my colleague kevin owen spoke with antiwar activist phyllis bennis about the ramifications of america's drive to arm the mideast. we risk the possibility of the extension of this militarization that we're seeing in iraq right now we're seeing it already in syria where a civil war has expanded to a regional war and it's now spilling over into iraq the increasing militarization by the united states to the iraqi government is only going to make that worse not better and of course the irony is on the one hand you've got the united states supporting the rebels in syria have now come over the border into iraq and we're also hearing this week no offering drones or military support not personnel but military support to fight these very same people before them there against them indirectly you have this scenario where the sunni population which is the minority but large minority in iraq feel completely disenfranchised disempowered disconnected from their own government and so the u.s. is saying instead of in insisting that the government change its policy of discrimination towards one of egalita

potential scramble and clash between states when it comes to utilization here and my colleague kevin owen discussed the environmental debate over the drilling in greenland where the greenpeace activists and he believes that it would be impossible to clean up their afternoon while spillane that the government should look for other economic solutions. it's new technology to clean up the spill not sure whether it's because this colds means that you would have to remove all the all the oil manually bilby no not for that predation and you won't be able to use technologies in my mince like the greenlandic ones extraction of oil and gas would of course though give greatly as a color a much needed boost so should the country really be denied these cave results is because of environmental concerns that you up will be addressed anyway i want to me clear that that is not by development agenda and we fully believe the agreements to greenham the population has a right to development but we disagree that oil drilling would be the way to go if you look at the consequences and the risks not only for the

even for me kevin owen here r t tonight it's eight pm in the russian capital a top story that our senior british politicians and military figures could become targets for the international criminal court for alleged war crimes committed by the country's troops in iraq two hundred fifty pages describing the widespread abuse of detainees amounting to torture have been handed to the hague the u.k. fighting tooth and claw though to keep out of the tribunal as a london correspondent polevoy carrick's planes. up until now the international criminal court at the hague had mostly tried to african dictators and tyrants but the i.c.c. has been asked to investigate thousands of allegations of war crimes committed by british forces in iraq a two hundred and fifty page dossier presented by a human rights organization and a british law firm contains allegations of beatings of electrocution smoke executions and sexual assault committed by u.k. forces and according to the all says of this report the finger of blame extends to the very heart of the british government at the time so the head of the britis

good morning when i was kevin owen very good to have you with us our top story then the peace conference on syria can't be delayed any longer must happen at the end of the month that's the joint message from russia the us and the un after talks in paris but the main challenge is convincing the syrian opposition to take part because the group still hasn't given a definitive answer. from following the discussions and from one of the first things that we've heard from u.s. secretary of state is that russia the us and the un are completely on the same page that the only solution of the conflict in syria is a diplomatic one mr kerry also said that both the syrian authorities and the opposition are equally responsible for the atrocities committed there now we've also seen a slight shift on iran since he meet your special envoy on syria and syria lab are off the ball for saying that they want to see iran taking part in the geneva two conference this is a key player in the region. but the u.s. has previously against but now according to u.s. secretary of state washington wouldn't mind seeing teh

ton of officials and the group was also given a limited tour of the facility earlier my colleague kevin owen spoke with the head of russia's delegation constantine dog both. of you met the russian national held in guantanamo what did he have to say about his ordeal it was the first. meeting with him we have been trying to organize their meeting for quite some time for several years he told us that equate to a number of very serious incidents which happened with some other detainees people whom he personally knows did he give you any details but he himself witnessed the aftermath of the use of methods which compatible with the international norms and regulations do you feel you could talk freely to you well it's difficult to say this man has been under duress for almost twelve years so it's difficult to expect that suddenly he starts speaking completely freely the most important probably. element of the visit was to convey that message to the american representatives we americans say that we insist. they have his rights. and legitimate interests are adequately taken care of this is. the princ

well over a good evening just joy this is kevin owen here at r.t. tonight with your company our top story the iraqi city of fallujah has become a battleground between government troops and islamists since the start of the weekend has been occupied by an al-qaeda linked group that declared an islamist state there even though the army managed to kill the commander of the jihadists and regain control of several districts the main part of the city still lies. in the hands of extremists the militant advance comes after days of fierce fighting in the region between the al qaeda backed sunni rebels trouble militias and the army around one hundred people have been killed in the bloodshed so far a third of them have been civilians robert nyman from the campaign group just foreign policy thinks it's government policies that have paved the way for al qaeda success if. al qaeda doesn't doesn't establish itself in functioning democracies where there's a broad social consensus that the state is legitimate established in countries where there's a breakdown of cent

it's kevin owen with our top story the eight pm from moscow iraq's prime minister is calling on the residents of the city of fallujah to drive out insurgents the city has been occupied by al-qaeda militants since friday when they declared it an islamic state that has the army prepares now to for a major assault on the city with several air strikes already carried out. as the latest. is not the elements with al qaeda links have overrun the iraqi cities of ramadi and thousands of residents are fleeing these areas as government forces launch airstrikes and fire artillery shells the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki has evolved that government forces will not leave this area until all these extremist elements are to quote him eliminated but he does admit that for now the government has lost control in these cities in recent days the militants received a boost as they were joined in the fight against the baghdad government by sunni tribesmen and what is interesting is that it marks a change from the years prior to the u.s. withdrawal when major sunni tribes turned against al qaeda what we're wi

force national used for me kevin owen in just over thirty minutes time but next the after the break legendary larry king is with us again finding out whether a new cold war could be brewing. lentil little. rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. a little. millennial is have to keep paying for benefit programs they probably won't be receiving themselves financial expert neil gross was here with a warning for a generation w.t.f. plus the nation's katrina vanden heuvel. cohen are here with what they call the growing antagonism of the united states russian relations it's all next on politicking with larry king i. i i got a ticket with larry king we begin with neil grossman financial expert managing partner chief investment officer of t.k. energy capital and author of the new e-book generation w.t.f. how millennial can stop the mushrooming cost of social security medicaid and medicare what is what is w t f well i'm not sure i can say this on say a lively sense for what the. really that's what you want it to mean is that you have a generation that's got one hell of a problem in

we're getting here is kevin owen here with a weekly roundup of the top stories that shape the last seven days for your moscow first the beginning of the new year there was marred with a lot of loss for volgograd as its citizens continue to say their last goodbyes to the thirty four victims of two bombings that shocked the southern russian city dozens remain an intensive care tonight we've got the story of the youngest victim coming up now lost a mother in the blast and still hanging on to life nonetheless. the guy is just three months old but she's found that life can be hard and unjust she was badly injured and a terrible terror attack she is now in an induced coma in intensive care clinging onto life what we give you as a baby girl remains in a coma we put her on a ventilator in intensive care also she sustained some light yet serious brain damage condition is very serious but we've got it under control on that dreadful morning of december thirtieth caught a fever and was on route to a hospital with her mother and grandmother when a powerful explosion rocked their trolley bus the three

was actually use it for me kevin owen in just over thirty minutes on my next fill up the great legendary kings of this again falling out with a rebuke old ball completely. i knew the uh. the it's nice to get the latest release moisten it with the stitches for the two styles. nineteen sixty four the shinkansen bullet train was will's first place people it's technology that allowed these trains to run it up to two hundred and ten km run attracted attention worldwide she celebrates at the maximum speed of two hundred and seventy km making the one hundred and fifty kilo with the tiff between tokyo osaka and just two hours and twenty five should you frequency of these core speed trains also continues to increase. during the tour to russia no one train that leaves every two minutes. the news every two minutes thirty seconds. we strain to bottle some reputation for safety to believe tone in his tube and it was between zero cost to retell it unique japanese teachers to improve passenger comfort. you can see that sweet little treats the direction in which the stream became first to leave. to incr

good morning live from moscow is kevin owen here at r.t. international this morning this is a weekly roundup of the big stories that shape the past seven days and first the start of the new year was marred with loss for volgograd as its citizens said their last goodbyes and farewells to the thirty four victims of two bombings that shook the southern russian city dozens of man intensive care still we report now one of the youngest victims and the man who saved her life. it was just another day for u.t. and wagner grads a main train station but suddenly it all changed. there was a loud clamp the force of it was so strong that it smashed the windows on the doors of the luggage room i got up and rushed in to help people it was the first of two explosions that rocked the city just east before the new year the blast of the station set off by a suicide bomber read through a crowded area between the entrance and the security national detectors. then i noticed a man in a girl's around towards the girl asked her whether she could breathe she was losi

giving thanks for being without international it's kevin owen who was visiting our top story there is mention iraqi security forces say they've killed fifty five al qaeda fighters near the city of ramadi meanwhile fighting continues for the nearby city of fallujah after it was occupied by al qaeda linked group that declared an islamic state there on friday even though the army managed to kill the commander of the jihadists and regain control of several districts the main part of flu just still lies in the hands of the extremist tonight the militant advance comes after days of fierce fighting in the region between the al qaeda backed sunni rebels tribal militias and the army around one hundred people have been killed in the bloodshed so far a third of them have been civilians robert nine men for the campaign group just foreign policy told this is the government's approach that paved the way for al qaeda success here. al qaeda doesn't doesn't establish itself in functioning democracies where there's a broad social consensus that the state is legitimate establish bases and in countries w

international there you are my name is kevin owen thanks take the time to be with us you can hear me. your initial thoughts i guess you were listening across to war i had to say over the last hour or so there in washington damage limitation could more have been done. much more i was struck how completely very full of loopholes it was i agree with the last speaker that everything's been punted into the long grass he said i'm going to set up a committee to do this i've asked this department to look at this everything's in the future we just don't know what he's really promised and so i was very disappointed there was probably nothing concrete in there for example as far as the metadata collection is concerned he announced grandly well we're going to stop doing this that i haven't actually decided how we're going to stop doing that so obviously the details matter there similarly in terms of the spying on the rest of the world it is very important to note that foreigners have far fewer rights than the u.s. citizens on that he basically said well we will do it in a sort of fair way and don

international monitors kevin owen well first on the world's rung in the new year here's how twenty four teams welcomed across the globe the strains were the first to see in twenty fourteen with the traditional downswing display of fireworks over a million people packed around the iconic bridge in sydney harbor in fact which was hit up with if you counting more than seven tons of pyrotechnics festive crowds gathered here too in new york's times square to watch that famous crystal ball count down to midnight not to be. its traditional party to win the iconic copacabana beach but a million revelers gathered this some dressed in traditional white for good luck others yellow to attract healthy. big champagne drinking crowd filling the streets so paris the french capital that was the scene there. and in london hundreds of thousands watched the city being looted one of the breathtaking displacement to get a better year on year every year about to be the. best. will be to come soviet and russian the celebrations were mobbed by the tragic events in volgograd the fifty four people were killed but

i'm kevin owen here in moscow this morning very good morning to you if you just joined us this is our top story then a deadly american air strike in afghanistan has claimed more civilian lives the latest including at least seven children a woman those details from the president hamid karzai himself the attack took place on tuesday night apparently in the central power one province north of kabul but the details of only just been released foreign affairs analyst robert naiman told me the u.s. simply doesn't have afghanistan's interests in ending the bloodshed at heart he thinks. is directly tied to what's in dispute between the afghan government and the u.s. government is they try to negotiate an agreement on what's going to happen to u.s. forces after twenty fourteen what they won't be allowed to do the afghan government doesn't want the u.s. to unilaterally engage in military operations in afghanistan and particularly want to end all night raids this is this if it is an example of why the afghan government is so adamant about this in advance like this make it less likely that the u.s