they aren't being seen as equal by the opposition leaders or by western officials in those girls r.t. key of. and as a reader was saying that tensions in central kiev are being stoked on social networks where all sorts of theories are being posted and here's some of the rumors that preceded sunday's mass rally the most widespread messages were about the authorities planning a violent dispersal of projects using special forces pulled into the capital from other regions the speculation was fueled further by reports that tongues are on the way another widespread theory that's been circulating for the past week is that the authorities were about to introduce a state of emergency that none of those rumors came true but modern history professor mark almond says it's wrong to underestimate the danger of rumors like this. there is a through a rumor mill to create a heightened sense of tension in the law those who remember those so-called orange revolution in two thousand and four will remember we were told then that the russian spetznaz special forces lurking in the woods and they weren't nothing

actually would be blamed for dispersing these types of protests violently or nonviolently it in those r.t. key of. arena were saying just that. tensions in central kiev are being stoked on social networks were all sorts of theories are being posted let's give you some of the rumors that preceded sunday's mass rally of the most widespread messages were about your authorities planning a violent dispersal of protests using special forces pulled into the capital from other neighboring regions the speculation was fueled further by reports that tanks were also on their way into independence square now another widespread theory that to be circulating for the past week that authorities were about to introduce a state of emergency now none of those rumors came true but modern history professor mark almond says it's wrong to underestimate the danger of rumors such as that. there is a tent through a rumor mill to create a heightened sense of tension along those who remembered these so-called orange revolution in two thousand and four will remember we were told then that the russian suspects not special f

r.t. reporting from key if in ukraine. and over on our website for you right now what. europe gets nuked in a promotion for china is moon rove. that's almost a mushroom cloud there is pictured hovering of eastern europe. dot com you can learn what exactly is behind that story. i'm curious to know who is one of the largest shareholders you might be surprised to know it's none other than the f b i those details also online right now on. the scene. first street. and i think that you're. all right thanks for sharing some of your thursday with us here on oxy international brazil has snubbed the american plane making giant boeing after years of negotiations over the supply of fighter jets now it's believed the news of washington's spying on the country's president ruined a multi-billion dollar contract for the chicago based company those billions will now go to sweden's sob one count affairs editor says american companies are simply losing competitiveness because of the n.s.a.'s ongoing spy scandals. once this these revelations came to the floor they damage the reputations of

what we've been hearing at the key of protests for weeks but a possible default or economic collapse is not the talk of the town behind the barricades let's you assess the r.t. reporting from key if in ukraine and police in kiev had previously attempted to clear the streets of protester camps to make way for traffic in the city center there the move a spot of criticism from foreign politicians washington's going as far as threatening sanctions against ukraine's government stephen cohen a professor of russian studies at n.y.u. he believes the involvement of u.s. officials could have serious consequences i'm not surprised but i am disgusted that members of the united states government are standing in queue. and a very dangerous and fateful moment for ukraine addressing crowds of protesters is no they. state department officials of the united states are the leaders of this opposition in effect they are contributing to the tensions in the streets and i feel that if there is more violence that these american fishel is in there and also the european representatives are there then the people the bosses the governments that sent these representatives from other cou

r.t. reporting from key if in ukraine and i want our website in europe get sneaks in a promotion for china's move. by the enormous mushroom cloud was pictured hovering over the eastern europe had to r.t. dot com to learn what's behind the start. i'm curious to know who is one of the largest big client shareholders while you might be surprised to learn it's none other than the n.b.a. but how you move the timeline. brazil has not the american plane making giant boeing of to get its of negotiations over the supply of find the jets it's believed the news a washington spying on the country's president ruined a multi-billion dollar contract called the chicago based company those billions will now go to sweden sob one current affairs editor says u.s. companies are losing competitiveness because of the n.s.a. spying. once this one of these revelations came to the floor they damage the reputations of american companies the fact that the n.s.a. has been pushing for back doors and to date is into the data systems of a lot of american firms means that there's american firms can't be trusted either by do

r.t. reporting from key if in ukraine still to come here in the waking as if fracking link quakes were bad enough. if you can't get into your home. if you break it. when you meet the texans living in the shadow of a shadow well he's drinking water has started to. win into an economic crisis all over the world and france deserves to get out of the crisis and deserve to have back all the people who are leaving the country to go and work in other places and it's very sad to see that and it's really like that like. was no lights. to me speak or language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the r.p. interviews intriguing story for you. in troy arabic to find out more visit arabic. hello again this week a group of researchers claims to have found another risk that fracking poses to human health but you say the chemicals used can disrupt hormones and have been detected in the colorado river locals living near the site already claim that property prices have tanked while running smells and earthquakes plague their daily lives a

r.t. reporting from key of ukraine. india see the news tonight a warning of reprisals over the arrest of one of its top diplomats in the united states devyani khobragade they was strip searched and kept in a cell with drug addicts she was detained for allegedly incorrectly filling in their housekeepers immigration papers and also under paying her or professor for strategic studies told me earlier there's an underlying a proc or see here to this arrest. the diplomat was actually humiliated she was strip searched in hand and handcuffed and this was you know this is this this was a we and usually incident and there has been pouring of anger in india and the marines have retaliated against the american diplomats in new delhi but i would drawing some of the religious right are moving the security barricades from around the u.s. embassy in new delhi and warning of further actions against u.s. diplomats based in india this is the kind of hypocrisy that we see in the united states that the trial one standard for their own diplo

r.t. reporting from key if in ukraine. thanks for watching us today but if you do get a chance check out our web site because we've got plenty of stuff on there too including breaking radioactive records huge amounts of beads or a misuse substances discovered the crippled fukushima power plant in japan online we waive the risks of toxic leaks into the ocean and now you are the christmas in over a spacesuit issue delays the second vital space walk to fix a faulty cooling system you can check out all the details at r.t. dot com. this week a group of researchers claim to have found another risk of fracking poses to human health they say become a cause she's can disrupt hormones and have been detected in the colorado river locals living near the site already claim their property prices have tang's while rank spells and earthquakes plague their daily lives and that's not all. explains. the local government in texas tells lipski that the water from his well why did that he can set on fire is safe to drink and to use in his home.

r.t. spoke to a key witness in the eucharist case on the acosta has said has not surprised him hell is calling himself and his associates political prisoners. spoke about a quarter of course he can act differently now if he ever recognizes what his security forces were doing he will automatically become responsible i'm of the third year this case could potentially be is a further investigation into those murders and assaults which the company security forces carried out their goal ski has no other choice he will continue to insist people from his security department are political prisoners and he will pretend to be pushing for a picture against release responding to holder calls he is complaining his case was politically motivated the european court of human rights ruled eight actually had nothing to do with the political activities of the accounts who were not opposition leaders or public officials and also stressed the charges were not related to political life and a healthy core political analyst from the voice of russia dmitry babich said the associates of the hotel confiscate can hardly b

for the media if it bleeds it leads only genic revolution gets a chance to be heard and seen in key of. r.t. . israel and saudi arabia reportedly cementing an unlikely partnership with both countries increasingly alienated by their longtime ally on america washington's diplomatic approach to syria and iran has fallen foul of israeli and saudi interests in the region again and check on our report. the two countries saudi arabia and israel found themselves in one boat in their frustration over washington israel and saudi arabia hate the nuclear deal that the u. was now the world power struck with iran and israel is very vocal about it the saudis are a little bit more restrained but the saudi intelligence chief said there would be a major shift in dealings with the us saudi arabia wanted the us to go all in on syria the us instead went along with russia's proposal and cut a deal with the syrian leadership to get rid of chemical weapons there saudi arabia and israel are very suspicious of each other the saudis oppose the creation of the jewish state they support the palestinian cause so it's to

r.t. international with me kevin zero in on his big deal day for ukraine after several key agreements was struck between kiev and moscow has cut off more on those talks. the three key points that came out of this meeting are first of all russia and ukraine did agree on the price for gas for two thousand and fourteen which went down from four hundred dollars to around two hundred seventy dollars per thousand cubic meters or so far as when or stand this is a temporary measure given to the financial difficulties in ukraine itself with the second key point is that the country is getting a low interest rate along the from russia worth around fifteen billion euros dollars in the form of moscow buying ukrainian government bonds but the third key point and perhaps one of the main reasons why so much attention was focused at this meeting since there was a lot of speculation that this could be a step towards ukraine joining the customs union with russia which the ukrainian opposition is strongly against they were spreading rumors that president unocal which was secretly brokering out a deal to do s

let's see reporting from key of ukraine. watching r.t. international and coming up later this hour high tackett podhoretz see boxes of the world's biggest economies bound together against the n.s.a. spying but mary just don't believe their call is genuine. victims often invisible anime u.k. nuclear veterans claim compensation for their service that was recognized in many countries except their own. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. or a factual standard of living. dramas that try to ignore. stories others use in the same. places changing right. to picture. from a stupid. joke to. welcome back you're watching r t international the military mission in afghanistan is accomplished at least that's what the u.k. prime minister told soldiers there and christmas visit he is it sharing words come as drug trafficking in the country reaches record levels and the afghan national army surrenders key checkpoints in southern afghanistan to taliban in return for an anti-tax we spoke to an iraq war veteran who believes

r.t. international sweden has been a key provider of spy data on the russian leadership to the us apart from targeting high profile political figures the country's also been engaged in industrial espionage against russia's anna g. companies the accusations come from swedish t.v. citing documents leaked by edward snowden in a recent program called mission investigate its chief editor told r.t. what they discovered we have revealed that. the very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and american counterpart n.s.a. and according to the documents. f.r.a. have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about. intelligence they're talking about classic intel against us and they also mentioning cables the spokesman of f.r.a. didn't give any comments but. when axed asked about being. seen as a leading partner that's the way that spell it in these documents for a is t

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r.t. dot com. sweden has been a key provider aspire data on the russian leadership to the us apart from targeting high profile political figures the country's also been engaged in industrial espionage against russia's energy companies the accusations come from swedish t.v. citing documents leaked by edward snowden in a recent program called mission investigate its chief editor told r.t. what they discovered we have revealed that. the very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority every. american counterpart n.s.a. and. according to the documents. f.r.a. have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about unique intelligence they're talking about classic intelligence and they're also mentioning cables the spokesman of f.r.a. didn't give any comments but. when axed asked about being. seen as a leading partner that's the way they spell it in these documents for a is a leading partn

let's see reporting from key of ukraine. and at r.t. dot com for you right now putting pressure on israel scholars and researchers in the u.s. call for an academic boycott of israeli colleges pushing them to rethink their mideast policy takes more on that on line. and in the removed security barricades from the u.s. embassy in delhi in retaliation for what it calls the humiliation of its console in new york on line you've got more on what's driving a wedge between the two states. tech giants have paid a visit to the white house urging barack obama. to overhaul the national security agency's surveillance program bosses of the world's biggest i.t. companies including google yahoo and apple press their case right after a federal judge ruled that spying may in fact be unconstitutional former cia officer ray mcgovern thinks the move is simply a p.r. stunt. i think the internet executives are crying crocodile tears they've made a lot of money at it since sorry for you their their establishment and then a permitting the united states governmen

let's see reporting from key of ukraine. here at r.t. international coming up this hour high tech have popcorn boxes of the world's biggest companies band together against the n.s.a. spying but many just don't believe their call is genuine. victims of an invisible enemy u.k. nuclear veterans claim compensation for their service that was recognized in many countries except their. no the way out of this assad has to go does look ok people we've been here for two years you know jason assad has to go it's not going to happen if it was going to happen it would have happened he has the upper hand he's not he's not losing this war of course he doesn't have control of the entire part of the entire song borders of syria and that's why i brought up geneva too that is one way to move this process forward because i agree with sunny we will have a perpetual stalemate here the man wants to show up in geneva who's he going to talk to i think the geneva conference will be stillborn if the united states and its allies goes in with the precondition regime

let's see reporting from key of ukraine which in r.t. international coming up later this hour high tax hypocrisy fosse's of the world's biggest i.t. companies band together gans the n.s.a. spying but manny just don't believe their call is genuine. street interesting. strategic vision. cover team of journalists trying to release wiki leaks documents about zero united states trying. yeah. maybe a local media more pro-american they encounter fear ignorance and pressure. the country blocks the way to information freedom. media stuff on our t.v. . oh welcome back you're watching r t international the military mission in afghanistan is accomplished at least that's what the u.k. prime minister told soldiers they are in a free christmas visit his cheering words come as drug trafficking in the country reaches record levels and the afghan national army surrenders key checkpoints in southern afghanistan to taliban and return for an anti-tax we spoke to an iraq war veteran who believes that cameron is trying to put a brave face on a story business.

r.t. dot com. also. throw away the key and that seems to be the psychology behind the u.s. federal prison population it's grown thirty percent in a decade and is norrin seven billion dollar hole in the budget called for those stories about. the south african city of johannesburg has never witnessed so many of the world's elite put all together in one place crowds gathered to bid farewell to nelson mandela a man seen as the ultimate symbol of peace but as paula spear found out the memorial service was a place for both grieving and posing. they was one of the most important days in south africa's history as tens of thousands of south africans and international dignitaries from all corners of the globe turned out to pay their last respects to nelson mandela it was one in a series of memorials that are being held throughout the week that will culminate with his funeral on sunday in his hometown of qunu in the eastern cape but as always on these sad and often tragic occasions world leaders use the opportunity for their own personal politicking not least of all the american presi

r.t. dot com along with all the facts and figures regarding what brussels and moscow can offer ukraine in case of a closer partnership. reporting next the syrian army's that reportedly liberated key districts in the city of andrew which is it seems witnessed atrocities described as the most barbaric since the war started almost three years ago local residents have told r.t. that adults and children were tortured and beheaded by a battalion of islamic rebels who tried to seize control of the area some estimates indeed put the number of civilians killed at around two hundred a crew from artie's arabic channel is there. the autumn when dawn was breaking over address the al nusra front and the army of islam gave a signal for their fighters to attack they came in hundreds making use of bad weather and the element of surprise over government forces you to say yeah after fierce fighting with the syrian army the rebel factions achieve their objectives with the city soon falling into the hands of those who the residents of the city have dubbed the decapitated hours the. other friend of mine told me that he claimed he was insane in order to save his life and avoid the militants they believ

r.t. reporting from japan. lock them up and throw away the key that seems to be the psychology behind the booming u.s. federal prison population that's growing thirty percent decade and is norrin a seven billion dollar hole in the national budget details are on our website. poor agreed to dear life as a new report shows as much as a quarter of the population can't afford the most basic of health care that's all on altie dot com. the day after introducing an amnesty bill that would pardon tens of thousands of people to mark the twentieth anniversary of the constitution has got together with russia's top human rights watch dogs the aim is to try to get the kremlin and some of its chief critics to work together. with their force. it's really important to understand that some of these people meeting with the president today are among the most fierce critics of the kremlin but the day wasn't really about accusations but it was more about celebration and quite a relaxed and friendly atmosphere inside the residence of the head of state they had some champagne and they really marked the twentieth anniversary.

allies are moving closer towards moscow's stance on syria but some key issues with nato still remain sergey lavrov spoke exclusively with r.t. about the years foreign policy achievements of his kind of among those who interviewed the foreign minister. thanks for finding the time to meet with us we have three channels here r.t. spanish r.t. arabic and english. for the whole year to cover there were lots of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria geneva two is the next step according to mr lab are off preconditions from the syrian opposition remain among the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the west is now moving away from. the threat of jihadists coming to power in sitting at a caliphate and the realization is doing that region change is not the way to resolve this problem our western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this. there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for more transparent and trustworthy ties on both sides but of cold war mentality is

moving closer toward moscow's position on syria but where some key issues with nato still need ironing out sergey lavrov spoke exclusively with r.t. about yours foreign policy achievements here has been obvious among those who interviewed the foreign minister. lavrov things are finding the time to meet with us we have three channels here are spanish r.t. arabic and english. with a whole year to cover there were lots of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria geneva two is the next step according to mr elaborate of preconditions from the syrian opposition remain among the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the west is now moving away from. the threat of jihadists coming to power in sitting at the caliphate and the realization is doing that region change is not the way to resolve this problem our western partners are becoming increasingly clear about this. there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for more transparent and trustworthy ties on both sides but of called warm

r.t. international there will be cross talk for now though low salaries and poor prospects and cited among key reasons that young israelis are increasingly leaving their native country who are now reporting on the new generation choosing the bright lights of europe the u.s. and even latin america over that of the promised land. their ancestors may have courted the promised land but more and more young israelis are seeking their fortunes far from its golden shores a former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin once branded those who immigrated from israel cowards but these days most of the people who are leaving are young educated smart and successful many don't come back there's a word in hebrew for those israelis who leave your dream which means descending until recently it was attributed to misfits lower class and people who couldn't find their place in society but alone a is a straight a pupil she want to scholarship to study at the american university in washington d.c. the fact that that's the only jewish country plays a certain role but it's not something that should limit ourselves. but

minister says the protests are preventing key payments from being made to keep society running find out how the government struggling to keep the economy afloat at r.t. dot com. students in the u.k. have protested in their thousands against police violence that if i'd of thought is to march through london university and along the city's streets recent footage of an officer punching a young man in the face during a confrontation spot the latest in a week of demonstrations of course now from the heart of the protest. all right peter. cave all across london indeed all across the u.k. you can see it is such a. different. feel than i think. that's a multitude of reasons why they stand out to say because sometimes close to what we . love week the day fascinated actually by the police to see to say something that will. they say you know look. small they want. the money but they didn't dare say the guy to keep that and say take until they see the result. of that house the building that they'll keep lifeguards weaken the scenes between something the protest is about two days. trying to close a way to read the job of the bill that's being played say manage to

minister says they process are preventing key payments from being made to keep society running find out how the government struggling to keep the economy alive at r.t. dot com. mosco is interested in working with iran on a peaceful nuclear program russia's foreign minister confront that jury his visit since a diplomatic breakthrough on terrans uranium enrichment resulted in an easing of sanctions moskos also now pushing for iran to be involved in peace talks over syria . as in the iranian capital for us. this is the highest level russian delegation to visit iran since president hassan rouhani took power bringing with him an approach that has led to a real significant diplomatic movement after just several months in power at breakthrough talks in geneva early in november. ministration in tiger and agreed to either freeze or curb parts of its nuclear program the payback was limited relieve from the international sanctions which have severely hampered the country's economy already we know that a group of international inspectors has been allowed to visit the iraq plant here in iran which is at the center of suspicions about iran's motives for have bee

here we go and they make up key majority groups minority groups in turkey syria iraq and iran would be total kurdish population estimated at around forty million and as r.t. is clear reports now the kurds have their sights firmly set on a long awaited independence. discriminated repressed and divided for years the kurds were the scapegoats of the middle east but now the fortunes have turned resilient and hopeful history is on their side for four thousand years kurds lived in iraq now they're enjoying defect autonomy and many believe independence is not far away but now practical is not run by a powerful state in baghdad and strongly believe that we are moving towards. a full independent kurdish state in the north of iraq across the border in turkey as much as twenty percent of the population is kurdish their fight for independence has long been a thorn in and his side. always called for a kurd fighters they have more weapons and they'll never give them up easily but it's in syria where the kurds face the toughest fight they're caught up in the middle of a bloody civil war their territories are being trained by al qaeda or villages raided their people kil

that's what we've been hearing at the key of protests for weeks but a possible default or economic collapse is not the top of the town behind the barricades. the r.t. reporting from kiev ukraine. also the leaders of ukraine's opposition have agreed to meet president unocal to church and rein iran is there at the same chief of the newspaper. says the u.s. simply fueling the divide even. only a tactic to further increase the tensions and because. the the e.u. behind it need to have tasted blood and they want the whole thing i think they want to ukraine back in the western food as it was after the orange revolution which european government would agree to any snap election did we have snap elections in greece in spain in you know hundreds of thousands of people went on the streets demonstrating against. the taxpayers' money being squandered on banks there's no we don't have the these demonstrations played down in our media. were tear gassed. or club. and of course that closely following the situation in kiev on our website we've got a live timeline of events surrounding ukraine had totty have called for the very late. the high court in australia have

r.t. edinburgh was. one of the most anticipated competitions at the winter olympics in sochi as ice hockey the tournament and what's going to be key to the action is the parks which have been presented to the public by a man who even in a sixty's still knows how to deal with them better than most. this is how i would go. like this i'm ready to shoot. i haven't lost it. it's impossible to score when try checkers and. as you can see a legendary goalie bloodiest who won three elim big tournaments and ten world championship medals for the soviet team is still in good shape he was at the black sea resort helping to make sure everything is ready for faceoff when the action starts including the poxy just saw the teams they will of course have to get to know them very well if they want to take a limpid gold come february. well do stay with us up next in our international we have terra blight a film that explores the toxic legacy of computers that have been thrown in the trash but if you're in the u.k. the so-called wiki leaks road movie media stand you can see behind me about the risks faced by whistleblowers. there calling obama's happy

r.t. international now top story protesters in kiev a been given five days to stop disrupting government departments now opposition activists have been blocking most key institutions for much of this week it's a topic that would have been tough than to avoid for the country's president victory on a covert shoes met his russian counterpart in sochi a sensible to talk about economic revival with more on that than is a renegotiate the meeting was a short sale working meeting and the two presidents have discussed lightly the economic aspects it really is no surprise economy is something that is why the importance that this was a step or a flight for the ukrainian president on his way back from china where he has met with his chinese colleagues and. carried on the quite productive economic talks in fact the president said that he had. signed a number of deals amounting to roughly eight billion dollars in investments now while unocal which was trying to figure out a way for ukraine to solve its financial issues here in here we had this literally teeming not just with ukrainian protesters but also with western politicians one of them in particular victoria n

r.t. edinburgh. one of the most anticipated competitions at the winter olympics in sochi is the ice hockey tournament and what's definitely going to be key to the action is the parks well the brand new equipment has just been presented to the bolshoi on the black sea coast by a man who knows how to deal with one of those vladislav tretiak was named the best player of the twentieth century by the international ice hockey federation and he was in the host city sochi helping make sure everyone is ready to face off when the action starts. looking. good save as the end of twenty thirteen approaches artie's breaking the set looks back at the main events that shaped this year. the most inspiring international diplomacy stories of the year an agreement with the wrong and six world powers of the development of the country's nuclear program and while it's only a tentative six month agreement a warm relationship between iran and western powers is a much needed step toward stability in the middle east finally the most inspiring story of two thousand and thirteen has to be edward snowden in this courage to come forward and reveal an out of control an

r.t. london the afghan president says none of his ministers will be allowed to sign a security pact with washington unless it fulfills some key demands first top american officials are in kabul brussels right now trying to persuade how mad cause i depend the crucial document which seals the number of u.s. and nato troops after twenty fourteen or to see caffein off in the building capital . both time and patience are quickly running out here in brussels the situation has essentially devolved into a high stakes game of poker veiled threats and attempts to try to force and pressure afghan president hamid karzai to sign that deal between the united states and afghanistan that would determine the size and the shape of a u.s. forces after combat troops leave at the end of twenty fourteen now yesterday mr rasmussen decided to play hardball he said that if karzai doesn't sign the deal with the americans all nato forces could be withdrawn from of ghana sent after thirteen years of war and that eight billion dollars in annual aid that afghanistan so badly needs well that could be in jeopardy too but if this is a game of carrots and sti

r.t. dot com. the opposition in ukraine is delivered an ultimatum to the president calling for elections they're threatening to set up around the clock blockade of key government institutions if their demands are met protesters waving nationalist flags are staging a rally outside the government building in kiev at the moment and these are teetering the collusion reports the protests that started out as pro e.u. demonstrations have now become the third ground for extremist groups. oh god it's the fischel slogan of the hardline nationalist movement known as the ukrainian insurgent army and a chant heard among the crowds in key of these days here is just a couple of these protesters cheerleaders mr elect bork founder of the nationalist party and the men inspired by the actions of the u.i. aides wartime militias they took up machine guns and fought the russians the germans and the jews those who quote wanted to take away our ukrainian land and this is. another far right activist from the radical nationalist but movement so we need war that's the one thing an organization like cars can't exist without war. is one of those suspected of arranging the bulld

r.t. edinburgh was. one of the most anticipated competitions at the winter olympics in sochi is the ice hockey tournament what's definitely going to be key to the action is the parks which have been provided presented to the public by a man who even in his sixty's still knows how to deal with them better than most. this is how it goes. like this i'm ready to shoot. i haven't lost it. it's impossible to score one try checkers and game. as you can see the legendary goalie of law who won three a limping tournament on ten a world championship medals is still in good shape he was the black sea resort was a resort part of me helping to make sure everything is ready for a face off when the action starts including these products at the teams will have to get to know very well if they want to take the olympic gold come february. up next as promised as the media stand movie on the risks and challenges faced by whistleblowers that's when our international but if you're watching in the u.k. george galloway will give you his views on the latest global events stay with us. there calling obama's happy smiling sophie photo with the danish and british pr

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