s the tax authorities aren't willing to change the status quo as probably boyko finds out. for many of those working here in the city of london two thousand and thirteen has been a year of prosperity thanks to a tax cut that kicked in earlier this spring the u.k.'s highest earners have been able to make even more money this year the rate of tax for people earning over one hundred fifty thousand pounds per year has gone down from fifty pence to forty five so for every hundred pounds they earn over that fifty pounds used to go straight into the treasury but that figure has now been reduced and now they're only paying forty five pounds to the tax man from every hundred now all these save five as a rounding up in the u.k. is all position labor party has done the math they say that collectively the u.k.'s highest earners have saved almost one hundred million pounds thanks to the tax cuts you have seen the long useful in living standards on record you've got half a million people using parents know you've got i think homelessness is up by around since two thousand and these are s

there are people who need survival basics now and this money is meant for them my colleague polly boyko has been to meet one of the unlucky many. on. google. i was having to go to somebody else to try and help me so. i'm very sick on top of diabetes he has a heart condition and emphysema as part of the benefits shake up andrew's disability living allowance was taken away because the government deemed him fit to walk living on his partner's wage alone has pushed their budget over the brink over the past eighteen months they've had to turn to their local food bank six times it's humiliating at first but having to go through. to somebody else. to say please can you help me and need some food the stereotype of who goes hungry is changing rising inflation and energy prices coupled with stagnant wages means that incomes in many working households kaante even cover the essentials this is a food bank that andrew had to turn to our three told his local doctor that he couldn't afford to eat now it says here that hunger isn't just a third world problem and the figures confirm it this year between

driving a wedge between nations that fear a flood of benefit hungry immigrants and on fair competition boyko now reports it's supposed to be an ever close a europe but the european commission the party responsible for keeping the twenty eight country club together is facing a growing number of complaints from its members in january as the newest members romanians and bulgarians will be able to travel to work and live anywhere within the euro zone but the u.k. prime minister david cameron's not exactly all for. open arms do need to change the rules about every move with people moving to countries for the job is one thing but i'm not favor of people being to be able to claim benefits that's why we set up a series of measures this week to put beyond doubt that there isn't the freedom to go and play the same sentiments have been shared by germany and france so it's no surprise that views not going down well with the european commission it argues migrants boost these countries economies rather than sponge off that governments but immigration is by no means the only issue the yukon to gray on god

you're alluding to would have been achieved anyway so wife of koskie well first of all ms boyko who might be kidding because if you look into the amnesty it seems to be the call soviet toil traditional kind of an amnesty touching up on the vulnerable groups of prisoners pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and none of the last moment there is a month on chew include into the amnesty a specific list such crimes as hooliganism and mass riots and i would like to stay on for just one more question his imprisonment imprisonment had a symbolic value it was always presented as a sort of reflection of how bad the human rights to shine in russia supposedly was i wonder if you attach the same symbolism to his release does it mean that let's say political climate in the country may be changing simply because he is being set free while human rights watch is an organization never said the case of other symbolizes everything that's wrong with human rights in russia in the uk quite to the opposite. it's a very last rites of case and there are many other c

there are people who need survival basics now and this money is meant for them my colleague polly boyko has been to meet one of the unlucky many. we've. got to go through. well making money from those in need is a scheme adopted across the ocean of. you knows all about. workplace is gaining popularity sonic drive in restaurants around phoenix have added a new item to their menu of workplace benefits short term high fee payday lending the high interest landing four thousand five thousand percent loans this is the growth area for banks they destroyed the economy because of the crude pleat crash and money velocity due to the complete absence of responsible central banking i once again poor the people up there to learn that some oh and that is becoming popular now joe. joe. you're a slave in america you've given up your accounts to do should job you know there's live. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow it's r t international more than a thousand journalists are ready to grill the russian president on policies and decisions that will mark this year of lot of input into holder's traditi

fracking for stories which in turn have given birth to a global proceed against shale gas drilling boyko reports from what has become a model of fracking resistance rule remaining. locals in this remote region of remaining i have been saddled with an i'm going to guest u.s. and the giant chevron is due to begin drilling for shale gas bills opal agriculture is our lives become could grow in our soil for sure all moved on because we've seen them in the you know what they have done in other places when we grew up with. many residents here fear that the process of fracking could release chemicals into the soil and contaminate the water i grant you the expert of the guys the i'm so afraid of these kind of guess exploitation people see they will be big problems for our animals because the water will be affected and this sort of the food for animals and for us and our children as well we have children and grandchildren what should we do these locals and environmentalist have been camped out here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giant chevron and the armenian government which

only represents the privileged few but this latest tax cut only benefits the richest one percent poly boyko artsy london. across the atlantic while taxes are a point of contention it's executive bonuses that are evoking more and more public a new report suggests that this year the u.s. bankers will be paid almost a hundred billion dollars on top of their salaries alexis goldstein an activist from the other ninety eight percent pro-equality group told us that those same banks are still receiving subsidies from taxpayers these big wall street banks pay their employees a very high b. salary usually in the range of like one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred fifty thousand but then on top of that they get this sort of performance bonus and the way that they're tallied is there's a number of surveys they basically just taught us how much money they had set aside for bonuses in two thousand and thirteen and that's how we arrived at the ninety one point four four billion dollars it is crazy right especially when you think about earlier this year there was this bloomberg article about how the go

that makes its worlds apart with oksana boyko he speaks with the spokeswoman of the palestinian government in gaza. ukraine is in a tough spot right now trying to figure out whether to join the e.u. or the regime's custom union it would be nice if they would you know maybe allow the populace to vote for their future via referendum but sadly it looks like the politician. i'll be making the historic decision i can see why some people want to look west and some people want to look east but i don't understand why so-called ukrainian nationalists want so desperately to join the e.u. first off any nationalist groups in the e.u. are automatically demonised as right wing extremists and the politically correct west patriotism is pretty much a dirty word generally nationalist like their culture and the people who are part of it but if you look at migration trends within the e.u. we see that the slavic part of it is flooding western europe looking for work i have many relatives from the slavic part of the e.u. and almost all of them have to work abroad and might sound nice to be able to work in europ

twelve young brits have tried so-called legal highs these drugs won't land you in jail but as police boyko reports may well be as dangerous as their ban equivalents. pink panther bubble or the magic dragon they may sound harmless that anything but these a mind altering substances that mimic the effects of drugs but they're legal and britain is consuming more of them than any other country we currently know that hundreds of websites are selling drugs online it does bring us to maybe there is at least one new product on the drug market each week two substances are advertised on line as a legal and save for a turn or two to illegal drugs then not fifty two people died from using psychoactive substances last year that's up seventy nine percent from the year before researchers at the university of hartford tell me about the newest substance they've been looking into cycling as you can see this substances are dangerous men died when did he take probably it was decided on the synthetic kind of noises moped it but it's marketed as not for human consumption yes but of course people buying it online

up next on our to international oksana boyko looks at the n.s.a. surveillance scandal with michael allen a former white house security advisor that's on worlds apart. well. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future of covered. to come up right on the scene. of the first strike. and i think the church. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. could be in the. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report. put it on your arm and watch n.b.c. news all the face time you know. her. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. how long of welcome to worlds apart ordering and major overhaul of into. allergens operations once every ten years is seemingly becoming a new american tradition last decade was brought about by nine eleven this time around by public opera or over the extent of the n.s.a. surveillance but all of these reforms really after whippin

site deadline which is just a day away will be missed in the latest edition while the politics on a boyko speaks exclusively to the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and how much has been achieved in twenty thirteen and you called two thousand and thirteen a truly historical here a year that saw the all p c w embark on probably the biggest challenge in its history but i wonder how much progress has been achieved so far the progress has been cost says it will. several categories of chemical weapons have already been destroyed and chemical weapons production facilities have been rendered to unusable you know very short time all chemical weapons were identified to prepare it for transport to. syria now despite these successes that you just mentioned the dad line for the removal of category one agency that deadline is going to be missed i wonder whose responsibility do you think that is the russian federation as well as others of the other co-sponsor of the process of the united states to unite stations have been very active in the past weeks. the ne

coming up as promised oksana boyko speaks to the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons in worlds apart. so we believe that maybe. the oceans you're. already there's an. issue is that no one is there still with the gas that you deserve answers from. come on welcome to all of the part of the year of two thousand and thirteen it will leave a mixed legacy as far as chemical weapons are concerned especially in syria where a witness both die of proliferation and prohibition over the space of a few months well to discuss based on knowledge joined by aftermath of them to director general of the organisation for the politician of chemical weapons mr isn't just thank you very much for taking part in the program. thank you very much simpler now you called two thousand and thirteen a truly historic cold here a year that saw the o.p.c. w. embark on probably the biggest challenge in its history trying to you.

also there right there or just a moment here host oksana boyko talking to the secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe it's a bit of a mouthful is multiculturalism breeding nationalistic sentiment just a moment. ily . so. long welcome to the part george w. bush famously said that democracies don't go to war spit upon it out there it's a call that is all from decided by western politicians when they see people in other countries taking to the streets. and yet over the past few years we've seen quite a few examples of supposedly democratic protests degenerating not just into violence but into the long wars how do we strike the balance between the demands of democracy and the needs of security and well to discuss that i'm now joined by the new year secretary general of the organization for security and cooperation in europe mr zinni or thank you very much for a time we are speaking in key of the capital of ukraine ricci's overtaken by protesters who disagree with barack government's decision not to align itself a bit more closely with europe and so far

coming up after the break it's worlds apart with host oksana boyko stay with us watching our two international. basis leaves the reviews economic ups and downs in the final months day for the london deal sang i and the rest because i think the take it will be every week on. the sochi of the county florida teen olympics what's this boy's life line is is so special as the russian resort prepares to local the world power the game should be the city's present and future ludlow sochi it will bring you this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold and snowy windy mountainous stuff beyond the olympics but come. on our. own welcome to worlds apart in addition to its religious significance christmas is also the most celebrated secular holiday of the year of reflecting a very peculiar place that religion plays somewhat in day lives what is the kind of state of affairs between the big church and the state well to discuss that i'm now joined by dr gafford probert a member of the international consortium for law and religious studies dr roberts thank you very much. we're having this conversation in

weapons let us deadline which is just a day away we'll be messed in this edition of worlds apart oksana boyko speaks exclusively to the director general of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons and asks just how much has been achieved in two thousand and thirteen. spied these successes that you just mentioned the dad line for the removal of category one agency that deadline is going to be missed i wonder whose responsibility do you think that is the russian federation as well as others of the other cost for sort of the process of the united states and the united nations have been very active in the past weeks. the necessary equipment for us for creation and now most of the equipment made a little and we expect to see you know authorities to make sure soon so i wouldn't blame anyone for that distillate so there were some object resistant as far as i understand your inspectors on the ground are not planning to accompany these convoys are your role or will delimited to you they're a flying the loading process in damascus and the offloading in law taqiyya and i wonder why not b

represents the privileged few but this latest tax cut only benefits the richest one percent fully boyko artsy london seems the rich are getting richer in the us is world very bold of it with the wall street setting aside nearly one hundred billion dollars for new year bonuses this year one activist fighting call predominantly told us that cash will be coming straight to the taxpayers' pockets. these big wall street banks pay their employees a very high base salary usually in the range of like one hundred fifty thousand to two hundred fifty thousand but then on top of that they get this sort of performance bonus and the way that they're tallied is there's a number of surveys they basically asked the top u.s. banks how much money they had set aside for bonuses in two thousand and thirteen and that's how we arrived at the ninety one point four four billion dollars it is crazy right especially when you think about earlier this year there was this bloomberg article about how the government there is like a government subsidy of eighty three billion dollars so it's almost as if all of that gov

oksana boyko when worlds apart coming up in a couple of minutes stay with us.i'm middle school kind of guy i like tradition and heritage and all that stuff when i look to the past i see that there's a lot that we could learn from our ancestors however one thing we don't need from them are debtors prisons which according to a fox news report are somehow on the rise in the united states in the twenty first century the a.c.l.u. and the british center for justice claim that the local courts have been sending individuals with unpaid fines and fees jail which the courts may not even realize is illegal these courts are locking up people with fines that have exploded in size due to interest imposed on the initial amount and for the representation they had when they were in court which i always thought was supposed to be free but worst of all some are still in prison for fees they occurred while being in prison like having the audacity to use toilet paper hey that's taxpayer money down the toilet the kicker to this all is that throwing people in prison for their public

that you're alluding to would have been achieved anyway so why what of koskie well first of all ms boyko who might be kidding because if you look into the amnesty it seems to be sceptical soviets toile traditional kind of an amnesty touching up for men.

occupation eleven years know that there are no basic services up next oksana boyko investigates the role of hamas in the peace process with israel and worlds apart. leg. length. wealthy british soil it's time to write for. the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. cancer reports on our. hello and welcome to worlds apart for years israel has used the villager and rhetoric over tammy's to justify its own military actions a policy that was recently dealt a blow when iran's switch from accusations to negotiations securing a lot of market nuclear deal isn't it time for hamas and not their sworn enemy of israel to do the same in hopes of kicking these really palestinian conflict all out of its rob well to discuss that i'm now joined by the spokeswoman of the palestinian government in gaza. miss almost all of you really appreciate your being here on the show i know that you were appointed as the first female spokesperson for the. a senior government in gaza just a few months ago as part of the major p.r. mak

most recent anti fracking rallies have taken place in romania and northern england and this party boyko reports it's a tough struggle for locals and activists. fracking and protests seem to be synonymous only in my experience of covering these stories there hasn't been an area where locals haven't been opposed to this technology taking place on their doorstep and there's just been a crackdown we've heard reports from romania where police have forcibly removed local villages from where energy giant chevron was supposed to start test drilling well i can tell you i can believe that that crackdown was brutal and i can tell you it would have to be because i was in that village and i was covering that story when those protesters were forming a human chain around that site and they said to me that they would point to the death to avoid this fracking taking place. we hope to stop them even if it means paying with our lives if you want to send the army you will die won't give up until the. remaining start the big issue in the u.k. as well people here on to new to at the moment we've got protests

next worlds apart with oksana boyko stay with us. summer break a time when all students rejoice and most importantly relax but in russia summer break for male students could change dramatically and involve lots of guns currently male russian citizens have to put a year into the armed forces but the ministry of defense thinks that they can make things easier by having students spend their summer breaks in the military this training would tie in with their future professions such as engineering students being put into military engineering position now the question is does your summer break belong to you or another words of the government have the right to tell you what to do and make you serve in the army even if just for three summers during your college years i think the answer this really depends on your culture in places which haven't been invaded countless times or have a strong individual ism streak any form of conscription sounds barbaric and oppress . but if you come from a country that is less individualistic and has been atta

with a new team with more than just over half and half in the meantime it is worlds apart with oksana boyko after the break this is international. the parliament of yemen has put forward a motion to ban drone attacks in the country the motion is now waiting approval by the president and it's probably impossible to enforce unless they could build a really big net or something isn't it strange that now after years of drone strikes in their country the parliament just wakes up to the fact their systems are getting blown up from the sky that we fear yemen doesn't have a ton of cash and i could see how having the well equipped and funded us military to take care of the al qaeda problem for them for free could be really enticement i mean it must be scary to be a politician with lots of power hungry terrorists about this would be the first time in history that a stronger foreign power fought a weaker states battles for them but the problem is that according to the huffington post a former u.s. state department official in yemen says that every year drone attacks create eight from forty to sixty ne

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he added so on a cheerier note assuring viewers that it's not too late to find back or just plain boyko reports. christmas day here in the u.k. is a sacred tradition it's all about the christmas turkey the family gathering and of course getting around the teddy to watch the queen's speech with your family this year the queen was wishing brits a merry christmas she spoke about the birth of her grandson about the year's achievement spots channel four airing an alternative christmas message from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden who of course revealed the existence of mass government surveillance programs in the u.s. the u.k. and other western countries and he was speaking all about privacy he said that george orwell's one thousand nine hundred eighty four was the real fairy tale compared to the reality that we're living with right now with the trial born today will grow up with no conception of privacy at all they'll never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves and recorded on the last fought battle for said that they chose edward snowden for this christmas message be

that you're alluding to would have been achieved anyway so why fight of koskie well first of all most boyko who might be kidding because if you look into the amnesty it seems to be sceptical soviets toil traditional kind of an amnesty touching up on the vulnerable groups of prisoners pregnant women elderly people minors women with small children and so on and so forth and none of the last moment there is a month added on to include into the amnesty. nicholas such crimes those who goodness him and most roads and i would like to stay on for just one more question his imprisonment imprisonment had a symbolic value it was always presented as a sort of reflection of how bad the human rights to sion in russia supposedly was i wonder if you attach the same symbolism to his release doesn't mean. let's say political climate in the country may be changing simply because he is being set free.