thousands of police officers in the city of volgograd after it was struck by two terror attacks as medic medics fight for the lives of the wounded r t reports on the youngest victims of the attacks. you open the doors to romanian and bulgarian immigrants lifting seven year old restrictions and causing many in britain to worry about a possible influx of. fun and games lead to serious injury and death with us cops dealing with the spread of random attacks on members of the public reportedly as part of gang initiation.

nine pm in moscow i met president very good to have you with us our top story this hour thousands of security officers have flooded the russian city of volgograd after two terrorist attacks in as many days they're trying to find those responsible and stop a possible third act of terror from happening the 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 arena reports. their 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 full grad less than twenty four hours later on december thirtieth that took place 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 now it 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 david as have been seriously dampened by the horrific attacks in 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 members of parliament calling for the toughest of responses to terror and want to bring back the death penalty for those been responsible opponents say the current law is enough for closer look at the debate go to our web site r t dot com. the e.u.'s lifted its seven year migration restrictions on both garia and romania but authorities in the two poorest states deny this will lead to a massive influx which had been the subject of much scaremongering in the british

press a recent poll shows that a quarter of britons want drastic action taken to curb the number of migrants archy'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 ambled carians that they expected to arrive in britain now this immigration restrictions have been lifted for them 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 of skepticism and public concerns over 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 upon into do we've made absolutely sure that it's not possible for people to come here simply to claim benefits to put in your brains 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 panicking 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 remain 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 be a real believer this is the migration to britain has been going on it was a. cultural enrichment and economic investment 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 sitting up you shouldn't be going for 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 here so you can blame them plenty boy see london.

immigration is just one of the issues pushing people across europe to political extremes a financial crisis as in the popularity of far right groups rise across the region and now there's concern about methods being used to push their policies forward. but before we go into that a new form of pastime could be spreading among some of america's gangs unsuspecting members of the public being targeted by random attacks just for the fun of it or he's a marine important i reports from new york 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 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 was attacked last month while walking home from work surrounded me one of them as i tried to get away one of them 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 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 and is offering his seventh degree black belt skills for free to knock out victims and others seeking protection we're going 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 attacks are for him and for him ready to moskowitz believes are likely motivated by gang initiation something the and wipe. he hasn't officially acknowledged if they acknowledge that there's a guy who had a problem is they have to really try to curb all the gangs and they can't do that so for fear so a lot of times 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 after archie 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 police department to be able to be assigned to everybody in the shrewd they can protect the miles and miles of 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 port ny artsy new york. they are with us here on r.t. international plenty more to come later in the program as we take you want to ride through the beautiful mountains the caucus this is a scene that will welcome those taking a train to a limb pick venues in the sochi stay with us for more. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i could to make sure that we face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen and article always comes up with

surprises you have to keep your eyes open because if 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 this is academic a field of radio check please respond. to the media leave us so we leave the baby. out of the scene potions to cure the. part of the musical. questions that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics only on our team.

some of the sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing and. 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. on the day they enter our territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave. today illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. millions around the globe struggle with hunger. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can the very strong position against g.m.o. and we think that. the more the right products are priest.

there is no. evidence any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal. or is free cheese always in a mousetrap. the. free. enterprise is profit. for these golden rice. thanks for staying with us fourteen minutes past the hour a mosque in the swedish capital has been targeted by vandals who spray painted nazi swastikas over the entrance incidents like this happening across europe after the financial collapse of two thousand and eight a trend that could be difficult to reverse the far right gaining ground with the

u.k. greece and france among those seeing the spread of nationalism artie's peter all over as more. 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 accrued greece has seen a marked increase in support of the far right and neo nazi groups golden dawn and organization to run i did by their critics as hooligans and thugs heralded by their supporters as the savior for greece for the greeks and they systematically not only preach good and cultivate. good but they type systematic and immigrants present

a golden dawn of 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 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 is muddying the lipans national front the. european people are realizing that the e.u. is an 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. so we need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreign us but enough is enough. to e.u. is saying where the money should go to allow again poor countries is on its own country and they used to wouldn't be like. dictate everything. it used to be that party's interest spruced and the e.u. second no 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 peter all of germany. johann berg an expert in social trends believes right wing

parties are gaining ground because they propose alternatives and it doesn't matter what those alternatives are. the financial crisis is really the key least in my these parties have gained support in recent years that the crisis had 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. coming your way in about two hours max kaiser but this finger on some of the reasons europe is still dealing with a financial fallout here's a preview. 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 it 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 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 or team getting people more into debt. remember there's always more a click away at our t. dot com including this is the fukushima nuclear disaster a threat back plumes of a suspicious steam have been found coming from a damaged reactor the plant operator in japan still won't say whether or not it's dangerous also a click away. and interview by america's n.s.a. chief has been dubbed the most hated you tube video of twenty thirteen what made thousands of viewers express their disdain for it i don't. know your mom and a lot of these policies you. pleasure

to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm researcher. two thousand and fourteen winter games just over a month away and the host city of sochi is getting the finishing touches before it welcomes thousands of spectators and athletes are to say took a 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 yankees so she's got a line has a new landmark status the andrea way 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 the way 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 who are you to the city. this is the hub that will get 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 at the station have done is made things easy for you making all those signs in both any lish 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 very spacious very comfortable. it's

a pleasure well it's my second time on this train 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 with just minutes from the sub tropical palm city of love and well on my left the beautiful mountains of the. thirty minutes later and we finally made it to our final destination without a glance it's a little bit cold to. bob so we're going to warm you up with more from the be on the olympics with me tom would say in the city obviously lympics so i will leave

you with that a very warm welcome from sort. more reports from the winter olympics o.c. throughout the week so stay with us here on our senior national. one of the twenty fourth jena lindsay what's this police line why is it so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world's power the games should be the city's present future life so it will bring it this is a moment everybody from a very cold and snowy windy mountain is tough beyond the lympics what to see. on our team. take a look now at some other global news headlines a car bomb blasts shook a southern suburb of the lebanese capital beirut known to be a stronghold of the shia militant group hezbollah five people are reported dead.

we're going to what has been a t.v. station all men are incident follows last week's blast near parliament that killed five including a former finance minister. in egypt two people dead in clashes between supporters of the ban muslim brotherhood and locals in alexandria the movement blames tactics used by police to stop the fighting for the deaths tensions rose after the interim government branded the brotherhood a terrorist group last week hundreds have been killed in an 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 years now described as being in critical condition eighty five year old sharon fell into a coma in two thousand and six after a stroke several of his organs including his kidneys now malfunctioning politician was elected prime minister in two thousand one. hundred fifteen thousand freeney

a nationalist took to the streets of kiev rally organized to commemorate one hundred fifty birthday of the controversial nationalist figure step on band era some see the man as a leader of a liberation movement others believe been there was a war criminal for collaborating with nazi germany against the soviet union. a rescue helicopter evacuated all passengers aboard a russian research vessel trapped in the end arctic ice a ship with tourists and scientists from australia and russia has been stuck for more than a week now to rescue the rescued will travel on an australian ice breaker to tasmania twenty two russian crew members remain aboard to try and free the ship from the ice. next a report another slightly like your group of scientists who packed their gizmo strapped on their boots and headed to antarctica.

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 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. to begin. to. see. now enough temptation. to douglas last for six months. as the people. and it's as easy to find the right. because the island is so in a space of there are no indigenous people but there are all those who do choose this frozen life. this is this could be.

cape town south africa the i condemn it few other of diesel electric research vessels the sport. pilot is a bona fide officer with unrivaled knowledge of these waters he still has to 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 all mobiles will be far out of range the ship is setting sail for a vast and inaccessible area if there's any kind of emergency they'll be no one to provide any kind of help. the russian ships sail south to the land of eternal ice and snow to antarctica.

the first officer will now explain the code of conduct on board there are twenty three passengers aboard the economics sure they're off 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 in nineteen sixty four after our trip we went. who was the first time i felt so acutely just how far away. ten days and nights of ocean like. this is the radar. as you can see there is nothing there. any of the ships just icebergs.