the latest headlines on the week's top stories here on artsy international and i saw. the show ends with arch rivals russia and the united states facing off in a close hauled back seoul decided on penalties. a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. says he's in a critical condition and may not live beyond the weekends while moscow's pleas for medical intervention are ignored. also this week the second round of syrian peace talks is broken off with the opposition pushing for regime change and western powers blame implies that assad meanwhile serious conflict continues to spill over and so lebanon and your interview. with. artsy visits a radical stronghold word jihad this forces are trying to point b.

assad government in syria. you're watching artsy international with me. welcome to the program. they know in all of the ones who olympics is in full swing where the results already come in from the ski slopes also there are four sets of medals left to be won and all other disciplines let's hear from when the sun our who's in our socks in studio now and these are all last night's ice hockey match with in russia and the u.s. was definitely one of the highlights of the olympics so far can you tell us about what actually happened. well it was a hard fought and very dramatic encounter a class of two great rivals fast and full of suspense it ended in disappointment

for us after a nail biting penalty shoot out but it's early days yet with plenty more games to play the fans are now eagerly awaiting the next clash which is again i have plenty of up to optimism about it farmer has more on the game at the. essentially what olympics officials have said is this look if the goal posts are moved off their moorings before the puck goes in the goal is disallowed that's exactly what happened so there is not much truth to complaint i don't think will though there is plenty of room for disappointment having gone on to lose three two in that penalty shootout but i don't think russia should be too despondent after all they remain on course to reach the second round to remain second place in their group and later today they will play this a back inside who have lost both of their opening matches so russia fully expected to win i'm not too pessimistic and neither were many of the fans we spoke to just a little much when i came here with a friend of mine just to see the match we're very disappointed we hold our team

will still show their worth at these games are still a. this isn't a. live yet we just have to believe in them cheer for them. to come do the best no matter who will score the best country and we haven't had an issue now . c'mon guys don't let us down next time the whole of sochi the whole country is cheering for you russia. those fans no doubt will be going back to the bolshoi i stay in the softening because the game against my back here starts at around about four thirty local time. so a roller coaster of emotions for russian fans top officials included kremlin administration chief of staff sir gave on all of has been cheering on the home side and he told me that there are still firmly in the running. including in cruel costs today wasn't next week going was a good game i liked it i'm still emotional because i came to

a straight after the game. well it was an equal game it was a tough game it was tied and those penalty shots it's like lottery you're never guess and besides the game didn't mean much from the final standings point to russia still has a very good chance yes. elsewhere at the games russia is gaining momentum it's now fourth in the medal count having come from seventh from yesterday thanks to gold medals in skeleton short track speed skating actually russia was in third place just this morning but fell behind norway which has just won the men's super giant slalom back to andrew farmer on what's lined up. they could be a few more medals today because we've got the relays in cross country skiing. but one thing i'd like to talk about is the fact we will see some of the greatest

characters these olympics taking part in the bobsled that starts today russia's two man team includes a former world champion in arm wrestling. with alexander zuckoff and both of those are tipped to get a medal in this event we will also see that you may contain making an appearance after just over a decade the last time they were in the olympics it did prompt the making of that cult film cool runnings but this time around it is the pairing of winston watts and marvin dixon who are flying the jamaican flag and they are loving every minute i love which is love the people who really love. you makes us feel like we're stars but you know stars is something that shines really bright which is a jamaica team in all of the you know across all obstacles and we're for. not to concentrate on the obstacle that we pass but we'll concentrate on we're here in sochi also to look forward to today we have the resumption of figure skating and

ice dancing and even though russians may not win this one it is a russian who's been coaching the favorite she may not have heard of the name of marino do it but she has been training the favorites of canada and america and they are fully aware how much she is help them achieve success we've been very fortunate to you know work with some. you know the russian talent in ice dancing you know we take from marina's we've very fortunate to have learned the wonderful things we have that have come out of you know the great russian history and i stand . on the day you intend to be to the canadians but we should not discount the russian interest in the said that's made by and if so do you look out for them we are just over half way are these olympics russia just how four gold medals that's one more than they got in the entirety of the vancouver games and as i said there is a chance of. peruvian skier. has

become an inspiration for many at these olympics despite suffering from a broken rib and a respiratory infection he was determined to compete against the odds in the end the forty three year old finished last with time nearly twice the time. but the two congratulated each other on the finish line course then spoke to kevin owen right here in our sochi studio. it was a very very tough race for me it was a long one i was expecting to go away given the broken. when i cross the finish line. a little support. that came from peru from even from the goal winner or gold medal winner. just. to explain to all views you got here with a broken rib before you got to sochi to also have a bit of

a bug this week as well which is a little bit but you're still determined to go on without race compared to when you got over the finish line eventually there they rallied around you didn't they. decided to go. compete. there really appreciate it i've been getting a lot of feedback from media from a hundred. so far from people who are. so excited about the story inspired by the story. i got close to five thousand facebook facebook likes. in a matter of twelve hours or. days being great i'm so happy that people got a story. now russian veteran figure skater you've done a piercing call stole headlines this week with his last minute pull out from the meant short program he announced his retirement after suffering severe spinal pain during training that gas the hopes of millions of fans after his breathtaking and almost flawless performance in the team of van where he helped russia clinch its

first gold out the sochi olympics this ago was russia's only single skater at the games and his decision triggered plenty of criticism but we as a gold winning figure skater might seem to have an ice hockey legend. but they think. we all have great respect for pollution cause she's a legend in our sport and a great example for many were why i think the fact that he came out and helped with the team gold given his condition is a heroic achievement. i want to take my hats off and tell him that he's the greatest of athletes everything he went through everything he was unique few people in history could have equal to him. we're still only on day nine of course lots more ahead in there will be many more twists and turns we'll be keeping you updated from our studio here in the host city for now back to you in moscow. thank you that was our tease and the sun our way keeping us abreast of the games

from the saucer studio and everything else happening behind the scenes of course well we've got all the latest on the action in the olympic city here and online as well you can of course heads who are less section on arts where it's a feed and there you can find sweets from the contestants and give them your feedback as well russia's a hockey team captain for example has tweeted his thanks to the many fans who have shown their support the robot bible and the we will of course be keeping you up to date on all the olympic action right here on artsy. the g. twenty four team promised to be able to meet in exhilarating winter in. germany and you say no way i'm a criminal i'm the boss of our look at news team for sochi twenty four take. on. now in other news moscow as surgeon washington to ensure that a russian pilot jailed in the u.s.

is given urgent medical treatments constants in your health is critical but he has been refused access to a doctor artie's alex he had a show of skewered ports. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantin you know. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experienced heart pain and was almost unable to walk and he felt sick they put him in lock up and left him on the cold floor while he was off for it was flu medication and some antibiotics you know show because lawyer told r.t. that the head doctor at the new jersey prison where he's being held will not expedite his treatment monday is. also a federal holiday in the united states so my supposition would be that any kind of medical treatment so constant in your i shan't go could be provided only on tuesday

the u.s. center was arrested in twenty ten in liberia on suspicion of drug smuggling he was reportedly severely beaten before being transported to the u.s. where he received a twenty year prison sentence this is something we've seen repeated over and over again kind of arrogant attitude that washington has toward other countries and particularly to other countries for nat. doing what washington wants to dictate to them to do the presence system in the united states has no terror notoriously. disregarding of the rights of prisoners even the most fundamental rights including the return to the mosco has been insisting all along that the way to shank this case has been handled regardless of whether he committed the crime or not is a gross violation of human rights probably very beginning so if you're a shrink it has been absolutely politicized we have expressed many famous over the

seriousness of having failed to get through to washington via official channels the russian foreign ministry resorted to social media and posted at. relief for help on its facebook page ever since you know it was delivered to the u.s. russian officials have been denied access with the situation now taking a dramatic turn to russian foreign ministry officials are once again demanding to be allowed to see him along with their own doctors that is of course if you had a shank or himself lives to receive that help. so it's a column and the program swiss support for tighter immigration rolls sparks a heated debates and. people are coming from to your to come from your film i know you don't. control you. will be reporting on the shock waves that send in across the balkan in the buildup to the european parliamentary elections.

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intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit our big. welcome back to artsy international with the latest headlines and of course the week's top stories here on r.t. . now deadly violence and also radical ideology are spilling over the borders of war torn syria. and the country that suffering the most as lebanon r.t. is maria travel to a camp where islamist recruits are being prepared and here's what she saw. was the syrian conflict rages on neighboring lebanon faces a dramatic increase in sectarian violence in january alone four cobhams killed dozens in beirut and the town of hederman next to the syrian border the targets

were a shia areas controlled by hizbollah lebanon's most influential force which also supports syrian president bashar al assad who traveled to the northern city of tripoli a sunni stronghold vehemently opposed in his bella. a message calling those who. supported by. his bella's military involvement in syria is believed to have given damascus the upper 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 i think. anything i can do for sonny brothers anything i can do for syrian brothers i will do anything i can do for these people suffering from injustice i will do. anything yet kind of affiliated a new survey front claimed responsibility for these recent deadly bombings just

days before a man calling himself and al qaida commander announced via you tube that the group had put down roots 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 he has bin laden a teacher and they fight jihad. when twenty three year old returned from syria where he joined the free syrian army he continued his jihad here in lebanon and. target the 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 by street in the city of tripoli separates the whites and sunni neighborhoods in this part of north lebanon running like a merger between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out today we can't get loans with hashi's sometimes oh. who do you fight against who is your enemy i merge it would be my fight against the infidels those who don't carry that for go far lebanon 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. these can

go outside you will see every day to raise the first told us that it doesn't take well you know for someone who is here experiencing become a real fighter. a week's training and you are in for a life time of obedience the growth of real rules for those who want to become one giant dean 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 let jihadi flags on the walls weapons on the floor this is the life of a true fighter. it's tough and the rules are strict as hard as the yard who introduced himself as a tripoli sunni leader says many youths are willing to join the five minutes from now until i grow up i'm ready to defend myself i'm ready to kill alawite and syrian army and here is a kill for the number of about about me about this week here and while the

syrian conflict expands a legion of fighters on to these deadly weapons and an even deadly ideology is on the rise. from lebanon meanwhile in geneva a second round of syrian peace talks has failed to produce results i'm very very sorry and i apologize to the syrian people in a press conference here in mediator lakhdar brahimi apologized to the civilian suffering from the on resolve conflict and the warring sides remained locked in a stalemate where the government wants him to focus on combatants harrison and syria and the opposition are refusing to set aside their calls for assad to step down jonathan steele a columnist for britain's guardian newspaper says one of the key obstacles to peace is the foreign aid being provided it's a serious rivals it's hard for sides to admit it to spend all this money in treasure and lost lives for not getting victory and so there is still clinging to

their hope but i think over time i think with the un pressure from me and if the regional countries start to convincing the government and the opposition that they must make a deal and it then that would help but it also means cutting back on arms supplies and all these jihadi fighters going in and stopping it being a proxy war in reverting to being what it should be just an internal problem among siblings. and online for you right now climbing a one hundred twenty story building definitely takes no steel and that's what these guys clearly have in spades scanning trying the smallest building with no safety gear and no permission you can see the full video and the emotion section on our web sites. plus machines that can the company humans in space and don't even need much maintenance find out about the harbor insulates us travolta creations artsy dot com. so it's slow and may

have jeopardized its access to the european single markets after a nationwide referendum backed tougher immigration rules now the new legislation contradicts longstanding agreements with brussels and some high ranking officials have now called for relations with the alpine nation to be reassessed switzerland's parliament has three years to put the referendum results into law. to shade the scots they issued with two m.p.'s earlier. i 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 this putting pressure on houses the health care system on transport quite frankly it's a democratic wish of the swiss people that they want to control their own borders and go for them i wish we could do the same in our own country joe i see once again shaking your head oh switzerland's decision to limit the number of foreign workers

perhaps the latest example of the growing feeling of nationalism where do you think this trend could be heading luxembourg thirty five percent of foreigners deliveries it very well because luxembourg as a growing economy is growing service sector and you have seen the reaction of service industry today industry was upset with this very slight majority because of the need to end this whole phobia ration is just disgusting as i have enjoyed your degree i'm here i'm outta here. what a lot of jobs that have been done by the polish well in your. view or your industry is totally different. just a mild death to carry water in the. hole you're on and go on

firstly let's not use looks embarrassed as an example it's not really a country it's like a small english town the fact there are more people in liverpool where i live than there's no look some bag 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 employed who got two point four million people who can't get where it makes no sense whatsoever to saturate 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 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. knowing. better control. coming not from the you're to come from your former and audience own that's your brother you can see that brochures control. those guys are going to join train journey as we all have to play nice with 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 do we have common roots and if you're up you followed the roots if you don't want to follow the rules then you have to leave the club quite simple and every couple it is the same thing. a brief look now at some other news making headlines this hour clashes have erupted between kurdish demonstrators and police in several towns across turkey the confrontations turned violent as officers used tear gas and water cannons to break up the crowds who fought back with fire bombs and all the rallies were staged to mark fifteen years since a kurdish leader was jailed for life for treason. europe a sequence to bolster its digital defenses has called for

a separate communications network that would prevent e-mails and other data from being harvested and mass by u.s. intelligence the german chancellor has also criticized internet giants for their practice of basing their servers in countries with low levels of protection and undermining the privacy of their users she plans to discuss the measures with the french president later this week. in ukraine opposition protesters have ended their siege of at least regional government buildings that's following an amnesty deal with the governments for those arrests the during and government riots that came shortly after the activists lifted their blockade on the city council in the capital kiev which they had been occupying for nearly two months the opposition were required to move out of all the buildings by monday on the fix arms of the amnesty. more news for you in about half an hour coming up though the former head of the hour billy gives his unique and side on the future of face and egypt outside the walls apart here on r.t.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart it's been three years since the arab spring pounded big conventional order in the middle east three years of high hopes and bitter disappointments of peaceful rallies and violent clashes of precarious peace and a full blown war three years on is the middle east closer to democracy that it was before the revolution well to discover that knowledge joined by the former secretary general of the arab league amr moussa mr melissa thank you very much for your time thank you now three years ago you sided with the top three square protesters calling for political changes in egypt comparing the holds you had bags down both for a job and for the region as a whole to what has happened since do you now feel proud disappointed or maybe.