when it comes to adoption especially international adoption because the default assumption here is that a child is always the better off in a loving family than in an institution but the question is really how many of those adoptive children and up with loving families who can properly take care of their needs well i think the social science is very clear on that there have been lots of studies of adoption both domestic and international and the studies show overwhelmingly the almost all the children placed in adoption do exteriorly well bond with their parents and almost all the problems that those children may have have to do with being placed later in life in other words the problems they may have in adoption some of them almost always have to do with the fact they didn't get adopted early and they got damaged by the life they lived when institutions but ms bartholet isn't it also also the case that the studies that he referring to they studied adoption in general as a phenomenon rather than a big a specific study on how successful international adoption really ease because at this p

studied adoption in general as a phenomenon rather than being a specific study on how successful international adoption really ease because at this point at least i could find no use data on the success of foreign adoptions there is no centralized authority in your country that would keep track of those children and at this point we simply don't know how many of those children were successfully integrated into their families and how many of them were later given out for adoption and of course we would all like to believe in the goodness of human nature but i think when we deal with such a sensitive issue as child welfare we have to rely on hard data and the problem is that at this point there seems to be none i think that's wrong there's lots of hard data and i cited in my articles on my site both the studies that have been done that are absolutely specific to international adoption there have been lots of those so it is true of course that not each and every fact related to international adoption has been carefully studied so that it's true that we don't have all the figures on for example ex

international an amnesty for rioters comes into force in ukraine as the country's opposition. to western politicians. moscow once again warning that he was against taking sides in the unrest plus. children are about to die from a local boy and they threatened us with machine guns they would be doing us and killing us. party becomes the first foreign to gain access to the besieged syrian town of after reports of rebels massacring dozens of civilians there including children. additional family values take center stage in france as grounds around to protest against the policies of francois long.

in an institution given in being without family means losing all existing social ties but it is international adoption really always in the best interest of a child to discount that amount joined by elizabeth bartholet faculty director of the child advocacy program at harvard law school ms bartholet i really appreciate you being on the show i think it's a very sensitive issue and we are all for a very very interesting discussion thanks for having me now i know that you are one of the most vocal advocates in your country for international adoption but after growing steadily for almost six decades the number of children being adopted into the united states has been. falling sharply recently if i'm not mistaken number drawn by a hospital in two thousand and four in two thousand and ten and russia just recently became yet another country in these growing list of countries banning or restricting adoption into your country how do you explain that well i don't think it has anything to do with any diminishing need for homes for children i think it's because the forces. or hostile to international ado

or hostile to international adoption notice the numbers going out and set out to turn that around so i think it's very deliberate political action both by governments and by n.g.o.s and why would be those hostile forces those host governments interested in. doing what seems to be against the interests of children well that's a great question i think the primary forces here are organizations that purport to be child friendly so unicef save the children and other child. human rights organizations are driving those numbers down even more than governments and i'm not entirely sure why that is i think press people have to ask those organizations what their motivation is now i heard the you say in one of your previous interviews that there is a lot of quote phony remand to says when it comes to justifying why children are bad at all from their home countries and the issue of heritage for example often comes up here but i wonder if there is there is not just as much phony romanticism when it comes to adoption especially international adoption because the default assumption here is that a ch

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>> your question of the international bodies. i accept the need for an independent inchoiry but raegement that -- reject that what we do is not independent. >> sir, your government is being accused, how could it be ingement. you are being brought to -- >> let me finish. dear lady, in any country it's norm ol to have an internal inchoiry. we had allegations last week. the americans in particular were nasty. when the reports came out, the british, the high commissioner told me they had suspicions. >> the british called for an independent investigation. the prime minister david cameron called for one. >> well, if you think david cameron runs this world, i'm sorry for you. david cameron does not run the world. when he talked jacob zuma, the president of south africa, they should have an inchoiry like they did. it was internal. >> it has to be only the government, you won't accept knab else? >> or. >> you wouldn't accept anybody else to come in and do an inchoiry, it has to be the government of sri lanka. >> we do not need internation

will stand with the international community.the events of the past several months remind us about difficult democracy in a country with deep divisions. the ukrainian people have reminded us that human beings have a universal right to determine their own future. right now the situation remains very fluid. vice president biden just spoke with the prime minister of ukraine to assure him that in this difficult moment, the u.s. supports his government's efforts and stance for the territorial integrity and democratic future of ukraine. i commend the ukrainian government's restraint and commitment to uphold its international obligations. we will continue to coordinate closely with our european allies. we will continue to communicate directly with the russian government and we will continue to keep all of you in the press corps and the american people informed as events develop. thanks very much. >> also today the un security council held an emergency session to discuss the political unrest in ukraine. meeting, closed-door several ambas

this not just about what you do internally. this is about your relationship to your vendors come your suppliers, your supply chain. how the sector community organizes. those are actually more powerful than almost anything we can do from helping on the government side. sometimes people let construed a voluntary program as toothless. i don't subscribe to that. standard ist safety self regulated by industry through standards. these can be very muscular approaches. that will be a lot of the driving force comes from. >> cam? >> i'm ready to go to questions. >> you mentioned you had some thoughts on dhs having a role in promoting the framework. >> i think much of it is already contemplated. i know there are a number of workshops that have been scheduled already. t mentioned one of them. part of his education -- part of it is education. we need to make sure we are measuring the right things. developing clear metrics for evaluating the success of this effort. --have alluded to it earlier the focus on incentives. i think they are import

international. it's the last. in london but no butter is being is this time even investor lives two hundred frickin years will never discover the vampire squid true nature investor may be able to understand the secrets of the houses but he or she will never understand the truth about goldman sachs tentacles of fraud and deception. international is your headquarters for the winter olympics and let's give the latest now at the start of another day of olympic action russian fans and saatchi was there in a bit of a need of a big boost for the nation's ice hockey team crashing out in the quarterfinals that was a major disappointment and that was followed by figure skating one to gold and major gold medal hope fifteen year old yulia lipnitskaya taking a tumble during her routine well the pressure on the young star has been absolutely enormous after a gold medal in the team event she became the face of the saatchi games teen sensation teen prodigy the skating sensation skating into the pantheon of young superstars just a

i became a legislative intern in 1977. saw for the first time that state politics actually provided a real avenue for discussion, a real avenue to get things done. and that it was important. i had a very influential professor who reminded me that there were three branches of government and state and local were very important as well. so i then realized that i probably wanted to work in state government, which is why, when i moved i north dakota after going to law school and spent a small time here, went to work for camp conrad, his attorney, and when he was elected to the senate, i was appointed. >> let me ask you about the race that you won, but first, the race that you lost. you ran for governor. what did you learn from losing? >> i have a whole list of things that i have learned through losing. a lot of folks may recall that i was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in september of that race. after the race was over, i got a lot of invitations to come and talk about how cancer changed my life or what it was like ha

are israel's international obligations this is what we expect at the same time we also expect the international community to use the tools at its disposal. to help move israel in that direction thank you very much indeed for joining us here live in our international director of amnesty international israel thanks. britain has only greeted the leader of the e.u.'s most powerful nation sharing the german chancellor with all the trappings of a head of state remaining in angela merkel's good books is seen as essential for prime minister david cameron if he has any chance of renegotiating the ukase relationship with the european union although it remains extremely unclear whether she will be what over is. now reports. for german chancellor angela merkel's visit to london it's a red carpet welcome fit for queen dubbed by foreign secretary william hague as britain's most important partner on seeking e.u. reform and the first german chancellor to address both houses of parliament starkly different to british prime minister david cameron's low key pub lunch with his french counterpart last month all tha

international. but for now on the program the lawyer of a russian pilot jailed in the us says his client needs urgent medical help he was finally able to meet his client constantine who is pleased to see a doctor who haven't been met despite symptoms suggesting a heart attack could be imminent. and has more. it's been days that the russian citizen a u.s. jail is asking to examine his heart because he says he is experiencing severe chest pain and may have a heart attack any moment the attorney had a chance to see his client on sunday and we spoke with him earlier here's what he said your show did appear sick to me his face was red he visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the chest high blood pressure these symptoms are indicative of a soon to happen heart attack prison authorities do not commen

the question is, can the international community come together to help solve the crisis?ith us, robin rene sanders former united states ambassador to nigeria and the remember he can of congo, from austin mark schroder from a geopolitical intelligence firm. and a senior fellow at the brookings institution africa growth initiative. mark schroder, you heard the ambassador run down a to do list for the world to sort of get things on the right track in the central african republic. but i am wondering, with all of the countries that are wealthy enough, strong enough to pull that off. to do any of them look at central african republic and see vital interests at stake there that would give them some incentive to intervene in that way? >> well, you know, you really speak to the heart of it. and to cut to the chase, it's really france among western countries that sees a compelling interest in the central african republic. it might be in part economic interest but just to insure stability in one of its former colonies that does not disrupt stability in the broader region that france

international to be. you need patience and a solid dose of statesmanship or perhaps if you want to be a top envoy for barack obama just fund his campaign embarrassingly enough for the u.s. president has a lection bankrollers now outnumber career diplomats but some have never even set foot in the countries they're supposed to be serving in. reports. confirmation hearings ever feel that a number of president obama's nominees for of macedonia ships have little or no knowledge of the countries there are signs to serve in. the real expert on china but said the man who is confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china one of norway's major political parties progress party now expects an apology from president obama after the future bastard to norway apparently did know about their existence norway has been very quick to denounce. them. we're going to continue to work with norway to make sure government has denounced them the coalition government a part of the coalition of the government but i would say you know what a d

international politics as easy as one two three t.v. broadcaster in germany which aims to teach kids all about russia as a very particular message of the president presented as a villain the opposition receiving nothing but praise her all about reports. touchiest understand what she is a city in russia how the head of state in russia is leadin important and he doesn't always respect human rights in his land this is how the german kids t.v. show logo he dealt with the to build up to the little things that he didn't look at some of the clips and you see the show dealing with complex issues in the simple ways to tell the pre-teen audience how they stage bloody me a poor teen this hopes and fears so many people in russia who think that like a little tin is in power way too long and that it is known that he will win the election before the vote even started and regarding critics of the kremlin alexei in the bayani galaxy never least put his opponent down and he has always that cleared it out loud and many people think that's the only reason

james lynch, and the international -- amnesty international. sports news coming up. start with the latest from the winter olympics in sochi. sochi, a german made history winning the first women's olympic ski jump event. second -- her job was the longest of the night. the -- thefollow bronze. week has been incredibly surreal, says the young french woman. i try to do things as normally as possible. not to think too much. not the way i usually do. at the same time, this is unlike anything else. the olympic games, after all. once every four years but as i said, it was all surreal. mentioned --as alexander of that skin used to hkin, iceight -- ovetc hockey team under pressure: first goal since the calgary olympics since being a unified team. kin expects the experience the russian team to whether the pressure. >> who hosts the olympic games probably have the most pressure and i am pretty sure we are in the same position like canada was four years ago. but i am pretty sure we have the we can handle the pressure. i am pretty sure everything will be fine. as soon as we are go

working with internal displacement to promote the as human-rights the internally displaced persons around the overall timber to support the mandate special one of human rights of the displaced persons. of our guest hope to be here today to moderate but unfortunately due to a family emergency could not be with us so it is a pleasure to step into moderate such an excellent discussion. as you know, we are approaching the third anniversary of the syrians civil war with no end in sight to the humanitarian crisis facing the region. the current estimate is 6.5 million assyrians displaced within their own country with another 2.4 million refugees who have fled to neighboring countries. we have seen new displacement up at 500,000 people. today's event focuses on the regional dimension of the crisis. we will look at the effects of the crisis on the resources, political dynamics in social structures of neighboring countries. when it is clear that prices could not be interested in isolation so i will look forward to exploring these connections with the panelists. when i had that she is to meet with r

a burke chair in strategy at the center for strategic and international studies. but we are just two days away now from the opening ceremonies of the winter games in sochi the head of the international olympic committee has a message for world leaders who are using the games to score political points here's his take we are grateful to those who respect the fact that sports can only contribute to development and peace if it's not used as a speech for political dissent or for trying to score points in internal or external political contests druther political leaders we say have the courage to address your disagreements in a peaceful direct political dialogue and not on the backs of the athletes. or for the games russia has built new venues around sochi to host the events are. moti as more the olympic hopefuls and bumps lady use and

news continues for you here on our international. the meantime there's been a string of bizarre deaths in the globe's financial circles in the past few weeks five high profile bankers have died from apparent suicides to investigate. there are untimely deaths grabbed headlines three of which happened within a week be it the big investment banks they worked for the senior positions they held the public nature of their deaths or all three once again it raised questions . about an industry largely blamed for bringing the global economy to its knees and a two thousand and eight financial crisis michael taylor a former goldman sachs bond salesman who calls himself a recovering banker knew this world well it's so extraordinarily competitive and so focused profit above all in so transactional that every moment like pressure turns carbon into diamonds you know extreme pressure can both accelerate human achievement and some cases break people the pressure and calling the shots the form of banking we've got at the moment has no interest in the

coming up here on our to international reinforcing afghanistan. will support a unified afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own if you knew that the taliban in the future well joining the peace process with the government of afghanistan. the volatile country faces the looming threat of a resurgent taliban us kabul and washington wrangle over a post pullout security deal and the thirteen year war. community board alone more than somewhere around two hundred children all for them they also found that child abusers convicted child abusers got access to those kids through a whole recalling phenomenon and what i'm saying is overall it's an amazingly rosy picture in that adopted kids international as well as domestic are treated better than regular kids growing up in untroubled biological families in the united states . right. first right. and i think the church. on our reporters with. the. welcome back watching r.t. international young american entrepreneur and bitcoin millionaire charlie shrem was a rare. in the us this week the c.e.o. of th

he heads the denver school of international studies. he believes lessons can be ascribed to syria. >> the international community came together. >> the only way forward to resolution is creating a future government that is it acceptable to syria's sectarian groups. >> what has to happen is more of an effort of identifying what is syria going to look like in the future. will it have a prime minister, a ceremonial president, a strong president. there are a lot of questions, and i think until those are answered, it's hard to foresee an effort by a country like the u.s. to be militarily involved. >> that is not happening. assad wants the community to rid his country of terrorists. the opposition demands that assad go. so far the talks are resolved little. >> the minister of foreign affairs believed action was necessary in syria, but he told us he now has had a change of heart. >> last year i called on the international community to act in syria. but since then the occupation in syria has moved in another direction. i think the best way is t

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>> international pressure is essential right now and i really hope that the international pressure mostly coming from strong allies of the egyptian authorities will help for the immediate and unconditional release for all journalists who are in jail right now in egyptian for doing their job. >> in all of these cases, journalists will not stop doing their jobs just because of these arrests. >> it makes no sense to try to arrest journalists or to try to control the information. we are living now in the 21s 21st century where information is circulating freely on the internet where everybody can become a journalist if they use their iphone or phone, so it's really looks like ridiculous to try to control the media in such a way to arrest prominent journalist to say try to send a message, to try to silence all critical or just balanced view on what is happening, so really, i hope that the international pressure will just take a role in stopping the egyptian authorities in this game. >> the u.s. director of reporters without borders joins us from washington. thank you very much this morning. >>

violations of international law were committed by both sides. evidence was found that sri lankan security forces were responsible for the vast majority. investigators described such established command and control structure that charges of crimes against humanity could be levelled against senior commanders, government officials and tamil tigers. the report written by a law policy experts on criminal law and war crimes found evidence that the crimes continue to this day. perpetrated by the armed forces. an author says a concern is attempts to cover up the crime committed. >> it makes is difficult to prove the guilt because evidence has been destroyed. on the other hand when people destroy evidence, it's because they know they have done something wrong. >> two resolutions have been passed. calling for action. over the weekend u.s. officials says washington intended to sponsor a third resolution in march. details were not given the the imposition of sanctions was ruled out. the sri lankan president invoked the language of the war on terror to answe

will be watching with the international federation to produce a. revised test program for them so that we will actually go through it sport by sport all are specific basis and we will test for those substances which are most likely to cause problems in individual sports. did use an example somebody once said that. much point in testing chess players for human growth hormone that's an extreme example but it will be the testing program after a risk analysis will be specific so with a bit of luck that will meet the testing regime more out hit it with a bit of luck it will make it more effective and it should probably make it slightly cheaper what's it like working with a russian anti-doping agencies have there been a troubles along the way. well. i mean i was elected on the first of january my experience. actually is based almost entirely on judy in the world does let it shine pete ships in motion last august. i think is a sea change in the attitude of the russian dropping authorities i think they're much more active. these seem to be dealing effectiv

the internal revenue service can be forthcoming. they can can say, here's the information, to the chairman of the ways and means committee, that you have requested. the chairman of the ways and means committee has requested documentation, particularly the lois lerner who is at heart of this investigation. this have they become forthcoming -- have they become forth coming? no. difficult. one execution after another. we're looking, we're searching. all these sorts of dog-ate-my-homework kind of responses. if it's taken too much time, mr. speaker, if it's that big of a problem, if it's taking all of this energy that was once devoted to helping taxpayers and instead defending themselves in an investigation, here's the remedy, save a lot of time, print out the emails and send it to chairman dave camp. that's how they can save time, that's how they can save money, and, by goddy, we've got to get a point -- golly, we've got to get a point where this agency is under control and doing the right thing, doing the right thing by those who have

dot com more international news stories coming away after a short break. democratic revolution or government cool as russia and the west trade blows ukraine lies. what does the future hold for the deeply divided country. to kick right on the scene. first trip. and i think you're. on a reporter's twitter. instagram. list international is accusing israeli forces of using reckless violence in the occupied palestinian territories a new report from the human rights group goes as far as to suggest some killings may actually be war crimes already has the details. this amnesty international report that is some eighty seven pages reviews the behavior of the israeli army in the occupied west bank of a period of three years from two thousand and eleven to two thousand and thirteen and what it found is that the israeli soldiers behaved in an excessive and reckless way resulting in the death of multiple palestinians in what some might say is war crimes as you can well imagine the i.d.f. has dismissed the report it says that amnesty international has a complete lack of

it's ue is north korea, isolation, it doesn't abide by international norms. what is going to happen next is the issue. >> that is the issue. do you think the security council will refer to north korea to the criminal court as the investigators suggest they should? >> most of the sanctions against north korea have been because they have failed to bide by norms in the nuclear proliferations area, the missile tests and underground efforts. this is new territory. what is going to need to happen is for the five permanent members of the security council , russia, china, the u.s., britain and france, are going to have to agree to either refer it or take some kind of action, and it is very doubtful that china would agree to this. they probably would veto because they see north korea as part of their territory, their jurisdiction. but the issue may be if canine doesn't do this, perhaps china and other powers, other international bodies, can take this issue and try to make a difference by engaging the north koreans by finding ways to have dialogue with them to try to f

they're not so bothered about internal politics or internal legislation.uganda has got oil reserves now. so it's going to have its own source of wealth. >>> many people pay a lot of money to go to norway or iceland to see the northern lights. but many skies have given a glimpse of this phenomenon. viewers sent us some of their pictures of the aurora borealis. it is unusual to see the lights this far south. the display is caused by electrically charged particles from the sun. if there are enough of them, they will travel down towards the equator and cause the lights to go further south. >>> let me give you the latest on ukraine. it has been announced in switzerland that judicial authorities have said they are launching a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering by ousted leader viktor yanukovych and his son. they are seeing it is freezing the assets of 20 ukrainian officials, including yanukovych and his son and former ministers. but he says he is still the president. in an hour we will see him appear in a russian city just north of ukraine to m

warns international firms against doing business with iran saying the partial lifting of sanctions doesn't mean the iranian market is up for grabs yet. afghanistan reveals it's been trying to hammer out a deal with the taliban as the u.s. role in the country past twenty fourteen it becomes less. eight pm in moscow i'm very good to have you with us our top story this hour the olympic flame has arrived in the host city of sochi heralding the final relay stage before the games begin and what a journey it's been thousands of kilometers across the vastness of russia and all the way into orbit and the international space station also arriving in social today the medals under armed guard a creative gold silver and bronze awards were delivered to reveal a big city where they were then shown to the public for the first time welcoming the flame to the city are martin andrews paul scott who told my colleague marina joshie how the day's events and what a journey it's made sixty five thousand kilometers around the largest country in the wild that is russia fourteen thousand until it's bare is over one

if we went back to an international gold standard tomorrow managed by the present world central banks there would be a run on every one of those gold standard currencies the very day we deem ability of those currencies and gold was announced and that would cause an immediate collapse that's a rather dire prediction but i have no doubt that it's true i want to thank you for your time and your insight we have to have you back on very soon thank you very much it's been a lot of fun and appreciate the opportunity to talk to you. now where is george celdran university of georgia economics professor and author of the theory of free banking. time now for a quick break but stick around because when we were turn we're bringing you part two of my interview with ben steele senior peller fellow and director of international economics at the council on foreign relations then in today's big deal i'm joined by our teens and we camp to discuss chevrons ricks recent pope paul you won't want to miss it so stay tuned but as we head to a quick break here are some be closing numbers that the bell sticker

international brand new course where cross country ski. will be racing for gold in just now a matter of days. headlines live on our international thanks for joining us today on. europe's taking a one sided view of the turmoil plaguing ukraine that's the point that russia's foreign minister has been hammering home as he addressed a global security forum in munich. crain the situation there is definitely one of the key issues on the table here in the unit and one of the first things that russia's foreign minister lavrov talked about was the situation in fact he criticized the way the european union and the west so far have been dealing with the situation there and their approach what does inside them and of recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy why don't we hear condemnation of those who seize and hold government buildings and the police torture the police use racist semitic and nazi slogans why many prominent european politicians actually encouraging such actions although back home they are quick to surely pun

international. are still to come here on the program but of the unbearable pressure of big banking. if you look at their actual life they can be fired in five minutes this is a deeply dysfunctional system the financial world is shaken by a series of suicides over recent weeks looks at why some are struggling to deal with the high stakes competition. cholesterol. depression. sixty. to improve your life. or you see. those that. could have you with us or an l t international on this monday there's been a string of bizarre deaths in the globe's financial circles in just the past few weeks five high profile bankers have died all from apparent suicides. takes up the story. there are untimely deaths grab headlines three of which happened within a week be it the big investment banks they work for the senior positions they held the public nature of their deaths or all three once again it raised questions. about an industry largely blamed for bringing the global economy to its knees into two thousand and eight financial crisis michael taylor a former goldman sachs bond salesman who calls hims

international that was. downtown central kiev and i just are discussing as well that a sniper has been seen operating on one of the rooftops in central kiev what appears to be a truce that was agreed upon overnight with the president and the opposition is now in a state of tatters more live reports to come here on r.t. international thank you for joining us. or for the meantime here on the program france banned controversial shale gas extraction three years ago after concluding the environmental risks which was too high since then the country's energy giant has turned its attention to britain that's where fracking has been given the go ahead and the head of the company's gas and power division admits that he's aware of the consequences but he told us see exploration will carry on anyway. police think it's fair to the public in the u.k. who are concerned about shared gas exploration and fracking. that france has banned this and our government pushing ahead with this case to different countries of different di

international russia has. been in the winter olympics medal table but still faces a fight to stay over the last few days of competition live now to our sorties studio and artes and he said no way so our lucky monday for russia. it was indeed rory and it looks like it's going to be a lucky tuesday an unexpected silver medal just grabbed up on the slopes for russia in snowboard cross first in history for the host country but with just under a week to go the medal table of course is changing every day sometimes by the hour but so far as you said russia's nicely placed in second thanks to the bobsled team last night they won the country's first gold in the event for over two decades so it's building up to be quite a story games here in sochi by the way one of the champion bob's players is also an arm wrestler and that past time constant tension with his teammate not exactly happy that arm wrestling led to some training sessions being missed luckily they got over that they got the gold and we caught up with the bra

i also commend the restraint and it the commitment to uphold its international obligations. we'll work closely with our european allies and continue to work closely with the russian government and continue to keep all of you in the press corps and the american people informed as events develop. thanks very much. >> so there he is. a short statement from the president. only three or four minutes but a strong statement effectively warning russia, don't, don't intervene in the domestic matters of the ukraine, an independent country. there will be consequences, the country suggesting if the russians were to do so. the u.s. is deeply concerned and he does confirm that russian troops right now are inside ukraine. he says the situation remains very fluid. but it's clearly a dangerous situation as we watch it unfold. we have our correspondent standing by here in washington as well as in the ukraine and moscow. jim sciutto is our chief national security correspondent. you heard those strong words from the president. as i said earlier, it's not every day, the end of the day, end of th

it would be the respect of independence and borders of ukraine and of international laws. just days after the world came to russia for the olympic games, it would invite the condem condn of nations around the world, and we will stand with the international community confirming ther there will be cs of military intervention in ukraine. the events in the last several months remind us of how difficult democracy can be. but the ukrainian people have also reminded us that human beings have an universal right to determine their own future. right now the situation remains very fluid. the vice president biden just spoke with the prime minister of ukraine to assure him at this difficult type the united states supports his government's efforts and stands for sovereignty, integrity and democratic future of ukraine. i also commend the ukrainian government restraint and it's commitment tossup hold international, and we'll keep all of you in the press corp and the american people informed as events develop. thanks very much. >> from the white house president barack obama speaking live u

today's news and the week's top stories from our team international brains opposition support from the west at a security forum in munich this spied russia's foreign minister asking politicians to open their eyes to the violence in the protests. cause in the syrian crossfire r.t. travels to draw near the capital damascus to meet the survivors of an attack by hardline rebels who still occupy parts of the stricken city. but also this week bitcoins breaking bad one of the digital currencies main advocates is arrested over money laundering connected to the silk road drug trafficking website. what you are to international coming to you live from moscow was memory the joshua welcome to the program leaders from ukraine's opposition one pledges of support from the united states and the european union when they appeared to have the munich security forum feeling for greater involvement from the west russia's foreign minister called on politicians to look closer at the violence being used by protesters and to question whether it's sad really is an if you do with democracy group is going off repor

international olympic committee sports organization. the olympic games to bring each of the world together in spirit of friendship of tolerance of respect. and i think that can do nothing but good. the i.o.c. is set and we a way are. practically the same the do there could be a political reaction there could be political observation of what we do know we try to stay away from politics in a political sense we are a sports organization and we do much good i mean for example sport came out of the london olympic games stronger and as good a position as it has been for many many years it's a very good example of what we want sport to be what we want sporting events to be . people will leave shortly after they are coming winter games with exactly the same feeling i'm saying is that like a lot of people think that historically it is internal a to do with politics for example the black power salute hitler's games in munich all the boy cards that the press a boy called what was that all about if not politics but of course of course it was the i.

aren't international. now it seems the german government is not getting away with its sloppy snooping controls coming out and saying leaks forced the country's main hacker group to file a criminal complaint against the government over its part in the spy scandal. the horrors. of the b.b.c. news subtitles as we enter the chinese new year which of course is called the year of the horse alas i believe the b.b.c. forty and suburb feel a lot more about the true state of the british and global economies that which is not allowed to be said publicly by the likes of the beloved b. if you think about the elites and government think tank and business going to forcing public assets and their populations to turn tricks for bankers using the pip slap of debt until the finances plug those national assets one too many loads of debt and then abandon the nation screaming for more debt credit all the way of the factory. she did lumber tour to mccurry was to build a new most sophisticated. fortunately doesn't sound anything

. >> the united states will stand with the international community in affirming there will be costs for any military intervention. delays a loanank for uganda, following the passage of an anti-gay. officials in uganda collett lacked male. and hollywood's biggest night is almost here. soon we will know which stars will be going home with an oscar. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. tonight, tensions are running high in ukraine. the interim government accuses russia of an armed invasion and occupation after unidentified gunmen began patrolling airports in the region of crimea, but the majority of the population is ethnically russian. responding to the report, president obama warned there will be costs for any military intervention in the ukraine. he spoke at the white house a short time ago. >> any violation of ukraine's sovereignty or territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interests of ukraine, .ussia, or europe it would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the ukrainian pe

there's the potential for international misunderstanding and weakening the fabric of international organizations and standards around codex and, of course, iso 9000. i forgot we got a very fancier. so my apologies. partially because i'm colorblind because i can't see red. the role of the private public platforms that's a global food safety forum. it is come one, maybe for some foremost is information exchange, too, its joint venture investment in new food safety technologies from the

under international law it's problematic and as a policy issue it has always been opposed by every u.s. administration. there has not been an effective way to take that issue seriously and we have seen a deepening of settlement. when you talk about settlements in bds, i'd like to focus on what josh said. soda stream is not really the best example of what bds movement is about. because for a lt of us who are protest -- lot of us who are protesting soda stream, soda stream move your factory, into sovereign israel and i'll buy a machine of yours for all my friends. i draw the green line bright. what you do on your side of the green line you have a right to do, until there's agreement, what you do on the other side you don't have a right to do. i want to make it very, very clear, where josh and i differ respectfully on this because i do not think it's right to boycott soda stream if it's inside israel , i do believe it's right the boycott if it's in the occupied territories. >> there are others who would like the boycott movement to really achieve more. talk a little bit about that. >> wel