this is r t live from moscow i'm marina joshie authorities in northern italy say more than a thousand turtle does have dropped dead over the past five days it's the latest in a series of unexplained sudden death incidents affecting creatures in the sky and i water the events of sparked a media frenzy with doomsday speculators saying it hails the end of the world but is there really something fishy going on or is it being overhyped. reports. sing a song of suspense one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds fell out of the sky and when the birds were found the news began to sing the end of days conspiracy does have a catchy ring. at first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then whose iana followed suit and your feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks for flew into trees in cars because of bad weather and we know is that fireworks or weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have a liquefied insides that's what the fish and wildlife veterinarian sad they've

it is a mosque are you watching our marina joshie welcome to the program several european countries are seeing a spike in the number of people arrested for planning terror attacks and there is concern that it's bad ground checks on asylum seekers which are to blame as are going off reports from austria it's feared the authorities are letting terrorists walk through the door. like many others small you would be and downs in southern austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind. recruiting extremists and planning attacks in the heartland of the european union and ethnic chechen that's one way it was detained at the airport in vienna as. to mecca news about the incident went around the world or streams none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't for this. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but was it really because of a lack of information. and the deputy chief of one of australia's bigges

marina joshie welcome to the program russian lawmakers are getting together on friday to reopen debate on a key arms control deal with the u.s. the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is a green light from moscow well let's get the details on this from our correspondent because i have morning so could you remind us why this treaty is so significant and why it's considered so important for russia u.s. relations. this is the biggest week it's going to stand in about twenty years versus the world when you have the world's biggest knew their followers will be reducing the number of nuclear warheads significantly. nuclear armed by its third and do every of vehicles by nearly half of course it is a very important step with relations between russia and the united states. this is a warm up of the relations that we store because of the signing of this treaty and we're hoping to see the continuation of that's for being with the rich of education of the teacher and also with the rectifying the start treaty treaty that two

back just join us you're watching narky live from moscow i'm marina joshie and these are the headlines city or doomsday thousands of dead birds and fish are dividing opinions and causing a media frenzy more deaths have now been recorded in italy were over a thousand of them found dead passing by day. today these refugees in israel say they want to return home but they fear for seeking asylum in a so-called enemy state this comes out of a referendum in southern sudan over whether to split from the north some say authorities there will have refugees kill if they find out if returned from israel . and they're trying to serve and protect the country but it takes a lot more modern art he brings you a day the wife of russia's state leader special forces. as we had winds here in r t up next it's moscow out with a look at where to bag a bargain in the january sales of the russian capital. hello and welcome to the show that was millions around the world are recovering after the recent festivities most russians are celebrating the orthodox christmas this weekend but soon it's back to work for ev

live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program russian lawmakers have reopened debate on a key arms control deal with the us the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is a green light from moscow or has more. he doesn't think it is going to be here it's going to the world's biggest new play of power it's significant they're making. music they're. there to do it maybe it was by nearly the souls of a very important step for the relations between russia and the night that is significant warm up in their relations with this clause here one of the speech was starting to believe this tendency will be new but there is education of the c.g. post but that's applying the new start treaty changes and the united states are giving an example to other nuclear powers powers in the world to join them and have towards a nuclear free world but if she was signed back in april the statement at least upsets me ready to read by immediately thoughts of the united states senate wasn't up to now them isn't their decision they'

live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a massive leaks of classified information was a phenomenon of twenty tanna what the israeli army among the worst affected some of the nation's secrets are finding their way online through its own soldiers also looks at israel's struggle to keep its skeletons in the closet in a world of social media. the israeli army showing off its cyber unit telling the world's media how it connects the nation by phone radio and internet during war time their phrasing of. it communication in the hours is that we are preparing ourselves. for those threads but perhaps the i.d.f. should look closer to home israeli army secrets are beaming around the world some deliberate some unwittingly and they're coming from the inside now it's just one click anything and everything that a few years ago might have been off limits is available to millions of people. is really could not been see gruber received this trait in the post it accuses him of killing children in gaza his name was on a website listing the phone numbers and other personal details of his rad

coming to live from moscow one pm here on marina joshie some of them may have been bailed out by the taxpayer but britain's biggest banks aren't lending that stop them giving their employees bumper bonuses it's a decision in defiance of political and public pressure to curb the pay outs and the severe cuts being made elsewhere across the economy arches or am asked to london's new yes what they think. this is all staring. the homeless and needy queue up for food handouts from charities all over london and the u.k. but just a few miles away it's a different world with different rules prime minister david cameron has shied away from regulating bankers' bonuses they might have to be a bit more open about them but pay won't because and there will be no windfall tax there was more. needs to be over and bankers have taken that to heart u.k. banks including some of those bailed out by taxpayers last year will be paying out eleven billion dollars to their staff this year here on the street where the needy live literally from hand to mouth that's going down badly. and he's not the only one com

why from moscow you are watching r t with marina joshie welcome to the program russian lawmakers have reopened debate on a key arms control deal with the us the new strategic arms reduction treaty or start has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is a green light from moscow artie's an italian advocate a has more. i was busy trying to get it going see here is going to the world's biggest nuclear power is significant to me. at least if they're. there to do it maybe it was by nearly the soles of their important step their relations between russia and the united states is significant in their relations but this last year was the c.g. was starting to play and this tendency was teeming with the expectation of the sequence of life that supplying the new start treaty changes and the united states to be an example to other nuclear powers powers in the world to join them and have the words and music live. but if she was such a pillar of the statement to. be ready to read immediately but the united states senate doesn't that seem now to missing their decision up above d

what you know if you live from moscow nine am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome two of the largest oil companies in the world russia's rawson aft and british petroleum are joining forces and they have sealed the stock swap and agreed to extract the untapped riches of the arctic sea bed together the deal said to be worth billions of dollars and is being endorsed by both governments are diesel or am it reports from london. rosneft and b.p. are calling this deal a groundbreaking strategic global alliance it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national and international oil company when the deal is completed will own five percent of b.p.'s shares valued at nearly eight billion dollars and b.p. will own almost eleven percent of rosneft prime minister putin says the russian government is behind the deal but. i would like to let you know that the government of the russian federation supports this joint operation this is a project that could become global and have a significant influence on the world's oil and gas industry russians arctic reserves are estimate

the live from moscow ten am here on marina joshie welcome to the program the report on the causes of the plane crash in western russia which killed president lech kaczynski last april has caused outrage in poland warsaw has launched its own probe in an attempt to prove some of the blame lies with russia the interstate aviation committee found the polish crew bad weather and pressure to land were to blame for the tragedy r t s n e so now it has more. for the first time the last seconds or heard before polish president lech kaczynski his plane crash near smolensk turned on board. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus were inexperience in flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main causes behind the tragedy in their final report let's let my failure to make a timely decision to land at the reserve airports based on multiple becoming day sions about poor weather conditions at smolensk airport descending lower than the safe

coming to live from moscow with marina joshie state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourn sturdy five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives a demonstrable explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march we're going to cross live to a correspondent at the airport for us. on the effects of the blast of rip the ripple throughout the whole country and even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's still a big tragedy for the whole nation isn't it. absolutely marina as a matter of fact people have been laying flowers here at the dome dead of a starting from last from starting yesterday morning as a matter of fact there are still wreaths being laid as we stand as we stand here not should natural lives the drudgery that has affected a lot of people as you may remember it wasn't just russians or muscovites who were harmed in this fourfold or hor

which we are to coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie poland has questioned the conclusions of a report into the causes of a plane crash in western russia which killed president lech kaczynski last april or so has launched its own investigation aiming to prove that some of the blame lies with russian air traffic controllers our season is now a reports on why the interstate and nation committee found in its investigation. for the first time the last seconds or heard before polish president lech kaczynski plane crashed near small downs during all onboard. the crew ignored warnings from the aircraft's automated system to pull up and advice from air traffic controllers to land at an alternate airport plus were inexperienced flying in bad weather the interstate aviation committee highlighted what they found to be the main causes behind the tragedy in their final report. a failure to make a timely decision to land at the reserve airport based on multiple becoming day sions about poor weather conditions at smolensk airport descending lower than the safe minimum height necessary to mak

as a day out in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie afghanistan is turning into a black hole for america's finances experts say it's sucking and billions of dollars the u.s. simply can't afford and what's worse it's not clear exactly where it's all going. reports. money money money money money money money money money money money money coming up with money must be the easiest thing for the u.s. since washington is apparently ok with it being flushed down the drain. one big drain it's been washing down is that get a stamp about three hundred seventy five billion dollars has already been spent on the afghan war this doesn't include basic things like like care for soldiers and the future of what this amount also doesn't include is the carriage that simply goes missing into the abyss from never completed ghost construction projects to arms that end up in the wrong hands billions of dollars talked by the u.s. into afghanistan don't end up where intended there's a significant portion of since reconstruction money that actually comes back doesn't ever make it to afg

coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program an ice breaker has begun its mission to free three ships and hundreds of people trapped in freezing waters off russia's far east coast two vessels were reached yesterday but three more are still stuck with rescuers being hampered by adverse conditions special say they don't know how long it will take to free them and brings us the latest on the rescue mission. the admiral marker of has actually reached day three vessels that remain locked in the ice that's now working to break up the ice around the ships and it's going to be deciding which order to be removing the vessels from that area and so that's what's happening right now we know that also a little earlier a third icebreaker was dispatched to join the two that are already over this is really a backup option there is on his way to that area but it would take about three days for it together so obviously with the ice breaker already working at the moment it's hoped that that will be able to free the ship reasonably quickly they are being played down by the extreme con

coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program and russia's commerce newspaper says police have named the first suspect behind a terror attack at the airport a russian resident of the southern stopper paul region one of the organizers or even a perpetrator of monday's attack the blast of the airport's arrival zone comes a less than a year after the two suicide bombers from the north caucasus trough of moscow's metro the russian government however says the latest attack is not linked to chechnya based terrorists or to sara furthest keeping us across the elements from to monday at every airport. the latest information we have for. being a possible suspect named for the russian region in connection with that attack now that's an unofficial at the moment but what we do know is that the investigate is that managed to find the body of the suicide of an analyst to be looking at an image of the head of that body. it's not personal for. the public but for southern european or arabic origin now this is despite claims that we've heard in the western media was very quick to

watching r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie it's almost ten years since september eleventh attacks but american muslims say they're still suffering the consequences arab immigrants complain of a daily battle against islamophobia saying their remain the number one bogeyman for the f.b.i. are more important i found a community wondering whether their whole really is the land of the free. when most american girls turned thirteen they celebrate with a party hello my name is labor and i want to be done. but they would do isn't like most the teenager spent her birthday speaking about her father her uncles and her frustration with her home country they got arrested mostly because they're muslim and well they had beards so the f.b.i. just started twisting up the words he was saying was words are all too familiar to some one hundred in attendance family friends and supporters of the countless muslims arrested and convicted through the use of f.b.i. paid informants a practice that many criticize as entrapment no i'm not but it is a losing out. the chairman of the memphis says in retu

ten am the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome. in the program russian lawmakers are getting together friday to reopen debate on a key arms control deal with the us the new strategic arms reduction treaty a war start as already been ratified by the u.s. senate and all it needs now is the green light from moscow artesian to tell you navicular has more. that was the biggest piece of science behind it was going to give up until the world's biggest nuclear power it's significant they're making. at least if they're. there to do it maybe it was very nearly the school's a very important step for their relations between russia and the night but a significant warm up in their relations with this last year one of the c.g. was starting to believe this tendency was teaming with their education of the sea to coast life that supplying the new start treaty changes and the united states are giving an example to other nuclear powers powers in the world to clean them up and have the woods and nuclear. but that she was signed back in april of the sta

live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome turkey haskin down the findings of an israeli inquiry into the bloody storming of a gaza bound aid flotilla last may the record ruled the operation by israeli troops did not violate international law the flotilla was trying to break the israeli blockade to bring aid to palestinians in gaza nine turkish activists were killed in these salt. has more. these when you report just as of the soldiers acted in self defense it examined one hundred and thirty three cases and found that in one hundred twenty seven the soldiers were equally justified in the way they acted it says in the six other cases it simply does not have sufficient information now the primary point that these lady took a commission is relying on is that the way the soldiers the commanding unit acted did not break international law because it was quite clear they say that this gaza van and fertility intended to break these rady blockade on gaza now the israeli defense minister ehud barak has praised the findings of this report he says it proves that israel is a law abiding country bu

live from moscow i am here i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a rescue mission is underway in icy waters off russia's far east coast where five vessels have been stuck for almost a week two ships were afraid yesterday but more than four hundred people are still trapped for more on this we know across life sponsor perth it's got the very latest for us so sara what more can you tell us what's happening there now. well we know now that the largest of the ice breakers the admiral marker of has actually reached a three vessels that remain locked in the ice so that's no working to break up the ice around the shirts and it's going to be deciding in the next hour or so which order they'll be removing the vessels from that area and so that's what's happening right now we know that also a little earlier a third icebreaker was dispatched to join the t. the drew ready for this is really a backup option the admiral crusted is on his way to that area but it would take about three days for it to get there so obviously with the icebreaker already working at the moment it's hoped that that will be

watching r t coming to you live from moscow eight am here on marina joshie welcome to the program it's always a dating coast often described as a paradise for sea lovers is being poisoned from beneath for decades nato has used the area to dispose of nuclear material and it's now feared hazardous chemicals have spread to tourist hot spots and fishing areas matthew stevens looks into claims the alliance and the time government are working to keep the truth hidden from the public. on this quiet stretch you see there is more than meets the eye this area of the mediterranean has been a military dumping ground ever since world war one the enormous amount of weaponry in talks which is present in these waters u.s. bombs from the forty's and needle weapons used in the one nine hundred eighty nine war against serbia including depleted uranium i mean these weapons often contain toxic substances such as sulfur mustard gas and phosphorous. and italian investigative journalist spent years trying to uncover it has secrets johnny landis has received death threats and been attacked this footage by land

quarter ninety coming to live from moscow eleven am here on marina joshie welcome to the program and state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourns thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives and airports the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings moscow's metro last march even though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region the effects of the blast have ripple throughout the whole country. was at the airport reports of course is the entire country that has come together in grief over this tragedy which occurred on monday afternoon of course to start with major channels and radio stations will change their broadcasting schedule there will be no interest payment programs they will try and cut down the commercials to a minimum but of course. it's not just the official side it's mostly people coming together and being united in the face of grief we have to remember th

here on marina joshie welcome to the program state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city mourns thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack at russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of the blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in. the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings raaf moscow's metro last march across live to have a correspondent in. the story. how every navan though the official day of mourning is only being observed in moscow and the moscow region it's not just muscovites who are grieving today but the whole nation as well isn't it. yes absolutely marina well you have to understand that when things like this happen it's basically an entire nation that's coming together this is a nationwide tragedy a lot of people have been expressing their condolences in fact if you were listening to the radio stations or watching it or watching television yesterday all over the country as i have been you would have heard people calling in from all over the country in the first thing they were saying was

you're watching r t coming to live from moscow marina joshie welcome to the program and two of the largest oil companies in the world russia's ross nafta and b.p. are joining forces and they have sealed a stock swap and agreed to extract the untapped riches of the arctic sea bed together we now cross live to laura amateur joining us from london and has more details laura good afternoon so what details can you give us about this agreement and how big is it and what exactly is a state. well this is a huge deal marina and it's really broken some quite significant ground in fact the two partners after calling it a groundbreaking strategic global alliance and it is true that it's the first major equity linked partnership between russian which is a national oil company and an international oil company of course and at the end of this deal when it's all sort of signed and sealed which it already is but when the when the when the deal's gone through and all the shares have been swapped and bought it will end up with a five percent share of b.p. and that's worth in the region of eight billion dolla

live from moscow with marina joshie russia's parliament is due to consider a bill on a new terra combat system in the wake of the suicide bombing at the country's busiest airport that left thirty five people dead president of harshly criticized law enforcement and airport sorties and fired several officials over security lapses which led up to the tragedy. is inside the stadium in moscow with more on the security shake up in russia as it stands right now russia does not have a unified system of warning or action in the in the case of a terrorist over threat of a terrorist attack so that is what the pro-military ins are going to be looking at today a system which will allow the country and the security services in the country to act together in unison in case of a terror threat now that the system will be somewhat similar to the american system of mourning but it will be a lot less complicated and of course. differ in a lot more ways than that basically there will be three levels of terror threat which will be imposed in the country first level color coded blue will mean an increased lev

what you are going to live from moscow a marina joshie welcome to the program state flags have been lowered in moscow as the city more and thirty five victims of monday's terrorist attack on russia's busiest airport people are flocking to the side of a blast to lay flowers and pay tribute to those who lost their lives of the explosion was russia's worst terrorist atrocity since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro last march you know across life to a correspondent. outside the airport for us today. hearing is definitely the whole nation has grieving for the victims even though you official day of mourning was declared only in moscow and the moscow region is now. yes absolutely well it's in times like this one usually a country or a nation comes together and the russia is a multinational multi confessional country there being very church services being held in various churches and synagogues and mosques all across the country and of course especially in moscow and here at. one dead about their old will also be a commemorative service that's going to be held at the church that is located on th

which you are he coming to you live from moscow one pm here on marina joshie welcome to the program our two of the largest oil companies in the world russia's ross nafta and b.p. are joining forces they have sealed a stock swap and agreed to extract the tab riches of the arctic sea bed together well it's now cross live to our correspondent laura was in london following the developments for us there. what are the details you can give us about disagreement and how big is it and what exactly is at stake. well this is a very big deal and i saw the various participants last night from both sides and they seemed carried away really with the euphoria of having finally put pen to paper this is a deal they've been discussing for months rosneft and b.p. are calling this a groundbreaking strategic global alliance and it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national oil company rosneft and an international oil company like b.p. and what's happened is that they've done a share swar process has got five percent of the p. in exchange for nine and a half percent. so that means that b.p