without him, the orphans of ukraine have no hope. >> george: george thomas, cbn news, key, ukraine. up next, a devout hindu seeks answers to life and joy, and finds her answer in >> george: the woman in our next story grew up in india, though rejected by her father, she worked hard to get an education and become a successful social worker. when she had problems or needs, she sought help from the gods of her hindu religion. until one day he heard a new voice telling her to go to church. >> when i was born, the astrologer told my father it is not worth raising me as his daughter. he said it is better if you end her life now as a baby. it kind of poisoned his mind and thoughts towards me. >> reporter: rada was raised in a devout hindu family in india. she had a strained relationship with her father, one that worsened over time. >> every business failure he endured or financial loss, he blamed it on me. he became an alcoholic. and he abused us physically and verbally. >> reporter: she sought comfort and acceptance in her family's faith. >> every time i went to hindu temples and worshipp

union of russia kazakhstan and belarus and how such corporation may boost ukraine's g.d.p.but the main thing here is that joining the customs union is one of the options for ukraine to get cheaper gas from russia but first got gratian with the custom is the union may put at risk ukraine's ambitious plans also european integration so ukraine is abby crossroads and it now has to choose between east and western trade partnerships and that's a hard one and dave but i mean come on why this is all happening what is the big problem what is the hold up it all seems incredibly complicated what is likely is the problem tanya. because you because ukraine is struggling to pay a market price for the russian gas which is about four hundred dollars per thousand cubic meters of course gas from can't give her ukraine a price discount but it wants something in return for example a share in ukraine's gas transportation system and that's exactly how belarus is getting cheaper gas from russia it's cold hard of its gas transportation system to gas from ukraine is reluctant to do that and so expe

reporting from kiev in ukraine. but with all news for you in about half an hour's time next week ripple your doctor.

reporting from kiev in ukraine. coming up next we continue our inside look at the lives of rebel fighters in the oil rich and stay with us teen. there was a time in america when buses were officially segregated and today if they tried to research gate the wall next to there would be outrage throughout the usa every t.v. channel and newspaper so segregation in america was wrong but no america funding segregation no sort of via foreign aid seems to be a ok and jim dandy arab language leaflets have been spread around west bank in palestinian areas asking residents to start using special bus lines plans to put palestinians on separate bus lines were first announced in november of two thousand and twelve after some complaints by jewish settlers of trouble on the buses between passengers of different ethnicities in regards to the special bus lines it's really human rights groups but so i'm said the attempt to put segregation is appalling and the current arguments about security needs an overcrowding must not be allowed to

reporting from kiev in ukraine. coming up after the break we continue our in-depth look at the every day life of rebel fighters in the oil rich niger delta you're watching. a clear image of the right after a razor.

dollars russia's minsk largest economic partner while bella reuss is russia's second largest after ukraine unless minsk convinces russia to give out a new loan it faces a devastating devaluation of its national currency in the coming months it already saw its currency drop two hundred percent in twenty eleven. norway's six hundred fifty billion dollars sovereign wealth fund the world's biggest by the way is bullish on russia or rather on its bonnes norges vanka

it's coming out of the ukraine and you're looking at little dima. he was born in august of 2012. and dima was diagnosed with something called hydropcephalus which means that he is collecting fluid in his brain. now if this goes untreated it poses a risk to both cognitive and physical development in the child and if left untreated it may be fatal. [ inaudible ]. >> the reason this video is being around is the mother is pleading for help. doctors in the ukraine aren't familiar enough with the surgery that could help dima so a doctor in israel has actually offered to perform the surgery that dima needs. one of the way this is treated you can put a shunt in the body and it drains some of the fluid from the brain to another part of your body for it to be absorbed. dima has to have this surgery performed before he turns 1 year old. there are only about five months left to raise the money to have this surgery performed in israel. here is the fund-raiser page to donate to the cause. you can see more than $21,000 have already been donated. children who are treated for hydropcephalus can g

. >> a look at how they roll in the ukraine and we're looking for april fools day videos. we called in mr. april fools himself. hear the expert advice that could land your video on our show. >> a piece of poop in it. everybody loves it. >>> dash cam video, this time from the united states, believe it or not. we're on interstate 80 just outside of laramie, wyoming, and weather reports predicted high, gusty winds in the stretch. keep an eye on the tow behind trailer ahead. lots of wide open space and not a lot of trees to protect from gusty winds. see the trailer get out of shape, flopping around, but it is not the trailer in big trouble. it is the truck we're riding in. >> oh! >> 65 miles per hour winds took that semi tractor trailer and flipped it right over on the side. you see the camera crash, dirt coming into the lens. thankfully there were in injuries in this incident. you saw the car in front wobble back and forth and you can't slow downast enough. be making through fine. it is just really luck of the draw, luck of where you are when. >>> two hikers went climbing in

northern ukraine could be seeing 60 centimeters of snow. as we come southward, and to looks more unsettled, and it extends across the other side of the mediterranean into northern parts of morocco and also algeria. of 30 inoking at highs tripoli. further south across central parts of africa, heavy rain across parts of somalia in towards ethiopia and also a few showers expected further west. i think we did see one or two showers, highs of 31 degrees. the heaviest rain is expected to cross angola and the democratic republic of congo. -- only on link tv. recap ofget a quick stores. the funeral of an influential supporter of the syrian president has taken place in damascus. he was a sunni cleric well known broadcasting on state tv every friday. he was killed on thursday in a bomb attack. the president of cyprus is expected to go to brussels on saturday to present international creditors with a new bailout proposal after parliament approve measures on friday to try to avoid bankruptcy and to get and you rescue package. in pakistan, supporters of

i say today we have plenty of food for our people and our prices are much lower than in russia or ukraine or the museum today we export five billion dollars worth of produce annually we have invested a lot of money into two major upgrades in agriculture so if new people in power decide to sell it off. face disaster i don't want our industrial enterprises or companies working in other sectors to be auctioned off for a penny i would like better research to be run by a man who will not go to extremes bode rather continue this cause. domestic policy should be in line with the will of the people and the way of life which will emerge at that time not only in better reuss but in the whole world. how seriously do you regard your political opponent for example those who also ran in the twenty ten presidential election with just a chance for what is to be honest i don't take them seriously these elections revealed who they really are so we had ten alternative candidates they only scored one point five to two percent well that's their score ok they might complain they were at a disadvantage or let's

and the florey on the front lines how ukraine's military has been mobilized to keep the capital moving on after a surprise invasion of snow. china stepping up its energy security with russia's help moscow agreed this week to increase oil supplies to beijing along with other multi-billion dollar deals the country's leaders also pledge to work toward a more fair world order they say or he's arena go followed xi jinping his first overseas trip some of the major points that think the chinese leader has also made of course lies about the cooperation between russia and china among other things that the two countries also agree on is the fact that it it is about time to leave the old stereotypes behind he said that we're living in the twenty first century and therefore the cold.

as bizarre as this video may seem, in the ukraine, this is politics as usual. >> things in the ukrainianitics have always been resolved in a rather peculiar way. >> but this fight becomes unlike anything ukrainians have ever seen. although reporters and parliament guests go through smoke screens to get into the building and carried in more than just eggs. >> i saw a smoke grenade explode and the whole parliament hall was covered with smoke. i mean, we've seen a lot of stuff, but this is something out of hand, completely. >> this reporter is inside parliament when the smoke bombs go off. >> we were upstairs in the press box when the smoke bombs were thrown and all the smoke went up exactly where i was standing and filming. i helped my cameraman out of the press box and open window to let in the crisp, fresh air. >> nobody is seriously hurt, but there are more than a dozen injuries. but smoke bombs, fist fights and eggs are not enough to stop the deal from going through. although they do ensure that it will not be forgotten. >> it is hard to say whether another incident like that might hap

where you're seeing the snow here is poland through ukraine. that will bring five to ten centimeters across areas. meanwhile, back towards the west into the iberian peninsula, you are seeing some thunderstorm activity. it looks like that will have a break here on saturday and sunday. going into monday, you can just start to see it there off towards the west. another storm comes in and that will be another shot of heavy rain showers. madrid at 17, lisbon at 19 here. take a look towards the north, this is what it's feeling like here. the overnight lows are going to be diving well below zero. here is a look at your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour, i'm gene otani in tokyo. for all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us.

in ukraine there were punches, choking and more in parliament with a huge fistfight in parliament.makers had to suspend the session until they could control order. >> my goodness. happening now, general motors is recalling nearly 27,000 cadillacs and bicycles nationwide to fix a problem with the automatic transmission. the recall affects 2013 cadillac srx crossover s.u.v.'s and buick lacrosse sedans from the same year. the software problem can cause the transmission to shift suddenly from manual to automatic mode, increasing the risk of a crash. g.m. says they will reprogram the transmission at no cost to the owners. >> c.v.s. is taking a lot of heat for a a new health insurane program for employees because they are providing personal information such as weight and body fight available. employee whose refuse could see the premiums go up $600. they are also asking for consent to have access to health records. c.v.s. says the policy is an attempt to cut insurance costs and encourage workers to develop healthy habits. >> starting today in santa cruz, stores are charging a quarter for

. >>> this accident video out of the central ukraine will leave you shocked and breathless. >> i mustn you this may be very tough for you to watch. you can see this one car waiting to make a left turn. notice you have this suv turning behind this bmw. watch that again because they crash into a bus stand. >> oh, they went straight into the group of people. >> they did. this was a deadly accident. four people died as a result of this. five people were injured and had to be hospitalized because of this accident. interestingly enough, because of the myriad of dash cam cameras people have in the area there is another angle of this accident. >> it is tough to watch. >> it is awful. >> both of the drivers walked away from the accident. to me it just look it is like the driver that made the left made the mistake, right? it looks like that driver turned into on coming traffic. >> you may think so. the other car was going at a high rate of speed according to police and both of the drivers are in jail. if they're convicted they can both get up to ten years. >> it is sad people lost their lives.

this one here on the other hand will bring rain showers across turkey, towards the ukraine as it pushesff towards the east. good news is that of after it pushes by things are going to warm up. that's what you want here in kiev. you are still shoveling out from the last snowstorm. by the weekend temperatures are going to be pushing near the double-digit marks. unfortunately out there towards the north things will be warming up but still well below the normal average for this time of year. that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> actors in japan who performed the centuries old theatrical art of kabuki are famous for their ability to grimace and frown but many of them were all smiles on wednesday. they attended a ceremony and parade celebrating the opening of the new kabukiza theater in tokyo. the 29 story building is located in the ginza district. it replaces a structured crews tore down on the same spot three years ago. about 100 actors and staff gathered on the theaters new stage to take part in the opening ceremony.'s new stage to take part in the opening

we should note fights like this are common apparently in the ukraine parliament.viewers are aware. >> and neo fascists, i mean those are fighting words that's for sure. >> yeah. they are in eastern europe, believe me. >>> okay. what are we looking for tonight? >> we have one economist a chief economist who thinks that the fed will give us a surprise. we'll see if she's right later on. also, of course, fast money madness continues so tweet us who you think will win. because you're the fifth trade tore break the tie out there. you the viewer. >> that's all for "squawk on the street" as we hit noontime on the east coast. it's "the halftime report." >> hi, thank you. welcome to "halftime show." live from the new york stock exchange, and four hours to go until the close. right now green across the board. the dow is good for 54 points. one-third of 1%. the s&p and nasdaq is higher as well. here's what we're follow, hunt for growth. the top fund manager for the next great plays. and the two najarian brothers will debate whether the hot stocks will hit a wall. forget cypr

in ukraine there were punches, choking and more in parliament with a huge fistfight in parliament.kers had to suspend the session until they could control order. >> my goodness. happening now, general motors is recalling nearly 27,000 cadillacs and bicycles nationwide to fix a problem with the automatic transmission. the recall affects 2013 cadillac srx crossover s.u.v.'s and buick lacrosse sedans from the same thnsmisshiftn suenly from manual to automatic mode, increasing the risk of a crash. g.m. says they will reprogram the transmission at no cost to the owners. >> c.v.s. is taking a lot of heat for a a new health insurane program for employees because they are providing personal information such as weight and body fight available. employee whose refuse could see the premiums go up $600. they are also asking for consent to have access to health records. c.v.s. says the policy is an attempt to cut insurance costs and encourage workers to develop healthy habits. >> starting today in santa cruz, stores are charging a quarter for paper bags, banning plastic last year and charged ten

where you see these highlighted areas, belarus, ukraine, that's where the heaviest rain and snow is going to be be over the next couple of days here that has mixed in all the way towards russia. temperatures will get just above freezing overnight. across the mediterranean, we are looking at a storm system. we expect to see not a lot of rain on the coastal regions. it's going to be quite windy. for tripoli the top stories on al jazeera, iraqi police say at least 12 people have been killed in a series of blasts and a gun fight baghdad. the explosions hit during rush hour in a heavily fortified area which is home to several ministries and foreign embassies. pope francis has become his first day as leader of the roman catholic church by leading pairs at the basilica in rome. he is the first ever latin america pontiff -- leading prayers at the basilica in rome. he is the first ever latin america and pontiff. -- latin american pontiff. benjamin netanyahu's new coalition. , kim jong-'s leader un, has overseen a live fire military drill near this disputed border. the area is described as a hotspo

transport ground to a halt in the ukraine. the german weather service says it what the arab coldest march since records began in 1881. many parts of the country, including the capital, berlin, have been covered in white since the beginning of the month. >> the arab league invited the syrian opposition to take a seat at the organization summit in qatar. the syrian delegation leader praised the arab league decision, allowing members to provide military aid to rebels, while expressing disappointment at the west for holding back. >> in the name of our oppressed people, we are calling for full support, especially in the right of self-defense, a seat at the international organizations, and the return of funds stolen from the syrian people. they must be kept for building and reconstruction. oppositionsyrian remains divided between the national council and rival groups. many western nations are watching with concern, as radical islamic militia's gain power in parts of syria and in the outskirts of the capital of damascus. opens in soc

dollars russia's minsk largest economic partner while bella reuss is russia's second largest after ukraine unless minsk convinces russia to give out a new loan it faces a devastating devaluation of its national currency in the coming months it already saw its currency drop two hundred percent in twenty eleven. norway's six hundred fifty billion dollars sovereign wealth fund the world's biggest by the way is bullish on russia or rather on its bonnes norges vanka investment management which is the name of the company that manages the fund just bought three billion dollars worth of russia's debt obligations local market players say these are the exact type of long term investments that russia so desperately needs. learning top talent in the banking industry has never been easy but it has never been this expensive either a swiss banking giant u.b.s. last year agreed to pay twenty six million dollars to its investment bank head andre or sold to lure him from a competitor bank of america merrill lynch and this takes place and growing pressure on the european investment banks to cap their bonus p

at least it will be improving for ukraine. to 50ow cover is centimeters deep in some places. temperatures are -10 at night. across northern africa, we have significant wind. temperatures are not high. >> the top stories and al jazeera. after financial meltdown was avoided in cyprus, a small petrol bomb has exploded outside the bank of cyprus in one city. people are angry at having to pay out of their savings for a bailout of the bank. 13 south african peacekeepers have died during fighting with rebels in central african republic. hundreds of south african soldiers are there to help train local troops. looting has been reported since the president was overthrown. workers in hong kong are protesting against a court decision which bans them from settling permanently. two filipino maids lost a case in the final court of appeals. they say the hongkong immigration laws are discriminatory. prisoners held at the facility at the airbase are regarded as among the most dangerous men in afghanistan. after a lot of pressure from the afghan government, the u.s. military is about to hand ov

. >>> a 24 hour blizzard left thousands stranded in their cars over night in ukraine.mily was stuck in a house and getting out was a lot of fun, especially for the kids. >> wow. that is scary stuff. it looks like somebody took a giant bottle of shaving cream and just like -- >> sprayed the windows down. >> right. >> it was a messy storm but i love how the dad is making this kid happy. >> i think you need a step stool in this case, maybe just -- oh, maybe run and jump. >> step stool is not going to help. he needs a tractor. >> what do you do? do you just sit there and wait for it to melt? i don't know. >> he eventually dug himself out. >> good job and the kid is highly amused. >> that, my friend, is the sound of happiness. that created a serious snow day in kiev and somebody else had a different idea, let's make snow angels by going to the fifth floor and jumping. >> what? >> it looks like the kid was okay. that was deep snow, and i don't think your snow angels will be legible. >> it looks like a lot of fun. >> i don't condone this. i am just saying -- >> it looks like

. >>> and the ukraine is denying reports that it lost track of three military attack dolphins.n addition to finding underwater mines, the dolphins are trained to plant explosives on ships and then kill enemy divers with special weapons attached to their heads. it's not clear if the missing dolphins were armed when they escaped from their handlers during training exit polls. >>> another sinkhole in the news this morning. this one in southern illinois. it opened up in the fairway of a golf course. the 18-foot deep hole swallowered a golfer last friday. the man injured his shoulder but rescued after 20 minutes, a state geology expert says it happened because it dissolved causing the ground to collapse. >>> and now here's a look at some hoop highlights from espn. >>> doug kezirian with your "sportscenter" update. no team in the nba hotter than the miami heat. nine-game lead in the east entering last night's action. heat looking for their 19th straight win hosting atlanta. ho-hum, alley hoop from dwyane wade to lebron james. 27 assists on 35 made field goals. here's lebron just bein

'k' in cmyk color schemes is what color that names the sea between ukraine and turkey? rick? black host>> right! what molecule that sometimes has a poly-a tail comes in ribosomal, messenger, and transfer forms? mounish? rna host>> right! what ancient civilization had a city at knossos [noss-us] that was rediscovered by arthur evans on the island of crete? greek host>> no, san leandro, you can steal. mycenean host>> no, it's minoan both tintoretto and leonardo da vinci depicted what biblical event where christ predicts peter's denial? lydia? the last supper host>> right! beta-carotene is a precursor of what fat-soluble vitamin found in spinach, liver, and carrots? vitamin b host>> no, san mateo, you can steal. vitamin a host>> right! he claimed to cure the hemophilia of the tsarevitch alexei. which siberian mystic was called the mad monk? rick? grigori rasputin host>> right! site of the oriental pearl tower, what most populous city in china lies at the mouth of the yangtze river? rick? shanghai host>> right! that's the end of the game! well played san leandro..san mateo wins t

feeling while two more up and comers completed down the line up for the twenty thirteen serious ukraine's volatile issue but then golf and england's america one of only real real feelings and probably the hard news guy on the planet right now i don't think anyone could get a better deal because. the search never really children sure looks like the upcoming season will have a lot to offer with each of these top down years old to reach you might. remember turning around r t. m finally with less than a year to go till such a winter olympics get underway the ice has been laid down the shi'a hockey arena is a brand new venue prepares to stages first test events with more on this is michael crabtree. while russia of course is in full preparation mode for the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympic games now just over eleven months away this past week was devoted to some essential bureaucratic maxes that the head of russia's olympic committee alexander spoke of was on hand to sign at the problems are stubborn and. we have agreed on the steps to take in order to ensure the best possible performance

ukraine and a few other of the c.i.s. countries was beginning to shift to the baltic states primarily to latvia how do you see the global financial system shaped in faith. fifty years the system is intrinsically inherently unstable it we keep running into one crisis after another so in the one nine hundred eighty s. we really shifted to a new kind of global economic architecture and what we can say is that it is generated an enormous number of banking crises and that they keep coming more frequently and the system does not seem to be growing more stable it seems to be growing less stable a country like russia should not be losing all of this money to offshore banks the money should be invested here in industry in enterprise this. that's all the business for now but there's more here and i'll tell you go to truth with. jorge rios an argentinian student at seventeen other similar students from foreign countries all paid a private company between three thousand and four thousand dollars so that they get to take part in a u.s

. >>> and in ukraine lawmakers went after each other on the parliament floor. the fists were flying when a member of the ruling party delivered a speech in russian. that angered the opposing nationalist party that believes ukrainian should be the country's official language. wow. huh. >>> and new york city mayor michael bloomberg has some new evidence on his side as he fights to ban large sugary drinks. new research shows that sugar-sweetened drinks may be linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide every year. most were diabetes related. others were from cardiovascular disease or even cancer. that study, by the way, only focused on adults. >>> let's talk college hoops, the stunner of a loss for the defending national champions and powerhouse kentucky wildcats. they fell to robert morris university. what? robert morris university in the first round of the national invitational tournament. >> disappointing for the wildcats but, man, oh, man were the kids from robert morris excited. biggest win in the school's history. hundreds of students and fans there to celebrate. >>

as weather of the folk and referendum will make any difference to the bitter dispute between the ukraine arjun time all this up for discussion in artie's cross-talk coming up later today. the view from full the island is a completely and absolutely irrelevant is not true the the worst of the wishes and the will of the islanders is very important here this is what it's all about it's about what do the people of the falkland islands want to live under do they want to live under the crown of the united kingdom or do we want to be part of argentina the reason a debate about sovereignty two countries claim these islands and they should get together and have a discussion about what might happen and that is what the british absolutely refuse to do. you believe we. are. getting a decent education in italy is proving to be either an affordable or a fruitless the country's major money troubles have seen tuition fees pushed out of reach for many and those who do have qualifications can get jobs reports it's causing a slump in university applications. italy was once an abode for thinkers philosopher

cooperation with all the other countries of the world if we left the you and our car out kast is going to ukraine. r.t. and we stand for the independence of our country not just from the european union but from the usa and it will be else that wants to have undue expects of us we want our country for the benefit of british citizens we wish everybody else in the world well we want friendship cooperation with them but we want to run our own affairs in our own democratic by means of our own democratically elected government which is a longer look. all right and one more final question for you what's the next stage just briefly what happens here in fact in a lot of elections not really at the top of westminster yet where do you see it the folk are going it's a step by step process this is my we have council elections you know local authority elections around the country not in london where i am outside of the country the fact that we did so well now it's in been in the you know it's been on the t.v. it's been radio television will mean that more and more people will fill it with a vote ukip we will g

plus a group of men dressed as the evil darth vader of the storm troopers have raided a shop in ukraine apparently for good cause. one spot. of the dark side. fear has set its sights on joining the eurozone in twenty fourteen that's despite the currency bloc shaky outlook with the sturdy carts and gaping holes in the country's budgets the decision also clashes with public opinion in latvia where two thirds are against euro membership but we spoke to one member of the european parliament who believes the timing couldn't be worse. lead if you want to be a member of nato or of the e.u. of the eurozone so want to be a member of a bigger bloc now we need to i can imagine the e.u. i can imagine the eurozone at the moment is not the right club to join because lead of you came out of the crisis in two thousand and ten and the economic recovery started shortly after actually led of years doing quite well so one could wonder why latvia want to enter the euro zone if ever an economic crisis would come back to latvia lead of the year in the euro zone cannot leave value and will have to stay in it l

at the front line how ukraine's military is now being mobilized to keep the capital moving surprise invasion at least. for now china is stepping up its energy security with the help of russia and moscow agreed this week to increase oil supplies to beijing along with other multibillion dollar deals in the country's leaders also pledged to work towards a far more fair and open a world order just a bit earlier. the chinese president's trip to russia with my colleague mattress. this is. first trip as president. away from china and where does he choose he chooses to come to russia and this is considered an important strategic move a symbolic move showing how insync these two countries really are and they used to be not so instinct not so lockstep but politically if you look at form a very powerful bloc on the u.n. security council there have the same ideas about syria libya iran even north korea and then in terms of trade it china is now russia's number one trading partner that used to be germany but just to give you an idea how much that is in two thousand and twelve eighty eight billion dollars

inside ukraine banking you might find something very similar with a hole just one country with a whole series a whole series of countries so you know this relationship that people want to regard is unique between cyprus and russia is far less so when one delves into. the banking suit systems of other countries unless of course you don't so it will be unique to an in you know we're all unique matthew where do we go from here with the you're going to go ahead jump in your head. this is not about the loan that the russians have given this is about russian deposits in cypriot banks and the russians actually have gotten pretty lazy about using cyprus as an offshore banking system they should have expanded and sort of moved their assets around a little bit. it's right because it's very convenient a lot of legitimate business is really like that matthew all right michael you want to jump in that just. isn't. actually correct that the level of deposits in the banks is seventy billion euros and the cypriot central bank says the russian deposits are one tenth of the seven billion euros some priv

the now developing the story of a kidnapped ukraine journalist who's incredibly scaped from her monthlong capture by rebel groups and war torn syria all the details online. and now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world over a dozen detainees americas in toryism internal bay prison are reportedly on hunger strike their lawyers claim it's because they have have personal items confiscated such as books legal mail and even copies of the koran written spokesman robert durand insisted only nine inmates are denying food when time obey holds about one hundred sixty six prisoners including the mastermind of nine eleven. which obviously is hand-picked successor has launched an investigation into the death of the country's late leader duros announcement came just hours after he officially registered as a presidential candidate confirming he was in the running the door was cheered by thousands of supporters who held the posters of the late leader thomas opposition supporters have already denounced the election which they call a carefully stage managed event and affront basic v

a group of men dressed as the evil darth vader and his storm troopers as raid to the shop in ukraine apparently for a good cause at r.t. dot com we tell you what sparked the wrath of the dark side. the israeli prime minister has made it clear he's not backing down from the idea of a potential attack on iran and even netanyahu told a gathering of america's powerful pro israeli lobby that negotiations are a waste of time and only the threat of direct military action will crush iran's nuclear ambitions but what his message was applauded at the apec conference in washington it doesn't receive such a warm reaction back at home as are to reports. the israeli prime minister is at it again addressing his favorite topic words alone will not stop iran sanctions alone will not stop iran sanctions must be cobbled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail strong statements from a leader emboldened by new grip on power this one yahoo born to the american israel public affairs committee iran is using international negotiations to buy time so it can press a hit with i

american intelligence is playing in the country's civil war plus a flurry on the front line how ukraine's military has been sent in to keep the capital moving after a surprise invasion of snow. china stepping up its energy security with russia's help moscow agreed this week to increase oil supplies to beijing along with other multibillion dollar deals countries' leaders also pledge to work toward a warfare world order of a say or he's a really good go followed xi jinping as first official overseas trip. some of the major points that the chinese leader has also made of course was about the cooperation between russia and china among other things that the two countries also agree on is the fact that it is about time to leave the old stereotypes behind he said that we're living in the twenty first century and therefore the cold war era is gone and over with and therefore the stereotypes and thinking along those lines also has to go and you also mentioned that russia and china are there cooperation will provide for a clearer world order you also mentioned of course the need to not just to move

also online for the moment ukraine declares a state of emergency and deploys the military help to a massive snowfall. all that plenty of other stories and features on t.v. dot com the former pakistani president pervez musharraf has returned to his country after four years of self-imposed exile that's despite the taliban recently threatening to target him with snipers and suicide bombers shot of plans to leave his party amaze general election hoping to regain political influence but he faces a series of criminal charges at home with forces have granted him protected and freedom from immediate risk for the sake of analysts and holly believes that musharraf is backed by foreign patrons with vested interests in pakistan. the west has. to its advantage it looks for. operation. their preference is always a military dictator but the situation now in pakistan is that a military dictatorship is possibly out of the question so the next best thing is to prop somebody who was there a trusted man and you can find some evidence on it because saudi arabia has in fact approached mr nawaz sharif who was his

of sri lanka, from canada, from the republic of angola, from the republic of greece, finland, the ukraine, from the republic of croatia, from the kingdom of jordan, from the commonwealth of australia, from the kingdom of denmark, the delegation from the republic of serbia, and from the democratic republic of korea. korea and the republic of south korea, republic of slovenia, the u.s. delegation. we also would like to express our appreciation for having international, guilty lateral organizations that are present today to accompany us -- multinational organizations that are present to day to accompany us as we mourn the death of president chavez. the o.a.s., the ibero-american summit, aladi, una sur. c.a.f., ec-lac, fal, unicef, and the u.n. d.p. we would also like to a traversed our sincere appreciation for all of the dear friends of commander hugo chavez who came here to bid a final farewell including mr. shawn. -- mr. sean penn. [applause] we will now hear some words from nicolas maduro, vice president of the republic of venezuela. [applause] >> dear children, grandchildren, brothers, f