russia condemns the efforts of the un to blame the syrian government. aid convoys are being fired on the. spills across the neighboring border. and the reason. we fear this radical islamist stronghold in lebanon. being bred for battle. takes a surprise silver in the women's. well another gold is looking likely. over the next few days. when over a dozen cities around the globe. as part of what's being called the day we fight

back. looking at how one of the movement's leaders actually died while fighting the . visit just after midnight here in moscow it's on the international with me. thanks for joining us talks between syrian government officials and their main political rivals have stalled during another round in geneva and the cease fire they agreed to enforce in the city of homs well that's not holding either international aid convoys are coming under while trying to get to civilians. at the u.n. general assembly of a draft resolution which would threaten the syrian government with sanctions unless i provide safe homes so russia slammed the drafters one sided moscow believes rebel fighters are in fact. the ones firing on relief missions and many of the militants

are linked directly to al qaeda and now neighboring countries are bearing the brunt of the spillover is our tears were if a national reporting now from behind rebel lines in lebanon. was the syrian conflict rages on neighboring lebanon faces a dramatic increase in sectarian violence in january alone for kabul has killed dozens in beirut and the town of had a mill next to the syrian border the targets were a shia areas controlled by hizbullah lebanon's most influential force which also supports syrian president bashar assad we traveled to the northern city of tripoli a sunni stronghold vehemently opposing hezbollah visible in the message calling those who. supported by. his bella's military involvement in syria is believed to have given damascus the the hand in the battle of god and has

deeply angered assad's enemies do you think we're going to see more explosions like this well today. anything i can do for sunni brothers anything i can do for syrian brothers i will do anything i can do for these people suffering from injustice i will do. and is. the kind affiliated a new survey front claimed responsibility for days recent deadly bombings just days before a man calling himself and al qaida commander announced via you tube that the group had good down groups in lebanon people we've met her on the ground deny belonging to either of these groups but don't hide the fact that they share their views. no there is no al qaeda as an organization anymore but al qaeda as an idiology and it doesn't need money to spread it spreads by itself everywhere in the world not

only in lebanon but in america britain serbia. here radical ideas of bread from a young age fighters here call a card has bin laden a teacher and their fight jihad. when twenty three year old med returned from syria where he joined the free syrian army he continued his jihad here in lebanon. targeted a district where she'll leave tripoli is divided into sunni and shia parts ironically by the street called syria two years ago we filmed on that street first street in the city of tripoli separates the whites and sunni neighborhoods in this part of not running like a murderer between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out today we can't get. cashews sometimes oh. who do you fight against who is your enemy i am addicted and i fight against them

for those those who don't carry the flag of far lower level is probably the war spillover of the syrian conflict and while the world is hoping for peace to come back to that middle east country war seems to only spread further on. people here seem to be used to seeing fighters carry sniper rifles through busy markets they tell us everybody here has a weapon and is ready to fight. it will come to these camps outside you will see every day to raise a little first told us that it doesn't take well you know someone with zero experience become a real fighter. a week's training and you are in for a life time of of the dns rosario rules for those who want to become ones i deem you have to forget about money and be ready to die or to be arrested and to accept that no one will take care of you or your family left to hardy flags on the walls

weapons on the floor this is the life of a true fighter or it's too. off and the rules are strict as kashyap who introduced himself as a tripoli sunni leader says many youths are willing to join the little by little bit more from now until i grow up i'm ready to defend myself i'm ready to kill ellen whites and syrian army and you're ready to kill for the neighborhood out of you know. we here and while the syrian conflict expands a legion of fighters on today's deadly weapons and an even deadly ideology is on the rise. from lebanon. and as the syrian conflict rages on the country is busy dismantling its chemical arsenal all in accordance with international agreements a third batch of toxic material has been shipped out for decommissioning syria did recently missed several deadlines to hand over its chemical blaming rebel activity

for that jonathan steele a columnist for britain's guardian newspaper he says there's no reason to believe damascus is trying to hold anything back for the meantime. there are security problems obviously the country is the middle of a civil war and jamie is the u.n. diplomat in charge of this whole ration since the good will be done by june thirtieth so the dollar they miss the deadlines there's no real sense of alarm that they will miss it so again as the u.n. diplomat sigrid cog said. georgia council the other day. the reasons for the delay are security concerns and that sounds quite legitimate implausible are still to come here without international it might just be the right time for some house hunting. actually great for us because we go shopping a british colony puts homes up for sale for just one pound here on the program we look at what's driven the local council pull up and go to next to nothing.

well here in russia and all around the world the electric city of sochi is still the focus of international attention let's cross there now for the latest winter olympic updates here's my colleague have an hour and. hi there rory nice to see you again hi everybody it's been a great day here again thanks for the weather's held off no rain or anything like that and it's promising to be a nice day for competitions for weather wise certainly for the next couple of days as well play the headlines talk about plenty of famous faces here today as well it is day four of course of the winter olympics in sochi that is now drawing to a close but as you can see behind me things are still very much a light on the olympic flame very much a light as well what a day it has been speed skater. has turned out to be russia's heroine in the past

couple of hours she won the hosts only medal on choose day she won a silver for russia but there is another gold on the horizon in the days ahead that is because a russian couple are in the lead after an astonishing performance in the first round of the pairs figure skating there quite a couple they're going to find out more about them and wrap up the day's other a lympics sports stories with artie's paul scott in just a moment he's been wrapping up all the events of the day of course he's down here at the press center in sochi on the coastal cluster there's a heck of a lot going up as well up on the mountains there it's a great place to be as well we got a report about that from martin andrews he. took to the snowboarders earlier on we'll see how he got on hopefully now though we can. catch up with paul scott's report on what's happened today and tell us a little bit more about the skaters that are expected to shine a little bit later in the week hopefully now we can go the whole scott.

was somewhat of a surprise is old enough transfer domestic success on to the international scene claiming that silver medal in the women's five hundred meter speedskating in the adult arena now afterwards she admitted that she was suffering from a huge belt of nerves before her final race and she credited her success to a sports psychologist elsewhere russia are on course for a second gold medal in the figure skating event at the halfway stage of the pairs competition maxime trunk of an tatiana volovik the overall standings the event concludes on wednesday the world and european champions put in a thoughtless display to the delight of the home crowd to firmly put themselves in medal contention and it's my trunk of well documented tempestuous nature they put their success down to a special working relationship. i was familiar with some of what seems to change. my zodiac sign this jim and i and like seem to believe so we get along just fine

which parties to when we first started skating together i told her tiana that more than half of what people say about my personality is probably true and she told me she could get along with pretty much anyone finally said whatever people say about my or someone else's personality figure skating is a sport and what matters is the result doesn't matter what my personality is like some would say about a coach for example he's insufferable the most important thing is my training in my performance and the medals i win which is who cares if i'm a difficult person like you well try and call for volunteers are already have gold medals to their names at these winter olympics that's after success in the team event fifteen year old yulia lipnitskaya shot to global fame after two peer. this performance is in that competition and she admits that before her winter olympics debut there were some nerves well sure i was very nervous and scared but added my

singles event i'm more calm to be honest i've got used to it and singles is a completely different event well let's take a look then at the very latest medals table see how it looks and you can see that it's norway who currently lead the way they are back on top but canada and the netherlands are not far behind. two major stars have been speaking to the public today as well. yes some of some of the world's leading sports stars have been on show in sochi over the course of tuesday russia's ice hockey team russia's men's ice hockey team attended a press conference ahead of their first match against slovenia in two days' time not captain pavel datsyuk but he did attend the press conference he is a here in sochi despite fitness concerns he missed all of his side's n.h.l. matches throughout january with injury and the n.h.l. is actually on a mid-season break right now so the n.h.l. players can come and compete in the winter olympics but it might be the final time that they allow that to happen is currently up in the air and currently up for

discussion but it does seem that despite the fact there is going to be increased pressure on the russian team playing on home ice and in front of an expectant home crowd it does seem that spirits are high inside a jovial russian camp. who you want to hear for just. can't see in of course. i think because we're playing at home we'll have a lot more brotherly support the entire country will be cheering force we will be united. i agree with our captain and he deserves his title he is very experienced respected by the entire hockey community and beyond so with a captain like that we can aim for the top as for our team where a very friendly bunch there's a great atmosphere among us the team and the coaches are on the same wavelength and one that's the most important thing of everything is in our hands now. thank you

i agree with everything he said. so it is all smiles then for alex ovechkin i'm head of the men's ice hockey competition but away from the coastal cluster and up in the mountains i can tell you that the women's inaugural ski jumping competition has taken place germany winning gold there and up in the mountains there is still one resort the remains open despite the fact the world elitists are the world's most elite athletes are actually in town and it's open for skiers and snowboarders of all standards as my colleague martin andrews reports the rows up must come down there's no better way to see the beautiful courses mountains down the slopes take in the press take the scenery and marvel in the vast resorts and facilities they now have here as you know the famous phrase when in rome so it's on with the boots and off to the slopes at krasnaya polyana a totally transformed area head of this months on the big opening this is just beautiful it's been for we came up skiing the other day a couple days off between work and sochi and adler and corky all came together

nicely when we got here is a little and then end up in a couple days a hammer it out it's really cool since snowboarding inception as an established winter sport it's developed various styles each with its own specialized equipment and technique snowboarding and he became a winter sports in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight ranging from the stunts of freestyle to the fast pace of slope style used for both recreation and professional snowboarding it's my first time and it's not as easy as it looks but it's a little bit confusing as i've been told that i'm left footed even though i'm right handed i said in the safe reposition was pushed forward on the first foot that i thought was the direction i should go wish me luck. there are around one hundred thousand risk of fractures worldwide i'm going snowboarders each year i'm not. to be a statistic to me and my instructor says he can teach someone to be

a recreational snowboarder in one or two days with the ability to use all the form control turns control speed and direction and stop confidently something i'm having trouble with slips you know with locals and visitors from all over the world but what's the future of the region after the olympics i think it's best three. times because all. connected. people of all ages come here to the slopes fifty kilometers from the black sea coast the perfect way to exercise and to stay full. time enjoying them but i'm trying not to go too far so i don't get that number down . but she's not known for its alpine skiing or snowboarding and might not be very good at it but it's an activity that's on the rise and there's the professional

snowboarders with various of them pick medals on this very mountain it seems that some of us were not born for such winter activities. tell of the time for. the professional way i was lucky enough to catch up with american skier a gold medalist from the. street i started by asking what about the experience. i think it's wonderful it's beautiful here i looked at it on google google earth before i came and i thought wow i hope it's beautiful from the ground in the air and it has been it's lovely it's people have been friendly. feels very secure and sochi itself is a very beautiful location i've got to put my feet in the black sea when a lot of negative publicity in the media how are the athletes getting on together and. great the village is phenomenal the food is great their rooms are big you know

there's been a lock in the bathroom here and there in an elevator episode here and there but honestly all in all the athletes are really happy the thing they're the most happy with is their venues and their competition space it's the first olympics i think that i've seen where all of the athletes at every venue are happy with the level of difficulty and the level of preparation that's gone into their very. good is there isn't it so. just to recap history is being made here today female athletes of competed in the olympic ski jumping event for the first on ever is well done well to germany they secured gold earlier on go for it guys join me again in an hour for a final recap if you will of four for another. thanks so much but. don't forget that we can always check out our facebook page to see what we've got lined up for the olympics we're actually asking you to post your

questions for the athletes i will ask the best ones when kevin owen spoke with the olympic champion skier picabo street through one of your questions so don't miss your chance to take part in our special coverage from all the way throughout the. g twenty four team promise is the ultimate in exhilarating winter. storm and you make the most of our live news team for sochi twenty four take. on. technology innovations all the developments around russia. the future.

there's a city 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 without the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we've undertaken a unique operation in. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers.

it's all the international thanks for joining us a number of coordinated anti n.s.a. protests on hacker gatherings are taking place all around the world they've been dubbed the day we fight back they mark thirteen months since the suicide of internet freedom poster boy aaron swartz a tragedy that many believe was actually provoked by america's security response. guy nature can now tells a story of the so-called computer prodigy aaron swartz could have been a millionaire living now in silicon valley when he was just fourteen aaron helped launch the first artist says feat which deliver web content aaron by the time he turned nineteen his company had merged with take a look at it which would become one of the most popular websites in the world. but money was not his ultimate goal aaron went on to champion a free internet and common sense and it's the foundation of our constitution the government is constrained by having someone else check off to make sure they're not

abusing their power aaron became a political activist calling for others to join this isn't something playing out on a stage somewhere where giants fight each other and you get to sit and munch popcorn this is a fight you can join in right so if you're going to demand progress dot org and sign up we have actions every week there are bills that are coming up that could crack down on internet freedom there are companies trying to abuse their power and it's up to all of us to stop them heiress wars drew the f.b.i.'s attention in two thousand and eight when he downloaded and released about three million federal court documents from a restricted service the government did not press charges because the documents were in fact public he was arrested in two thousand and eleven for downloading academic articles from a subscription based research website at his university with the intention to make them available to the public although none of what he downloaded was classified prosecutors wanted to put him in jail for thirty five years when he saw all of his

wealth gone and he recognized his parents were going to have to mortgage their house so he could afford a lawyer to fight a government that treated him as if he were nine eleven terrorists as if it as if what he was doing was threatening the infrastructure of the united states when he saw that he recognized how how incredibly difficult that fight was going to be of course he was depressed at the age of twenty six aaron swartz took his own life. this is somebody who was pushed to the edge by what i think of as a kind of bullying by our government it was several months after his death that edward snowden blew the whistle on the government's widespread snooping showing that while the government wants everyone to be open and transparent it can go relentlessly after someone who fully embrace the idea of transparency and accessibility of information like aaron swartz day in washington i'm going to check out our team. and to the u.k. we go where all across britain house prices are soaring out of reach for ordinary

people apart from though in one town where you can get a home for just one pound well you have to do is give it a make over and promise to live inside it reports. one pound sterling doesn't buy you much nowadays but in stoke on trent lucky locals have managed to grab the ultimate bargain a house it's part of a sell off of rundown properties in a deprived part of the city at this sort of apply just sort of to the blue really because i was saving up for a mortgage and things anyway which when you run time is probably hard. but yes i use quite shocked that you know i actually did go out which i'll say great for us because we have tripled. the snag many of the properties have stood abandoned for years after the closure of the city ceramic factories the area started to decline the roof sleeping every negative thing that you could imagine and two properties on

a magnet for those behaviors the workers of the parties which is only walking distance who are all living here and then what happened was as the poultry stock to started closing down people had to move forward so the communities start to disperse say this area is deprived it's riddled with antisocial behavior like drug abuse crime and squatting but the local council say that the one pound scheme and the new owners moving in should help to create a sense of community and turn the area around. applicants have to be locals first time buyers and earning less than forty thousand pounds per year to avoid entrepreneurial property developers from taking advantage of the author homeowners have to commit to staying in the houses for at least ten years this is what one pound will buy you on century street in stoke on trent now on top of that one pound owners have to commit to borrowing thirty thousand pounds from the local council

for the renovations and work has already started on transforming these abandoned shells and turning them into brand new properties and through hey can see what they're going. look like before the scheme came along like many britons gavin couldn't afford a deposit for a house and was paying more in rent then he will be in loan repayments to the council in ten years' time i'll be more victory with how. many people can get up to ten years with the housing crisis leaving millions struggling to get on to the ladder many will now be crossing their fingers hoping they'll get a similar chance in their part of town. stoke on trent all right up next all aboard the international taking you want to cruise on one of russia's nuclear powered icebreakers it's fun stuff to see as soon.

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pull into a port either and nor will the crew jealous. morning good morning yes it's wrong no you're beautiful well done and don't forget your hat . sukhamoy has ruined my hair now. and the captain and the first officer said here they don't like coles and their bread this is it i have to put more bread out because the navigate is sit here and they eat a lot. and the possibly the most unlike the tables to be laid properly he likes everything to be good and he likes beautiful women actually he just loves old women. him.