Skip to main content

tv   Headline News  RT  January 2, 2014 12:00am-12:30am EST

12:00 am
the. medics join the fight for the lies of those wounded in two terror of blasts in volgograd we report on the most vulnerable victims of the violence. u.k. braces itself for a new wave of immigration is the e.u. this work permit requirements for gary ins and remain even while calls for david cameron to safeguard the borders are one he did. not count residents in new york have a new form of brutality to contend with and it's spreading like wildfire both online and on the streets. there it's nice to have your company you're watching international. doctors in
12:01 am
moscow are trying to save the lives of a baby and a young girl critically injured in the volgograd terrorist attacks they've been brought to the russian capital for special treatment after the blasts. as the details oh we're talking about two victims here both girls one of them is nine years old another one is just a three month old baby at this point the doctors are saying their condition is serious however they are talking about a positive dynamic and that is obviously very important especially in the case of two very vulnerable children now the nine year old girl was actually the victim of the first bombing that shook volgograd train station on the twenty ninth december her mom was also wounded in that blast when it comes to this second victim this three month old baby she was in the second blast which called a grad just less than twenty four hours after the first bombing attack bad bombing
12:02 am
took place on the thirtieth of december in a trolley bus unfortunately for the little baby she lost her both her mom and her grandmother in that terror attack and according to some reports from the doctors the only thing that literally saved the baby girl's life was her blanket that prevented her from receiving some very serious wounds from the debris that went flying however again she was in a very serious condition and that is why both of the girls are in this hospital behind me this essential russian children's hospital total of eighteen people have been brought in from volgograd to moscow to receive treatment however the two terror attacks took the lives of thirty four people more than forty have been injured and remain in hospitals in volgograd this is a just the second day off the new year generally a festive occasion in russia however things are anything but as festival holiday like in volgograd where i funerals of the victims of the two bombing attacks have
12:03 am
been taking place since the thirty first of december they are going to can. throughout this week. the first three days of the year are a period of mourning for volgograd region where things really remain quite tense thousands of police and internal troops have been brought in in order to scour the area the region for possible other terrorists lurking in the area so their end to terror raids going on there is also was a day terror alerts that have been issued for that has been issued for their region so things really remain quite tense. and on our website we do have more on the terror blast of broad brush or to head to the pictures analysis and reaction to the tragedy. is just over twenty four hours since the u.k. lifted its seven year migration restrictions on remaining. following in the wide
12:04 am
ruling most britons are ready to welcome migrants migrants but only if they integrate and work hard however a quarter say they want immigration cutback no matter what the law or say. a report on how the u.k. is bracing itself for the influx leading up to the new year the british government hadn't released any estimates about the number of remain ians ambled carians that they expected to arrive in britain now that immigration restrictions have been lifted for them and that uncertainty hasn't done much to allay the fears of the british public and although romanians and bulgarians now have every right to live and work freely anywhere within the european union year of skepticism and public concerns over mass immigration a written all time high if you're coming to claim benefits you shouldn't that shouldn't be allowed and also if you fall out of work you shouldn't be able to go on claiming benefits you should be asked to return to your country for the latest
12:05 am
report. by the institute of public policy research dismissed these as symbolic gestures saying that britain can cope with very many and ample garion migration according to the paper instead of a law making the public the government merely needs to implement some minor contingency measures in order to help schools and housing stretch this deadline has been known about for precisely seven years so the idea that we should be rushing around panicking about it now it's completely absurd it's the duty of not just government but all over the years to be response but they seem to explain the facts which are on the whole i'm arguing for considerably less likely to claim benefits rather than the persons remaining in diplomats to say that their citizens are deeply offended by that portrayal as scroungers and criminals in the u.k. press they point out that most of their citizens are hard working and will contribute to british society something that economists here
12:06 am
a happy to back up it's quite important for politicians to step back and explain that this is not the end of the world but on the whole immigration and indeed free movement within europe and you know been quite beneficial to the u.k. economy despite the politicians tough talk in the tabloid headlines fears of a lot of migrants have been dismissed as nonsense and according to remain in officials most of their countrymen would prefer to live in spain or italy anyway judging by the weather here so you can blame them plenty boy they ought see london i'm a writer and journalist john white's plays migration actually benefits the u.k. hugely. oh the available evidence is that the migration to britain has been an it positive both in terms of cultural enrichment and economic investment if you just take the health service for one example we are a national health service ridge be nonexistent with migrant labor all levels
12:07 am
of skill nurses doctors consultants and clinicians we have to remember that one point six million britons british nationals are working through the u. and they enjoy the benefits of that so if we start setting up you shouldn't draw benefits from migrants we can expect a quid pro quo. but when you're on this is a tough economic challenges are becoming more and more extreme still to come on arts a right wing groups again in grants from the u.k. to greece and their voice is set to get round that with the year of pain parliamentary elections looming in the spring. that story to come also city has new tracks not just for the athletes this time stay with us for a look at the newest additions to soft g.'s infrastructure that will with sports fans to the venue in sync for a quick time. a new form of violence has hit the streets of new
12:08 am
york and police that seem unable or unwilling to do anything to stop it portnoy has more now on the new gang craze that's spreading fear across the city. you're walking down the street minding your own business and without warning police say they are investigating yet another knockout attack attackers mainly in their teens targeting victims at random it's called the knockout game the goal of this violent and twisted so called game is to knock a stranger unconscious with a single punch a feared phenomenon across the nation the ongoing brutality has claimed lives in at least three u.s. states here in new york city more than ten people have been randomly assaulted among the youngest a twelve year old student among the oldest a seventy six year old woman was walking along warman avenue when a man struck her in the head this man too scared to show his face on camera says he
12:09 am
was attacked last month while walking home from work surrounded me one of them as i tried to get away one of them said step towards me and. with the close is on the face in some cases suspects have been arrested and charged however exacerbating the problem these videos uploaded on you tube have been viewed by millions raising concerns about copycat attacks many knockouts have taken place in broad daylight as victims were walking through their own neighborhoods and as the n.y.p.d. a department of thirty four thousand officers continue struggling to curb the string of violence citizens are seeking alternatives to stay safe. former n.y.p.d. officer rabbi gary moskowitz is offering his seventh degree black belt skills for free to knock out victims and others seeking protection we're going to someone who
12:10 am
works worker you must learn how to be aware you must learn how to fight if some girls are time for the knockout attacks are for him and for him ready to moskowitz believes are likely motivated by gang initiation something the n.y.p.d. hasn't officially acknowledged if they ignored her there's a guy who had a problem is they have to really try to curb all the guns and they can't do that so for fear for a long time they don't want to put a name on something right away because if they put on and one of them they have to go after r.t. reached out to the n.y.p.d. to find out what america's most powerful police department is doing to combat the knockout epidemic our questions and interview requests were ignored it is not fair to ask any pleas for parm to be able to be assigned to everybody in the shrewd they can protect. us from new york city streets the big apple's mass surveillance system does actually allow officials to know where and when many of the crimes are occurring but so far filming the knockouts hasn't helped to prevent them marino.
12:11 am
new york. mystery teams arising from the fukushima meltdown site but the company responsible for cleaning up the worst nuclear disaster. as bio. to explain the nature of the stadium saying it's too radioactive to approach you can read more about this story. also today united arab emirates makes it into the guinness book of records for the world's biggest firework display four hundred thousand rockets fired in the new year and you can check out the stunning footage. right to see. first street. and i think picture. on our reporter's twitter. instagram. could be in the. long haul. if
12:12 am
you. know opportunity. to start to construct your own terms. no longer be a bit give don't want to be gangstas you don't want to be. they don't want that blow with the time that a kid came to be we can see. you just needs a zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero problems in the hood . but i said what about the. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young. drug some of the sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. in the
12:13 am
european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs needs he. international action. you want to enter our territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. welcome back now nothing seems to be able to stop europe's to the political right without any tentative signs of economic growth good news for deeply indebted countries like greece and france it's a movement that seems difficult to reverse. takes our close in the continent in
12:14 am
search of nuances to hard problems. from the d.l. and britain and the north to golden dawn in greece and the south far right groups are making their voices heard in europe finance its financial crisis affected everyone and it has allowed the right wing organizations to give people someone to blame for their problems it's those people's fault that is how they were accrued greece has seen a marked increase in support of the far right and neo nazi groups golden dawn and organization the right did by their critics as hooligans and third heralded by their supporters as the savior for greece for the greeks and they systematical the brits and cultivate. via peer group but they attack systematical immigrants present golden dawn of made it
12:15 am
further than most they have elected officials on their books including current greek m.p. elias comes to the out us it's not only in politics that extreme right to abuse the permeating this goal celebration by a week here in athens just kept the oddest so the midfielder found for life from the national team despite his claims that he didn't know what the salute meant but the clearest indicator of the popularity of the far right will be when europeans go to the polls in may to vote in the e.u. parliamentary elections. one of those parties on the rise and francis buddy in le pen's national front. european people are realizing that the use in empire the soviet union that in fact is destroying their freedom despite insistences that they want to take part in the political discourse we've seen repeated violent clashes involving these groups even in some of the most stable
12:16 am
nations like austria where around people voted for parties that are considered the right wing in a recent election. so we need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreigners but enough is enough. e.u. is saying where the money should go to like and who can poor countries as it should stay in their own country and they used to wouldn't be like. dictate everything. to us it used to be that opar. interest spruced and the e.u. second now it's only. it seems as long as europe's finances continue to languish in the red more and more its people are seeking answers to the right peter all of germany. your hands berg is an expert in social trends and he says the poor state of the economy explains europe's lean to the far right. the financial
12:17 am
crisis is really to keep these parties have gained support in recent years the crazy said led to distrust of politicians is it has led to distrust of immigration or immigrants and i think what they're offering is not a very concrete alternative in terms of policy in terms of economic policy support for these parties is really based on you know and dislike of the established political regime whatever that is and so people are looking for some alternative and these parties come in and provide that but i don't think it's clear to people what they actually represent or what the consequences of their policies would be. and up ahead this hour max kaiser puts his finger on one of the reasons europe struggling too in the from its economic doldrums politicians who simply don't know what they're doing. we now know that people who are in charge of
12:18 am
economics know absolutely nothing about money for example none of their economic models include money they just are modeling based on certain assumptions that don't include debt so in the u.k. economy as close to a thousand percent debt to g.d.p. inclusive a bank their national debt household debt corporate debt that's a thousand percent what you iceland before blew up but i was born tells us this is a good this is a recovery this is good news and this to paper the times of london carries a story saying he's the britain of the year he's the clout of the year he should be getting the clown of the year meanwhile the clown association over there at the festival of red nose day one of the color comic relief they've they're out there actually investing in cigarette companies gambling companies energy companies they're the ones investing in the worst the worst of the worst in terms of companies so the real clowns are investing in death and destruction and this guy is not supposed to be a clown is out there doing
12:19 am
a cloud of team getting people more into debt. the kaiser report coming up in a few minutes time now this just over a month to go before the winter olympics kick off in sochi in the final preparations are underway in the city artie's abang not say took a ride to the venue suborder specially built a state of the art. there's a new olympic track in town this one's not just for the. skyline has a new landmark a state of the art railway station which will help seamlessly transport the tens of thousands of sports fans to the games come for every. one people will go through this terminal at the adler station going towards the coastal cluster where the olympic park is as well as in the monsoon as. let's take a look at how long it takes you. to one of the venue. security is paramount
12:20 am
but keeping people moving is really is also a priority especially when dealing with so many people who are you to the city. this is the hot little give visitors where they need to be throughout the olympics and paralympics. mind you in your way in a new country can be daunting particularly if there's a new language that you haven't seen before now what so she as well as the administration have done is made things easy for you making all those signs in both english and russian so you never gave it is easy. as well as the games. will be getting one spends zipping around this year as well as world cup spectators come twenty eighteen. it's really really very. very comfortable.
12:21 am
in the areas peaks and valleys. one of the international award tonally to the environmentally sensitive led. efforts paid off to give passengers a more pleasant one. fifteen minutes later we just knew from the subtopic call prompts. and now. the beautiful mountain news offical. thirty minutes later. and we finally made it to our followed the nation with a glance it's a little bit cold here in. gaza we're going to warm you up with more from the be on the olympics with me tell them what they in the senate seat obviously lympics so i will leave you with that
12:22 am
a very warm welcome from sochi. wattis we have more reports from the winter olympics city throughout this week. showed more of the country's fourteen olympics what's this police line. is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future what more sochi will bring yet this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold and snowy windy mountainous tough beyond the olympics but the bunks it. let's look at some other news now clashes have erupted between pro morsi protesters and supporters of the army in egypt leaving two dead ten people were arrested after the fighting broke out in the city of alexandria tensions have risen after the interim
12:23 am
government branded the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group last week hundreds of people have died in m rest across the g eight after former president mahmoud morsy was deposed by the army in july last year. three bombs have gone off in quick succession outside a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu killing eleven people officials say one of the first explosions was a suicide attack nobody has claimed responsibility but the radical islamic group al-shabaab has carried out a campaign of violence against the government for more than two years the hotel that was targeted is often used by government officials and is one of the most secure in the city. about fifteen thousand ukrainian nationalists have taken to the streets of kiev they march carrying torches and flags to commemorate the hundred fifth anniversary of stepan bandera he was a controversial political figure who still divides opinion some mostly in the west of the country see him is no roic leader of the liberation movement while others
12:24 am
call him a traitor pointing out his collaboration with nazi germany against the soviet union . conditions in a refugee camp in south sudan are reaching crisis point is thousand struggle to find enough clean water at least one hundred and twenty thousand people have fled their homes many have come to this camp in the capital juba more than a thousand people have died in fighting since the former vice president tried to take power by force two weeks ago talks between the government and rebel groups are expected to start soon. and at least nineteen people have been arrested in the u.s. has dozens of activists tried to disrupt the annual rose parade in pass to do. the main reasons for discontent this sharing played fracking unemployment i'm real estate foreclosures hundreds of thousands of spectators going to see the event that dates back to eighty ninety. six as promised it's
12:25 am
a month since stacy who are out to get corrupt bank is an incompetent politicians because the report is coming. the beginning of the loan cultic night marks a new phase for island life. in the in the temptation of. the dog this last for six months. there are more polar bears than people.
12:26 am
and it is easy to hide the rifle on the scooter. because the island is so inexplicable there are no indigenous people but there are all those who do choose this frozen life. this is could be right about if you. choose your language call it a killer though if you're going to kill some. choose to use the consensus to. choose to get the news that immigrate to. choose the stories that impact the lives choose the access to your office.
12:27 am
welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser britain's clowning community fears its good name has been tarnished after incidents of people in clown costume scaring members of the public the copy cat craze believed to have been started by a man known on facebook as the northampton clown involves people dressing as the circus characters to surprise passers by in public places i know what you're thinking you're thinking that sounds a whole lot like the terrifying clowns of westminster george osborne with his big red nose and floppy feet scaring citizens into taking on ever more debt for fear of quote missing out on the property ladder or the equally horrifying stephen king like clowns of ben bernanke gave marconi wearing their big red through the wigs and staring menacingly in through your window at night pointing teeny tiny scored down
12:28 am
to the bankers. or plundering a bank account of the national wealth yes these horrid clowns are scaring people off clowns altogether oh what a tragedy stacy yes max in fact you mentioned the clown of westminster george osborne we have an image here from william bonzai he was staring in apparently into william bonds a sevens window over the new year but time magazine named him the briton of the year george osborne for his economic policies the very next day over here on the guardian they observer the weekend edition of the guardian their front page mortgage rise will plunge a million into perilous debt so the economic policies are working making him a hero to the times because the housing market is bubbling bubbling bubbling but it's cause paralysed debt so he's a hero to the payday loan industry that's for sure because his policies don't
12:29 am
support growth they support more debt and more people end up going to payday lenders at extortionate rates and then about in this country anyway the amount of poverty the amount of hunger the amount of homelessness is skyrocketing and that's thanks to george osborne yes i saw some sort of posters over the christmas and new years time where it's like britain is not eating going along with the former tory policy of saying britain is not working we guarding the labor policy so here we're having britain is not eating that's right in duncan smith yes who's a politician here found that insulting so he'd like a big fat baby stormed out of parliament who. got the boot so there's a man so going back to this headline of mortgage rise will plunge a million into perilous debt they say more than a million homeowners will be at risk of defaulting on their mortgage.

33 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on