it's twenty four seen everywhere on the new year's enjoyed a spectacular welcome across the globe with clouds of revelers a ringgit in times of white times our. present present visit the city of volgograd mourning the victims of successive suicide bombings up to a pledge to fight terror until the end it his new year address. also last year welcomes twenty four seen under new currency but many doubts that the crisis botted euro will turn out well. is just over a month before the winter games start insult we're told from decision preparing to host the olympics and a wound staff. you're

watching on c international live from moscow hello and a very well welcome to the program and the world has running the new year everywhere on the planet it's now fisher twenty fourteen and here's how it was welcomed across the globe last now have a look and australians were among the first to welcome twenty four team with their traditional dazzling display of fireworks over a million people blocks around the iconic bridge in sydney harbor bush was lit up by more than seventy tons of pyrotechnics festive crowds gathered in new york's times square to watch the famous crystal ball count down to midnight rio welcome to twenty four seven with a traditional party on the iconic cup like a banner beach over a million revelers gathered some trust in. traditional white

a good lock up as a ghetto to attract well something new yes champaign drinking trials fill the streets of the french campus all the while the nuns of hundreds of thousands i want to say see being lit by another breathtaking display and everyone here as international of course wishes you all. for russia the celebrations were mobbed by tragic events in volgograd west says a whole people were killed by two suicide bombings in two days president putin changed mr dish on new year's address in the wake of that tonks promising a massive chronic down on terrorists he also visited the morning satiate to pay tribute to the dead and visited the injured still in hospital. hollow reports now from walk around president putin has arrived 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 we know is 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 met them personally 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 and he was speaking for the first time not from him outside the kremlin but from the far east city of culture oscar where it was hit by a massive flood last year. with russia has always stood united in face of trial but argue that if your friend school in a way more in the digital image of the brutal terrorist attacks. we're here and we will continue to fight the terrorists with determination to use their resolve and

commitment to what i'm told they are all gone with but merely will provide support for the victims and their families we will accomplish everything we have blown and we will restore a build everything we have decided to restore our ability to pass the will despite the new year's festivities the city is in morning until the third of january commemorating the thirty four victims of the two terror attacks. over sixty people injured in the volga on terror attacks are still in hospital and among them is three months old vicar told. it was the youngest to be had she has been transported to most of the treatment medics say her condition is critical but stable because mother and grandmother were killed by the explosion while the girl's a blanket saved her life and of course all before her condition as well as the others who were injured. and for more on what's happening in volgograd now and to see how the locals are coming to terms with the tragedy had to answer

your call. along with the new year long a two year has welcomed a new currency becoming the eighteenth member of the eurozone but with the euro still emerging from a severe crisis many a lot here have their doubts about adopting the single currency as poss called the report. 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 the claims of 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's already and very is again the country its entrepreneurs and its people will have by seeing higher ratings and lower interest rates on their 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. about to make life easier for small businesses but customers alike all prices on display are going to show two amounts the price and lots and the price in euros twenty police. were too exposed to accept both lads and the euros. or 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 effects on the uniform they remain to be seen in this case the proof of the pudding really eating got r.t.

riga latvia. and the euro zone member griese whose economy has been struggling more than most is taking over the rotating presidency for the year politicians say their role is chance to prove and greece is a normal country despite all its economic woes let's now take a quick look at how some e.u. measures have been affecting athens and some other european economies so in the four years of e.u. austerity measures the nations shown here have seen their debt increase by as much as forty percent for greece and spain despite every quantum and four or euro zone countries to limit their national debt to sixty percent of g.d.p. or the same for the same time the average price for income house fallen in all of those states except germany while greece has been worst affected and assuming the e.u. presidency gives athens powers to regulate policies in the blog however one great journalist was spoke to doesn't expect much on that front. i believe that greece

gives some lessons of how. in the time of crisis and when a country has a huge problem this is very beginning leads only to disaster in that sense we can beat some lessons to other european countries and especially countries in the european very free but there is nothing else europeans believe we expect from greece at the moment these european président see not really make any changes in the europe in the european union that is going drawled primarily by very lean by some big financial institutions. in the poor of the european union. coming up later this hour scotland marks the start of a year of major decision so scots will have to say yes or no to the coming independence from independence from britain surrounded by fireworks and festive spirit travel to edinburgh to gauge public feeling on

a breakaway. in just a few weeks russia's most anticipated event of twenty four gets underway the world's went to ask for that chance to shine at the olympic games in sochi the city is nearly constructed venues are promising a warm welcome and a first class service. looks now at the tunnel for the. it's always been a subtopic cool vacation spot for russians now it's on the world's map for winter sports sochi one hope is that sports men and women dignitaries and spectators come the winter olympics and paralympic games. sochi is one of the southern most places in russia as the unofficial capital of the riviera all the caucuses the beaches and marina make the city popular in summer was skiing in the nearby mountains make it an ideal place for winter vacations. russian

is of course the main language used for 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 be free is to be stopped shopping with the t. base to get a full flexing of the and find a shop called metro middle screen if you could do with a daily stroll it's a new trend. the international olympic committee as the owner. with announcing that the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen i wore that to the city of sochi beach and it takes an hour to get to the poor little place has become a world class results in peak hour we now believe by the generating they succeed

here the mix of the new building rail line and world constitutes easy to gauge the strong legacy in the caucuses for generations to come. it's 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 it's what i see then through 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 have a helped. 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 quite often actually my expectations were superseded by the reality i didn't expect that it would be so good i went to lympics with many first innovative technology and environmentally friendly to such a lympics is all said she showcase russia to the world to bang with say such she r t. so it's a change for more reports from this year's city of olympic dreams from throughout the week here on our team to watch. so it's one of the twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like down the line is is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power of the games shaping the city's present and future life so if you will bring it this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold snowy windy mountainous dulcie beyond the olympics but to say. on our team.

there's a media lead us so we believe that maybe. by the same motion security for your party is a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our team. do we speak your language i mean some of the worn out of the. programs in

documentaries and spanish what matters to you. is it will turn a different angle of this story. here to. find out more visit actuality dot com. you're watching all seem to nationals good to have you with us and we've said goodbye to twenty thirteen but let's take a look at some of the events it will remember it full and it was a turbulent year for america which was wrong by the boston marathon bombings the government shutdown left a balancing on the verge of default and it almost launched a war on syria and of course twenty thirteen revealed how the n.s.a. hugs the country and the rest of the wild. is a washington advantage which you can sent us this report. it was

a year of cliffhangers we heard the white house direct 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 u.n. bulked while others worry that u.s. strikes could benefit extremists are going to. hurt 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 assad 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 pawling to me that in this circumstance in these times we spend 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 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 a few 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 showed 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 actual change of policy we hear words transparency and oversight more often. but the

reality is this president obama himself said he's quite happy with the way it was how the program works the boston bombings he may probe 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 he has nothing to do with the well it turns out it's not just bush problem it seems that washington is starting to see it more clearly. meanwhile signs of protesters in ukraine have remained camped out in central kiev for the new year's celebrations independence square has been the heart of the anti government protests for over

a month with the opposition calling for closer ties with the he. has been fully in the demonstrations from the beginning for. 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 was then they wanted a revolution was that was 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 all together. was a government building storm very huge build and top 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 premier others with a 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 in whether it's embittered sides continue to fight or unite. the one thing which ever to my eyes is the happenings at the my done right now 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 its one to hold the protest 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 now the speeches are how scotland welcome to you which promises to be momentous for

this contest people on september the eighteenth they will decide whether they want their country to go it alone after three centuries as part of britain in a new year dress to the nation david cameron urged scots to say no and stay with the u.k. and he saw fast and best case which way the vote could go. it's going to be a major year for scotland at the end of twenty four saying they're going to have that independence referendum and there is everything still to play for indeed the united kingdom this time next year could look vastly different services campaigns set to kick into first gear to try and convince faces either way ahead of that date we went up to scotland to speak to some of the scottish people to find out how they're feeling about once the tastes have been made and the glass is empty scotland will wake up to what's to be a very big year come september eighteenth and scottish faces will be asked the

question should scotland become an independent country in the arguments for and against what sort of swayze to say yes saying no i think just financially we're going to be job security but not everyone's course a new year resolution revolution i think the bank is going to get engaged trying to . forward to my second child dealt with the most growing whatever happens scotland's future now lies in its people's hands i think it means up it's going to timecode on the road here tonight would look after themselves not sure which way it's going to go to go and sort of everything like everything to be . served r.c. . our team has lined up plenty of stories to go on our website including how a thousand hopefuls are getting the chance to be the first settlers on the red planet and the african side being selected and what criteria they should mean to

become an option had to come. under present for the russian navy doesn't gift but it does have cruise missiles and south guided told peter tells all russia's new nuclear submarine are just a click away. and twenty says scene digital currency bitcoin not only moved from the dark corners of the internet to dinner table discussions it changed the game free of government regulations it was once considered money only for the tech savvy but just over a month ago it's skyrocketed about one thousand dollars for the first time patrick mark from the general counsel of the big crime foundation believes it has the potential to become genuinely 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 going 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 we're 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 sustained that's sustainable through here again the supply and demand the market mechanics as the market for big going matures you 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 . as now check out some other stories of from around the globe this hour a police see an ambassador has died after an explosion at his home in the czech capital prague it's reported he was in the apartment with his family and was

opening a save at the time of the blast and it's not immediately clear how the explosives ended up there. allyn manager of formula one driver michael shoemaker says his client's condition is stable but critical the forty four year old sporting legend suffered severe head injuries when he hit a rock while skating with his teenage son fans have gathered outside the hospital where he was undergone two operations on his brain and remains in medically induced coma. coming up on our senior national it's a bell with the latest crosstalk and if you're watching us in the u.k. do prepared to go underground with our sheraton. on the way to antarctica the crew of the i could face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme

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