washington is considering resuming normally so military age to syria despite a radical al-qaeda linked rebels gaining strength that and controlling crucial towns in neighboring iraq. europe's a star it's a facing dollars at the top with the blogs leaders airing some of the lowest approval ratings and death ridden and bailed out country. also the sun i've been told lays killed by u.s. soldiers after being with stake and for the enemy they says washington's failing to get kabul to sign a security deal. on school safety russia launches a massive security operation i had over the winter games of. the largest in and implicates tree.

international news life from moscow you're launching r.c. international with me thanks for trying. the u.s. is eyeing the resumption of non-lethal military aid to the syrian rebels even if it's going to islamist groups those shipments were cut off last month after the equipment was seized by fighters from the islamic front but after some of the islamists united with their security opposition america's war is eased and the norm that lethal aid is everything needed for combat except for guns and bullets it includes things like body armor night vision goggles and communication equipment but there are a lot of gray areas here where normally objects are becoming lifo for example when a radio transmitter is used to trigger an explosive devise and there's no guarantee

the aid will only reach vetted organizations meanwhile some very graphic footage has appeared online claimed to show the aftermath of a massacre carried on by al qaeda linked they 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 you 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 and the they have shown that against the opposition. the rise of our kind of link to opposition groups and be a raging rebel and 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 less of all evils the former u.s. ambassador to syria iraq and afghanistan ryan crocker agreed that assad is not as bad as that you had it and over russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov welcomes the change of stance that button on karada is no change with its turkish foreign ministry is still insisting assad must go expert in middle east history and politics jeremy salt says the rise of al-qaeda groups is a much bigger threat to take hits now. islamic state of. iraq in the levant has

already threatened to carry out suicide bombings inside turkey and in fact carried out one bombing last may in the border town right how they were to more than fifty people so this is a very dangerous group to be describing his evil but the ground is changing very rapidly in syria and we know what's going on now is that the not distracted 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 most aboard inside syria. and as the jihad is group the islamic state of iraq and the band gains momentum in syria across the border in iraq fighters of the same organization are controlling key cities in the country's biggest unbar province the government is still holding off its offensive to retake them they fear this is the casualties may lead to local sunni tribal leaders siding with the al-qaeda militants controlling the cities meanwhile a suicide bomber hit on the recruitment 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 new troops to join it's fine to gainst al qaeda the u.s. is weighing in boosting its missile and surveillance drones in a race to iraq the move is being greeted with caution by many experts and his gas debate washington's role in the conflict in crosstalk later today. you know distance states nine years applying hellfire missiles and drones and automation in attacks of all sorts of kinds and none of that worked is the definition 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 in iraq before the invasion and now they have i mean come on i mean what is the learning curve here or is there anyone in any we're

learning curve at all with all of the distortions of the result of meddling right murder by the united states is this spirit seeking so after termination dignity. gone but it is interesting it gives off it for as you mentioned some good software that has close p.k. well you can we do for you. years. austerity and bailouts are taking their toll on the public's confidence in the european union with the latest polls showing people serious disappointment in the blocs leadership that doesn't bode well for ruling parties with key elections on the doorstep and his arteries beat on. now 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 and previously said that they supported the european union now that number forty seven percent well there's also been big declines for support of the e.u. in countries like sweden finland austria the netherlands denmark and that you care the first time since these type of statistics have existed i took kingdom it doesn't finish last when it comes to you know use the to pull the 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 returned and not money but the real town is you can go shopping for these bills in your wallet. at the restaurants here. idea tentative also called complimentary currencies that people of businesses agree to use for transactions within a particular area a district quarter were just a street may look like something from

a kid's game but the reasons behind it are far from child's play. partick first practical local currencies stay within the region develop like ticks a second ideological you have a lot of confidence in official commerce and the people want to have something they understand that they can control and that they can trust not just something that is printed you don't know how with no control and leads to speculation alternative forms of money have a history stretching back decades and appear to be growing in popularity especially tough financial times on the reason enough i think it's playing splay a lot with money and often risky games but it billions of a 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 place called paradise as global finance system so manx today's maced famous headline grabbing turn to 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 at least twenty different types of complimentary currencies and their numbers are growing. there the slain is behind one such project the one probably outside paris she says she never considered paying with anything other than euros until they'd vantages of an alternative became clear. but as with the euro is that a definitely not just a mode of exchange but it also became a mode of speculation to feed banks local currency and support local projects and develop a real economy on the ground which means it works for us the people. it's part of the project along with a flower shop and they're going to super market it is on can. here. 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 wings the fish a no peach in french but also energy and the slogan was overly polish your c. is used to express someone is in good health and full of energy which the local currency is here france 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 brief notion r.t. from france and if you're one of on of out of out economic experts from belgium sphere flemish alliance boss explained why he thinks the e.u. is economic crisis has turned into a political one. 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 crisis countries that have a lot to be frustrated about and that is being felt now increasingly on the political level and so maybe of this year elections for the european parliament too will see you to greece of the vote for parties that are outright against the european union. coming out that they sowed the riots when the voices in japan but i guess he. gave them a. bit. of see international looks at how nationalists are calling for the need to regain self-respect and bank japan's presence felt after the break. up proximately sixteen percent imports came from illegal fishing. the

european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on the day enter our 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. with. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

welcome back tarting international let's move on now a four year old boy has been shot dead by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan the troops opened fire on the toddler after mistaking him for an enemy due to poor visibility the latest incident comes amid the further straining of times between the u.s. and afghanistan a top american to go setaside a pact between the two states is unlikely to be signed before afghanistan's presidential elections in april washington north 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 withdrawal of all foreign forces and twenty fourteen under the deal the glass is demanding in unity from prosecution for all of its soldiers something karzai is reluctant to accept again m.p. and presidential hopeful daoud sultanzoy says the security situation in his country

is not likely to improve either way. or the lack of national cohesion aware of the national security forces of afghanistan or doored to cling on definitely the national army will be sort of divided into different groups and then but taliban can take advantage of that sort of a division from from which they can come and stage attacks and the civilians will probably not stand on the military side and they'll just stand just neutral rosmer . awaits i'm going to stand up to foreign troops even twenty fourteen when i joined by live ten and colonel richard williams former commander of the special air service mr williams thank you very much for joining us here at foreign troops are pulling out of the country at the end of this year but the u.s. is still hoping its soldiers will stay on the ground a lot of the chances this deal will get signed. well you got the whole of the year

to the end of twenty fourteen to have this thing signed. and so we have to remember that all oh it's january there is a long period whereby more discussion is going to happen and what i'm told by friends in the political arena in kabul is the reason president karzai is taking his time on this is to secure the best possible deal for him and his political affiliates in the run up to the elections from afghan politicians themselves using the leverage that he has gained by potentially threatening not to sign it and secondly to gain more advantage from the international community particularly with respect to the aid and development promises made in tokyo by again threatening to not sign this and perhaps ask for

more so what we've got is a process but it will process the advantages as he would see it of the current president and his affiliates and then also arguably to afghanistan but it's a very risky game. my sources tell me that it is likely to be signed but what they're designed short of the elections it is the big question why the u.s. troops are granted full immunity. well it's as has been insisted in other areas before and consistently i think the debate at the moment so there's a precedent for it they would wish to ensure that any soldier who commits a crime in afghanistan can be tried under american law and in an american court as i understand it the area of debate at the moment is that there is a proposal. an american soldier can. a crime in afghanistan could be tried in

afghanistan in american law as a compromise but i think it's very important when american support for ongoing operations in afghanistan is tenuous to say the least that the american public doesn't believe that it will be throwing good soldiers to the afghan to the mercy forgive me of the afghan judicial system twenty fourteen so it's a it's an important point of debate. britain's admiral allen west who was head of the navy when the u.k. went into afghanistan has said the operation was a waste of time calling it the teacher but it's called failure also your thoughts on that. is that it's a bit early to judge i think whether it's been a complete success or a complete failure there's quite a lot of politics being brought to bear individually and by groups in all of the

participant nations but with respect to my views on it i believe that what we tried to achieve over twelve years or so and of course now i am there as a prisoner is to set the conditions whereby an afghan government can deal in a nonviolent way with all of the groupings involved including the taliban if those conditions are set and it is a big if then what we're likely to see is a compromise between what kabul wants and what the taliban wants which will see a afghanistan model along over the next period of time perhaps the next ten years but that in itself won't be any great strategic victory if we want to call it that or any great strategic outcome it'll feel like we're standing still the thing that will make a difference and i refer. and i have referred before to a conversation i had with russian officers back in two thousand and one. you said

to me the only thing that makes a real difference in afghanistan is transforming the way in which that country pays for itself it was denying the economic investments of the nineteenth century because of the wars that happened there and the responses to the wars the various interventions be the economic and military since the end of what we call the second world war has attempted to in harms economic opportunities but then again were never completed. the russian your your efforts were extensive but had to stop short and in the development efforts since two thousand and one have arguably been not as great as they should have been and so when we look forward from here whatever compromise happens through two thousand and fourteen politically the thing that we're going to need to watch is whether the international community invests the development effort people as well as money as well as projects in afghanistan over

that ten years or not because if they don't afghanistan is going to continue by dint of its economics and its political problems that come to be a problem. cannot richard williams unfortunately it would have to leave it that it has cannot richard williams a former commander of the special air service thank you very much and you very much . the host city of the twenty fourteen winter games sancerre has launched their largest security operation in olympic history tens of thousands of police officers have been drafted in what they saw a more warning of any threat and to keeping locals and visitors and athletes safe. now weapons. the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen i wore the to defeat be of sochi i as soon as russia's black sea resort was awarded the game seven years ago. as a 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 organizers say security has been their main priority since day one tourism is the global threat and for terrorism there is no bond there is no terrorists but here in sochi from the very beginning of the construction phase of the state the sorties made those all that money 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 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. we have cameras into comes that connects 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 pull scott r.t. such a. it's maybe not as a pacifist nation but some parts of japanese society i think it's time for the country to shift to the right now shares groups are calling for harder line to be taken against enemies both at home and abroad he's an ex a hash ask it looks how the trend may acca 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 but this man is one of those behind the nationalist

rallies in japan he says he'd like to see japan a more closer citee one of the awards we've been to open to the world no foreigners come here and commit crimes i want us to return to pre-war period when we were closed and self-sufficient despite criticizing the government for its immigration policies the movement could not be feeling more comfortable since twenty twelve when she and so are there was reelected as prime minister such rallies have been on the rise. those are not only foreign nationals and delegations getting their stick from japanese nationalists there are locals who have directly suffered from their country becoming more far right these school teachers have been protesting because they lost their jobs for not complying with what they call ultranationalist regulations in schools. should be made is an obligation to listen to the national anthem before classes i told my pupils part of who were not even japanese that 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 and. namely article number nine which brave is japan from having any kind of army other than for defense purposes in the increasingly intertwined world we can ensure the bees of our nation brought actively taking a role in the peace and security of the world why don't we take steps forward on the show 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 to profile politicians including former prime ministers to public debate whether japan should have nuclear weapons its new materialized but it's something the ruling to eat 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. how does the growing european and asian demand for fish leave some western africans without means to survive find out next time. when a country experiences 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 two one 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 the still a member failed to mention high level crap the krauts 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 the victims back the focus needs to be on the source of terror. rizzle 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 if you see for doesn't grow on trees someone pays for it but that's just my opinion. iraq is clearly again falling back into extreme civil strife washington says it wants to help but most iraqis appear wary of any more american assistance then there is afghanistan washington plans to finally leave this year the sad reality

for all involved is the fact that washington may never be able to leave. when it has to do with illegal immigration. mediately said frontex to us. today they control us in el waters as if a new colonization were taking place there experiencing a military go get patient of the oceans when they want to combat drugs in america or asia they find the means to do it and. the people. if they really want to combat illegal fishing when it when they have the means to do it they have the airplanes to photograph the they have the patrols to stop them from fishing in our cities. because they are shrinking our country and what is more serious. they are destroying our fishing resources and marine wealth.