breaking news for you this hour here on r.t. international one suspect behind the attempted hijacking of an ethiopian passenger plane has reportedly been arrested on the boeing seven sixty seven on route to rome was forced to land in geneva. a russian jailed in the u.s. meets his lawyer and says despite concern he's on the verge of a heart attack still waiting to be examined by a doctor. seven golds up for grabs in sochi on monday as the winter olympics last week very tight competition at the very top of the medal table a russian hopes. a string of suicides rocking the financial world you're an international we try to find out

what's causing them to take their own lives. it is a busy monday for news here on our international. let's get into it for you right now. first to our breaking news for you one person has reportedly been arrested following the attempted hijacking of an ethiopian boeing seven sixty seven passenger plane forced to land geneva board the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking this is a recording of traffic control being. you know we.

had a real reason on the. formation of the plane was forced to land after reportedly running low on fuel in circulating geneva airport a number of times all of the flights were grounded in response and while it therapy an airline say that all crew and passengers are now safe there's also information they may still be aboard the plane will bring the latest on this breaking news as we get it here on r.t. international. for the meantime on the program the lawyer of a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. says his client needs urgent medical help he was finally able to meet his client constantine yet a shango who is pleased to see a doctor haven't been met despite symptoms suggesting a heart attack could be imminent guy nature can reports. it's been days that the russian citizen in a us 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 you're shown go did appear sick to me his face was red hugh visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation composed 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 they're schenkel 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 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 consummating he was keeping his cellmates

awake and they were becoming hostile to him constantly used to be hard to man by 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 your shrink are 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 the russian come a guy 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 shy because he promised he can have an ultrasound on monday but no cardio example take place if you like you can follow

the story of the former russian pilot on our website. coming to you live from moscow thanks for joining us on this monday with just a week to go germany leads the medal table at the winter games in sochi with good old still changes athletes battle it out for seven sets of medals on monday let's go live to also use any. studio and use a p.c. money if a medal slopes up for grabs today. that's right the athletes here are fighting hard for the medals still up for grabs the ladies curling teams are currently out on the ice as for russia's chances it's fifth in the overall medal count so far but has high expectations for ice hockey because last night the red machine gave the home fans reason to celebrate russia beat slovakia in a qualifying match bouncing back from that bitter defeat they suffered against team usa on saturday it was an easy go victory only coming via

a shootout with neither side managing to score during an hour of open play read machine squeeze through one to nothing but now faces a must win match against norway well here in sochi we've got a day ahead of us of bobsled biassed a long and freestyle skiing among others but as andrew farmer now reports from the mountain cluster we should also be following the clouds. the first thing we should be following is the weather because things have closed in a bit here not to yonder not house. for the second time in a row of the men's biathlon in the fifteen k. that was due to take place this morning bill. we'll have to keep you posted on what happens next meanwhile i am pleased to say this isn't affecting the bobsleigh russia's two man team are doing very well in that alexy border and alexander to cough 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 so 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 who are making their first appearance in just over a decade in that event are lost 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 at least the customers are currently third in that the freedom 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 to help or don't want to help and you need to just do your work work and do what you want. done listen to the like so many people listen for your team like you're preparing and they know what. i hope is going to work well let's hope 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 i'm sure the russians will be busting a gut inside to try and catch the canadians virtue and moir and the americans davis and white you currently lead the charge to go. well one of the most inspiring stories from the sochi olympics so far has been of canadian athlete benny morris who has won bronze and silver despite having suffered serious injury to speed

skater broke his leg while skiing barely a year ago putting his olympic dreams in doubt morrison failed to make the cut for the one thousand meter distance but fellow speed skater gilmore juno offered him a spot in the race and he ended up taking silver that was closely followed by a bronze in the fifteen hundred long track distance we asked the victorious canadian what drives him. all to see i don't know i think for me the secrets been. not caring as much not trying to control things that are completely under control and i try to control things that are not even important things that are superstitions just focusing on the task. the process. of. well being the most southern host city in winter olympic history sochi is warm temperature offers an additional challenge to athletes we've seen complaints of the slopes being too slushy but on the bright side so choose guests have a chance to be enjoying the unique surroundings artie's martin enters our ports.

known as the russian riviera is not your typical russian city. to be dozens of rivers streams and into forms of course false countryside but not on a more impressive than the scary so it's out with the lympics and even the spectacular. ninety minute journey from the olympic park three d. highlights the diversity of this region ok it's not nagra or a grassy but it really is very pretty here and quite relaxing ranging for a walk on twelve metres there are over thirty other waterfalls seven rapids and first team cascades in this area alone also offering their job. annie from the beautiful caucasus mountains offering the perfect break from the hustle and bustle of the city the best time to visit the foals is in the spring when the melting snow brings a rush of water. i've been this is one of the features of the soldier national

park which can be easily reached the roads are excellent now they're open the whole year round on average one hundred thousand people visit next up it's into a four by four in such as such ease mysterious dolman experts believe these logs mechanistic landmarks were once used as graves or shrines well them it is either over there 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 the old stretches have great spiritual power along with stonehenge the idols of easter island and the parents of egypt they have remained a little to centuries. music

and dancing is an intake well part of life in the caucasus in the village of bullshit it's my you can watch a traditional folk shouting clap your hands stomp your feet as the men and women in that labyrinth costumes the full national dutch routines and loud drumming. a very colorful display it gives a true insight into the traditions of the sochi area that are still very much alive was the team and skiing as a whole range of sightseeing activities and beach for that trip not mogs it's had a clue gardens self a spring this historic one does good to fools a lot of the forests and with its many faces a tricky it's the subtropical and i think so you see this. some of the tourist delights of sochi beyond the olympics there for you although currently of course all eyes are on the slopes and we'll be keeping abreast of

what's happening at the winter games right now though it's back to you in moscow. thanks very much for that. live but i will so if you studio are right in the heart over the winter olympics now right here on r.t. international we've got everything you want to hear from the games including the interviews all the comments as well including our facebook page and sees a fish official facebook pages where you can pose a question for the ice hockey great. the russian rocket will pick out the best questions and toss them straight out the hockey legend from our facebook page of course in the meantime we'll be following the action and keeping count of all the medals a busy monday for medals do stay with you for our special olympic coverage. in the exhilarating winter. olympic news.

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good morning on a monday this is international live from moscow let's get back to our breaking news for you this hour and a cross over the live pictures coming now from geneva. it's where an ethiopian airlines plane landed after an attempted hijacking again these are live pictures for you right here a swiss police say the situation is under control and the passengers appear to be safe one person has been arrested following the hijack attempt this according to web board officials the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking all of the flights in geneva grounded in response again live pictures for you right here from geneva international airport this is. you know we've got emergency officials on the ground right here with this boeing seven sixty seven that did come originally from the ethiopian capital the emergency officials on the ground there you can see the runway or the stairs for passengers

it appears that there are still some people who are coming off the plane apparently according to what we see a one or two covering their heads or even having their arms in the air described it with a precise detail right now here on our to international these are live pictures geneva international airport an alleged hijacking taking place today this breaking news continues for you here on our international. the meantime 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 from apparent suicides to investigate. 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 and a 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 who should know how human 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 to your 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 really important 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. abusive system so there is this real taboo in. the army to own up to one form or ability.

does or cilia r.t. . well our online team has plenty of stories lined up for you on our website including a report revealing that drug alcohol and sex abuse in the u.s. military has been getting worse over the last three years what's behind it and the details right now at our dot com. also the wild may be just a bit too wild for these tiny inhabitants of a florida aquarium. that's left them with a little camouflage collectors are ready to pay thousands just to have them as you can see this footage in motion section. 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 it intends to turn a land of conflict into a land of hope now u.s. military bases are basically spread all across the whole horn of africa drone base

is a dotted across the region the biggest being in djibouti that hosts over four thousand soldiers and contractors and thousands of u.s. soldiers are reportedly preparing for missions as part of the pentagon's new strategy to train and advise local regional forces so it. takes a look at what could be truly motivating america's newfound focus on the bread basket of the world. 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 they 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 the. definitive kind of makeup artist that crisis in the country provided you know it is to meet in terms of american part of policy reasons to actually come into nigeria africa's dotted with u.s. bases and a growing constellation of small american drone outposts camp limb or 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 will be a. numerical logistics capability right now and the danger will then for good i call for. new conflicts expand and all the next thing you know the troops and money to sustain these. mischa's u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it's 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 crowd 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. when you see that we all suffer if you don't do this for the city. says we're going to need some. is it is. going to change is. going to see. this is. good to see you only. going to. 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. on t.v. . are some of the global headlines for you in brief an amnesty law for antigovernment protesters are set to come into force in ukraine after the

government of the opposition has met all the agreed conditions the demonstrators had to end the two month long occupation of the kiev city council building to vacate regional administrative buildings across the country some constructions were reported when a group of radicals block the entrance to city hall in the capital but did not break through. venezuela has all. three u.s. consular officials to be expelled from the country as on the arrest spirals for the president accused diplomats of orchestrating the opposition protests currently sweeping the country at least three of being killed in the clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators but otoh also issued an arrest warrant for the opposition leader accusing him of trying to incite it. to thailand's capital bangkok where thousands of protesters surrounded the government's headquarters of the police started to retake areas that have been occupied for months i'm very

crowds used quickly drives some men to seal the gate to the prime minister's main office to prevent the cabinet from working at the opposition considers. to be a puppet of a brother who is in self exile also a former leader. coming up for you right now here at r.t. international an eye opening documentary on how the big drug companies are accused of creating illnesses just the boost the sales of medication that are supposed to keep you healthy and alive shocking the international.

transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of mosco. i just 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 but that's just my opinion.

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to change individual's minds about a given product but to change in time vironment in which that product is to be placed it's kind of the. japanese psychiatric community had the view. that depression was a was a rare. disorder in japan and they didn't diagnose it often and what pharma did was.