tonight iraq's president calls on the occupied city of fallujah to expel islamist rebels seized the city on friday as the army gathers forces for a full assault on the extremists. greenland opens its pristine trees to world companies for the first time as the country seeks cash and independence we look at the debate sparked by the decision. britain's prime minister toughened up the rhetoric on immigration but too little too late say his critics who claim he's only looking for votes.

this is r.t. it's kevin owen with our top story the eight pm from moscow 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-qaeda militants since friday when they declared it an islamic state that has the army prepares now to for a major assault on the city with several air strikes already carried out. as the latest. is not the elements with al qaeda links have overrun the iraqi cities of ramadi and thousands of residents are fleeing these areas as government forces launch airstrikes and fire artillery shells the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki has evolved 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're witnessing now is that they joining 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 say 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 if not the first time. centrifuges for their course during the war in iraq you became a stronghold of the american resistance other cocoa she was one of those who fought him for things what we're seeing now are the kinds of political mistakes of the past. i've come a long way since my time in illusion two thousand and four and been able to step back and you know i've been involved in a lot of various efforts here in the united states to help fellow veterans out with p.t.s.d. and things like that so i guess it's incredible to see you know a lot of the rejections 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 stand it was really only

a matter of time before this happened when i spoke to the president of the u.k.'s arab lawyers association he told me the country's prime minister and his cabinet have completely failed to save the country from ruin he hasn't been able to stop terrorist acts which is been taking the lives of the civilians and that he is now accusing the tide there which is someone else that being the one who is causing it he is the government is totally incapable of controlling she didn't by that did south except that the people that are being put and very tight spot 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 for the u.n. says that twenty thirteen was the bloodiest year in iraq since two thousand and eight with more than one thousand people killed in the turmoil put together a special section dedicated to keeping tally of the violence in the devastated

state and the human cost it pays every month. i i . i i. greenland has given a green light to wall exploration in the northeast of the country an area previously untouched by industry the move comes as the country searches for a way to fix its economy and give it independence on his election as yes he takes a closer 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 ambitions however not everyone is as thrilled to colleges have already blasted the move pointing at b.p.'s 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 but by letting all companies into its waters greens join the race the resources of racing which many nations are already competing you're diverting from the nansen institute in norway explain to us why the regions become so important these days. well i guess we're all recent climate change that makes the arctic ocean ice cover melt at. a record high paced however i also think that technology is well less prices are gas and natural resources overall are matters

a lot and explaining this new interest as well as activity taking place in arctic most of the resources are actually within in dispute. sovereign states control so i think we should. should more look at the economy and it rather than the potential scramble and clash between states when it comes to utilization here earlier discuss environmental debate over the drilling agreement with the greenpeace activists he told me believes it would be impossible to clean up there after any potential future oil spill and the government should look for other economic solutions instead. no technology to clean up there's lots of weather that's because this cold means that you will have to remove all the all the oil manually there will be no not for the grid ation and you won't be able to use technologies in my minutes like the greenlandic ones extraction of oil and gas would of course though give greater as a commie a much needed boost to should the country really be denied these cave results is

because of environmental concerns that you up will be addressed anyway i once made clear that that is not my development agenda and we fully believe that greenland to greenland the population has a right to development but we don't disagree that oil drilling would be the way to go if you look at the consequences and the risks not only for the environment for but for for example the fisheries six a greenland it is just to be your wrist say you can find one of the two environmentally sound and financially feasible on scale industrial projects that should be sufficient for. their country's economy. come out put out the chain has more telly and fill the financial picture chinese goods replacing the country's famous brand names.

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. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each. 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. the genetic anymore the right products are priest. there is no. evidence to this any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal. or is free cheese always in a mousetrap. for free. enterprise is profit. for this golden rice monarchy. similarly sixteen percent of

imports came from illegal fishing and. 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 the territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. promises pushing for a cap on european immigrants to britain he also says that needs to be cut to wealth migrant workers but critics claim david cameron simply trying to win over voters

who are increasingly leading to the right. this is part of these wider plans that the prime minister has to renegotiate britain's relationship with europe and the prime minister insisting that he'd already made progress on those renegotiation plans he came under some ridicule on twitter from the ukip leader ninety four hours he said david cameron seems to be trying to sound like me the difference is that i believe what they 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 you've had the borders opening up. garia and romania at the beginning of the year possibly a bit of confusion the prime minister's strong words over 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. of course because of the problems prior to those so brussels will not give britain what it wants. if he wants to make the changes that he suggested he has to actually get treaty change and agreement from all the countries and they've already had the european commission in the form of barroso is that 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 or in the places around the country go to lincolnshire for example they are telling girls that they have difficulties in their community because it's changed now that it'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 contribution 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. the bleak midwinter is never as cup of tea when it comes to taking a plunge but at r.t. dog you can see some polish and how they got the name into the record books for their chile efforts. very brave at least sunshine and by the looks of it also online as well the rise of the machine be led by as we ask the u.s. military predicts that in just a matter of years unmanned aircraft will be able to carry out missions without human is the scary part the details dot com. want to. know what these. people.

like to have you with us here on our t.v. today i roll researcher. moscow's demanding an explanation from senegal over the seizure of a russian trawler the crew the ship says it was an organized operation carried out with the government's knowledge vessels detailed saturday off the coast to get to the south senegalese officials claim it was fishing illegally but the ships in spears suspected no evidence has been provided apparently the crew of sixty two russians and twenty others from guinea are still on board their passports have been confiscated and in more world news now a brief key members of the western backed syrian opposition turkey decide on is a patient and the geneva two peace conference later this month 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 meantime in fighting between al-qaeda linked extremists and other rebel groups of left dozens dead in eastern syria. so does president bush arrived in the capital of south sudan for talks with his counterpart on ending the bloodshed in the country meantime fierce fighting continues across south sudan is peace negotiations between rebels and the government of ethiopia are making no progress reports say an army generals been killed during intense battles for the town of bor over a thousand people have lost their lives in the violence in south sudan so far. two separate blasts of a start of left eleven dead the first explosion happened in the northwest of the country at the home of a local tribal leader killed ten including children it was reported the house was used as a weapons distribution point for local militants and the other person died in a suicide blast near a school in the country's north reports say the taliban could be behind this old.

coldest winter storm in twenty years is continuing to blast the united states hundreds of flights have been canceled in schools and in several states closed as temperatures near minus fifty celsius in some areas officials strongly advising residents not to leave their homes big stream weather has claimed sixteen lives so far. the leopard this one of the symbols of the upcoming winter olympics in sochi and there's a reason for that too the mountains of the caucuses are home to the endangered creatures who are fighting tooth and claw to survive artist have i might say is insult you to find out what's being done to help them. stealthy hunt is resourceful scavenger is persian let his the smallest little while can't the one stung these mountains in the caucuses. now the solitary elusive and skillful predators and being introduced to their natural habited after fifty years thanks to

the caucuses nature reserve leopard center. 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 labyrinth 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 up to two years with them to get used to their new home and each other. who the connection wasn't to mediate but dick

come and there for his kids was captured on camera and 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 hope to this group can lead to a resurgence for 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. one cub that wasn't shy about cameras was groom his mother neglected him after he was born now they keep his act as force to parents taking them for walks feeding him and giving him extra love and attention. now graham 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 bomb with say in so she's a nature park forty. and tomorrow is going to just amongst my before there was a winter olympics in sochi keiko forgot what they were from the organizing committee head much more as well here not international as our special coverage continues in a big building. i i i. i i i i. i. final thought and story from italy in the midst of a financial storm seems italians are turning their backs on the designer brands that have made their country will famous saying they're increasingly turning to chinese producers for cheap goods sometimes even labeled still made in italy article piskun off reports. on july first i 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 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 that is also why the. rubbish that the junk food the drunken clothes. as the economy struggles to go on this recession in half a century demand for a luxury 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

these businesses which go way beyond sticks to take out anything called shops or even boutiques and chinese walls which have been spreading all around formal casual sporty every size and style of clothes and foot were 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 me 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 to finish and he's been. off the rock about. working extensively on quality and not. on quantity but large quantity and

lope. prices have proved a perfect tactic for the chinese who cording to the bank of italy channel at least one and a half million dollars out of italy to china you should be good it's been over our tea room. and it's a quick break after the crosstalk at some other game where the time magazine got it right almost with his choice of pope francis's person of the year. there are many internal battles in society liberals and conservatives will never agree on gun rights or abortion but there is one battle that is often more generational than anything the battle for school uniforms teachers argue that uniforms eliminate a big distraction in the classroom and break up the caste systems that can evolve

at school between the cool fashionable kids and the ones who can barely afford lunch like me in my younger years but teenagers will scream uniforms crush their freedom of expression and that they have a right to express who they are their individuality who has the right to dictate to them what to wear the thing they don't realize is that if the school doesn't tell them what to wear that big corporations and m.t.v. will all the cool individuals who dress alike and blindly follow all the trends are just obeying corporate marketing instead of their parents yeah for some reason it is bad if the school punishes you for dressing improperly but if the cool kids make your life a living hell for not wearing the right brand of shoes well that's all well and good for some reason hey look at it this way school uniforms are cheap which leaves more money for parents to buy you video games be it individual in your actions and not a fake individual in trendy clothes but that's just my opinion. millions

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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. territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for. a day illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. to least be told langridge. will programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here. reporting from the world talks books fifty yard p. interviews intriguing stories for you. then try. to find out more because it's. called.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle time magazine's person of the year francis the catholic pontiff according to the managing editor the pope changed the tone and perceptions of the roman catholic church this may be so but francis also is showing himself to be critical of the global economic order and capitalism is there hope for the church or is francis merely a p.r. product. to cross-talk pope francis i'm joined by my guest jamila bey in washington she's a journalist and public speaker also in washington we have one hundred chef when he

is the president of the at was economic research foundation and in madison we cross to scott rickard he is an expert on catholicism as well as the executive editor of chronicles a magazine of american culture all right crosstalk rules and in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage encourage it one hundred in washington per person of the year well deserved yes for sure few people have such respect as the pope. the catholic church still has so much kristie just so much influence around and around the globe so i'm a middle aged ok jamila are you elated that pope francis is time magazine's person of the year it is despairing despairing to me that i've got to support miley cyrus pope francis is a choice for person of the year was absolutely wrong in every measure from.