r.t. . are still to come here on r.t. international london and paris to up the arms race they are splashing out on a joint development of new drones despite civilian casualties being increasingly caused by the unmanned machine. but for the meantime here on r.t. international as time ticks away before nato troops pull out of afghanistan and the u.s. is growing increasingly frustrated with the country's government kabul is still refusing to sign a security pact which would permit american soldiers to remain in the fragile state what is artie's lucy catherine off explains the absence of an agreement could leave afghanistan vulnerable to a major taliban resurgence after thirteen years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will complete our mission bear by the end of this year and america's longest war will finally be over. but ending a war isn't the same as winning one when it comes to afghanistan peace is far from certain and up past ten years they were not able to build afghan security for f

this is r.t. international gas chambers electric chairs and firing squads all seem to be a thing of the past could soon be making a comeback in parts of america a lethal injection drugs used to carry out the death penalty are in short supply and lawmakers and some american states are looking to return to the old methods some of which critics say verge on torture were important i reports in just the first month of twenty fourteen six executions have already been carried out on u.s. death row inmates however there's a shortage of drugs coupled with an increasing concern surrounding the efficiency of lethal injection has prompted lawmakers in some states to push for the reintroduction of the long abandoned torture is methods in missouri some officials have raised the notion of rebuilding the state's gap. and also proposed making firing squads an option for executions death by gun has also been proposed as an option in wyoming meanwhile in virginia there's been a push to make electrocution an option s

r.t. . still ahead for you here on the program afghanistan faces the looming threat of a taliban were. the militant group gaining strength in washington to wrangle over a post security deal. britain and france is set to pool the cash to come up with the new deadly drones despite the growing evidence from the criticism about the number of civilians falling victim to. this and much more just ahead for you on our t.v. international. it's a. very hard to take a. look. well i do that. with that right there. for the. it's ten minutes past the hour here in moscow time is ticking away before american troops can pull out of afghanistan and the security pact which will map out the supportive role they'll play when that combat mission is over remains in limbo relations between washington and kabul they're headed for the deep freeze as all season reports the taliban could end up being the ones to benefit. after thirteen years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will co

stories and plenty more for an r.t. dot com. an international organization that inspects violations of media freedom across the world is on its first ever mission to the u.k. there are growing concerns about government pressure being put on the press in britain following the authorities response to the guardian newspaper printing leaks from s. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat of his laura smith investigates. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone has heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate and document now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed state or dictatorship it's come here to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedoms the paper says its fac

live pictures for you right here on r.t. international from kiev as opposition leaders protesters against violence as the city is split by barricades with at least two killed in the. rival positions clash of the geneva two conference on syria even before the warring sides of the conflict sit down for direct talks. and n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden reportedly asking russia. protection amid mounting death threats. from moscow its aussie international with me rule research we've got your top headlines for this hour. leaders of the ukrainian opposition have called on protesters in kiev to refrain from violence over the city's embattled remains a blaze overnight these are live pictures we're showing for you right now in fact it's proximately eleven am there in the ukrainian capital the latest report from there with correspondent peter on. looking independent square where the speakers are continuing to deliver their rhetoric from the stage just as you might be able to hear that over the top of of me talking now we have seen

this is r.t. international committee live from moscow with twenty four hours a day coming up later in the program. european countries jump off the euro vision ship. one by one unable to afford to take part at times of economic hardship that story after a very short break and also still to come away. he's correspondent. to travel to rome to see how people there are coping with the vandalizing nature of some feathered friends. speak your language. programs and documentaries some spanish matters to you. a little turn it into angles stories. of the spanish find out more visit. at least twelve european countries are skipping the twenty fourteen euro vision song contest the list of participants have been getting shorter by the year and the economic troubles of the continent as seen as the main reason and the reports. look the knowledge represented russia at the u. revision song contest in twenty ten despite only coming eleventh he describes his participation as a major highlight which propelled him to n

tel aviv and on the hour every hour at r.t. dot com new stories going up for you including authorities in two american states saying they would consider bringing back the death penalty by a shooting that's after a fourth attempt to kill a convicted in maid with a new drug cocktail in ohio it's roast concerns that lethal drugs could become rather difficult to come by those details on the website for you right now i'll. show you there check out this one as well talk about targeting terror online. a russian lawmaker proposes a bill where people who set up fake social media accounts would be slapped with fines mounting to thousands of dollars and that's among the many other stories uploaded on this monday at r.t. dot com. for now in the program it's an organization that synvisc to get complaints against press freedom in trouble spots like yemen and me and ma but now it's turning its science on the united kingdom the world association of newspapers and news publishers is so worried about the reaction of authorities there to the snow

it's r.t. international time now for a quick update on the bombing in cairo at least four people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected a car bomb blast outside the police headquarters right in the center of the egyptian capital and this is coming in from local officials and regional television as well of the explosion severely damage the front of a building there at the attack also cause extensive damage to the museum of islamic art just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police locations have stepped up since the gyptian military overthrew the regime of islamist president mohammed morsi and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer we will bring you the latest details as soon as we get them here on our the internet. are just quarter past the hour here in moscow now on the program n.s.a. leaker edward snowden has held his first live q. and a session on certain questions online about the agency whistleblowing and

i thank for joining us here on r.t. international still ahead for you in the program lenin vera and back again the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming to fashion all around the world r.t. looks at the stages of lennon's turbulent after life. and other with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria and we continue to provide a overview of the events around the meeting. the main bloc of the opposition syrian national coalition the council has quit the umbrella organization in protest of the decision to rejoin the list of participants for wednesday's peace talks the coalition had agreed to attend after the un retracted iran's invitation following an ultimatum from the group to see catherine off as the full story. at invitation a was it withdrawn by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take p

thanks for joining us here on r.t.international still ahead for you the dubious methods of the u.k. government to get failed asylum seekers kicked out of the country more news in just a. tanya the lady well tell me how you are my little grandson. i know. i don't like. being cut off. except it isn't. that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous that she had to leave it was a story she had lost her mind. you know you she will come back i know it was and i will wait even if it means i must wait until my dying day. lots of news to cover for you today here want to see international for the meantime star for the british home office are being offered cash bonuses if they manage to kick more failed asylum seekers out of the country than expected incentive scheme has been lambasted by critics who say people's lives are at stake when a boycott picks it up from london. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply here to the u.k.'s ho

live from the r.t. new center eight pm here no sweeping changes for sweeping surveillance president obama is about to introduce him to limits the infamous intelligence programs but part of this little hope of any fundamental reform will be following that across the other headlines syria says it's ready to unite with moderate rebel groups now in the fight against hardline radicals according to the country's foreign minister who's in moscow ahead of those forthcoming peace talks. with scotland police day britain's foreign secretary is in a charm offensive to convince undecided scots not to quit the u.k. as the months to a decisive referendum. my name's kevin are in very good even if you just joined us this is r.t. international our top story tonight it's been brought in some pretty dirty business no president obama could be about to clean up america's notoriously invasive intelligence though he set to outline reforms any minute now which could impose limits on the n.s.a. after will supply edward snowden r

thanks for joining us here on r.t. international let's return to the bombing tragedies in cairo and discuss them with award winning journalist who miles who actually is in the city for us right now thank you very much for joining us so quickly here on r.t. international at least two blasts in the egyptian capital dozens are injured have you managed to speak to any witnesses. i haven't spoken to any witnesses but i've seen the reporting on the national t.v. they. have been quite recently situation is still becoming clear here what do you know right now about just the mood in cairo up and people must be concerned at this point. well people were really concerned i mean this is the country's. very tight security at the moment tomorrow is the third anniversary of the uprising that overthrew the long standing president mubarak said that was always looked like it was going to be a major event and could see more civil destruction and disturbances various groups of promise that they're going to demonstrate including me is the m

thanks for joining us here on r.t. international time is ticking away before american troops pull out of afghanistan and the security pact which will map out the supportive role they'll play when that combat mission is over remains in limbo relations between washington and kabul they're heading for the deep freeze and as artie's lucy catherine off reports the taliban's could end up being the ones who benefit. after thirteen years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will complete our mission bear by the end of this year and america's longest war will finally be over. but ending a war isn't the same as winning one when it comes to afghanistan peace is far from certain and the past ten years there were not able to build afghan security for forces to be able to face the challenges and this country and to be able in the future to confront the challenges and the taliban forces and the taliban fighters and al qaeda forces and the taliban have been active in the past two weeks alone the group

for r.t. cairo. the two thousand and eleven revolution eventually led to the toppling of the longstanding dictator hosni mubarak following more than a year of transitional military rule the islamist backed leader mohammed morsi was elected president his government tried to push through a constitution criticized for being over influenced by sharia law last july he was thrown out of office by the army command after months of popular uprising the signaled a return to an era of crackdowns by the military backed government the muslim brotherhood was choked and later declared a terrorist organization editor of the pan-african newswire. says egyptians government is asking for more trouble by completely turning its back on the opposition. i mean cannot guarantee security and sat of egypt as long as there's no political solution to this split that exists between the brotherhood as well as the military and those who are aligned with the egyptian military it's a very tense atmosphere inside of the country there

thanks to using r.t. international review watching around the world is very good to have you with us up next why the u.k. housing market is a ticking time bomb for the british economy because the report is on the air. there are many internal battles and society liberals and conservatives will never agree on gun rights or abortion but there is one battle that is often more generational than anything the battle for school uniforms teachers argue that uniforms eliminate a big distraction in the classroom and break up the caste systems that can evolve at school between the cool fashionable kids and the ones who can barely afford lunch like me in my younger years but teenagers will scream uniforms crush their freedom of expression and that they have a right to express who they are their individuality who has the right to dictate to them what to wear the thing they don't realize is that if the school doesn't tell them what to wear that big corporations and m.t.v. will all the cool individuals who dress alike an

r.t. new york. meanwhile violence caused by terrorist groups in syria is spilling across the border into affiliated group has claimed responsibility for a massive explosion in the shia dominated district of neverland's capital that killed at least. eleven countries a long way from syria's borders could be vulnerable to the threat from terrorism reports from those that al qaida is training european jihadists in syria specifically to set up terror cells back home where if an ocean reports now from damascus. despite the international community separate operates efforts to bring peace to syria and its people the brutal conflict now has a new face radical militants have long used children in their fight against a masochist but now more and more women both local and from the west have been dragged into jihad some apparently make the journey to marry fall into is who they appear ready to support no matter what's in the u.k. a blog even helps those who want to marry militants to travel to the country here i

r.t. rolled. the thing as i am now to other stories making headlines around the world a shooting an opposition rally in thailand's capital bangkok has killed one person and left seven injured witnesses say it happened during a scuffle between two groups of people one of which was made up of anti government in the street has the country is in the midst of a political uprising that tens of thousands demanding the resignation of the prime minister who they accuse of corruption. fierce fighting between iraqi special forces and militants in the province of reporting cost at least fourteen thousand people to flee the neighboring regions violence has been escalating as the government tries to regain control of the two key cities in the area including for lucia after they fell into the hands of al qaeda affiliated fighters a cuppa tea is a former u.s. marine and he thinks the u.s. led invasion has helped to widen the sick tarion gaps in iraq's society. i think the reason that there's discontent in iraq ri

it but for now on the program here on r.t. international calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burning tires this on the embattled independence square meanwhile the riots have spilled over into ukraine's west where protesters broke into government buildings that was taking place in several cities you can see according to this map here and one of the largest cities live off riot has managed to force the governor to resign effectively handing over power to nationalist parties and as the unrest spreads even further it's becoming more and more extremist as artie's alexia chefs can now reports he have convulsed by violence. molotov cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spiraling out of control. and emitted all it's the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this violence and is ready teacher in a key of synagogue dog glickman is following it all from his hospital bed twenty four hours before

from france on r.t. dot com for you right now a torrent of support the jailed founder of the world's most popular file sharing website the pirate bay got a modest improvement in his present condition it's over one hundred thousand people signed a petition to allow him access to books and other basic items. and license to speed hollywood style car chases could soon be a common sight on the streets of britain as a country spies get immunity from rogue regulations allowing them to ignore traffic lights at us from crossing to speed limits that story and more at r.t. dot com. has a saying goes there's no place like home but for some there's no country that can be called by that name hundreds of thousands of people in latvia have so-called alien passports even though they've never lived anywhere else a naturalization test intended for immigrants is the only way for them to get equal rights with all citizens parties pos got investigates. but at the moment non-citizens have limited rights we can't vote can't occ

but for now here on r.t. international it is the ninetieth anniversary of the death of a man who changed the entire course of russian history. taking a look back at the image of lenin his revolutionary ideas much like the man himself still not buried. one apple of discord in the very heart of moscow's red square behind these walls lay the mummified remains of the revolutionary and the founder of the soviet state but it's hard to argue that he is resting in peace there for the soviet union lenin was an icon he represented the communist ideas that an empire was built on his statue stood at pride of place and the central squares of cities across the nation but his appeal waned over the decades and when the soviet union collapsed many of the statues were removed from their plants his image had passed all the way from revolutionary hero to mastermind of the bolshevik movement that claimed many lives on its ruthless rise to the top when it had gone from deliverer to oppressor from what i can see here now in twenty

all to stay with us here on r.t. international we will continue bringing you the very latest from key have on the ongoing unrest. it's r t international the syrian government in its main political rivals failed to find any common ground at the opening of the geneva two summit on wednesday international mediators are now rushing to make sure the first direct talks between the warring sides take place on friday as planned. going off was in switzerland with more. right minister i'm sorry to. can you just read for yourself if you live in new york i live in syria i have. to give the syrian. here in this forum the first day of the conference was expected to be spent listening to formal statements instead it was the scene of bitter exchanges as the syrian opposition pressed on with its calls for president assad to step down and i think that i said is the problem and i said i don't think the problem will be any solution without us of going about stepping down as change of power in damascus is something that washington is pus

now want to be in the guinness book of records to r.t. dot com where you'll find out how to polish swimmers did so just by taking a dip in the sea in the middle of winter plus. could the rise of the machine be led by drones the west military predicts that in a matter of years on manned aircraft will be able to carry out missions without human commands to get the details and. moscow is demanding an explanation from senegal over the seizure of a russian trawler the crew of the ship says it was an organized operation carried out with the government's knowledge the vessel was detained on saturday off the coast of guinea bissau outs and abilities officials claim it was fishing illegally but the ship has since been inspected and no evidence has been provided a crew of sixty two russians and twenty others from getting this hour still inboard their passports are confiscated. now to go to some other stories from around the world key members of western backed syrian opposition are in turkey to decide on the year of participation in the geneva two p

for joining us here at r.t. international the drip drip of secret information fed into the media by edward snowden seems to a force the hand of u.s. president barack obama this week he said he wants to rein in the activities of the far reaching n.s.a. obama announced there will be no more spying on foreign leaders friendly to the u.s. and limits will be placed on how troves of collected data are used or thought he will also need a court order if they want to run a check on a phone number using the n.s.a.'s extensive data critics however say the measures to be introduced will change very little everything's been punted into the long grass he said i'm going to set up a committee to do this i've asked this department to look at this everything's in the future we just don't know what he's really promised and so i was very disappointed there was probably nothing concrete in there for example as far as the metadata collection is concerned he announced grandly well we're going to stop doing this but i have not actually

and online at r.t. dot com over the coming days. and. how do you operate. such. as ruth. and i live here you see. my. so take a look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour demonstrators have set up barricades and started fires in western bahrain as they clashed with police the protests followed the funeral of a twenty year old who they say was shot by officers and later died in police custody earlier this month and government rallies were held throughout the country in response to the funeral with police using tear gas to disperse them. over twenty people have been found dead as rescuers continue to search for survivors after a tourist boat capsized in the bay of bengal thirteen people have been rescued while nine more are still missing all the vacationers are believed to be indian nationals the cause of the incident remains unknown. about seventeen thousand demonstrators have marched through central paris protesting against president francois hollande and his policies the struggling economy soaring unemployment high taxes and housing needs were at

this is r.t. international live here in moscow coming up later in the program for choosing old european countries jump off the euro vision ship one by one. unable to afford to take times of economic hardship that story. also. a way. to travel to rome to see how people there are coping with the vandalizing nature of some feathered friend. and the rest. of these twelve european countries are skipping the twenty fourteen euro vision song contest and this to participants has been getting shorter by the year and the economic troubles of the continent seen as the main reason. reports. good knowledge represented russia at the u. revision song contest in twenty ten despite only coming eleventh he describes his participation as a major highlight which propelled him to new heights our audience grew very very much many people to get to know us and so they began to come to our concerts it was great. music experience because it was a concert on the great greatest. auditory that i could ever imagine. from drag

here in moscow next on r.t. meet the family of a russian orthodox priest to open his home to seventy abandoned children we got the story of nicholai the miracle worker that's what they call him.

r.t. . u.s. secretary state was also highly critical of the ukrainian leadership saying the new anti protest the laws would deprive the nation of its future but the editor and publisher of business new europe told us that he believes by speaking out the west is only denying its own democratic values it's not a democratic process i mean the problem with face here is that ukraine is actually divided fairly evenly the last polls i saw fifty percent of the people supported the protests but of just over forty were against him seventy seven decided which means that the opposition doesn't have a moral authority a mandate from the people in order to change the government you have to remember at the end of the day for his ills and he has many on a call this remains a democratically elected president and for the last twenty years we've been saying to the eastern european countries that they need just respect democracy however here we are in a situation where you know that the e.u. and the u.s. sayin

raif notion r.t. from syria. well the syrian turmoil is also behind an escalation in cyber warfare on a website report how a pro-government group of syrian hackers targeted cnn's twitter and facebook accounts i don't want sort of confusion the hackers were able to cause. plus facebook facing the end research likening the website's rise to a disease epidemic users are apparently getting q good read about the study which predicts when the social network could collapse. the united nations mediator for the syrian peace talks is saying that government and opposition delegations have agreed to hold direct talks and he's saying in the same room this is the latest developments now from geneva now that meeting a shuttle for saturday locked up he's made the announcement holding separate meetings with syria's rival groups the first days of the geneva two peace conference were marred by bitter exchanges between the opposition and government delegations antiwar activists brownback i believe the syrian rebels are not willing t

it's just gone a little after nine am here in the russian capital you live with us on r.t. international with me to along with a thank you for tuning in. millions of those who are concerned over the extent to which they've been watched by america's national security agency and are waiting to hear from the country's president he's expected to announce much anticipated changes to the way the agency works but it's unclear how far the reforms will go r.t. some sex reports from washington d.c. . today president obama heads to the department of justice just a few blocks from here and he'll deliver a speech on n.s.a. reforms specifically what he supports from the forty six recommendations his own review panel put forward a few weeks ago the president is expected to devote a large portion of his speech to the privacy concerns of non-u.s. citizens and businesses basically trying to assure foreign consumers that their privacy will be protected when they communicate using american tech companies like google and yahoo now you might remember when it was disclosed that allied world leade

welcome back you're watching r.t. international it is at least seventeen people have been killed and more than fifty wounded in a nationwide wave a violent clashes between the police and muslim brotherhood supporters are true has more. well these fierce clashes that have rocked the nation came after supporters of mohamed morsy called for protests in the lead up to a referendum on the egypt's new constitution on the fourteenth and fifteenth of january now the muslim brotherhood and their supporters in the form of the unsecure alliance and those who support mohamed morsi are boycotting this referendum as they say the constitution is it just hits and they are escalating the demonstrations as they go through to the fourteenth and fifteenth of january so egypt is very much bracing itself for more violence now so it will have already been shot dead today in favor human in serious and also cairo and alexandria a number of protesters and also students have been killed students here in egypt very much of the vanguard of the pr

to the idea that one day they'll walk through these doors as owners of the hotel again laura smith r.t. kent. the world's resources have always been a cause for a bitter dispute among nations but for many it may be a surprise to hear that water rather than all a guess could be the reason for coming conflicts you see this map here the world's witness close to one hundred eighty disputes and work across the board there over water resources since the one nine hundred fifty s. they include small clashes and protests as well as more serious large scale conflicts to one example of course the tensions in the middle east with the struggle for water is a key issue in some ongoing conflicts is artie's paulus leah. the bible tells us that within a short distance from here jesus turned water into wine two thousand years later the great american might be turning the wine back into water bubby carballo has been living in the golan heights for over thirty years each day he attends to his many arden orchards keeping his wine in a center that was once a syrian bunker he is proud of the wine he produces

and coming your way a bit later today here on r.t. international one step forward two steps back it lavelle's crosstalk guests are at polar opposites when it comes to the whole iranian nuclear deal i think with the most congressmen realize that they might make noises but they are contrary to sabotage this thing and you have to keep in mind another issue is that if the u.s. president agrees to a deal which iran excepts and the senate that says says no how what does the rest of the wall going to do is the wrestler while going to listen to the senators are they going to listen to the u.s. president i think the whole the sanctions system will on ravel if there is an agreement to and even if the senate doesn't approve of it. a former inmate at guantanamo bay cannot sue over the torture claims of the person despite being released without charge and the ruling by a u.s. court comes as thirty one former american army officials call for barack obama to keep his word and close the site there's a caffein off now reporting on the facility that cr

to bring back the death penalty to punish those responsible for the terror attacks or do you go to r.t. dot com to find out whether the initiative or seen much support. the sectarian slaughter in the central african republic has reached a vicious new level according to the un reports are emerging even children are being lynched by marauding mobs and that's despite france's military intervention is. reports. less than a year after french moods marched into mali france again is fighting in another of its former colonies in africa. let's address sure also the situation in the central african republic as alarming if not fright of the real paris received a green light from the un security council to use military force to restore order after deadly ethnic runs in the country escalated. i have decided to act immediately or more precisely this very evening this was eight hundred francs soldiers were sent to the violent storm country to join the six hundred already deployed there on the force that france has no the most of them to save human lives and months later and lives are still being lost

over the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria just a few days away r.t. is beginning its special coverage of the diplomatic build up to a meeting which aims to find a way to end the bloody conflict. the presence of syria's main opposition group in geneva is in question again the western backed body issued an ultimatum threatening not to show up after the u.n. invited iran the syrian national council is demanding that either iran proves its commitment to setting up an interim government in syria or the un withdraw its invitation but russia's foreign minister said this cast doubts over the opposition's willingness to find a solution. caught up with anyone doubting the necessity of all influential players taking part in geneva two is not seeking an end to the syrian crisis these are just whims the syrian government imposes no preconditions and is even willing to sit with countries directly arm the rebels and not just the moderates so does that mean damascus demands their exclusion the goal of any talks is to bring to the negotiating table not just the partie

this hour's top world news live on r.t. international. very warm welcome to you today pockets of continuing violence amid small touring cars and dead at the main landmarks of the ukrainian capital right now it's off to a night of violence in kiev which left at least seventy policemen injured government protesters angry at her recently adopted set of laws against demonstrations have been attacking police lines with clubs flash bangs and fire bombs as well. reports right from the thick. just when everyone thought that the protests in kiev and the whole protest movement was dying down and all hell is breaking loose again protestors have been trying to penetrate the governmental quarter behind those what remains of the police buses which had been burned by the protests this is the police line it's really hard to say how many policemen are there but there could be hundreds of them this the riot police called be adequate it's a special regiment of the right police and they're trying to secure this perimeter here. we can see the fire still burni

since the bulk of grad bombings r.t. has been getting reactions and expert opinions from around the world most experts we've talked to seem to agree that no countries can go it alone when it comes to counterterrorism. we're talking about asian harvest movement which is linked to a car that is our problem and just in russia but also in other countries including in syria as we know now now the direct motive is not different from the previous attacks on moscow on other locations inside russia and i would say it is not so different from attacks that has happened around the world why blacks and one hundred seventy two and the olympics in germany any sporting event of a major size is bound to attract terrorist activity there isn't doesn't someone to rely on the buying it relies on the fear of the bank and it's quite clear that even though volgograd is some four hundred miles away from the site of the winter olympics it is a transport hub for that part of russia and one of the media impact on the russian public and not just the

spoke to r.t. as andrew farber who's there for us and so much in these games the most expensive lympics history in five times the original price tag but mr putin did stress that over the last five years so cheap was the biggest building site in the world all the venues had to be built from scratch in this huge infrastructural development in terms of roads and rail links and he said because of that it was expected things would go over budget but he said where overspend has not been justified action has been taken and people have actually lost their jobs including a russian olympic committee member who was in charge of the ski jump the city which went six and a half times over budget and he was fired however mr putin did say that there was no corruption among government officials are they if evidence was presented it would be investigated russia's law against gay propaganda to mine is arose a lot of calls to boycott the olympics from abroad so this issue was also mentioned it was and again he stresse

welcome back this is r.t. international syria's government and the opposition were finally able to sit at the same table for talks in geneva on saturday their main concern at a long away of meeting was getting humanitarian aid to besieged areas on sunday the focus is on prisoner releases you were just going off reports they face one another let's talk to one another a format simply impossible to imagine even at the beginning of the week just twenty four hours before the start of the conference the opposition couldn't decide whether to go to switzerland or not and when they finally did arrive i think that is the problem. i don't see the promote any solution without us are going about stepping down it became clear both sides had a completely different understanding of the talks goals the rebels pressed for a son to step down officials seem to be ready to talk about almost anything except the president's future but at least outside players agreed to this is strictly up to the syrians to decide. the seriousness of

off the fat without burning fossil fuels has given a whole new meaning to exercising power playboy r.t. . some international news in right now a car bomb has rocked the southern district of the lebanese capital beirut home to hezbollah's main offices five people were killed while the blast wave shattered windows eleven floors up the attack comes less than a week after a similar incident in parliament left five dead including the former finance minister. the flow of crude oil from iraq he was abruptly halted after a bomb attack on a pipeline in the north of the country followed a deadly suicide blast in the northeastern town of grooves a truck packed with explosives detonated at a market killing at least nineteen people and injuring thirty seven twenty thirteen was the deadliest year for iraq since u.s. troops left the country with at least eight thousand people losing their lives one retired officer who served in the american campaign there believes it's because the country was left in disarray. i believe we were nearly three males it's the way the situation in iraq was worth remember

well it's good to have you with us here on r.t. international today do stay with us if you can more news coming up just after the break. there were millions of dollars moving from a company in saudi arabia called sharpie fruit a fruit company and they were sending money to. the leading members of the muslim brotherhood in yemen so this is what. is allowing then facilitating that to happen here that causes political instability in the region and that causes i mean that's fine it's treason it's financing our enemies and what's crazy about it is that each s.p.c. admitted to the department of justice and to the world they've made it treason financing the enemy if you plead guilty to financing the enemy i don't think you should just walk with a fine that's not final that's jail. wealthy british style it's not on. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy kinds of reports on. a pleasure to have you with us here on the program today it's artsy international the un's nuclear watchdog has confirmed iran has

broadcast twenty four seven live from moscow you with r.t. international now doctors say still touching go over the condition of a three month old baby girl injured in the recent terror attacks in volgograd she's currently in intensive care in a hospital in moscow artie's market how has more details. i am here at this children's hospital where baby was brought and she is currently fighting for her life behind me now doctors did give up a press conference earlier regarding what they are doing for her and here's what they had to say whether good you as a baby go remains in a coma we put her on a ventilator in intensive care also she sustained some light yet serious brain damage the condition is very serious but we've got it under control they b.b.q. was originally on the trolley on eight thirty december the thirtieth that bus with her mother and her grandmother they were headed to the hospital where because it was already sick and going to receive some testing to find out what was going on they were standing at the epicenter of that blast in ve

like october square rallies have been held in the past against association with the european union r.t. donetsk ukraine the rioting that's been engulfing kiev has seen many western politicians voice their support the u.s. also imposing sanctions against ukraine's politicians ukrainian affairs analyst now bush says that's exactly what the protesters have been aiming for. they're trying to force the issue this is this is your typical extortion tactic the whole point is to force the government to react the whole point is to force another police forces to confront the protesters and then scream bloody murder oh my god they're killing us they're oppressing us please help look what's happening help us foreign intervention and so on and so forth it is a very basic tactic from the rebellion playbook being implemented throughout the world in georgia and elsewhere in the ukraine in two thousand and four of all things so i think the protesters are trying to make a point that verda ones that decide what gets done and who initiates the violence as evidenced by mr klitschko statement that we will ho

r.t. tel aviv. officials and two u.s. states consider bringing back the death penalty by shooting a shortage of lethal drugs is forcing local law makers to resurrect a method that has disappeared in much of the world the details dot com. and also setting up a fake social media account might cost you a pretty penny in russia soon as one lawmaker proposes a bill with fines mounting to files and. of dollars. an international organization that inspects violations of media freedom across the world is on its first ever mission to the u.k. there are growing concerns about government pressure being put on the press in britain following the authorities response to the guardian newspaper printing leaks from the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat r.t. or smith investigates. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone's heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visi

r.t. international with twenty four hours a day. to link extremist groups in syria are seeking to recruit and train americans and then send them back to carry out terror attacks that's what u.s. intelligence and counterterrorism officials are claiming with the tracking of those who returned from syria now one of their top tasks well let's get more details now from. she joins us live from new york marina what more do we know about these american citizens joining those rebel fighters in syria well. top u.s. intelligence officials say all these efforts are in their early stages but nonetheless the f.b.i. director says that now tracking americans who have returned from syria has been among the bureau's highest counterterrorism priorities now working to senior counterterrorism officials islamic extremist groups in syria with ties to al qaeda are trying to identify recruit and train americans and other westerners who have traveled there and to get them to carry out attacks when they have returne

leaving ten pm here in moscow this new year's day very warm welcome she just joined us this is r.t. international with me kevin now in our top story the world wrong in the new year everyone on the planet it is now officially twenty fourteen and here's how it was welcomed across the globe straightly as were among the first to see in twenty forty with a traditional dazzling display of fireworks over a million people packed around the iconic bridge in sydney harbor which was lit up by more than seven tons of pyrotechnics first of crowds also gathered in new york's times square to watch the famous chris still full count down to midnight i want to turn out. the new year without that not to be outdone rio held its traditional party only iconic about a beach over a million revelers gathered there some dressed in traditional white for good luck others in yellow to attract. well for the new year. pain drinking crowds filling the streets of the french capital here and that in london i was a good show hundreds of thousands watched the city being lit up by another breathtaking display of course

year so no to becoming independent from britain it's rather fireworks and festive spirit last night r.t travelled to the british gauge public feeling out of potential breakaway. but just a few weeks russia's most anticipated event twenty fourteen gets underway the world's winter athletes are waiting for their chance to shine at those a little games in sochi the city's really constructed venues are promising a warm welcome and a first class. say looks at what's on offer. it's always been the subtopic call vacation spot for russians now it's on the world's map for winter sports so she wore hose that sports men and women dignitaries and spectators come the winter olympics and paralympic games. sochi is one of the southernmost places in russia as the unofficial capital of the riviera of the caucasus the beaches and marina make the city popular in some a loss skiing in the nearby mountains make it an ideal place for winter vacations. russian is of course the main language used by days in the service industry a brushing up on the english while key information signs are also being translated y

for now on the program on r.t. international with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria we continue to provide our overview of the iran's events i should say all around them. with the opposition syrian national coalition it's back on the list of participants for those peace talks off to the u.n. retracted iran's invitation the coalition had threatened not to attend of tehran was at the table the world body suggested iran blocked itself from the conference by refusing to accept the first communique lucy caffein offer points. at invitation a was a withdrawal by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take place that has been overshadowed by this rather bizarre diplomatic ping pong that's essentially unfolded since that invitation was issues now how did all of this play out on sunday bond ki-moon the u.n. secretary general basically announced that he is invitin