welcome to twenty fourteen time zone by time zone citizens around the world how welcome to the new yeah on the planet of course has been celebrated in style. news but the new rochelle gives to those only stood united in the face of trial which allegedly putin says he'll finds terrorism till the end of his new un new young message to the nation before heading to the city of volgograd what to bomb attacks killed thirty four people. also the sound as long to the end as the eurozone at the start of twenty four scene we'll look at a point this could bring for the country based on the ever increasing debts of

those already because our. and our correspondent gives you a chance to become more familiar with the host city of sochi all that's bad to catch the eye and report from the streets and squares of the winter games comes. and welcome to all seem to national twenty four hour news live from moscow telling star in our. the new year has come to almost all the corners o.b.'s and now only some of the most remote islands in the pacific are still on twenty thirty in the u.s. the crossroads of the wild times square was the epicenter of one of the excitement and that's where we saw the famous crystal ball count down to midnight on massive crowds saying old lang syne and in new york. the rest of the planet are now well

into twenty four tane the new yeah was heralded from the great wall of china and the world's tallest skyscraper debil i to the onion of the kremlin and the flair of the love that i. find grounds for some spectacular fireworks display a few feet and of course the best shots for you to enjoy and maybe to choose your next and yet this nation and they imply i'll see new steam best wishes and a happy. of course twenty said tina didn't and i'm the happiest of notes in russia after the bombings in volgograd obligingly period has traveled to this something say should devastated by two explosions which left many more injured margaret howell now. president putin does arrive in volgograd and he has had

a very busy morning he laid flowers at the site of the latest blast on monday an explosion that ripped through a trolley bus during rush hour whoknows also taking a tour of one of the hospitals here where many of the wounded are being treated he was briefed on their condition and that's implicitly wishing each of them a fast recovery and a happy new year the president also held a meeting with the heads of the federal security service and emergency committee on their current terror activities with the tragic events in volgograd where we're on putin's mind however even before the new year as he rewrote that annual address to the nation pledging to fight terrorism till the very end. he was speaking for the first time not from him outside the kremlin but from the far east city of culver osc where it was hit by a massive flood last year. but the new russia has always stood united in face of trial but argue that if your friends and school in a way mourn the victims of the brutal terrorist attacks we're here and we will

continue to fight the terrorists with determination and good ideas the resolve and commitment until they are all gone what really will provide support for the victims and their families will loom we will accomplish everything we have planned with them knowing we will restore a build everything we have decided to restore our ability to pass the word well despite the new year's festivities the city is and morning until the third of january commemorating the thirty four victims of the two terror attacks. well the efforts to rescue a russian vessel trapped in the ice in the antarctic have so far failed an australian icebreaker has altered the terms to the weather while a chinese one got stuck as well on its way to the russian ship which are website on to dot com to learn how the seventy four stranded people marks the beginning of the new. also in line for you setting the date an agreement

has reportedly been reached between iran and world powers on the implementation of the nuclear deal learn the details on the box on policy dot com. right to see. her story. and i think the true. on our reporters would. be in the. for last year there was more to celebrate at the start of twenty four saying as new year fireworks exploded in the skies at midnight over the compas whole riga the country became the eighteenth member of the eurozone but as our seas paul scott found out opinions on the adoption of the euro are not as unanimous as it may first

see. you know you have to understand if a country wants to be independent it has to have its own independent currency a currency it prints itself and controls itself under it and his organization are calling for a referendum he says the latvian people have had the euro forced upon them and haven't been allowed their say and claims the vast majority of the population are opposed to the move. there's always some who will benefit at the top end but the majority will lose out latvia will import goods from other e.u. countries at a cheaper rate which will mean we produce less and ruin the economy. recent statistics from a leading latvian pollster showed that fifty three percent of latvians are opposed to the move while only twenty two percent think it is a good idea with legitimate concerns over the state of the eurozone the bank of latvia has launched a p.r.

campaign in an attempt to convince people now is the right time for the country to switch currency whenever we have a chance we explain to people that sloppier is a small open economy with both loans and deposits very much in euro zone already and various again the country its entrepreneurs and its people will have by seeing higher ratings and lower interest rates on their on their lives although there's little public support and economic instability across the continent one leading opposition figure says the government simply has no choice but the news business it's inevitable we took responsibility to join the eurozone when we entered the e.u. time will tell it doesn't matter what money is in our pockets it matters how much of it we have. now to make life easier for small businesses and the customers alike all prices on display are going to show two amounts the price and lots and the price in euros twenty pleas.

for too exposed to accept both flats and the euros. whatever currency you choose to pay we're supposed to give you a change in the euros. so it's not going to work i don't know how i don't know how it's going to display here for me but i hope somehow it. it will work well but of course it will be confusing especially first two weeks as people like kareena learn to adapt to the new currency the long term effect on the levy and economy remains to be seen in this case the proof of the pudding really. arty riga latvia. greece though seems to be fed up with its own new year approaching the country where almost a quarter of the population is at the risk of poverty is beginning its term as rotating e.u. president stands in trainer of france now take a quick look at how the blocks policy has affected athens and some other european

economies and the four years of austerity measures or the nation's shown here on this screen have been bad have actually increased their debts in greece and spain by forty percent that's despite the fact all countries adopting the euro must not allow their national public debt to exceed sixty percent of gross domestic product average income of the people living in these countries has fallen except in germany and the was to always greece as you can see here meanwhile the country's leaders are sure that athens will leave its bailout program within the year and won't need a third aid package and one greek journalist would talk through what the e.u. did to his country is a cautionary tale. i believe that greece can give some lessons of how. in a time of crisis and when a country has a huge problem that this is very beginning only to disaster in that sense we can beat some measures the other european countries and especially countries in the

european very free but there is nothing else for europeans to expect from greece at the moment these european presidency can not really make any changes in the europe in the european union that is controlled primarily by. some big financial institutions. in the core of the european union. there's no doubt about the most anticipated moment of twenty fourteen for winter sport athletes it's of course that chance to shine of the olympic games and sultry an enormous amount of work has been done because a world class resort had to be turned into an international winter sports haven pretty much from scratch and his answer is to say with all you need to know about the houses. it's always been the subtopic call vacation spot for russia and

now it's on the world's map for winter sports so she wore hose that sports men and women dignitaries and spectators come the winter olympics and paralympic games. sochi is one of the southernmost places in russia as the unofficial capital of the riviera of the caucasus the beaches and marina make the city popular in summer last skiing in the nearby mountains make it an ideal place for winter vacations. russian is of course the main language used by days in the service industry of brushing up on the english while key information signs are also being translated your first reaction. to sochi is that it's big with high rising buildings and an urban attitude this may surprise many the wrong to the faces to the subtopic of the teeth its basic beautiful collection of the ents divina shops pulp natural mineral spring

keeping fit to wear the daily stroll is a new trend. the international olympic committee has the honor. of announcing that the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen are wardak to the city of sochi. and gymnastics in the heart yes in the pool of the plexi has become a world class resort in lympics are renowned for reviving and regenerating host city here the mix of new building rail line and will cost synergies we need the games with a strong legacy in the caucasus for generations to come. it's so obvious and easy to said that's what's going to happen here is that they will have a beautiful ski resorts nice hotels nice facilities nice transport and differently they have the potential to attract tourists here no doubt spread across two distinct areas the games coastal cluster is what in the ice events in the city and

the mounting cost for sports like skiing and bobsled the two clusters only thirty minutes apart making these games one of the most compact ever held but have all the infrastructure changes made a difference for those who call sochi home including people with disabilities. first of all there are many ramps and many places are accessible now lifts first of all the winter theater here in the square i used to visit it and quite often actually my expectations were superseded by the reality i didn't expect that it would be so good a window lympics with many firsts innovative technology and environmentally friendly the such lympics is all set to showcase russia to the world to say such r t. think change for more reports from basic safety of olympic gold trains from to bang on say bottle bearing and throb

a week here on us. soil only one of the twenty fourteen olympics was displays lying on the line is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the game should be the city's present and future a lot more so it will bring you this is a moment to everybody from a very cold and snowy windy mountain is tough beyond the olympics what to say. on our chain.

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see international welcome back and let's take a few moments and look back at the main events the defined twenty set seen on those which will leave them malcolm twenty fourteen and as americans celebrate the new year with hopes of leaving or the troubles behind the still plaintive challenges to facing twenty fourteen from extensive austerity costs on the ever living debt ceiling to pressure to rein in massive aid on its get metric on has been taking a look at what's ahead for the who are. it was a year of cliffhangers we heard the white house threat military action we saw the us congress threaten default to blackmail the president it's been a roller coaster but very few enjoyed it and here's a quick look back at some of the twists and turns. team obama prepared to hit syria the un bolt while others worry that u.s. strikes could benefit extremists. the american people wouldn't buy it

either so president obama finally took up the russian proposal to cut a deal and we will work together in consultation with russia and china to put forward a resolution at the u.n. security council requiring us to give up his chemical weapons and to ultimately destroy them under international control desist for war in syria live many americans wondering why their representatives weren't as robust in helping them so paul and to me that in this circumstance in these times we spent two or three or more weeks deciding whether we should conduct what is laughingly referred to as a humanitarian war in congress the republicans used the debt limit to blackmail president obama and starve funds for a medical insurance scheme for millions of americans which is struggling to get off the ground anyway the government close for over two weeks and us that default fears put the world back on economic alert with suspiciously dramatic time in congress eventually you'll do it but its reputation was sealed it will leave millions

dangling on the brink of a catastrophe so if you can score political points you had many politicians calling for reforms in the wake of for snowden's revelations and at the same time calling him a traitor the obama administration of course had to do some damage control after all the revelations show that the government had lied to the people about this program but it seems it's going to be damage control more in words than an actual change of policy we hear words transparency and oversight more often. but the reality is as president obama himself said he's quite happy with the way it was how the program works the boston bombings in april which killed three people and injured two hundred sixty four in fact and it actually said something about how this surveillance program works the two perpetrators somehow flew under the radar although the f.b.i. and the cia had received warnings from russia about one of them a year before it happened but the u.s. law enforcement didn't act on those wordings possibly looking at the guy you know

was from chechen descent and thinking it's russia trying to solve its problems and that it has nothing to do with the uighurs well it turns out it's not just for shits problem it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. the united states saw a number of scandals and twenty thirteen with the true scope of it secret global monitoring missions exposed by whistleblower edward snowden but he has subsequently stressed another major issue as the south us report. the snowden revelations arguably the biggest security leak in u.s. history and the impact of that really cuts governments the country's worldwide and no more was felt than hair in the u.k. but as you're about to see it wasn't just edward snowden he paid the price for getting the truth out there. as revelation of the revelation came britain began

playing hardball if the government couldn't get its hands on snowden they'd get whoever they kid even the partner of the journalist he got the leaks into the. the scape case the bailiffs with this year laid bare deeply embarrassing the prime minister he promised to protect privacy rights but instead of reining in the spooks the knives were out for the newspapers of this country. how do you want. to. live in a democracy. most of the people working on this story british people who have families in this country who love this country. the question but yes we are patriots. and one of the things we are patriotic about is the nature of the democracy in the nature of a free press for a while and it looks like something was going to be done all the ukase intelligence themselves for the first time giving evidence in the public but there was none of

the high handed interrogation that the whistle blowing journalists enjoyed serious conflict going on between a. growing national security system in the west and those people who are trying. to expose what that system is doing and so as president his twenty fourteen days he worked so hard to expose the truth remain more resolved than ever to keeping that debate alive. and ukraine the new get the cities how about couldn't make up for the deep divide within the country protests continue in the capital kiev as the opposition calls for closer ties with the new and exciting has been following that a sound. this is a political protest this is the anger at the country's government and the president president something which has been going on for more than six weeks now it's rather turbulent six weeks for ukraine as i mentioned my report. first they wanted to be

in europe. then they wanted a revolution was that was ukraine's leaders feared that a free trade zone with the e.u. would cause industry to collapse the crowds never bought that but when the police used force against peaceful bro e.u. protesters. they stopped caring altogether. government building stormed barricades built and talked western politicians dropping by the german and dutch foreign ministers and a deputy u.s. secretary of state before u.s. senator john mccain weighed in taking a swipe at russia stalks while stirring up the key of crowds himself remember all those were few american is where you find me but none of them dug ukraine out of its mess mosco late agreed to help with a discount on gas prices and

a fifteen billion dollar loan for the now entrenched protesters the lifeline was a sellout. any treaty with russia is not worth the paper it was signed on. key of still has the crowds what's more twenty fifteen will see ukraine choose its next president a leader who needs to make a difference and whether it's embittered sides continue to fight or unite. the one thing which are pretty mises the happenings at the my done right now is the better is the christmas tree over there usually it is a christmas tree which the authorities set up in the central square for people to come here to celebrate right now is something of a protest symbol is covered with ukrainian flag as it's covered with protest banners and even. the banner of the former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who is now in jail indeed the euro my done has become something of a state within a state it lives by its own laws people are sleeping here they set up tent camps they're cooking food and it's really unlikely they're willing to disperse that

anytime soon the opposition already said about his plan to hold the protesters at least until the end of january then in fact holding a huge national wide strike on a generally the twenty fourth that's how it is right now but definitely twenty fourteen will be a very turbulent year for ukrainian politics because in a little more than twelve months from now at the end of january twenty fifteen the people will take to the polls to elect a new president and that will be some very serious political battle especially considering everything which has happened in the last two months in this country. twenty thirteen has been a game changer for the friends digital currency big car and freo government regulations it was once considered money only for the tech savvy but just over a month ago it's sort of about one thousand dollars for the first time and patrick mack from the general counsel of the big current tom de sion believes it has the potential to go mainstream i do think what you're going to see with big coin is

a internet reference currency a currency build for the internet that enables consumers to reap tremendous advantages there's no person behind big coin or company behind because that's the whole point there's been some volatility but that's not unexpected when you think about a new system that's just come around just about to hit five years old right for a technology that's very very new and people are just starting to learn about it and get excited about it but i think over time what you'll see is that the price will level out it will come to a level that sustain that's sustainable through through again the supply and demand market mechanics as the market for big coin matures you won't see the dramatic swings that could be even a couple more years from now before we get to that level but it will likely happen in a while one of the major developments to come out of russia at the very end of two thousand to thirteen was the pardon of the former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky

spent a decade behind once russia's richest man had been in prison for tax fraud and embezzlement president putin granted one of confiscates pardon on humanitarian grounds as the former tycoons month a seriously going to looks not what could be next. after ten years in jail and that's close to now has to decide what to do which is newfound freedom and some of his plans have caused if you raised eyebrows. some of my comrades remain in jail they are my fellow sufferers for example my friend platon lebedev i like save the children there are still other political prisoners in russia not only those related to the u. cos case i am free now and i'm asking you to think of it as something which symbolizes that the efforts of civil society can lead to the release of some people who no one thought would be able to walk free but you can was the head of security for mr hodder course his oil company yukos he is currently serving

a life sentence for five counts of murder in two thousand and seven a court convicted that you're going to ordering the shooting of. the mayor of a town in siberia but the court had clashed with us over his insistence that the oil giant pay taxes due to his town by yukos was registered there so when it came to tax revenues it was answering to the mayor of nifty your guns could put the whole of they depended on him and that was the only reason why he even mattered only time will solve the mystery surrounding my husband's murder but i'd just like a cocky to confess and clear his conscience while on trial for the murder of her to hopefully exhibit true again was serving twenty years in prison for the attempted murder of former the visor or. after quitting her post with you because she went to work as the head of p.r. for the mayor of moscow it was then that a bomb was placed in her moscow apartment fortunately it doesn't need to know when i was home course in osisko that comments about political prisoners as self-serving

. how to cough accuse a hostage of his own past he can't act differently now if he ever recognizes what his security forces were doing he will automatically become responsible i think now he fears that. may start talking and what the third case could potentially be is a further investigation into those murders and assaults which the company security forces carried out how to craft. he has no other choice he will continue to insist people from his security department op little presidents and he will pretend to be pushing for. the adulation heaped upon mr khodorkovsky has left some of those watching feeling only half the stories being told despite his insistence that he was a political prisoner many in russia believe he broke the law and that's why he was sent to jail in a go school r.t. moscow and coming up next an international it cycles talk about.

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