this is why you should care only. international tonight iraq's president calls on the occupied city of expel islamist rebels seized the city on friday as the army gathers forces for a full assault on the extremist. companies for the first time as the country seeks cash and independence we look at the. by this decision. to toughen up the rhetoric on immigration but. critics who claim it's only looking for a vote. say

watching our top story tonight 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 is the army from know for a major assault on the city was already carried out. the latest. does not pick elements with al qaeda links have overrun the iraqi cities of ramadi and thousands of residents are fleeing these area as government forces launch strikes and fire artillery shells the iraqi prime minister nuri 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 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. all of the first time fluid has been in the center of course of fierce fighting during the war in iraq it became a stronghold of sunni until american resistance adam coaches one of those who fought and flew you at the time he told us he thinks what we're seeing now are echoes of political mistakes of the past i have come a long way since my time in illusion two thousand and four there's 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 veterans with p.t.s.d. and things like that so i was it was 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 through now because when you understand the nature of war as a racket you want to stand the true motivations behind the united states immigration occupation when you want to stand what kind of government was installed

in iraq your stand it was really only a matter of time before this happened. i spoke to the president of the u.k. lawyers association he told me the country's prime minister and his cabinet completely failed to save the country from ruin the hasn't been able to start terrorist acts which is the taking the lives of the civilians in that he is now accusing the tide there which is somewhere else that being the one who is causing it he is the government in power that is totally incapable of controlling she didn't know that itself except that the people there 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 with the un's no saying twenty thirteen was the bloodiest year in iraq since two thousand and eight with more than eight thousand people killed in the term or auntie they'll come to special section we've set up dedicated to keeping

a tally of the violence in the devastated state and the human cost it pays every month. greenlit has given a green light to oil exploration in the northeast of the country an area previously untouched by industry is move comes as the car struck country searches for a way to fix its economy give it independence. next then takes a closer look at the pros and the cons of this 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. we discussed this issue with a former prime minister agree lindsay said the drilling projects are of a vital importance to the country. people. one has to understand that first of all the green economy today is it's heavily dependent on block grants from things government almost forty percent of the government budgets and low budget is block grant from from denmark green and society needs to establish new

new economic activities and since the opportunities and the christian children limits it to with regards to for instance expanding the fisheries or create jobs within actually culture or tourism it's all very limited we have to look at the mineral sector as well we know from i'm around the world and from history that it's impossible to get one to you that the environment will not be harmed but you need to calculate how big the rich case and also in terms of legalization it's green and it's known for being one of the countries in the world with the toughest three collegians on on on me my amends but at the same time you need to be aware that you cannot guarantee for a while that the environments of being not to harm same time so trying to establish so on in kaname and to to be as much making and politically

independent we need to explore other sources of economic activity the letting oil companies into his horse's greenland's join the race now for a take resources race in which many nations are already competing of course they gave from the nansen institute norway explain to us why the regions become so important. well i guess we're all recent climate change that makes the arctic ocean . cover melt at. a record high pace however i also think technology is well less prices. and gas and natural resources overall 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. or states control so i think we should and. should more look at the economy in it rather than the potential scramble and clash between states when it comes to utilization here.

coming up put out shake on the cheap as more italian still the financial page chinese goods are replacing the country's famous brand names just ahead. millions around the globe struggle with hunger. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. against g.m.o. and we think that. there is no. evidence any problem with genetic engineering.

or is free cheese. that. is profit. for these golden rice. at least sixteen percent of the 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. they enter our territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and

leave for europe. to day illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. it. looks like to know that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and oppressed cynical we've been hijacked like handful of friends dash all corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem tracks rational debate

and real discussion critical issues facing that define ready to join the movement then welcome to the big picture. slogan the u.k.'s prime minister is pushing for a cap on european immigrants to britain he also says there needs to be cuts to welfare of the migrant workers but could his claim david cameron simply trying to win over voters are increasingly leading to the right sort of first reports. 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's already made progress on those renegotiation plans he came under some ridicule on twitter from the ukip leader nigel for as he said david cameron seems to be trying to sound like

me the difference is that i believe what they say now of course it 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 . 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 and 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 well of. course the party grossly 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 other countries and they've already had the

european commission in the form of the rosso 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 of or into places around the country go to lincolnshire for example they are telling viewers 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 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. on a lighter note online for most take over a thousand hardy swim is one chilly beach in poland one record to break what you get. you get this they all showed up to brave the icy depths to make it into the

guinness book of records since the sun shone through on their perseverance paid off we got the pictures to prove it plus. could the rise of the machine be led by drones our website investigates that the u.s. military predicts that in just a matter of years unmanned aircraft will be able to carry out missions without human commands or about that than i doubt. you. could have you with us here on our t.v. today i'm sure.

most 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 vessels detained on saturday off the coast of getting senegalese officials claim it was fishing illegally but the ship has since been inspected apparently no evidence has been provided of that approve sixty two russians and twenty others from still on board their passports have been confiscated. other top stories in brief key members of the western backed syrian opposition are in turkey to decide on their participation or not in the geneva two peace conference but they were 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 of infighting between al-qaeda linked extremists and other rebel groups of left dozens dead in eastern syria. so that president omar bashir is in the south sudan for talks with his counterpart in ending the bloodshed

currently in the country this is fierce fighting continues across peace negotiations between rebels and the government of ethiopia are making no progress reports say an army general being 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 impact a start of left a leavened dead the first explosion happened in the northwest of the country at the home of a local tribal leader that killed ten including children it's 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 have been behind the assault. the coldest winter storm in twenty years still blasting the united states hundreds of flights have been canceled and schools in several states closed as temperatures near minus fifty celsius in some areas officials are strongly advising residents not to leave home the extreme weather has claimed sixteen lives of.

the leopard is one of the symbols of the upcoming winter olympics in sochi the reason for that the mountains of the caucuses are home to the endangered creatures who are fighting tooth and claw to survive these days and it is taboo i must say is in sochi to find out what's being done to help them still be hunted is resourceful scavengers is. the smallest of the wild cancer once these month is in the caucuses. now the solitary elusive and skillful predators being introduced to their natural habited after fifty years thanks to the caucuses nature reserve leopard sent to. its part of a program living to this 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 had been brought in from lisbon zoo in portugal to two yes 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 kiss 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 home 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 pink released in the cages to show up 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 him for walks feeding him and giving him extra love and attention because. 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 beautiful creatures away tomorrow to be just a month or two before the winter olympics in sochi finally kick off will be going up to him from the organizing committee had much more here not international as our

coverage the big event continues. next in the midst of a financial storm seems the tally and the turn of their backs these days in the design of brands that have made their country will famous they're increasingly turning partly to chinese producers for cheap goods sometimes even still labeled made in italy go pers can offer ports. 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. a high end 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 ladies and also why is the proud i call rubbish the junk food the junky clothes. as the economy struggles to go on in 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 showings businesses which go way beyond cities to take out anything called shops or even teach the chinese walls which have been spreading all around formal casual sporty every size and styles 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 many good cotton clothes sometimes but i always check the label first and here's the point line these chinese calls 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 you need. a proc about. walking 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 you'd be the go to spin off r.t. . coming up next the epitome of style and more importantly always on the ball as well when it comes to spork a partridge is here with the week's highlights for you you're watching r t

international. some of the sixteen percent of 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. but the territorial waters they fish they load the fish into the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. wealthy british soil the sun. spot on.

markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. welcome to the first sports show of twenty fourteen coming up all the top sports from russia and around the world let me take punctuation and he is the thick of it. the dynamic that i'm on last night straight when the streets are in overtime at home to 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 in the euro league top sixteen is the army men target a first continental final in six years. and dancing queen we meet teenager you later in the unique the ice dance start looks to shine at russia's winter olympics in sochi. but let's kick off with football and the january transfer window as prolific one does legal strikeout robert leavened of ski has agreed to join trouble when his 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 back to back domestic titles in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and twelve while 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 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 footballers 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 brands 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 of damage watched spanish giants royal madrid edges form a side french league leaders. one nil in friendly in cats are twenty year old has say scored the nineteenth minute when a two upstaged teammate and ballon d'or nami christiane a rebel though karim benzema went close to making it to nil early in the second

half was denied by the woodwork. well p.s.g. frontman zlatan abraham of age also failed to make an impact in that profile friendly bunch the sweden captain showed off his beach football skills in the desert at his guitar a own club travels to the gulf country for a training camp during the winter break even have a bitch was also on the long list for the ballon d'or but failed to make the cut after sweden crushed that's two right now those portugal forty one aggregate in last november's world cup playoffs while the thirty two year old says he'd love to reignite with lionel messi after the boss alone a star was linked with a move to p.s.g. . if he's on the market of course is there because like explained before the project of p.s.g. is to dream big and to dream big if you can have a player like missy you don't dream big. dream is reality. and it was a twenty seven.