managed to find an uninhabited village in the country's far east rolling hills and a river separate the village of soon from the rest of the world. is the community's a spiritual leader he is seventy two years old or can talk about his family for hours on end. i have three daughters and one son in russia one daughter lives in australia another daughter and two sons are in europe way yet another daughter is in argentina i think i have fifty three grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren i don't know the exact figure. a reform of liturgical practices in the seventeenth century triggered a schism within the russian orthodox church the old believers are so called because they never accepted the new rules were shippers were subjected to continuous persecution by church officials and authorities for three centuries throughout those years old believers had to either hide or flee the country today there is no war hostility but they still want to live in accordance with their own rules. are going to believe us don't accept fists from lay people because they've been gussets. they clean t

buzzing down the drain with the brain a million a billion i should say dollar highway in russia's far east gets washed away find out what high profile event the road was built for that's a mine that our team. the e.u. cares more about enforcing its borders then people's lives that's the damning conclusion reached in the latest report by amnesty international the human rights group claims europe actively aims to prevent africans from reaching its shores and danger in the lives of asylum seekers there are now increasing calls from critics to hold government accountable for the treatment of immigrants and as our tells our affiliate reports those who do manage to reach europe face increasing discrimination. it may be called the european humor. but discord is right and the swing to the extreme is becoming a little more mainstream especially when it comes to discourse on immigration and in some cases leads to outright violence from norway. to greece. to hungary. this is in our story this is a rate this is a molester and insulted by gangs of the most. recent elections in france agree showed big g

union there was a -- sofort union there was a soviet union a huge number were trafficked to the far east. >> we found out in israel there is a very phenomenon of women trafficking especially -- >> orit zuaretz is an israeli lawmaker committed to ending human trafficking and forced prostitution. originally from the former soviet union zuaretz says traffickers took advantage of in door policy for people fleeing the homeland. now zuaretz says women are trafficked to israel from other parts of the world. >> every year we face 25,000 people coming from africa 40% of women being abuse abused in desd brought into israel and sometimes for to give sexual services women from the far east have come to israel to work as nurses to take care of sick and old people, being forced to sign illegal contracts that they have to provide sexual services to the person that employs them. >> valley making progress. the government passed stricter laws including one that makes it a crime to publish ads for sexual services. zuaretz has introduced a bill to criminalize paying for any type of sexual service. >> to hit

one of the far east and a few million dollars of stock in one brings a total production it was a few there which was already indicated there was the. now the other things i guess from had on the list of words to do less so to speak is look at some of the pipelines that they're planning to come up with especially in europe now in the not stream that's the pipe. that russia that didn't russia into germany the b.b. has come out and said that they would actually like their pipeline to be extended further into great britain just one is also making sure that on the agenda the address the gas shortage particularly for the winter time it's only a couple of months away but you know they're getting grating gearing up for that they'll make sure that all their reserves. thought out and their stories for that get it's been a great year for gazprom and we're only waiting to see how their next financial year to this one. of the e.u. summit last night leaders agreed to lift opposition to putting out failed banks that should avoid the vicious national spending cuts which have left greece and italy on

cut that plus down the drain with the rain this is with this billion dollar highway and russia's far east when it literally got washed away so amazing pictures that you can also find it online what but high profile the road was built for. this is r t from moscow residents of a palestinian village of content to the guinness book of world records to register the village was demolished by israel thirty eight times let's talk more about this than with jeff helper he's co-founder and director of the israeli committee against house demolitions no one better to talk about it with an i guess the jeff good to see it firstly why these villages chosen to do this. i think this is an act of desperation they've turned to these radio courts for years and years and years israeli activists have gone down to try to resist the demolitions there's been international campaigns against the jewish national fund which is behind the demolitions of these homes and nothing has helped israel comes back time and time and time again to them all of the homes of this small bedouin community that's been there since for h

. >> reporter: take squad 11 on the far east side. if the company that operates this engine is disbanded as planned, the next closest engine to service this neighborhood would be coming from 2 to 4 miles away. >> reporter: city council members heard an earful from concerned citizens. >> i live by myself, soy need the firehouse. >> reporter: jack young proposed slashing the mayor's budge by more than $6 million and using speed camera money to keep those 3 fire companies open. new city residents say that's what needs to happen. >> restore in the bin what is necessary for a firehouse. >> tomorrow night, the city council will vote up or down a plan that will cut the mayor's budge and keep those fire companies open. >> derek, thank you. city council members have until the end of the month to approve the budget for the next fiscal year. >>> a shortage of summer treats have taken the humor out of some ice cream bars. good humor is having trouble stocking some of their most popular ice cream. the problem should be resolved by mid-summer. did

we have the islamic and jewish culture where there is a high rate of literacy and in the far east where paper is devised and circulated before there is a manuscript circulated in europe but the fact that this kind of paper in the eighth century is evidence of this high level of cultural development. it is an interval part of how significant it was to acquire something like this. this is nothing short of amazing. and some of the most powerful source of information there are because not only do we get a window into world's that are no longer with us because they are different, and this brought us from those points but the point for viewers of how we are the same and how we are different make this journey endlessly fascinating, and and always something neutral. >> on booktv's recent visit and the many other cities visited by our local content vehicles go to c-span.org go to c-span.org/localcontent. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> where al qaeda and the taliban, steve is working on one and seth jones, working on the other one. working on a biography at this tim

for the far east in brentwood mid-90s, 91 at pittsburgh 93 at dublin. along the shoreline along the mild side. bodega bay manages 69 degrees. extended forecast show things they want through tuesday that low clouds return, he said cool at the beach. look for thanks to cool down as we head into next weekend. here is sports. >>> pablos sandoval returns to the giants' lineup. the triple crown not of been on the line but a,, >>> you brought nice weather for giants fans. you're just doing your job. almost like getting a free agent. after getting shut out if the giants activated pablos sandoval from disabled list. they sent brent fell to fresno. sandoval's missed 35 games following surgery. top of the third, he lines a to center no problem for the gun and chase it down. he allows one run in seven innings. giants up 1-0 in the fifth. the judge hamilton has trouble crawford and said at second ryan theriot makes it a costly mistake. crawford's course. theriot is sitting over 400 this month. with cabrera out he creches one of the breck's. three nothing giants. sev

what else can we expect from the rest of the world's throughout our asian counterparts in the far eastve been happy to help cris andhristen -- help christen this effort. activities that will happen in the month of may. the street heritage festival will happen right here on the street beginning this saturday, along with so many other activities. the rest of the asian communities in san francisco want to help signify and reflect. this is a wonderful city. part of its beauty is inheritance of being a gateway to all the different viewpoints that happened around the world. i want to thank all of our artists for helping share that with us. through their various art forms and participate through this movement of more voices, more viewpoints, more languages, more different cultures, contributing to the diverse views that we want to have in our city. that is how we established ourselves as an international gateway of the viewpoints of innovation around the world. when you see this, and i hope you come here at night because it is not just the beauty in the daytime, its contribution to what we wa

symbol that is stronger than ever, being a bridge for everybody in the world, the gateway to the far east, as well as from them to the rest of our country. we are still the finest city in the world. international capital of the world. i want to continue that and will come thousands of visitors each year who come here to celebrate and think of this bridge as our image, as our welcoming sign. not only celebrating the bridge on memorial day, when we remember our veterans, but we will also continue the symbol for generations to come as we invite them -- whether it is a bicycle race or the u.s. open, or later on this year and the america's cup -- that we continue to allow our iconic views from this bridge to symbolize that we continue to be a bridge for everybody. back in 1937, when joseph strauss said, on the completion of this bridge, he said i present to you a bridge that will last forever. here we are, 75 years later, celebrating not only the iconic symbol that it has, but that our continued symbol throughout america, our city, and our region, continues to be the hope for everyone. i want

putin chose beijing as one of his early priorities since returning to power indicated that's in the far east where moscow has one of its most important partners more than half a century ago the chinese describe the u.s.s.r. as dog good the elder brother by the time the soviet union collapsed these sentiments were long gone for decades on a state visit to beijing suggested that the two countries may not feel like a family just yet but have definitely moved much closer to each other. let's see reporting from beijing in china. the health of egypt's former president hosni mubarak is reportedly did teary aerated he's now in a cairo prison hospital where he said to be slipping into of consciousness thousands gathered in tahrir square this week angry at the verdict in mubarak's recent trial they're demanding the death sentence for his role in killing hundreds of protesters during last year's uprising there also angry that his former prime minister has made it to the presidential election runoff next week where he's facing the muslim brotherhood's candidate the ruling military council says it will t

and russia will join forces on the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant in the russian far east. russia's state-backed largest gas company says it's preparing to include an agreement between the two governments on monday. the firm's deputy chairman said he's ready to help japanese firms join the project in the outskirts of the far eastern city. a memorandum of understanding between the two sides looks likely to be signed during the upcoming ministerial meeting scheduled to start on june 24th in russia. >>> japanese businesspeople are also eyeing fresh opportunities in iraq. a government-backed consultancy set up an opening in baghdad. the jccme office will provide information for japanese companies looking to invest or promote their businesses in iraq. the country is a promising market as it looks to develop its oil industry and rebuild infrastructure. the japanese businesses are lagging behind those of the u.s. and south korea. security concerns as well as a lack of information have slowed their entry. >> translator: we will provide information about iraq directly to japanese c

the '80s for the far east end up in the north bay we will be looking at numbers in the upper 70's and low 80s. we will cool down for the weekend but nothing dramatic. discover british columbia. visit: >> it is not crazy forecast to climb things but a dog? a dog scaled 30 ft. up a tree on the peninsula. mike sugarman shows us these firefighters rushed to the rescue after the terrified dog realized it could not get down >> firefighters have a dangerous job and they're trying to put out a fire. sometimes they need to rescue a cat out of a tree. last week menlo park firefighters rescued a dog. a year-old pianist once climbed that big oak tree about 20 ft. and was able to get down but when he began chasing iraq and, he forgot that dogs don't climb trees and was stopped about five stories up. blogs we talked with express surprise. >> i can't believe he got so high >> said that dog. >> i know that guy >> said pete >> what is he doing up there? >> that breed was originally bred to hunt vermin so he must have won with his instincts >> she is a menlo park bob walker, the only person we could fi

in the middle east and in so far as the. russians and the chinese you know have their interest which and honestly congruent with those of europe or the us they would probably want to protect those interests important talks in difficult times and dozens of multi-billion dollar business agreements signed three day visit all but concerned that the countries have kickstarted a new era in their relations and the fact that putin chose beijing as one of his early priorities since returning to power indicated that's in the far east where most co has one of its most important partners. more than half a century ago the chinese described the u.s.s.r. as the elder brother by the time the soviet union collapsed these sentiments were long gone decades already been put in state visit to beijing suggested that the two countries may not feel like a family just yet but have definitely moved much closer to each other let's see reporting from beijing in china the health of egypt's former president hosni mubarak has reportedly deteriorated he's

back to the far east. xoxo. dan is so cute, but he makes a good point in terms of resorting bounces. here we are, the best week for stocks. this could be an opportunity to consider putting on another short. >> without the question for a lot of reasons t doesn't take a lot to push the market back down. if you are inclined to think it will take time to resolve the issues or if you are concerned about the global economy, that's a good reason. some of the biggest stocks are moving much more than the s&p itself. up 3%, that's nothing. some are up 10 to 15%. >> to your point about the global economy being the issue, with china, today the two strongest names in the top 100 are wal-mart and target. they are concerned about global growth. >> coming up, the final word from the options pits. >>. >> time for the final call. the last word from the options pits. >> it's cheap, but a long way from home. >> linked in, too rich for my blood. >> i think the puts on linked in, i was spending there and on the put spread instead. >>

putin chose beijing as one of his early priority since returning to power indicated that's in the far east where moscow has one of its most important partners more than half a century ago the chinese describe the u.s.s.r. as dog the elder brother by the time the soviet union collapsed these sentiments were long gone two decades on first ever state visit to beijing suggested that the two countries may not feel like a family just yet but have definitely moved much closer to each other. see reporting from beijing in china. still to come this hour sorry for the slaughter made us chief in afghanistan personally apologized for the airstrike that killed eight hundred civilians more than half of which were women and children. plus the court appearances begin for america's most famous army whistleblower but it's the u.s. government that's got something to hide as we report shortly. spain's become the fourth and largest country to ask you or up to rescue its teetering banking system it will request a bailout of up to one hundred billion euros and follows an urgent meeting with euro zone ministers th

putin chose beijing as one of his early priorities since returning to power indicated that's in the far east where moscow has one of its most important partners more than half a century ago the chinese describe the u.s.s.r. as the elder brother by the time the soviet union collapsed these sentiments were gone for decades on a state visit to beijing suggested that the two countries may not feel like a family just yet but have definitely moved much closer to each other. let's see reporting from beijing in china you can find more news opinion and analysis on our web site r.t. dot com a click away right now an ungodly scandal files seized in the police raid on the former head of a vatican bank allegedly exposing misdeeds inside one of the world's most secretive organizations. in somalia extremist islam is wanted in the u.s. with a thirty three million dollars bounty come up with a counterproposal offering ten cavil's for president barack obama all the details of the. health of egypt's former president hosni mubarak is reportedly deteriorating he's now in a cairo prison hospital said to be slippi

far. also boosting trade and tackling the crisis in the middle east russia and china strengthen their partnership as president vladimir putin visits beijing. hello and welcome this is r.t. live from moscow you're watching the weekly a round up of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin zero in this hour and first u.n. observers in syria continuing efforts to try to determine how many people were massacred in hama province on wednesday and indeed who was behind that slaughter top u.n. officials admit the peace plan is being floated by both sides of the conflict dozens of reportedly been killed across the country over the weekend while foreign calls for intervention are being ramped up to. a report. duquesne body is lain side by side we mean children among them death was indiscriminate and bloody the pictures from syria this week have brought shock around the globe and also a worrying sense of deja vu just weeks before any other massacre came to light this time in the village of houla and the world was quick to pass judgment the american british and french push for military interventio

construction of wood processing plant in siberia and improvement of electric power infrastructure in the far east. >> translator: we will support japanese firms doing business in the emerging russian market. >>> ties between japan and russia have gotten stronger as total trade between the two nations exceeded $30 billion for the first time last year. >>> when you think of farmers growing vegetables, traditional scenes of working the field might come to mind. but south koreans are working on a different way to grow veggies that doesn't require fields and it's attracting a lot of attention. nhk world's anna jung reports. >> an underground road used to be a simple underpass for local pedestrians. but now it houses a vegetable factory. officials in incheon, an hour from seoul, set it up last month. it's about 80 meters long. the factory grows plants artificially. mostly leafy and root vegetables. six kinds of veggies grow here, including lettuce, sweet basel and red cabbage. they are fed with water that has special nutrients. and they grow under l.e.d. lights. the plants are ready for harvest in just

we've been watching storms all evening along the i-81 corridor, not moving very far east. look at the lows, only 70 to 80 and winds westerly at about 10. we'll come back and talk about the chance for severe weather tomorrow and give you a timetable on that and again friday is a severe weather alert day. we'll let you know if that leads to a nice weekend. >>> let's get historical. a maryland rock quarry that provided stones for the washington monument and the u.s. capitol is also providing a welcome place for folks to cool off. scott broom with more from cockeysville. >> reporter: beaver dam swim club in cockeysville, maryland. >> great place where you can jump off rocks and go off a rope swing. >> reporter: it is a refreshing blast from the past, an old time swimming hole in a retired marble quarry. the water is deep and chilly direct from springs in the ground all safely protected by lifeguards. and when it's near 100 degrees, people drive from d.c. and beyond to enjoy. >> it peoples so good. not even enough to break -- feels so good, not even enough to break a sweat it f