transit routes. your best way to the heart of most. breaking news right here on r.t. international an ethiopian passenger plane on route to rome is reportedly forced to land in geneva after an attempt to hijack airport officials now saying everybody on board. a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. meets his lawyer and says despite concern he's on the verge of a heart attack he's still waiting to be examined by a doctor. seven golds are up for grabs on monday as the winter olympics enters its last week amid a very tight competition at the top of the medal table a russian hopes. and a string of suicides rocking the financial world to try to find out what's causing them to end their own lives.

it's all the international live from moscow. world headlines for right now and first breaking news for you here on r.t. international an ethiopian boeing seven six seven passenger plane has landed in switzerland after a reported hijack attempt and the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when it issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking air traffic control confirmed ethiopian airlines flight seventy two landed at geneva airport apparently after running low on fuel the ethiopian airlines say all crew and passengers are now safe inside geneva airport no further details on why the plane was forced to make a landing the airport did ground all other flights in response to the situation

more details on this breaking news as soon as we get them for you here on r.t. international. but for now on the program the lawyer of a russian pilot jailed in the us says his client needs urgent medical help he was finally able to meet his client constantine who is pleased to see a doctor who haven't been met despite symptoms suggesting a heart attack could be imminent. and has more. it's been days that the russian citizen a u.s. jail is asking to examine his heart because he says he is experiencing severe chest pain and may have a heart attack any moment the attorney had a chance to see his client on sunday and we spoke with him earlier here's what he said your show did appear sick to me his face was red he visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that

took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the chest high blood pressure these symptoms are indicative of a soon to happen heart attack prison authorities do not comment on the health of their inmates so we have silence on that side of the story at this point it's not clear what kind of care will receive at the hospital on monday but his wife told us about the treatment that he had received so far on. about a month ago he had a high fever and couldn't get up for days almost nobody looked after him he was physically unable to walk across the prison to the medical block where he would have queued for our ways because of his constant comforting he was keeping his cellmates awake and they were becoming hostile to him constantly used to be hard to man but his problems started after his detention in africa when he was beaten severely for three days by the people who detained him. a group of russian diplomats and doctors tend to visit constantine in jail and earlier this week we

saw was diplomatic out choir from the russian foreign ministry which in a facebook post has urged washington to quote do something because he may die any moment the washing pilot was captured in two thousand and ten in liberia and shipped into the us where he was accused of drug trafficking and sentenced to twenty years in jail as far as his swift transfer russian officials saw it as more of a. smuggling then an extradition and now moscow urges the u.s. to observe the men's rights. now you are showing there has been promised you can have an ultrasound on monday but no cardio exam will take place and you can follow the story of the former russian pilot on our web site parts of utah. for the meantime here on the program with a week to go germany leads the medal table of the winter games in sochi put could all still change as athletes battle it out for seven medals on this monday let's go

live now to want to use an isa now in our studio and you say any chance russia could surge back up the medal table. while the medal tables changing every day as a fleet's craving gold and silver put on impressive shows really ballot battling it out here at sochi two thousand and fourteen russia is now fifth in the overall medal count but there are high hopes for its ice hockey team because last night the red machine gave the home fans recent to celebrate russia beat slovakia in a qualifying match bouncing back from the bitter defeat they suffered against team usa on saturday it wasn't easy though victory only came via a penalty shoot out with neither side managing doring an hour of open play the red machine squeezed through one to nothing but now faces a must win match against norway on tuesday well other events here in sochi have got a day out of bobsled biafra lawn and freestyle skiing among others let's go live

now to andrew farmer in the mountain to find out what we should be watching this monday a busy schedule andrew what should we be following give us some tips. the first thing we should be following is the weather because things have closed here. house full of disposing of the second time in a row of the men's starts in the fifteen k. don't was due to take place this morning but we'll have to keep. you posted on what happens next meanwhile i am pleased to say it isn't affecting the bobsleigh russia's two man team are doing very well in that alexy border and alexander to call for lead the way at the halfway stage the two final runs are today and when we caught up with them they told us what was needed to go. i think the critical juncture will be at the start line if one team gets far ahead of the others it will be very difficult to catch up with them but we're prepared for such a scenario our number one objective is to be stronger at the start next the

piloting skills you need to see where you can outmaneuver your rivals you have to do for perfectly successful runs in a row to overcome your opponents. well i've done two let's hope they can do two more meanwhile the jamaican bobsled team incidentally were making their first appearance in just over a decade in that event our last although they did receive the second biggest cheer of the night after the russians now all eyes are on russian figure skaters again this time in the ice dance early customer a currently third in that the freedoms to come and when we spoke to them just before these games started they told us what they thought was necessary to succeed . i think is. the most important thing before the olympics because there's so much time talking so much people to help or who don't want to help and you need to just do your work work and do what you want.

done listen to other people like so many people just listen for your team like you're preparing and they know what. i hope is going to work. they stay focused because it certainly seems to be working at the moment i do love ice dancing it is a bit like a ballroom dancing on ice they say it is therapeutic to watch but rest assured. sure the russians will be busting a gut inside to try and catch the canadians. and the americans david some want you currently lead the charge to go. and your farmer of the mountain cluster thanks for that now one of the most inspiring stories we've heard in sochi is of the canadian athlete denny morrison who won bronze and silver despite having suffered serious injury the speed skater broke his leg while skiing barely a year ago putting his olympic dreams in doubt but morrison failed to make the cut

for the one thousand meter distance his fellow speed skater though gilmore and you know offered him a spot in the race and he ended up taking silver and that was closely followed by bronze in the fifteen hundred long track distance we asked the victorious canadian what drives him. on a c i don't know i think for me the secrets been. not caring as much not trying to control things that are complete i didn't roll or not try to control things that are not even important things that are superstitions just focusing on the task. the process. not. being the most southern host city winter in the winter olympics history such as

warm temperatures over in additional talented athletes we've seen complaints of the slopes being too slushy but on the bright side so she's guests have a chance to be enjoying the unique surroundings as artie's martin andrews now reports. known as the russian riviera is not your typical russian city for it to sochi is just to be dozens of rivers streams and into forms across the countryside but not on a more impressive than the scary. so it's out with the olympics and even with the spectacular fireworks and for that a ninety minute journey from the olympic park free to highlights the diversity of this region ok it's not nagra or aggressive but it really is very pretty here and quite relaxing ranging from one to twelve meat is there are over thirty other waterfalls seven rapids and thirteen cascades in this area alone also i think the journey from the beautiful caucasus mountains offering the perfect break from fossil a bustling city the best time to visit the fools is in the spring when the melting

snow brings a rush of water. i've been this is one of the features of the sochi national park which can be easily reached the roads are excellent now are open the whole year round on average one hundred thousand people visit annually next up it's into a four by four in search of salt cheese mysterious dolman experts believe these large mechanistic landmarks were once used as graves or shrines well it is either over there are a lot of people coming from abroad to visit the doormen they stay overnight it's believed to possess special properties and is older than the pyramids in egypt well i don't know exactly how many years older but this is a fact the notion that some believe that these five to six thousand year old structures have great spiritual power along with stonehenge the idols of easter island and the pyramids of egypt they have remained a little for centuries. music

and dancing is an integra part of life in the caucasus in the village of balshaw kitsch mind you can watch a traditional folk shout clap your hands stomp your feet as the men and women in their labrat costumes perform national don treaty ins and loud drumming great deeds a very colorful display accusatory. sites into the local traditions of the sochi area that are still very much alive. and skiing there's a whole range of sightseeing activities and beautiful. gardens sulphur springs historic wonders what a fool a lush green forests and with its many faces a trip here to the subtropical and c.v. so it will certainly be a memorable one to them dru's. some

tourist delights of sochi beyond the olympics there for you although currently of course all eyes are on the slopes and stadiums will be keeping abreast of what's happening at the winter olympics right now back to moscow. and he said thank you very much for the need for the. studio which is right of course at the heart of the ongoing winter olympics and right here on r.t. international we've got everything you want to hear from the games or news interviews comments as well in the full coverage online as well that includes our t's official facebook page as well where you can pose a question for ice hockey player paul buday aka the russian rocket will pick the best questions to throw straight out the hockey legend in the meantime however we'll be following the action and keeping count of all the medals a busy monday for the medals today and do stay with our international for our special olympic coverage.

jean twenty fourteen plus the. exhilarating winter. here so joining us now is make the rest of our lives make news team for sochi twenty four take. on. are still to come here on the international bearable pressure of big banking. if you look at their actual life they can be fired in five minutes this is a deeply dysfunctional system the financial world shaken by a series of suicides over recent weeks and why some are struggling to deal with the ongoing high stakes competition. mito a deadly alliance without a clear mission decades after the end of the cold war this washington let alone continues to exist and expanded after in ambiguous adventure in afghanistan and

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just after quarter past the hour here in moscow it's our international straight back to our breaking news for you this hour and ethiopian boeing seven six seven passenger plane has landed in switzerland after a hijacking attempt a plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when he issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking now this is a recording of the pilots are asking air traffic control for permission to make a landing. you know we were. going to. the plane was forced to land after reportedly running low on fuel and circling

geneva airport a number of times all other flights were grounded in response to an airline says all crew and passengers are now safely inside the airport breaking news for you here on r.t. international. for the meantime here on the program there's been a string of bizarre deaths in the globe's financial circles in the past few weeks five high profile bankers have died all from apparent suicides are silly or investigates. there are untimely deaths grabbed headlines three of which happened within a week be it the big investment banks they worked for the senior positions they held the public nature of their deaths or all three once again it raised questions . about an industry largely blamed for bringing the global economy to its knees into two thousand and eight financial crisis michael taylor a former goldman sachs bond salesman who calls himself a recovering banker knew this world well it's so extraordinarily competitive and so

focused profit above all in so transactional that every moment like pressure turns carbon into diamonds you know extreme pressure can both accelerate human achievement and some cases break people the pressure and calling the shots the form of banking we've got at the moment has no interest in the people it affects. because in a sense and legally responsible to invest and stockholders you make a moral decisions without thinking about the impact that it has on the people job losses people losing their home and so on and so forth pressure to rake in profits or the pressure to put in more hours than your peers after the spate of recent deaths big firms did try to ease tension by telling their junior staff to take more time off or at least to try not to work on weekends it's kind of a disconnect between what they have the weekend off will also make us

a ton of money and ultimately making a ton of money is what's going to keep you around so now you strike me as a real solution you're a sly and spent a year demystifying bankers interviewing dozens of fine us workers on the condition of anonymity the degree to which bankers are trapped. has been really a really important finding i think we keep on projecting this idea as masters of the universe they have everything we want but if you look at their actual life they can be fired in five minutes this is a deeply dysfunctional and abusive system so there is this real taboo in banking like the army to own up to one former ability. does or sylvia r.t. london well online team is a plenty of stories lined up for you on our website this hour including a report revealing the drug alcohol and sex abuse in the u.s. military has been getting worse over the last three years what's behind the

increase those details right now written up on our web site. also while you're there the wild may be just a bit too wild for these tiny inhabitants of a florida aquarium a rare condition makes them i'll be you know that's left them with very little. collectors are ready to pay thousands to keep them as pets you can have a look at this at our emotions section right now at r.t. dot com. now the pentagon is pumping in cash to boost its military presence in africa the u.s. says by pouring in troops weapons and mercenaries but it tends to turn a land of conflict into a land of hope now u.s. military bases are now spread all across the whole horn of africa drone bases are dotted across the region the biggest being in djibouti hosting over four thousand military personnel and contractors and thousands of u.s. soldiers are reportedly preparing for missions as part of the pentagon's new strategy to train by regional forces so artie's paullus leonardo so what could

really be motivating america's newfound focus on the bread basket of the world out of africa. hundreds of millions of american dollars are flowing into africa as the pentagon upset spending on the continent there's plenty of moment to realize here nigeria a case in point the west african nation is america's fourth largest supplier of crude oil accounting for eleven percent of all u.s. oil imports we have made it has a lot of investment and. they have invested so much in the oil sector and they need to protect that and that believes rafsanjani is the real reason for u.s. troop expansion in africa not to bring democracy not to help the local populations but to protect american interests and justify the reasons for being here the governess in syria. to you know the collapse of. you know

accountability. and of course you know dubai is. different it's a she kind of makeup artist that crisis in the country. by the you know it's made in terms of american power and policy reasons to actually come into nigeria africa's dotted with u.s. bases and a growing constellation of small american drone outposts camp limo near north of somalia has been america's main facility on the continent for nearly a decade it houses about four thousand military and civilian personnel but at the end of last year it was forced to stop flying drones in the area after a string of crashes and growing anger from locals problem is u.s. forces are getting stretched very thin they're being tasked with missions that will be their numerical logistics capability right now and the danger will then for good they go forward and. new conflicts expand and all the

next thing you know the troops and money says. mischa's u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it is happening in africa so exciting overall and we are really deeply engaged and the president has instructed us to really try to. light our fire under our efforts in throughout the continent but what's not so exciting is the growth of jihadists and anti western groups across the continent thousands of american soldiers are gearing up for missions as part of the pentagon's new strategy to train and advise african militaries to deal with the three eight it's not impressing those who live here is going to be. there. for you to find it. all so we're going to leave you with this this is the.

physical exam we did so. this is. going to change is. going to see. this is. good to see you only. going to get a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will build badly for africa and her people. are tea. party some other global headlines for you in brief now and i'm going to steal all for antigovernment protesters are set to come into force in ukraine off of the government confirms the opposition has met all the agreed conditions of demonstrators how to end the two month long occupation of the key city council building and vacate regional administrative

buildings across the country some disruptions were reported in the group of radicals to block the entrance to city hall in the capital though they didn't break through. but israel has ordered three u.s. consular officials to be expelled from the country as on rest spiraled further the president accused diplomats of orchestrating the student protests sweeping the country at least three people have been killed in the clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators also issued an arrest warrant for the opposition leader accusing him of inciting and i now chancellor angela merkel wants a separate communications network for europe to prevent spying from across the atlantic under the current setup a huge volume of internet data circulates along the same route so often via the united states so a message sent by one european official to another just next door potentially has a very long journey before reaching its final destination passing through multiple

points just like inside a pinball machine but the new idea would allow communications to bypass the established routes and offer european web users a bit more protection lucy caffein off has a look. now it's not a separate internet so to speak but more of a way to prevent e-mails and other data from being harvested by u.s. intelligence agencies now this is just an idea at this point and it is one that angle of merkel will certainly be discussing with the french president when they meet in france on wednesday. also this weekend that she basically just approved of companies like google and facebook basing their operations in countries with low levels of data protection while being active in countries such as germany where data protection is quite high this is a very sensitive issue here in germany mr merkel has faced sharp criticism in the wake of the n.s.a. spy scandal for basically failing to take decisive action according to her critics to protect german users from surveillance of internet telecommunications traffic

that's alleged to have been conducted by u.s. and british intelligence services it's also of course a personal issue for her to some extent remember that mr merkel's cell phone was reportedly monitored but this idea of all mine traffic effectively bypassing the united states isn't unique to europe in fact brazil along with several international partners is also currently in the process of trying to build an undersea fiber optics communications cable that would do just that it would basically route its online traffic directly to europe skipping essentially the the u.s. and it's more than just an idea it's a one hundred eighty five million dollar project construction on which is slated to begin in july. to our breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. international an ethiopian boeing seven sixty seven passenger plane has landed in switzerland off there a hijack attempt and the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when it suited emergency signal indicating

a hijacking of the plane was forced to land after reportedly running low on fuel and circulating geneva number of times all other flights were grounded in response ethiopian airlines saying now that all crew and passengers are safe with some reports suggesting new crew is still preparing to disembark their passengers from inside the plane. are still to come here not international a clash of opinions i mean only one thing that's going to have to be cross talk to live well his guests coming your way.

transit through to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. i was first state of the city address new york mayor bill de blasio said that he would put forward legislation for the city to issue special municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants he summed up his feelings by saying to all my fellow new yorkers who are undocumented i say new york city is your home too and we will not force any of our residents to live their lives in the shadows yeah that sounds nice but the reason these illegal immigrants live their lives in the shadows is because they immigrated illegally why should new yorkers bend over backwards for illegal criminal immigrants this is the same logic that if i catch a guy breaking into my house as a gracious host i should offer him a pizza because it's his home too this is not just a slap in the face to rule of law but also to the immigrants who do go through the

bureaucracy and headaches to become u.s. citizens the right way the legal way so the blasio if you're going to provide these illegal immigrants with some sort of document it should be a plane ticket back home with instructions on how to apply for a green card the legit proper way just like everyone else has to fashion just my opinion. so james when you're bored seen promises we alternate in the exhilarating winter in our team instant you don't need anything now if i'm a criminal and the rest of our limited news team for sochi twenty four take. on artsy. isn't. something.