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here. welcome to the program. or oriole yet day three of the winter olympic games broke new ground for those nations the two success is coming events no russian influence ever won a medal in before a russian male mogul skiing claims bronze just half an hour ago that followed another bronze in short track speed skating plain by victor and he's originally

a south korean but now the number one sprinter in the russian squad poor scott scott more about that that's why they're called for through the two bronzes today than. yesterday real turn up for the books as alexander smith's lie of claims brawn for the home nation in the freestyle skiing moguls now he wasn't widely tipped for success before the games but the opportunity to train on the slopes here in sochi paid dividends earlier victor on secured russia their first ever medal in short track speed skating he won bronze in the men's fifteen hundred meters now you may be thinking that victor on isn't a particularly russian sounding name and he did formally compete for his native nation south korea however he fell out with the sport's governing body there and got russian citizenship in two thousand and eleven elsewhere there was bitter disappointment for norwegian ole. darlin in the men's by earth launch twelve and a half caper suits he just needed to finish in the top three he only needed

a bronze medal to become the most decorated olympian of all time but let's see what all of today's action five sets of medals decided in total have done to the medals table and you can see that it is now canada who leads the way and they are being closely followed by the netherlands and norway. and poor by the most awaited tournament these winter olympics the fight for i saw the gold what updates you got on that for us. yes well the men's competition doesn't get underway for a few days yet but some of the world's best have arrived in sochi on monday as the n.h.l. stars the contingent touch down and as you say it is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of these winter games and there are real high hopes that russia can secure gold on two time winter olympic gold medalist. who also played in

america in the n.h.l. he says that despite the pressure of playing on home ice in front of an expectant crowd he does think russia have what it takes to go all the way and win gold. you know i mean for growth. and all kind of qualities to do so. before we're doing our gold thing and. the good course of stuff to get experience. competitions. really will support the fans. and get lots of pressure. to be in the home eyes. to know how to handle the pressure that could be under pressure. again good luck and expect the gold medal from. this russian team so i want to support

and excitement is building then ahead of the men's ice hockey competition which gets underway three days time russia's first match is against slovenia. yeah so it's going to be on that will be keeping a close watch over the course as well thank you. well with a slightly different take on the ice hockey tournament his arts and culture correspondent martin andrews next he's also here with this insult shoot in the studio fact he reveals what special about the jerseys the players will be wearing for their olympic battles on ice. today nike from the hockey jerseys let's take a look at the outfits of america interesting and very nice they are too we all like to wear them don't we support our teams or whether it's for leisure activities in the colors red white and blue of course to represent the u.s. flag inside the actual jersey they have various medals that's to look back on the

previous championship when is they had in the olympics and also there are quotations from the national anthem of the u.s. let's go to canada now. i might actually prefer this design it's rather simple with of course the national anthem of the maple leaf that's for canada for home and away really quite some of those inverted colors and inside you have more medals and that's because they're showing the ladies before from previous olympics of course many people today we're looking at the russian designs that were unveiled we've got red for home and white for a way the red design of the russian team rather a traditional featuring the crest we also have for stars talking about is from the past if you look at the white outfit the kits a far different approach somewhat contemporary and if you actually live the players up together gives a very interesting image perspective so let's look forward to regarding the fashion here in sochi r.t.

met up with ken black who's the creative director of the company where we because it is the home team because they are in russia with the crowd around them it was great to share the symbolism with everyone exactly let's not so. gold crowns here. reflecting their gold medals and then four gold stars on each shoulder on the homecare even though everybody's talking about the fantastic sporting events in these brand new amazing facilities here in sochi lots of people are also excited about what they actually look like and indeed the fashion that they're wearing. well it has got the modern andrew seal of approval are doing well for a start now we're following all the russian libyans on twitter too among them frequent national hockey league most valuable player alexander ovechkin he's been tweeting to rave about the olympic village and show off his skates which are painted in the colors of the national flag you can see there the tweet was both in english and russian to satisfy his army of fans on both sides of the atlantic. now

all of the many inspirational stories in sochi the jamaican bobsled team is again found itself at the center of one of them they were forced to raise funds initially via twitter to be able to compete in the games in the first place but then when they got here they lost their luggage every traveler's nightmare r.t. caught up with one of the fearless trio the team coach to see how they get in on i love the people there are real love. makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is the jamaica team they are loved you know across all the obstacles that i love so back home no doubt see what we're doing throughout the world and how the world loves us i know a lot of younger kids in jamaica wanted to be a part of jamaica bobsled team were going to say thanks to the world support we've had this is one of the best games that i've seen and it's a great great opportunity for the jamaican team to be here and represent jamaica

who are here coming out of the underdogs so just watch us a long way from home with you in the country proud on the. side from the high spirits and praise for the olympics in sochi there's also been a lot of negative coverage of course in the western media everything from criticism about the state of the hotels to straight up claims that the games are being held in a war zone and face imminent threat of terrorism russia's president dismissed all that there was an echo of the past. oh no hello during the cold war era there was the so-called containment policy that's what it was called it was the policy and practice of containing the soviet union's development unfortunately as we see now occasionally there are throwbacks to these policies every so often so when russia demonstrates a positive development it's clear that the appearance of new powerful players and competitors in genders some fear in areas such as the economy politics and security i see them attempts to contain russia emerge here or there including with this olympic project. president putin and they are all well but the days competitions

is but over the net full day three of this later. a special coverage no less continues into the night with the next update for you now is time now but he will henri in moscow. like evan thanks very much for that indeed we've got our special sports bulletin coming up in about fifteen minutes time here on r.t. international try to stick around for that it will be all the very latest exact dates with each. the g. twenty four promises. exhilarating winter. and make the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on. switzerland may have jeopardized its access to the e.u. market for the sake of curbing the number of immigrants coming into the country and

the new law which will installed quotas for foreign workers actually goes against long held agreements with brussels some believe further collaboration with the e.u. could now be in question the president of the european parliament martin shultz right there he said switzerland cannot expect to pick and choose which agreement it comes up with in the e.u. he also warned it can now expect all of its treaties with the european union to be reviewed well a bit earlier in the program here on r.t. international i discussed this issue with any line in brussels and paul nuttall in liverpool. question is is with the all european union go from here i suspect they will try to force the swiss to vote again have another referendum because that's what the european those it doesn't listen to the democratic wish of the people let's not let's not forget they ignored the referendum in france they ignored the referendum in holland they made the irish was again twice over the nice treaty in lisbon treaty this is a big challenge for postals but i suspect they will try to force the switches hand

and pick on the smallest boy in the playground joe you think this could have any consequences for the e.u. or perhaps politically speaking. is this your. great britain no since years is the absolutely wrong the agreement between the e.u. in switzerland was not done by process it was done by discover meant they even had a referendum ten years ago on this they wanted to freedom of movement they wanted this fundamental rights of florida citizens to move freely it has nothing to do with their profits dictatorship but if this agreement is now considered of course or it has to be renegotiated and switzerland cannot have all. access for their goods on the bigger market and the restrictive people to come to their countries vote was extremely polarized in fact leaving almost half of the population dissatisfied with the result paul why do you think there is such

a divide here because that's democracy and you know the majority voted in favor but look a quarter of people in switzerland were not born in switzerland there were eighty five eighty thousand migrants last year it only has a population of eight million people wages have been driven down is putting pressure on houses the health care system on transport quite frankly is the democratic wish of the swiss people that they want to control their own borders and do for them i wish we could do the same in our own country joe i see once again shaking your head switzerland's decision to limit the number of foreign workers perhaps the latest example of the growing feeling of nash. where do you think this trend could be heading luxembourg thirty five percent of foreigners deliveries it very well because luxembourg is a growing economy according service sector and you have to have seen the reaction of swiss industry today in the three was upset with this very slight majority because of the need to end this whole phobia about immigration is

just disgusting or what you're good at i mean if you have enjoyed your degree i'm here i'm not going to go. out i don't want to. go on a britain what lot of jobs that have been done by the polish well in your. view have allowed you to let you. know your new industry is totally different of your own just i mean just to my best to carry water in the right hand man god come on paul paul you're on i'm gone firstly let's not use look from bag as an example it's not really a country it's like a small english town the fact that more people in liverpool where i live than there's no live look from back let's make one thing clear here we have a million young kids in this country in britain eighteen to twenty four who don't. a million people who can't get work it makes no sense whatsoever to such a great your job market even further by having an open door policy to the whole of the european union what we want to see in britain is we want to control our own

borders with a point the system if you've got the skills that this country needs yes come here where we won't allow to happen is that people who have eastern europe. are tall enough going to have been better control. coming not from the you are to come from your former and nobody don't that's your brother you guys you know brochures control. is all right listen guys i'm going to end the journey more human is that we all have to play nice and all of that share our toys joe the introduction of quotas for foreigners would all be create more job opportunities for the swiss themselves i mean that's that's a good thing isn't it every country should choose their future and have their choice about to be have common roots and if you're member of a corrupt you followed the rules if you don't want to follow the rules then you have to leave the club quite simple and every club to it is the same thing it's quarter past the hour here in moscow thanks for joining us we are back in just

a moment with more of your top world headlines. economic down in the final. and the rest. will be.

a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today. it's also an international thanks for joining us a nearly a year after a pipeline rupture of course a massive oil spill in the u.s. state of soul locals still suffering effects of dizziness headaches and nausea and the cleanup did begin almost immediately did not stop people from fleeing out to safer areas so we dispatched to go pay them a visit. almost a year after two hundred thousand gallons of heavy crude spilled onto their streets residents of mayflower in arkansas are striving to leave the town here in mayflower

for sale signs are everywhere almost every house on the street is on sale before the spill this was a place where people wanted to move in to enjoy the beautiful nature around many didn't even know there was a pipeline running on their houses and now they just want out many have already left and jerrel one of them i tried to stay here i tried to just be away you know as much as i could but if it rained i could not stay here because it would all seep through the. all again you know the where the ground was dry it would kind of i guess in case it in when it rained all those vapors would come back she says like many other residents of mayflower she started having constant headaches and coughing after the spill i have friends that live just behind me that are still here that don't have a place to go they have just small children you don't have to look at the kids in in twenty years when they get sick or find out something's wrong and they say well

why didn't we leave mom what everybody healthfully well some people just aren't able to pick up and leave like that exxon wrote back to us saying that a unified command comprised of exxon representatives as well as officials from the state and federal environmental services has deemed all areas affected by the mayflower spill now safe to live in but many of the residents don't buy it and their homes are not selling i would say that the number of homes sold in mayflower has dropped at least fifty to sixty percent but arkansas oil spill is only a fraction of a new oil pipeline leaks it's estimated that between two thousand and eight and two thousand and twelve u.s. pipeline spilled an average of more than sweeping one million gallons of hazardous liquids pretty year plans for the keystone x.l. pipeline a massive project that would. from canada soil since two refineries in texas have caused many to worry that they may become collateral damage in the way of big oil

like the residents of mayflower arkansas there's a lot of us that have been forgotten we were just collateral damage in mayflower i'm going to check on our team always a lot of stories on the website for you right now in particular this one other deadline for the pullout of american troops from afghanistan it's fast approaching washington though it's taping the retreat with money pumping some three hundred million dollars into what they're calling the end of war economy dot com and all the details for you right there right now. i want you to have a get this one a wiki pedia coming under the scrutiny of police in finland they say the online encyclopedia could be illegally collecting money from its donors just a couple clicks away you can grab our story right now. with no death penalty and a maximum prison sentence of twenty one years norway's penitentiary system is among the most humane in the world and other countries going a step further with an experimental jail giving convicts access to pretty much

everything except freedom so we dispatched a person off for a brief visit and here is my close it's like with a freak thing. has been living here for nearly four years getting an education working as a car mechanic and serving his fifteen and a half year long sentence in jail we caught up in the morning talk show thank you brooke first go to drop old school. to school you have. relaxed like normal life just we are back ward this is holden one of the most humane prisons in the world bills in two thousand and ten it's an example of norway's new experimental approach to penitentiary facilities. here are the roughly two hundred fifty prisoners that houses cook for themselves and for staff members with beef sound and beer steaks among the items on the menu

take walks in the park pray and make art do outdoor and indoor sports we can howl like you see here the betterment we can. play suppose maybe one of all of this is going to be a good place to call just to relax. get out from their cells you know holder has a library and a school for those who want to either to continue the education they were getting before going to jail or getting a new one all together. some of them. russian. literature history math chemistry physics you name it all are taught to the inmates. in the room and that plays on the stove for the next ten years to continue to. inmates also have access to the photo shop a grocery store workshop and a mechanic's shop and even.

my personal favorite a sound studio. didn't have a system in this life that was looser in the school moved in and the working life never think. nothing. and they come in here and learn it so far the prison hasn't seen one riot or an attempt to break out and when we were inside i couldn't really see why anyone would ever want to frankly i'm stunned it's going to take time for me to process what we've seen here today but what's clear is that even though the says one of the most humane prisons in the wall it still is a place to punish criminals with strict rules security and limitations and since it's been operating only for a few years right now it's too early to see how effective this new penitentiary format is you what is going off forty reporting from norway. on the global snapshot

for you briefly here on the program the antiwar debate now to afghanistan a suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into a nato convoy killing two american contractors in the capital and islamic militant group has admitted it was behind the attack that wounded at least seven others the taliban is stepping up its campaign ahead of america's troop withdrawal with the u.s. afghan security deal still in limbo. and to neighboring pakistan where a suicide bomber ran into the house of a pro-government tribal elder and britons of police say the explosion also killed four women and wounded five others and in a separate incident militants in the south west blew up three gas pipelines cutting supplies to putting job at the nation's most populous province. the syrian government and the opposition have started a new round of talks so that was today by trading accusations over escalating violence and disrupted deliveries the first face to face meeting was adjourned ten

days ago having achieved little beyond actually getting the both sides in the same room still though the syrian red crescent has confirmed three hundred more people have been evacuated from the besieged city of homs after a cease fire was extended for another three days. well this is r.t. international we are your olympic headquarters the latest sporting news from the sochi seacoast coming up in a break on our international though if you're watching us from london you're going underground. there's a saying when you're in the arctic you have the entire world at your feet. she looks like a fairly simple but really she's not simple. and full of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is 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've undertaken a unique operation. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers. a good intelligence unit attached to u.k. . whole range of different opportunities to information they get it from the media. people can give them information to get trained of information across and bardos is actually quite complicated what we do is in egypt intelligence function is to use a little range of sort of independent information we have relationships for

example with interpol and helps us find out where that is junk trafficking going on . they re just. told to lean on the sons because it is a market economy and its total budget of the european union what we are talking about is not more than one per cent off that you do to your total budget is about the size of the bunch of the three men and if this is called a socialist concept then look at the size of welfare states on the national level this is totally ridiculous what's ridiculous about it that you. are so ridiculous about the e.u. marching in more or less to greece and to cyprus to study tiddly socialist. to talk about reading people's private bank accounts the european union and this is what they're talking about people of falling over themselves immigrants are falling

over themselves to get into great britain because the rest of europe is boss. almost. an exhilarating winter in our team a team so tell me anything now and i may have an all in on the rest of our lives take news team for sochi twenty four take. on oxy. hello welcome to the latest r t sport lympics special with me kate partridge all the news from day three at the sochi winter games plus the rest of the sport and these are the top stories. blades of glory big to our claims russia's a first ever limping medal in short track speed skating with bronze in the fifteen

hundred meters canada's charles hamelin wins gold with china can be taking silver. plus ice princess a fifteen year old a year lipnitskaya leaves russia to their first gold medal in the team figure skating at the iceberg that is watched by president vladimir putin. and elsewhere in sports record run by a mere extract their unbeaten tally to forty five matches and stay certain points clear at the top of the bundesliga with a two no when it. first go to the olympics in sochi where our correspondent richard brown portrayed has all the latest news from the winter games so hello there richard so after a great day two how is day three look for the hosts. all day free was really all been a via victory in the men's short track speed skating he won

a bronze in the one virus and five hundred meters which in fact was russia's a first ever medal in short track speed skating with victory and the use of a can compete for sign of career and back in two thousand and six he won a free gold medals for a maturity olympics but he switched his allegiance to russia in two thousand and thirteen has gone from strength to strength and as i said help russia win the first ever short track medal for russia's curlers women colors have got their campaign underway there fancied perhaps to get a medal there the two thousand and twelve european championships and honestly that other side got off to the best possible start spy beating a denmark by seven at a free for going banks or day two and of course it was all of those figure skaters as the one team gold if you need pushing fifteen you're already nearly steeds on call and also sharp and also cuts are hollow and he's a teammate.