i think. thousands of police officers scouring the city of volgograd after was struck by two terror attacks as bad except for the lives of the wounded we report on the youngest victims of the attack. opened its doors to romania and bulgaria immigrants lifting seven year old restrictions and causing many in britain to worry about a possible influx. but in games lead to serious injury even death with us police dealing with the spread of random attacks on members of the public reportedly as part of gang initiation.

eight pm in moscow i met reza good to have you with us our top story this hour thousands of security officers flooded the russian city of volgograd after two terrorist attacks in two days they're trying to find those responsible and stop a possible third act of terror from taking place suicide bombings claimed the lives of thirty four people leaving dozens injured doctors still fighting to save the lives of two critically wounded young girls who are brought to moscow for special care or reports. russian children's clinical 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 volgograd on the twenty ninth of december both the girl and her mother have sustained injuries and that's terror attack this second terror attack which hit volgograd less than twenty four hours later on december thirtieth to place on the trolley 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 now 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 of 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 days of the year are declared days of mourning in the volgograd region there is also an alert of fifteen day long alerts for heightened 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 all grab 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. some russian m.p.'s have called for the toughest of responses to terror they want to bring back the death penalty for anyone responsible opponents say the current law is enough for a closer look at the debate but our website r t dot com. use lifted its seven year migration restrictions on both garia and romania but authorities in the two poorest states deny that this will lead to a massive influx which has been the subject of much scaremongering in the british press a recent poll shows a quarter of britain's one quote drastic action taken to curb the number of

migrants artie's polly boyko takes a look 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 since he 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 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 too of putting in place very tough measures and 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 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 power making about it now it's completely absurd 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 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 hardworking and will contribute to british society something that economists had a happy to back up over the available evidence is the migration to britain has been made or sort of both in terms of cultural enrichment and economic enlargement have to remember that one point six million britons british nationals are working throughout the year and they enjoy the benefits of that so if we start setting up you shouldn't. benefits for all migrants we can expect a quid to cool cool despite the politicians tough talk in the tabloid headlines fears of a flood 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 hare you can blame them plenty boy see london. immigration just one of the issues pushing people across europe to political

extremes the financial crisis has seen the popularity of far right groups grow cross the region and i was concerned about the methods being used to push their policies toward. a new form of pastime is spreading among some of america's gangs unsuspecting members of the public being targeted by random attackers just for the fun of it were important i reports on a dangerous game that's 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 namely 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 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 and one of them as i tried to get away one of them said step towards me and. with the clothes this the other 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 up to someone who works worker you must learn how to be aware you must learn how to fight if some go through time where the knockout attacks are for him and for him ready to moskowitz believes are likely motivated by gang initiation it's something the n.y.p.d. hasn't officially acknowledged if they acknowledge that there's a guy who had a problem is they have to really try to curb or going from they can't do that for fear so a lot of times 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 away or through our t.v. 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 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 marina. new york. so there were those here on r.t. international more to come later in the program including this arrive through the beautiful mountain in the caucasus a scene that will welcome those taking a train to the olympic venues in sochi. britain's clotting 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 missing out on the property ladder or the equally horrifying stephen king like clowns of ben bernanke m.r. carney wearing their big red frizzy wigs and staring menacingly in through your window at night pulling teeny tiny score down to the bankers. proximately sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. the

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 immediate international action. but the territorial waters the fish. they load the fish into the ships and leave. today illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. much if your advice is centered around the negative aspects of american culture example mindful eating social eating of voiding of snacks how much of an influence

do you think american culture has on the rest of the crave they succeeded to things with. the world the snake. the food that they did all the countries worldwide. are staying with us here on r t fourteen minutes past the hour a mosque in the swedish capital has been targeted by vandals who spray painted nazi swastikas on the main entrance incidents like this happening all over europe after the financial downfall of two thousand and eight launched a trend that could be tough to reverse the far right rapidly gaining ground with the u.k. greece and france among those seen the spread of nationalism or he's peter all of the reports. from the d.l.

in britain in the north to golden dawn in greece and the south far right groups are making their voices heard in europe. this 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 crucial greece has seen a marked increase in support of the far right and neo nazi groups golden dawn and all denies ation the right i did by their critics as hooligans and. heralded by their supporters as the savior for greeks for the greeks and they systematically not only preach it and cultivate it. but they attack systematically immigrants present golden dawn of made it 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 the athens just kept the artists 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 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 in 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 insistence is 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 policies that are considered the right wing in a recent election. so we need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreign us but enough is enough. to e.u. it is saying where diminution of good cheer like. your country is on its own country and it used to wouldn't be like. dictate everything. it used to be that party's interest spruced and the e.u. second now it's only you. 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 key to all of. germany. johann berg an expert in social trends believes right wing parties are gaining support because they were pows alternatives

and it doesn't matter what the alternatives are. the financial crisis is really the key least my these parties have gained support in recent years the crisis has 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. later this hour max kaiser puts his finger on some of the reasons europe is still dealing with financial fallout here's a preview. 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 of 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 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 clown association over there at the festival of red nose day one of the call 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 company 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 or team getting people more into debt.

away for you on our team dot com is the fukushima nuclear disaster threat back plumes of a suspicious steam have been detected coming from a damaged reactor plant operator in japan still won't say whether or not it's dangerous also a click away. and interviewed by the u.s. and they say chief has been dubbed the most hated you tube video of two thousand and thirteen what made thousands of viewers express their disdain for it find out on our website. the moment a lot of these policies. good

to have you with us here today. the twenty fourteen winter olympics just over a month away and the host city sochi getting the finishing touches before it welcomes thousands of spectators and athletes. say to the train to the venues to see if the fans are in for a pleasant ride. there's a new olympic track in town but this one's not just for the athletes so she's got a line 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 february fifteenth all them 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 cost of krasnaya polyana so

let's take a look at how long it takes you from here to one of the venue. security is paramount but keeping people moving is really is also a priority especially when dealing with so many people who are new to the city. this is the hub that will give visitors where they need to be throughout the olympics and paralympics. finding your way in a new country can be daunting particularly if there's a new language that you haven't seen before now what source you as well as the administration have done is made things easy for you making all the signs in both english and russian so you never gave it is easy. as well as the games these strains will be getting formula one fan zipping around this year as well as world cup spectators come twenty eighteen. really really nice it's very new very very comfortable. it's

a pleasure well it's my second time under strain it's. very convenient. connecting the areas peaks and valleys didn't come easy construction crews here won an international award for some tricky tonally through the environmentally sensitive landscape efforts which have paid off to give passengers a more pleasant right. fifteen minutes later we just moved from the sub tropical palm city of atlanta and now i'm not left the beautiful mountains of the caucus. thirty minutes later and we finally made it to our final destination without a glance it's a little bit cold here in the last nigh a pollyanna but so we're going to warm you up with more from the be on the olympics with me tell them with a in the city obviously lympics so i will leave you with that

a very warm welcome from source she. will be bringing you more reports from the winter olympics host city throughout the week so stay with r.t. international for. one of the twenty fourth gene olympics was this police line why is it so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games in the city's future. so this is a. very cold and snowy windy mountain yet beyond the lympics what to see. on our team. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe a car bomb blasts shook the southern suburb of the lebanese capital beirut known to be a stronghold of the shia militant group hezbollah five people reported dead twenty

wounded the explosion was near the building of hasbro's t.v. station all men are the incident. near parliament that killed five including a former finance minister. in egypt two people were killed in clashes between supporters but bad muslim brotherhood and locals in alexandria the movement blames tactics 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 arrest across egypt after the ousting of president morsi in july. israel's former prime minister ariel sharon who's been in a coma for almost eight week for eight years rather now described as being in critical condition he had a five year old sure own fell into a coma in two thousand and six after a severe stroke several of his organs including his kidneys have now malfunction hardline politician was elected prime minister in two thousand and one. run

fifteen thousand ukrainian nationalists took to the streets of kiev the rally organized to commemorate the hundred fifth anniversary of the controversial nationalist figure step on bad era while some see him as a leader a liberation movement others believe ben darrow was a war criminal for collaborating with nazi germany. against the soviet union. rescue helicopter evacuated all passengers aboard a russian research vessel that was trapped in the ice in the antarctic the ship with tourists and scientists from australia enter russia was stuck for more than a week now those rescued will travel on our australian icebreaker to tasmania twenty two russian crew members remain aboard to try and free of the ship from the ice geyser report coming your way after this short break stay with us here on r t international.

recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday in the 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 out of the hands of the u.s. government and thus out of the hands of u.s. voters i want it comes to money who needs to mock received representation anyways they also managed to whittle away the dollars tagging to gold until nixon finally said forget gold let's print our way out of vietnam and because there is 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 are 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. 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 m.r. carney wearing their big red frizzy wigs and staring menacingly in through your window at night pointing teeny tiny scored down to the bankers. or plundering a bank account in 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 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 yes oh he's like a big.