receive from italy. is it your request from them do you have tools we ask you what we are interested in and they order from you yes they order from us do they ask people or make balls. judging but. this way officials gathered to discuss what to order i think of the mechanism so less complicated they also have the bass we have we can satisfy all their requests. for the best to you and the qualities equal. few words about languages russian italian and spanish they are an indispensable part of culture just because he has does a language constitute part of the cultural exchange. so we've italy we've arranged a year of the russian language and culture where the language is a part of the we. will arrange a contest for the best interpreter try to address translations from russian into sally and and from italian into russian or the issues of languages and communication of very important but i watched all the three languages russian spanish and italian and been ousted by means of market economy and soon they find

i'm anne sweeney enjoying this delicious tour of italy. and we're so happy to have lidia bastianich here with us today. you know, it's remarkable what food can tell us-- spices, pairings, menus, and even the presentation. all of it offers a bit of insight into who we are and where we come from. sharing ideas through food, cooking live on television, well, that started right here on public television. thanks to viewer support, julia child, ming tsai, and lidia bastianich have been given the time and space to bring international cuisine into the homes of millions. and you know what? i am really starting to get kind of hungry now. all the smells of this fresh basil are making my mouth water. lidia, what do we have here? >> well, anne, your sense of smell is steering you in the right direction. lots of herbs. now, i'm going to make a sauce for you that you really will enjoy. you're familiar with pesto, the regular pesto, the nice and green, which is made with these ingredients, which is basil, parsley, pine nuts, a little bit of garlic, olive

when we speak advance italy and spain always give such guarantees. as well as past that's why there are no pretensions in. my last question about the system of education. my child goes to school and as a parent i have certain apprehensions as to was going on there usual secondary schools i recently read an article in a newspaper that said there's the threat of several large schools being closed in moscow. can you tell us about the situation of arts education in the russian arts education among the best in the world media it's a legacy from the zon period of russia and the soviet union but well this is the case with this high level back then first of all it is to be properly financed. to preserve national traditions and the tradition of education let's take actors abroad as they are taught for two and a half years in russia we preserve the russian acting school where an actor studies for four or five years we did not join the bologna process in the. professions. this position was one should study for five years to become a theatre a film director. to

his reputation has taken a heavy knock, not only internationally, but here in italy. >> italy has askedthe european border control agency for help in stemming a tide of economic migrants from north africa. about 5000 people have arrived in the past week. most are from tunisia. italian authorities are moving the migrants to processing camps on the island and on sicily. the eu offered italy financial and other assistance to cope with the migrants. but many european leaders say they want help from north african governments to improve economic conditions in order to keep would-be migrants from leaving their countries. i will have more on the influx of to nation -- of tunisian refugees later in the show. protests in the arab world are continuing. in yemen, regime's supporters clashed with anti-government demonstrators. around 1000 protesters marched through the capital. riot police blocked the route, along with hundreds of government supporters. the rival groups pelted each other with stones. protests have increased recently in yemen, with demands the president resigned. the president has be

italy's diego and russia's isle xander smiley and ski v. made their first steps on the surface of mars they installed the flags there they took the samples of the service and measured the imagine a magnetic level of the red planet of course this is a simulation but it is pretty real for the volunteers who already spent over two hundred days in isolation during the simulation of the actual trip to the red planet just previously we were broken up into two groups one group stayed in the mothership simulator and two or three people a chinese an italian and a russian volunteer we went to the martian surface they're going to spend around armont and are going to conduct three or walks in total though after that they will be reunited with the whole team and will begin their simulation of the journey back home even though this is a simulation it's a real step forward. towards a mission to the red planet because scientists on both sides both in european space agency and in the russian space agency they say that before a real flight to the red planet

italy. the libyan leader colonel gadhafi is fighting to retain control of the capital as he's faced with more defections from his own regime much of tripoli is currently deserted with reports of uprisings in the air by towns in the nine days of revolt stemming stretches of taken over the eastern part of the country thousands of foreigners are rushing to leave the country with chaos at the main airport u.n. security council has demanded an end to the violence while the arab league suspended libya the united nation's top human rights official has suggested imposing a no fly zone over libya to protect civilians from government s. strikes three hundred people have been reported killed in those strikes but the italian foreign minister says that the real death toll could stand up more than a thousand adults should move from the baltimore based foreign policy in focus think tank told r.t. that gadhafi is losing control of his country. obviously gadhafi did not want to devolve the entire country rem

italy. live in need of colonel gadhafi is fighting to retain control of the capital as he's faced with more defections from his own regime much of tripoli is currently deserted with reports of uprisings in nearby towns in the nine days of revolt demonstrators have taken over the eastern part of the country thousands of foreigners are rushing to leave the chaos recorded at the main helpful u.n. security council has demanded an end to the violence while the arab league has suspended libya the u.s. and e.u. are considering sanctions against the country for colonel gadhafi bloody crackdown on protesters three hundred people have been reported killed but the italian foreign minister says that the real death toll could stand at more than a thousand. and it's come to light the u.k. has been selling military equipment to libya but since the unrest that has been calling for democracy condemning it off its actions professor of middle east policy studies dr rosemary hollis told us that britain has been

italy fears of a tidal wave of immigrants fleeing the turmoil in north africa could inundate the country as the rest of europe gets ready to foot the refugee bill. as greeks fight back against all stirred sea measures it comes on fears that billions of dollars in aid is going to the middle east at the expense of europeans the details of me coming up. and hiv patients in ukraine blame corruption and mismanagement for delays in getting lifesaving drugs. six am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t we start tonight in italy where rome has been raising the alarm about the potential influx of up to three hundred. thousand libyans with the country in the throes of a possible civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the an arrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already fled italy's southernmost point lampedusa close european shore to the troubled region that's where r t z or piskun of joins us with more. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see a tiny italian island in the mediterranean is locat

in part it is italy.he fact is that as we were saying before, italy at a certain point came out from a situation in which it had been for decades under two hills, the communist church and the catholic church. and political parties that were indeed i would say on corporations themselves. you said that he created himself but these political parties were set in a way to profit. back then many of the corporations were owned by the government and they would split among political parties the revenues. so this situation had been unbearable from the public opinion viewpoint and the way of being was very ridged, very static. it was like someone would go and read a speech for two hours and people utterly board and he cracks jokes and he represents someone who is modern and rich and someone who is reassuring. if he's rich he isn't corrupted except in power he created some rule that protected himself from previous accusations that he had. but the question i guess is why italians kept voting for him. the thing is that

in the throes of a possible civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the unrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already flooded italy's southernmost point to produce a closer european shore to the troubled region which is there with more. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and while we were sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated world populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers but just recently the peace was disturbed after the recent revolution in tunisia in just two weeks the island became flooded with we've also refugees many spend their entire days this one during around tell there have already been reports of thirst and vandalism and several have been arrested we've been talking to the locals a

his reputation has taken a heavy knock, not only internationally, but here in italy. >> italy has asked the european border control agency for help in stemming a tide of economic migrants from north africa. about 5000 people have arrived in the past week. most are from tunisia. italian authorities are moving the migrants to processing camps on the island and on sicily. the eu offered italy financial and other assistance to cope with the migrants. but many european leaders say they want help from north african governments to improve economic conditions in order to keep would-be migrants from leaving their countries. i will have more on the influx of to nation -- of tunisian refugees later in the show. protests in the arab world are continuing. in yemen, regime's supporters clashed with anti-government demonstrators. around 1000 protesters marched through the capital. riot police blocked the route, along with hundreds of government supporters. the rival groups pelted each other with stones. protests have increased recently in yemen, with demands the president resigned. the president has b

peter you know we have a negative history against italy the last time we played against each other was in two thousand and six when i was assistant coach and unfortunately we missed a chance to reach the world cup final and italy became world champions and it is correct for germany it's been always very very difficult to play against italy big . germany will take on the italians up the signal i do nest stadium in portland their pitch where the last match between the two sides took place in the two thousand and six world cup the eventual winners beating the host to nil in the semifinals goalkeeper jael luigi before and done the other off see are the only players who are immune from not winning team italy coach says our prandelli believes that the latest fixture should give a clear indication of how good his men are. those who are committed we're playing against a team that had a very good world cup a few months ago was an excellent style of football and for us it will be an important indicator to find out just where we are at the moment to go elsewhere france entertain brazil in another

. >>> and now, we move onto italy. call it the rebuke of the italian mamas. italy's prime minister with his long history of flaunting a billionaire playboy lifestyle, is in deep legal trouble tonight. silvio berlusconi has been indicted and ordered to stand trial in a sex case involving a 17-year-old girl. and as jeffrey kofman reports from rome, the mothers and grandmothers of italy are keeping the pressure on. >> reporter: in a country where women are famously tolerant of their unfaithful men, italy's philandering premier silvio berlusconi may finally have crossed the line. the 74-year-old billionaire is notorious for consorting with younger women. but his dalliance with this moroccan nightclub dancer known as ruby heart-stealer may be his downfall. today berlusconi was indicted for allegedly paying ruby for sex when she was underage. now it is the women of italy who are leading the call for berlusconi's resignation. here in rome over the weekend 200,000 disgusted women made their feelings very clear. >> the amount of people on the streets tells you there i

. >>> and outrage in italy. the sex scandal that brought tens of thousands of women to the streets today. >>> and the first lady offers some advice on love and happiness this valentine's day. >>> it was two years ago this weekend the deadly crash of a regional airliner outside buffalo brought new attention to safety issues on such flights. tonight, nbc's tom costello tells us about some big changes made as a direct result of that disaster. [ bell tolling ] >> reporter: outside buffalo, a candlelight vigil at the very spot where continental flight 3407 went down two years ago. each of the 50 victims' names read aloud. >> zafd horner. >> jeanne marzoff. >> reporter: while flight 3407 carried continental's logo it was, in truth, flown by regional carrier, cogan air. ntsb finding of pilot error, crew training experience and fatigue put a glaring spotlight on the regional airline industry and forced change. itch criticized colgan airline has been taken over by pinnacle airlines and congress raised the mime flight hou

also in the news this week with thousands of north africans are fleeing from political upheaval italy has declared a humanitarian crisis as refugees flock who it shores. the founder of the wiki leaks website julian assange is to appeal a london court decision to extradite him to sweden he says he won't get a fair trial in a process he believes is intended to ultimately get him to america to face prosecution over a vast leak of u.s. diplomatic files. and america says goodbye to discovery as the spacecraft performs its last ever mission before nasa retires its route three remaining shuttles later this year american astronauts will now have to rely on russian rockets to take them into orbit before the next generation of spacecraft is ready. for moscow bringing you the top news and the top stories from the past week and this is our team the u.n. security council has unanimously agreed for sanctions against libyan leader moammar gadhafi and his loyalists and has ordered an investigation into possible crimes against humanity after attacks on protesters opposed to the regime over a thousand

the news this week as a turmoil in the region it drives thousands of north africans from their homes italy is calling on the e.u. to help it cope with waves of immigrants and. the wiki leaks founder is it should be extradited to sweden on sex crimes allegations appealing the ruling julian assange says the case is simply a pretext to get him to the u.s. for a trial. and america has its wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery the shuttles are to be commissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on the russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. broadcasting around the world from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. the u.n. security council has unanimously agreed sanctions against the libyan leader moammar gadhafi and his loyalists and has ordered an investigation into possible crimes against humanity after attacks on protesters opposed to the regime over a thousand have died in nearly two weeks of unrest procrit often groups have been confronting rebels and now in control of large areas of the country including that the city of zawiya th

italy's women don't seem to believe him. they marched in their tens of thousands over this past weekend demanding he resign. after all the scandals involving a series of much younger women, after dozens of unsuccessful prosecutions over corruption charges, ruby heartstealer may turn into ruby careerender. >> he's accused of having had sex with an underaged girl and paid for it. he's accused of having abused his power. everyone can understand that, can identify with that sort of accusation. >> reporter: the case is due to be heard in early april before three women judges. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> couric: there's a new twist in another high profile case in italy. a court there today ordered the parents of amanda knox to stand trial for libeling the police. knox is the american student convicted of murdering her college roommate in italy. her parents have claimed the police abused her during questioning, but the police deny the allegation. now to bell, california, the small city in los angeles county where officials

italy took 7000. this is a long way from being overwhelmed. >> the pressure on europe is increasing. the u.n. is warning of a humanitarian crisis and they plan to start airlifting supplies to tunisia this weekend. >> my appeal to your kids to fully support the countries that are emerging from dictatorships and are in transition. -- my appeal to europeans is to fully support the countries. we would like to have inclusions through the mediterranean and europe. i hope that europe will live up to its commitments and offer protection and assistance to are fleeing a war. >> as debate continues, the consensus on assistance for those affected still seems a long way away. >> germany has lifted his travel warning for egypt. this comes as berlin moves to normalize relations with the transitional vernnt in cairo. the minister paid a visit to the capital with promises of more economic and development aid. >> the german foreign minister visited tahrir square. only two weeks earlier, it had been the focal point of t

italy. and for british person ari from the danish institute for international studies says political changes in the middle east have always had a major effect on european nations not just in terms of illegal immigration even before these are prized things the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial and we have always been below thirty thousand. possible untruths every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do. it depends on the ability of actually called the meeting among some of the governments that are most affected i mean imagine if time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done. or coming up in a few minutes there doesn't have to be only one. of the twenty four teams sochi winter olympics will have three mascots chosen by russians in a country wide poll stay with

italy. although supporters of libyan leader colonel gadhafi appeared to be turning their back on him international community unites against the bloodshed the country's interior minister has resigned and joined the anti-government protesters after reports of three hundred unarmed civilians being killed in libya's second largest city of benghazi and he accused gadhafi of planning a wide scale attack on his own countrymen italian foreign minister told reporters that more than one thousand libyans may have been killed in just the past eight days alone the un security council demanded an end to the violence on tuesday while the arab league suspended libya french president has called for e.u. sanctions against the country nevertheless gadhafi vows to fight until the death and die as a martyr. in his first major speech since the unrest began the leader was supposed to attack the opposition and he claimed were bribed drugged and quote serving at the devil. to really discuss the crisis and that we ca

it is correct for germany it's been always very very difficult to play against italy the big. two germany will play the telephones at the signal in dortmund the pitch where the last match between the two sides took place during the two thousand and six world cup the eventual winners had beaten the host to nail in the semifinal. before and. the players remained from that winning team to the coaches are a print dela believes that the game with germany should give a clear indication of how good his men are. the woodwork image of playing against a team that had a very good world cup a few months ago it was an excellent style of football and it will be an important indicator to find out just where we are at the moment. so i france prepared to entertain brazil in an international friend in paris the implants team is likely to have a new look to his former captain patrice evra and field gemma to live on what both left out of the sport while some ministry franco baresi and matthew have again now will all be absent for injuries to nineteen ninety eight world cup holders who have three

protests continuing in northern africa and in the middle east italy has already warned a new bigger wave of refugees can flood not only this tiny island but the entire continent is going off or do you want to do it early. supporters of libyan leader colonel gadhafi appear to be turning their back on him while the international community unites its voices against the bloodshed the country's interior minister has resigned and joined the anti-government protesters appalled by reports of three hundred unarmed civilians being killed in libya's second largest city of benghazi he accused gadhafi of planning a wide scale attack on his own countrymen the italian foreign minister told reporters that more than one thousand libyans may have been killed in just the eight days are past eight days alone the u.n. security council demanded an end to the violence on tuesday while the arab league suspended libya the french president meantime has called for e.u. sanctions against the country nevertheless to fight till the death and die a martyr in his home in his first major speech since the unrest began th

it's not made up of just regular joes in italy.on't know, i don't know, very, very compelling stuff both ways. but there's eyewitness reports that say otherwise. >> okay, we'll have to leave it at that. linda, steve, we thank you so much. >>> coming up next, suzanne somers and her best-selling book causing some controversy. dr. nancy will weigh in right causing some controversy. dr. nancy will weigh in right after this. m sam chernin, owner of sammy's fish box. i opened the first sammy's back in 1966. my employees are like family, and i want people that work for me to feel that they're sharing in my success. we purchase as much as we can on the american express open gold card so we can accumulate as many points as possible. i pass on these points to my employees to go on trips with their families. when my employees are happy, my customers are happy. how can the gold card help serve your business? booming is taking care of your business by taking care of your employees. [ female announcer ] and now, winter skin can be too. discover

going to italy. oh my gosh. >> yes. >> jimmy: did you always want to go to italy? know, that's awesome because that's -- that's like my family, so -- >> jimmy: i'm lost. sorry. >> i was -- i was born in chile, but i was adopted into an italian family. >> jimmy: oh okay. >> so i kind of have like both roots right there. >> jimmy: ah. >> so, you know. >> jimmy: it's gonna be fun. >> yeah, i'm excited. >> jimmy: it's good though. you currently have a boyfriend, right? >> i do. >> jimmy: so you're not looking for any -- any gorillas or juiceheads out there. >> well, unless you wanna go grab a drink later. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh my god. hey, we have a clip we want to show from "jersey shore" that is going to air tonight. is that right? so i guess it aired earlier tonight. >> okay. >> jimmy: but this is -- i can't believe the snitchuation is trying to prank team meatball. >> yeah, not a good thing. >> jimmy: no, no. this is not going to end well. here's a clip from "jersey shore," you guys. [ phone dialing ] >> me and you. meatball power. [ burping ] >> exa

italy's women don't seem to believe him. they marched in their tens of thousands this past weekend demanding he resign. after all the scandals involving a series of much younger women, after dozens of unsuccessful prosecutions over corruption charges, ruby heart steeler may turn into ruby career-ender. >> he is accused of having sex with an underaged girl and paid for it. he is accused of having abused his power. everyone can understand that, can identify with that sort of accusation. >> reporter: the case is due to be heard in early april before three women judges, mark phillips, cbs news, london. >>> got a cold? well a new report indicates taking swing may help. a review of 15 clinical studies says remedies containing swing can significantly cut down on the severity and you the ration of colds. the short-term use of loss engineers, tablets or syrup containing swing may all have effects but the key is you have to take them within a day of the onset of cold symptoms. now if you take too much swing the side effects could be w

fears of violence and overcrowding run wild in italy as the government braces itself for an influx of immigrants from arab countries in turmoil. renewed clashes broke as greeks protest against austerity measures it comes as billions of dollars of aid go to the middle east at the expense of europeans germy down your bushel for all the details. plus ukraine is hit with accusations of corruption and mismanagement is hiv positive patients blame the health ministry for delays in the supply of lifesaving drugs. this is r.t. here in moscow eight pm here in the russian capital and six pm in italy where rome fears an immigrant exodus of up to three hundred thousand libyans in the ongoing revolt in the country is in the southernmost point of lampedusa is the closest european shorter north africa and so the destination point for refugees from the troubled region thousands of tunisians of already flooded the island after the african countries regime fell in january he got to sort of has more. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the medi

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italy and to musea used to have an agreement under which most with fiji's were intercepted before even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened i would buy islands continuing to spread in both north africa and the middle east italy's already war and other evil states up to three hundred thousand refugees could we libya for decades one pillow that managed to i mean i pray any isolated world of its own accord with all these lives and no one was afraid to leave their doors all . five something changed and the biggest wave of refugees may still be out there with no one this tiny island but the entire continent it was just a lot more like it was italy. a great show doesn't already from the danged institute for international studies says the political changes in the middle east have always had a major effect on european nations not just in terms of illegal immigration. even before these. the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial we have always been below thirty t

historic visit to moscow in the near future it's the second day of the russian president's trip to italy on wednesday he met prime minister silvio berlusconi in rome where they started twelve months of cultural exchanges as a part of a year of russia in. well three years after declaring independence from serbia because of a continues to face social and economic turmoil the recent elections that were widely criticized russia's envoy to the un pointed to a number of violations and voiced concern that radical parties were able to gain votes with high unemployment and rising poverty the self-proclaimed balkan republic of kosovo is offering fertile ground for hardline islam there are now growing fears the region could be turning into a major terrorist hub right in the heart of europe and sarah furthest brain finding out extremist rhetoric speaking imported alongside foreign aid. i mean cause of a's capital and the mosques are overflowing ninety percent of the population here are muslim and known for their liberal interpretation of the faith but there are now growing concerns that a fundamenta

well time for a quick look at some other world headlines prosecutors in italy will file a request for a fast track trial of prime minister silvio berlusconi over allegations he consorted with prostitutes and abused his power he's alleged to have paid for sex with a seventeen year old girl and uses influence as prime minister to secure her release on charges well there have been violent protests near milan demanding the resignation of the prime minister berlusconi strongly denies the accusations and has vowed to continue to govern. hopes that the long running trial of former liberian leader charles taylor would end of this week have received a blow after his maid lawyer stormed out of the courtroom taylor is accused of arming rebels in sierra leone for power and profit while the former president refused to return to the court following a break in the trial at the hague that has so far lasted more than three years well the opening was delayed for six months following similar protests now a search is continuing for two swiss girls who are believed to be missing in southern italy their fa

italy braces itself for a massive. rescue it from a humanitarian crisis which could see more than a million people flooding the country from the troubled. this is our team here in the russian capital midnight in moscow and nine pm in london where a court has ruled in favor of extradition the wiki leaks founder is wanted for questioning in connection with sexual assault allegations during a trip he made to sweden last summer his lawyers fear he won't receive a fair trial in sweden and risk being handed over to america charges the u.s. is currently investigating his website which released a swathe of secret diplomatic washington wants him held responsible for leaking. classified information last year and brings us the latest now from the hearing in london. or centrally what we saw this morning was the judge knocking down these defense argument out of the water essentially one by one he said that our sons had not in fact made himself available for questioning whilst he was in sweden and that our soldiers swedish lawyer ha

italy. western nations are seeking ways to help conflict stricken north africa and the middle east but with a multi-billion dollar aid deals being discussed some europeans are starting to fear this will harm their own economies daniel bushell is in brussels bringing us the latest now on this debate and what it could mean for europe as a whole. climate has all the elements of a perfect storm for many citizens here in the u.s. the worst possible time to be pumping cash into uncertain regimes what with the economic tensions and the economic problems here in the e.u. at the moment not only in the soft underbelly of europe as we've been seeing in reports this hour but it's richest states as well greece is paralyzed at the moment with a nationwide strike hundreds of thousands of workers have left the job to protest as the recession there goes from bad to worse and more than one in three young people there are unemployed at the moment interior ministers of solvent e.u. states like italy and spain a

world leaders, including italy and's is silvio berlusconi, rushed to establish relations with colonel gaddafi. many oil companies were joined by investors of bp and other companies that recently committed to exploration deals. those contracts may now be at risk. >> italy can no longer count on libya, at least for the time being, for oil deliveries. and in addition, the libyan central bank which hold a significant share of italy's largest bank is pretty much missing. >> mr. sarkozy is also keen for sanctions on the gaddafi family. the president's son is involved in major construction projects. his brother, an heir apparent, is alleged to have financial interests in oil. leaders elsewhere in the region are rushing to secure positions. in saudi arabia, king abdullah returned to prevent any protests. investors will be watching carefully for any sign measures are failing. bbc news. >> this is "bbc world news." here are the headlines. president obama contends the bloodshed in libya. he says his administration is preparing a full range of options in response. in christchurch, new zealand, re