terms of public opinion the number one concern a lot of people are very wary of uncontrolled immigration about the perceived

strain that it's causing on public services schools hospitals housing and of course the conservatives are leading up to an election year and they've got to be seen to be tackling the issue but according to the un's refugee agency they were perhaps a little bit overzealous in the way that they've drafted this law and in fact it's not the first time that the u.k.'s policies social policies have come under fire for the united nation. it was earlier this year the u.n. special investigator on housing warned that the very quote from the bedroom tax that came into force earlier this year was causing to quote shocking holland shit in some parts of the country. iranian lawmakers are demanding that you rein him in richmond be brought to three times the previous level if the u.s. imposes new sanctions on the country's crippled economy the move apparently comes in retaliation to u.s. proposed legislation that authorizes tougher reprisals if you run breaches in

historic deal reached in geneva last month while the landmark agreement seemed to have put an end to a decade long standoff over tehran's nuclear program and became one of the most significant achievements in global affairs this year. well if we look at the back history of the failed talks of penalties it becomes clear why the deal was hailed as historic u.s. intelligence suggesting iran's nuclear program was aimed at building a bomb almost two decades ago an assumption that resulted in crippling sanctions year after year talks ended in deadlock and as more penalties piled up tehran responded by resuming uranium enrichment the u.n. security council followed america's lead and also approved sanctions against iran three years ago the country started enriching uranium to a twenty percent level and this was followed by a series of assassinations of iran's nuclear scientists this paying pong of threats

and warning seemingly ended when hassan rouhani came to power which led to a resumption of nuclear talks to go to school reports on their results and how the deal was far from welcomed by everyone. we need to iran's new leader. iran is the anchor of stability in the region he's trying to convince the west he's not out for blood. of the iranian threat is imaginary and used as an excuse for others. and he thinks a nuclear free middle east is the key to peace and stability urgent practical steps towards the establishment of such is own unnecessary. that sounds good too but not everyone believes iran could have to change to a so much or honey as a war in sheep's clothing or war for thinks it can pull the oz the wool over the eyes. of the international community israel the only country the middle east that

hasn't signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty remained determined to push its point across to iran's minutes away from developing a nuclear bomb and blowing up the world with israel being first on its list of targets this rhetoric however may serve to cover tel aviv's real fears it's not about nuclear weapons not really it's about who's going to be the power in the gulf you've got three contending parties here you've got the saudis and the g.c.c. the gulf cooperation council you've got israel with the united states behind it and then you've got a rom really the only stable state in the region other than israel then that was the first time leaders of the u.s. and iran spoke to each other directly in more than thirty years the phone call that really rubbed a lot of people the wrong way particularly in the u.s. where the president had to deal with a lot of furious lawmakers both republicans and democrats who still think within the brackets of the cold war era a bad bad bad interim deal iran is

a threat to peace in the world and it's not only the issue of nuclear weaponry it is their entire behavior of spreading terrorism throughout the region a lot of us have very tied his hands are tied their people and lobby groups in the united states that do not want to see the united states and iran after thirty four years of demonizing the country to have relations are novembers eighteen hour long talks in geneva seemed to have brought a final breakthrough iran agreed to significantly slow down its really respond process in return for easing of the non-porous sanctions that joy was short lived you have senators in the u.s. senate that. writing new sanction laws. is really government. trying to side with this first examined and then we have

the media outlets the third in line. in the united states and that is trying to scare. the american people of the europeans about iran and about the iran's intentions but judging by the messages that come from the president the intentions are to live and let others live in peace and change an attitude that doesn't seem to be welcomed by many old school politicians in the west even going to school. was briefly take a more detailed look at what exactly the landmark deal with iran involves iran agreed to reduce the rein him in richmond from twenty percent seen as too close to bomb making capability to five percent for the next six months and also deactivated its advanced centrifuges tehran has also agreed to freeze work at one of its most contentious facilities iraq heavy water reactor and allowed inspections by the un atomic watchdog in exchange the west agreed to unfreeze millions in iranian assets

and he some sanctions against the country of course whether this in term agreement grows into something long term will have to wait to see in twenty fourteen. these are called big chunks out here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chevron. this comes after a massive hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that sums up dubbed the gulag of our times. is an undeclared global battlefield in which young and just one of the front lines . of.

russia's supreme court will review the legal cases brought that were brought against me how hard they're called ski the recently released former oil tycoon and once russia's richest man if previous sentences on the cases are mitigated hard across his business partner could also walk free by discuss this development with artie's you've been following the proceedings. even though he has just been important by the president and he's currently in berlin he's still millions and millions of dollars in taxes to the state and he says that he's not planning to come back to russia until these taxes claims are lifted so theoretically we could see that happening and when it comes to. well we could see the man just walk out of prison sooner than his sentence was supposed to and what exactly prompted the supreme court to review this case in the first place but the cases were initially being reviewed by the european court for human rights which did find that they were not political but there were various violations in the way these cases proceeded

and so under the russian constitution now that its court decided that they have to review it question of the words after he would as well a process which has now been started by the head of the court and judging by his statements the man also thinks that they were. including the fact that the courts didn't take into account the reasoning of penalties for economic crimes. coming up later in the program standing on the brink of chaos label violence and bombing hits egypt old guard is trying to turn the nation's rage at their political rivals the muslim brotherhood now declared a terrorist organization. and hang the expense britons are showing like there's no tomorrow despite the country's off thirty dr studies say they'll be paying for their christmas birds well into the new year that story in just a few moments. back

in two thousand and three the rules of the game were not very clearly defined and what what our cost was locked out for you know was probably being done by many all there only guards but now the state made it absolutely clear that it's not going to tolerate breaking the law one became rich as a result of drug violence to say she was breaking certain rules because the rules in a very sort of who was a virtually nonexistent. condo cult. and i guess everyone i know to be in the same jail wound.

welcome back here with our to the international live from moscow the turkish government is a step away from a. full scale political crisis as ten of the country's ministers have been replaced by the prime minister over a high level bribery scandal but even not in pacify massive protest against official corruption with the opposition demanding the whole government and premier stepped down international relations professor hussein by chief believes the scandal has dealt a fatal blow to the reputation of the turkish prime minister it is the biggest political corruption in our history and if it is the case it is more than one hundred billion euro. some sources say i think the turkish government is having

difficulties to. cover the prime minister is the video harmed by this and i think the internal reactions and from there will be more strong accusations and the turkish government. will somehow try to defend the lost a lot of credit in the eyes of the electorate and also in the international public opinion. and you can take a look what we've got on line for you today caught in antarctica for christmas seventy passengers onboard an australian ship were hoping for a once in a lifetime adventure but got more than they bargained for when sea ice closed in on the vessel. was edward snowden back stage on r t dot com we've got some insight into the phone to one of the world's best known whistleblowers months after he sparked worldwide to bait and as a spy. for

the new book coming along the. same interview. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm wrong researcher. the seasonal shopping frenzy in britain will soon be squeezing the pockets of those unable to control their christmas spending a fresh study suggests that the buy now and pay later revelers are going to have a hard time repaying their rising credit card debts but for now nothing can stand in their way as laura smith finds out. people are in the grips of a buying frenzy last minute shopping last minute spending and last minute going

into debt british families are more likely to start the new year buried under a mountain of credit card debts than almost any of the europeans only rumanians and turks splash more plastic britons are also taking on more christmas debt in two thousand and thirteen than the year before which has prompted fears about the wider economy the bank of england says a recovery has taken hold but these debt figures raise the possibility that the recovery's actually being fueled by borrowed money other nations do have other forms of debt says i n. g.'s the miracle on a missed credit card have a killer pit bulls critic can in soft be expensive the interest rate on it furthermore credit card tends to get mixed up on various and she's taking part take credit card you pay to do that and you also pay for more precise things such as

a present which you need to pay back over a number of number of months for example critic card it can be particularly useful for a number of people but we must be aware of the pitfalls if you don't keep yourself under control for now though the most to hear on regent street spend today and deal with the consequences later or no in fact only one in four britons said they had any intention of paying the money back but the high interest rates on credit cards mean debt can easily spiral out of control and tough economic times potentially spell a less than happy two thousand and fourteen for the indebted. meanwhile one man's debt is another man's bonus as max and stacy pounce on some of the hit and run tactics of the financial world. the united states we have over and over jamie diamond in a and j.p. morgan is critical moment a crime it's a crime of crime they've they've paid

a dozens of fines this year for various crimes so you've got like jamie is begging to be imprisoned some people i've i've had this experience when i worked on wall street myself a lot of people they beg to be wiped out financially and my role as a stockbroker is to euthanize their accounts jamie dimon is a guy who's begging to be euthanized and i think as a country is a world we should get together and answer his wish he wants to become one with his maker he says look i broke the law please arrest me i want to go to jail and be abused by hundreds of thousands of inmates in some on godly way that's my goal in life i'm tired of being free put me in prison i beg you so he breaks more and more laws but unfortunately the law breaking becomes the basis of the g.d.p. for a country like america and they can't put him in jail because i need him out there breaking the law so they can pay themselves huge bonuses at the end of the year so he's really is an existential crisis that's as christmas wish but nobody will fill his christmas wish oh it will do

a. little. a transport aircraft has crashed in siberia in russia with the latest reports saying all mine on board have been killed a plane lost contact with air traffic control while en route from the city of novosibirsk to eat or crashing out of munitions depot near the airport while trying to land investigators say a technical problem or pilot error could have caused the crash or since they be a committee says the plane was registered as an experimental aircraft and was being flown from one factory to another. let's take a look now at some other world headlines for you a police officer has been killed and six people injured as anti-government protesters battled security forces in bangkok for a second day police fired tear gas and rubber bullets after demonstrators received registration center in a bid to halt upcoming elections the opposition said it would boycott the polls and

more rallies against the ruling party which they consider to be. security forces in indian administered kashmir have battled islamist insurgents killing one of them kashmir is capital city srinagar was also put on high alert following intelligence reports of armed rebels there militants who are fighting to establish an islamic state in asia have often targeted army and police forces in the region. a judge in saudi arabia has recommended that imprisoned blogger right badawi be charged for rejecting islam something that could carry the death penalty the activist has been behind bars since he was sentenced in june to a seven year term and six hundred lashes for making supposedly entry to pharmac statements on his liberal website the case has been linked to a wider crackdown with two of the country's best known political activists given jail sentences earlier this year. plunges deeper into chaos and

violence as a bomb attack on a bus leaves five people injured in the egyptian capital two more devices were found in diffused nearby the government blames the attacks on the muslim brotherhood which earlier declared a terrorist organization and also accused the brotherhood for tuesday's two sided bombing that left sixteen people dead even though an al qaeda linked militant group claimed responsibility i wrote based journalist shahira amin says egypt's efforts to stamp out the islamists will drag the country into more serious on the rest. this is a new a still a shift in the long running feud between the security state and the muslim brotherhood what they're trying to achieve is to crush the zionist group altogether and not to leave any room any space for that group to enter into political life again but they seem more defined the never they've already called for protests on friday saying that the coup is the real terrorism here and they

feel that this is a return to preach and you were twenty eleven return of the police state repressive measures being taken. all measures taken to silence any form of dissent so i expect more violence more bloodshed and it's it's a vicious cycle athletes are counting the days before the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi setting their sights on a cherished medal and the paralympic team knows exactly how it can do attitude helps both in sport and in everyday life here's the story of one athlete you think you fall for team gold. this is my second family thirty six year old by d.m.c. lukin is the captain of the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey paralympic team and this training base as his home. we're here almost every day at this training base morning till night training and while the games are just around the corner the

athletes are training even harder than africa well most of every day is the same we get up we have breakfast and we train on the days that we have a game to play we arrive at the stadium an hour before we spend some time to get ready and then we go and fight. but things haven't always been so crystal clear for him but team lost both his lacks while serving in the military and changed man. i remember everything like it was yesterday i was completely lost i didn't know what to do next my friends from the army supported me i got into sport first i tried swimming then athletics. in two thousand and four he launched a sport club for disabled sports men his daddy kishen to slash hockey began five years later at that time slash hockey was barely known in the country and there were no team snow conscious no experience but these guys managed to change that

sassed and fearless just like the plea. from the forget the workload it was strange at the beginning i remember there were very few of us at first training we tried to hold the sledge we could not handle the we were falling down constantly now the newcomers use us as an example. of patience commitment to training and outstanding determination these guys have it all to turn their lives their around and become a leaf athletes to make it to the national team and the next big challenge is to be the best at saatchi winter pearl and. it's very important to be determined to win the grand victory and never let go of my you know question a tool or region r.t. . we've been keeping up with my dream and russia's paralympic team for a while now and as they prepare to had to start table we're bringing more you can catch our previous reports on our website and here to join. the search for the

twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like and why is it so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games shaping the city's present and future what more sochi will bring you this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold and snowy windy mountainous stuff beyond dealing picks but the bone what's a starting germ of the first on our team. coming up next it's world apart with rocks on a bike. although i have gone duck hunting a few times i've never seen the duck dynasty t.v.

show but gosh i heard about the standoff involving one of the stars of the show phil robertson who got suspended for making what many consider anti homo sexual comments in an interview this celebrity scandal is creating a lot of arguments about freedom of speech on social networks many people who believe that robertson deserved to be booted from the show for what he said argue that freedom of speech means that robertson can't be arrested by the government for what he said but the any t.v. channel has the right to fire whom they like the thing is that if the situation were reversed and robertson was fired for making pro l.g. p.t. statements then people who are currently defending any right to hire and fire as they please would all be bashing the t.v. channel for violating the star's freedom of speech think cry that firing him would violate his rights and i'm sure some websites would make him into a hero or demand a boycott or closing of the forever very few people actually believe in freedom of speech for all they just believe in freedom of speech for people who agree with them but that's just my opinion.

dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. faces change the world rights now. to picture a days. from around the globe. look to. me. hello and welcome to worlds apart some of russia's most famous prisoners for at least recently as part of

a nationwide amnesty but rather than seeing it as an octave clemency critics accused the russian government of trying to manipulate public opinion on the eve of this all chilean picks so who is really beating the rap here well to discuss that i'm now joined by tunnel option not the russian program director for human rights watch thank you very much for your time first of all let's talk about the release of mikhail khodorkovsky whose case really stands out because it wasn't part of the amnesty but rather he was released on a presidential pardon. was put in was humanitarian grounds i wonder if you read anything into it whether you believe that the grounds were indeed humanitarian while bank it's largely an effort by the authorities to boost russia's image in the run up to the olympics in sochi and which are just a few weeks away. possibly the g eight summit which is also in sochi in another few months so yes indeed i would actually agree with me how you

how they're costly himself. it is a public relations project does it make of what's less well me or not told because indeed it means quite a lot for harder for his family it means quite a lot from those prisoners or if i may call them out there is in charge what most riots say for individuals for individual victims of abuses means that it means freedom but done for the state of the rule of law in russia i'm afraid it doesn't mean much while. no you just mentioned several other high profile cases that were part of the amnesty and again as i mentioned case is a bit different because it was totally up to put in the whether to release him or not it was his prerogative as president then he could have chosen not to exercise it so if amnesty was going on anyway if twenty.