observer or not whether they're going to prosecute or not. freed captives of an extremist group in syria tell shocking details of their ordeal saying the militants fighting under the blasts lines of al qaeda emerge as the most a radical power in the region feared even by anti substances. fire sale islands consuls and historic cities go under the hollywood europe as cash strapped governments invention new ways to me that budgets plus. you're going to need to look at radiation back up into your heart it's hard to. be as other franking as a new report reveals hundreds of complaints of contamination but officials and companies seem keen to ignore that.

hello and welcome to our team to national twenty four hour news live from moscow our thanks for joining us several hundred captives of a hard line of rebel group linked to al qaeda have been freed in syria they were being holed held by fighters from the islamic state of iraq and leave and one of the was radical jihadist militant groups in the region let's not get more from his middle east correspondent paula actually joins us now live paula it seems this al qaeda linked group is becoming more and more dangerous and poses a serious threat to even those who fight against president assad please tell us more. well certainly this group is looking as if the actions of kerry's hours are increasingly horrific there is video that is circulating of

a terrible execution the video is verified but it comes from the syrian city of aleppo and what we see in it is people who have been killed by this al qaeda affiliated is nomic state in iraq in the event which is calling itself the i guess is what we understand is that the people killing each other cautiously from the from the feeling and then also some journalists among them as you see they were shot in their heads as well as being handcuffed now this comes after these islamised rebels have to be hit with a trace of and let's hope and what we're looking at this elite is a position killing opposition of the free syrian army is certain horrified by the rise of these radical rebel groups there is no denying that i assist is worse than the syrian president bashar assad fighters of the i s s were using the children's eye hospital as the central detention facility and dozens of bodies were discovered

inside they appear to have been executed those who survived and some of the eyewitness reports that are coming through say that the treatment was worse than they were ever treated by the regime is intelligence one of them saying that he was praying that bombs would drop that planes would drop bombs to put in to their ordeal now fighters of the same group who are behind executions and kidnappings in syria on now controlling key cities in iraq's biggest province with researchers and analysts saying that the wives of radicals in the region is that launch being fueled by the u. s. policies so certainly a very warring picture unfolding in this region. middle east correspondent paula there with the details paula many thanks indeed for that report. fighters of the same group which has been behind executions and kidnappings in syria are now controlling case it is in iraq's biggest province and drew political research. told

my colleague he said now where the rise of radicals in the region is largely fueled by the us policies it seems america would like to help the iraqi government fight the road terrorists that were created because of the occupation of the foreign forces of america and yet in syria next door in syria the same group are being aided to overthrow the government in syria so america is continuing its two political games in the region and of course the people that suffer are the countries themselves iran is a neighbor of iraq so the spillover deeply of iran. in america will be sitting nice and cozy across the ocean eventually but the u.s. and iran have been propping up different sides of the conflict in syria are they really united over the struggle in neighboring iraq or does it go deeper. i think

we have totally different goals as far as extremism is concerned i do believe that it is a goal for iran to fight it through. and the other hand we know that. the united states is still feeding the fighters in syria through its ally jordan so it's very hard to to accept what america has to say if there is value when this still continued to support now. a suicide bombing has killed at least twelve soldiers at a military recruitment center in baghdad and that time is believed to be retired action against government attempts to push al qaeda fighters from foreign powers are weighing in with the you are stepping up missile deliveries and iran offering military equipment. looks at tehran and washington finding themselves on the same side of the conflict because of politics of the last few decades you think about the u.s. and iran as enemies that don't have anything in common but they do and its fight

against terror for one the kind of terror that is now so rapidly metastasizing in syria and in your book radical sunni militants are gaining food hold in iraq's on bar problems and the iraqi government is struggling to drive them out now for americans who had heard the term state sponsor of terrorism so many times used to find you on this whole setting sound unusual and u.s. secretary of state john kerry saying that iran might play a role of the peace talks on syria also sounds unusual among the audience that is so used to the hostile rhetoric although on syria both washington and tehran say they want to stop the spillover of terror iran does not share washington is just for regime change is syria so still lots of differences but we see some early indications that common interest could be slowly coming to the forefront after years on the back burner. meanwhile

a resolution on syria seeking to condemn the government has failed the statements drafted by the u.k. expressed outrage as trikes on aleppo which has been carried out since last month over seven hundred are believed to have been killed the resolution was scampered off the diplomats refused and amendments offered by russia. and for more on the developments in the syrian conflict as well as analysis on the situation in the whole region had to r.t. dot com. while austerity in europe may be forcing many to tighten their belts to the marks for others it's offering good opportunities hard pressed european governments looking to plug budget holes that are putting their nation's legacies and a hummer artist as our senior takes a look at whether the game is worth the cost. it's been dubbed the great european fire sale in a bid for cash these are just some of what's been up for grabs but even funds raised from headline grabbing deals might not be enough like six greek island sold

for eight point five million euros an italian island sold for two point nine million exclusive rights to use the coliseums image on their products for fifteen years twenty five million euros government debt in the euro zone is greater now than it was a year ago and some of the sales of lead to public anger and frustration bestselling history and culture they're selling beauty things that a priceless and they've touched the price tag to it i think that's absolutely reprehensible there's absolutely no guarantee that that privatization will help consumers are told and one of the most surprising items recently put on the market was citizenship for a little over a million euros you get a maltese passport and therefore become an e.u. citizen a move that's been put on hold as two thirds of the public at opposition leaders cry foul the very. same legal gone through these which is trades meant

a huge international. which was uncalled for because more go to date has when the lowest rate of unemployment in the whole european union it's a question of our citizenship should not be pulled out on say proponents of privatization see it as a necessity for nations that are in dire straits but also warned that by europe at a bargain may not be as much of a jackpot as one might think if i were investor i wouldn't be buying many of these things all of these countries have serious political risks for any kind of foreign investor anybody trying to. buy a house and italy has to reckon with the possibility that ten twenty years down the line a government is just going to nationalize whatever they whatever they want to nationalize but for what it's worth this sale continues tesser sylvia. and we talked with financial expert patrick young on the show he told is the big scheme the big sale is now a remedy to the euro zone's a real problems when you've had

a swinge ing incredible recession as we've seen in many parts of europe there will ultimately be a point in time when the economy binds the spark to some degree but truly the problem is that the euro is still fundamentally a counsellor us disorganized monetary system at the core of the european union the mediterranean countries have still done little or nothing to organize what is effectively an intergenerational warfare older people can keep and get on hold on to their jobs younger people simply have no chance of getting any jobs in the first place let alone keeping them and therefore we do not have a sustainable recovery europe it's trying to paper over the cracks it is simply failing to address the very very substantial issues europe needs to restructure it needs to be more competitive because already other countries are eating its lunch.

security is being tightened around u.s. military bases operation in britain new laws are set to come into force those no need for the approval they're taking pictures of failing to clean up after your dog had been enough to get your arrested the full details are coming up later in the program. hundreds of complains over what well water contamination have been filed in your states where oil and gas drilling known as fracking is taking place pollution was confirmed in a number of cases of raising further downs over the safety of the controversial technique a recently published review their sociedad press details the problems in four u.s. states in ohio one hundred and ninety complaints have been registered since twenty ten in six cases water contamination was confirmed over the same period west virginia has seen one hundred twenty complaints and install the cases the companies are taking corrective actions there and the same in the same time in the state of

pennsylvania the number of complaints has reached nearly nine hundred in the last two years under more than a hundred of them pollution has been registered the state of texas has a shocking two thousand complaints made by the public although authorities haven't confirmed any of those were indeed cases of contamination anger over fracking is spilling over to the stage of new york as well as marina port in iowa was this witness the latest protests. but look at that thousand people gathered in albany new york city capital to take the car it was tight rocking the rally was the governor and she was she was rocking it was stated was that you was really was doing to see the teachers probably. which was to leave the decision on whether or not it was rocky to come move work states now over the past

ten years fracking has led to a u.s. boom in oil and gas production generating hundreds of billions in revenue for companies and landowners but it's also created concerns and fears about pollution in the candidate you will get the ball was change was so many it was so quick like we've already seen cases of the dangerous was taking place in the state throughout the country and they don't think those cases was lead to our their lives that you know contaminated high levels of radiation in a bridge the bottom line is they dream they're credibly dirty water on the extreme end of the extraction was of anyplace new york city i feel like the fracking companies you know horror was is because they're not concerned it was people's health this is science or do you now want to now if we knew about this we think it's striking upstate new york we're going to ruin our science and real because

they do not want to be the next tracking what was the question is the governor of the state listen and heed to the concerns of his constituents the forty from albany new york read up or nial arctic fracking requires companies to pump a mix show water on harmful chemicals into the ground to break apart rock kind of release fuel the contaminated water returns to the surface containing sold heavy metals and radiation causing appalachian renewable energy because tyson slocum says there's a reason why we're here so little about the dangers of fracking. the fact is that the hydraulic fracturing process is injecting millions of gallons of highly corrosive and highly toxic chemical mixtures into the ground and some of them are of small traces it still is harmful. for health but it's more difficult to pick up especially if different state agencies lack the resources to do the

full kind of testing required what this investigation shows is that basically most of these states are just operating hotlines where people can call and report these concerns that they're having but we're not seeing a systemic follow up to to determine exactly what if any contamination has occurred at the oil company will say listen we'll give you ten or twenty thousand dollars in cash will give you a year's supply of free drinking water all you have to do is sign this nondisclosure agreement that forbids you from ever mentioning this publicly the lack of good information about well contamination and all of these gag orders on these nondisclosure agreements it's having a huge impact on policy. so around the corner for you the new born celebrity of north pole all region which has become an object of obsession and the headlines.

were vortex the polar vortex the polar vortex you know to worry about the confusing stuff the stuff with new ones like the syrian civil war like the pros and cons of genetically modified food you just walk outside and go by devils or art and look at why the part of both sides seems to have frozen not only north america but the minds of the global media which come out we're piecing how cold the kodak trade. told them a language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports for . the pollution to know i will be next stake to comment on your latter point. to carryout a car is on the docket no. thank you no more weasel. when you made a direct question he prepared for

a change. and you should be ready for a. critical speech. down the freedom to. dramas to be ignored to. stories others to refuse to notice. the faces in the world right next. to picture of today's. from around the globe. well again this is an international welcome back in the u.k. m.p.'s are introducing new laws to protect u.s.

military bases in britain a person could be punished just for walking a dog near by the governments using legislation enacted over a century ago to move ahead without parliament's approval and some let's not cross live to laura smith laura so what kind of shit is will be banned under these laws. well there are twenty activities altogether are not going to list them all but they range from things like pitching a tent near a base or bringing a caravan near us their base all of these things by the way you're liable to immediate arrest no further discussion taking photographs of anything or anyone digging near a base or even as you mentioned failing to clear up after your dog near a base which is quite a an odd thing to be arrested for the government's obviously doing this to tighten security around bases all around the country but the thing is that these laws haven't ever been discussed in parliament the governments using two hundred year

old law which it sort of bringing back never went away completely which is sort of lay dormant which comes under the control of the ministry of defense which means that these laws don't have to be discussed in parliament at all they could just be introduced completely unilaterally now they apply to around one hundred fifty bases all over the country among them are to us therefore bait for spaces that are key centers for us eavesdropping basically they are in the middle of the country near milton keynes messick new relay stations and one of them funnels back data to washington from this network of of embassy based spy bases including that berlin facility if you remember that was listening in to anger or allegedly listening in to angola merkel's telephone there were previously no special laws that were put in place to govern the land around these faces so their

introduction now is raising questions among critics they're saying you know does it mean that there will be an expansion of the bases what are they trying to hide and why is the u.k. government helping them in this campaign is also worried that it's preparing the ground for an expansion of the us drone net. work that this is in preparation of that we know there is strong evidence that the u.k. has been involved. that its bases have been involved in the targeting of trains in the past. laura smith live from london there are many many thanks indeed for that. and of course there's plenty more stories for you just a click away including reaching for new heights to us navy state of the area with a revolutionary new unmanned aircraft fitted with a wrong choice engine and having a wing span longer than a boeing airliner that's our website for footage of the machine being puts for its place. google might have been through an accurate storing the private

information of its users disclaimer has been made by a french data protection watchdog to find out exactly will the global giants fan out to see the. costs of russia's north caucasus region has been put on security after five borders with gunshot wounds were found in sought separate cars police are hunting for three suspects sought to be armed and driving in a car across the region all season it's a question asking how cities. four cars with five dead bodies have been found in the starr report region along highway two of these people were reportedly taxi drivers and reportedly at one of these one of those cars as a minor explosive device detonated when the police was on the scene no one was injured fortunately now the authorities are considering several version of what happened they've already considered launching a criminal case and several criminal articles such as illegal possession of arms manslaughter act of terror is not among these considered versions nevertheless the

authorities of the region have imposed a special security alert mode which is called the counter terrorist operation mode into district of this terrible region on the usual day that she has would not have probably led to such a high security alert mode but of course in a month's time we'll have these sorts your legs and the whole region is basically in a special security mold right now this concern several regions in the russian south some of them are as far as seven hundred kilometers from the city of sochi but still no nevertheless they are in a special security mode we know that in the city of sochi itself there will be special security checkpoints cars with license plates other than those belonging to the city of sochi will not be allowed inside unless they have special accreditation but this will not concerned the special security model not concerned fans in any way because there are tickets to the games is providing that they can they can be anywhere in this in the city of sochi and surrounding areas so obviously the usual

fans the common fans will have nothing to worry about. when called comes in winter it's normally just cold winter but this week the american media has been having a frenzy over a need than the polar vortex promoting the image of a frosted villain taking its toll on the u.s. that is the blast of cold weather now eases a look at how all other news has been frozen out to demonstrate just how freezing freezing is. now reports. more talked about in the u.s. media than the most ridiculous celebrity baby name and the royal wedding combined it's called a polar vortex the polar vortex the polar vortex the polar vortex more frightening than your worst nightmare to whirlpool of dense frigid arctic air ladies and gentlemen meet the cold cold hell if you can imagine so it is the coldest it has been decades every thirty seconds and all it's really cold out this is the most important mainstream news story for days on end we have

a team of correspondents covering this arctic blast it's really obvious that it's cold but just to keep your journalistic integrity you want a firsthand account of how cold it is and if a mailman is all bundled up saying yeah it's cold then you know it's actually called here's a hamburger and a steak even though there's really only that much to eventually talk about how's your skin doing since weather is weather no matter how hard you try to keep your attention clearly this is a little mall noddy's deep dish chicago pizza hard as a rock you could use this as a weapon if you wanted to ok temperatures dropping to subzero extremes is a rare occurrence in certain parts of the u.s. but amping it up like there's no tomorrow might be a tad over exaggerated your goal is to remember other people know it's cold people know they shouldn't go outside you don't need to go on and on and on and on and meanwhile the really really important news that it's not getting covered then again weather coverage doesn't require bringing up the truly unpleasant you don't to

worry about the confusing stuff the stuff with new ones like the syrian civil war like the pros and cons of genetically modified food you just walk outside and go by examples or art as a result other countries are rolling their eyes at us because we're complaining that it's cold but they're also rolling their eyes at us about everything else it looks like the us mainstream media are taking their tips from an old piece of advice if you don't know what to say just talk about the weather and if they think you're going to r.t. new york. or. and in just a couple of minutes inside of attacks on a bike and while the pod to let us hear. what a country experience is a tragedy like the recent terrorism in volgograd the next question is what to do

about it i mean we have to do something right let's never let a good tragedy go to waste one do a member recommends getting rid of the moratorium on the death penalty for prayers groups including terrorists because the death penalty is the perfect way to punish a suicide bomber also this duma member failed to mention high level cryptic kratz in the government as those who could possibly face the firing squad perhaps that was just an honest oversight i'm not against the death penalty in some rare instances but punishing terrorists after the fact doesn't bring victims back the focus needs to be on the source of terrorism soldiers can play around all day with weapons because the government gives them a salary weapons and training some people are recruiting arming and training new terrorists you don't need to usher in a massive surveillance state to stop terrorism or go death penalty crazy what you need to do is hit the funding and training source hard if you can i mean how many of you guys out there could make a remotely detonated bomb a c four on your own without help almost none of you see for doesn't grow on trees

someone pays for it but that's just my opinion. i don't have a political stance i do have a stance as an individual and as a member of society i do not want someone looking through my bedroom window whether it's an impartial observer or not whether they're going to prosecute me or nutz. hello and welcome to the world of part ten a half years ago egypt and much of the arab faults were going through dramatic changes that even the most creative screenwriter could imagine hopes were high the future sin bright and be happy and within reach what happened to those trains well

to discuss that i'm now joined by a prominent egyptian actor and activist. mr birket i really appreciate your being on the show and thank you very much thank you thank you very much for inviting me now i remember that back in two thousand and eleven you spent days on task for square alongside other protesters calling for president hosni mubarak to step down and eventually thanks to your efforts and the efforts of thousands of other dedicated patrick activists he eventually deed and in one of the interviews you gave back then you said that that made you feel very proud of the egyptian people i wonder if you still hold on to that pride are you proud of what is happening in your country now yes i'm definitely proud we went down two thousand and eleven to object to a number of wrong things that were happening in our country and when they happened again we just took to the streets again very quickly and very effectively because

three days instead of eighteen days the second time so i'm still asked bro but i remember that one of the main slogans that you could hear on tap for square back down was brad freedom and human dignity and if you take those as as a yardstick of. success or progress the picture is not really here brive because your economy is much worse than it used to be more people have been arrested or killed since the ouster of mubarak than prior to that and when it comes to human rights and human dignity the progress is very limited to say the least so isn't egypt pretty much back to where it was before the arab spring only much worse i think what's happening now in egypt is a retaliation due to the actions taken by people in power and their support.