great britain is now reviewing its commitment to help reform the police. it is clear ending decades of impunity is a massive task. >> what we need to do is -- it is important for institutions to continue demanding this. and to deliver the influence they have in the kenyan government. >> the kenyan government says three policemen have been suspended and are investigated over these latest murders. over the years the police force has gained a reputation for being above the law. few canyons expect investigations to lead to prosecutions. -- few kenyans expect these to -- expect these to lead to prosecutions. >> the world's big car makers have ambitious plans to launch their electric cars in the gulf region. can they win over drivers? we will find out. >> this part of the world loves its cars and the bigger the better. now this region has a problem. the gulf states had the highest carbon emissions anywhere in the world. that is a good opportunity for this man. he is on a mission to encourage more people to use electric cars. this company has launched a green car

, as you know, we have something called the first amendment, do you have anything like that in great britain and how regulated do you feel? >> no there isn't an equivalent, but the freedom of information bill that's quite recent has changed the landscape dramatically in terms of the ability of journalists to find out difficult facts of public life and that's what led to the crisis for the members of parliament over expenses when their expenses were pored over and people were astonished to see what was going on. >> what about the regulatory agency and your -- do you have a contract with anybody? >> the principle -- principal means of regulation is through bbc trust, it's independent of the bbc, even though it's got bbc in its title, and they -- i agree with them each year a contract in terms of hours the kind of output, in real detail, it might be the numb of hours of committee coverage, the number of hours of coverage of scottish parliament and we have to stick to them. and that's very -- a very prix pre-sice document, publicly available. that's the principal means by which we're governed. >

i'm sure david cameron in great britain is not asked what would william pitt think about what you're doing? it's just not possible. so it is something peculiar to us and i think it has to do with that event and the revolution and those people who led it who created our political institutions by which we still live and also the values, the ideals by which we still live, we go back to them to refresh ourselves, to reaffirm what we are as a people. now this period are you dealing with an entire year of liberty, the term by the way comes from jefferson. this is the term he gave to what he thought was united states project. the irony of course in that is that a fifth of the population was enslaved. but the notion that the united states was a special place begins in this period. they are struggling to identify themselves. after all, they were by and large the majority of the population, the overwhelming majority was british. so how do you become americans when you are british? this is why the issue of impressment, the british seizing of american sailors and the in the devotee of citizenshi

and the white plague returns to great britain thousands of being diagnosed and elite with tuberculosis signs infection is spreading beyond high risk groups into the population. about with another update when less than fifty minutes from now in the meantime with the future of the euro in doubt there's a growing line of critics warning countries who are embracing the single currency that they're boarding a sinking ship spoke to a british politician at the heart of brussels about why europe needs to open its eyes. today i'm talking to david campbell bottom and. the euro skeptic political policy ukip he's at the forefront of the campaign against what he calls the european superstate mr campbell bannerman thanks very much for talking to r.t. if you compare the european union to the former yugoslavia where do you think the similarities lie i think what it's about is actually trying to force very different countries together very different economies together under one state to state effectively the united states of europe with quite an element the soviet union to it i am a member of the europ

returns to great britain thousands of being diagnosed. with the infection is spreading beyond high risk groups into the population. with more news stories more. than fifty minutes from the sports news is next with. hello there thanks for watching the sport and these are the headlines. rushing cross-country skier is bound to two years but doping. delayed pakistani cricket is accused of match fixing will have to wait until next month to hear their . latest signing bolton struck a deal. but first russian cross-country skiing nicholai pointed out of has been banned for two years after being caught with equipment to take drugs the international ski federation said last september swiss border guards found he was carrying intravenous equipment and a derivative of. the campaign for russia at the winter olympics in vancouver but he's no longer part of the national team the twenty eight year old is a world championship medalist in ringlets but will now be banned until september twentieth twelve. now and i saw the three of the five top five teams we

were you a little bit startled when you went to great britain and found that you were actually even biggerah. a little bit. did it feel good? yeah, it felt very good, but it was scary, you know. how many times can i go to europe and work and make a living? you know what i'm saying? but america has so much to choose from. we--i remember when we were going to europe, they only had one radio station and one tv station or something like that. if you wasn't careful, it was on and gone. your album, man amongst men, you've got a song about this. and i wanted to share some lyrics. by the way, the first cut on man amongst men is bo diddley is crazy. sick. he's crazy. he's sick. he's a lunatic. you were just trying to frighten interviewers, weren't you, with that? no, you know-- it's a terrific song. you know what? that was my approach to punk rock. that's what it was. this is a man who opened for the clash, the definitive punk rock band. he opened for the clash. that was my approach to punk rock. and i just wrote a new one called i'm a bad seed. [laughs] you understand? talk about the song called k

do you have anything like that in great britain? >> no equivalent. freedom of information is quite recent. it has changed the landscape dramatically in terms of the ability for journalists to find out difficult facts of public life. that is what led to the crisis of the members of parliament over expenses when their expenses were poured over. people were astonished to see what was going on. >> what about the regulatory agency? do you have a contract with anybody? >> the principal means of regulation is with bbc trust, which is independent of the bbc, even though it has bbc in its title. i agree with them each year a contract in terms of an hours, the kind of output, in real detail, of the amount of committee coverage that we do. we have to stick to that. that is a very precise document, publicly available. that is the principal means by which we are governed. >> do you change every day what you are covering or do you go along with this contract? >> normally, we would always be covering the house of commons live. we would be showing the house of lords

in great britain, they are going to have all community schools. it's what my colleague, jim dierck, is doing. we need to turn every school into a community school. i had a fabulous opportunity to visit this school. it's for kids who have failed in every way. it's colead by the cb on. they do the counseling. vocational work. the district is the class teaching. they have somebody at their side all the time to help with the needs of the student and the principle and cbo get up and meet every morning. they were total partners in making this a community school. then i will be through. i had the opportunity to go to another school at 9 o'clock at night where i thought it was going to be closed. i walk into the school in upper manhattan and it is lit up like a christmas tree. we have to light up every school. it changed the whole neighborhood. it was a beacon of wonderfulness. it was full of activity. of young people. parents. esl. everything. i got so excited about the potential could be. and it changed the neighborhood and young people. if you want to

but whether the total amount of cuts really make sense in terms of the value they can get for great britain's international reputation. >> the bbc would rather make changes internationally. >> the winner of last year's tour de france has been given a one-year ban for an offense. he could now be stripped of his title. he tested positive for eight and agent, but always maintained he was the victim of food contamination. he has 10 days to appeal. palm trees and even dolphins, they are all the things you might to sea off the coast of florida, but you would probably have to do a double take a grand piano pop up. that is what happened this week. how it got there remains a mystery but it has everybody guessing. ♪ >> it gives a whole new meaning to the florida keys. a grand piano mysteriously appeared raising questions and rumors about how it got there. the grand piano was built in milwaukee. that is where the trail ends. some say it is and abandoned piano from a video shot there. others say it is a publicity stunt for a new arts center. >> i think that is an act of spite. i think it is something som

virginia tobacco represents some 40% of what the 13 colonies exported to great britain. but tobacco destroyed the soil, so the ambitious gentry looked westward for more land. these people were madison and jefferson's prime constituency. the fathers of madison and jefferson both invested in the loyalty and company which claimed nearly a million acres, mostly in kentucky. virginians had to have kentucky. the continent congress finally recognize their claim in the critical year of 1776. at the constitutional convention, madison aggressively led his delegation in defending virginia's rights. he aims to the so-called virginia plan to make virginia the preeminent state in the union. he told a supportive of george washington the smaller states should be made in his words subordinate lee useful. madison disliked small the democracy. in williamsburg, at richmond, he encountered state legislators will be considered a new life. he watched as they would easily swayed by the seductive oratory of patrick henry. now, madison identified with panic in 1775. yet henry came to subvert ever

second is denmark with 20% and down to great britain to 2% and the u.s. only has 1% trip share by bike. advantages and the benefits of cycling, very short but, which you can capitalize is the health part, the reduction of health costs because the effect of cycling on health are above expectations. it's nearly all diseases will have less risk of occurring when people have enough physical exercise and all the extra, the ideal means of physical exercise is about half an hour a day, medium-intensive exercise. so it's far better than going to the gym twice a week and then, very intensive sporting for two hours. and what is easier than having this bike trip into your daily commuting? then automatically you have your half an hour exercise and it's been shown in the managementerlands that people who sigh -- netherlands that people who cycle to work have more than people who don't. also the environment there are a lot of things you can capitalize because you don't have to invest on electric cars or transit or whatever to reduce the carbon dioxide, because the emis

in great britain, the eclipse was a sad disappointment.cal january whether prevented -- the typical january weather prevented most people from seeing it. but if you can get to the arctic on june 1, you'll get another chance. >> somehow, films with a starring laurel caught -- a starring role of the british royal family seemed to have a track record in hollywood. "the king's speech" tells the story of the current queen's father as he struggled to overcome a speech impediment. >> my husband is -- >> there is the public speaking , and then there is very public speaking. if you have a speech impediment it can seem more pronounced. "the king's speech" is about george vi's stammer and his relationship with his speech therapist, lionel logel. -- lytal rove. very little was known about their private sessions until nine weeks before the film was due to go into production. that is when they discovered this, the archives that had only been recently found by his grandson in the attic. for the director and actors it was a revelation. he goes into enormo

latest meeting of the six nations which include russia the united states germany france great britain and china with iran over its nuclear program has failed to move the dispute out of deadlock neither were the sides able to set the next date for negotiations for more on this i'm now joined by the deputy foreign minister of russia and the head of russia's delegation in the group of six sygate of course thank you very much for joining me thank you all sides said very ready for cooperation and mutual discussion nevertheless the general feeling is that the talks have failed what went wrong i would say i am encouraged by the outcome but to put it that i am squarely disappointed would be in the statement of course we are in a difficult situation but this is this is diplomacy this is a difficult set of issues we have mostly. together to continue to search for eventual solution obviously iran says productive dialogue is only possible when there are common interests and ideas and uses the six nations of not sharing these interests has tehran specified exactly what it wants in order to continu

and again, you know, the perception even in countries like australia or great britain is that the united states as the sole super power is just too powerful, and displays a lack of concern for other countries. >> one figure that again jumped out of your book, 790 mcdonald's in france? >> i think those actually a number have closed, but that's the statistic as of recently. >> and what is that? i mean, when you think about your whole discussion about globalization and all, is it working? >> well, i actually think that statistic shows the love-hate relationship that is characteristic of many market-dominant -- the reactions towards many market-dominant minorities. on the one hand, while people are criticizing the united states, many people from the developing world are just desperate to come here. in fact, a friend of mine put it recently that the view of americans held by many poor people in the developing world is basically americans get out and take me with you. and i think that's part of what's happening. now in france, it's a little bit different. i think that the french elites are con

drug administration helped california and arizona get supplies of sodium thighio pen tol from great britain long maintained it will nothing to do with it but e-mails contradict that. it supplies of chemical expired and the rest of the country suffered a shortage. california went as far as checking with other states including arizona, indiana and texas and even as far as away as pakistan in an unsuccessful search for the drug. >> it's 4:47 now. coming up a. c. transit's plan to raise fares on a regular basis. >> why you'll want to be a lot more careful about where you park or get stuck in traffic in san francisco. >> a winter blizzard the northeast. i'll have the details coming up. >> and thieves break into a central valley home. next the one medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of

greet a number of truly great. britain russia has all the rise to be proud of that and. the parody on that school like the works of one of those and let me take this a lot of and sort of. for instance in the distorted linnean hugging mickey mouse and the marilyn monroe kissing stalin. or an almost pornographic he's by comrade unlimited stalin on the top of a naked little girls there as well. it's a nasty takeoff on what was going on. on the one hand it might be needed but it really has nothing to do with the serious school of socialist realism. your story with two thousand dollars. has already become a cliche. i didn't go to america i went to france. fifty dollars in your pocket when you got to france which was one hundred fifty francs at the time. was it hard to find your place you had to find in any local already seen the artistic establishment did you feel like no one needs you over there. my fate was a difficult one in the sense. that but almost nine hundred seventy one. i was a mission of mine was held by dean yvette and his gallery and you know very nice a well kno

latest moscow out serious are these martin anders looks for a taste of russia in the very heart of great britain. cation is a quintessential british. green. groups here for maybe three hundred years it's a fine it's a residential business area in the early twentieth century it was. originally known as the crown and anchor public house. drank here. to the spot not far from here. in london. the good old english pub everyone think losing possibly. visited london six times between the year. listen allegedly lenin stalin for the first time inside this pomp the swick must library just down the road these three can have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you see them as cross so this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that side. there's a new story but then fishnets telling bullshit clueless sort of spilling nine hundred five i don't wake many feelings in peace he is in london still very limited to. the cultural center pushkin house was founded in one nine hundred fifty six everything that catered in notting hill and moved to

latest moscow out series artist mark andrews looks for a taste of russia in the very heart of great britain. hello and welcome. here in the. association is a quintessential british. green it has been no greeks here for maybe three hundred years it's a fine day so mr densher business area in the early twentieth century it was. originally known as the crown and anchor public house many drank here. democrats at least to the spot not far from here during his under. the good old english everyone loves an include thing possible. visit london six times in the year. and nineteen. and that's an allegedly lenin stalin for the first time inside this pump he's suing moss library just down the road these three can have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you still ensconced say this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tourists coming in just because of that side. however there's a new story and then fishnets telling the bullshit congress so to speak in nineteen or five i don't make me feel any sympathy is enough to still believe that today. the cultural center pu

product process and magic kingdom a very detailed village their last great britain is drawing to visiting children raises concerns and with the money spent on it. a strong year is start seeing the twenty eleven with bank machines dishing out a new currency as the baltic state becomes the seventeenth member of the usa looks on boy has been discovering that while officials are celebrating the historic switch historians fear the poor living standards are about to get worse. chatting about the bad and the worse these two france italy will sions apart irina and her native the store near here are lent but they have one concern on their minds how to make it in this tough economic times march according to rena definitions of hardship couldn't be more different than you if i wish people had a chance to experience what life is like here in stony athens i think there would have been no rallies in dublin they simply don't appreciate what they have to take my friend for example she gets an employment pay out each month and with this money she is able to support her child with the study and say for air

moscow out special series this time martin anders looks for a taste of russia in the very heart of great britain. a specification is a quintessential british pop. situated on green. grass here for maybe three hundred years it's a fine it's a residential business area in the early twentieth century it was. originally known as the crown and anchor public house. drank here. to the spot not far from here. in london. the good old english pub everyone loves an include thing possible. visit london six times in the year. eleven measuredly lenin stalin for the first time inside this pomp the swick marks library just down the road he's frequent have a lot of strength elsewhere. and i think you believe you use the cross so this is a very leftist sort of area and we have we have a lot of tears coming in just because of that side. however there's a new story that infests misspelling the bullshit claim and so to speak in nineteen or finest i don't make me feel any sympathy is enough to still believe that today. the cultural center pushkin house was founded in one nine hundred fifty six everything that catered

hitting red only once four years ago when terrorists threaten to blow up planes arriving from great britainit has never been lowered to blue or green. right now the threat level is yellow, elevated, where it has been stuck for four years despite the christmas underwear bomber, the attempted times square bomb and package bombs discovered on cargo planes last fall. the colors' warnings will be phased out over the next three months in favor of a new national terror advisory system that will target specific areas when there's a credible threat the government can verify giving specific information to authorities who need it and making public announcements through print, tv and social media like facebook and twitter. in washington, tracie potts, "today in the east bay." >>> we'll look at what's coming up later in the bay. for that we say good morning to laura. >> good morning, scott. good morning, everyone. big changes could be coming to a bay area icon. we'll tell you what you may soon need to cross the golden gate. >>> and new information out this morning on how californians are feeling about t

isolated in iraq because none of the other countries in the world were except for a few maybe great britain were really supporting what he had done and so what did george w. bush do he went back to the un to get a resolution out of the security council giving him the gentleman safe to walk your pie that country why did he do that because he realised that without that un resolution he would not get worldwide support and as for the conflicts that the other speaker mention the congo the un has troops in the congo is trying to bring peace there i mean come on give me one credit for what it's trying to do it can't settle every crisis around the globe i admit that but even in places that no other country will deal with it has tried to show some authority some involvement in order to bring some sort of settlement to these conflicts you know if the if the u.n. didn't exist for example the seventeen peacekeeping missions that it's supporting right now would the u.s. be putting troops in there to keep those conflicts from spreading or spinning out of control and would this country be supporting u.n.

, the first half of 20 century, except in this case the message plays a role of great britain and china plays the role of the united states. february of 1946 after the british had fought two wars against what he believed to be the threat of both imperial and nazi germany, turned turned to to deny states which had been his closest ally which provided with untold millions of dollars of funding which is the equivalent of trillions now, for a while because he was unable to meet its short-term commitment having had its coffers depleted by the war. the united states says no and the british come back and said if you refuse to give us the $5 billion loan we need we will default on obligations and that will not be good for the international system. the americans come back and say fine. you can have the money. but under two conditions. one, you abide by bretton woods committee make the dollar and not the pound but preference. basically the american said to the british you can have the money but you cannot have your empire. that indicates a cascade of dominoes that fall rather quickly, such that w

moment because on the one hand the six nations including the united states russia germany france great britainand china were not able to reach any concrete agreements with iran neither has tehran made an official reply to the international atomic energy agency's offer to enrich its uranium abroad in third countries and supply iran with nuclear fuel for its peaceful nuclear reactors thus providing international control over the entire process according to the six nations official representative they were hoping for an open discussion without any preconditions and this was not possible since iran continues to demand a lifting of the later set of the un sanctions on the other hand the six nations were able to show you around that they are absolutely united in their views and we were able to speak with the deputy foreign minister of russia and the head of the russian delegation here in istanbul let's listen to what he had to say i would say i am encouraged by the outcome but to put it that i am squarely disappointed would be in the worst statement my hope is that after the stumble around. the iran

measures have been taken but frankly speaking not much has changed the united states and germany great britain france and china really need to put their heads together in order to move the situation of the current deadlock iran still hasn't officially replied to the international atomic energy agency's proposal to enrich uranium abroad and supply iran with a nuclear fuel for its peaceful nuclear reactors providing international control over the entire process instead. it will continue developing its nuclear program. even if possible attacks on its nuclear facility. in libya right for nuclear energy or any technology and nobody can get this right therefore no compromise. at any price has given the strength some power meanwhile be a leader of the poor going to. war grow our food your limitations on the c.e.o. of arms to iran. we do support some of the members. revolutionary guard planes and ships coming in. to go and countries or even. from iran into their nuclear programs and nuclear facilities will according to the larger foreign minister for war produce point. we're going to be on a. and anot

been quite cautious about would really make a meaningful difference, unlike the prime minster of great britain where they have put together a transformation of things about the british social welfare state. first of all, how serious they are about spending cuts. there's very little evidence to date that they're that serious. >> we will get some really clear indications within the next six weeks, get them in the president's state of the union address. we will get them in his budget, which the white house analysis is going to be about a week late. that's a document that in divided government you can almost guarantee the minute it gets to the hill, it is going to be declared dead on arrival. what you get out of the president's budget is some sense of where he thinks he can hold the line, where he is going to draw the distinctions. and also a sense of what his priorities are going to be. it will start the argument. >> but i think the republican leadership has quite a challenge. they do not have a union fied caucus. they have people of very different views, very different back grounds. whole lot of

i want to donate small so the euro zone in the most delta countries great britain's budget might be better spent on treating an internal play as a country tackles the alarming spread of tuberculosis coming up next year on r.t.e. cross-talk a year after a devastating earthquake in haiti pete labelle and his guests discuss the progress in chief to rebuilding the country that's next. if you can. follow me and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle one year after the catastrophic earthquake in haiti remains in ruin and prospects look bleak what has gone so wrong for this impoverished country who's to blame the west and its n.g.o.s the u.n. for the haitians themselves. to. discuss the situation in haiti one year on i'm joined by easily done talking in new york she is the founder and president of the haitian lawyers leadership network also in new york we have nicholas but also there he is an award winning independent filmmaker and in washington we go to stanley lucas he is the executive director for the washington democracy project and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger all rig

the white plague returns to great britain thousands of being diagnosed annually with tuberculosis with signs the infection is spreading beyond high risk groups into the population. good to have you with us around the clock around the world this is a live here in moscow so the ends in sight for the final ship that has been stuck off russia's far east coast more than three hundred crew members have endured a two week ordeal but i'm now being escorted through the frozen seas by two ice breakers that already led a smaller ship to safer waters one artie's is following progress joining us live now katrina so the ships are on the home straight to the less troubled waters now. all we know that the ship rescue operation is proceeding smoothly though the ice breakers are still working hard to battle the top weather conditions that have made these missions so incredibly challenging and the transportation ministry of course that weather will be worsening throughout the day at the moment the admiral more carbon crossing the ties breakers are in the seal behold the larger of the two vessels that had