teammates the family behind russia's sledge hockey captain in our latest report on the national paralympic team pairing to take on all comers at the winter games in sochi. live from moscow you're watching r t international with me and he said now a our top story twenty five al qaeda linked militants have reportedly been killed by an airstrike in iraq where government forces are on the offensive against islamist insurgency the violence is being fueled by the conflict in neighboring syria with militants apparently surging back and forth across the border at the center of the fight in iraq is the city of fallujah. now reports residents so far who'd seen hell during the u.s. occupation now face their own army so salt on the cd the iraqi government has lined up tanks and loaded fighter jets preparing to drive al qaeda linked militants out of the city the u.s. is packing more hellfire missiles and other weapons for the iraqi army to use and everybody knows when the bombing begins there will be blood by. am back with me brian so many innocent iraqis have died in terror attacks do you think this a

also the sled hockey team prepares to make its debut at the upcoming paralympics meet the captain's family to find out where he is drawing his strength and inspiration from . center here in moscow this is international with the twenty four hours a day iraq's prime minister is calling on al qaeda fighters and all those who joined them to surrender the militant group is occupied key cities of the country's biggest province and the government is struggling to regain control middle east correspondent is following the conflict. well the situation certainly is becoming increasingly volatile but we've now heard from the iraqi prime minister it is him urging all those who have joined al qaida to give up the fight he has hinted at the possibility of hardening these militants if indeed they do so they are facing a massive siege that has been launched by the government troops now i think he was speaking in his weekly televised address and he volunteered that it takes to continue what he calls the sacred war against al qaida is the local branch which is known as the as the most state in iraq and they

and also the russians sledge hockey team prepares to make its debut at the upcoming paralympics he kept in his family to find out where he's drawing his strength and inspiration from the top stories. from a student center here in moscow this is r.t. international with twenty four hours a day militants have attacked an army barracks north of baghdad reportedly killing twelve soldiers the iraqi government is currently struggling to regain control of key cities in the country's west occupied by al qaeda fighters the prime minister has called on the group to surrender middle east. it's following the conflict. well the situation certainly is becoming increasingly volatile but we've now heard from the iraqi prime minister it is him urging all those who have joined a kind of to give up the fight he has hinted at the possibility of hardening these militants if indeed they do so they are facing a massive siege that has been launched by the government troops now on my like he was speaking in his weekly televised address and he volunteered that it is to continue what he calls the sacred war agains

now he's heading for the paralympic games and that also means leaving his loved ones. for the team his two passions in life are never too far from each other. i really enjoy all the time i get to spend at home because when i'm away in training sessions with the team i miss my family very much it's the same as the game when you sit on the bench for a long time just watching the others play and then you get this little time in nice and you want to make most of it you're one hundred percent committed. a commitment shared by everyone in the house while the dream is eager to take home gold come march he already has his prize at home in the moscow region and margaret how will our team. with both the olympic and paralympic games fast approaching don't forget to follow the amazing journey of the olympic flame before doing it online as well you can catch the best moments of the record breaking. the twenty fourteen winter olympics in sochi on altie dot com. it's on its epic journey. three days. through. the cities of russia and. relayed by fourteen thousand people. or six. in a

where is the olympic and paralympic games fast approaching don't forget to follow the amazing journey of the olympic torch we've been following it on line it's the best of the longest flame relay in the history of the games that are teen dot com. is on its epic journey. one hundred twenty three days. through. cities of. relayed by fourteen thousand people or six. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others. olympic torch relay. m r r r. germany revels in its international image for efficiency and quality but behind the stereotype often lies a different story some taxpayers are complaining national projects are costing them billions thanks to bad planning archies peter oliver looks at the price the e.u. is leading economy pays when it comes to construction. if you listen to the politicians germany's ruling in it but if you believe those following the money trail is a different story. meanly it's a problem with cost estimates they use the wrong data they start building and eventually they run out of money and then taxpayers have to pick up the bill. currently germany has one of

he is also a member of the national paralympic swimming team of kazakhstan. he started swimming since the first grade in school. he has won one silver and one bronze medal and said the new world record asian games in two thousand ten dollars main goal is to train for them become the champion of the paralympic olympics in two thousand sixteen in rio de janeiro. this fall and stumble. to start or margarine has been to dissipate in paris which is the ships can win them the stream is still there and i would do my best score gives me joy health and adds self confidence. doing so was mom. the chorizo assembly of the people of kazakhstan has been actively working knocked off for almost fifteen years children are getting quite the unique experience from the friendship blessings they are attending the eleventh grader alvin decided to study the court and identity of georgia to his classmates study the history of the formation of the regional no ctrl associations apparent when the call for stan's each maniacs position was created by children together with teachers i've

he is also a member of the national paralympic swimming team of kazakhstan. he started swimming since the first grade in school. he has won one silver and one bronze medal in say the new world record asian games in two thousand ten dollars main goal is to train for it and become the champion of the paralympic olympics in two thousand sixteen in rio de janeiro. this fall and stumble. to start or margarine has been to dissipate and there's four championships in wyndham this train is still there and i would do my best score gives me joy health and self confidence. doing so was mom the children's assembly of the people of kazakhstan has been actively working in knocked off for almost fifteen years children are getting quite a unique experience from the friendship blessings they are attending the eleventh grader alvin decided to study the court and identity of georgia to his classmates study the history of the formation of the regional no ctrl associations apparent when a call for stan's each maniacs position was created by children together with teachers. i've be

found finally the such the paralympics just over six weeks away russia's sled hockey team wraps up their final preparations by beating the czech republic six nil to win the fourteen international tournament just outside moscow michael crouch and co reports . dolls is often considered to be the birthplace of russian sledge hockey and for three days the moscow region town once again played host to the fourth annual sledge hockey tournament between russia norway sweden and the czech republic in their first two games the hosts saw from one thousand nine hundred four champion sweden with an impressive eight two one victory and then beat the current olympic bronze medalists norway seven goals to nothing and so were heavily tipped to take the title going into the final game against the czechs and it didn't take long for russia to open against the two time european silver medalists racing into a three goal lead within the first ten minutes the czechs appeared shellshocked while the hosts took the puck around with purpose and in the second fifteen minute period russia ended the game as a competit

has been on the winter paralympics roasters since one thousand nine hundred four but they see i will see russia steen make its debut well where do you seen them on the ice and mad the captain and now what made those who helped captain silicon and jewel so many hardships and his drive for victory. well for the games the who can he is known as the captain of the national paralympic flood talking team here in russia but in this house his just know his dad. we asked him a dream about his family and the first time he met his wife irene a woman whose we first met when i was in the army serving in this area there was a spark from the very beginning and grew as we dated it you could see it was love at first sight my entire life changed it had a new meaning but another kind of change was coming the two were considering time the not one of a team went off to war where he lost both of his legs i removed into his hospital room to help with his care and the couple continued with their plan to marry when asked about the proposal irene a said she knew it was coming. this well i was expecting the pr

behind me is of the shy but a rena this is where the paralympics will hold their eyes a sledge hockey tournament now the women's olympic hockey teams will also be playing raiatea in this arena this is a seven thousand multi-polar poses see to a readout don't be surprised to hear the crowd chanting shy but the name means punk in russian the only question left to be on stood what's teams winning who received the olympic gold medal now here's some of the sportsmanship to expect at the winter olympics previous intense and fast just the way ice hockey should be. thankful. and for the first time since the introduction of the sports in the olympics the russian team will debut on the firm ground something that the russian coach hopes will change perceptions for those with disabilities and none of them as there were quite a few on the circuit and you can work more with these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the entire society that they're not people with disabilities but people with limited abilities these men and women will be showcasing their skills at the cyber stadiu

taking on the toughest or insult cheats i mean russia's paralympic sled hockey team stay with us all to international. and then saying isn't content just to spawn huge numbers of people that would snowden says don't ask keeps a very close eye on business it's a whistleblower told german t.v. that the u.s. agency tries to siphon off any information it can get its hands on we're going forward as a former british spent years working to raise awareness of such as binoche organized not from brussels you seem to be aware all of these problems for quite some time why hasn't europe dunning about it then. i guess you're just being naive or superheat i mean when the americans have been tapping angela merkel's phone up and toughing the phones of hundreds of millions of people across the european union why would we expect them to leave business alone in fact what we've got to do is look at your own history james will sleep clinton's cia director actually said back in march two thousand yes we do spy on european business because we believe that they bribe people it's necessary for us to do that t

taking on the toughest where in sochi to meet russia's paralympic sledge hockey team stay with us for this one more. we speak your language. or music programs in documentaries and spanish more matters to you. a little tune to defying those stories. the spanish find out more visit. welcome back you're watching r t international the n.s.a. isn't content just to spy on huge numbers of people edward snowden says it also keeps a very close eye on businesses and whistleblower told german t.v. that the u.s. agency tries to siphon off an information it can't get its hands on amazon is with me now live from dusseldorf was hardly the first time an e.u. countries been accused of stealing industrial secrets but if this particular piece of information proves to be true how important is this revelation. i think it the importance is it about the scale of the problem because our intelligence agencies have always had a mandate to protect national security but also to protect the economic well being of all countries however that is very different from aggressive industrial espionage on an aggressively

parliament re watched all russia's sledge hockey team prepares to make his baby of the upcoming paralympics. we meet the captain's family to find out when he's torn his strength and inspiration from our top stories this hour. in the most of the pier and watched it this is our theme to match it with a four ounce a day. militants have attacked him on the battery tool for baghdad reportedly killing twelve soldiers the iraqi government is cody struggling to re gain control of key cities in the country's west occupied by okada photos. the prime ministers called on the group two surround a short week it might expect in the midst of the softies middle east coast but the slip is falling the conflict. well he said tyson said he is becoming increasingly wanted to come up with our heads on the eve of the prime minister is urging all those who have joined kind as to the top flight team has hinted at a cost of the day kept haunting me. these mittens if indeed they do so. they are facing a massive seat that has been owned by government troops. i was speaking in his twenty ten by the trees and the connect

russian president invited me into it and has declared russia must hold the winter olympics and paralympics at the highest level. so i'm in a bun or did you learn the pc chip chip into the bowl with it. genius or camilla to push any known is mostly issue of wushu. two recent bombings in london crowds have left more than thirty people dead the bombings have raised security concerns in the region. the two thousand fourteen olympics will be held in sochi about six hundred and fifty km southwest of bounce back next month. it is an iridescent income the bombings acts of brutal terrorists he said the russian people will continue to fight against terrorists. until then i'll eat it. on the pacific island of flaky but he had heard and masonic immense about climate change. the sa negotiators at the latest un conference go back and forth. it was to submit ideas for cutting greenhouse gas emissions other residents of the key back t the time for talking about climate change has already passed. he was taking her nap she explains. we sprinkled rose soon. in sea water flows into people's homes. the sea lev

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the winter paralympics in such a well welcome russia's national sledge hockey team for the first time well raising seeing them in training and captain so off he is not good how well went to me they finally behind leadin salute can help him deal with adversity and become a top level three eight or four of the absolute and he's known as the captain of the national hero limbic flood talking team here in russia but in this house he's just known as. we asked about his family and the first time he met his wife irene. we first met when i was in the army serving in this area there was a spark from the very beginning and it grew as we dated you could see it was love at first sight my entire life changed it had a new meaning. but another kind of change was coming the two were considering time the nut when the team went off to war where he lost both of his legs i removed into his hospital room to help with his care and the couple continued with their plan to marry when asked about the proposal irene a said she knew it was coming. well i was expecting the proposal the wedding day we had a lot of

eleven disaster in northeastern japan can stop fast facilities for the twenty twenty olympic and paralympic games in tokyo and repair aging infrastructure construction company officials say their chronically short of what its skilled and plastering and reinforcing concrete. dingell has the keys into the building firms are trying to poach workers from each other teens who use me in nineteen eighty seven there were almost four and a half million construction workers in japan by twenty twelve that number had dropped by over a million. land infrastructure and transport minister to heal or todd said the government plans to accept more people on technical internships the program lets foreign nationals and to japan to work in manufacturing or construction. about one hundred fifty thousand people are currently taking part the guy who would you know who makes finding the technical internship program is one useful option you want is crucial to the pool. other cabinet ministers have sounded a note of caution. this week and wish them all. allowing more foreign workers and could cause wages to draw up a

not that tough but there is such that the russians paralympic sledge hockey team. thus for that and more. the brits just can't get themselves fired up about avoiding any more with turnout for elections in bc years on a downward slide vince young people in particular who were backing away from the ballot box only camper see and say they'll definitely take part in next year's general election the stairs to a report from london. this legacy left by people who voted no to the point though that as i honor it is still a state sentiments that don't bode well for democratic legitimacy and british politicians as electoral engagement continues to decline and the public's emotions turned sour and there is the chief reaction to politicians across all sections of the electorate of recent poll found. followed by border particularly among the few. we want study showing that only one in ten i'd definitely want to go to the uk is twenty fifteen the general elections have voted for her. i regret doing it. i don't wanna be involved with that i don't want to give it legitimacy that i

it she is bubbling with fever for the winter games but it looks like its future the olympic and paralympic games will blossom if you take the example of upcoming businesses like this one with a in sochi r.t. now they were into the final month until the games began we continue our special coverage from sochi as a gears up for the winter sporting spectacle stay with r.t. international for that. water is life so they say but rivalry over supplies can lead to bitter conflicts as you see since the mid twentieth century the planet seen nearly a hundred and eighty just disputes connected to water resources these include both small clashes or protest as well as large scale conflicts so it might surprise you to hear that it's water rather than oil that could be what's fought over in the coming years post the reports now from one of the centers of enmity over water the middle east. the bible tells us that within a short distance from here jesus turned water into wine two thousand years later the great american might be turning the wine back into water bubby carballo has been living in the golan heig

minister your shield morte will meet the team preparing for the twenty twenty telltale olympics and paralympics accept the request to hand the soon to be established organizing committee originally is a government minister in charge of the twenty twenty games until reporters on sunday that morte accepted the past when they met in tokyo. she would tell what it is best qualified for the job because of its global network of sports and business contacts he said the former prime minister can certainly support to al japan. he became prime minister in two thousand and said in the coast for one year. he once was a canon and the dip and sports association and is the current canon as the japan rugby football union. three for next rate setting as to provide advice on the d conditioning of reactors at the station at dai ichi nuclear plants. it's the nearly three years since the march two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami caused multiple nuclear meltdowns. the international research institute for nuclear decommissioning was set up last year to support the government in dismantling the crippled reac

the days first run there was paralympic star alessio bloody who picks up two gold medals in the beijing and london games. we do curling peace talks to him big gold medals is there still something special for you. of course it's a unique feeling because i had never carried dorsch before i had first i ran with a quite easily then i felt he was becoming heavier and heavier but i was determined to carry it properly and show it to everyone so that they could all appreciate the moment. and the crowd's reaction words factious i missed out on going to my home games in london and i was determined not to let such a twenty four team pass me by there were fourteen thousand torchbearers slots up for grabs one of them was going to be mine. when we were making the technical order for the factory we say look let's make the thing we want to who. you know whole and also desirable should be like wow. a lot of questions where. wait it's quite heavy we have to take all the cover and we milled that out by the machine extra weight of the aluminum so it's really fine. it's the feather feather over the period o

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