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arabic to find out me visit arabic dot com. sounds as if police officers scoured the city of volgograd after it was trying to buy two terror attacks as medics fight for the lives of the wounded after reports on the youngest victims of the violence. the view has opened its doors to romania and bulgaria an immigrant's lifting seventy year old restrictions and causing many in britain to worry about a possible in flags. and fun and games lead to serious injury and death with us police dealing with the spread of random attacks on members of the public reportedly as part of a gang initiation. hello
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and welcome to our international twenty four hour news live from moscow our top story now thousands of security officers have landed in the russian city of volgograd following two terrorist attacks in two days they're trying to find those responsible and stop a third act of terror taking place this is side bombings took the lives of thirty four people leaving dozens injured and doctors are still fighting to save the lives of two critically wounded young girls who were brought to moscow for specialist treatment are going to now reports. russian children going to hospital it's one of the best such hospitals in the country and the girls are both being treated here now the nine year old received her injuries during the first blast that took place in the volgograd on the twenty ninth of december both the girl and her mother have sustained injuries and that's terror attack this second
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terror attack which had called the less than twenty four hours later on december thirtieth that she placed on the child the bus where both the mother and the grandmother of the three month old baby were killed the girl was said and that is the report according to some of the doctors the girl was saved by a blanket in which she was wrapped which prevented her from receiving life threatening injuries from the debris that went flying regarding the state of health of both girls the doctors are remaining cautiously optimistic because their injuries are serious and so is their condition overall eighteen people have been brought into law school for treatment these are some of the more serious cases out of the more than forty people who have sustained injuries thirty four people have been killed in the two terror attacks in volgograd traditionally new year's is one of the biggest holidays in the country but obviously this is due it is have been seriously dampened by the horrific attacks of volgograd in fact of the first three
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days of the year are declared days of mourning in the volgograd region there is also an alert of fish. terror. danger in the region as well and the mood is also exacerbated by the fact that there are thousands of police who have been brought in from other regions as well as internal troops who are literally calming the city of volgograd and the region looking for possible clues and also of course to prevent any other terror attacks from happening again so obviously a very desperate kind of trying time for the volgograd region at the moment. following that time some russian m.p.'s have called for the toughest of responses to terrorism they want to bring back the death penalty of anyone responsible opponents say the current law is enough and for a closer look at that debate go to our website. the live to that seven year migration restrictions on both garia and remain here
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but authorities in the two poorest countries deny this will need to a massive influx which has been the subject of much scaremongering mongering in the british press and a recent poll shows that a quarter of britons drastic action taken to curb the number of migrants is point a boy. leading up to the new year the british government hadn't released any estimates about the number of remain ians ambo gary and 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
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anywhere within the european union skepticism and public concern say the mass immigration a written all time high what are you currently doing to stop the influx of skilled workers in from the e.u. and planning to do we've made absolutely sure that it's not possible for people to come here simply to claim benefits to a putting a brace very tough measures in controls but the latest report by the institute of public policy research dismissed these as symbolic gestures saying that person can cope with very many and ambo garion migration according to the paper instead of alarming the public the government mainly 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 power making about it now it's completely absurd it's quite important for politicians to
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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 been quite beneficial to the u.k. economy remain and 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 hardworking and will contribute to british society something that economists had a happy to back up over the available evidence is that the migration to britain has made it positive both in terms of cultural and richmond and economic in which we have to remember that one point six million britons british nationals are working through you and they enjoy the benefits of that so if we start setting up you shouldn't draw benefits for migrants then we can expect a quid to cool cool despite the talk politicians. talking the tabloid headlines fears of
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a flood of migrants here 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 who can blame them. see london. and immigration is just one of the issues pushing people across europe to political extremes the financial crisis has seen the popularity of far right groups while across the region now there's concern about the methods being used to push their policies for. a new form of past time with america's gun and suspected members of the public are being targeted by a random us hawks trust for the fun of it marina burton i reports now on a dangerous game that has already been blamed for several deaths. 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
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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 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 was attacked last month while walking home from work surrounded me one of them as i try to get away one of them has stepped out towards me and. with the clothes is hit me in the face in some cases suspects have been arrested and charged however exacerbating the problem these videos uploaded on you tube have been viewed
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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 up to someone who works worker you must learn how to be a where you're more for how to fight if some go through time where the knockout attackers are for him and for him ready to moskowitz believes are likely motivated by gang initiation was something me and wipe. he hasn't officially acknowledged if ignored because the guy who had a problem is they have to really try to curb or going from they can't do that for
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fear for a long time they don't want to put a name on something right away because if they put a name want to run they have to go where for arts he 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 poor farm to be able to be a foreign to everybody in the shrewd they can protect their morals from also 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 merino. new york. you're watching on scene to national on the come later in the quad. as we take you on a ride through their peers home mountains of the caucuses they seem which will welcome those taking a train to the olympic venues in such a state that's. on
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their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that a face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions and i think can happen and dr phil always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and people able to survive extreme conditions they're ready for anything even an apocalypse she's really an incredible ship. calling all antarctica stations and this is going to make it feel that a radio check please respond.
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you're watching on t.v. live from the how you would that is let's move over now and most in the swedish count has been targeted by environmental. sprayed painted not a swastikas on the main entrance incidents like this are happening all over europe after the financial downfall of two thousand and eight launched a trend that could be difficult to reverse and the far right is rapidly gaining ground but the u.k. greece and france among those witnessing the spread of nationalism peter out of an hour or. from the deal in britain in the north to golden dawn greece and the south far right groups are making their voices heard in europe finance cli's of 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 grouped greece has seen
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a marked increase in support of the far right in leo nazi groups golden dawn and all guys ation the right they did by their critics as hooligans and third heralded by their supporters as the savior for greece for the greeks and they systematical not only preach it and cultivate. but they attack systematically immigrants present golden dawn have made it further than most they have elected officials on their books including current greek m.p. elias custody at us it's not only in politics that extreme right to abuse the permeating this goal celebration by the athens he ordered to stop the itis so the midfielder banned 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
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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 france's body depends national front. on the european people are realizing that the use in empire the soviet union 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 nations like austria where around a third of people voted for parties that are considered the right wing in a recent election didn't care less and we saw the need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreign us but enough is enough. e.u. is saying where no money should go july again poor countries on it should stay in
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their own country and did used to wouldn't be like. to date everything. else it used to be that party's interests troost and the e.u. second no 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. the right key to all of germany. and you has bug is an expert in social trends and believes the right wing policies are gaining support because they propose alternatives and it doesn't matter how well the alternative. to the financial crisis is really to keep peace in my these parties have gained support in recent years that the crises had led do distrust of politicians is it has led to distrust of immigration or immigrants i think what they're offering is not a very concrete alternative in terms of policy in terms of economic policy support
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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 policy would be. and until skies it puts his finger on some of the reasons europe is still dealing with the financial fallout and has a quick pretty. we now know that people who are in charge of 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 dead 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
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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 clown of the year he should be getting the clown of the year meanwhile the close association over there at the festival of red nose day one of the color comic relief they say 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 a clown and james getting people more into debt. and for you this hour is the fukushima nuclear disaster threat behind leaves of a suspicious steam has been detected coming from a damaged to reality on the plants operating in japan so one say whether it's dangerous or not and also waiting three that and into the bond market and if
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a chief has been dubbed the most hated twenty thirteen laid thousands of us express their dislike for it point out at us who don't. live under. these policies you. if you're happy with us you're not you today our role researcher. the twenty four thousand winter olympics are just over a month away and the host city of soul train is getting the finishing touches
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before it welcomes thousands of spectators and athletes. took a train to the venue to save the fines are in for a pleasant ride. there's a new olympic track in town for this one it's not just for the athletes so she's got a line has a new landmark status beyond railway station which will help seamlessly transport the tens of thousands of sports fans to the games come february thirteenth thousand 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 mountainous cluster of krasnaya polyana so let's take a look at how long it takes you from here to one of the vineyards. security is paramount but keeping people moving is really is also a priority especially when dealing with so many people to the city. this is the hot little give visitors where they need to be throughout the olympics and paralympics
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. 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 is easy. as well as the games these trains will be getting from you know one spends zipping around this year as well as world cup spectators come twenty eighteen. it's really really nice it's very new and it's very spacious very comfortable. it's a pleasure well it's my second time under strain it's. very convenient. in the areas peaks and valleys. construction one of the international award for
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some tricky tonally through the environmentally sensitive land. efforts which have paid off to give passengers a more pleasant ride fifteen minutes later we're just minutes from the subtopic or palm city of love and now here is the beautiful mountains. thirty minutes later and we finally made it to our final destination without a glance it's a little bit cold to. bud so we're going to warm you up with more from the be on the olympics with me tell them what they in the city obviously lympics so i will leave you with that a very warm welcome from sort. bringing you more reports from the winter olympics host city throughout the week stay with us into. the show to claim all the twenty fourteen olympics was
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this very smart move it is so special as the russian resort prepares to local the world power the games should be the city's present and future life sochi will bring you this is almost everybody from a very cold snowy windy mountain to stop here beyond the olympics but the ban much a. monarch. under the cloak now it's some other global news this hour in egypt two people have been killed in clashes between supporters of the violent hoodlum brotherhood and local that alexandria movement lanes toxics used by police to stop the fighting for the deaths tensions have risen after the interim government branded the muslim brotherhood a terrorist group last week hundreds of people have died in unrest across egypt following the ousting of president morsi in july.
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israel's former prime minister ariel sharon who has been in a coma for almost eight here is now described as being in a critical condition the eighty five year old sharon fell into a coma in two thousand and six following a severe stroke several of his organs including his kidneys are now malfunctioning the hardline politician was elected prime minister in two thousand and one. around fifteen thousand ukrainian nationalists have taken to the streets ok here the riley was organized to commemorate the one hundred fifth anniversary of controversial nationalist figures to ponder a while some see the man as a leader of the liberation movement others believe been darragh as a war criminal for collaborating with nasa germany against the soviet union. and a rescue helicopter has a right here aided all the passengers on board a russian research vessel trapped in ice in the un toxic the ship with tourists and scientists from australia and russia has been stuck for over
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a week now those rescued will travel on australian icebreaker to tasmania twenty two russian crew members remain on board to try and free the ship from the ice. coming up next i reporter enough that it's likely not care group of scientists parked how bad his nose trumped on that and had a tough time stay. recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday you know that big con game that just a few years ago no one seems to know about has been in place for one hundred years so let's celebrate the federal reserve by remembering all their accomplishments since nine hundred thirteen firstly they've managed to take the printing of money
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out of the hands of the u.s. government and thus out of the hands of u.s. voters i what it comes to money who needs to mock received representation anyways they also managed to whittle away the dollars tagging the gold until nixon finally said forget gold let's print our way out of vietnam because there's no link between the dollar and gold the purchasing power of the dollar has reduced by at least twenty three times since the fed came into being lovely but what about the next hundred years well if the recent rounds of quantitative easing are any sign of things to come then we're going to be seeing a lot more inflation and big private bankers getting richer while we all get poorer bad people generally don't survive one hundred years but bad systems sadly can go on and on and on forever but that's just my opinion.
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cape town south africa i could to make sure that if diesel electric were such vessels the sport p'ssihoyos the flag to show the ream pilot is aboard an officer with unrivaled. knowledge of these waters he steals the ship out into the atlantic and then returns to dock. this is the very last opportunity for several weeks to call home with a cell phone very soon will be far out of range the ship is setting sail for a vast and inaccessible area if there's any kind of emergency no one to provide any kind of help. the russian ships. to the land of eternal ice and snow to antarctica. the first officer will now explain the code of conduct on board through
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a twenty three passengers aboard the i condemn explore the rough and for some this is their first trip to the antarctic zone but for one passenger it's become a familiar journey this is the twenty sixth time he's followed this route. back a nine hundred sixty four. trip we went. who i thought was the first time i felt so acutely just how far away. ten days and nights of ocean like. this is the rate of these. things as you can see there is nothing that we see any of the ships just icebergs. here you have to look out for. no one to relay messages except us would see any ships or rescue centers a mile.

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