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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 who saw the rampage of violence despite the french led military mission. to struggle to save a three month old baby girl injured in one of those deadly blasts that hit the russian city of volgograd before the new year got the latest on the life and death battle unfolding in a moscow hospital for right now. and government troops now qaida 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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very good even for me kevin zero in your r.t. tonight is just past eleven pm in moscow our top story skyrocketing violence in the central african republic has forced international medical group doctors without borders to almost halted saidin the country's largest refugee camp now fighting in the republic spiked in december with doctors themselves know under threat the u.n. is also ringing alarm bell of a humanitarian catastrophe as more than half a million people are facing starvation or disease is rampant in the crowded camps too and even though france has deployed a military contingent they so far failed to bring peace to the country as artists riff and national 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 of the situation in the central african republic as alarming if not brighter that your parents received
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a green light from the un security council to use military force to restore order after the deadly ethnic runnels 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 violent storm country to join the six hundred already deployed there and the force that france has no other motive 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 operation which is stupid militarily economically and politically dangerous
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scandalous from a human perspective and lead to zero results that zero results if we are talking bringing stability to the country but allen kruse been president of france is new and capitalist party believes there is more to paris his decision to intervene that i was your fourth fifth france used to pretest of human rights and 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's eventually all about dominating and controlling the entire region. but i. others see the african countries central location on the continent as the key to fulfill the stated goals of the french military mission of securing the entire region because. france and other european countries are threatened by islamic radical and terrorist groups that are now decentralized and
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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 with both critics and advocates of the french military operation in the central african republic it clearly 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 holds. the operation only became needed as there was a failure of diplomacy and politics in this year 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 supposed to countries latest major expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in polling history well more than
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a thousand french soldiers are now in 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 are seen reporting from paris . we spoke to colleen clare the emergency manager of doctors without borders this is what she had to say about the situation on the ground there. we see more than six hundred thousand people displaced off alone two hundred thousand in the capital and the finance is continuing our teams are witnessing dead 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 checks the shooting in the camp. so that even our clinic cannot continue in its normal way so we can no longer treat you have still gone or two doctors in the camp just to take care of the
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heavily injured people but it's almost impossible for doctors without borders to continue its work at this moment. the hospitals in bangor but also in the rest of the central african republic are are in feted by armed men people discriminates in the hospital who came there to a dead patients. so yes we see a big problem inside the hospitals our biggest concern is the situation inside the hospitals but also with people being able to access medical care because they're too scared to go to help both ended too scared to go to hospitals outside of our estimation is that more than six hundred thousand people are living in the bush years now i've met them i faced them in the bush years and people are more nervous they have goldfish. accessing health care you can just see that people are living in extremely poor 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
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bush brood rescue from the institute of oriental languages and civilizations told us peace and stability there was never the goal of french intervention in the country. first of all the same sort of africa was. under french influence since the state became independent in smoke through the french army it's in central africa second point is is the former central african president was kicked out from power works just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies i've done dime friends they didn't react and it is very important to serve chinese economy is growing economy and it's in an economy much more active in africa. all western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of conflicts in
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africa no it's to compute issues between western powers and so on. but here in russia no story we've been following very closely the ongoing fight for life of a three month old baby girl injured in those recent terror attacks in the russian city of volgograd they just as doctors say a condition remains critical but at least it is stable our correspondent margaret hell reports the guy is just three months old but 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 and intensive care clinging onto life what it could you is 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 condition is very serious but we've got it under control. on that dreadful morning of december thirtieth caught a fever and was on route to
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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 bekah 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. working very grateful to everyone who took part in the rescue of my girl to volgograd hospital doctors they performed the miracle return my daughter from the dead thanks to all how transfer my daughter to moscow i hope my wife is safe now what kind of human
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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 and 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 on a stasia 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 hello arty. following the attack some politicians have now called to bring back the death
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penalty for terrorism even though their opponents say the current law is enough it's hotly debated conversation is going on right now if you want to keep up to speed with a get involved with it you can on our website to see the arguments there are. two major cities to the west of baghdad are engulfed by intense fighting tonight according to latest reports the iraqi army has killed an al qaeda commander in ramadi which the government said it turned into a haven for insurgents the conflict escalated earlier this week indeed when troops cleared an anti regime protest camp however as soon as the army withdrew rebels regain control of the area fighting on friday is claimed up to one hundred lives a third of them civilian it comes after a un report confirms that last year was the bloodiest for iraq since two thousand and eight defense consultant conflicts and lismore in roof believes the roots of the crisis lead well have side iraq. worse curity is nonexistent in iraq the situation is nato created
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a division among the sectarian communities. and what's taken place as 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. this religious terrorists to create chaos in the country simply to eliminate the shia influence or overall it would continue unless the world recognizes that the saudi arabian one harvest ideology of financing this leads to be stopped they looted and stopped and told in no uncertain terms that they were. terrorists and unless this happens i'm afraid we'll see more of this. you may know that on our website i got a special project we've set up a little while back on a racks to reply to the leaders for the course of twenty thirty mm of plenty of details manassas on the carnage that continues to grip the country. coming up here
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without the fasting you run it seems the brighter the light. more you give yourself it you're also doing good for. customers of u.k.'s health club help. getting into shape. for the rich food but just to look at what the russian olympic city of sochi has to offer those flocking there instead very. much more just ahead .
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crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. it's. the european union is 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. they fish they load into the ships and leave for.
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illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. aspects of the culture. how much of. american culture has on the. food.
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good luck. to building a new. mission to teach me. why you should. the twenty forty winter olympics cost just around the corner now in the host city of sochi is preparing to accommodate thousands of sports fans heading there that are coming for the games but there's also plenty of other things to party in the city we've got some tips coming right up. you bought your tickets thousands of kilometers below the harness of the blade and now you're in sochi for the twenty
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fourteen winter games so when you know watching the skiing hockey are skating what else is they to do well the purpose of a winter games in sochi is a topical 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 need unlike the bugs in clubs come along. that also hold a ski resort is lined with the european hotels restaurants and shops and one luxury hotel offers spiced come a day shoot 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
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want to have a cozy hotel where you feel warm and relax in the evening 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 skiers it's just the perfect spot to choose the. next stop because even with a twist in a french restaurant with a pinch of russian offering flush draw and frog legs alongside more local dishes like boss you know here he's good to go you know we have one scene we have to see the kids these beauties and for the right people i decide to leave here you know. and there's a stay in front of the bar but here in russia we say ocean. finally some relegation and a spot treatment is a temptation for any skier visiting the black sea resort to. anya 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
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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 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 a sense of serenity in near incense burning meditation music in the background and a cup of herbal tea to become the body down the felt heads we're wearing a binder heads typically want to protect the heat from this intense heat of the sun and 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
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that all of the spectators athletes might want to visit never thought i'd find myself in a big giant pot but this part will be a mounting one come for every job on with a install of g r t. it will be bringing in more port city over the coming days right here on. so to be more the twenty fourth genomics was this boy's life and why is this so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power of the games shaping the city's present and future life small sochi will bring you this is the moment everybody from a very cold snowy windy mountain is tough yet beyond the olympics but see. on our team. it russia's really going to be the central winter
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sport this year looking forward to that world news in brief now a fresh round of protests staged by supporters of the muslim brotherhood across egypt resulted in clashes with police six people being killed so far almost daily demonstrations were boosted by the decision of the country's interim government to brand the brotherhood a terrorist organization movement also called for more rallies ahead of next wednesday's resumption of trial or boasted to president morsi of charges of inciting violence. four people being killed several injured up to a place opened fire on garment workers there blocking a road south of count bodie is capital of the demonstrators are calling for a doubling of the minimum wage up two hundred sixty dollars a month but the government is only offering them one hundred dollars the government is trees a key source of income for cambodia employs at least half a million workers. rebels in south sudan now reportedly recruiting civilians now in the occupied territories on the march on the country's capital juba that same day that made peace talks rather that started today in ethiopia
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aiming to halt the spiraling violence united states has meantime announce a reduction of the diplomatic mission there because of a lack of security clashes between government and rebel forces are so far left over a thousand people dead. bad weather to report first off and heavy with storms causing a transport collapse in northeast america and it's also cause nine deaths sixty centimeters of snow fell overnight in some areas john f. kennedy. airport in new york remains closed hundreds of flights have been canceled nationwide schools in new york and new jersey have told students to stay home after a state of emergency was declared and severe weather too this time in the u.k. tonight it's forced hundreds of people to be evacuated from their homes in south wales especially extremely high tides heavy rain and strong winds of course flooding in seaside towns and low lying areas environment agencies also issued flood warnings in other areas to place them urgency workers wrote delivering thousands of sandbags to try to protect communities of the vulnerable. extorts in
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the u.k. to talk about people power the customers of a brand new clever thinking health club in the u.k. city of bristol generate a lot of energy while training and it's not only burning calories but also cleverly eliminating the whole gym artie's polly boy looks at all the benefits of this latest bright idea. the motive here is if in doubt count on the customers sweating in this personal gym not just burning calories that 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 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 in this gym is pioneering it and if you
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press that button here it gives you an understanding of. the energies produced. by may have been vicious missions you've avoided the energy of producing as well so you can see when you're working i 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 no of 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 club so this is the nerve center yeah this is it this is the of the hub and this is what is my baby this big. jason the gym manages on usually tend to feelings for the fuse box could be to do with how much money it
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saving him or let us just the bill. for an example is about a thousand pound a month with the new equipment that's come in we've seen that reduced by by fifteen hundred pounds a month already so for us thus quite significant savings that four gentlemen over there is helping me to save any. in coffs energy prices in the u.k. have been rising steadily 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 its source head 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 could go through it with it despite being used as human generators the customers are happy bunch we're in and out of energy only i mean a few years' time but most of us can happen if you don't save energy that's the point to make. quite good initiative really because for you giving yourself it you're
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also doing good work which is good and you put it something back in looks like burning off the fat without burning fossil fuels has given a whole new meaning to exercising power playboy k. r.t. . more stories the waitress you tonight online reinforced with the defenders of women's rights in saudi arabia is get a lot of clicks we've got a story the first female law firm that women can fall back on if they feel threatened or oppressed in this male dominated kingdom interesting read scientists to telling us from japan that they've made a breakthrough moving objects in different directions just by using the power of cell and there they go they think it's going to be useful for studying the folks that gravity has an assault maybe. coming up next. cross-talk see the people of l.a. these guys discuss saudi arabia's foreign policy and if the arms trade is the only thing keeping it close to washington topical debate i was always
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a good watch from peter right after the break. yes. recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday you know that big con game that just
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a few years ago no one seemed 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 us voters i what it comes to money who needs to mark 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.
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they just need to review economic ups and downs in the final months day belong to the old sang and the rest of the life during the case he will be a briefly on stage. as a. hello and welcome across town for all things considered on people about what is the fate of the house of saud good.

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