celebrations and high hopes in sochi as russia clinches a limp in gold and silver in the paris figure skating and the stars of world hockey prepare to face off plus. some media outlets here have tried so hard to make human fixing breakfast smell like a cold war and a look out why the games have become the target of what some are calling a smear campaign by foreign media. and terror units are on high alert in greece after a radical anti-capitalist group admits to opening fire on the german ambassador's residence and calls for a violent uprising against europe's financial elite. which

are national coming to life for moscow with me maria josh welcome to the program on another big day in sochi where our team is continuing its special coverage of the winter olympics that's now cross live to when he's now is in our studio and the how city over to. hello from sochi where there are high expectations for today's events in a very celebre tory mood after yesterday's stunning performances in the pair figure skating no host nation had won gold in that discipline and over half a century that's what russia managed though with its top pair. of also starred leaving their rivals trailing behind and what's more the silver also went to russia . farmer explains there's another contest that's even more important to russian fans but i have to say it was a fantastic because he was in it for a twinkle from bill to show but if there is one gold medal that russia wants to win more than any other it is in the men's ice hockey they haven't done that since the

fall of the soviet union and today they opened their account against the and that is again. on paper you would think they would win because they have something like sixteen n.h.l. stars prepared to see the news one they also have home with vantage although some are arguing that could bring extra pressure although russia's main man alexandrovitch says all the players have the experience they need because i'm pretty sure we have experience and we all than our guys do have another pressure. so i'm pretty sure it's going to be flying soon as we're going to step on the ice we're going to. think about the game and i think about how to win the game not about. the pressure and stuff and the place do seem to be relaxed maybe take a look at. twitter feed at the moment you will see supposed to pictures a case by case basis but it is time walking around in and around the park and meeting fans but it's a game they can't take lightly that is the message from soviet legend that is that

correct yeah he's a man he should know he's won three gold medals. were expecting a good game what is really important now is the work of the coaches they need to have the team motivated there are various other factors at play the biggest is the word home it's a major responsibility players are experiencing great pressure and on top of that we haven't been champions for a long time i think it's going to be one of the most exciting tournament's of recent times. well just to give you a taste of what this means to russia we managed to catch up with the thief. were definitely supporting the russian ice hockey team and we hope to make it to the match like to wish our guys luck and victory in every match we hope that will take first place at our home olympics. that's the best and will destroy everybody our team will definitely win a limp gold i was born in russia so who else would i root for while also in the usa

they play a sliver here today and then the big one is the usa against russia on saturday definitely one to look forward to. now if team russia does win gold in ice hockey that would make up for the losses in some other disciplines as the country hasn't won an olympic hockey final in more than twenty years but for now let's turn from the arenas to the fountains are to smart andrews has been among spectators in sochi and shared his impressions with me a little bit earlier. we've got behind is the olympic flame you can see but it's not just the flame that's on fire the whole olympic park is on fire it's like being in the carnival in rio it was just incredible even i was surprised the volunteers there doing limbo when the big flags were all screaming shouting saying everybody all the volunteers speak english we've got back in the stands we've got russian down saying we've got stages with the. traditional russian songs of course this is from of the various countries around the world you know cherishing and loving

listening to traditional worship music and dancing and it's all brightly colored brilliant and so if you can if you don't have tickets to a specific event but you go into the park there's plenty to do. but you need tickets for an event you can go into the park just as a spectator and so what are some of the things that you've seen here. well like i said you've got bounced around with traditional singing is it's not just traditional songs are you've got you've got d.j.'s i was in the mountains last night. with us that quite like the d.j. was a big part of the overall ceremony of those this is modern and of course you've got to realize that snowboarding which is a relatively new it's been there for the last two or fifteen sixteen year olds winning gold up there that's right and you've got to realise that it's the olympics for the new generations and with that so you've really got to cater for the you know that. side of it so you do have like d.j. is playing in the deejays and from all around the world i think it's phenomenal let's talk a little bit more about the serious side of the olympics security it's

a big thing how has russia managed to have it be secure but not hampered anybody said the security has been faultless but what about the people at the spectators are there waiting in line they are every single train you go to every single cable car every single event you have to go through security it's just like going through ports of j.f.k. or heathrow but it's quicker there's no queues are there i waited more than thirty seconds of each one and that's really a case of for the fact that you've got you've got lots of people here the crowd control is every single person i've spoken to from america u.k. germany whatever have said that the security issues head out to ten three people feel safe here and the main thing is that even though it's obviously powered it's very relaxed so in that course i've been to around the world got what you specially of the job i had you feel uncomfortable you feel violated almost but really here in sochi doing a superb job. while the lively atmosphere and groundbreaking achievements here in

sochi are gradually winning over some of the doubters nevertheless some prefer to focus on the negative are going to account books now where the media criticism of the olympics is coming from. you know some media outlets here have tried so hard to make the olympic scene russia smell like cold war in their coverage some didn't even bother to come up with new tools new graphics same old bear this cover is from one thousand nine hundred eighty when the us boycotted the summer games in the soviet union of course there were calls to boycott the sochi olympics as well similar images as you see handcuffs and all barbed wire not new as you can see andrew craig who wrote several books about news coverage in america is here with me to chat about all this sea of negativity thank you so much for coming pleasure it's . craik you know russia has come a long way since one thousand eight hundred it's a very different country now but it seems some of these outlets their readers want their audience to see what russia as if it's still nine hundred eighty. well

these are very familiar themes both to the public but also to the owners and many of the old time reporters so people fall into a comfortable pattern that actually extends back many decades and is quite apparent if you look for it as you've done and. it's quite clear that people took the old magazine covers and said let's just updated for this olympics stereotypes are strong. exactly and you know they call it the news industry but in many ways people like the old industry but the old themes but call it news but sometimes you know in the middle of this sea of negativity you sometimes see reports like the one i saw in the new republic the officer went to a popular gay bar in sochi and writes about how desperate for injury and they start

trying to find traces of gay persecution there and they can't those they talk to say no one is bothering them except germany's part of the issue is when people self sensor or they believe they know what the story is before they go to the scene and what you're describing sounds like a classic case that happens all over the place where reporters think they know what the story is and all are trying to do is find someone to attach a name and a face to the story that's almost written in the reporter or editors have. to create thank you thank you you know even russians who are critical. of the government found this old school smear campaign upsetting but for most it's like in the old russian saying the dogs bark but the caravan moves on let them bark

enjoy the game so i'm going to shut down in washington. well we will continue to follow all the action as it unfolds on day six of the olympics and i'll be back with more news from the games next hour for now though back to you in moscow. twenty four jean-paul most there is the ultimate in exhilarating we just heard another key aides here to join me and you say no way to make seven zero in the first of all of these chains for sochi twenty four would take. all the. well popular anger in greece torn by political and financial turmoil is reaching alarming a-levels a radical anti-capitalist movement has published a man of faster blame in germany for the dire state of the greek economy and threatening to launch attacks on the country's companies and politicians a popular

a fire group has admitted to firing shots at the german ambassador's residence in december last year. has the details police and security forces are on high alert here in the great capital with riot police patrolling the streets in groups of five or six officers and that's often the evidence was discovered of the dangerous activity over medicaid extremist groups known here in greece as the popular far group on tuesday they claimed responsibility for december attack on german ambassador is residence here in the great capital when a group of unknown gotten men fired at least fifty bullets at the building no one was heard but many could easily have been and another attack this time of the tap and in january. they had school tours of reset us back in the outskirts of athens as well the group sent a twenty page manifesto to

a weekly leftwing satirical magazine titled the mouse in greek explain that that was their reaction their response to greece's for attractive financial crisis for which they believe germany is to blame and declared it's part of a campaign against the german capitalist machine calling on the whole greeks to join their so why germany being blamed the country is the largest donor for greece's bailouts the country has been relying on since two thousand and ten and we each have forced greece to introduce harsh austerity measures that have been cheerily. increased dramatically unemployment here in the country risa high that many greece could get behind this and his group calling on the residents of this country to join their fight our team has been covering the financial crisis since the beginning and we've heard many tragic stories and even this time we were

able to speak to some residents of athens and i can say that's tied to this and despair are among the most common feelings here in the city and people say they're tired they no longer have power to even take to the streets to protest and moreover they no longer believe that could change anything that how. old the situation but to restrain very high of provocations and violent acts and this is why we will apparently see some extra security measures here in the city and another rick cities for some time now journalist robert hardy says years of crippling spending cuts have brought greece to breaking point. it's always a risk where do you have out employment twenty seven percent of many people it didn't ruin by what has happened in the us a lot of ill feeling between greeks and against germany because of the austerity

measures which have been full staunch the greek people at eighty stilted greece that they seized by the germans therefore there is resentment it a greeks aren't stupid they're very sophisticated modern developed society they know that a lot of the money that is given to greek government. to help the greeks in a dirty cause eighty percent of that money goes straight back to west banks to german and french banks very large as it were otherwise we let the money to the greek government. a max of days they would be exploring the murky waters of the financial world and the kaiser report what's that and later today and coming up in just a few moments our reports on the future of the cryptocurrency bitcoin. transit

route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. likely to see any sort of counter revolution aimed at preserving maybe even a charcoal gender roles the islamic religion this is one very powerful counterforce towards maintaining traditional marriages and. just as they become more powerful western liberalism becomes powerful and we have to sort of make. civilizations currently on

a collision course. welcome back watching us here national new york city is drawing up new rules to regulate the virtual currency bitcoin and combat money on during it's after a large scale attack by cyber criminals broad down several online exchanges but despite the obstacles the digital currency has continued to gain ground as i found out at a big coin conference in berlin. they've come to speak to mingle and to promote their vision of an alternative financial system and investors businessmen and curious citizens all gathered here in berlin for our conference on what they call the bit point of revolution it's the first digital currency that's not owned or operated by any sort of bank it's guaranteed payment without

a middleman you can buy it with the real currency and online exchanges and that's an extract of option for those who think that today's financial system is in fact mean of an overhaul it's people see how big coin is used online and they see the advantages the instant transfer of funds the security not having to see your personal data to make these transactions i think a lot of people see these advantages they tell their friends they tell their coworkers they want and they tell the merchants that they do business with and they expand the sphere of decline and that's a view that seems to be growing more popular nowhere is that more evident than right here in berlin in fact this neighborhood boast the highest concentration of businesses assumption the currency in the world is growing list of bitcoin establishment includes a record shop a store a boutique and this bar. and here getting your hands on some good points while the digitally speaking is easier than ever instead of buying them from an online

exchange you can use this big coin a.t.m. to trade your euro's into bitcoins and use that to buy your happy hour drink and i have four of course bitcoin isn't without risk and the past few weeks haven't been too kind to the cryptocurrency apple remove the last native bitcoin wallet application from its app store and the currency saw its third mega crash in the past few months when the largest bitcoin exchange stopped customer withdrawals because of a glitch in the software of course that led the currency to lose value by a stunning twenty percent just for a day but it's a sign that bitcoin may have a long way to go before it's a safe bet reporting in berlin for r.t. and lucy catherine of. now to some of our online stories occur sede in the british capital has yardy dot com to find out why so-called christian patrols are alarming officials and london also there are some catching food aerial stands at

this year's singapore air show how to our in motion section for all these highlights. right to see. first street. and i think the true. on our reporters with their. instrument. to be in the. now to some other news from around the world and up to four people have been killed in clashes between rival pro-government and opposition protesters in venezuela's capital caracas armed supporters of president the dewar reportedly opened fire on student protesters a police officer and the leader of a pro-government group were among the fatalities it's the worst unrest the country

has seen since last year's post-election riots. pakistan a suicide bomber has round bomb a laden car into a police bus killing eleven of the officers the incident took place outside a police academy in the southern city of karachi more than forty people and many of them civilians were injured in the blast the city has been plagued by scaring and political violence for years with frequent attacks on security forces. and thousands of people in southeast england have been left without electricity after severe storms and flooding one elderly man has been killed by falling power cable officials earlier issued red alerts for the worst affected areas which have seen major travel disruptions severe floods warnings remain put in place for parts of southern england and forecasters expect more tarantulas rains tomorrow. sectarian tensions show no signs of letting up in the central african republic

after a mass grave was found at a muslim rabble compound in the capital bangui meanwhile human rights groups have condemned ongoing attacks by christian militias on muslim civilians calling them ethnic cleansing or six thousand international troops are currently deployed in the country trying to tackle sectarian violence that has claimed over two thousand lives. cockroaches may be an annoyance for households around the world with manny willing to pay a fortune to get rid of them but for others they are proving surprisingly useful explains. mr could trials on the hit t.v. show i'm a celebrity get me out of here where celebrities are encouraged to be disgusting dishes has inspired a whole host of creepy crawly cullen re experiences this restaurant here in london serving up locusts and crickets among other things on its many things it's not just

london customers have a taste for the unusual according to prisoners magazine inside time one inmate claimed in a letter that prisoners had been trying cockroaches after watching the t.v. show inside time say the letter read my favorite snack to supplement the poor and me go to prison diet is cockroaches there are many cockroaches here and the best way to catch them has by placing empty crisp packets on the floor and turning the lights out letter went on to say cockroaches have a nutty taste so when you dip them in chocolate they taste like a free to not bar if celebrities eat them in the jungle then why shouldn't hungry prisoners get a bit of protein to the ministry of justice told us there is no truth behind the allegations in the letter a prison service spokesperson said in the last two years we have reduced the average cost of prison food by around eleven percent to one

pound ninety six per prisoner per day within this budget prisoners have access to a range of meals that meet nutritional requirements noble ministry of justice say that there is no truth to the allegations the prisoner that eating cockroaches. well. i have a motor. going all gone yes of course a. little good. as a science officer for her took the first lady gaga that's with my son my son in law of course those. were not really he called parties because my mother thank you concert i was almost. i know it's not time to really. get some problems it doesn't quite sound like the rehabilitation method lieschen the government has long

been promising he spoke to the chief inspector of prisons he told us that cook which is all republican in prisons generally and that he championed live a pull the prison the letter was allegedly sent from underwent a new inspection recently but the details of that will be released until next month in the meantime it seems that some people keep on taking a leave or indeed american out of bug eating programs but and supplementing that this is some places now consider a delicacy arafat i see london. he'll be back with more news in just under forty minutes time first now it's worlds apart with example i come.

to. see ten a group wants to erect a statue to the lord of darkness in oklahoma city which is the logical name capital of the home of the satanist want to build the monument of a goat headed devil in or despite a monument to the ten commandments that was put up in two thousand and twelve yet

they maybe shouldn't have put up of honor into the ten commandments on public property but does that mean that satanists not cease to honor whackos have the right to put up their own twisted monuments well that answer depends on how you look at things technically it was to liberalism everyone's beliefs by law are equal even if ninety nine people are christian and they cannot impose on that one poor satanist which sounds nice but in reality that means that those ninety nine christians have to tolerate a monument to the infernal master and defiler of the innocent on their way to work every morning part of having a culture means having a group of people of common beliefs and values if you just include anything into the culture than you no longer have a culture all that remains are scattered individuals all i'm trying to say is that it's ok to abuse the devil guy's professional opinion.

welcome to worlds apart valentine's day has long attracted controversy both because of its commercial nature and it's really just our engines but more recently it has also been placed at the center of the ongoing janda revolution how has our concept of john day changed over the past few decades and will it survive at all well to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by glenn wilson visiting professor of psychology at gresham college professor wilson thank you very much for your time now back in the

seventy's people used to talk about the battle of the saxes but now it seems the concept of john doerr is final prominent and frankly far more confusing why do you think that is certainly the relationship between the sexes is strange and towards greater equality of sex roles and political rights interesting for the last hundred thousand years or so the fossil record suggests that men and women are becoming more alike there is convergence of the genders so it's quite possible that that process will continue it's interesting i remember that henry kissinger once famously sad that no one will ever win the battle of the sexes because there is too much for it's amazing with the enemy but i wonder if that's what applied to the genders as well because with the advancement of women social rights it seems like women are really winning across the board at least in

western societies certainly women have going to great deal in terms of equalize i should have salary that process is not complete complete there used to be a feminist argument that men and women were virtually identical. to the skin that any differences between them were a result of the way they were brought up or the social pressures that were laid upon them i think we can pretty much dispense with that theory at the moment because science has proved beyond all doubt that there are very fundamental and important biological differences between men and women now you said earlier that. their records are clear archeological records that show that the roles of man and women are becoming more equal over the last few decades probably even centuries but there is also an argument that could be made that this process of. social advancement of women is not really so much through equalizing their social roles

but rather piling i dish and now social expectations on to women because if you look at even the most progressive western countries women are still carrying most of the burden in terms of household chores they're still doing much of the child rearing activity and that in addition to putting in the same hours at work as man so is it really women giving that much or are them just becoming much more prominent not only in terms of their social roles but simply carrying most of the burden for of for humanity and yes with many women who are very unhappy about the changes that feminism has brought because as i say it is even more stressful for them women are supposedly better at multitasking and they very often have to be because they have to be good at work and then they have to go.