mark levin executive director of and c s j which advocates on behalf of jews in russia ukraine the baltic states and. the world appears to be fostering a more tolerant attitude towards jews and vice versa the new exhibition in berlin on hitler and his power over the german people has been welcomed by the country's jewish community they see it as an important step to a greater understanding of the holocaust but in israel itself nationalist feelings are on the rise and saw the born jews are often blamed for this foreign minister avigdor lieberman was born in ukraine. buffed the pacifist tone of a recent european delegation he told them to settle conflicts in europe first before advising israel how to deal with the palestinians. as levin thank you for being with us well first of all we're a news channel so i want to start with the where were the news related subject which is this first ever exit ad of head that that has opened germany's the first ever post war submission of this kind it's in the national history museum germany the jews org. as ation have always been very sensitive to such th

parliamentary elections the baltic states economic crisis to date opinion polls say the party protecting the rights of the states. next on the sports highlights from. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the headlines back in the fold dick advocaat recalls alex on the couch

and latvians vote in a parliamentary election i mean the baltic states worst economic crisis to date it's a pro russian minority party could come out a winner. i . know you're watching r.t. international news twenty four hours a day welcome to the program the appointment of an infamous israeli interrogator to a high ranking police post essential quavers among human rights groups and among inmates as captain george he's accused of numerous cases of torture and abuse of arabs but now that he's in charge of arab affairs many palestinians fear for their lives point to slip reports. i was kidnapped by an israeli commando twenty first of may nineteen ninety four they came to my country to my life and to my house before the eyes of my children. most of the divine me spent the next eighteen years in a secret prison later dubbed israel's of a grave and his interrogator a name that still seems chills down the spines of prisoners. they have to remember .

and billions of voting in a parliamentary election in the baltic states worst economic crisis to date in polls say the party protecting the rights of the state's russian minority could be a surprise from. the top stories this hour up next kate's here with a sports update. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me and here are the headlines back in the fold dick advocaat recalls alexander got to call for plus two other changes in his twenty one man squad for the euro twenty twelve qualifiers and while advantage usa america hold a slim lead following a rain disrupted a one hundred thirty eight. bucks the dream is over dani pedrosa is all but a novice of the most who changed me title race after crashing in practice for the japanese girl a pretty. late start was football and alexander has finally been recalled to the russian national team as coach dick advocaat named his list of twenty one men opeth of this month's euro two thousand and twelve qualify as the senate strike that has been a conspicuous a mission in the lineup since the dutchman took up the reins in may bu

so loudly and are voting in a parliamentary election as the baltic state battles the recession and its ten billion dollar international bailout loan six of the thirteen parties are expected to win seats in the part of the meant with confidence in the country's leader is plummeting the opinion poll suggests the opposition candidate could be a surprise front runner the harmony center party is rooted in the state's russian ethnic minority and protects their rights including those who don't have citizenship parties tom barton has more. politics is very popular in latvia these days everyone's talking about it even the catholic church is saying it would be a sin not to vote in the elections. if we don't care about what's going on in our society in our community and we don't cast our votes that means we are indifferent and that is against the principles of the bible. and there's a lot of sin to talk about latvian politics has long been hung up on ethnic differences in the country the largest minority at around thirty percent or ethnic russians many of whom moved here were not there was part o

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. >>> a frightening ferry trip for 240 people in the baltic sea after the ship caught fire. 22 people were injured. all passengers and crew were rescued. an explosion on the upper deck started the fire. it is not clear what caused the blast. firefighters are now trying to cool down the ship to keep it from breaking apart. >>> they have been trapped underground for more than two months, and in just hours the drillers in chile expect to break through to a chamber where3 miners are trapped. telemundo's andy is live for us. can you give us a status of the escape shaft and how soon it will be before the men are actually rescued? >> reporter: good morning, alex. a lot of excitement today outside the san jose mine. the drill is 1300 feet away from the miners, and we are understand they are talking to them. the minister of mining is just right around this area, he's about to make an announcement. and that announcement could be that the final face of the rescue is on its way. alex? >> how exciting. i tell you, we'll be waiting for the announcement of the official word there. but the families o

were willing to have the tax cut debate before the election, and it would cut the tax cuts for the baltic people -- for the wealthy people. >> and then they didn't. >> they punted. of course republicans are having a field day with this. they keep it up. -- teed it up. >> but no wonder people are angry. they want people to get something done. >> no question about it, and the anchor is institutional, geographical, against washington on this and government in general. as far as tax cuts are concerned, a word in defense of house democrats, who have cast all the tough votes. charles says there is no legislative record. there is a historic legislative record. the question is, is it popular? it is not popular now. will it be popular a generation from now? we don't know. they are going to walk the plank again and vote to raise taxes or let them expire for those most affluent and most privileged, the millionaires and hedge fund people on the ones that charles wants in. the deserving rich. >> like you and me. >> they stood up, that democrats and the senate, and they cannot do it. the republicans we

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but luckily, the baltic states should see that moisture move away tonight.across the mediterranean has been pretty messy for you here in western turkey, has been dealing with some especially heavy rainfall amounts. we are now hearing of flooding reports here and we've got some footage, too, of the situation. this is the scene on thursday in the western province of versa. flooding has been hitting the region due to days of heavy rainfall. muddy waters getting into homes, buildings and also damaging roads and villages reportedly cut off due to all the flood waters. also, one death so far has been blamed due to these floods. so a pretty deadly and serious situation. forecast calling for a lot more rain, so we'll need to keep an eye on that. highs today will look pretty cool toward the north. 5 in stockholm and 3 degrees for moscow. all right. and now your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

. >> glor: a frightening scene in the baltic see as a ferryboat was engulfed in flames following an explosion9 people were on board. all of them were rescued. the ferry was headed from germany to lithuania. officials are investigating what caused the explosion but they have ruled out a bomb. in what may be a first, a california sea lion has undergone plastic surgery. that sea lion, sergeant nevis, was shot in the face last year by a fisherman, leaving two gaping holes. the surgery to repair the wound may save his life. he can hopefully, once again, dive to find food. coming up, they imagined and remembered on john lennon's birthday. >> glor: for many of his admirers, john lennon remains forever young, fixed in time following his murder in 1980. the former beatle would have turned 70 today, and his birthday was celebrated around the world. tony guida has more ♪ all you need is love ♪. >> reporter: from around the world they came, some for whom john lennon's music was the soundtrack of their adolescent, some born years after lennon's voice was silenced. all together at strawberry fields in manh

so areas like the british isles, scandinavian peninsula, and then baltic states will see that rain rideough. also, winds are going to be accompanying all of that wet weather. however, temperatures remaining on the mild side. london coming in at 17. 16 for paris. 11 degrees in berlin. and getting up to 10 in stockholm. all right. that's a look at your weather for now. and here's is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ >>> the 51st annual secondhand book fair has opened in tokyo's kanda district, which has long been known as an academic neighborhood. about 160 local booksellers have lined the sidewalks, offering more than 1 million technical and literary volumes for sale. the open-air market is a popular feature of the week-long book fair. collections of works by japanese authors from the late 19th to the early 20th century are on sale at 30% to 50% off. the event will be held until next wednesday. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. we'll be back with more of your updates at the top of the next hour. hope you stay with us.

chairman of the if you any and parliament under his leadership the body immediately proclaimed the baltic republics independence. in january nine hundred ninety one we received an ultimatum from gorbachev demanding that lithuania should admit it the soviet constitution was again in force in our country that's to say he recognized the fact that it was already known for here he threaten to use military force in the us we rejoin the soviet union with. a detachment of ahmed vehicles and special forces units and to vilnius lithuania and started building fortifications around the building of the new parliament using concrete blocks and bombed while. later part of the barricades were put on the glass walls and turned into the museum for the republic's independence. and that is a barbed wire symbolizes the oppression. the prisons the camps and the borders. the kremlin hoped a demonstration of force would be enough to compel the young republic to make concessions. we said we had no right we've not been elected to have the country rejoin the soviet union it was a massacre followed. the television c

and new video just into fox news of a german ferry on fire in the baltic sea this morning.he upper deck starting the fire, firefighting ships were spreading the vehicle with water to keep it from breaking apart and spilling around 170 tons of fuel and we're told 22 people were injured, all of the passengers and crew were rescued. i'm rick folbaum, now back to cavuto on business, right here on fox news. >> house republicans, speaker pelosi, no lame duck pork, they're calling to demand 3 million dollars in ear marks from a post election spending bill. maybe they didn't get the memo about the money plan sweeping not only america, but the world. ♪ >> that's right, the cavuto campaign plan for the economy was clearly saved waning all ear mark spending, since neil isn't here, he's designate me his campaign manager and matt, can we count on your vote. >> of course. >> and me out of here-- >> not giving any pork. >> exactly, i do agree with this and i think that the republicans and g.o.p. are taking this in the right direction right now because at least they want to get rid of pork

. >>> a dramatic scene in the baltic sea where a ferry carrying more than 200 passengers call fire. ship was set ablaze seriously injuring two dozen people. it happened while the 650-foot ferry was traveling from germany. several ships rushed to the scene to rescue the passengers and crew. it is not clear yet what caused the explosion. >>> the biggest fleet week in 20 years is underway tonight. you know who they are. the blue angels put on a spectacular show this afternoon. about 1 million people are expected to watch the air shows. if you missed the show today there is another one tomorrow. and if you happen to be outside tonight, maybe you got to see the dazzling fireworks display over the bay. these are examples of a fun part of the event. there is an official mission for fleet week and includes emergency preparedness and military recruiting but looking at the fireworks the blue angels, kind of hard to miss these spectacular sights. lawrence, another half million people will be out tomorrow afternoon? >> i think it will be great. will be fantastic. lots of sunshine everywhere you

russian electricity to poland we've offered our polish partners to participate in constructing a baltic nuclear power plant but the shareholders and in other forums. informed us about the privatization of some oil assets that would take place in the near future and we agreed that russian companies would be able to participate in this. russian acting markets finished high on friday here in moscow b r t s a raised earlier losses and managed to pull into positive territory by six also finished more than a percent higher energy majors lent support banks had losses on them by sex about two percent higher claims. after climbing past the sixteen hundred level at the beginning of the week the r.t.s. couldn't hold on to those gains and despite the rebound on friday but the r.t.s. and the my sex and the week below where they started well in national capital explained what caused the downturn. quite well earlier in the week. towards the end of the week and the really big talking point is over the stimulus package coming out of the u.s. but enough money into the u.s. economy not only get the u.s. e

over two hundred passengers have been evacuated after a ferry caught fire in the baltic sea the fire was caused by a blast on the upper deck injuring twenty eight people the ship was near the german island off on its way to lift the mania firefighting ships have been spraying the stricken ferry with water to keep it from breaking up and spilling the one hundred and seventy tons of fuel on board. the two day journey on the upgraded soyuz spacecraft has ended successfully at the international space station two russian cosmonauts and astronauts will spend the next six months on board. the newcomers joined another three space men who are presently manning the station since they arrived in june and they will be remarkable where union in february now says a scott kelly will be joined at the space station by his twin brother mark another astronaut who will fly a shuttle mission. watch the brothers say goodbye at the baikonur cosmodrome. twins in space within a few months scott kelly and his brother mark both astronauts will be in orbit together courses are his kids growing up we never thoug