it is the tiny baltic states which feel especially vulnerable to russian pressure. they don't give them the guarantee of protection, but it is only this year that they got a specific plan. one cable from hillary clinton announces on january 22 nato allies agreed to expand the nato contingency plan for poland eagle guardian to include reinforcement of the baltic states. she also makes clear the plans are secret. the public discussion would likely lead to an unnecessary increase in nato-russian issues. this official called it an early christmas present. almost one year on, confirmation they have a specific military plans is is -- is a surprise. it is embarrassing for the u.s.. it demonstrates america's failure to protect secrets and it points to a double policy. suspicion of russia in private expressing the cooperation in public. this was hillary clinton ending quarrels with russia last year. >> we want to reset our relationship. >> but it looks as if suspicion is the order of the day. >> among the first revelations from a wikileaks worthy calls for some arab leaders

it is the piney -- tiny baltic states which feel vulnerable to russian pressure. joining nato gave them the guarantee of protection, but it is only this year they got a specific plan. one cable from hillary clinton announces nato allies agreed to expand the nato contingency plan for poland eagle guardian. the secretary of state makes clear the military plans are secret. the public discussion was likely going to lead to an unnecessary increase in need of tensions. another cable report steep delighted reactive -- delighted reaction of one official. confirmation that nato has put in place specific plans to defend the baltic states is not a complete surprise, but it is embarrassing for the u.s. it demonstrates america's failure to protect nato secrets and points to the double policy, suspicion of russia in private and cooperation in public. this was hillary clinton and dean coral's with russia last year. >> we want to reset our relationship. >> now it looks as though suspicion is the order of the day. >> rescuers say they recovered at least 20 bodies after a landslide

the people that the united states ended up cooperating with in the wars in the years after the second world war of the most important interest here though is of course the baltic waffen s.s. because the united states was really copulating tightly with people located there to try to fight the soviet union and a lot of the a for example of baltic state as one of is the only place in the world right now that sees a former s.s. soldiers as war heroes there's an enormous baltic lobby in the us which is really shedding more light on exactly why this sort of issue would not be supported by the united states at the u.n. we have an interesting clip on this issue there was a systematic program by the united states government in particular its intelligence agencies to you if you choose from baltic states including criminals or people who collaborated with the nazis during the war for intelligence purposes what this has created is a situation. if there is a person who claims to be a freedom fighter or an anti communist from eastern europe that person in the us media tends to be automatically regarded with respect to even as a hero. reality a significant portion of those p

plus moscow wants an explanation no plan to defend the baltic states and poland against russia which was revealed by wiki leaks the founder of the website meantime is waiting for extradition in a british jail but he has got support from africa over the war. even with unemployment and homelessness in the u.s. a fifteen year high. bonuses early to help the wall street lead to higher taxes next year. while the battle against drugs in afghanistan is intensifying as a new player joins the fight essential drugs quartet has been found in moscow with russia pakistan and all pledging full support to kabul on the sidelines of the meeting to the afghan drug chief and the discussion is coming your way next. i wanted to have million russians are addicted to gun harrowing afghanistan produces ninety percent of the drug a u.n. resolution describes the flow from this central asian country as a threat to international peace and stability here with me today is the afghan counter anacortes minister mr that ahmed us money thank you very much minister for being with me today. thank you i'm glad to talk t

moscow says it will demand that nato drops its secret agreement to defend the baltic states and poland against russia he dances plans were revealed by the king weeks after an eight zero moscow summit in lisbon which is hailed as a start of a new era in relations. saying time both sides only to clear the longer posed a threat to each other russia's. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the latest revelations put a question mark at any one time sincerity. the leaks suggest planning of military action to repel for example a russian attack on the baltic states we paid special attention to that it means on one hand nato was talking with us about partnership and on the other is taking decisions to protect itself against us. there is a question about when nato we've seen see it when it's openly talking with us about partnership when it secretly deciding amongst itself some quite different things. poland nato was planning to protect against moscow pledged to help patch things up between russia and the lights. came from the polish president by staff car asking after talks with his russian counte

now with a lot of gripped by the economic recession the baltic state wants partnership with russia. the first by a lot of family to moscow says they're going to dependents in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the rise of washington. the baltic states were also the focus of talks between the presidents of both countries let's get more now from martinez and daria push kobach following his visit now is this visit by the line field leader a sign of improving relations between the two countries. well this is. this here on a four day official visit this is the first visit by latin president to russia in more than fifteen years since one thousand nine hundred one when love the became an independent state and the two presidents discussed a number of the bilateral issues such as bilateral trade and economic cooperation lotty is currently going through a economic crisis and is actively looking for those so many analysts say that this pragmatic issues such as economic cooperation might actually be a sign of the first improvement in the relations between the two countries there are several t

led defense of the baltic states against russia moscow's to demand that plan gets dropped russian officials believe the leaks contradict a warming of relations to clare that last month's nato russell summit in lisbon at the time both sides proclaimed a strategic partnership and talked of a joint european missile shield russia's foreign minister called on nato to comment on the revelation saying they put a question mark over the alliances real intentions. so the situation would you suggest planning of military action to repel for example a russian attack on the baltic states we paid special attention to that it means on one hand nato was talking with us about partnership and on the other is taking decisions to protect itself against us. there is a question about when nato be sincere when it's openly talking with us about partnership when it's secretly deciding amongst itself some quite different things . a little later we tell you how wall street is on the rebound and who's not afraid to show it off find out why the big shot corporations are dishing out bonuses worth over one hundred billion

led defense of the baltic states against russia russian officials believe the leaks contradict the warming of relations declared last month's nato summit in lisbon at the same time both sides per plane destitute partnership and talked of joint european missile defense shield in russia's foreign minister called on nato to comment on the revelations saying they put a question mark over the alliance's intentions. so this it isn't really a belief suggest planning of military action to repel for example a russian attack on the baltic states we paid special attention to that it means on one hand nato was talking with us about partnership and on the other who's taking decisions to protect itself against us there is a question about when nato be seen see it when it's openly talking with us about partnership when it secretly deciding amongst itself some quite different things. two militants in a suspected accomplice have been killed by police in russia's southern republic of dagestan one policeman was wounded during the gunfight the militants barricaded themselves in a house in which special forces

league suggest planning of military action to repel for example a russian attack on the baltic states we paid special attention to that it means on one hand nato was talking with us about partnership and on the other who's taking decisions to protect itself against us. there is a question about where nato we seem see it when it's openly talking with us about partnership when it secretly deciding amongst itself some quite different things. meanwhile poland in nato was planning to protect against moscow pledged to help patch things up between russia and the alliance assurance came from the polish president cut off the talks with his russian counterpart and he can make better. but both leaders about opening a new chapter in ties had been deadlocked for decades but started to warm up to moscow's help to investigate the mass killing of polish officers in the soviet union in one thousand autism has taken to an even greater level of grief that followed the plane crash in russia last day will kill the previous polish president of. making noise i get more on the day's news at houghton dot com

plus moscow wants an explanation of nato's plan to defend the baltic states and poland against russia which were revealed by wiki leaks while the web site's founder waiting for extradition to british jail get support from across the globe. two am in moscow i'm mad good to be with you here on r t our top story london has erupted in protests the latest european capital to see huge demonstrations against government austerity cuts thousands of students and trade unionists flooded the streets as the british parliament narrowly passed a new law tripling university tuition fees laura emma joins us live from london with more hello laura so you've been following these demonstrations since the very beginning they started out peacefully but the mood soon changed how serious was the trouble today. well we've seen is the statement issued by the metropolitan police quite recently saying that they're being twenty two arrests today for a variety of offenses including violent criminal damage and. three officers were injured in a now in hospital one fairly seriously injured he was knocked unconscious d

plus more explanation of nato's plan to defend the baltic states and poland against russia which was revealed by wiki leaks founder of the website while waiting for extradition in a british jail has got support from all over the world. live from our studios here in central moscow this is all to be with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this hour so the british parliament has approved a bill to raise university tuition fees in england the vote came amid mass demonstrations by thousands of students and trade unionists that taking part in the largest of a string of rallies against sweeping a starting measures and budget cuts across europe when i was in london for us with the latest developments laura tell us more about this bill which calls such anger and violence throughout the day that. it has caused a lot of anger and violence and it's a bill which has been under discussion for some time and it's now being approved by a much narrow majority than was expected three hundred twenty three members of parliament for the bail. three hundred two. that suggests that really

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russian aggression against the baltic states well do you think that latvians really fear still fear a possible russian invasion is it a fact of life in your country or not oh i think the question has been answered by the latest nato summit a nato summit to adopt a new nato security strategy. it confirmed but. politico is a military is a defense alliance and all the states have obligations to defend it chose article five is still valid. and nato at the same time stated and this is a city of cooperation of closer cooperation with russia. that's announcer i think since last fear is a member of nato since life is a member of european union or i would say we haven't any fear from nobody well of course we have to. have fears from economic challenges from new international threats like international terrorism but well that's a challenge. facing any any country including like you you're mentioning the economic challenges was well as a member of nato ally that is for as i understand spence spent quite a considerable sum on defense well this reset let's call it so in russia latin relations that

to defend the baltic states poland. this was revealed by wiki leaks founder of the website. support from hackers all over the world. and even with unemployment and homelessness in the u.s. fifty year highs. of higher taxes next year. transport for disabled citizens. hello again and welcome to. the show on our take i'm over knob and today my guest in the studio is veronique i even know. in his recent state of the nation address president medvedev spoke about the problem facing people with disabilities most russian cities are simply not that good to catto for their needs as they program is setting new standards for cities in an attempt to make them more disabled fred but isn't it rather a problem within our minds we're asking a disabled rights advocate there i think if i know. official statistics say ten percent of the russian population suffer from disability many people say they either know a disabled person i have experienced in taking care of one and many people still think of people with disabilities as different from others despite those perceptions disabled people thems

on thursday that snowy weather slowly moves toward the east, so it does spread to the baltic states asas western russia. more snow is expected in parts of germany. poland as much as 10, 15 centimeters is going to be possible. southern portion of germany could be looking at some strong winds in addition to that snow. blowing snow could cause quite a travel hazard as well. it does stay cold out east. 0 in warsaw as well as moscow. and minus 2 for those of you in stockholm. that's a look at your weather right now. and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> that's it for this edition of "newsline." i'm gene otani in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour with the latest news and weather. thanks for joining us on nhk world. +wgpyy

you should get a bit of a break from that heavy snow in parts like the baltic states and western russiawe can't ignore this. our new storm coming in picking up all that moisture. there's going to be a lot of snow spreading through much of poland as well as down into austria. in austria, you could get an additional 60 centimeters of new snow. you will have to deal with certainly trying to clean that up, getting the shovels out. and we leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> before wrapping up this newscast, the top story once again. the ceremony to award this year's nobel peace prize has been held in oslo, norway. noticeably absent was the winner of this year's prize, chinese pro democracy activist liu xiaobo. the ceremony took place in oslo's city hall on friday. >> the norwegian nobel committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize for 2010 to liu xiaobo for his long and nonviolent struggle of fundamental rights in china. the norwegian nobel committee has long believed there is a close connection between human rights and peace. >> later, the nobel peace prize committee chai

the united states never recognized the incorps ration of the baltic states into the soviet union and i had the chance a few years ago to visit these states with nam of other members and we heard directly from the people, the government leaders, about their level of appreciation to the united states for taking that position that they were never recognized as baltic states under the soviet union. this policy gave rise to the principle of legal continuity which held that they remain independent during the period of illegal occupation. furthermore the people of estonia, latvia and lithuania never relinquished their hope for freedom and democracy. in august, 1989, the world watched as an estimated two million balts from over one quarter of the total population formed a 370-mile human chain that spanned the three capitals in a peaceful act of solidarity and defines of soviet rule. just over six months later in march, 1990, lithuania became the first of the soviet republics to declare independence. estonia and latvia followed suit within weeks. all three gained their full independence in lat

where it's colder is going to be across anywhere from, say, paris over towards the baltic states. look at the temperatures. minus 3. that's your high. bitterly cold evening temperatures. 1 for the high in london. minus 6 in stockholm. just freezing in vienna and we're seeing 17 in athens. here's your extended forecast. >>> a company in japan is hoping a popular domestic street snack will get mouths watering in china. it has opened a fast food store in shanghai to sell takoyaki dumplings. shirohato food corporation opened the store on friday. takoyaki is named after the octopus pieces contained in each dumbibling. a package of six at this store costs 20 yuan or $3. e pre relively hi for a snack food in china but ris omed l line in front of t shop. edition of "newsline

system will be forming over scandinavia bringing another round of heavy snow to places like the baltic states and northwestern russia. dealing with more torrential rains in turkey as well as heavy amounts of snow up in the mountains here, so flooding is going to be a major concern out here for the central mediterranean through france and all the way into northwestern europe generally dry, although rather cloudy for much of the uk and ireland. now, portugal and western spain will be continuing with more rain and thunderstorms. temperatures not bad, though. 90 degrees in lisbon. pretty mild out here. and berlin is going to be 1 degree. it's been a while since we saw that figure rise above the freezing mark. so do enjoy that break in the frigid weather. minus 8 in moscow. more snow for you. minus 3 in stockholm. here is your extended forecast now. am ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> huge rice cakes have been offered to a shrine in central japan to wish for a safe year in prosperity in the coming new year. some 350 farmers offered five rice cakes of different sizes in an annual ceremony at the shrine in nagoya city on

despite this, the baltic state of estonia will begin using the currency starting january 1st. we have more. >> reporter: this bank is located in an estonian town. they began exchanging at the beginning of december. people visit the bank's counter daily to buy sets of euro coins. >> translator: my mother asked me to exchange money. people in rural areas think if they don't have euros by the start of the year, they won't be able to get around. >> reporter: to ensure a smooth transition, retailers were required to begin displaying prices in crowns and euros in july. estonia became independent in 1991. and since then it's joined the u.n. and nato. the economy will be tied to the eu, and the cooperation with the united nations is expected to be stronger. >> translator: with the introduction of the euro, we'll truly become a member of the european union. and we will let them know that we are an inseparable part of europe. >> reporter: some businesses in estonia welcome the introduction of the new currency. this furniture manufacturer located in the central part of the country export

government will settle so it will help all ex prisoners who are now in ukraine because extern and the baltic states so you help those abroad to yes abroad in the c.i.s. as well let's see what people abroad know about alexander solzhenitsyn we have we have a poll that we conducted in the streets of washington if you have a hot name i like sanderson's you need some yes. i do know what he wants because he was the president for a while he was a leader who helped open up russia to the west a peace activist. a writer and a. thought leader yes chris i know. it was the advocate the people that we need today people that suffer for our cause and we lost leaders like that we don't have there's also in prison in gulag and so on and suffered enormously being a jew and the rest in what i would ask but he's a man that made history in the previous century and we have anyone this one no not yet does he mean something she mean something which means everything i'm an advocate myself so for me it's who i look up to i do not in fact i'm bipolar just you know. see how differently people think who aleksandr solzhenitsyn

this still remains this kind of populism that plays on that fascist era passed not only in the baltic states it's present in slovakia and remaining in other countries that had a difficult history during the nazi era this is something we need to keep working but you do believe as of today politicians are showing enough leadership on such a fundamental issue i don't think i'd ever say they're showing enough leadership because i think there's always more that political lead. schip can do and unfortunately it's the nature of politics that in too many cases leaders are calculating what they say or do based on voting or support in their localities. calculations in their countries i think what we do find more and more is that leaders know the difference between what is right and what is wrong and the importance is to get them to speak clearly about what they already know so your concerns for their rise. online anti-semitism have been heard and never recorded what a thing is to blame the media is it is it the media that's irresponsible or the legislators fail to protect the society you know this is

the bulk of the precipitation is from belarus into the baltic states and western russia and further south for turkey lots of heavy rain in the days to come so flooding is going to be a big concern here, still very cold out towards the east and turning even colder for central areas, minus 3 in vienna and minus 12 in berlin, which leads to very frigid conditions but out toward the west looking much more pleasant indeed. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story once again -- >>> south africa is to join the four-member group of fast growing emerging economies known as brics. a summit of leaders from brazil, russia, india and china is to be held in china next year. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson jiang yu said on tuesday that south africa will attend next year's summit. >> translator: south africa's participation would be useful and enhance cooperation among emerging countries. >> she also said china's president, hu jintao, has already contacted south african president jacob zuma on the issue. the first summit meeting of bric countries was held in

wants an explanation from nato over the wiki leaks revelation it has a military plan to defend the baltic states and poland against russia detained a founder of the website is still in a british jail waiting to find out whether he'll be extradited to sweden over allegations of. the sports with. hello there thanks for watching the sport and this is what is coming up. carp in the slums hooligans a spotlight of the champions league. class staying alive to scar grab a crucial victory in basketball zeroed in. on the bad back forces heavyweight champ got him a klitschko to put his latest book. that stop the champions league where the final group games took place last night spot out moscow bowing out of the competition despite a two one win over saline in slovakia a game delayed by twenty five minutes after sparta fans three flares and invaded the pitch well afterward spot at money plenty carney said authorities need to get tougher with troublemakers after the place had to leave the field twice he had already failed to make the knockout stages came from behind when she won the gold alex and it's in the

tightly with people located there to try to fight the soviet union and a lot via for example a baltic state as one of is the only place in the world right now that sees former s.s. soldiers as war heroes this is something that the united states is really so far staying silent about and strangely especially when the cause is so straightforward as fighting the glorification of naziism. way to get more from our to the latest news analysis and blog as always for you on our website it's a taste of what's about to dot com right now. biding her time in russia she joins a political youth movement and what she's up to now and what her stance is. and christmas is well and truly coming to moscow and the sand to spill around the world in the capital for giving spree if you still don't believe in santa just log on to our time dot com and see for yourself. it's a disease many believe belongs to biblical times but for those struck down with their prosy it's a very present problem many people affected confined in remote villages with little chance of rejoining society he's on a trip reports. lost amid vast

wants an explanation from nato over a wiki leaks report the alliance agreed a plan to defend the baltic states and poland against russia the revelations follow the nato summit in lisbon which has been hailed as a breakthrough in relations between the two sides russia's foreign minister sort of the left off says reports the alliance you know may still consider russia to be a potential threat has put a question mark over nato sincerity. they began that planning in december last year just as we held a ministerial meeting of the russia nato council where we decided to move on after the two thousand and eight crisis in the caucasus so it means that on one hand needle was talking with us about workmanship and on the other was taking decisions to protect itself against us secondly these plans seem to have been approved in lisp on another platform of the needle russia council where president did it would need to leaders approved documents calling us strategic partners so there is a question about when nato is sincere when it's openly talking with us about partnership or when it's secretly deciding you