the. stories that dominated the week on our team volgograd pays its last respects to the victims of two terror attacks while medics labor to save the lives of sixty five others including a critically ill baby and a young girl. to carry in slaughter in the central african republic proves too much for foreign troops to handle with reports of the beheading of children raising alarm at the un. a low blow new york residents have a new reason to be wary on the streets as a potentially deadly game of violence spreads fear across the city. and those rules relaxed making it easier for internal migration the british get where you go over a possible wave of unskilled workers and criminals while calls for the prime minister

to safeguard the borders go on he added. it is two pm in the russian capital watching r.t. international with me marina joshie welcome to the program of all grab began the new year stricken by grief as a city more and am buried the victims of two bombings during the last days of december thirty four people died in the attacks while twice that number remain in hospitals many in intensive care as margaret howell has been keeping up with the condition of one of them the youngest terror victim. 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 in intensive care clinging onto life what would you 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 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 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. to work you'd be 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 who haue 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 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 to place your mind you 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 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 r t well doctors are cautiously optimistic about vicus recovery and of course keep you up to date on her condition as she recovers now speaking about the attacks guardian newspaper contributor and clark told us it's paramount that russia and the west combine their anti terror efforts. the west has got to i think change its relationship with saudi arabia which is a major sponsor of a lot of these radical islamic groups around the world the west has got to realign its foreign policy the trouble is if you look at syria for example the west is actually on the same side as a terrorist because it's because of its relationships with large between sweetly saudi arabia and israel who both want that regime in syria to be removed so i think we need a shift in the western capitals i think we need to get to work closer with russia

because when there is closer cooperation we saw that with the boston bombings in we when we had the russian warnings about the south sorry no brothers were ignored by the americans because their game there was this tendency so it's russian warnings to take their picture sold and so unless the west does work cooperate more seriously with russia as equal partners in this battle against the radical terrorist groups you know that's the pressure that netbacks the major shift that's got to happen and it's ok to have nato she's coming out today quite right and again this attack but i'm less there is this different approach to russia more respectful approach instead of this on the one hand saying going to work with russian other hand carrying out this cold war propaganda against russia that's the big should this will happen there. and on our website we've got investigators the latest findings and opinion on the hope possibly stage of the horrifying attacks and what the terrorists think they my game will also be able to keep up to date on survivors conditions and hospital. rights groups say the situation in central

african republic is out of control and that horrifying reports of children being beheaded thousands of international troops are in the country by have failed to halt the bloodshed instead their presence appears to have a bold christian mobs which are now lynching muslims in the capital where if it outlines what's at stake for france in this conflict. less than a year after french moods marched into mali france again is fighting in another of its former colonies in africa. that's it you're sure 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 russians in the country escalated. i have decided to act immediately or more precisely this very evening this was eight hundred french

soldiers were sent to the violence torn country to join the six hundred already deployed there on the force that france has no where 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 nine hundred sixty fourth france form a 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 doing. just scandalous from a human perspective and lead to zero results that zero results if we're talking bringing stability to the country that alan krueger been president of france is new and to capitalist party believes there is more to paris's decision to intervene

with your of 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'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. as your mil 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 teenie 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 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 supposed the country's latest major expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in pollin history i love the one 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. resolution at sea reporting from paris.

the rough and tumble of new york streets are known for their magnanimity and our citizens have a new type of gang violence to contend with. discoverers the police seem unable to do anything about it. 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 their 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 fly to from go through time where the knockout attacks are for him and for him ready to moskowitz believes are likely motivated by gang initiation was something the n.y.p. . he hasn't officially acknowledged if ignored because the guy who had a problem is they have to really try to curb all the gangs and they can't do that for fear so a lot of times they don't want to put a name on something right away because if they put a name want to run they have to go where through 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 players perform to be able to be assigned to everybody in the shrewd they can protect their morals and also in 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 merino. new york well they've been labeled as thugs and criminals by some but increasingly they're getting a lock to stream groups across europe are looking forward to a successful twenty fourteen s far right politicians love to turn grinding economic hardship into votes we'll tell you more in just a few minutes here on r t international and shedding light on the games were reports on the unique illuminations for the winter olympics and the work it took to make sochi shine that's after a short break to stay with us. old . technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got this huge you're covered.

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zero or go back to watching our national since new year's day britain has been braced for a flood but this has nothing to do with the storms battering the country right now the u.k. fears a massive influx of eastern europeans now that immigration rules are relaxed as boyko reports people's biggest concerns are a wave of unskilled workers and criminals leading up to the new year the british government hadn't released any estimates about the number of remain ian's ambo gary and that they expected to arrive in britain now that immigration restrictions have been lifted for them and that since he hasn't done much to allay the fears of the british public. and although romanians and bulgarians now have every right to live and work freely

anywhere within the european union skepticism and public concern say the mass immigration a written all time high what are you currently doing to stop the influx of skilled workers in from the e.u. and upon into do we've made absolutely sure that it's not possible for people to come here simply to claim benefits to a putting a brace very tough measures in controls but the latest report by the institute of public policy research dismissed these as symbolic gestures saying that person can cope with very maybe an ample garion migration according to the paper instead of alarming the public the government may need to implement some minor contingency measures in order to help schools and housing stretch this deadline has been known about for precisely seven years so the idea that we should be rushing around power making about it now it's completely absurd it's quite important for politicians to

step back and explain that this is not the end of the world but on the whole immigration and indeed free movement within europe and you know i've been quite beneficial to the u.k. economy remaining in diplomats to say that their citizens are deeply offended by that portrayal as scroungers and criminals in the u.k. press they point out that most of their citizens are hard working and will contribute to british society something that economists had a happy to back off be a real believer this is the migration to britain you need i mean it's positive both in terms of cultural enrichment and economic enrichment i have to remember that one point six million britons british nationals are working through you enjoy the benefits of that so if we start setting up you shouldn't draw benefits for migrants they we can expect a quick cool cool despite the politicians. off talk of the tabloid headlines fears

of a flood of migrants have been dismissed as nonsense and according to remain officials most of their countrymen would prefer to live in spain or italy anyway judging by the weather here so you can blame them probably boy see london a recent poll suggest a quarter of britain say they are ready to leave the e.u. if it means safeguarding their borders from on the one that migrants the deputy leader of the you came to paris party believes it's the only solution that is critical here is that they can come here from april to face not january the first and claim benefits from that and it's a noncontributory system so quite frankly they can come here and they can claim some welfare but are over putting into the system that the reason why we're having to do it is because of the european union the freedom of movement of peoples as written into e.u. treaties which have been signed by labor governments and conservative governments so there's no point crying about it now the only way we can deal with this problem is by leaving the old p. and union and if people want to say it's a protest and if people want to go out there and vote against the you can do so by

voting for the party which wants to leave such a twenty fourteen promises to be an impressive sporting spectacle by one of the challenges is defeating the darkness of midwinter to bomb would say it takes a look at making the olympics light up. the eyes of the world will be on sochi come february the seventh and frantic work has been going on behind the scenes to make sure of the lifting venue sparkle not just for the crowds but for millions of t.v. viewers around the world for the lighting technicians it's been a mess of undertaking blush media for us this is one of a kind technology and design in the world isn't even the manufacturers who initially claimed it was similar to some other models because of finally admitted our installations are totally unique in other words this is an experimental model that will set a benchmark for the whole world this electric cocktail lighting was months in the making the olympic committee found the brightest and best engineers who came up

with a unique design for every stadium l.e.d. life was selected for danger ability they made to last for a century but also public college changing while factor in for such a short film such installations are temporary solution for various sports competitions but this one is hopefully going to stay for quite some time it is based on the cutting edge technology and totally new software that the world has yet to a dog. off to dog park stadium becomes a scene not worrying ice storms and tumbling snow flakes the ice bank sports palace turns into a giant alchemy arena wave the atlas skating rina a million giant was shimmering rainbow colors the first stadium will be hosting the opening and closing ceremonies and the preparations are for the light sherry's are being kept carefully under wraps but the crowd work of the life mission is the ice

palace this evening i've been given the honors of switching on the lights here at the olympic park stadiums with this smartphone and it's has to have a button let's see what the magic of technology candy. and what a lot of the kaleidoscope of the. rods of the most men's lives and of course are right here in the snow and she between and the black sea and the beautiful white capped mountains and to them like they coming to you from the olympic park in sochi. the sochi for the twenty fourteen olympics what's this place like why is it so special as the russian resort prepares to welcome the world power the games should be the city's present and future but more sochi will bring you this is the moment they're reporting from

a very cold and snowy windy mountainous tough yet beyond the olympics what does it say. on our team. from embattled greece to in data france europeans are being drawn to the far right the small signs of economic growth aren't enough to prevent voter swinging to the extremes be all over takes a closer look at a continent in search of new answers to tough problems. from the d.l. and birth of the north to golden dawn in greece and the south far right groups are making their voices heard in europe finance its 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 crude greece has seen a marked increase in support of the fall rights and neo nazi groups golden dawn and old days ation the right did by their critics as hooligans and thugs heralded by

their supporters as the savior of the greeks for the greeks and they systematic and not going to preach and cultivate. via peer group but they type systematic and immigrants present golden dawn of made it further than most they have elected officials on their books including current greek m.p. elias comes to the out us it's not only in politics that extreme right to abuse the permeating this goal celebration by the athens just kept the artists so the midfielder bound 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 and francis body depends

on national fraud that is the. european people are realizing that the use an empire the soviet union that 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 as well and it should stay in their own country and it used to wouldn't be like. state everything. it used to be that party's interest spruced and the e.u.

second now it's only you. it seems as long as europe's finances continue to languish in the red more and more its people are seeking answers to the right peter all of. germany. john as burke has a sociologist as has far right politicians are offering fear but not viable solutions. the financial crisis is really to keep decent by these parties have gained support in recent years the crisis has led to distrust of politicians is it has led to distrust of immigration or immigrants 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 policy would be. and coming out world apart takes on the health hazards of obesity and how to combat it .

on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that all face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on the rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions and i think can happen and always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because 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 going to make it feel that a radio check please respond. so to. the twenty fourth jean olympics what's this place like. this is so

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