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you're watching artsy ensor national what may marina call serve all welcome to the program now i rush and pilot jailed in the u.s. could have just days to his lawyer who says his client has been refused urgent medical care the case has gone all the way up to russia's foreign ministry which has urged washington to intervene r.c. is going that she can is following the story. because i think you are franco who according to his lawyers having symptoms of heart attack may get medical help only by tuesday here's what the russian because wife told us about the help that he has received so far. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experienced heart pain and was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not been feeling well for a long time but his pleas for medical help have been ignored and he felt sick they put him in lock up and left him on the cold floor he tried to get to the doctor but all he was offered was flu me

live from the heart of the russian capital this is artsy ensor national with me. welcome to the program it's sunday and the final day of the salt you winter olympics in russia the home team have excelled now topping of the leader table as you can see there there are still medals up for grabs norway is hard on russia's heels well it's over to our soldiers studio now for all the latest action. it's a decisive final day for the russian team indeed two golds and a bronze on saturday and here in sochi you can feel that like never before thousands of fans here and all those watching around the world know that it all hangs in the balance even a hundredth of a second could deprive russian athletes of first place in the overall count in norway of course is not a team to underestimate when it comes to skating but for the host nation it's now or never to come out on top of the sochi games but now cross lives are andrew farmer he's in the mountain cluster about their chances wow andrew what a night it was for the russian team sportscasters almost jumping out of their boxes th

you're watching artsy ensor national with me marina call survive very warm welcome to now it's been seven years in the making and there is just one day to go before saatchi fires up the winter olympics now as the city wall comes its thousands of extra visitors many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing post them pictures online about how their most the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast now for meeting the mascots to literally getting into the olympic spirit there's definitely a buzz about the place now most athletes have already arrived at russia's resorts and of course we know as well as the iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame and it's on the final leg of its after journey that's covered tens of thousands of kilometers from the bottom of the world's deepest like to the top of europe's highest peak farmer has been following it since it was lets in greece and he brings us the very latest from tsotsi. rosa who taught actually which is in the foothills of the caucuses in just a short tele cabin ride away from where most of the events will take plac

welcome back you're watching artsy ensor national it's time now for some moment more world news for you from around the world the iraqi army has stepped up its bombardment all. reports of me ahead of a full on ground offensive. this it seemed was seized by militants connected to al qaida an early january and has been under intense shelling for days the government's been holding off from send in and troops to give local tribesmen time to oust the insurgents and security in iraq has been getting worse with almost eight thousand people killed in sectarian violence last year. explosions at a cinema in pakistan have killed at least five people eyewitnesses claim a man sits in the back of the auditorium through grenades dozens of people were hurt some critically there in the incidents and peshawar. clashes in kenya have seen see people killed after police opened fire and the mosque in the city of mumbai it's after youths will the daggers when some worshipers raise the flag of the jihad this al-shabaab group police say they wanted to thwarts who meets an aim that recruits an extremist say they

welcome back you're watching the art scene ensor national with some more world news for you right now the iraqi army has stepped up its bombardments all for new job reports of ahead of a full on ground offensive. the city was seized by militants connected to al qaida in early january and has been under intense shelling for days the government's been holding off from sending in troops to give local tribesmen time to oust the insurgents and security in the rock has been gets in worse with almost eight thousand people killed in sectarian violence last year. explosions in pakistan have killed at least five people eyewitnesses claim a man sets in the back row of the auditorium threw grenades dozens of people were hurt some critically during the incidents in peshawar. clashes in kenya have seen seen people killed after police opened fire and a mosque in the city of mumbai it's after youths wielded daggers when some warship words raise the flag of the jihad this al-shabaab group police say they wanted to thwart the meets an aim that's recruiting extremists and say they made over one hundred

we're had a short break here now but this they would artsy ensor national for more news including reports on a small village in germany. the prospect of having their homes to make way for a coal mine. cutler. there's a medium so we believe that maybe. by the sea ocean sea your play your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is as good with the gas that you deserve answers from . politics. welcome back to artsy international will continue now with other news the u.k. government has spent millions of pounds in recent years on the so-called prevent program that's aimed at stopping muslims in the country from falling under the influence of radicals it's supposed to serve as a counterterrorism strategy but many claim it's counterproductive some muslims say it's plates and discrimination by authorities artie's laura smith reports. preventing terrorism a powerful phrase used to excuse all manner of the busa is from government spying on their own citizens to foreign wars now muslims in the u.k. are accusing the government of scapegoating them in the fight against terror and created what the

welcome back to artsy ensor national the u.k. government has spent millions of pounds in recent years on the so-called prevent program now saying that stopping muslims in the country from falling on the big influence on friday calls it's supposed to serve as a counterterrorism strategy but many claim it's counterproductive with some muslim saying it's place in the school nation by authorities are seized or smith reports. preventing terrorism a powerful phrase used to excuse all manner of abuses from government spying on their own citizens to foreign wars now muslims in the u.k. are accusing the government of scapegoating them in the fight against terror and creating what they're calling a cradle to grave police state they say the police strategy known as prevent monitor's muslims and tries to change ideologies in every area of their life so it's an all encompassing policy that is touching on every aspect of muslim life in a negative negative way which encourages discrimination you've got to remember that . when one person has bee

you watch an artsy ensor national with me marina call sorites a pleasure to have your company now time and maybe run the mounts for a russian pilot jailed in the us constance in the irish and co is being refused a vital medical help and his lawyer says the man is already at death's door russian diplomats are now urging washington to intervene as r.c. has found out. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantin you know. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experienced heart pain and was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not been feeling well for a long time but his pleas for medical help have been ignored and he felt sick they put him in lock up and left him on the cold floor he tried to get to the doctor but all he was offered was flu medication and some antibiotics sometime

what an artsy ensor national but need to recall her bubble comes to the program. the lab russian pilot trailed in the blast could have just a suit. his lawyer says his client has been refused urgent medical care. the case has gone all the way up to russia's foreign ministry which has urged caution saying to intervene. pisces ketchikan this fall and the story think of all according to lawyers having symptoms of heart attack may get medical help them meet like to state here's what the effing pissed wif told us about the help that he has received so far there are around berkeley told me in the morning and told me she felt very safe and he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having heart attack because he told me to a suffocating experiencing heart pain was almost unable to walk. he was beaten severely and he was arrested and has not been feeling well for a long time. he screens for medical help to ignore it he felt stake in canon law kept interrupting the cold floor. he tried to get to the doctor called us on friday. most flu medication and some antibio

ensor national mall the free movement of people may be one of the pillars all of a common markets but the issue is driving a wedge between e.u. member states calls for tougher regulations are spread and why they're drawing the call on them. nation of brussels now switzerland has just voted in favor of curbs on a u. migrants and almost half of germans want to follow and its fourth step in france is seventy percent of the population believe there are too many foreigners in the country and the vast majority of burthens want to see immigration reduced and in norway a record number of illegal immigrants were the ports of last year and as i've been off reports calls for stricter measures are growing louder. this used to be a quiet suburban town in the outskirts of oslo where money is spent fourteen years of his life until he says along with most of his norwegian friends they had to move out because of constant attacks by teenage immigrant again. then in the ambulance five times or something so it came to the point where i didn't have the time to be robbed all the time and go to the hospital

or watch an artsy ensor national very warm welcome to now one of the world's largest hacker groups is syrian chancellor merkel and the entire german government for false certain ends up spying projects led by american employers as agencies along with human rights activists they say leaders and they pulled the mass surveillance and violated the country's criminal code we spoke to one of the activists behind the move. we have strong indications that the german government code and or together with the american spies on all of our digital lives at the moment even if the whole media was covering but they stayed very very passive and they it for us it looked like they were just debating until the storm is over and that's why we want to force the federal prison prosecutor to start real investigation on what is going on and want beyond wrong and how the government not only the american all the others are injured invading our digital lives it's still not proven that any of these measures really help finding terrorists than all the other excuses they find and that's just a new way of power and

this is our c ensor national where the week's top stories and the latest headlines for you almost a year after a burst pipeline in central arkansas calls a massive oil spill people in the area are still dealing with the aftermath officials say their homes are safe to live in but locals claim there are not so they are actually suffering from. business from one hail and talk sense on a daily basis for them moving away is easier said than done as far as he's going to stick out and found out. almost a year after two hundred thousand gallons of heavy crude spilled onto their streets residents of mayflower in arkansas are striving to leave the town here in mayflower for sale signs are everywhere almost every house on the street is on sale before the spill this was a place where people wanted to move in to enjoy the beautiful nature around many didn't even know there was a pipeline running on their houses and now they just want out many have already left and jerrel one of them i tried to stay here i tried to just be away you know as much as i could but if it rained i could not stay here because

you're watching r t ensor national with me marina call survivor warm welcome. now less than twenty four hours left before the flame of the winds here games is lets out the olympic stadium and saucy some of the competitions have already kicked off bought the world is holding its breath for the official opening ceremony that organizers promise will be mind blowing artie's paul scholes is in the olympic capital for us. seven years since she won the right to host the winter olympics and in a few hours time will see the culmination of all that hard work and all the planning for the twenty fourteen sochi winter olympics officially gets underway without ceremony it kicks off local time eight fourteen pm now i was fortunate enough to get a ticket for the final dress rehearsal on cheese dave and i can tell you that the forty thousand plus spectators inside the stadium are going to see a high tech state of the art pyrotechnic display but i can actually tell you too much more than that i'm sworn to secrecy at the moment it's going to culminate with the lighting of the oly

you're watching r t ensor national will go straight to our breaking news story and tell you what we know of it at the moment now the crisis has emerged within the past few minutes an armed man is holding about twenty teenagers hostage in a school in moscow our correspondents across the relevance for us and she brings us all the lights.

you're watching artsy ensor national with me marina culture of arab and welcome to you. seven years in the making and now there is just one dates ago before tsotsi fires up the winter olympics now is this if you welcome such fountains of extra visitors many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing post in pictures online about how they're making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast from a mates in the mascot's to quite literally getting into the olympic spirit there's something really a buzz about the place and now most athletes have already arrived in the russian resort asked as the iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame. now of course it's on the final leg of its epic journey that's covered tens of thousands off kilometers from the bottom of the world's deepest like to the top of europe's highest peak artes and reformer has been following that since it was late in greece and he brings us the latest from saatchi. well i mean the picturesque resort of rosa who tour in the foothills of the caucuses and it is actually just a very shor

you're watching artsy ensor national with me marina call survivor one world and. now over one hundred thousand protesters have rallied in paris suddenly on accusing president salon's governments of what they call family phobia they want to scrap the bills legalizing gay marriage and procedures to help same sex couples have children it's seen as another blow to france's and battled leadership speaker all over now reports. paris saw the latest wave of discontent to sweep across france as we saw thousands upon thousands of people come out onto the streets to vent their anger at what they see as the erosion of traditional family values in the country is being particularly anger toward suggestions that france could legalize homosexual marriage also that it could do laws could be brought in that would seem to get same day and lesbian couples either adopt or conceive children to i.d.f. treatment they say that that isn't what the traditional family is about and that's why they've been coming out here and telling me that they want to get the french government in particular

you're watching artsy ensor national with marina costs are very warm welcome to you . now seven years in the making and now there's just one day to go before someone she fires up the winter olympics as the city says he welcomes its fountains of x. service answers many have been quick to show the world what they're experiencing from mates in the mascots to lecture they get into the olympic spirit they're posting pictures online about how they are making the most of their trip to russia's black sea coast and most of the athletes have already arrived at the russian resorts as well as that iconic symbol of the games the olympic flame let's go live now to the olympic capital and arts. is there for us. now hi there paul of course so following the epic journey that is the flame and the path that it's taken can you tell us about some of the highlights we can expect still to come. world spirits in and around sochi right now no doubt at the moment being aided by the fantastic weather conditions you can probably see. glistening in the sunshine behind me temperatures are well in t

this is artsy ensor national would continue though with other news the union jack has long been an inspiration for artists fashion designers and then ends or in symbol and pop culture but with scotland's independence referendum just months away there's going to talk about whether the flag will need a make over there already several designs around an artist or smith went out to find out what people in london think about them. campaigns on both sides of the scottish independence debate a hostage in opp the factions have until september to sell their idea of how the union should look going forwards westminster says an independent scotland would lose the pound but hardly anyone seems to be talking about something even more simple legs at the rest of the u.k. could lose if scotland declared independence the union jack scotland's represented on the flag by the blue background and diagonal white cross but if scotland left the u.k. might have to give that back old these flags would become obsolete and replaced with balls the u.k. charity the flag institute has most tops and suggestions so let's see wh

come and see live from the russian capital this is artsy ensor national with me marina. before the winter olympics begin of one journey to end after traveling more than sixty thousand kilometers the iconic flame of the games has now reached its final destination paul scott is in the host city for our city. torches arrival here in sochi is going to be greeted with an increase in excitement levels over the next couple of days or so three hundred volunteers are going to carry the torch as it continues its journey all around this region and then of course it comes to a climax on friday evening during the spectacular opening ceremony where the olympic cauldron will be laid another person who is tasked with that corner at the moment we simply don't know it is a closely guarded secret and of course the olympic torch began its relay across russia the world's largest country back in moscow in october since then it's traveled sixty five thousand kilometers it's gone to the bottom of the world's deepest lake lake by college going to the top of europe's highest peak mount elders and

twenty four hour news live from moscow with artsy ensor national do stay with us up next a straight talking selfish thought out. by . wealthy british style. time writing for. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my next concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. the nine hundred fourteen the scenario is a political today because the united states is insistent on becoming the dominant force on every continent but brian when it when we look about the calculations in strategy i have to go back to iraq afghanistan libya and in that's all recklessness in my opinion about you know the u.s. policy resembles those what the caricature of those western movies where they put the drunken cowboys coming to town and shoot the place up just because they can. the be. above. the law but. hello welcome to sophie and co i'm sophie shevardnadze an heir to a fortune turned mercenary boss erik prince founded blackwater the world's biggest private military company scoring billions in government contracts in iraq and

bringing you the highs and the lows from the slopes and ranks of the winter games right here on artsy ensor national and there's of course our dedicated web site twenty fourteen dot artsy dot com. twenty four dean promises the ultimate in exhilarating return and. you join me and he's in l.a. to make seven o eight on the last of our late news team the sochi twenty four take. on. there's a call for the spirits of the games to calm global conflicts especially in syria with russia's foreign ministry urging all signs to sign a close so-called olympic truce and stop the bloodshed but the situation in the conflict zone worsens daily and its consequences are felt far and wide now america's counterterrorism departments are raising the alarm after dozens of u.s. citizens moved to join the fight in syria alongside the rebels some have since returned from the war torn the country trained by al qaida now the fear is they could use that experience to launch terror attacks on american soil and civil war activists richard backer believes it's in the negative of results of washington's rebel supports and po

come and see life from the hearts of the russian capital this is artsy ensor national with me marina call sort of a. day nine of the winter olympics as in false way with results already coming from the ski slopes and four sets of metal still to be won and other disciplines well let's hear more now from an ace in our in our science in studio and the cell where we have to start with the ice hockey match last night russia was really close to victory but seen us a home in the end can you tell us more about it because it definitely seems like the highlight of the olympics so far. well it had everyone on the edge of their seats a hard fought match played at relentless speed that of course ended in disappointment for russia after a penalty shoot out but there was also a dose of controversy with a late russian gold talked off by the referee. andrew farmer has more on why that's become such a talking point. essentially what olympics officials have said is this look if the goal posts are moved off their moorings before the puck goes in the goal is disallowed that's exactly what happened so the

welcome back to artie ensor national but now appears they are inside for syria the violence is increasingly spilling over its borders into neighboring countries lebanon spearhead the hardest with successor in the visions they're now flights in and to grow and so full blown civil war artie's maria financial reports from behind lebanese rebel lines where the harvests are being bred for battle. is the syrian conflict rages on neighboring lebanon faces a dramatic increase in sectarian violence in january alone for cobhams killed dozens in beirut and the town of had a mill next to the syrian border the targets were a shia areas controlled by hizbullah lebanon's most influential force which also supports syrian president bashar assad we traveled to the northern city of tripoli a sunni stronghold vehemently oppose in his bella visible message growing and. it's appointed by. his well as military involvement in syria is believed to have given damascus the upper hand in the battle of god and has deeply angered assad's enemies do you think we're going to see more explosions like this water. and. anyth

live from the heart of their washing capital this is artsy ensor national with me marina call survivor welcome to the program now it's sunday and the final day of the salt two winter olympics here in russia the home team have excelled now it's helping the leader table with the countries by showing and twenty years but they're still mad also up for grabs and it's all or nothing for russia and norway will definitely want to snatch first place in today's cross-country skiing and the four man bobsled runs now once these surveillance are over france can breathe a sigh of relief but before that there is still a lot of drama in store so with the final day in front of us let's take a look at some of the highlights of the games. the longest. igniting the most expensive the most compact and one of the most watched winter olympics in the us. again stunning backdrops gripping stories of heartbreak and joy on a daily basis russia's red machine taking seconds to light up a nation's heart then deflating it days later with a cool final exit. russian figure skaters left the world dizzy with a veteran a

you're watching r t ensor national with marina welcome to the program well as you can see from the olympic countdown clock in the heart of moscow there are seven hours twelve minutes and fifty two seconds to go and that's before the flame of the winter games is let's at the olympic stadium and some of the competitions have already kicked off the world is holding its breath for the official opening ceremony and organizers promise that it will be mind blowing artie's paul scott is in the olympic capital for us. it's been seven years since sochi was awarded the winter olympics and in a few hours time we're going to see the culmination the climax of all that hard work and old out planning the opening ceremony gets underway at eight fourteen pm local time in the fish stadium that you can probably make out behind me well i was fortunate enough to get a ticket for the final dress rehearsal on choose david and i can tell you that the forty thousand plus spectators who were going to be inside that stadium are going to be treated to a high tech pyrotechnic display a condensed journey through russian

of life from the hearts of the russian capital this is artsy ensor national with me marina call survivor welcome to the program well it's sunday the final day of the salty winter olympics in russia the home team i have excelled and have now won the leaderboard with the men's cross-country skiers winning all the medals and their events well it's over it's so nice and now we're now in our software studio for all the latest. that's right a big day for russians fans ecstatic here cheering as russia's cross-country skiers all the podium in the fifty kilometer run just grab gold silver and bronze the country of course is now first in the overall medal count and it looks like it might stay that way as the olympics wrap up let's cross lines are andrew farmer he's in the mountain class has been following these games andrew what a triumph. what a triumph what a finish to russia these games are one two three in a cross country skiing for the men's fifty kilometer gold medal. means that russia have twelve gold medals at these games and that means they are untouchable at the top of the table on the v

welcome back so artsy ensor national now the writing may be on the wall for germany in greece as a radical group there has published the money fast though pinning all of greece's economic trouble on birdland the answer capitalist movement claimed responsibility for firing shots at the german ambassador's residence in the same birthright something more attacks are seize money if an author has the details. police and security forces are on high alert here in the great capital with riot police patrolling the streets in groups of five or six officers and that's after the evidence was discovered of the dangerous activity over medicare extremist group known here in greece as the popular father group on tuesday they claimed responsibility for december attack on german ambassador as residence here in the great capital when a group of a known gotten men fired at least fifty bullets at the building no one was heard but many isn't happy and another attack this time at the tap and in january. they had quilters of reset us back in the outskirts of athens as well the group sent a twenty page manifesto t

you're watching r t ensor national with me marina call survivor warm welcome to now another big day in salt she where artsy is continuing its special coverage of the winter olympics. russian fans are in high spirits after a spectacular victory yesterday in the figure skating pairs now the host nation on both gold and silver the first time that's happened in over a half a century so they though the speed skating and biathlon are some of the big highlights but those are seasoned performer explains there's another contest that could solve all of those. well i have to say it was a fantastic because he was in it for trying coffin polish but if there is one gold medal that russia wants to win more than any other it is in the men's dyce hockey they haven't done that since the fall of the soviet union and today they open their account against the vignette and that is a game on paper you would think they would win because they have something like sixteen n.h.l. stars compared to you see the news one they also have home with vantage although some are arguing that could bring extra pressure will

you're watching artsy ensor national with me marina call survivor welcome to the program it's a day seven of the winter olympics in salt she and of course artsy as continue in at special coverage. well today's first battles are yet to be won but there is a sub atmosphere among the russian fans after a big disappointment and the men's figure skating. who was a clear favorite for gold unexpectedly pulled out. that's left russia without in the olympic medal in the discipline for the first time in thirty years artes and a farmer has been keeping track of the developments poor old you can eat. that is the end of his competitive career he was always going to retire after these olympics aged thirty one but he did not want it to end that he had to pull out after landing awkwardly during the warm up of the men's individual competition yesterday he does have a long history of back problems in fact he still has four screws in that back of his after twelve operations but he will be remembered as one of the most decorated figure skaters of all time he has four limping medals he won gold in the team ev

i'm david ensor, the director of the voice of america and i will be moderating this second panel which will be a little bit looser because i'm a tv guy. so i like to walk around with a microphone and things like that. we have a very irdistinguished panel. i will introduce them in a minute but i wanted to say a couple of things and i want to show you a bit of videotape, again being a television person i can't resist doing that first of all i spent and really why i'm here, i spent 17 months in 2010 and 11 serving at the united states embassy in kabul as the director of communications and public diplomacy and so like many others in the room i fell in love with afghanistan and with the afghan people. but there were, i want to remark on three things i noticed in the area of the afghan media and it struck me and perhaps will help us get started here. the first thing which led me in the end to the job i have now at voa was vouching television and seeing that there was a program on the evening news on the radio television afghanistan, rta, very able leader is with us today, mr. ansor, thank yo

again four distinguished panelists and chaired by david ensor as moderator from head of voice of america. we hope that you can conclude from today's program that afghanistan still matters to the united states. that america's national security interests are best served by the emergence of a stable and prosperous afghanistan. that this objective can still be achieved and that, what has been accomplished in afghanistan over the last decade offers some ground for optimism that we can achieve this objective. for afghanistan has made great progress over the last 12 years in health, education, women's rights, and economic development. and you will hear about that today in these remarks and panelists. and you will also hear about the political progress that the afghan people have made. a presidential election is scheduled for this coming april fifth. for the first time in afghan history there is the prospect that power will be handed peacefully and democratically from one leader to another. the presidential campaign is on in force and recent visitors to kabul noted walls and billboards placerred

ensor. namely, about 100% increase in stability. so what that means for an african farm is that they can harvest that sorghum crop and save it without losing the vitamin k content for up to about three months, tremendous improvement. also comes with increased levels of protein, iron and zinc, soy tremendous achievement. what we are doing there is basically delivering the opportunity for increased nutrition to children throughout sub-saharan africa. so i'm excited about that. secondly, improving rural livelihood. my example here is in indonesia. on the island off the coast of java, it's a less-developed part of indonesia and what we've got income in partnership again with the minister of agriculture of indonesia, is gone in, looked at the committee, offered improved seed varieties, education that allows growers to improve their agronomic practices and to put together a whole system all the way from improved irrigation capabilities and improved shelling equipment, improved site which practices, all the to provide sustainability to the