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the die young young. our teams are witnessing dead bodies on the streets every day as the central african republic stands on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe we speak to a member of doctors without borders this hour who saw the rampage of violence despite a french led military mission. to struggle to save the three month old baby girl injured in one of those deadly blasts that hit the russian city of volgograd before the new year bring you the latest on the life and death battle unfolding in moscow hospital for. government troops now battle for control over two cities in central iraq as a u.n. report confirms twenty thirteen as the deadliest year for the country since two thousand and eight.
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you center at nine pm moscow time is kevin zero in here with you very good have you company our top story tonight skyrocketing violence in the central african republic forced international medical group doctors without borders for almost halted say no in the country's largest refugee camp fighting in the republic but on the rise since the start of the year with doctors themselves no one to threat well the u.n. is also ringing alarm bells of a humanitarian catastrophe as more than half a million people they say are facing starvation or disease is rampant in those crowded camps and even though france has deployed a military contingents so far they failed to bring peace to the country as artie's refreshen a 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 short for the situation in the
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central african republic is alarming if not frightening that your parents received a green light from the un security council to use military force to restore order after deadly ethnic russians in the country escalated. i have decided to act immediately or more precisely this very evening this was eight hundred francs soldiers were sent to the violence torn country to join the six hundred already deployed there on a force that france has no other modes of than to save human lives and months 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 of 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
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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 cribbins president of france is new and capitalist party believes there is more to paris's decision to intervene that i was your fourth fifth france used the pretext of human rights but in fact it was aimed at protecting its economic interests 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 eventually all about dominating and controlling the entire region. but i. 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
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islamic radical and terrorist groups that are now decentralized and developed in the belt from the mercian teenie a coast to somalia and french troops deter these dangerous forces and also prevent pirates and drug traffickers from uniting which 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 authorities decision to get involved it's the french people footing the bill that was the operation only became needed as there was a failure of diplomacy and politics in this city are a failure of the u.n. the african union economic community of central african states and the you but who pays for this pricey campaign french taxpayers surveys show less than half of the french population support their country's latest michu expedition to africa pushed
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forward by france's least popular president in pollen history well 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 a locked of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit fronts. whereas russian artsy reporting from paris. we spoke to khalid clare the emergency manager of doctors without borders here's what she had to say about the situation on the ground. we see more than six hundred thousand people displaced off alone two hundred thousand in the capital and defiance is continuing our teams are witnessing that bodies on the streets every day yesterday in the camp close to the airport where more than one hundred thousand people are at this moment looking for safety. the shooting in the camp and the shooting is so bad that even our clinic cannot continue in its normal ways we can
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no longer treat moments rishon we have still one or two doctors in the camp just to take care of the heavily injured people but it's almost impossible for doctors without borders to continue its work at this moment is that the hospitals in bangor but also in the rest of the central african republic are in feted by armed men people discriminates in the hospital who came there to a deck patients inside the hospital so yes we see oh it's a big problem inside the hospitals reese finance our biggest concern is of the situation inside the hospitals but also his people not being able to access medical care because they're too scared to go to help post and are too scared to go to hospitals outside of buying the our estimation is that more than six hundred thousand people are living in the bush years now i've met them i face that them in the bushes and people are more nurse they have problems just accessing food to accessing health care and you can just see that people are living in extremely poor
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conditions they're literally living in the bush this close which are more or less wrecks and some people live already since april last year in the bush. address q. from the institute of oriental languages and civilizations told us peace and stability was never the actual goal of the french intervention in the country. first of all the central africa was them under french influence since the state became independent in smoke through the french army and soon central africa second point is is the former central african president was kicked out from power work just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies i've done dime france didn't react and it is very important to do you want to serve dot chinese economy is growing economy and it's in an economy move much more active in africa. all the western economies and
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i think that's one of the basic reasons of conflicts in africa now it's do competition between western powers and china story another artist falling really closely over the last couple of days the ongoing fight for life for the three month old baby girl injured in the recent terror attacks in the russian city of volgograd well doctors say the latest report is that a condition remains critical but it is stable a correspondent barbara how has the latest on the guy is just three months old that she's found that life can be hard and unjust she was badly injured and a terrible terror attack she is now in an induced coma in intensive care clinging onto life what it can do with a baby girl remains in a coma we put her on a ventilator in intensive care also she sustained some light yet serious brain damage her condition is very serious but we've got it under control. on that
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dreadful morning of december thirtieth caught a fever and was on route to a hospital with her mother and grandmother when a powerful explosion rocked their trolley bus the three happened to be in the very epicenter the women died the infant survived it was blind luck the thick blanket she was wrapped in saved her from life threatening burns she was pulled from the wreckage in a critical condition only two days ago doctors allowed her to be airlifted to moscow's children's hospital so it's here in this hospital where baby vico is receiving treatment for those endurance to her skull and her lungs she received in that blast the family and friends little vico has left are torn between hope for her miraculous recovery and grief for their dad. did working very grateful to everyone who took part in the rescue of my girl to volgograd hospital
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doctors they perform the miracle return my daughter from the dead thanks to all who how transfer my daughter to moscow i hope her life is safe now what kind of human being could see a newborn child on the bus and still carry out such an atrocity but now it's time to think of rehabilitation of so that she can leave a full life but there is a dynasty of doctors in our family and i hope she will grow up and become a doctor too i knew her mother since she was a child she was a very talented creative girl it's very sad when people die in such sudden violent acts like this she had big plans like any young mother i believe that her baby will grow up will leave we will be helping her. because mother and grandmother understand zia and tatyana are just two of the thirty four people who fell victim to two terror attacks on the railway station and trolley bus more than sixty injured are still in hospital the city remains in mourning in moscow margaret helal
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r.t. . following the attacks on politicians of call to bring back the death penalty for terrorism even though their opponents say the current laws are enough if you want to read more about the debate the ongoing large debate you can see dot com. two major cities to the west of baghdad are engulfed by intense fighting iraqi government forces supported by tribesmen to try to regain control of the areas where some were seized by al qaeda fighters according to the latest reports the iraqi army is a limited now a rebel commander in the city of ramadi conflict there escalated earlier this week when troops cleared an anti regime protest which the government said it turned into a haven for insurgents as soon as the army withdrew al qaeda won back control of the area the fighting comes amid u.n. reports that confirms estimates that last year was indeed the bloodiest for iraq since two thousand and eight defense consultant in conflicts one roof believes the
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roots of the crisis lead well outside iraq. worse security is non-existent in iraq the situation is nato created a division among the sectarian communities and what's taken place is they gave power to the shia and no power to the sunni so the sunni are fighting for a place in the society and in government the saudis are also sponsoring the. terrorists to create chaos in the country simply to eliminate the shia influence over or over over all it would continue unless the world recognizes that the saudi arabian. ideology of financing this chaos needs to be stopped they looted and stocked and told in no uncertain terms that they need to reign in the. terrorists and unless this happens i'm afraid we'll see more of this . don't forget if you got to spend any time you had
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a website check out our special project on rex tell reply we launched it month or two ago now it lead just through the course of twenty thirty with plenty of details an analysis on the carnage that's gripping the country still coming up here about international the faster you run the brighter the light apparently. for you give yourself if you're also doing good for. customers of this u.k. health club by helping the environment while getting into shape at the same time clever it is that's ahead food fun and facility look at what the rush to fix it she's got to offer those flocking there for february that more than just ahead after the break. we're going to go. you know a large scale wholesale spying meanwhile things like credit crowd fraud real
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crimes are going on and the governments of devoted almost no resources to actually come about in those things you know it to me this is an obvious thing you say if you want to spend money making the internet a safer place you don't spend money spying on everybody you spend money seeking out criminals and prosecuting. he survived war atrocities. to make a final decision. has changed his life and the world around him. by giving. hope. and love to so many children. nicolae the written work on the.
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again the twenty forty winter olympics just around the corner of course in the host city as such is preparing to accommodate thousands of sports fans from all over the world so what's there to do with and for these crowds aside from watching the games we've got some tips. you bought your tickets flown thousands of kilometers below hundreds of the globe and now you are in such heat for the twenty fourteen winter games so when you don't watching the skiing hockey or skating what else is there to do well the perk of a winter games in sochi is a tropical coastline on the black sea beaches and parks alongside 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 the median lights are lit the buzz and clubs come along. that
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also hold a ski resort is lined with the european hotels restaurants and shops at least the one luxury hotel offers spiced commendation just a step from the slopes guests 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 is 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 for us it's just perfect for patrols. next stop cuisine with a twist a french restaurant with a pinch of russian offering well and frog legs alongside more local dishes like boss you know here it's good because you know we're not saying we have to see the kids these days is good and for the right people i decided to leave here you know.
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and as they say in front of their bar right here in russia we say ocean. finally some relegation and a spot treatment is a temptation for any skier visiting the black sea resort in a bunny it's just the place. haven't been in russia for a 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 build 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 choice. 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
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a sense of serenity in the air incense burning meditation music in the background and a cup of herbal tea to come the body down the felt had we're wearing a by your hands typically want to protect the head from this intense heat of the sauna 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 another thought that i find myself in a big giant pot but this part will be a mounting one come february to bang with say in tsotsi are. still there apparently really more porcelain pigs city over the coming to. the international. sochi for the twenty fourteen olympics what's this
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phrase like and why is this so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future life small sochi will bring you this is a moment there we brought you from a very cold snowy windy mountain to start here at the honda olympics what might see. on our team. around the world in brief now it commit to twenty minutes past nine at night here in moscow fresh on a protest stage her supporters of the muslim brotherhood across egypt has resulted in clashes with police four people are reported to have been killed so far almost daily demonstrations were boosted by the decision the country's interim government a brand the brotherhood a terrorist organization movement also called for more rallies are the next wednesday's resumption of the trial of ost of president morsi on charges of inciting violence. people been killed and several injured after police opened fire
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on garment workers who were blocking a road south of cambodia's capital the demonstrators were calling for a doubling of the minimum wage at two hundred sixty dollars a month but the government's only been offering them a hundred the government industries a key source of income for cambodia that employs at least half a million workers. rebels in south sudan reportedly recruiting civilians in the occupied territories on a march on the country's capital juba that's a peace talks that started today in ethiopia aimed at halting the spiraling violence united states meantime announced a reduction of a diplomatic mission there due to a lack of security clashes between government and rebel forces have so far left over a thousand people dead. heavy winter storms caused the transport collapse in the northeast of america is no blame for nine deaths there sixty centimeters of snow fell overnight in some areas john f. kennedy airport in new york remains closed and hundreds of flights have been canceled nationwide schools. new york new jersey told students to stay home after
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a state of emergency was declared and another winter storm to this time focusing in on the u.k. here it's forced hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes in south wales extremely high tides heavy rain and strong winds of course flooding in seaside towns and low lying areas environment agencies also we should severe flood warnings for other areas tonight police and soldiers are currently delivering thousands of sandbags to protect human space. now to some people power were still in the u.k. for our next story the customers of a brand new health club in the west country city of bristol generate a lot of energy while training and it's not only burning calories it's also lumination the whole gym it's clever it is polyploid to look at all the benefits of this new technology. the motor here is if in doubt work out on the customer's sweating in this bristol gym on just but in calories that generating an electricity at the same time thanks to nifty new
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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 it 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
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guise of the gym's broom cupboard is the know of center of the energy saving system this is 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's saving him or let us just see bill. for an example is about eight thousand kind of money with the new equipment that's come in we've seen that reduced by by fifteen hundred nineteen month already so for us the us quite significant savings that four gentlemen over there is helping me to save any. and calls energy prices in the u.k. have been rising steadily fost it's prompted a national debate on how to keep gas and electricity supply is in check but thanks
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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 yabbering of total much stuff to make sure they bring old people would leave the weights as well you go to the stable to be able to despite being used as human generated as the customers are a happy bunch when running out of energy only i mean a few years time god knows what's going to happen if you don't save energy that's the point in the. corporate initiative or any beaches or you giving yourself fish you're also doing good for the environment which is good and you're putting something back in looks like burning off the fat without buttoning fossil fuels has given a whole new meaning to exercising power playboy. i'm surprised the bosses haven't tried dialing a bar of chocolate in front of them get to run a bit faster with me. called reinforcement for the defenders of women's rights in saudi arabia we're talking about that because the first female that women can fall
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back on if they feel oppressed in the male dominated kingdom it's a long running story so they figured out. this is clever too rather than sound waves japanese science succeeded in levitating objects there's a picture of her to prove it using just acoustic vibrations head online to learn more about this unique process and how it might be applied. on twenty five pm in moscow this is all to international thanks for being with us coming up after the break abby martin our lives the most uplifting stories of twenty thirteen and breaking this at.
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recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday you know that big con game that just a few years ago no one seem 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. . government and thus out of the hands of us voters i would 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
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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 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 fourteen olympics was this place like. this is so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future. so if you bring it this is a momentary pause you for the better be cold and snowy windy mountain is tough
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beyond the olympics but. today on our team. hello people of earth i might be martin this is breaking the set well after publicly opposing government surveillance last week internet search giant google has enjoyed a wave of good press but before we all decide to instill our full faith and trust the benevolent and almighty google they might just want to use their search bar to google boston dynamics he said yesterday sergey brin the little company purchased boston dynamics an engineering firm with strong ties. the military is defense advanced research projects agency or darpa so what is boston dynamics all about this terrifying and shot dropping robot such as big dog four legged robot that can
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climb hills or cheetah a robot that can run at twenty nine miles an hour and most lifelike that man humanoid robot that can move around like a human and detect chemical leaks so what the hell is one of the biggest internet companies in the world doing purchasing these spooky cyborgs all tellingly in google's keeping tight lipped about its intentions but keep in mind the corporation has a newly created secretive robot division and is that it will honor the contracts that boston and previously had with the u.s. military great so i guess the real question here is why should we trust a corporation that holds so much of our personal information to develop absurd war machines for ethical purposes after all we really want private companies and you know up with robots that can do this.
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