nikolai the miracle worker on our team. just say a three month old baby injured in one of the volgograd terror of glasses on a ventilator in intensive care we're live from outside the hospital with the latest in just a few minutes. the u.n. says violence in the central african republic has reached a vicious new level despite french to quell the bloodshed but their own troops. and does it land oil wells in two bodies lying face down in the sand we report on the mysterious goings on in libya a country now viewed as almost entirely. broadcasting

twenty four seven live from moscow you're watching international. people have been admitted to hospital in volgograd after their health deteriorated since the double bombings that killed thirty four people in the russian city meanwhile a baby and a young girl remain in a serious condition at one of moscow's top clinics with an update on their condition i'm joined now by artie's margaret how margaret we understand that the hospital in moscow has just held a press conference what was said. you're right andrew i'm standing here in front of that hospital this is said to be one of the best place for children here in moscow to comment they're injured or sick and these two young girls were brought here two days ago the nine year old girl injured in the first blast under some of the twenty nine injured with her mother and then that three month old baby baby was also brought here to this hospital for treatment now according to this press conference she is on a ventilator she did sustain skull fractures and

a long trauma during this blast. that killed her mother and. her grandmother it was said that the blanket that she was wrapped in saved her from sustaining those burns that would have taken her life but she was able to have survived thus far she is in a coma she said to be all of the other later both girls are in stable condition baby because stable condition but critical now fifty five people remain in hospitals both in volgograd and in moscow belated to their injuries because of these blasts. ok thank you margaret margaret how with the latest on the two youngsters receiving treatment in a hospital in moscow thank you. while following the two suicide blasts there have been renewed calls in russia to bring back the death penalty to punish those responsible for terror attacks go quality don't go on to find out whether the initiative received much support. the sectarian

slaughter in the central african republic has reached a vicious new level according to the un reports are emerging even children are being lynched by marauding mobs and that's despite france's military intervention is. reports. less than a year after french moods marched into mali france again is fighting in another of its former colonies in africa. let's address you also the situation in the central african republic is alarming if not frightening that you paris received a green light from the un security council to use military force to restore order after deadly ethnic runs in the country escalated. i have decided to act immediately or more precisely this very evening this was eight hundred french soldiers were assigned to the violence torn country to join the six hundred already

deployed there on the force that france has no the most of them to save human lives . a month later and lives are still being lost on all sides. france's sixteen hundred strong force appeared and mabel to put an end to ethnic tensions dating back to the central african republic independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty four through france a former monopoly is responsible for helping to create in africa a number of totally artificial states like ca are and now they jump in with this operation which is stupid militarily economically and politically dangerous scandalous from a human perspective and lead to zero results that zero results if we are talking bringing stability to the country but alan creepin president of france is new and capitalist party believes there is more to paris's decision to intervene your fourth fifth france used to pretext of human rights and in fact it was aimed at

protecting its economic interests in the c.a.r. is rich in resources but it mostly has value due to its strategic location in the center of a vast and rich area so it's eventually all about dominating and controlling the entire region. but others see the african country central location on the continent as the key to fulfill the stated goals of the french military mission of securing the entire region. france and other european countries are threatened by islamic radical and terrorist groups that are now decentralized and developed in the belt from the mercian timi a coast to somalia. and french troops deter these dangerous forces and also prevent pirates and drug traffickers from uniting. but would both critics and advocates of the french military operation in the central african republic equally agree on is that no matter what the intentions are behind france's authority's decision to get

involved it's the french people fault in the bill that alls. the operation only became needed as there was a failure of diplomacy and politics in the cia are a failure of the un the african union economic community of central african states and the you know who pays for this pricey campaign french taxpayers. surveys show less than half of the french population support a country's latest michu expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in power in history by more than a thousand french soldiers are now the central african republic here in paris the intervention into the country's former colony still gets a mixed reaction no one's really sure if it's an act of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit fronts. whereas russian artsy reporting from paris.

well for a notorious case from the institute of oriental languages and civilizations says this particular significance and when france decided to act. first of all the central africa was. under french through and since they became independent it's not through the french army and soon central africa second point is because former central african president was kicked out from power work just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies dime france didn't react and it is very important to serve chinese economy is growing economy and it's. an economy much more active in africa. all the western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of conflicts in africa it's to compute issues between western powers

and trying. to come in the program those that africa is on the third. white minority families preparing genocide contingency plan saying with the death of anti-apartheid icon nelson mandela race motivated slaughter could start at any moment. two foreign teachers have reportedly been found dead in libya near a major oil and gas complex not far from tripoli the bodies of a british man and a new zealand woman were discovered right next to their luggage that was untouched it's raised questions over the possible motive for the violence lawrence freeman is the editor of executive intelligence review magazine and he believes it's a further sign of al qaeda is control in the country. libya doesn't really exist as a country right now it is made up of all kinds of militias and on groups with very

significant control by al-qaeda so it's unclear who are doing great he's doing what except that we know the countries in the state of lawlessness where the west coast from story libya the nato intervention their failure they were for magical in overthrowing khadafi and carrying out regime change and trying to tell rule they were fighting ok them green democracy means that now al-qaeda runs the country libyan people have a right that i would country i cannot be controlled by these outside forces mainly al-qaeda which is being backed by the major western powers up to this point. about going to take a quick break but when we're back can we take a look at a different side to be a lympics city. now i don't know that i find myself in a big giant pot but this pot will be a mounting one come february. aside from watching the winter games we look at what control cried so you sultry and keep them there also imagine head to heading to the

gym to burn off your excess calories empowering the city while you're at it that is not possible one british club that's been forced to go green by energy costs these stories in a couple of minutes. live . across top rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want.

welcome back now while the death of nelson mandela was the end of an era for most of the world one group of people fear it could spell the end for them with the anti-apartheid icon gone some members of south africa's white minority believe anneke and genocide are just around the corner and that's despite reassurances from politicians over the country's stability. as the story most of the black people say

as soon as mandela dies or little white people are going to die like flies the duplicity family live in south africa's employment under provinces in a predominantly white neighborhood they belong to a group called to say planned is who convinced it's only a matter of time before the country's white population is slaughtered by the black majority in their garages full of supplies in preparation for d.-day so we are together now for diesel and fuel for of a different vehicles we get or the no fuel to you to last us about a thousand five hundred kilometers this story chad's going to go on our vehicles that is for making food and keeping warm then. prep myself with some cereal some pastors rise all that's kind of stuff that can last a long time then we've got some crates of food as well we've got a water purifier inside here that will take us when we get to

a place that is no fish water dion's be preparing for seven years while most south africans watched mandela's funeral with sadness he monitored it with concern. for everybody there needs to be phone and now it's mr through surely can start evacuation plans let's go we are we're a call or an islamist from a few of the eight hundred thousand eight hundred members will alert him something's up i'm prepping for anarchy and this place is a ticking time bomb. we can go we can go everything looks. safe we are ready for a regulation keep the r.'s on the road and always be aware. it happened in zimbabwe there was a genocide there that. people said. they can't africa and. according to genocide watch seventy thousand white south africans have been murdered in the last twenty years right now only fifty thousand white families own more than eighty

percent of the lead in south africa and that land was taken by arms were stolen from black people we wanted to attend to the black majority and its threats like this that take seriously militant black youth are calling on whites. to leave the country we are you vic you waiting to our first assembly point just outside of town and my prediction is that they're going to close this road here for us so we gone leave town. they're going to boxes in but we've got another good. guys a lot of traffic a lot of commotion going on please be on watch out check the traffic and be aware. there's a lot of people that's going to die but i can promise you. on the day of the real evacuation people will hear from all surrounding towns then they'll move on to a permanent location with a base if need be for a year or more this is my country i was born here just one more piece of land just

give me what i what i want for me my family to grow up and have some opportunities in life that's all i want but most often africans think is exaggerated south africa belongs to everyone who leaves in eight black and white that is a world renowned constitution that takes that for but even if his preparation is in vain it's better to be safe than sorry and so while mandela's passing heralds the end of an era a minority of white south africans are fearing a future as bleak and as gloomy as the dark years of apartheid. south africa. defenders of women's rights in saudi arabia may see their positions reinforced on our website we've got the story of the first female law firm that women can fall back on if they feel oppressed in a male dominated kingdom also online riding the sound waves japanese scientists

succeeded levitating objects in three dimensions using acoustic vibrations in the stories and more at r.t. dot com. and with energy costs soaring the u.k. is being forced to think outside the box when it comes to saving the pennies and one british company has really hit the bull's eye rewiring its business to literally run on customers and wanted calories artie's party boy reports from the pioneering fitness club. the motto here is if in doubt work out and the customers sweating in this bristol gym and just butt in calories they're generating an electricity at the same time thanks to nifty new equipment the technology used to it has turned these machines into mini power station the say by using this like i'm generating electricity that goes back into the grid and

helps to keep the lights on that helps to keep the televisions working and even helps to keep the music playing. the idea is so simple it's hard to believe that just one equipment manufacturer has embraced it and this jim is pioneering it and if you press that button here it gives you no understanding of. the energies produced. i may have been vicious missions you've avoided the energy of producing as well so you can see when you're working night what you're actually powering here i am trying to power a juice maker in light of my fitness levels i'm only managing the fan but by using up less traditional energy this place is helping to save the environment under the guise of the gym's broom cupboard is the nov center of the energy saving system this is the the switchboard this is where all the. stored energy from the machines anything that is not used will go back into the switchboard and be distributed into

the other machines in the cloud so this is the nerve center yeah this is it this is the of the hub and this is what is my baby this bit that jason the gym manages on usually tend to feelings for the fuse box could be to do with how much money it saving him or let us just see bill. for an example he's a guy rising from the money with the new equipment that's come in we've seen that reduced by by fifteen hundred nineteen months already safe for us thus quite a significant savings that for john from over there is helping me to save any. because energy prices in the u.k. have been rising so fast it's prompted and national debate on how to keep gas and electricity supply is in check but thanks to the power of the people jason's got it sorted have you had customers using the weights and you said why don't you try this treadmill of total much stuff to make sure they bring all the people with. the weights as well you go through it with it despite being used as human generators

the customers are happy bunch really running out of energy only i mean a few years time god knows posting about this you don't save energy that's the point to make. for a good initiative really be the. more you give yourself it you're also doing good work which is good and you put it something back you looks like burning off the fat without burning fossil fuels has given a whole new meaning to exercising power playboy r.t. . some international news in brief now a car bomb has rocked a sudden district the lebanese capital beirut home to hezbollah's main office and five people were killed while the blast wave shattered windows eleven floors up the attack comes less than a week after a similar incident near the parliament left five dead including the former finance minister. the flow of crude oil from iraq to turkey was abruptly halted after a bomb attack on a pipeline in the north of the country followed

a deadly suicide blast in the northeastern town of bruce truck packed with explosives detonated at a market killed at least nineteen people and injured thirty seven twenty thirteen was the deadliest year for rag since u.s. troops left the country with at least eight thousand people losing their lives one retired officer who served in the american campaign there believes it's because the country was left in disarray. i believe more than anything else it's the way the situation in iraq was left and then the power brokers inside iraq seven way in disputes or grasping for those elements which will give them control in the future within that country which is a very rich country relative towards natural resources and i think that's what a lot of fights about at this point in time. elsewhere new york new jersey have declared a statewide emergency amid an unfolding winter storm hundreds of flights have been

canceled because of the forecast says officials are urging people to avoid traveling locals across the region have been stockpiling supplies ahead of the upcoming blizzard. the twenty fourteen winter olympics are within touching distance of the host city of sochi is carrying out its final preparations but with throngs of visit is set to pour into the southern resort in just over a month aside from watching the games what else is the today will not say has been finding it. you bought your ticket thousands of kilometers below hundreds of the blades and now you're in sochi for the twenty fourteen winter games so when you know watching the skiing hockey or skating what else is they to do well the perk of a winter games in sochi is a tropical coastline on the blackfeet beaches and parks along fine monuments and museums allow you to take in a bit of history and experience the lifestyle the beach front is lined with local shops so grab a souvenir while enjoying the views of the black sea and did not get your party

shoes on because when they meet unlike the bugs in clubs come along. that also includes a ski resort is lined with the european hotels restaurants and shops at least one luxury hotel office spiced just a step from the slopes yes enjoy stunning mountain views designer rooms and an on site spine health club i went to see the best what money can buy what they need to look for i think it's the person and it's what they want if you look for skiers you want to have a cozy hotel where you feel warm and relaxed and you think that's what we can offer you here we have state of the art slopes we have state of the art equipment connection infrastructure so i think for us it's just perfect for patrols the. next stop. with a twist a french restaurant with a pinch of russian offering well and frog legs alongside more local dishes like.

you know here is good because you know we have made saying we have to see the kids these days and i feel that i decided to leave here you know. and there's a saying in front of the bar but here in russia we say ocean. finally some relegation and a spot treatment is a temptation for any skia visiting the black sea resort to. it's just the place. haven't been in russia for while i've never really been to a russian or what is also known as a russian sauna but now i'm in sochi and the world we congregated here during the winter games and i thought why not give it a try something traditional and russian so let's see if the british banja is using the right. sometimes equated to a turkish bath the buying experience is usually considered an indispensable pitstop

on the journey to discover russian culture when you first arrive there's a sense of serenity in the air incense burning meditation music in the background and a cup of herbal tea to become the body down the felt had to wear wearing a by your hands typically want to protect the head from this intense heat of the sun. the misuse of friendly experienced and she has some health tips about what the russian binah does for the body the experience amazing i also had one more treatment to test out the hedgehog fuck this will become one of those places that all of the spectators athletes might want to visit never thought that i'd find myself in a big giant pot but this part would be a mounting one come for every man with a in sort of g r t. we will continue to take a closer look at the home of the twenty fourteen winter olympics throughout the

week here on r.t. international. of the fourteen olympics what's this place like why is this so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games shaping the city's present and future. so to bring you this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold snowy windy mountain. beyond the olympics but. i'll be back with more news in about half an hour's time up next though it's a cross to pay for the. 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 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. of the twenty fourth. this place like. this is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world's power in the city's present future.

so this is a very very cold snowy windy mountain. beyond the olympics but. today. hello and welcome to cross considered on. what is the fate of the house of saud gets a list of complaints against washington riyadh's well known protect your kids long and getting longer the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria and determined to export its radical form of islam and one of its only real friends in the region is israel given all of this

can the house of saud afford what it calls an independent foreign policy. cross-talk saudi arabia i'm joined by my guest brian becker in washington he is the national coordinator of the answer coalition and in nashville we cross to mark levine he is a senior fellow with the truman national security project and a radio show host or a gentleman cross-talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage you brian is it time for washington to tell saudi arabia to pound say and well i think it's been long established that the u.s. government considers the saudi government to be an indispensable ally not its only ally and perhaps now not its principal ally but certainly an important one ronald reagan made it clear more than thirty years ago that there would be quote no revolution in saudi arabia because the u.s. was just absolutely determined to keep the absolute a small.