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playing. well that was a rather surreal. definitely the way to stream i've had for a while. it was a memorable ceremony. one pretty sure the high priestess never spoke to me. what was it she sent full of the flame or something. and there's. a lot more of course of base. from which the top story this morning than the sochi twenty pulteney olympic flame as of right in moscow seven days after it was in the ancient greek city of libya carried by russia's deputy prime minister dimitri cool with ak the

flame traveled in a small mountain to red square where president vladimir putin spoke of its meaning for the russian people in the olympic torch the symbol of the world's primary sports competition of peace and of friendship. but he has come to russia. there are many marks the start of the longest tools relay in a limb take a street the same goods great as so many people have turned out to the start of the russian roulette it looks like a lot of fun out there. in a minute. but it was. the stone that picked up in the end it was on my mantle piece and if that isn't a sign i don't know what it is. i knew i had to get down to red square and experienced atmosphere for myself fortunately they were having a two day event. so from sunny greece to rather soggy

moscow just at the very start of the torch is journey around the whole of russia i'm excited. the days first run there was paralympic star alessio. who picks up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. we do called the peace talks to him big gold medals is there still something special for you i guess of course it's a unique feeling because i had never carried the torch before i had first i ran with it quite easily then i felt i was becoming heavier and heavier but i was determined to carry it properly and show it to everyone so that they could all appreciate the moment. and the crowd's reaction word sexists i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not

to let such a twenty four team pass me by there were fourteen thousand torchbearers slots up for grabs one of them was going to be mine. when we were making the technical order for the factory we say look let's make a thing we want to her. hole and also desirable should be like wow. a lot of questions where or. wait it's quite we have to take all the cover and the middle that out by the machine extra weight of

the aluminum so it's really fine. it's the feather feather over the mysterious burton firebird in the russian. stories and fairy tales and to get this feather from the firebird is a super challenge for the guild. the problem can be when the wind goes underneath here and it just caused the fire but in this kid we have a special need wiring inside which melting and of like really a red color. and it's the fire so basically it's a rift fire in itself.

i was going to have to wait a while before i found out if i'd been picked as a torch bearer more than enough time to try and learn a little more about my mysterious stone. some of russia's most eminent geologists live in. the center of russia's diamond industry on the rocks down here in the most expensive in the country. the paper descends more than a kilometer under the earth and uses the most sophisticated drilling equipment to get to the precious. once the stones have been taken to assaulting sense and closely examined each rough

gem is appraised and valued and i had a closely focused on my precious stone to. add must be some kind of limestone. there i can see small crystals here proving that it's ancient rock. movement but really it shouldn't light up should it. no it's false but it's luminescent as from you. ok maybe you could make it luminescent if you really believed it right thank you did you really expect it to go. maybe maybe i'm just not right. there's certainly something very special about this and this grounds i don't

know but it might just be because they use to pulling glittering things after the dark here. but who wants minis diamonds with the top attraction in turn it was time to head towards the city's most well known landmark where they were getting ready to welcome some very special guests. from old forty years these huge realized trucks had been one of the most famous symbols in your couture carrying the region's diamonds tune from its quarries and factories and now. it's getting ready for its most important passenger ever. it might have been close to minus forty celsius but these are limping torches and torch bearers are made of sterner stuff. this huge quarry has been the frozen heartbeat of the city for more than fifty years producing more than seventeen billion dollars

diamonds my stone it meant i was here to watch the parade but what was i supposed to do next. great shot. lives so when two mates were to. again show me the and. by carlo. choice. they can be few more famous natural landmarks in russia than lake baikal the oldest and deep this lake on the planet on the site of a very special olympic celebration. for the first time ever they're planning to light the olympic flame on the water. in

this case your average tool which isn't going to cut it so special equipment is required and special people to carry it and who better than the local rescue ranger . our professional activity is mostly dedicated to rescuing people on lake baikal our job is important difficult interesting and in a way romantic my cow has many faces in winter it's tough and in summer it's beautiful you can't help but admire its power it attracts you and it's very important to me because it's a jewel of russia. everything's ready let's go then as nicholas puts the final touches to his equipment the excitement begins to build along the water's edge. the torch rallies have been warmly welcomed across the country but the crowds here are about to witness something that's never been done

before. and there's plenty of local showman on hand to entertain them while they wait. a mass of noise and color to cheer the torch bearers on. this torch is based on a special system there is a pirate technique. in any temperature and under any circumstances. when it's under water it's like a second sun the flame literally illuminates the entire lake bottom when you curious you can feel its enormous power. but the water temperature is four degrees celsius it's really freezing we could feel it on our uncovered faces but we were united by this flame that had absorbed the energy of the entire country of every single person who cares about the flame that was what united us and that's why everything went perfectly.

as i was tremendous on the water you could almost feel the crowd's energy coming across the waves it had been another remarkable spectacle for this record breaking tool tree and i was wondering what could possibly top it. looks like on the right track. but. is there a new cold war brewing pitting the west against russia what is being called

a reset in relations at the start of the obama presidency today is in tatters western media and politicians are determined to betray russia and the worst possible life even to the point of undermining the sochi games what are these new cold warriors hoping to achieve. is obviously more for the latest because it's paying. women wanted to avoid rape they really need. to buy guns and burn how to use them. this is the one that i want to go with but once again it's the fear factor all women are definitely the target of the gun lovers and you don't kill them when you're killing money but if somebody would you would piss with her. i've noticed that more and more it's really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort of moral obligation to protect their family and young girls shoot out here. so we do have a pink or. more kids young kids choke on food than are killed by firearms if

being armed made us safer in america we should be the safest nation on earth were clearly not the safest. the united states has significant technological over the rest of it while it is now using that absolute spy on the rest of the wall then there was the deal between the us in england where us spy agencies couldn't spy on people in the us but british a spy agencies could spy on people in the us so the two governments said alright each of us will spy on the other's citizens and then we'll trade and that way we'll be sure veiling our own people so this is what i think of as the scandal.

do we speak your language or not a. news program seems documentaries in spanish more matters to you. a little too in the. story. for you here. is truly the spanish. visit. moved from one ship to another but what a ship. i was on board the ice breaker fifty years of victory the pride of the russian nuclear fleet for a truly once in a lifetime experience. deliberate flame was traveling to the north pole i was going with. it my stone was telling me to follow the flame i was going to take it as far as i could face the hundred nautical miles of stark beautiful ocean lay between us

and the top of the world. well just in case she didn't actually believe we were going to the north pole i think that eliminates any doubt. it's another historic first for the sochi torch and a relay around the ship was planned for the occasion. and you can learn so many new things. if you get the chance to test your own as well as the crew's experience and check what the ice breaker is really capable of. i mean this tour of the olympic torch to the north pole never before has a surface ship gone there so late in the season the ice was much heavier and to cope with it we almost needed the ice breakers maximum power.

we were making incredible progress slicing through the thick polar ice. and after only four days we were already near our destination a world record pace. let you ninety degrees north and south top of the world. ah. once the champagne had been finished everything kicked into gear the torchbearers went off to get ready and organizing committee began making preparations for the relay. we loved one on the other one and then tried to hold it right whale until. i got one. with everyone in position and we were ready to go but our captain was given the owner of starting off the run my main task was to keep the torch warm and make sure

it goes into pass hand in time and just seconds later she was away and i was on collection g c. i think that's when we now. thank you very much yes i got to take a look off the list and return it late. i was a good. yeah go through it most of it. no. we stepped off the ship and on to the ice the torches glowed flickering through the pitch black polar nights. a pioneering soviet polar explorer gore of would ignite the culture of the most northerly place on the planet. it's not often you get to witness a moment in history this is the first time the olympic flame is ever been at the north pole. and i'm here to see it. from as far north as

it's possible to go it was time to head east with the olympic organizing committee . the flame the ip that is has its own security team at all times not to mention its own private jet. who got this special service. with the flame cooper which is just responsible for the security of the flame the keep the flame a little. on this special will you know that all of these flame will never go off. for. each city's greasing ceremony is unique and hundreds of volunteers helped make the occasion memorable. there's

a possibility also to keep the security a fold the torchbearer you know the nobody will homey nobody will get this push. police are just the better because he's just a flame and it's very dangerous for everybody. this is come shop. peninsula that's one of the most easterly places in russia. that is to hold the highest so that you don't burn yourself when your torch is lit are going. for the good fortune never taxed to the flaming torch bearer and russian because you never. everybody every had an inhabitant of the cities just very proud that comes to his cd and i say that ok lation now three of them.

it was the end of another relay and i was in one of the most beautiful places in the country on the shores of the pacific itself but i was beginning to lose patience. i've come to the end of. what's. what do you want. where are my posts to go. by literally from the house of land. but the torch would move all over the mountains across the sea. even else of this world. we live.

in yes another historic moment it paid a visit to the international space station more than four hundred kilometers above the planet. and although safety reasons made lycee its on board a heavily fueled rocket so real the bad idea the world's first olympic spacewalk was no problem. i don't know if i was getting some inspiration of my own. yes i mean. i've come so far with the torch i was going to have to see it through to the end but what so many different people in relays all over russia and even beyond now i was going to have my own moments with the symbol of the sochi games i was in new fall in the south of the country in under two hours i was going to be

a torch bearer. for my fictional uniform. it was time to suit up and pick up the most vital piece of equipment. i think. make. up of their english training thank you. at last. more than two hundred of us would be running through the streets and the excitement was already beginning to build there was just time for a few tips on how to make the most of the moment. smile and wave your hand then they put out my torch and i step back and i'm not there anymore it's your turn you start and i'll be in the car that will be filming us starts to move

and we run towards it ok go to. none of us could wait to get started on the pulse he was in full swing this we moved through the city thousands of people had turned out to cheer us all and watch the parade and we even had a few guests from the north pole putting in an appearance. we were dropping off people every two hundred meters so i just had a few minutes to. my neighbor cotton mills. you can really imagine how exciting it is. looking forward to the moment when the whole country will see me. on a sleep i can't believe it. did school was freezing today isn't it.

planned so let's meet our troops. as i wave to the crowd i hadn't expected to be so nervous my whole epic journey had led to this moment and as i waited for number one million three to post me the flame all i could think of was for goodness sake don't drop it. by. the dream come true i missed london twenty games i never thought of that to be part of another day and now i'm. going to play with this margaret fun stuff that.

i am. i think i finally understand. i'm going to little further to go on with this story. i was with it when it was for the very first time in a limpia increase it went deep underground into a diamond and you could see i was with it when it plunged into the waters of lake baikal and i was with it when the wins by president of the very top of the world and then it went out. to the international space station. to believe. if you could. you can base metal into gold this tool. of those elements even if the quintessence from space itself. believe that this tool has the energy to help you win gold in

sochi. russia. now the power is now.

in one corner of the wall street jamie the diamond drug goes wild. any other corners the evil no good a refused to help bellow long-term capital management oh it's dick the gorilla buddhistic. here to mediate this fight is paulson will be rescued this stage rumble in the wall street jungle with a seven or billion times. the audience shrinks yes the game is really. new york london. the whole world is on the. complete truth of the original one a further one down the end there are fun to hang up the courts building at the end of the street another one the more transparent society gets the money or the puppet

tears become we see military and state and police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city hobbit the city the more people trust electronic devices the more new front slows the. fear that has a thousand on. our t.v. . dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. the faces changing the world. to picture of today's. column to and from around the globe.

how did you. feel impotent starts the final leg of its historic rely as it arrives in the host city of sochi heralding the imminent start of the twenty fourteen winter games. the u.s. warns international firms against doing business with iran saying a partial lifting of sanctions is not mean the iranian market is up for grabs. afghanistan reveals it's been trying to hammer out a harsh harsh deal with the taliban as america's role in the country that's twenty fourteen becomes less clear.