. >>> negotiations are taking place between the central african republic and christian militias. the president became the first muslim president in the mainly christian country. fighting has displaced hundreds of thousands of people. for more on the developments of the ground, let's go to the capital. >> reporter: it is a bing news story of the day. the president says that he is in negotiations with the christian militia group. there are questions over who he is talking to. we haven't found any clear evidence that antibela is one united group. it's not clear if there arevillages taking part or backed by the former president, francois bozezai, who wants to grab power here we are hearing reports from a french newspaper that there was an altercation between selica forces and french special forces on the tarmac before the french president left. there are question marks about the authority of michel and not only how much on his own forces but how much power he has with any negotiations with his enemies. at the same time, the humanitarian screes getting worse. we are hearing reports tha

witnesses say christian militias attacked muslim neighborhoods in the capital overnight. fighting continues. a chadian peacekeeper has died from injuries inflicted on patrol early in the week. we have a report from our team on the ground. >> it is a crisis meeting in this muslim district. people are worried. they accuse the french soldiers of disarming the rebels are mostly muslim and paying less attention to the christian militia. >> they disarmed them. they were executed. not disarm the others? we want to know. a clandestine meeting in this christian area. they wear protective amulets. some of them are very young. the soldiers did not take all of their weapons. >> the day before yesterday, the french army disarmed most of our men. we want lasting peace. now they have to disarm those in the other camp. >> in their houses and in the fields, both sides are hiding their weapons. suddenly, french soldiers arrive where we filmed them. >> go and check over there. i am supposed to stay here until you give me the bow and arrow, the machete. that is to cultivate your land, not to

not only them, but the christian militia spread all over the bush. it's a colossal task, and france is in a position that's difficult. it has a lot of troops here. it wants to see more european boots on the ground. it's not there yet. it's having a problem, lijistical support, but there's no diane ammism in support of france. they are in an offensive position. there's more activity, more of a robust push to bring people to book and disarm them. all but destroyed now because of what has gone on here. >> i think we know you'll follow event throughout the day. for the moment we'll thank you. >> russian president vladimir putin is holding an annual question and answer question with the media in moscow. he's expected to address his amnesty bill passed by parliament on wednesday. it could pave the way for the release of thousands of activists, including pussy riot and greenpeace members. these are live pictures with assembled diplomatic and press corp waiting to hear what the president had to say. it seems that he's taking to the stage. we won't listen yet

a christian militia suspect is questioned.he militia and those supporting it attacked people and property. >> this was a mosque. look at it. it's destroyed by a mob using sticks and their bare hands to bring it down. now graffiti on the walls. this says no to the troops. >> chadians make up part of the peacekeeping force and the former seleka. both are targeted by the christian militia. no one knows the precise number of dead or injured. the fully equipped hospitals of the city are overflowing. >> in syria anti-government activists say forces loyal to the president to protect a series of targets around aleppo. amateur video showing the damage. the violence continues, so does the international effort to bring an end to the 2.5-year-old conflict. russians and diplomats disagree whether iran should be involved in the geneva ii peace conference. james bays, diplomatic editor, has more. >> a rush in a delegation a came to geneva, a final meeting before syrian peace talks, but a meeting with key issues to resolve. >> does it look li

french and african troops have struggled to contain the violence as muslim summit the ripples a christian militia carry out attacks on one another and to ordinary civilians the turmoil was started off with an instantly she'll show toto else to democratically elected from total seats taken him in the tree to the chemo which many christians accused the government and transfer money starting with muslim rebels to you in three pt agency estimates that two hundred thousand people have been displaced. the central african republic has remained an unstable country since it gained independence in nineteen sixty five of the cost for years. french forces have also been deployed to confronts its former colony money to drive out al qaeda militants and in the hypertext to protect civilians court open civil war. colson prawns for intervention in the central african republic has four sharply since the killing of two young soldiers during a patrol prawns has deployed around one thousand six hundred trees to the country in addition to the four thousand troops from the african union ukrainian anti government protes

and subsequently the christian militia attacked two muslim areas. reports suggest that they were firing indiscriminately at one point. and the whole thing escalated and it appears there are still a number of attacks going on, and the whole city, really is in an even deeper state of fear. any semblance of commercial life has some to a halt, and the situation is very tense indeed. >>> gunmen in the philippines have killed four people including a municipality mayor. >> reporter: philippine police describe it as one of the most brazen attacks on a government official this year. the mayor was shot dead friday afternoon, also killed was his wife, an 18-month-old baby and a relative. five others were also wounded. airport officials admit there are no security cameras in the area. >> translator: we're scared. we were scared to go on my vacation. if my flight wasn't scheduled today, i wouldn't have traveled here. i would have canceled my flight. because i'm scared. until now i seem to be shaking. >> translator: it's worrisome because this could mean that sec

christian president nine months ago. since then, the central african republic has been reduced to near anarchy as battles raged between the mostly muslim rebel group and the militias from the country's christian majority. france has reinforced its troop resins in the former french colony. it will deploy 1600 soldiers to patrol the streets in an effort to restore order. >> they beat me and told me to say my prayers because they were going to kill me. the destruction is everywhere. the french only patrol the main boulevards. in paris, the president told a summit of african leaders the continent must develop the capacity to look after its own security. he offered french training and assistance for and african rapid response force. >> and appeals group has reduced the sentences of 14 protesters. it was cut to a one-year suspended sentence. the ms. lump -- the members of the muslim brotherhood were detained in october after demanding the release of ousted president mohammed orsi -- mohamed morsi. the sentences handed down last month caused an international outcry. ukrainian activists are accusing the president of betraying national interests after he held unannounced t

a christian militia is reportedly behind the violence. >> reporter: this is a strong hold for the christianitia. there have been a number of arrests already, and there has been a period of absolute tension on friday. that followed attacks on thursday. you can see one of the placards. one of the many parts of a demonstration that is being quite concerted in the capitol. and over there you get an idea of how political this has become. demands for the president to resign. all over the city there is tension. all over the city there is a change in the dimension of this, in that the anti-ballca movement concerted to take on the peace coopers. this force was attacked in only a few hours of the handover. >>> gunmen in the philippines have filled four people including a municipality mayor. his wife and baby were also gunned down at the airport >> reporter: philippine police describe it as one of the most brazen attacks on a government official this year. the mayor was shot dead friday afternoon. also killed was his wife, 18-month-old baby, and a relative. airport officials admit there are no securit

christian militias have been fighting back. the middle are millions of civilians whose access to food and water are dwindling. last week, the u.n. security counsel approved a resolution allowing military intervention. >> a camera crew from great britain was caught yards behind an african peacekeeping team when shots rang out. tranl jikly, the soldiers may have killed one of their own. alex thompson was there to witness it all. the video is disturbing. >> it is just after 8:00 a.m. but this morning, no sign of the french army whose checkpoints were so visible on the main routes here yesterday. apart from the usual aid vehicles, only african peacekeepers out had morning on an anti-looting patrol. we should you warn you some viewers may find what happens moments later disturbing. suddenly one of their vehicles cuts us off. and stops just ahead. >> stop. stop. [ gunfire ] >> get back in. >> he shot. >> slowed down, it's revealed as chaos, a shambles. no proper firing positions. it's highly likely these men had shot their own men de

has disintegrated into anarchy with muslim and christian militias killing each other's people at willour correspondent there on the ground has been in the middle of some terrifying situations. i want you to watch this extraordinary report. >> reporter: even as the u.n. security council was voting to give fund the mandate it needed to engage there in the central african republic, christian and muslim militias were taking aim at each other's communities. for the last 20, 30 minutes we've been hearing sustained gun fire and heavy weaponry. it's coming from a lot of different directions. >> i'm here i'm here. where are you? >> they told us to go. they told us to go. >> the african forces have come to get us. they're giving cover so that the u.n. vehicles can get out. we've now been brought to the base. the fighting is still quite close even here. some of the displaced people when they heard the gun shots ran and are taking shelter here with the african forces. we have finally had some respite after two days of violent clashes. the african regional peacekeeping force was able to negotiate

they are in search of christian militia, anti-balaka. the african peacekeeping force is next to arrive. there's little to do. everyone here has fled. this was an african family home. now look at it. it's hardly any surprise the level of fear, the level of insecurity. people look to the african peacekeeping force, but they are here too late to do anything about this. the situation is more critical by the day. the reason, the cycle of violence is deeply set. the african peacekeepers fought bravely, but dozens of people died in a place mired in displace and the will to seek revenge. >> translation: those in security should do more to stop this. otherwise christian houses will be set on fire. >> almost a 6-hour drive from the capital we encounter the vigilantes. they rose against the alliance, bringing down the briefious government. >> seleka people are human being. if they live with us in harmony everything will be all right. they turn the guns towards us, we die in large numbers. >> back here they are former fighters in the army transition

been disbanded but its fighters remain strong and are accused of attacking christians christian self defence militias have surfaced in the country has fallen and sectarian conflict in the past week more than six hundred people have been killed in the capital and an estimated ten thousand of the country's four point six million people have abandoned their hopes. christine has given out during last weekend's debacle and turns it on. so counting who will be taken to manning on his solution was not found soon the negotiation channels have been open source close to the syrian army. i can has also tried to open direct fourth line offering money for the return of demands according to middle eastern media heinlein rebels have supposedly need security and military demands for the safe return of the non christian orthodox convent of the resources the point that americans want the government to release one thousand prisoners. the fate of the twelve months as thailand and the rising concerns over the treatment of christians by islamic extremists consolidate gains since my town has switched between the owners sin

. >> the president of the central african republic urged muslim fighters supporting him and christian militias to lay down their arms. fighting this month between seleka rebels who brought them to power and other groups led to the deaths of nearly 1,000 people. we have more from bangui. >> riek machar offered condolences for the dead, called for national reconciliation and made an appeal. and he assured. car there would be justice for both sides, including former rebels he fought with >> translation: whether it's those we fought with or against justice will be for all. all of us, without exception, disarm. not only that, we need to disarmour hearts. this assurance from justice is undoubtedly a response for world leaders, to spell clearly that both ides will be treated equally in the courts. >> whether it's too late and whether it will be delivered is an open question. not only that, there's so many divisions in the government, so much instability. he did assure car that he will deliver free and fair elections. andrew simmons reporting from bangui in the central african republic. >> anti-govern

could lead to the civil war. 500 people have been killed in fighting between rival muslim and christian militias. that's in bangui. soldiers are trying to separate and disarm rival militias. nazanine moshiri has more from the capital. >> we are at pk12. a few days ago it was manned by seleka forces. it's under french control. we heard the commander giving orders to his troops. he told them to search any vehicle. disarming still going on, despite the deaths of two french soldiers. as we travelled in the armoured personal carrier things were tense inside. francis hollande, the president was here to boost morale. he told his troops that they are here to protect civilians and present further carnage. people going market, people feeling safer to be able to go out. there's thousands of people who are seeking protection in churches, at the airport. in mosques. we have seen a lot of injured people in the main hospital and dead bodies brought to the mosque. and the big challenge for the french force is to convince people - both muslims and christians - they are here for them. >> more to come in this next

it's year, that all the military action is needed as a tax on villages by christian militia continues. the challenges are profound. it isn't about peace keeping it is about enforcing some kind of calm, and to have any hope of doing that, the new force needs tock fast, efficient, and equipped. the outgoing peace keeping force believes that the force will work. >> depending on the threat, whereas they will be able to go everywhere. and diminish the risk. >> but action is needed soon, if the fears of the minority muslim people don't lead to retaliation. the french army here wants to start disarming both sides, but it is too tension right now, and southers have told al jazeera that more fire power is needed first. in the coming days it is expect there will be more pressure on the government to put out positive messages about reconciliation. and alongside that, more robust action to disarm the killers. andrew simmons, al jazeera, boston. >> family members of a murder soldier says justice has been done, but they say no amount of justice will bring him back. it took a jury 90 minutes to conv

a christian militia group. >> we found this man walking. we have two grenades. we ask him where he is from. he couldn't tell us. >> french soldiers have a difficult task. there are thousands of armed people in the city. french forces are under a u.n. mandate to disarm them. >> the french stop a pick-up. a seleka soldier in a beret are told to move away from the vehicle. >> french soldiers found weapons and grenades in the cars of these men. you can see that these men have been arrested, hands behind their backs and phones taken away. french soldiers told us that these men are the same people responsible for an exchange of fire close to the airport. >> these men will be taken to the international military base at the airport. >> the priority is the same for all soldiers. to secure the zone so we can have a little more peace. >> most here welcome what is happening. they want the french to do more. >> translation: we are happy with what the french have down disarm the seleka in bangui. we want them to come into the neighbourhood and take the weapons from the armed

are pointingonals the fingers at mostly muslim rogue rebels in christian militia attacks. could the u.s. spy agency the nsa scale back on its methods? -- givinguse panel only the president the right to ok spying on foreign leaders. hello, everyone. also coming up this hour, in sports, a football-leading pope francis gets a trophy and a goalkeepers glove, this after his favorite team clinches the argentine title. and you will need one of the two directors of animated me" andter "despicable 2," and he is french. it has just come to a landmark banking deal that has marked o of the biggest transfers of national sovereignty since the introduction of the euro. oliver fairey has more on the new banking union and that preventing a repeat of the crippling crises that have already hit the eurozone. >> the european banking union deal aims to prevent overstates getting burned by bad banks, but it came about only after protracted negotiations. brussels will have a range of new powers to curtail the effects of taking failures and the deal will add to the existing supervision by the ecb,

the president is in negotiations with the christian militia group. there's questions over who he's talking to. we have not found clear evidence that anti-balaka is one united group. it's not clear whether it's ordinary villagers taking part in the uprising or whether they are backed by the president who wants to come back and grab power. at the same time we are hearing reports from a french newspaper that there was an altercation between seleka forces and french special forces on the star mack. there are question marks about the authority of the president, and how much control he has not only over his own force, but the power he has in any negotiations with his enemies. at the same time the humanitarian crisis is getting worse. we are hearing reports that food distributions are not happening in the camp at the airport where there are 50,000 people because of insecurity, and people wielding machine eties and trying to grab the food. women are sleeping in the baking heat at the moment. when it reins they are holding their babies. there's no shelter. di

does this signal that they are concentrating on the pro- christian militias?>> they started with those rebels because they are easier to identify. because they came to power, they were still wearing uniforms and they were the ones you could see on the streets on their big pickup trucks, with their weapons, patrolling the streets. when the french army set up checkpoints, it was the first ones they encountered and the first that they try to disarm. that was followed by an order by the president and the international community to try to get the former rebels back to their barracks, back to the military camps. these armed militias have been -- it is a lot harder to identify who these people are , if they share a common strategy, a common goal. they are hiding amongst the civilian population in some of these neighborhoods, as you just said. now the french army is going to , tryo take their weapons to force them to hand them over because they fueled these led tos that have several outbreaks of violence over the past several days and they have to try to get as many o

francois bozize, the former president, may have involvement in mobilising the christian militia and making this more of a sectarian battle than it should be. >> that is andrew simmons with our story from the central african republic. an israeli soldier has been killed by a lebanese army sniper near the lebanon boarder. nick spicer has more from jerusalem. >> according to the latest report the israeli soldier was driving along a road near the lebanese boarder towards an outpost that runs a radar post. when it came to small arms fire. six or seven died. the israeli army at that time decided not to launch a counterattack, despite having seen lebanese soldiers or militants gathering on the other side of the border for fear the attack was diversionary. the israeli government reacted to the killing of a soldier, saying it reserved the right to self-defence. the lebanese army says that one soldier has gone missing. there's no indication whether it's the triggerman. the united nations force that is deployed along the boarder urged both sides to exercise restraint. the israeli government is unlikel

overthrew the christian president nine months ago since then and central african republic has been used in your panic as battles raged between the mostly muslim said the comparable group and the militias from the country's christian majority. france has reinforced its troop presence in the former french colony it employs sixteen hundred soldiers to patrol the streets of bible week in an effort to restore order stick to beat in indonesia create what they teach me and told me to say my friends because they were going to kill me. destruction is everywhere. the french need to tell the main road about two a woman walking along the blog often the woman was in paris president don aunt told the summit of african leaders of the continent must develop the capacity to look after its own security. he offered strange training and assistance for a pan african rapid response force. it's an appeals court has reduced the prison sentences of fourteen female islamist protesters. the court come here with you all eleven year prison terms to one year suspended sentence as the members of the muslim brotherhood were detained in october after demanding the release of ousted president muhammad more say in juve

from the presidential guard and all the men here accused the french army of being soft on the christian militiathe anti-balaka but hard on seleka. >> we haven't heard of the french killing balaka. the seleka are back in their barracks, only travelling with the right barriers. >> as the bodies were about to be driven away a relative of the dead gave this message >> translation: i'm asking all you dead to go home. you have done nothing since independence. now you are mann ip ute lating us, sometimes you are with us, sometimes against us. >> this caused fear for the impoverished people. the interim government appears to be doing nothing to cool down the anti-french sentiment. >> according to the united nations about 20% of the population in the central african republic has fled their homes. 56 people, including children are dead after an army air strike in syria. human rights groups say military helicopters drop barrel bombs in aleppo. the government has been bombing rebel held areas. government officials say they are targetting terrorist insurgents in aleppo. >> a bomb exploded on a bus in israel

they are a christian militia who started off as a protection force. now, we don't know whether they have actually grown in size, whether they do have a lot of heavy weaponry at the moment. the african forces which are here and present in bongi have been deployed to different parts of the city. their role is to protect the airport and french citizens. it comes as we wait for a u.n. security council to vote on a second resolution to tend in not only more troops but african forces. at the moment there's no one here to protect civilians. >> more ahead, including what a steal. while looters let loose on supermarkets and department stores in argentina. not just a pest. how the humble cockroach is designing the robot of the future. >>> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. we're getting reports that 10 people are dead after heavy gunfire in yemen. the attack took place in the defence ministry in the capital sama after a car bombing. the group are believed to have entered through the eastern gate of the military. the u.s. secretar

. >>> meeting with christian militia, muslim rebels overthrew the former president in a coup in marchr weeks sectarian has swept the capitol bangui. the african union has authorized the allotment of more peace keeping troops 6,000. >>> chilians are posting their votes in an election today. bltion being bechelet came out of the first round of voting this month with just over 50% of the voting, that's forcing the runoff. >> i'm in santiago's national soccer stadium which in 1973 became infamous as a torture center today, though, it is the country's largest polling station. unlike the first round of elections four weeks ago there were very short lines. there were no longer the long queues we saw last time. one explanation is that many chilians believe the outcome is already a given. even some of the campaign managers of the currents conservative government's evelyn mate, center left coalition which includes the communist party. but the fact that there are so few people voting here, in this country's first election in which voting is not mandatory has a lot of people worried. >> translato

about all the fullness of the ripples from its muslim and paying less attention to the christian anti baloch a militia. is it going on these pages on the senate to amend those guys for execution but christians have an instant on the potty but i don't like him to disarm the anti at two min we want to know about. from this tiny thing in this christian thereon and bumpy. these are the answer coming up. they wear protective eye minutes. some of them all very young. they say that some of them began on tuesday. obviously the soldiers didn't take all my weapons fear of what turf the roof of the day before yesterday the event on red's almost a bomb and would love to sew. we walked last few weeks to put it this up to now they have to do some of those in the all the campfire for a monday deadline. in that house isn't in the fields but signs are pointing their weapons. some of the french soldiers arrive where we filmed the anti tom account go and check over there. the associated stigma i'm supposed to stay here until you get the little ones are all the necessities and then on second thought cultivate your lungs

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muslims said he belonged to a christian militia. >> he could not tell us where he was from, and he planned to detonate grenades. >> french forces have the mandate to disarm all armed groups in the central african republic and use "any means necessary" to stop the violence, but muslim groups accuse them of siding with christians. >> they disarm people and leave them at the mercy of the population, and then they get killed or stoned to death. it's not normal. >> the french president has promised a quick military intervention, but a few thousand soldiers are unlikely to bring long-term peace to the central african republic. >> another african country experiencing upheaval is south sudan. government forces are backing rebels for control of a key town in an oil-producing state. the united nations received reports that people were killed in an attack on a united nations peacekeeping base. on sunday, government opponents allegedly staged a coup. at least 500 people have been killed so far. the fear now is that the fighting will spread and destabilize the entire region. >> government troops and re

into chaos since march when ms then a rebel groups of the fruit a christian not come from its christian militia attacked the capital last week causing huge casualties. the french defence minister has paid a surprise visit to the central african republic to meet its troops amid continued on breast in a cab to bondi. he stressed how important it is to quell violence that has killed hundreds of people the pos week the new philosophy nothing will be achieved here and to the period of high tension and violence in this country countdown. yes you read link to that there is imperative that the simon and demanded the united nations k best and the african forces is going on and it's being done step by step. that is being done meniscus of promises surprised by the skill of divine inside the house to kill a fun day before deploying more forces in provinces outside the capital firms deployed to one thousand six hundred troops in the country last week to close to an african peacekeeping force. every store some wood to pick up the bondi and become disarming go man as well as moving out to other towns for the

he's the husband to death by christian militias peacekeepers are increasingly becoming the target of rival is centuries old allegations they're taking sides around six thousand troops from the african union and france are battling to end the christian muslim conflict on this international s. tamate some one thousand people have lost their lives so father. received will have died due to a severe storm that's battering the u.k. it's also left thousands of homes without electricity to run sure rains have disrupted road and railway connections across the country affection schools of festive travellers one of london's largest airports gatwick is currently experiencing significant power outages and of flight delays. and up next for you a unique glimpse into world affairs through the eyes of russia's foreign minister in his exclusive interview with r.t. . with the economic downturn the find. the deal and the rest. take a break. right . first. and i would think. that maybe mr lavrov think you find the time to come here to ot see to give we have representatives of the spanish arabica and. and

parkinson she's in buying the capital of the ca opt out state violence between muslims and christian militias continued unabated they and the death toll keeps rising. what's the latest that you have on the situation. and i'm not making a long nap. he cautioned that was working on and on that. you can thank aren't there. keep me think of anything. so far this morning. adds to the picture enshrined in the twenty two on christian needed to learn a new goal. non running across the group. i won't be cheap the man i didn't think i look like this. he was an active men caught my eye. in keeping tournament on the situation with danny ten hundred times. meanwhile heat the french unit chain tool we are looking at the situation. american country. the it appears that we've lost the signal from kate parkinson dam will add much more news right after a short break. stay with us fan eye. i know welcome back. hands up for kelso parliament has approved the state secrets law by a vote of one hundred today too despite fierce protests from the and opposition parties against the bill. the long grass the government

friends began disarming rebel groups in central african republic fighting between muslim and christian militias in the capital donkey has killed at least six hundred people in recent weeks. to be the brave soldiers were also killed during a patrol on monday. as a default swap market leader visited the country and pay tribute to the fallen troops the remarks. muslim rebels over to the president more than one hundred sixty thousand people had sent by air holds the leader of the week the african union decided to keep up its course and country. moon the world's biggest fear will to nelson mandela this the memorial ceremony in the johannesburg football stadium was a mammoth event worthy of south africa's first black president and anti apartheid. it was a mixture of joyful remembrance and creeks. it is the best they are. a year. mourners the war the roots of many current and former heads of state and governments the event brought people together who normally do not see to it. one speaker after another priest mandela has agreed to reconcile that even fiance's death. us president barack obama compared

most of the muslim they faced repeated attacks and threats from christian militias this report now from denver to stand waiting for a flight to gemini. hundreds of chinese gathered at the bondi airport in hopes of fleeing the violence in central african republic. earlier this week that started her during flights to bring its citizens according to the international organization for migration nearly three thousand people have already been evacuated yes there is now on and judge and sentiments and you cannot lead to any tensions in the uk is accused of conniving with the muslims alike are rebels canteens have been singled out by the christian anti bella camilla says the central african muslims have also been targeted and are trying to flee town. two minutes twenty one to flee the country and he said. even though we haven't been there since the dawn of the essential africans the apprentice and traffic in progress a much attention here has had decided to leave to find some peace in gemini we will come back. this is not in the country. hundreds of chinese also boarded trucks to drive out of t

christian militias and muslim rebels clashed in the capital on me the united nations security council quickly agreed to double the size of the french force in the country. paris and hundreds of troops to buy me in it and to restore order the death of nelson mandela and the violence in central african republic overshadowed the french african summit in paris. forty heads of state and government were in the french capital to discuss new ways of securing peace and security across the continent. is it tough luck expanded during my visit to the region. i've said again and again. for the new age is dawning. it's an age in which africa will take its stake in its own hands. and provide its own security by itself. the demand. sestak and two. friends retains close ties to africa due to its colonial past. recently it intervened in ca are and in mali. but paris wants missions like those to be a thing of the past. our soccer fans around the globe the draw for next year's world cup in brazil was friday's biggest event germany will face portugal done and the usa that manage its former coaching collea

at least three hundred people were killed in two days of fighting in the capital bangui and christian militias loyal to the acid present clash with muslim fighters currently in control of the country more dubbed as the policeman of africa france has been active on the continent since the colonial era is a map of its former colonies over the past decade france has led interventions in mali chad ivory coast and the democratic republic of congo and that's aside from its involvement in libya as for the current conflict in central african republic earlier this year france refused a request to intervene from former president bush z.z. who was ousted in march by muslim rebels but now it's decided to lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine believes french domestic problems are behind the decision. recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that france and britain. have not given up their intent on nabbing at the news of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france is suffering serious problems at home there

here in moscow seizing in central africa euro congolese peacekeepers been hacked to death by christian militias peacekeepers are increasingly becoming the target of rival insurgents over allegations they're taking sides around six thousand troops from the african union and france are battling to lead the christian muslim conflict amnesty international estimates some one thousand people have lost the lives of. the club pakistan's former leader pervez musharraf has been adjourned till the first of january after explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason the sheriff is accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges that were politically motivated. story the greenpeace activists arrested after their attempt to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic may be reach you conclusion russian authorities have begun dropping charges against them with one already set free. scott the story . this story began in september of this year when several of the activists on the arctic su

meantime in central africa a congolese peacekeepers been hacked to death but christian militias peacekeepers are increasingly becoming the target of rival insurgents of relegation to taking sides around six thousand troops from the african union and france are battling to end the christian muslim conflict there are most internationals estimating some one thousand people lost the lives of. more news imbrie the trial of pakistan's former leader pervez musharraf has been adjourned to the first of january after explosives were found on the route that he would have taken to court he faces charges of treason the sheriff's accused of illegally suspending the constitution in two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he says the charges though are politically motivated. if you're celebrating christmas something to bring a bit of cheer this christmas and a lot of the world both children adults in some parts of the water already celebrating it not forgetting the message of christmas this is the scene in bethlehem in the west bank the birthplace of jesus crowds there a gathering where if mi

other global news this hour in central africa a congo is peacekeeper has been hard to death by christian militias peacekeepers are increasingly becoming the target of rival surgeons over allegations that taking sides around six thousand troops from the african union and from the us are battling to end the christian muslim conflicts on this international estimates one thousand people have lost their lives so far that. trial of pakistan's former leader perez musharraf has been adjourned until the best of january after explosives were found on the route would have taken to court here faces charges of treason is accused of illegally suspending the constitution of two thousand and seven when he declared emergency rule he said the charges up little of most of a should. three people have died due to a severe storm that's battering the u.k. it's also left thousands of homes without electricity to run short rains have disrupted road and railway connections across the country affecting scores of festive travel is one of london's largest airports gatwick is currently experiencing significant power outages f

republic may be eminent many people there are seeking shelter from continuing fighting between christian militias and the muslim x. rebels now in power around a thousand people were killed earlier this month the number of those displaced now swelling to more than eight hundred thousand french an african soldiers struggling to contain massacres across the country. will be back after this short break stay with us on r.t. international. unexplored antarctica what is it in this icy expanse that attracts the people who come here. only go to the dock. and enter into. a new generation of polar explorers is coming. we have a new group of specialists here now all of them are young how are they going to get along with each other i don't know. i used to be a bureaucrat. seriously. what adventures await this mysterious. way to live to the east and most of the actually doing it. thanks for staying with us twelve minutes past the hour as the world counts down the final hours of two thousand and thirteen we're looking back at the key stories that shape the outgoing year well everyone will have some personal thi

bloodshed over the last few days nearly four hundred people have been killed in battles between christian militias loyal to the ousted president a muslim rebels who control the country the african union has also increased the number of soldiers it's deployed there lawrence freeman from b. executive intelligence review magazine believes that french troops come to the region not only to stop the violence. recently france has become more. militarily and i think the problem with that france and britain have not given up their intent on having at the news of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france and suffering serious problems at home. devastating collapse in living standards throughout all. many of these things i think combine to push france forward into somebodies military activities. more of them recently than we've seen before. i'll be back with more news in around fifteen minutes time but in the meantime katie pilgrim talks ukraine's financial turmoil in her show venture capital. i play this street cleaner who's in love with a waitress i go on stage managing

country thousands of civilians fled to the country's airport seeking refuge from armed fighters christian militias loyal to be ousted president are fighting with the muslim rebels which currently control the country. france which is sometimes known as the policeman of africa has been active in the continent since colonial times and here's where it used to wield total control just a few months ago france led an intervention in mali in the past decade it's also been in chad the ivory coast and the democratic republic of congo and that's aside from its involvement in libya as for the current conflict in central african republic france's had to refuse or did refuse requests to intervene from the president he was ousted by muslim rebels in march but now it's chosen to act lawrence freeman from executive intelligence review magazine billy's french domestic problems are behind the decisions recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that there france and britain have not given up they are intent on having access to news of some of the resources and wealth of the africa

thousands of civilians have fled to the country's main airport seeking refuge from armed groups christian militias loyal to be ousted president are battling the muslim rebels who can currently control the country lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine believes france's domestic problems are behind this latest move. recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that france and britain have not given up their intent on having access and use of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france is suffering serious problems at home there is the overall devastating collapse in living standards throughout all of europe so many of these things i think combining to push france forward into somebodies military activity is. more of them recently than we've seen before. russia's aviation agency is under investigation and it is part of the probe into an air crash because an airport that killed fifty in november investigators considered some of the russian pilot's license is dubious and you can find the details online plus.

christian militias loyal to the ousted president of battling muslim rebels a car to control the country lawrence freedman from executive intelligence review magazine. he believes france's domestic problems are behind this makes this one. recently. france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that of france and britain. i have not given up your intent on having access to news of some of the resources and wealth of the african country. plus i think france is suffering serious problems at home. i view the old devastating collapse living standards throughout all of your. so many new things that can combine to push france forward to some of these military activities that more recently than we've seen before. the british government still not much is to stifle the span of extremists and it follows the brutal much of the uk soldier boy is the maximum that the file includes looking guidance material on the web on cracking down on a preaching. but as nazis laura smith reports next the country's jails girls becoming a breeding ground for radicalism. what with scrubs prison

bloodshed over the last few days nearly four hundred people have been killed in balance between christian militias loyal to the ousted president and muslim rebels who control the country. up next it's world apart world apart with time boyko and she speaks to israel a spokeswoman a palestinian government in gaza i'm going. ukraine is in a tough spot right now trying to figure out whether to join the e.u. or the arrangements 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 politicians will 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 in 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 s

thousands of civilians have fled to the country's main airport seeking refuge from armed groups christian militias loyal to the ousted president are battling muslim rebels who currently control the country lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine believes france's domestic problems are behind this latest move. recently friends has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that there france and britain have not given up they are intent on having at the news of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries or so i think france is suffering serious problems at home or the overall devastating collapse. throughout all of europe so many things i think combine to push france forward into somebody as military activity is. more of them recently than we've seen before. the british government has drawn up measures to stifle the spread of extremism follows the brutal murder of a u.k. soldier by islamists in london the plan includes blocking jihadist material on the web and cracking down on hate speech but as artie's last myth reports that country's jails ar

anti christian militia which are not to please them. king's house slaves in the end he is told by him to stop trips the trip and it xd still happen on a normal state basis. this man was killed by a mom right outside the apples. but the french and pain that keeps a paste his attack and said he was a colonel in the center attack that killed civilians would it be the truth is that it would not want to be easy to go to he added that so we don't have an identity that we can create be identified because all those carry weapons on civilians where in subiaco. it's not easy for us to tell the difference between this and it is with the weapons and assume it is a weave of weapons. this operation is extremely difficult because the population makes it to get out with the civilian population. then visit the transitional government say that olson committed to ending the finance. it's not too tight and how they planned to do it. the inter community violence is a crisis though we all regret because religious communities the christiansen the muslims of a

the un says christian militias in the central african republic and killed twenty seven muslims comes around sixteen hundred french forces are doing their best to stabilize the situation in relation to the chaos. what does he support the ousted president of fighting form and muslim rebels who seized power in march more than five hundred people were killed in the country last week with the united nations warned the death toll is expected to rise. in the tree for centrists hard to believe that people still believe in kerry's but is there anything actually wrong with that while local authorities in granada in spain has said there's no room to cavemen in this city but the base is it time to really take the family's living underground has failed office and this resistance is the capital reports the fullness of the sky. if the deals like this one breathtaking isn't it gets me going on a famous for drawing visitors ended with the city's plans to force helped a group of residents from dysentery hill that's going controversy the unusual kind of story when the foothills of the sierra nevada mou