this is why you should care only. iraq's president calls on the occupied city of fallujah to expel islamist rebels that seized the city on friday as the army gathers forces for a full assault on the extremists. greenland opened its pristine arctic territory so companies for the first time as a country seeks cash and independence r.t.l. looks at the debate sparked by the decision. britain's prime minister toughens up the rhetoric on immigration but too little too late say his critics who claim he's only looking for votes. as five pm in moscow he watching r t international with me arena joshie iraq's

prime minister is calling on the residents of the city of fallujah to drive out insurgents the city has been occupied by al qaida militants since friday when they declared an islamic state that has the army prepares for a major assault on the city with several air strikes already carried out are supposedly or has the details. does not pick elements with al qaeda links have overrun the iraqi cities of ramadi and thousands of residents of mean these area as government forces launch air strikes and fire artillery shells the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki has valved that government forces will not leave this area until all these extremist elements are to quote him eliminated but he does admit that for now the government has lost control in these cities in recent days the militants received a boost as they were joined in the fight against the baghdad government by sunni

tribesmen and what is interesting is that it marks a change from the years prior to the u.s. withdrawal when major sunni tribes turned against al qaeda what we witnessing now is that they join forces with these al-qaeda groups against the shiite led government now the american administration has been slammed for creating the situation there are many who predicted that once the u.s. forces withdrew from iraq they would be a vacuum that would be created and that this would be fulled with extremist elements the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has promised support for the baghdad government but he has ruled out the possibility of boots on the ground he has said that the u.s. would not send troops back to that country to quote kerry he says that this fight is the fight of the baghdad government iran has also said that it is prepared to me and military support to the baghdad government and saying troops to help fight al qaeda there while in neighboring syria the al qaida fighters who are embattled with

the syrian president bashar assad in recent months have been gaining ground and gaining strength. now isn't the first on follow jasmine now the center of the violent battles during a war in iraq it became a stronghold of sunni anti-american resistance adam koch cash was one of those who fought in fallujah at that time and he thinks what we are seeing now are the political mistakes of the past i have come a long way since my time in fallujah in two thousand and four there's been able to step back and you know i've been involved you know a lot of various efforts here in the united states to help veterans out with p.t.s.d. and things like that so i think it's incredible to see that you know a lot of the projections that those of us who understood what the war was about at least figured out when we got home coming true now because when you understand the nature of war as a racket you want to stand the true motivations behind the united states invasion occupation when you want to stand what kind of puppet government was installed in

iraq your standard it was really only a matter of time before this happened and was spoke to the president of the u.k.'s arab lawyers association and he says the country's prime minister and his cabinet have completely failed to save the country from ruin the hasn't been able to stop terrorist acts which is the taking the lives of the civilians and of that he is now accusing the thai which is someone else that being the one who's causing it he is the government that is totally incapable of controlling she didn't buy that did south accept the people that are being put and very tight slot because the government is allowing people to go out beating anybody who comes out in the street even raising their voices this is really a tragedy. now the un says a two thousand and thirteen was the bloodiest year in iraq since two thousand and eight was more than seven thousand people killed in the turmoil r.t.

dot com has a special section dedicated to keeping tally of the violence in the devastated state and the human cost it pays every month. what you are to international greenland has given a green light to oil exploration of the north east of the country an area previously untouched by industry the move comes as the cash strapped country searches for

a way to fix its economy and give it independence parties like see here chefs takes a close look at the pros and cons of the decision. drilling and oil exploration off the western coast of the country particularly has already been underway for some time by the likes of shell chevron and exxon mobil but b.p. and its partners will now explore the concession in the north east which amounts to thousands of square kilometers some believe there may be a huge reserve of oil there up to one hundred ten billion barrels potentially the largest in the whole of the arctic the decision of greenland's leadership is a complete u. turn from what it said only nine months ago when a moratorium on any further drilling was imposed due to environmental concerns the latest move is understood to be tightly connected with greenland strive for independence from denmark for now it's been relying solely on its faltering fish industry and grants from copenhagen but it's also known to have vast reserves of diamonds gold rare metals as well as having the world's second largest reserves of fresh water but clearly it's the black gold which could make greenland both

economically and politically independent and the government is happy to have more international oil giants on board to boost these and visions however not everyone is as thrilled to colleges have already blasted the move. checkered record describing the arctic environment as very fragile they say that even a minor oil spill in the crystal clear waters of greenland could cause a major disaster b.p. officials say they will take several years to carefully prepare for the challenging exploration work given the intensity of environmentalists criticism it's almost guaranteed that this period will be marked by the protests of those opposed to any drilling in the arctic. now by letting oil companies into its waters greenland has joined the race for arctic resources a race in which manning nations are already competing why is this region so important hopefully to answer that question we're now joined live by new york from the denton institute in norway think it's so much mr reagan for joining us here in r.t. to talk about this well you know as we know when you as a researcher probably know a very well that for many years the arctic has been the interest of scientists i

mean they were placed there they studied the region several but why has it become now the focal point of so many countries interested in it well i mean there are all recent climate change that makes it to go to. cover melt at. a record high paced however i don't think technology is well less prices oil and gas and natural resources. matters a lot and explaining this new interest as well as activity taking place in arctic. well you know there are quite a lot of interested parties that want to get their share their slice of the arctic resources will there be enough for everyone then. i think one needs to take a look at the map and if you look carefully most of the resources are within

economic soames or exclusive. of the arctic extent so therefore it's sort of like scramble for the arctic resources it's not so accurate most of the its resources are actually within in dispute the. sovereign states control so i think we should and. should more look at economy in it rather than the potential scramble and clash between states when it comes to utilization here well in fact this is something that like to ask you and perhaps get more information now that you mentioned the fact that there might be some scrabble is a worry you know some collision of interest. in your view are we likely to see any syria's sort of clashes of interest there in this region in the future. i guess the most high profile sort of. disputes or overlapping claims

are that the north pole itself i mean this is very rare or like special point if you want however there's a un committee. composed of scientists actually making recommendations in these states and last year in the fall the camera made their. proposal for and there are there are economic guests on here and i guess russia will do it soon as well as as well denmark and hopefully this un committee did will make. very very clear recommendations that the states will follow and except for that very high profile sort of potential dispute it's not so many. terror stories or or maritime songs at all actually so it might eliminate now forget the north pole for a short while and a look at its direct opposite the south pole how rich is it in resources and why no

one seems to be that interested in the south pole in your opinion. now so the legal regime for the south pole is very different from from the arctic. to antarctica treaty systems free says also and he claims and since that was. negotiated in the i guess it was in the fish this it hasn't really been an issue and so has all so the moratorium on economic activities i think it's called the madrid protocol environment. it has really. all the dates of their claims for territory and sovereign rights so therefore don't talk to god it's a very different case and i think in very long time it is not so likely in a disorder and status will change however in the north into our it's different it's it's a lot to see basically in it our regulating the better. the rights and. sovereignty

of the states and all the arctic states except to cede us their main. legal reference also the united states even though they have not rectified it they act as if they are following it by so now all right well new york where gay senior research fellow from bonanza is here in norway thank you so much for sharing your views with us here on our to international you're welcome. and coming up here on our team a national shake on the cheap as mortality and feels the financial pinch chinese kids are replacing the country's famous brand names. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each good. what if someone

offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can they're very strong against g.m.o. and we think that's. genetically modified products are priest. there is no. evidence that there is any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal. or is free cheese always in a mouse trap i don't believe that. free. enterprise is profit. these golden rice are cheap.

approximately sixteen percent imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on foot they enter our territorial waters they fish they load this fish into the show. leave your right. to do illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. ok maggie watching r t international the u.k.'s prime minister is pushing for

a cap on european immigrants to britain he also says there are need to be cuts to welfare for migrant workers but critics claim david cameron is simply trying to win over voters or increasingly leaning to the right r.t. sarah ferguson reports this is part of these why do plans that the prime minister has to renegotiate britain's relationship with europe and the prime minister insisting that he's already made progress on those renegotiation plans he came under some ridicule on twitter from the ukip leader ninety eight for us he said david cameron seems to be trying to sound like me the difference is that i believe what i say now of course that might cause some confusion amongst the public and it's felt by many that the conservative party line on immigration has been somewhat confused because he's had the board is a putting up. garia romania at the beginning of the year and say possibly a bit of confusion the prime minister's strong words saver what his plans for the

future are with that renegotiation and of course the big question is that whilst the prime minister might be saying all of this putting these very tough plans on the table the big question remains as to whether the e.u. would accept these terms of renegotiation and a lot of people feel that quite simply that won't be acceptable to the other members of the now among those who think so as of course the u.k. snow pants party they say brussels will not give britain what it wants. if he wants to make the changes that he suggested he has to actually get treaty changes and agreement from all the countries and they've already had the european commission in the form of a row so he said that won't happen the only clear solution is to get your control of your borders back in order to do that you have to leave the european union politicians are not listening to people in the streets of or into places around the country go to lincolnshire for example they are telling us that they have difficulties in their community because it's changed now that's not being racist is

actually being realistic and listening to those people all that we suggesting you keep is that anyone who comes to this country has to be able to afford to work here pay taxes and contribute to this country but we have to have a sensible immigration policy which brings the best in and ensures that they stay here and pay for the future of this country in the same way that indigenous people do. now want to be in the guinness book of records to r.t. dot com where you'll find out how to polish swimmers did so just by taking a dip in the sea in the middle of winter plus. could the rise of the machine be led by drones the west military predicts that in a matter of years on manned aircraft will be able to carry out missions without human commands to get the details and. moscow is

demanding an explanation from senegal over the seizure of a russian trawler the crew of the ship says it was an organized operation carried out with the government's knowledge the vessel was detained on saturday off the coast of guinea bissau outs and abilities officials claim it was fishing illegally but the ship has since been inspected and no evidence has been provided a crew of sixty two russians and twenty others from getting this hour still inboard their passports are confiscated. now to go to some other stories from around the world key members of western backed syrian opposition are in turkey to decide on the year of participation in the geneva two peace conference aimed at stopping almost three years of bloodshed in syria last week another influential group the syrian national council reiterated their refusal to take part in the talks meanwhile in fighting between al qaida linked extremist and other rebels groups have left dozens dead in eastern syria. today and spread and tomorrow

bashir has arrived in the capital of south sudan for talks with his counterpart of ending the bloodshed in the country meanwhile fierce fighting continues across south sudan as peace negotiations between rebels and the government in a few are making no progress reports say an army general has been killed during intense battles in the town of bor over a thousand people have lost their lives in the violence in south sudan. tennessee has issued a state of emergency as vast parts of the united states is in the grip of a heavy snow storm meanwhile masses of frigid air of put the midwest of the country in deep freeze with temperatures forecast to hit minus fifty celsius in some areas schools in chicago and throughout minnesota have been closed and people are advised to stay at home the extreme weather has claimed sixteen lives so far. fourteen people have been killed during a stampede at a muslim religious ceremony in northern china many others have been injured with

four reported to be in critical condition the incident happened one people surged forward as food was being handed out the lead her to is one of the symbols of the upcoming winter olympics in sochi and there's a reason for that the mountains of the caucuses are home to endangered creatures who are fighting tooth and claw to survive what say is it or try to find out what's being done to help still the hunt is resumes full scavenges persian let the kids the smallest little while krantz one still in these mountains in the caucuses. now the elusive and skillful produces and being introduced to the natural habitat it off to fifty years thanks to the caucuses nature reserve leopard sent him. it's part of a program linked to the sochi twenty fourteen winter games that aims to preserve and improve the region's wildlife and environment.

though the animal has been spotted in the russian caucasus a few times there is no viable leopard population there our program is designed to start a new population of the persian leopards in the caucasus mountains and to restore the species in its natural habitat there has been success here two cups born at the national park in july with the first ever born in captivity. their parents have been brought in from lisbon zoo in portugal it took two years with them to get used to their new home and each other. the connection wasn't to mediate but dick come and there for his kids was captured on camera the health of the family will be monitored using g.p.s. chips for the next twenty years all in all the center now has ten leopards it's home to this group can lead to a resurgence will the species the leopards live in

a temporary open the cages in the reserve which i quipped with cameras there observed closely while the adept before being released into the wild their food is pig releasing the cages to shop in out their hunting skills. what cobb that wasn't shy about cameras was groom his mother neglected him after he was born now the key booze act as fools to parents taking him for walks feeding him and giving him an extra love and attention. now growing he is only six months old he's pretty happy and he will be here making sure that there's more of him out of this nature park to them would say in so she's a nature park forty well tomorrow will be just a month before the winter olympics in sochi and we'll get an update from the organizing committee head and much more so do stay with her to international for

our special coverage. now in the midst of a financial storm italians are turning their backs on the designer brands that have made their country world famous they're increasingly turning to chinese producers for cheap goods sometimes even labeled made an artist a gorgeous going off has more. well john are going to say four generations of this family have made their living from the textile business italian kashmir silk garden you name it these people have quality clothing in their d.n.a. . and quality which fewer and fewer customers are able to afford it now with this

the people they they are interested in the nice thing sir but that they have no money to buy and they go to buy a cheap pair of boots and this is ladies and also why is the proud i call rubbish the junk food the drunken clothes. as the economy struggles to go on this recession in half a century demand for watch three goods among italians is going down but for some the crisis has provided great opportunities just like many other cities across the world rome has its own chinatown as well whole district in the center of the city filled with showing businesses which go way beyond sticks to take out anything called shops or even boutiques and charities walls which have been spreading all around formal casual sporty every size and styles calls and forward are presented here and with a price tag sometimes as much as ten times lower than the competition it's flying

off the shelves there is nothing to think about here i'm not going to spend my last cash under such i buy chinese stuff yes many good cotton clothes sometimes but i always check the label first and here's the punchline these chinese schools are not made in china anymore the materials are imported yes but since there are assembled here who are just lieschen allows the made in italy stamped on every item something italian companies want changed if initially is. off that is a crock but. working excessively on quality and not. quantity with large quantity and low pay. rices proved the perfect tactic for the chinese who according to the bank of italy channel at least a one and a half million dollars out of italy to china the day you go to spin off r.t. wrong. seven days of tops for the action of text with k. partridge here on r.t. international.

well the british. is not on the side of the. market so why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a record. low

welcome to the first sports show of twenty fourteen coming up all the talk sport from russia and around the world with me. yes think of it. dynamic. straight when the streets in overtime and hundreds of bodies stay top of the k h l . strike. plus high hopes russian john's disco moscow when the first of the all russian showdown. the

year only took sixteen of the army men trying to get a first continental title in six years. and dancing queen we meet teenager you later in the in a queue at the ice dance stop looks to shine at russia's winter olympics in sochi. but let's kick off with football and the january transfer window as prolific blunders legal strike out robert leavened of ski has agreed to join treble winners buy in munich from arch rivals dortmund at the end of the season the twenty five year old underwent a medical before signing a pre-contract agreement for a five year deal with the league leaders the fifty six count poland star helped dortmund facts about domestic titles in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and twelve was also scoring the league's second best tally last season of twenty four goals in thirty one matches but now he's set to rejoin midfielder mario gets or who also moved to buy in from dortmund last summer. while

three days of national mourning is being observed in portugal after one of the country's greatest ever football as you say vo has died at the age of seventy one the mozambique born forward scored a phenomenal seven hundred thirty three goals in seven hundred forty five matches and helped benfica win eleven domestic crowns and one european cup he was also the top scorer at the nine hundred sixty six world cup in england with nine goals including four against north korea and had been a football ambassador since retiring in one nine hundred seventy nine. meanwhile coach carlo ancelotti as well as his assistants in a deans adama watched spanish giants realm of edges form a side french league leaders. one nil in friendly in cats are twenty year old has say scored the nineteenth minute when are two upstaged team mates and ballon d'or nominee christiane a rebel though karim benzema went close to making it to nil early in the second half.