i am. from x. to see to bitter disappointment it's a roller coaster of emotions and olympics or cheat as victory in the russian man's hockey that's followed by the surprise was drawl of legendary figure skater of guinea pollution. tear gas and brutal clashes mark the anniversary of the bahraini uprising we wait for delhi rebellion that refuses to die down despite a three year crackdown and sounds of arrests. and another danish soon sparks global outrage announcing that a second healthy giraffe may be put down in the space of a week despite several offers to house the animal.

which in our theatre national coming to you live from moscow i'm reading joshie welcome to the program now all the winter olympic action and drama here on our t.v. as we continue our special coverage of the sochi games and we're live now to an eastern hour who is in our studio there. good morning hello from sochi today's action is getting started but russian fans still socks from the events of day six the clear favorite in the men's figure skating and a living legend for some you go had to pull out of competition during warm up due to injury center farmer has been keeping track of the dramatic developments and now joins us andrew it was heartbreaking to watch last night what now for the ice hero . really was wasn't poor old you get any place that is the end

of his competitive career he was always going to retire at the end of these olympics aged thirty one but he did not want it to end like that he had to pull out after falling awkwardly during the warm up of the men's individual competition yesterday he does have a long history of back problems in fact he still got four screws in that back of his after thirteen operations but what we can say is that he's one of the most decorated figure skaters of all time and has a title of four olympic medals and that does include the gold that he helped russia win in the team event a few days ago and also his fellow figure skater maxine trying to pay tribute to his glittering achievements. we all have great respect for pollution coach he's a legend in our sport and a great example for many worldwide i think the fact that he came out and helped win the team gold given his condition is a heroic achievement. but it's probably not much of

a consolation but it is valentine's day today mr place has been named as one of sochi sweethearts at least that is according to a quick straw poll i did myself up here in the mountains yesterday and a couple of other names at play it say. that you always hear your position. that you need. to see it but you know everybody knows ovechkin is the most beautiful athlete and everybody knows why that's because he scores a lot of goals as well and there is definitely the entire women's curling team. just by women's curling team take first place at this olympics at the idea that they are the most beautiful i'm one hundred percent sure. just a quick recap then top of the hotties list we have. them we have alexander ovechkin up there he helped russia beat five two in the men's ice hockey yesterday and then we have the russian ladies' curling team. and i have to say

a couple of other names make. me want to know who is the sexiest athlete at these olympics. gold. russian move for the ration of cookie. joe's just whites or joe what's his name sean weis retainer yes to be american and it lets us know border yes i think his very good looking he was the most attractive athlete at these olympics. it's. beyond dahlia smile her eyes meet no no i'm not an athlete ok russians good. curling all that yes killing of cost cutting. krista version of team germany courage. it's a fast these very good looking isn't a little note hey why the written this last season volunteer in

a one hundred people to go on facebook from my. side just like everybody happy valentine's party only sees us nice little be doing anything what they saw how we all will do it on site say to your wife now to search the sites more to good like the salvina back in the u.k. happy valentine's for tomorrow. from sochi we still believe in valid science as well i know the games i want to work and what can do. so there we are love is in the end i'm going to say happy valentine's to my fiancé must go to these three months accessing here i'm up among the mountains the sun is out and if you are in love with that rushing curling team you get to see them again today when they played sports. how very sweet and true valentine's day the olympics of course never failing to create new. sex symbols and sweethearts here in sochi thanks for that. and who has

been talking to the fans about love r t has been getting feedback from leading athletes on their experiences in sochi and how they found the olympic venues after some negative publicity and scaremongering before the games the competitors said they couldn't be happier with what they actually discovered here i've been here or i guess three days and it's been pretty sweet like i was here the last three years in a row and i heard the stories coming in and i didn't really understand it because it's not like i'm not going to real vegas but it's just pretty sweet like through our accommodation our food or features pretty spoiled i guess. but we've also talked alpine skier hugh burgess one colin lower who is a mexican citizen with german royal ancestry he says all the negativity that foreign journalists have been pouring on sochi could be cancelled out by some good p.r. i think it's great it's a great game i think with russia the only problem that they have this station that

hired a p.r. person like me to be better p.r. before i mean you know it's a great place is good with wonderful venues like the whole everything is really poor and they should have just got the positive of my over to europe and to america that we're so negative so it's a bit sad. that they maybe in russia you don't use so much p.r. which is what it's very very important because the word of mouth and the presentation is very important it was too negative and many doesn't deserve this negative you'll be hearing from more star performers in sochi today and throughout the games and the best part is that you get to ask them your questions by heading to our facebook page the address is facebook dot com slash r t news i'll be back with more next hour but for now back to moscow. the g. twenty fourteen promises we call to meet again exhilarating winter forcing our team

eighteen to join me and you see no way to make seven zero in the last of olympic news change for sochi twenty four take place on ott. now shia of villages outside bahrain's capital have been left shrouded into your gas after fierce clashes between police and anti-government demonstrators the protest movement as marking three years of its uprising against the ruling sunni monarchy which has been met with a relentless crackdown and thousands of arrests are reports of a long running standoff. it's three years since the arab spring gripped the gulf state of bahrain violence still shakes the streets of its capital mamma as protesters against the sunni led government fire molotov cocktails the police respond with tear gas and flash bang grenades and thing is that the government is using it as a while and a lot are being tortured house raids just now of living in cities it said i

lived in but. you can hear helicopters armored baikal shooting at people. throwing it here yes here and there making people thought the key to why not even practice outside the street at least eighty nine people have reportedly been killed in the sheol position strive for reforms hundreds of thousands have been injured some lost limbs and eyesight protests have been held on almost daily basis and i witnessed some of those i went to bahrain a little more than a year ago we met with different government officials who told me that despite seeing the protesters as radicals and hardliners they were still looking for some sort of compromise but the most sensational statement came from the country's information minister so i mean that our job i think the bahraini opposition is a main ally of the west the terrorist members of the opposition and their leader

have close ties to foreign embassies in bahrain wiki leaks are veiled many documents proving it i talk to the americans and clearly ask them to speak to their friends in the opposition who should understand that bahrain cannot be ruled by an ethnic sectarian parnia bahrain's opposition say the allegations are laughable if that was true they say then why is there no action from the western states the u.s. navy's fifth fleet stationed in bahrain and washington's close ties with saudi arabia may be among the reasons what is happening through in terms of human rights abuses is happening. the whole was all come up with the whole media would have flared up because it is appealing in that region. close to saudi arabia they really keep quiet about it they give a blind eye i haven't seen for in three years one single time that you can then

over your drive by these were the scenes of the second anniversary of bahrain's uprising with thousands protesting peacefully in the streets this time it is already a lot noisier with the opposition planning a three day long protest and the authorities beefing up security last month bahrain's crown prince salmond called for another round of negotiations to end the violence but with two failed attempts already and the world family refusing to budge and protesters demands hardly anyone in this gulf state believes there may be any breakthrough soon alexy russia r.t. all human rights groups have repeatedly raised concerns over the brutal tactics used by bahrain's security forces against the protesters however the situation has gained a little attention from western governments activists not a dive told r.t. the powerful canonic interests are behind all this. the government seems to be better than to give up or to give any sort of reforms to the opposition movement the allies of the regime in bahrain in specific and in the gulf in general they're

supporting the regime and they're just being an obstacle in the path of and uniforms we're not talking about the international community in general we're talking about the countries that they have interests in behind like the united states and like the britain like the major stakeholders and these are the countries that they're effecting the internal policy and the external policy as well because they're the allies are of the bahraini regime otherwise the international community could have done some progress when it comes to the bahraini file in terms of human rights and violations in the united nations for example and the human rights council why anti-government unrest in bahrain has been raging for three years an amorous thing you want to know about the bands there is on our website live on target up on to get a full picture of what is going on there and how it all started.

now the second zoo in denmark says it will have to put down a healthy giraffe just five days after copenhagen zoo slaughtered and skinned a young giraffe in front of children that prompted angry comments from animal rights groups and even death threats against the administration looks like often of reports. well animal lovers around the globe are outraged by a danish zoo's announcement that it may put down another giraffe this comes just days after the copenhagen zoo's decision to euthanize eighteen month old maurice thousands of people had signed a petition to keep him alive although he wasn't sick the copenhagen zoo said that it needed to put mario's down to prevent inbreeding well now another dinner zoo this one in julian's park is tentatively making plans to euthanize a seven year old giraffe which by coincidence is also named now a lot of people quite upset by this news went viral on the internet but the

developments do highlight the seldom seen practice of just how zoos get rid of animals that they don't want or need the copenhagen zoo insisted that it was doing the right thing when it killed the giraffe dissecting him in front of children and then feeding them to lions as for why well they say it's all part of an effort to control inbreeding and to educate visitors according to the european association of zoos and aquaria mario's had genes that were too similar to other giraffes in their breeding programs and breeding in fact is also the reason why the second zoo may euthanize the still alive mario's please do bear with me here part already has to bale giraffes there is a female that may be ready for mating and zookeepers say that basically the two males well they could fight each other to the death over that female and that's why one has to go of course that argument wasn't a good enough explanation for rights groups the animal welfare. born free said and i quote slaughtering healthy zoo animals for convenience is irresponsible and in

defensible they want european politicians to address the issue pointing out that the practice isn't limited to denmark whether or not jones park follows or goes ahead with its controversial plans to kill the giraffe of course remains to be seen staff do say that i might be possible to find another place for that animal to live chances of that however are slim i should add on a rather bizarre side note the chechen president actually took to his instagram account in order to offer to take in the second largest so we'll have to wait and see whether the zoo will succumb to public pressure for now the fate of at least one giraffe hangs in the balance reporting in berlin germany. and more news coming your way after the break including reports of a british citizen carrying out a suicide bombing in syria counterterrorist forces in the u.k. investigate the case of a man who left his family behind joining in the war zone along with hundreds of

other europeans. and calls to tighten immigration rules grow wouter in norway were the number of incomers has increased tenfold in the space of three decades. according to make it with zero if you're going to kill some of. the great. stories get a. chance to be a success. cut. cut. cut cut cut.

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are in high alert after reports that a u.k. citizen carried out a suicide bombing in syria officers are searching the house of the suspect who left a wife and three children behind to join the rebel forces in a war torn state parties playboy who is following the story. facts is sometimes stranger than fiction this is the street where abdul wahid the first suspected british suicide bomber in syria is alleged to have lived at school martyrs avenue the forty one year old man that lived here is suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in a truck in the city of aleppo last week after joining the al qaida linked to al nusra front the father of three is said to have quit his day job six months ago and joined a convoy running aid into syria he was reportedly in contact with his wife and children up until last week if his identity is confirmed it will be the first known attack by

a briton in syria according to the center for the study of radicalization in king's college in london hundreds of u.k. citizens have traveled to syria to fight with jihadi groups recent posts on social media suggest that some of the brits fighting that have been involved in the saying and execution of fellow rebels while residents of ma says adding you come to terms with the reported neighbors suicide attack security services in the u.k. of becoming increasingly concerned about the potential that brits fighting in syria could return and stage attacks on u.k. soil boyko aussie west sussex well britain is not the only european nation whose citizens have been joining the civil war in syria and recent studies suggest that hundreds of e.u. citizens from germany belgium france and several other states have left their homes to find alongside the giant is some estimates put the figure much higher in the thousands well this of course poses major security concerns for europe as some of

the volunteers expressed the our intention to wage a holy war in the west after they return well a group of british nationals fighting in syria has even turned to social media to put its extremist message across they've really. nice propaganda posters threatening terrorist attacks in britain and the us targeting public transport and business centers now the captions on these images urge people to join the holy war and become martyrs for the cause political analyst mohammedans are believe these foreign fighters pose a threat not only to europe but also to the people of syria one of the most warring aspirates we've seen of late is that people who are out in syria fighters from britain have been calling all this to come and join them whether they are british muslim women to support them affect your thoughts themselves out and setting themselves up as being effectively warlords who are out there who are gun toting and are really no benefit and no blessing to the people out there and are going to

become increasingly radicalized and often go out there with a martyrdom mentality i think really understanding the nuance to bait around the nature of these people who are going out to fight in syria is going to be crucial to understanding the level of radicalization how these young people feel. and online a birthday party for midi are a year after a space rock blaze through the skies of chile have been scanned russia's euros and views he asked her planning an anniversary celebration warning that matter to dot com. also the operator of japan's crippled fukushima power plant is accused of covering up the true level of radiation and groundwater and near the site follow that story and more on the r.t. website and also on twitter and instagram. right to see. first street. and i think that you're.

on our reporters very. inspiring. now immigration is becoming an increasingly divisive issue for europe with widespread calls for tougher laws switzerland has just voted in favor of curbs on e.u. migrants and almost half of germans want to follow and it's footsteps in france seventy percent of the population believe there are too manny foreigners in the country and the vast majority of britons want to seem a gratian reduced as well in norway a record number of illegal immigrants were deported last year and as it were has been offered for its calls for stricter measures are growing louder. this used to be a quiet suburban town in the outskirts of oslo where money is spent fourteen years

of his life until he says along with most of his norwegian friends they had to move out because of constant attacks by teenage immigrant again. in the ambulance five times or something so it came to the point where i didn't have the time to be robbed all the time and go to the hospital today three out of four students at the local school are foreign descent vast energy exports brought norway's some of the highest living standards in europe and made it very attractive for immigrants over the last thirty years their population has grown tenfold but high living standards mean high cost which not all newcomers are contributing towards many immigrants who are coming from asia and africa they are low skilled and they don't have a labor market for them to offer jobs for them so many and. to be depended on social benefits benefits include free housing a two year old integration course and an allowance also paid by the state during

this time with n.g.o.s warning the spending may be too much even for the norwegian budget to swallow talks about cutting down the numbers have now reached parliament we want to improve the. immigration system in europe and not get rid of it by closing the borders we have wanted to discuss now how to sort of get a more work a good working immigration system how to respect the system but solving one problem may create new ones which one has just held a nationwide referendum in which over half of its citizens decided to limit the amount of immigrants living and working there causing outrage from brussels and threatening trade ties with the e.u. it's going to of r.t. . turkish police have used tear gas and water cannon against protesters. in the capital ankara who are venting their anger over a new internet controls the government claims the legislation will protect

individual rights but nanny see it as a clamp down on freedom of speech demonstrators were also demanding the release of army officers who were jailed last year for allegedly trying to stage a coup. some fourteen inmates most al-qaeda members have escaped from a prison following a militant attack on the compound in the yemeni capital sanaa officials say at least eleven people including seven police officers were killed in the shootout the group has admitted to being behind the assault but yemen has been the target of numerous attacks by al qaeda linked militants in the past two years. of demonstrators have again flooded the streets of venezuela's capital caracas demanding justice for those killed during a rally on wednesday four people including two activists were shot dad in clashes between rival pro-government and opposition protesters it's a worst unrest the country has seen since last year's post-election riots. bad

larry king quizzes his gas what really matters in u.s. politics.

science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. her hair. looked. to noice river. now to the weathers of the royal white tents and said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people died. tabloid t.v. host and former democratic mayor jerry springer joins me with his take on the

dysfunction in politics today plus former governor of florida charlie crist on losing faith with the republican party and looking for redemption and running again as a democrat so all next on politicking with larry king. i've . loved the politicking with larry king so many people know jerry springer just for musicians that was an extremely successful torvill but he's also has a bit of history in politics and he's never been shy about his liberal views thanks for doing this terry so may suggest that the current condition in congress is similarly your show a dysfunctional family the only give you draw the comparison the only difference

between the people in congress and the people on my show is the people in congress have more teeth. other than that i can't tell the difference. you know well i want what's the here's here's what i think is a part of it. the structural part of it has nothing to do with the quality of the people but it has more to do with the structure the system we ninety five percent of americans today live in a district which is either overwhelmingly republican or overwhelmingly democrat as such virtually no member of congress has to worry about being reelected in the general election their careers are purely dependent on winning the primary because they know if they win the primary they win the general because that their party controls the district so therefore and the people who vote in primaries tend to be more extreme they are more activists so on the republican side they're more conservative in their democratic primaries they're more liberal the result is that

we have a congress that each member is has to play to the base but wasn't it all of that was well it gets worse and worse because of jeremy and during every ten years according to the census you have to redraw the lines so it was inevitable that at some point with more and more gerrymandering drawing these lines districts would become a bit used to not be that everyone lived in a mostly republican or democratic area but because we keep changing the lines that's what is happening so now you if you're the now quit if you're a republican you can't have your picture taken with president obama it'll screw you up in the next primary so therefore they don't even talk to each other anymore they don't socialize with each other there's no one wants to compromise because the lose the next primary which is why the republicans leave the control of the house but the democrats women national election yes close to the way it's right.