one day until a world of winter sports wonder the excitement is building and saw she will be olympic torch i just closer to officially launch the games. to meet the snowy peaks and. get the opinions of the it's only. for the winter games. also would be american couple who say they draw their kill themselves than be forced back to the united states they tell art see why they fear being extradited from britain to face u.s. justice. ukraine's v.i.p. visitors from america and europe put the country's constitution at risk and give tips on forming a new government will look at why they're so keen to be seen amid the protests.

you're watching artsy ensor national with me marina culture of arab and welcome to you. seven years in the making and now there is just one dates ago before tsotsi fires up the winter olympics now is this if you welcome such fountains of extra visitors many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing post in pictures online about how they're making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast from a mates in the mascot's to quite literally getting into the olympic spirit there's something really a buzz about the place and now most athletes have already arrived in the russian resort asked as the iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame. now of course it's on the final leg of its epic journey that's covered tens of thousands off kilometers from the bottom of the world's deepest like to the top of

europe's highest peak artes and reformer has been following that since it was late in greece and he brings us the latest from saatchi. well i mean the picturesque resort of rosa who tour in the foothills of the caucuses and it is actually just a very short tele cabin right away from where most of the olympic events will be held up in the mountain cluster yesterday the olympic torch came through here was actually carried by one of sorties only unpick here. alexy be avoided up and we also caught up with maria sharapova although she wasn't born here she did play a lot of the early tennis here and she says it's the perfect place to host the olympics. same baxi same day as you can drive up and out against best slopes in the world. no one really believe me and i am i hope that everybody be able to experience this. but it does seem like we are a world away from the palm trees the black sea but it is actually just a forty minute train ride all car ride away and down at the black sea we've been

talking to many athletes who say they've been very impressed with the compact nature of the games because there are at least villages actually very close to the venue where they'll be competing i feel good and everybody from the french team feels good so everything is small you know ordered a village and everything it's closing. the ice rink is close to the olympic village sure we can go by war and there is not a big security so we feel free and we're feeling confident in the meantime the clock raiser who tory's taking towards the start of the opening ceremony which is tomorrow evening in the meantime the torch relay will continue its journey around sochi and it marks the end of what has been a massive journey around russia that torch relay has been to the top of mind recently it's been to the bottom of late by cow it's been to the north pole and it's even been into i have to space up at the international space station in the

very top that was used for that space walk will be used to light the olympic cauldron before even that happens it's important to say that events. start today the team figure skating event will begin and it means we can start predicting who might win the medals and to get some help with that is paul scott. this is the moment he has life changed forever abandoned by his mother in russia's far east the seal pup was weak with hunger and vulnerable to predators his chances of survival was slim. fast forward three years and his life is now transformed. is the home of the rather shy seal say he was abandoned as a pup was rescued and then nurtured back to health care the dolphinarium and throughout the course of the winter olympics he's going to be one of the animals who are going to be predicting sporting outcomes. is not fighting fit and hoping

to make a splash with spectators during these winter olympics. because he's already predicted a few football matches however he's not always correct only ninety nine percent of the time. paul the octopus was the first of his kind he made international headlines join his career as a sporting psychic correctly predicting eleven out of thirteen football matches the staff in sochi who. will have a similar success rate and also believe that after a difficult start in life could become a favorite with the public. come here boy. oh. isn't a lone star fair also hoping that a number of dolphins and even alters display psychic tendencies. sochi around the clock on air and online stay with our coverage from our start to

studios from their. from the slopes and ranks of the winter games you can find out on artsy international and are dedicated websites twenty fourteen dot artsy dot com . twenty four teen promise is the ultimate in exhilarating winter. storm and you see no way i'm a criminal and i'm the last of our little hate news team for some twenty four take . on it. there is a call for the spirits of the games to calm global conflicts especially in syria with russia's foreign ministry urging all sides to sign the so-called olympic cease fire and stop the bloodshed but the situation in the conflict zone worsens they liue and its consequences felt far and wide now america's counterterrorism departments are right in the alarm after dozens of u.s.

citizens move to join the fight in syria that's alongside the rebels some have since returned from the war torn country trained by al qaida now the fear is they could use that experience to launch terror attacks on american soil and to war activists richard becker believes it's in the navigable results of washington's rebel supports and policies on syria. i think that we have to see that it's the the us unrelenting campaign against the syrian government that has led people many people to to go to syria to fight on the side of the opposition and it's not just the united states but it's france and britain and other nato allies that have taken this position and this happens over and over again in regards to the big powers and particularly the united states that while they feel they can control all situations what really ends up happening is that

they cannot and they end up having these kind of. comes that they had not anticipated all the syrian conflict has been attracting those willing to take part in the bloodshed from around the globe and there is a steady stream of volunteers from the west according to the latest estimates hundreds of europeans including british french and belgium citizens have moved to the war zone so fights among jihad this ranks parts for european politicians that's not the big issue the u.k.'s prime minister has sharply criticized the pace of syria's chemical disarmament claiming it's happening too slowly david cameron's side said miss that lines and called for the masses to hurry up promising that britain will put pressure to speed up the process shall shew bridge is a former british counter-terrorism intelligence officer and he believes the increasing number of insurgents in syria are how the disarmament. the organization

for the prohibition of chemical weapons the f.e.c. who is managing of course this process of removal of these weapons from syria has today or yesterday has come out and said that these deadlines are in fact soft deadlines that the the west shouldn't be too concerned about the deadlines being missed at this stage and that your p c w in the last forty eight hours reiterated its satisfaction and its confidence that the june thirtieth deadline of complete eradication of these weapons should be met on all sides really the situation is dependent upon rebels not attacking this process of transport eradication of these chemical weapons and constituent ingredients but also of course on this sad government perhaps with russian pressure continuing the momentum of the pace of the program if your state department representative is doing a crane for consultations on form

a new government there he have struggling to overcome political deadlock and victoria nuland is planning to meet the country's leadership and its opposition and it's not the first time the high profile western guests have engaged in someone else's politics as marina portnoy in a explains. in less than two months u.s. assistant secretary of state of victoria nuland is making her second visit to ukraine where anti-government protesters have received the full support and backing of washington now u.s. officials say this trip is aimed toward words aiding the country in forming a new government and helping ukrainians fulfilled their democratic aspirations now back in december it was the stomachs of protesters that ms nuland helped fill as she walked around teves independence square handing out now it's now for many this seemed to put an entirely new twist on international meddling you see in recent years the u.s. has cemented its reputation in siding with anti-government opposition movements

taking place in sovereign countries such as tunisia egypt libya and syria but in the case of ukraine u.s. officials are actually flying over the atlantic to visit and possibly strategize with pro european union protesters a power play that critics say washington would condemn if the roles were reversed china or russia or any other great power or even a regional power like iran came to the u.s. and was encouraging the protesters there would be a hue and cry from the american media like you'd never hear of before they would say why are these people interfering in our internal affairs but of course the united states sort of has a double standard because it often interferes in the affairs of other countries and thanks nothing about it in all fairness critics say the u.s. does sometimes show restraint when it comes to foreign conflicts for example in bahrain as brutal and deadly crackdowns against peaceful unarmed protesters have

taken place the u.s. has in mind its own business america has also respected its right to remain silent as saudi arabia recently enacted a new law allowing the kingdom to prosecute in jail anyone who exposes corruption or demands reform reporting from new york marina port nine party. and here is one popular gas protests around the world u.s. senator john mccain he's known for the ukrainian public since his first appearance at the revolution there a decade ago and it seems he's barely skipped the single episode on the us around the world getting i welcome in hog from opposition leader mikhail saakashvili in georgia and here he is among the crowds in egypt also expressing his points of view on libya and this one and of course there is his visit to a syrian refugee camp in turkey now the french government's plan shaken up its policies only and so great an immigrant's on the french fear the new

proposals could undermine the country's way of life more and that's one of the stories coming out. dramas that can be ignored. stories others you know. since it's. right. to picture. from a. group. our guests should know that we too can precedented measures to ensure their safety is the but this will not get in the way of their comfort but i can say for sure

that they won't even know a soul that they will feel welcome with them as they will be needed just such a residents are very hospitable people. there's a saying when you're in the arctic you have the entire world at your feet. she looks like a fairly simple shit but really she's not simple little billy a handful of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is at the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted without the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we've undertaken a unique operation. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers. the united states. significant technological over the rest of the wild and it is now using that to spy

on the rest of the world then there was the deal between the u.s. and england where u.s. spy agencies couldn't spy on people in the u.s. but british a spy agencies could spy on people in the u.s. so the two governments said alright each of us will spy on the other's citizens and then we'll trade and that we will be. sure veiling our own people so this is what i think of as the scandal. right to see. her street. and i think that you're. on a reporter's. instrument. to

be in the. welcome back you're watching artsy and her national american family caught in the legal route say their daughter kill themselves then be extradited from the u.k. cern's or us justice they've been silence has our city l.-y. been forced to go back home is for them a fates worse than death. one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policeman from scotland yard and i said i was sorry miss dunham with come to arrest you and your husband since then they've been out on bail and are fighting extradition to the united states to await trial after claims from the dunham's former company in the u.s. that they embezzled more than one million dollars in illegitimate expense claims

something the couple say are without merit showing as evidence that they've gathered the dumb say they're not afraid of trial but their worst fear and be sent to the states is the possibility of being denied bail and spending for years behind bars apart from one another simply waiting for their day in court if we were away from this country it's. for a very good chance he would have. we're confident we would win. because we are innocent but we would then be shipped but there's no compensation and. wrongful act for the ocean. can you imagine coming back to this country you know three or four years later no harm no money no job and you are now in you know sixty to sixty three years. and trying to rebuild your life controversy has long surrounded the u.s. u.k. extradition act of two thousand and three signed in the wake of nine eleven critics claim the agreement is biased against the u.k. if you are a u.s.

citizen wanted by the u.k. government you have a higher standard of evidence that you need to provide in the u.s. and also as a u.s. citizen you have the opportunity to go to a u.s. court to plead your case and unfortunate for british that since there is no such opportunity to have your evidence tested in the u.k. court before you were extradited and that's a basic unfairness to an independent review and twenty eleven found at the treaty quote does not operate in an unbalanced manner but this contradicts findings of the parliament's joint committee in human rights which called for a renegotiation to ensure british citizens get the same protections as americans conservative m.p. who sits on the committee looked at nationalities of those extradited and found at thirty five britons have been sent to be u.s. it's two thousand and four versus just five u.s. nationals who may be opposite journey that's seven times more two thousand and twelve david cameron told us president barack obama that he wanted

a review of the treaty that is little comfort to the don imus and others like them who teeter on the edge of desperation knowing it's very lives at stake from the moment they put us on the plane. first opportunity rick and. jess are cilia r t london. when it comes to tracking hacking it seems that if you can't beat them just simply. online will tell you how british intelligence is restored since its own back or something visions to battle groups like anonymous which are always one step ahead on line. also at r.t. dot com ranking for shale gas has already been blamed for polluted water but a rising number of communities in the united states say they're at risk of being left without water at all.

fronts says plan and overhaul its immigration policies after the prime minister admits that the system is failing a government report says the state should become more arab orientated thoughts about strong fire from the opposition which believes it could put an end to french culture as we know it's going to skin off reports from paris somewhat could be as says make shift for society. the bar salute has been living in pairs for new you three decades step by step she's gone from getting a worker's permits to building a family business she changed her life to become a part of french society a long time ago but agrees that the time for it to change has now come as well. this is normal it's the evolution of society the french prime minister recently

published a government report proposing a shift in the country's migration policy specifically on integration cancelling the two thousand and four ban on muslims wearing veils in state schools proposing to start teaching immigrant children their language of origin and other measures that many find controversial. the report has parts about upholding people's roots and promoting the values of the republic not only is it contradictory but it undermines the secular nature of french society the report has sparked a wave of criticism with political rivals accusing the prime minister of undermining national values instead of promoting them or calling it a dangerous provocation that threatens the country's decades long migration policies it's estimated france officially received around two million immigrants over the past ten years and what around two hundred thousand new. figures are continuing to grow despite this things like immigration and integration for a long time weren't only something for

a society found tough to discuss they were almost. anyone with a french passport no matter where they came from originally is a citizen of the republic and even mentioning someone's foreign roots could be enough for discrimination case in court friendship make. doesn't like groups of cultural minorities where not in the simplicity of the. us they used to deal with cultural ethnic communities in france we don't like this we want every citizen to be a part of the friendship of blake and not a part of his community. it will take a lot of debate before any of the proposals are put into action and with such strong opposition it's possible none of them will make it into the legal go but the report may be opening a pandora's box with signs of a growing design to make changes to migration policy that would have been

unthinkable just a few years ago you've got this kind of. and some other world news for you police have been engaged in street battles with stealth foreign protesters an estimable that once writers were brought by recent court ruling that the light at the hearing over the death of a protester in a gas in part rallies last summer that's when two year old became the first victim of weeks long violence of a herb original ration which swelled into answer government protests. israel has approved plans for over five hundred houses in these truthful and inspired story occupied since nine hundred sixty seven construction is expected to start next week palestinian leaders say it violates international law and is accusing israel of the store in the peace negotiations which began last july in the united states jerusalem as bitterly fought over by both the israelis and palestinians as their capital. a warehouse fire in

argentina has killed nine firefighters and civil defense workers that's when a seven metre wall collapsed on to them as they battle the flames seven others were injured in the incident at a storage facility for banking documents and they hired us because of fire is being investigated for its own say that arson might have taken place. a minimal wages and inflation are taking a toll on americans are. asked if there is a way out that's coming up next. recently

it online poll by the liberal dozhd t.v. channel that's rain in english has caused quite a storm of rage across the country how could a stupid online poll cause russia wide anger while they pose the question was defending living grad from the nazis worth it because retreat in their opinion could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives what is offensive from culture to culture differs a lot but from a russian perspective fighting to the bitter end to stop the german genocide machine was worth it this is basically like if a somewhat popular news outlet had a poll on martin luther king's birthday asking well slavery really that bad it was a poem for the economy but why would someone create this poll is because the people who wrote it are sick with the disease are times total self infatuation egoism and greed in other words we're a generation mean mean mean these people could never imagine sacrificing the great and wonderful me for any cause sacrificed me to the dog plus for me i'd rather kiss their boots and learn german but it wasn't for millions of russians put their self-interest as a distant second then all those great and wonderful me as. would have been worked

to death and shot a nazi death camp at peace to make a few sacrifices for society the fascist. new york london. the whole world is. the true hero of the original one the one on the end there are five that you hang up the point that 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 police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city hobbit the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless they are the fear that has a thousand i. r r t. there

i marinated and this is boston these are the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up investment adviser and financial blogger mike shed locked discusses minimum wage inflation and the overall health of the u.s. economy you won't want to miss our interview that's coming right up then film director jim bruce is back on the show today he is joining us live from los angeles to discuss is the latest documentary money for nothing plus he's giving us his take on the regime change over the fed and finally in today's big deal ed harrison and i are talking wall box water wall bucks you might be asking you've got to stay tuned to find out it's all coming up and it all starts right now. with.

our lead story today cigarette now for those of you out there addicted to tobacco you know full well that when you need a nicotine fix you just got to have it however one place you're not going to find it is that c.v.s. no not anymore now the country's largest drugstore c.v.s. caremark has announced that starting october first they will no longer sell cigarettes and other tobacco products the move will cost the chain an estimated two billion dollars per year however that loss of sale actually accounts for just a small fraction of the company's total revenue which topped one hundred twenty three billion dollars last year now c.v.s. is the first major pharmacy to ban tobacco sales though many smaller independently owned pharmacies have already done so c.v.s. medical officer dr troy brennan said quote this action may not lead many people to

stop smoking smokers world probably simply go elsewhere to buy cigarettes but if other retailers follow this lead to back their products will become much more difficult to obtain so how do smokers feel about all this we hit the streets to find out. like me who want to stop smoking we have to go a little bit further to get the pack of cigarettes you know and for me to get up at midnight or some way that or ten o'clock at night to go to c.v.s. when they're only have twenty four hours i can run in packs of cigarettes but if i can get them so easily it'll make me think twice before i go out and buy that pack i think tobacco is on its way out and it's going to become more of a niche market and not something that you're going to find in every corner store i think it's good for their image i think they're going to see this hit on their like market share or whatever but i think overall it's a good choice for them for their if they want to be considered to the pharmacy it's more now while c.b.s. executives know full well the decision will cost them billions of dollars in the

short term the company believes they'll make more in the long run by banning tobacco sales and by ditching tobacco products c.v.s. can further develop their pharmacies into full fledged health care providers striking more profitable deals with hospitals and health insurers in the process now c.v.s. didn't become a multibillion dollar drug store by being bad at business they did not and there you have it. the u.s. economy has seen an even recovery over the past four years now this despite the economic expansion and the fed's best efforts to put a floor under asset prices many people are feeling the weight of poor wage growth despite all of this now our next guest financial advisor and economic blogger mike shylock.