one day until the world of winter sports wonder the excitement is building and saw the olympic torch just closer so freshly launched the games. and to meet the snowy peaks and swaying palms we get the opinions of the it's only. for the winter games . also a couple who say their draw the kill themselves than be forced to go to the united states they see why they fear being extradited from britain to face u.s. justice and put it on the plane. first opportunity we can. all see cranes 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 there is so keen to be seen amid the protests.

you're watching artsy ensor national with marina costs are very warm welcome to you . now seven years in the making and now there's just one day to go before someone she fires up the winter olympics as the city says he welcomes its fountains of x. service answers many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing from mates in the mascots to lecture they get into the olympic spirit they're posting pictures online about how they are making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast and most of the athletes have already arrived at the russian resorts as well as that iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame let's

go live now to the olympic capital and arts. is there for us. now hi there paul of course so following the epic journey that is the flame and the path that it's taken can you tell us about some of the highlights we can expect still to come. world spirits in and around sochi right now no doubt at the moment being aided by the fantastic weather conditions you can probably see. glistening in the sunshine behind me temperatures are well in the double figures at the moment and the atmosphere the party atmosphere is also being boosted by the presence of the olympic torch which is in the final stages of its journey across the region over the next twenty four hours or so is going to be carried by a number of high profile public figures russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov the highly respected diplomat he's taken time out of his busy schedule to pick up the baton. margarita simonyan editor in chief and a little bit later on it's the turn of u.n.

secretary general ban ki moon he's here for the opening ceremony on friday evening of course it's the climax of a journey that started in moscow. sixty five thousand kilometers the torch has traveled it's been to the bottom of lake baikal it's gone to the top of mt it's even been to the north pole and even to space it's also been to the mountain cluster in the. train ride away over my right shoulder which is where my colleague now reports from. well yesterday the limpid came up here to the mountains into the ski resort of rosa who toured the foothills of the caucasus and despite that we're still only a very short tele cabin ride away where most of the sporting events are going to take place so everything is very compact and that's also the case down at the black

sea in the coastal cluster there and that's something that athletes have been impressed with everything is small you know ordered a village and everything it's close. close to do. we can go by war and there is not a big security so we feel free and we're fairly confident the russian tennis star maria sharapova is also in town and she has links to this part of the world too and in her opinion she says sochi is the perfect place to host the winter olympics same exact see same day as you can drive up and out against the best slopes in the world. i know that many believe me and i hope that everyone be able to experience. in the meantime the clocktower rosa 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 finally we should note that even though the opening ceremony is tomorrow some advance have already started the

qualification in the men's and women's slopestyle snowboarding has begun and the figure skating team event would also get underway so even though we're still waiting for the colder to be lit for some athletes sochi twenty fourteen is already up and running. meanwhile many western newspapers are featuring pictures of less than satisfactory conditions and saatchi whilst the post said by a handful of journalists but the athletes tell a different story from admiring the views surprised in their hotels and service here are some of the tweets that foreign gas have been posting from saatchi and then you'll see in a little bit the. one of my personal favorites. now is some of the olympic competitions have got underway and the medal predictions are already swirling and it's become somewhat of a tradition for global sports events to turn to some more different creatures for forecasts paul scott who we heard from just earlier has been meeting saatchi's

animal pundits. this is the moment to see his 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 were slim. fast forward three years and his life is now transformed. is the home of the rather shy seal now stuff say he was abandoned as a pup was rescued and nurtured back to health care the dr marion i'm from the course of the winter olympics he's going to be one of the animals who are going to be predicting sporting outcomes. he is now fighting fit and hoping to make a splash with spectators during leads going to him in pics. 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 during his career as a sporting psychic correctly predicting a leaven out of thirteen football matches the staff in sochi hope. will have a similar success rate and also believe that after a difficult start in life could become a favorite with the public. probably avoid. a low. isn't a life style fair also hoping that a number of dolphins and even alters display psychic tendencies. such. around the clock on air and online to stay with r.t. as a lump of coverage from salt we'll be bringing you the highs and the lows from the slopes and ranks of the winter games so do stay with us on our to international and of course there's our that had websites twenty fourteen.

the g. twenty fourteen promise is the ultimate in the exhilarating winter and. join us in our way to make seven zero in on the rest of our lives like news team for sochi twenty four take. on. there's a call for the spirits of the games to calm global conflicts especially in syria with russia's foreign ministry urgent all signs to sign a so-called olympic truce and stop the bloodshed while the situation in the conflict zone worsens daily and its consequences are felt far and wide america's counterterrorism departments are raising the alarm after dozens of u.s. citizens moved to join the fight in syria 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 civil activist

richard becker believes it's an inevitable result 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 include imbra british french and belgium citizens they have moved to the war zone so fights among jihad this ranks but for european politicians that's not the big issue the case prime minister has sharply criticized the pace of syria's chemical disarmament claiming it's happening too slowly they would cameron science admits that blinds and called for damascus to hurry up promising that britain will put pressure to speed up the process charles to bridge is a former british counterterrorism intelligence officer and he believes the increasing number of insurgents in syria are hampering 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 outlines that the the west shouldn't be too concerned about the deadlines being

missed at this stage and that your p.c. to the last forty eight hours reiterated its satisfaction that 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 the sat government perhaps with russian pressure continuing the momentum of the pace of the program. a u.s. state department representative is due in ukraine for consultations on forming the new government there he is struggling to overcome political deadlock and the soria newland despondence meet the country's leadership and its opposition it's not the first time that high profile western gate guests have engaged in someone else's politics as marina portnoy explains. in less than two months u.s.

assistant secretary of state and 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 now for many this seemed to put an entirely new twist on international metally 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. put 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 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 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 the 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. here's one popular gas that protests around the world u.s. senator john mccain he's known to the ukrainian public since his first appearance on the revolution there a decade ago and it seems he's barely skipped the single episode of on rust around the world getting a welcome in hawg from a then opposition leader mikhail saakashvili in georgia and then here he is among the crowds in egypt also expressing this points of view on libya there and then there is his visit to a syrian refugee camp in turkey. coming up for you this hour the french government's plans shaken up its policies on and so great an immigrant's about the french fear the new proposals could undermine the country's way of life more on that and other stories coming up.

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world right next. to picture of today's you know. from around the globe. broke to. there's a saying you know when you're in the arctic you have feel entire world at your feet she looks like a fairly simple ship but really she's not symbol of the. handful of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is that the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we undertake a unique operation in. the northern sea route russia's take icebreakers.

one of your cultural comment like these policies i think you know. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. thank you for staying with us here at r.t. enter national family caught in the legal ral say the draw the kill themselves and be extradited from the u.k. so ins or us justice the been silence us are simply

a why being forced to go there is for them a fates worse than. one morning fourteen months ago a life changing knock on the door with two policemen from scotland yard and i said were. done 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 us that they have more than one million dollars in illegitimate expense claims something the couple say are without merit showing as evidence that they've gathered that some say they're not afraid of trial but their worst fear to be sent to the states is the possibility of being denied bail and spending years behind bars apart from one another simply waiting for their day in court if we were away from this country if 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're now in you know sixty to sixty three years. and trying to rebuild your life controversy as 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 us citizen wanted by the u.k. government you have a higher standard of evidence that you need to provide in the us and also as a u.s. citizen you have the opportunity to go to a u.s. court to 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 exploited 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 and 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 it thirty five britons have been sent to the us it's two thousand and four versus just five u.s. nationals who may be opposite journey that 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 dunham's 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. tess are cilia r t london. when it comes to tracking hacking it seems that if you can peter just. employer online would tell you how birth such

intelligence is resorts and so its own hackers subdivisions it's about all groups like and on the miss which are always one step ahead online. also at artsy dot com fracking for shell gas has already been blamed for polluting wants or wants a rising number of communities in the united states say they're at risk of being left without water at all. francis planning to overhaul its immigration policies after the prime minister admits that the system as failing a government report says the state should become more irish orientated fire from

the opposition which believes it could put an end to french culture as we know it's going to spin off reports from paris on what could be a systemic 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 maybe 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 of holding people's roots and promoting the values of the republic not only is it contradictory that 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 with around two hundred thousand. the figures are continuing to grow with despite this things like immigration and integration for a long time weren't always something for a society found tough to discuss 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 french republic. doesn't like groups of couture or it is. not in the simplicity of

the. u.s. . used to deal with cultural identity communities in france we don't like this we want every citizen to be a part of the friendship or break another part of his community. before. or put into action such strong opposition it's possible none of them will make it into the group but the report may be opening a pandora's box with signs of a growing design to meet changes to migration policy that would have been just a few years ago you could be. some other world news for you police have been engaged in street battles with foreign protestors and estimable that one's friends are as were brought by a recent court ruling that delayed the hearing over the death of a protest in the park rallies last summer that's once a year old became the first victim of weeks long violence of urban regeneration and that's the answer government.

has approved plans for over five hundred houses and. in territory occupied since nine hundred sixty seven construction is expected to start next week palestinian leaders say it while it's entering national law and is accusing israel of the straw in the peace negotiations which began last july in the united states jerusalem as a false 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 the seven meets or a wall collapsed on to them as they battle the flames seven others were injured in the incidents at a storage facility for pranking documents and they went outside us because a fire is being investigated also authorities say that arson lines taking place.

now max and stacey are here in just a minute so look at why people are still trust in their hard earned money to the bankers on wall street is they with us. recently an 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 types total self infatuation egoism and greed in other words were a generation mean mean mean these people could never imagine sacrificing the great and wonderful mean for any cause sacrificed me to the dog seems a 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 than all of those great and wonderful me s. would have been worked to death and shot a nazi death camp it pays to make a few sacrifices for society but fascist my opinion.

our guests should know that we too can president good measures to ensure their safety is but it's about this will not get in the way of their comfort zone but i can see for sure that they will hold a they will feel welcome to the us it will be to just such a residents are very hospitable people. hi i'm asked as are welcome to the kaiser report you know wall street is like a world wrestling entertainment or two minute stay for souness and meet each other

in a choreographed scripted and over active fight in the ring and they call it professional wrestling and wall street they call it professional money management and if the outcomes are just as great just a scripted just as a barrister way overacted and the suggestion of competition is also purely for entertainment value. in one corner the wall street superhero jami the. crowd goes wild. and the other corners the evil no good who refused to ho bellow long-term capital management always dick. boudreau. here to mediate this fight is hank paulson will he rescue this stage rumble in the wall street jungle with a seven hundred billion tarp ouch the audience shrinks yes the game is rigged we all know it's right and yet we continue placing bets and losing our hard earned money on an outcome as if it were not pre-determined how will stacy next the

audience went. with thank the hammer paulson was out there they didn't shout out. the speaking of scripted now that i find this very first headline very interesting regarding world wrestling entertainment people are making tons of money betting on fake pro wrestling so from january to april of every year it's called the road to wrestle mania these are the big bouts in april were all the money is made and all the bets place several online sports books including five dimes and bodog have been accepting bets on progress in for years and lately progress slowing insiders have begun to notice an unsettling trend you see oh my boxing or m.m.a. the odds for a pro wrestling match is free of it's versus underdogs flip in such a manner that progress journalists dave meltzer who has been covering the business for new.