but young young. washington is considering resuming normally so military age to syria despite a radical al qaeda linked to rebels gaining strength that and controlling crucial towns in neighboring iraq. and. europe so sorry she is hitting those at the top with the dogs leaders and even some of their lovers approval ratings in debt ridden and bio down country. and i've been told le is killed by u.s. soldiers after being mistaken for the enemy but says washington is failing to push kabul to sign a security deal. and safe seat russia launches a massive security operation ahead of the winter games assault dubbed the largest in american history.

hello and welcome to all c international twenty follies a live from moscow my name is unique. the u.s. is eyeing the resumption of non-lethal military age to the super and rebels even if it's going to islamist groups the shipments were cut off last month after the equipment was seized by finds us from the islamist front but after some of the islamists united with the secular opposition america's war is eased so no lethal aid is everything needed for combat except for guns and bullets including things like body armor night vision goggles and communication equipment but there are some gray areas here when non-lethal objects are becoming leaves fall for example one a righty radio transmitter is used to trigger an explosive device that has no

guarantee the aid will only get voted vetted organizations meanwhile some very graphic footage has appeared online reportedly showing the aftermath of a massacre carried out by al qaeda linked fighters that have grown ever stronger in the country and some analysts say there's a flurry of lethal aid that has played its role in this united states provided lethal assistance through jordan through the cia and through the through turkey through the opposition but the opposition is is is fragmented incapable and what's happened is that the the the more radical elements. principally the the the foreign fighters have taken over the opposition in terms of the fighting and consequently those weapons of got into their hands they've become emboldened they've become they've gotten better weapons as a consequence are getting surface to air missiles they got r.p.g. and invariably what will happen is that if you put to start the pass weapons to the opposition. evitable it will fall into the hands of the extremists because they are

just much more. in addition to be a more radicalized they are also. more fierce fighters in the show and that against the opposition. rise of all kinds of opposition groups and the raging rebel rebel fighting is causing many to change their view of the conflict in syria former cia director michael hayden said the assad regime is beginning to look like the lesser of evils the former u.s. ambassador to syria iraq and afghanistan ryan crocker agreed that assad is not as bad as the jihad is while russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov welcome to the change of stance but in an caruthers no change with its turkish foreign ministry still insisting assad must go and acts but in middle east history and politics jeremy sold says the rise of al-qaeda groups is a much bigger threat to turkey itself. islamic state of of of iraq of violence has already threatened to carry out suicide bombs inside turkey and carried out one

bore me last my in the border town right how they were to more than fifty people so this is a very dangerous group to be the smallest describing his evil but the ground is changing very rapidly in syria and we know what's going on now is that the united states and the allies need to go to geneva with a credible syrian opposition that the most they don't have because the syrian the free syrian army is not credible the syrian national coalition has no support inside syria. and as a jihad his group the islamic state of iran can live on the gains momentum in syria across the border in iraq fighters of the same organization controlling key cities in the country's biggest unbar province the government is still holding off its offensive to retake them they fear the civilian casualties are mainly to local sunni tribal leaders fighting with al qaeda militia militias controlling the cities while a suicide bomb a hit and on their recruiting center in baghdad on thursday twenty two soldiers were killed and dozens were wounded that is seen as retaliation against the iraqi

government which has been calling for a new troops to join its fight against al qaeda the u.s. is weighing in boosting its missile and surveillance drone to neighbors to iraq the move is being doubted by many experts recently about his cancer debasing washington's role in the complex in cost talk later today but you know the students state spent nine years applying hell fire missiles and drones and automation in attacks of all sorts of callings and none of that worked is the definition of of mental illness to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results introducing weapons into iraq at this time from the united states will likely have as much success this time as it did the last time this is kind of deja vu all over again it's really quite amazing i mean we have to remind our viewers here there was no al qaeda. erap before the invasion and now they have i mean come on i mean what is the learning curve here or is there anyone anywhere learning

curve at all with all of the distortions of the result of meddling right murder by the united states is this spirit seeking sovereignty self-determination dignity etc are all going to be well in going down but it is interesting the organs offered for as you mentioned some good word for itself as close p.k. we can we do for you. yes of austerity and bailouts said taking a toll on the public's confidence in the european union was latest polls showing people serious disappointment and the blocs leadership that doesn't bode well for reading parties with key elections on their doorstep and his r.t. speech on. no in a few months europeans will be going to the polls in what could be the most important european parliamentary elections but the latest gallup polls to to sticks well don't make good reading for those that will be standing for the top spots

across the european parliament even those countries that have received some of the most help countries like spain that received forty one billion euros to bail out its failing banking sector in two thousand and nine fifty nine percent of the population said they had faith and they supported the european leadership is another country that's traditionally been very pro e.u. is ireland they received sixty seven point five billion. bailout their failing banking system seventy percent of the irish population had previously said that they supported the european union now that number forty seven percent well it's also been big declines for support of the e.u. in countries like sweden finland austria the netherlands denmark and the you care the first time since these type of statistics have existed you might a kingdom it doesn't finish last when it comes to those that support you currently

that statistic belongs to greece with only nineteen percent of their population supporting the european union understandable really when you see the hardships that has been inflicted upon their people by the european crisis it's not just european politicians that have seen a downturn in popularity the euro itself is also hit huge lows and well europeans look to alternative types of currency to secure their finances we can find out more on that from maria for not. these colorful return bill and notes and not money but they have a real value you can go shopping these bills in your wallet. at the restaurant. the idea of alternative also called complimentary currencies that people of businesses agree to use for transactions within a particular area a district quarter with just a street may look like something from a kid's game but the reasons behind it are far from child's play you know his per

week first project local currencies stay within the region developing but second ideological a lack of confidence in official councils make people want to have something they understand that they can control and that they can trust and not just something that is printed you don't know how with new control and leads to speculation alternative forms of money have a history stretching back decades and appear to be growing in popularity especially in tough financial times on the reason enough and bang splay a lot with money and often risky games but at the end of the day ordinary people have to pay for mistakes and losses this is why people want to have a currency that they will be sure will serve them and not go disappear somewhere in fiscal paradises global finance system so banks today's most famous headline grabbing alternative currency is the digital bitcoin but there are dozens of others

and he's worldwide in france europe's second largest economy people exchange services and goods via a least twenty different types of complimentary currencies and their numbers are growing. the slain is behind one such project the monthly outside paris she says she never considered paying with anything other than euros until they'd vantages of an alternative became clear. as with the euro is that it is definitely not just a mode of exchange but it also became a mode of speculation to feed banks while local currencies support local projects and develop a real economy on the ground which means it works for us the people. because restaurant is part of the project and only the flower shop and that any supermarket it is on can. that are people in the world of finance that will nothing else but to make people who are all for their own benefit why should we allow them to do that

this sticker indicates this restaurant accept cash the red rings a fish a no peach in french but also energy and the slogan was a valid question your seed is used to express someone is in good health and full of energy which the local currencies hail from was certainly seem to be experts claim complimentary currencies will never replace an official one however if trust is undermined it hard enough in conventional money people may start looking for a different type of change. from france. and for more let's now cross live to your hand in van overtveldt economic expert from about germany's new flemish alliance party mr overwhelmed welcome to r.t. nice to talk to you as we just heard from that package the lowest e.u. approval rating is actually in the austerity ridden countries like greece and spain

does it mean that people in those countries are rights to connect their economic woes with the e.u.'s leadership. but i think it's an expression of frustration because i think we are now entering the target phase of this euro crisis the first phase was the financial face which brought about quite quickly the second phase the economic crisis and there are now a lot of people especially in the southern european countries and ireland that not only lost jobs but also lost a larger or smaller part of their income so there are a huge amount of people in these prices that have a lot to be frustrated about and that is being felt now increasingly on the political level and so may of this year elections for the european parliament we will see a huge increase of the vote for parties that are outright against the european union and pull so should also show that younger people are losing their faith in

the union what data could be linked to. well a lot of younger people indeed are. leading this opposition to your words the european union because as you probably know youth unemployment in countries like spain in greece is above fifty percent in italy it's close to forty percent in france in belgium it's very high and so apart from losing your job and losing part of your income there's also a third element which especially applies to the younger people being the lack of having any perspective with respect to the future. that makes them in the case of the one of the key elements in this frustration and opposition with europe. and the growing discontent is leading to the rise of radical ponces across the u. how much power do you think they could gain. well at the moment the polls are

suggesting that parties like for example. in france and similar parties in holland finland and other countries take up to twenty five percent of the vote which is of course a lot but then there remains of course minus seventy five percent of the road which is still with parties that are either outright pro european or that are more let's say pro european but critical with respect to what is happening in europe but anyway if you have twenty five percent of the vote voting against european union that would be a dramatic change in the way people feel about the european union and expressed. by your hands on economic aspect from belgium's new flemish alliance poncy thank you very much indeed for your time. this is also international and coming up later this hour the right swing voices in japan.

looks at how national is calling for me to regain self-respect and break japan's presence out of the break. you cannot preemptively restrict your freedoms because of the fear of what something or how something might be used everything that has ever been developed has been used for bad purpose baseball bats which are fun for you know for. or baseball players to hit balls you know they've also been used to beat people today i mean we just cannot restrict ourselves because something might be you know in the wrong way.

but if you will the moment like. the face it's like you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm role researcher. this is also international welcome back the host city of the twenty fourth haven winter games sochi has launched the largest security operation in and pick his tree tens of thousands of police officers have been drafted in with the sole aim awarding of any threats and keeping locals and visitors and mates safe aussies paul

scott now reports. the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen are war there to defeat b. of sochi i as soon as russia's black sea resort was awarded the game seven years ago some observers to question the choice of host city such as close proximity to the volatile caucasus region was they argued a cause for concern. and the recent twin terror attacks in volgograd some seven hundred kilometers from sochi every ignited some of those worries tokenize as they say security has been their main priority since day one to resume if the global threat and for terrorism there is no there is no terrorists but here in sochi from the very beginning of the construction phase the state that sort is made those with months to prepare the special measures to stop them from

the screening of their own materials checking in all the venues and preparing incredible measures of the security to provide this safe environment here with less than a month to go now until the games begin tight security measures are already in place around forty thousand police and security offices are expected to be on patrol all sales of dangerous hunting equipment a bond for the duration of the games there's also a controlled zone stretching sixty kilometers along the coast and twenty five kilometers inland and encompassing all venues. in terms of security so it is a special case because this whole area is authorized visit is only there are security details from a number of countries including the u.k. and u.s. working here. and those security forces will be coming together to protect places like this is the brand new purpose built train station in the olympic village is

going to be one of the main transport hubs during the games moving thousands of spectators. that we have cameras into crumbs that connect you with the engineer and the police present train stations and on the train security is pretty tight. with the bulk of the work now complete with all the news and transport networks built and tested sochi is now just waiting for the sporting world to descend. altie. and of course there are plenty more stories for you on our website including hundreds of thousands of believers in the miraculous powers on ancient black crucifix gathered in a day long in the philippine capital of manila to pray for the victims of the deadly typhoon which part of the country in november the procession is available in the emotion section of the dog. and also that i would be hated in brazil soaring about all tropical levels zoo workers are feeding their

inmates with icy delicacy is on the menu called good and ice blocks with frozen fruits and sides. a four year old boy has been shot dead by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan the troops opened fire on the toddler mistaking him for an enemy due to poor visibility the latest incidents comes amid the further straining of ties between the u.s. and afghanistan and a top american negotiator said a path between the two states is unlikely to be signed before afghanistan's presidential elections in april washington was hoping to secure a long term agreement with president hamid karzai if signed it would allow for ten thousand u.s. troops to stay in the country after the draw of all its foreign forces in twenty fourteen under the deal the us is demanding immunity from prosecution for all of its soldiers something karzai is reluctant to accept afghan m.p. and presidential hopeful daoud sultanzoy says the security situation in his country

is not likely to improve either way. and the lack of national cohesion aware of the national security forces of afghanistan or doored to cling on the national army the sort of device. it into different groups and then but probably one can take advantage of that sort of a division from which they can come in straight. the civilians will probably not stand on the military side and they'll just go and just. limit. time now to check out and she's wild update and three hundred thousand people in the u.s. state of west virginia have been told not to use tap water following a large scale chemical spill along a river a state of emergency has been declared with locals told not to use the water for drinking cooking and washing of bathing restaurants closed their doors and school students had an extra day off with official so far failing to asked amazed the scale of the danger the news has sparked panic buying in the shops with shelves

stripped of bottled water. the self-proclaimed president of the central african republic has finally resigned from his supposed move it's hoped will and immediate hostilities in the impoverished and the decision comes after strong pressure was applied during a summit of regional leaders in china mashal. told the air has failed to come over teachers of bloodshed between his muslim selecta rebels and christians since seizing power in march meanwhile france has urged the european union to send more troops to ca are on top of the sixteen hundred french soldiers brought last month. south sudan government troops have claimed they've regained control over their rebel stronghold and a key oil city of been tear in the north of the country the rebels have not here to give uncomment the fighting which has been the west says the country gained independence in twenty eleven has killed over

a thousand people since december and forced hundreds of thousands to flee the region. it's may be known as a pacifist nation but some parts of japanese society think it's time for the country to shift to the right nationalist groups are calling for a harder line to be taken against enemies both at and abroad. looks how the trend may echo through the entire region. it's become a tradition in japan when some foreign officials are subjected to verbal abuse on this particular occasion japanese nationalists made their feelings known loud and clear to russia's foreign minister china and south korea have also been in their crosshairs one for an island dispute the other for sending too many labor migrants to japan where the latest protests korean workers were described as cockroaches which needed to be exterminated this man is one of those behind the nationalist rallies in japan he says he'd like to see japan

a more closer citee more and more there was an openness and we've been to open to the world are now four in this calm here and commit crimes i want us to return to pre-war period when we were closed and south sufficient despite criticizing the government for its immigration policies the movement could not be feeling more coffeetable since twenty twelve when she and so other was reelected as prime minister such rallies have been on the rise. those are not only foreign nationals and delegations getting the stick from japanese nationalists there are locals who have directly suffered from their country for becoming on the far right these school teachers have been protesting because they lost their jobs for not complying with what they call ultranationalist regulations in schools will not let us see below should be made as an obligation to listen to the national anthem before classes until my pupils spawn of who were not even japanese and it wasn't obligatory to stand up and then i got fired but it's not only about instilling

national pride speculation is rife that with all this stronger japan hype is eager to amend the nine hundred forty seven constitution namely article number nine which braves japan from having any kind of army other than for defense purposes in the increasingly intertwined world we can't ensure the peace of our nation without broad actively taking a role in the peace and security of the world why don't we take some. forward on the shoe of constitutional amendment but not everyone is buying it and more far reaching goal could be reshaping the regional balance of power. there has been talk among profile politicians including former prime ministers who want to get public debate whether japan should have nuclear weapons new materialized but it's something the ruling believe has been pondering for years now. and non-pacifist japan let alone a nuclear power would send shock waves across the region say experts but for now even with nationalist voices getting louder polls suggest that such ideas are still

some way from becoming reality let's see russia reporting from japan. after next he's such a kosher right now as it talks to a pioneer john mccann. what

a country experiences a tragedy like the recent terrorism in volgograd there 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 two one member recommends getting rid of the moratorium on the death. the fares 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. he survived atrocities. to make of cycles this issue. has changed his life and the world around him. by giving up. hope. and love to so many children. nikolai the american worker on t.v.

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