many m.p.'s had written the court expressing his integrity. >> david is one of the hardest working people you can imagine. he is loved and respected because he was so passionate about education, the environment and worked so hard at it. if you would have asked any of us to put people on the list of people who might get in trouble for expenses, david would never be on that list. >> the scandal endures. >> he is going to fiddle the figures. he should be as liable as anybody else. >> he has abused his position of trust. he should go to prison. >> i think they should be accountable, and i am delighted he got 18 months. >> the judge said his offenses carried wider and more important consequences than other breach of trust cases. the judge said m.p.'s occupied a powerful and important place in society. the public, he said, were entitle -- entitled to feel they be honest. it has shaken public confidence. it had angered the public. it was necessary that serious consequences would follow when offenses of

the fact that the first black m.p. is a sign that attitudes are changing. a black m.p. might be a novelty but analysts say it signifies something deeper. >> having a prominent, visible member of parliament is reconnecting poland and connecting it with its european precedensent. a black m.p. says we're not that provincial. >> how can i help you? >> in his office, he says people's attitudes toward black people are changing for the better. particularly since poland joined the european union 6 years ago. millions of poles have been exposed to the multi-cultural society and it is beginning to change the way people think. >> now here's a story to reassure the romantics among you. this couple got married in 1941 but by 1954, they were divorced. they hardly spoke the kids but they got back in touch at 2004. les pop the question at christmas for the second time. -- popped the question a christmas for the second time. >> when i got married in 1941, they thought it was forever. after the war, they broke up and divorced. 57 years after they split, there will eventually back togethe

but he's not the first former m.p. go to prison. >> i think david chater will find as i found that planet prison is a very uncomfortable and quite painful place. and right at the very beginning, it seems an extraordinary strange place with noise levels of disor yen stating disorienting. >> david chater did not believe it would lead to this. >> two sisters have been freed from jail until the united states on condition that one of them donate their kidney to the other. jameni and betty were serving life sentences for their part in an armed robbery. >> we're free! >> freedom for the scott sisters after 16 years behind bars. they're unusual deal to secure early release was accepted by mississippi's governor. >> i had went to the kitchen and a girl ran in the kitchen and bust open the kitchen door. she said, jameni you're on the news. you're free! and i bust out the kitchen. and when i bust out the kitchen all the inmates were like you did it! you're free! you're free! so that was a wonderful experience! >> both women were

david cameron told m.p.'s that 7,000 jobs will go across the three armed service it would be delayed until after the next general election. it went down badly when the plans were discussed in the house of lords. >> can i say to the leader of the house, i have done a strategic review. this is not a strategic review. instead, does it not seem to the country as a whole that this is cobbled together with the treasury calling for deep cuts in the defense budget? as such, it is unworthy of those who served in our armed forces today. >> " we have to do is get the resources in place for the best estimates for the risks that we face, and if it changes and the unexpected happens, be ready to change as well. >> i welcome your statement and i certainly cannot dignified the words strategic. it will be viewed with dismay by our armed forces. >> with students being expected to pay more and cuts in almost every area of public spending, how will this way down with the general public? did the public think the public suggest to

you know you know what they had to go i know m.p.'s all around this man you know what are you going to be taking the m.p.'s you know they came at us with baroness and i got you know hit rate you would have been. and in every every now and then he opened his formation up and grouper in peace come in and grab a brother and take him back and back and beat the shit outta here screaming in the bed you know. and they were court martialed brought up on various court martial charges but it scared the hell out of the military then they want to round and went to a roster of all the units who were supposed to go and took off who they considered to be quotes of verses. so a number of people myself included. know. one of the most infamous events the nine hundred sixty s. chicago police brutally attacked demonstrators in front of the democratic convention although the army had send a contingent of riot control troops to chicago from fort hood that kept them off the street. is no longer certain which side the g.i.'s. the military had a problem on an

s all around this man you know what are you going to be ten m.p.'s you know it came at us we've been this. you know you would have been. and in there is every now and then you open this formation up and a group or impeach come in and grab a brother and take him back in the back and beat the shit outta here screaming in the back you know. and they were court martialed brought up on various court martial charges but it scared the hell out of the military. then they want to round and went through a roster of all the units who are supposed to go and talk. to be quotes of vs so a number of people myself included. one of the most infamous events the nine hundred sixty s. chicago police brutally attacked demonstrators in front of the democratic convention although the army had sent a contingent of right control troops to chicago from fort hood they kept them on the street. was no longer certain which side the g.i. . the military had a problem on and it was about to go from bad to worse. we were in. the practice line i believe it was a long line of assent a

to develop its nuclear military muscle if necessary russian m.p.'s are now developing their own resolution to balance the rights so far this new arms race is out of folding only on paper but where will it end up we're asking the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee. the new year has started with new challenges for russian foreign policy alexander lukashenko won the presidential elections in bello whose and harshly suppressed opposition rallies shortly after europe is unhappy and is preparing sanctions against minsk moscow has so far of frain from any criticism but has stopped pumping oil into the country however the biggest issue is the start treaty ratification by the russian duma the document is called the hallmarks of president obama's reset policy and the biggest success in recent russian u.s. relations. because chairman welcome to the show do you agree that this that the the the question of the ratification of the new arms deal with the united states is the main is the biggest foreign affairs issue at least for for for russia this t

or the release of classified government documents while european m.p.'s told our team the case. has become over politicized. i'm sure there's lots of political maneuvering inside the powers that be a very difficult position the americans want to get their hands on or silenced authorities now think the game's up people can see what the european arrest warrants are about me. so my guesses are quite know what they're going to do fairly confident that they're going to come up with come some kind of cynical fix that will allow him are there to go back to australia or possibly to go back one terribly to sweden if some kind of deal is done about what charges will be laid against him but what they want to do i'm sure is put to bed this whole problem media publicity about the european arrest because this is just this there are other legal instruments coming through which remove our freedoms in other areas of life all done in the name of integrating europe's legal systems british m.p.'s have warned tales of thousands of asylum seekers are untraceable after a home office blunder one in sev

british m.p.'s have warned that tens of thousands of asylum seekers are now untraceable following a home office blunder one in seven may be left to live illegally in the u.k. because the border agency has built up a backlog of unsold files robin simcox from the sander for social cohesion says the regulations make managing the situation in iraq impossible britain is essentially lost control of who is coming into the country and once you can secure your borders you can't secure your country and this is a outrageous situation that's allowed to develop i think is a huge problem with the britain's inability to deport generally. being part of the european union we often can deport people but country of origin because it may contravene the european convention on human rights on top of this there's a systemic problem where the huge backlog of cases and we have something like a half a million backlog of cases simply can't be processed and can't be dealt with quickly enough so you have a lot of people and ne

there were lots of fears at first on the part of the m.p.'s as to how bad television would be for them and very strict rules at first. but actually, they can see, as we can see, that a more relaxed view of coverage works for the viewers and isn't going to do them any harm. we've also been helped in that the house of lords has always been pushing first for relaxation of the rules and they've been helpful because most things we've done that are different over time did first in the lords and the m.p.'s could see it wasn't a problem. >> does every session in the house of commons and in the house of lords find its way to the channel? >> yes, in full. >> why are you doing this? what's the interest to you in this compared to what you've done in the past? >> there's a real value in delivering these debates and the hearings to the audience. it's a complementry activity to news journalism but we're not restricted to that. we're making a lot of editorial choices as well. to me, it's a small operation and i'm in charge of all aspects of it and that's gre

worked as a research for the real democrat m.p. mike before her arrest last month although released on bail without charge she has to obey strict conditions while awaiting deportation hearing in october she's had her passport taken away is forbidden to meet with anyone except relatives lawyers and doctors and is not allowed to visit public places the russian foreign ministry expressed quote serious anxiety over restrictions saying it dooms that if you have to to almost house arrest for a year more details that our web site at our t.v. dot com slash politics. russian nuclear experts will not be taking part in an invited tour of iran's nuclear facilities that's according to sources in the country's nuclear agency earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that while to iran's initiative deserved attention such visit should not be considered a substitute for official inspections or six party talks. and other members of the un's nuclear watchdog but not the u.s. to inspect the facilities the representatives declined the invita

all on the telly the early to reinstate m.p. on the task there as principal of the council on international i have. made. it i support this school because this school is a key. to understanding of the rape in the foot tapestry which makes up this great city and even though the world has many conflicts and i'm a side i'm pro israel let me be clear about it. those are my commitments lifelong commitment but if the solution to the problem is to arise i believe will arise from new york if the solution to those issues that destroy the world and peoples i shouldn't fight then i'm much more in common then then then distinctions then i believe that the right the solicits will come from schools like this one is introduced to me homo. no way could it be. for important google play alone on elected officials to act as leaders not to put under to racism or bigotry but to stand by what. i believe the old city needs to be careful not to move down the conservative element of the brands too many good jews understand this very healthy department o

our journey and a little heavy hanging rock formations almost a cave with a natural m.p. theatre surrounded by water this place is one of a prize as well kept secret the second round whether for a thread over there a magnificent view it's very hard to get here but it's definitely worth it for years this and other marks were inaccessible to tourists while the small republic is known for its black sea beaches during the past two decades only if you dared to go to the mountains for more than five years the upper part of the good daughter gorge which is also called up. was occupied by georgian special forces in august two thousand and eight upazila regained control over the area making it possible for visitors to enjoy seven eighty as beautiful mountains so now even during the low season people come here for sightseeing the but it could cost all the people dislike and even the mere fact that you're escaping from the city smog is just great the air here is so clean you can finally breathe normally anything much better here most of which is. the highlanders a hoping to restore

worked as a research for liberal democrat m.p. mike hancock before her arrest last month they were released on bail without charge she has to obey strict conditions one awaiting deportation hearing in october she's had a passport taken away it's forbidden to meet with anyone except relatives lawyers and doctors and is not allowed to visit public places the russian foreign ministry expressed serious anxiety over her restrictions saying it dooms to almost house arrest for a year more details on our website on the story dot com slash points. at least four people have been killed in a car bomb explosion outside a cafe in russia's republic of dagestan five other people were also injured our correspondent in the region which of the latest details. block playground a pier marker kind of a kind of like to think of it before they call back i would. report they're just this big or had been for a couple of hours before it exploded and reckon it could have been looking at right there or it was injured after being conditioned and they were giv

names phone numbers addresses and payment details we can leaks founder julian assange and an icelandic m.p. are among them in the u.s. a criminal investigation is looking at the sun just involvement in the leaking of thousands of classified documents. a cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel common enemies of iraq during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear him urge the objection of what he called the u.s. occupation soldiers a term for me comes a month after his movement thirty nine seats in the parliament again widespread popularity among shares after the two thousand and three u.s. and. the young says it wants to reopen to a talk to a soldier soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula the north offered to start negotiations without preconditions this month it's the second such proposal from. the self this was the first one is insincere relations between the two koreas and probably deteriorated after the shelling of a south korean island in november that therefore people each side blames

names phone numbers addresses and payment details we can leaks founder julian assange and an icelandic m.p. are among them in the u.s. a criminal investigation is looking at a songes involvement in the leaking of thousands of classified documents. young yang says it wants to reopen to a talks with seoul as soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula the north offered to start negotiations without preconditions this month it's the second such proposal from pyongyang this week the south dismissed the first one as insincere relations between the two koreas abruptly deteriorated after the shelling of a south korean island in november that left four people dead each side blames the other for firing first. in times of rising unemployment and poverty in the united states the idea of social equality is beginning to seem appealing to some so much so that the works of marx engels and even lenin are going through a resurgence arty's little easter went to meet a few of america's socialists. the very first sentence of the congress manifesto in . a specter hangs over europe the spea

blair is due to testify before the iraq war in korea later today the hearing caught up with a british m.p. an anti-war activist jeremy corbyn who was with the labor party when it was in power under blair stay with us. we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cotton thanks very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you just remind us what happened last time will he was very nervous to begin with came into the room and was asked some questions of a moderately robust way about the evidence leading up to his decision to recommend to parliament that we know very few to rock and then the latter part of the year it turned into a sort of tony blair lecture in defense of his policies on what he calls humanitarian intervention and then went on to warn the whole world about what he perceived to be the danger from iran and i thought the whole thing was a travesty because this is meant to be an inquiry looking into the absolute final details of the decision to go to war wi

well later this hour we'll talk to a british a year m.p. who says no matter how all the eurozone pavel's to stay afloat the prospects are bleak. person i think the euro will collapse and soon i think it could be january february could collapse its always been a political project and that is dangerous because you cannot throw billions or hundreds of billions even after a political project the markets aren't interested they see through it they will bring it down and that's what's going to happen you cannot push water uphill you can't make pigs fly you cannot force all these countries and economies together and force them into this this your oh it doesn't work. now tuberculosis is known as the disease of poverty and dirt it was widespread in europe in the nineteenth century passed in the u.k. it's on the rise again as the country's been named europe capital and while the u.k. is one of the world's major aid providers to fight the disease there are fears it won't be able to tackle it at home or any reports. it's a fatal illness most common in t

one polish m.p. believes that incident at a party is to gain votes ahead of parliamentary elections. the political temperature in poland is called for many reasons because of the social economic situation and first of all. we are approaching the parliamentary elections for it frankly speaking of all these could be made. this debate over the. moral court. and could be the main a one of the most important bones of. contention between the major political forces and secondly this could. negatively. impact the polish and russian relations i'd like not to be a prophet. but such a can exist watching are still how this our case closed find out how critics are slamming the us and trying afghans in american courts despite a band can still law. and brushes among the world's twenty five least free nations while the us gets a perfect score the washington backed watchdog freedom house says the level of liberty around the world has declined for a fifth consecutive year with moscow listed as an authoritarian regime

against the shia community but in tripoli against perhaps some of those particularly against one of the m.p.'s from tripoli who voted for me cody instead of voting for hillary so it's not quite so it's just been presented ok tony you want to reply to that we are finished go right ahead well i mean the i don't want to dwell too much on it but the what he said about the elections is incredibly skewed and misleading i mean yeah there were money from saudi arabia like there wasn't money from iran and there wasn't money from qatar and elsewhere i mean let's not let's not joke ourselves here and the other thing is with regards to the percentage of the population where the electorate election happened i mean mr neglects to tell you that for instance in areas in south lebanon where hezbollah won there has not been even a contestant from the march fourteenth. coalition so there has not been a popular turn out to begin with so i mean the entire pick. or that he paints is incredibly misleading but be that as it may the notion that somehow has been as a large group it's the group that has the largest w

i was pretty sure your m.p. nigel farage that while a lot well the powers couldn't mauls the disappointment of the outcome of the latest talks over iran's a controversial nuclear program the gracie ations in istanbul failed to reach any agreement or even as a deadline for future discussions these foreign policy chief says iran isn't cooperation and knowledge and were made on the streets u.n. sanctions but iran's president about death within the job says he expects positive results from anything the talks to round insists it will not freeze its uranium enrichment program saying every country has a right to peaceful nuclear power the international community is still concerned iran is trying to develop a metallic bomb which it denies russia's deputy foreign minister sergei area called says even though a deal was reached in the case stations were not completely invade. i wouldn't agree that these talks failed i think it was an important opportunity that was used by both parties to move dialogue forward i would say i

fundamental treatment and i don't know where this treatment can be given within the eurozone and british euro m.p. david campbell bannerman is warning countries who are embracing the euro that they're boarding a sinking ship he talks to r.t. coming up next. thanks very much for talking to you now if you compare the european union to the former yugoslavia where do you think the similarities. i think what it's about is actually trying to force a very different countries together very different economies together under one state to state effectively the united states of europe with quite an element the soviet union to it i'm a member of european parliament but i think european parliament is not a true parliament is a bit like a supreme soviet or as bad as the former soviet union but there are elements all of this so there are all parallels with yugoslavia i'm afraid but it is extremely dangerous as we've seen with the euro to force such divergent nations together i think the tensions you create economic and political opera found the dangerous but surely you're not predicting that the will end in a p

user names phone numbers addresses and payment details we can explore during the sanj and an icelandic m.p. are among them u.s. criminal investigations looking at the songes involvement in the leaking of thousands of classified documents. the shia cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel common enemies of iraq during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear him urge the rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation soldiers return from the law comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed. long spread popularity after the two thousand and three. it says it wants to reopen two way talks with saw as soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula and will offer to start negotiations without preconditions this month is the second such proposal from pyongyang this week the south dismissed the first one instance in relations between the two koreas abruptly deteriorated after the shelling of a self korean animal november that left four people inside claims the other far fr

thinking about a complete reform of the european structure well as we'll hear later this hour british your m.p. has been telling us that no matter how much the eurozone circles its wagons the prospects are bleak. it is extremely dangerous as we've seen with the euro to force such divergent nations together i think the tensions you create economic and political opera fairly dangerous i think person i think the euro will collapse and soon i think it could be down really february could collapse you i mean really you cannot i saw the strange rate mechanism the forerunner to the euro you cannot buck the markets as mrs thatcher said at that time and affectively what's the e.u. is trying to do with this massive bailout package seven hundred fifty billion euros is to try and buck the markets but you can't do that you national governors never have enough money to actually out maneuver and out bid a bond markets or private markets they have more money available. and it's not going to work. china has confirmed as conducted a successful test flight of its new stealth fighter it is now the third country to