americans traveling to syria are being recruited by al qaeda to carry out attacks when neighbor turned home details from new york coming up. meanwhile washington is considering resuming. aid to syria despite radical al-qaeda linked rebels gaining strength and controlling crucial towns in neighboring iraq. europe susteren he is hitting those at the top with. some of the lowest approval ratings in debt ridden and bailed out countries. killed by u.s. soldiers after being mistaken for the enemy washington is failing to get. a security do. sports safety russia launches a massive security operation ahead of the winter games in sochi dubbed the largest

in history. from a studio center here in moscow this is an international with twenty four hours a day. linked extremist groups in syria seeking to recruit and train americans and then send them back to carry out terror attacks that's what u.s. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are claiming with the tracking of those who return from syria now one of their top tasks. has the details. top u.s. intelligence officials say all these efforts are in their early stages but nonetheless the f.b.i. director says that now tracking americans who have returned from syria has been among the bureau's highest counterterrorism priorities now according to senior counterterrorism officials islamic extremist groups in syria with ties to al qaeda

are trying to identify recruit and train americans and other westerners who have traveled there and to get them to carry out attacks when they have returned whole u.s. officials say at least seventy americans have either traveled to syria or tried to since the civil war started three years ago that number to this point was never disclosed this is the first time that that number seventy has been disclosed by u.s. officials now syria's civil war no doubt has become a magnet for westerners seeking to fight with rebels against the government of president bashar al assad and all this news is coming ironically as the obama administration is reportedly considering the resumption of non lethal military aid to syria syria's moderate opposition but that's despite the fact that some of. you may end up in the hands of islamic groups allied with with the moderates are posing

as allied with the moderates now the united states suspended shipments of aid last month after warehouses of equipment were seized by the islamic front a coalition of islamic fighters roof with the american backed free syrian army clearly the obama administration has a complex situation on their hands on one hand the u.s. citizens traveling there may be turned into terrorists to carry out attacks when they return home on the other hand the obama administration may resume non lethal aid imported from syria clearly a very complex situation that so far the obama administration has not found an answer to. so the u.s. is highly likely to resume normal lethal military aid to the syrian opposition so what exactly do they want to send all non lethal aid is everything needed for combat except for guns and bullets it includes body armor night vision goggles and communication equipment but there are a lot of gray areas here when non-lethal objects become lethal for example when a radio transmitter used to trigger an explosive device well meanwhile some very

graphic footage has appeared online claiming to show the aftermath of a massacre carried out by al qaeda linked fighters they have grown ever stronger in the country and some analysts say there's a flow of lethal aid that has played its role in this united states provided lethal assistance through jordan through the cia and through that through turkey through the opposition but the opposition is is is fragmented incapable and 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 to pass weapons to the opposition it evidently will fall into the hands of the extremists because they are

just much more. in addition to being more radicalized they are also. more fierce fighters and they they have shown that against the opposition. the rise of al qaeda linked opposition groups and the raging rebel on rebel fighting is causing many to change their view of the conflict in syria the former cia director michael hayden said the assad regime is beginning to look like the lesser of all evils the former u.s. ambassador to syria iraq and afghanistan ryan crocker agreed that assad is not as bad as the heart is russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov welcomed this change of stance but in ankara there's no change with its turkish foreign ministry 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 turkey itself. islamic state of of of iraq of the land has already threatened to carry out suicide bombs inside turkey and carried

out one bombing last may in the border town of right holly which killed more than fifty people so this is a very dangerous group to be proud of more or less described 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 its allies need to go to geneva with a credible syrian opposition at the most they don't have because the syrian the free syrian army is not credible the syrian national coalition has most support inside syria and is the jihadist group the islamic state of iraq and the vent gains momentum in syria across the border in iraq fighters of the same organization controlling key cities in the country's biggest anbar province the government is still holding off its offensive to retake them and they fear the civilian casualties may lead to local sunni tribal leaders siding with the militants controlling the city meanwhile the suicide bomber hit an army recruitment center in baghdad on thursday twenty two soldiers were killed and dozens were wounded attack is seen as retaliation against the iraqi government which has been calling for new

troops to join its fight against al qaida u.s. is weighing in boosting its missile and surveillance drone deliveries to iraq and the move is being greeted with caution by many experts people about and these gas debate washington's role in the conflict and cross talk later today. you know distance state spent nine years applying hell fire missiles and drones and automation and attacks of all sorts of kinds and none of that worked it 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 and 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 anywhere learning curve at all with all of the distortions of the result of meddling and our right murder by the united states is this spirit seeking

sovereignty self-determination dignity it's sad or all right all right we're going to be heading down and down but it's and it's a good thing you know you know hands off it for you man to man some good players itself that ask those people when you can we do for you. use of a stare at him by you know it's a taking the told in the public's confidence in the european union with latest polls showing people serious disappointment in the blocs leadership that doesn't bode well for ruling parties with key elections on the doorstep is the sort of. 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 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 the united kingdom it doesn't finish last when it comes to those that support the e.u. 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 have 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 europeans look to alternative types of currency to secure their finances we can find out more on that from maria for not. these colorful returns and not just money but the real value you can go shopping for these bills in your wallet. at the restaurant. he. idea will turn a t.v. or so-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. per week first project local currencies stay within the region developing like ticks

a second ideological or a lack of confidence in official comes and many 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 nothing like bang splay a lot with money and often risky games but it beyond 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 place called paradise as global finance system so manx today's most famous headline grabbing alternative currency is the digital big coin 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. the slain is behind one such project the one probably outside paris she says she never considered pain with anything other than euros until they'd vantages of an alternative became clear. but as with the euro is that it's 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. felt his restaurant is part of the project along with a flower. market it is on can. the populace that are people in the world of finance that we're 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 means a fishy no peach in french but also energy and the slogan was over your seed is

used to express someone is in good health and full of energy which the local currencies 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. from france your head van overtveldt economic expert from belgium's new flemish alliance party explain why he thinks the easy economic crisis has turned into a political one. but are now a lot of people especially in the southern european countries and ireland that not only lost a job but also lost a larger or smaller part of their income so there are a huge amount of people in these crises 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 the you cheat greece of the vote for parties that are outright against the european union. international live here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day coming up this hour the right wing voices in japan and he getting louder. looks at how nationalists are calling for the need to regain self-respect and make japan's presence felt that all of the stories still to come. 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 a bad purpose baseball bats which are fun for you know for baseball players to hit

balls you know they've also been used to be people today i mean we just cannot restrict ourselves because something might be years in or in the wrong way. he survived war atrocities. to make a final decision. has changed his life and the world around him. by giving. hope. and love to so many children. nikolai the lyrics. on the tape.

a four year old boy has been shot dead by u.s. soldiers in afghanistan the troops opened fire on a toddler after mistaking him for an enemy jute poor visibility the latest incident comes amid the further straining of ties between the u.s. and afghanistan a top american negotiator said a pact 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 withdrawal of all foreign forces in twenty fourteen now under the deal the u.s. is demanding immunity from prosecution for all its soldiers something karzai is reluctant to accept we spoke to the former commander of the s.a.'s colonel richard williams and he explained why he thinks the u.s. is insisting on immunity for its troops. 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 that an american soldier who did commit 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 ongoing operations in afghanistan is tenuous to say the least that the american public doesn't believe that it will be throwing its soldiers to the afghan to the mercy forgive me of the afghan judicial system twenty fourteen. admiral allen west who was britain's head of navy when the u.k. went into afghanistan and said the operation was a waste of time and called the war a strategic as well as a political failure and kind of william says that the biggest achievement of the conflict would be the possibility of a compromise between the afghan leadership and the taliban. what

we try to achieve is to set the conditions where by an afghan government that can deal in a nonviolent way with all of the groupings involved including the taliban if those conditions are set and it should be here 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. there are plenty more stories for you right now on our website including the hundreds of thousands of believers in the miraculous powers of an ancient black crucifix gathered in a long pilgrimage in the philippine capital of manila to pray for the victims of the deadly high on typhoon which part of the country back in november footage of the procession is available in the emotion section. and also the moment of peace in

brazil soaring above tropical levels zoo workers are feeding the inmates with delicacies on the menu. and i spoke with frozen fruits inside. the host of the twenty fourteen winter games she has launched the largest security operation in the olympic history tens of thousands of police officers have been drafted in with the sole aim of warding off any threats and keeping locals visit as an athlete safe ripples. the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen i wore that to defeat the search enough i assume is 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 the state that sort is made those with months to prepare the special measures starting 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 for

sales of dangerous hunting equipment but by and 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 so. in terms of security sochi 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 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 venues and transport networks built and tested sochi is now just waiting for the sporting world to descend pull scott r.t.

. time now to check out our world update visit and three hundred thousand people of west virginia in the u.s. have been told not to use tap water following a large scale chemical spill along the river a state of emergency has been declared with locals told not to use the water for drinking cooking washing or bathing restaurants close their doors and school students had an extra day off with officials so far failing to estimate the full scale of the danger and use a spot 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 post a move it's hoped will end immediate hostilities in the impoverished nation decision comes after strong pressure from a summit of regional leaders in chad the leader had failed to calm religious bloodshed between his muslim rebels and christians since seizing power in march while france's urge the european union to send more troops on top of the sixteen

hundred french soldiers brought in last month. at least three people have been killed in egypt after police clash with hundreds of islamists protesters and far to gas to disperse them in the cities of alexandria and caro and mobs were running against an upcoming constitutional referendum armored vehicles were deployed to some areas to remove the demonstrators barricades latest wave of anger was unleashed after three courts convicted one hundred thirteen islamists all charges ranging from rioting to possessing weapons. well being we don't 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 hard line to be taken against enemies both at home and abroad. looks at how the trend may occur 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 or there was an openness and we've been to open to the world now foreigners come here and commit crimes i want us to return to a 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 coffeetable since twenty twelve when she 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. should be made is an obligation to listen to the national anthem before classes i told my pupils spawn 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 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 sheet 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 a talk among high profile politicians including former prime ministers who want you public to be with a japan should have nuclear weapons if 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 a reality let's see russia reporting from just by. about with a news team with more from just over half an hour from now in the mean time i mean martin is here with breaking the set.

when a country experiences a tragedy like the recent terrorism in volgograd 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 remember 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 recruiting are. 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. for our girl without help almost none of you see for doesn't grow on trees someone pays for it but that's just my opinion. since no what you are arguing for is that current should put that ethnic identity above that national identity let me ask you a personal question. occurred first or and iraq it first occurred first then i am you rocky i am not iraqi that i am a kurds because let me ask you that question i am from holland i have been bombarded you know i still remember the smell of the chemical weapons so what iraqi identity brought to me iraq and they brought to me the killings of people might as grace four thousand five hundred villages were destroyed.

hello my people i'm out of it martin and this is a break in the set it's a question i never thought i'd ask what the frack is making calls up to ohio so last month the radio disney employees travel twenty six schools and science centers across the state promoting a program called a rock in ohio sounds innocent enough right turns out this initiative was entirely funded by none other than the ohio oil and gas energy education program which in turn gets money from you guessed it well and gas companies are in the demonstration the kids were shown interactive presentations about gas pipelines and encouraged to spread the message about the industry not just guessing here but i doubt these kids were also taught that infertility in cancer causing chemicals been found in.