r t. joining us here on r t today a rocket propelled grenade has reportedly struck libya's supreme security committee headquarters in tripoli the attack was followed by sporadic gunfire and clashes live now to our middle east correspondent paula there for the latest on this to see you can you bring us up to speed do we know of at this point who is behind this act of violence. while a gun battle is raging in south tripoli between two rival libyan militias it is taking place around the libyan security cave courses building and from the information we have at least five people have been injured and part of that building has been destroyed now we are receiving reports that the whole area has been cordoned off that many residents in the area have rushed home and that they're ok that solves implanted inside of their phones and also arming themselves with pointed weapons that security building is also makes to the trip elite central hospital and they too there is fear and panic as some of the what it's from this gun battle has the hospital was. part of what about so we are going to start this atta

thanks for joining us here on r t today i'm rory sushi in moscow and a full international backing for syria's rebels potentially meaning more foreign arms and cash something the newly formed opposition coalition is struggling to achieve the gulf monarchies who pushed for the new set up rushed to proclaim it as the sole syrian people's representative but the wider arab league bloc doesn't quite see it that way a middle east correspondent paula has more on this. six the gulf states have formally recognized the new syrian coalition as the official representative of the syrian people the foreign minister of qatar has said that this recognition will remove obstacles that will ultimately be able to secure arms for syrian rebels the coalition does look set to set up a so-called government in exile if indeed this happens this will have the backing of western as well as arab states there are fears that this could set up a libya style scenario what we saw in libya was opposition fighters sitting themselves up as an alternative government that got the backing of the international community and u

thanks so much for joining us here on r t today rule re suchet live in moscow there are just four days left before the u.s. presidential election but even on the final stretch barack obama and mitt romney remain effectively tied with neither debates nor a devastating hurricane giving either candidate tangible advantage questions of mounting what the most expensive campaigns in the country's history have really achieved there's also a growing feeling it was more about impressing the viewer than talking that of real politics. investigates. and fire in. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous. which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits dogs however are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional wrestling and i say rising up to it because in pro wrestling in front of the cameras we all hate each other behind th

it is good to have you with us here on r t today i'm rory sushi life in the russian capital it is a day of unity like europe hasn't seen in years though for all the wrong reasons a series of mega protests are underway across the globe millions expected to show up in a resoundingly course saying no to austerity already hundreds of flights have been canceled with nations paralyzed by war and strikes and let's get the latest marty sarah ferguson is at the epicenter of it all in madrid. were in the center and you can see behind me the these cars already lining the streets to go to these helicopters say that heads were already getting figures in there that being a number of arrests already made today here in the trade of course is not just spain this striking today it's political we call greece we've got it's really all a getting involved in this movement and a number of other countries as well belgium cypress motor. the united kingdom are also going to be having various demonstrations throughout the day old rallying around this one message and that is no new tool sterrett say now we've been

thank you for joining us here on r t today on rory sue show the german chancellor angela merkel certainly received a hostile welcome in portugal as hundreds of angry protesters greeted her in lisbon and they blame the chancellor for their country's austerity drive resulting in painful cuts son further tax rises as artie's sarah firth now reports many wonder why port school is following a path which is yet to reap rewards anywhere else in the year us. these measures have been killing is doing to give us no future it's only for carriage and employment and misery so many people are becoming desperate but it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people of god getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been bent as a sign of support for the scene daily to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the royal family become very familiar protest gatherings in europe but perhaps not so familiar the portugal here until recently have been much more tolerant of the strict austerity meas

president bashar al assad of syria thank you very much for talking to r t today almost we're going to ask so you know many people were convinced a year ago that you wouldn't make it this far but yet again we're sitting in the new renovated presidential palace and recording this interview who exactly is your enemy at this point by any means terrorism instability in syria this with or any talk about people it's not about it's. all about who is not about me three leaving it's a pub contribute safe or not. but we've been fighting us here you know i've been here for the last two days and i had a chance to talk to some couple of people from damascus some of them say that whether you stay or go doesn't really matter at this point anymore what do you say to that i think for the president to stay or to leave is a popular issue it's not personal and the only way to define this. place hopefully through the ballot box so it's not about what we hear it's about what we can get through but books and books with any. president to say only very simply i think what they meant was that at this point you

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r t today i'm sure live in moscow the israeli military is right now converging on gaza as it continues to pummel the palestinians from land and sea the operation and dubbed pillars of defenses on the verge of turning into a new invasion by three israelis at least thirteen palestinians including children and a pregnant woman have all been killed. in the region for us. overnight the bombardment continued israeli air strikes killed more than militants those belonging to the same militant group in gaza as jobbery the head of hamas his military wing who was killed in a targeted airstrike yesterday afternoon there's also reports confirmed by the israeli military of continued shelling via the israeli navy gunboats off the coast and fixed land based artillery pieces from southern israel from hamas rockets were fired into southern israel over the night israeli anti missile defenses trying to shoot those down some of them land landing in southern israel as well this immediate escalation came about yesterday afternoon loud explosions rocking all only t

i'm liz wahl and you're watching r t well today the world knows obama will be serving a second term as president of the united states and as the media blitz switches from constant campaign coverage to post election analysis we want to discuss some of the other news that came out of last night specifically ballot measures many of which are historic last night was a triumph for those that believe marijuana should be legal medical marijuana is passed in massachusetts but perhaps more significantly recreational marijuana use passed in colorado and washington state that means people can smoke it. just for the fun of it oregon however wasn't ready to legalize smoking for the sake of getting high the ballot measure did not pass their now on to california where proposition thirty seven which would have required the labeling of genetically modified food failed at the voting voting booth california also voted on a number of crime and punishment ballot proposition thirty four to repeal the death penalty failed proposition thirty five to increase criminal penalties for human trafficking passed pro

today to you this is r t egypt's president is making steps towards a compromise and agreed to meet senior judges all drage at his seizure of polish makes his decisions untouchable it comes as the first blood in clashes over mohamed

r t. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. welcome back you're watching our team live from moscow britain's deputy prime minister as warning rebel lawmakers they can leave britain isolated within the e.u. conservative m.p.'s who are in the governing coalition sided with the opposition in defining prime minister david cameron by voting for cuts to the money britain hands over to brussels every year your m.p. paul not all says britain should vote on whether to stay in the e.u. . currency blocks me relies. on britain actually i was of the states which is in the currency we pay to the tune of around fifty million pounds a day just to be members of our club doesn't take into account the mega amounts of money the street tens of billions it costs us to comply with the e.u. directives and regulations of its bed and some of the british people it's something we know happy about it's something which we want a referendum on if y

to expose those making profits on other people's expense the kaiser report is coming up later today on r t but here's a quick taste of what's in store for you. insider trading hedge funds shadow banking system accounting firms all committing massive collusion and fraud the austerity is right is a response because there's no leadership there's no government look at global insurrection against banker occupation continue billion people in the streets with torches hunt down these bankers and do with that the don't ever it is. coming up an angry anniversary in london for the third year running thousands of students march to protest skyrocketing tuition fees which are making ever harder to get a degree and a job. brain puts dozens of medics behind bars for keeping to the help a chronicle of sound treating protesters that's after a damning report by amnesty international revealing the human rights situation is getting more cynical. play russian activists ramp up there are times to sue madonna this time claiming the material girl is failing to behave like a version that it all more for you coming

and in other news today here on r t turning up the heat thousands fed up with the in athens vent their anger this is just ahead of a crucial vote in parliament that could see the already. getting more brutal. worldwide news live from moscow this is he with me will receive. barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the us election to stay in office for a second. america's incumbent leader comfortably past the two hundred seventy electoral vote threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in number of key battleground states. has been following the nervous night that gave obama four more yes. well mitt romney has accepted his loss president obama is reelected and got his supporters very excited of course but this year one could sense that overwhelming euphoria that was there four years ago where president obama was running for his first term was not quite there anymore is that that his supporters are not excited they are we saw that at the democratic rally in

i'm christine for you're watching our team all throughout the day today r t will be airing a long form interview an exclusive interview with syrian president bashar al assad to correspondent so fish are not say sat down with him in damascus earlier this week and we wanted to play part of that interview for you now. do you think that at this point they could be talks or diplomacy or we've reached a stage where only the army can do nothing i always believe in diplomacy i always believe in a lot of these bills i always believed in dialogue even with people who doesn't understand who doesn't believe in him that if you had to give a try whether you succeeded or not i think we always have postured. success we have to look for this part of success before you look for the good before you achieve the complete success but you have to be realistic you don't think that only day talk can make you achieve something because those people who committed these acts they ought to talk to one of them doesn't believe in battle if you had a extremist. and you had the outlaws have been convicted by the court

r t. well we begin today with a look at a movement that says it's bailing out the people rather than the big banks we're talking about the occupy wall street movement and yesterday we talked about their new initiative called the rolling jubilee which buys distressed debt in order to forgive it and while those in the movement are often painted as bongo playing hippies are the correspondent on a saucer churkin to take a more nuanced look at those involved. an artist carving out his college debt number and walks over seventy thousand dollars from columbia and for a masters of fine arts and award winning actress teaching a class at the new york film academy what happens when you intensely focus on an object and to form a wall street employee volunteering and post hurricane sandy relief efforts do you know the name of your driver what could they possibly have in common their support for the occupy wall street movement. from day one of occupy the clip the with the wings of the american dream and now from his brooklyn studio facing wall street no a fisher and organizer of occupy museums wants to re

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r t. the for. more news today violence is once again fled up the phone these are the images kobold has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all over the day. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for langley you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture . you know she could laboratory in the curb and was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and we're going to dish is why you should care only on the r g dot com . when i've done your bush show in this show we investigate corruption at the top coming up. here because. the congresswoman conte's the soliciting payments. where your taxes are really going. and the lobby this place among the world's most despicable industries. tuesday is a vote to

r t. the for. morning news today violence has once again fled the film these are the images before it has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are the day. you. know what you know marsland never seen anything like this i'm selling the set. i want to talk to about now vent that happened on christmas day two thousand and nine do you remember omar. talab or better known as the underwear bomber the man or tried to blow up northwest airlines flight two fifty three bound from amsterdam to detroit well whom our story made international headlines the guy pleaded guilty t.s.a. beefed up security with body scanners nobody died case closed right actually not so much you see with omar's case there's been a number of instances where government operatives for oil terrorist plots the entrapment so could there be more to this case as well that we're not being told about. yes a trial date has been sad but it was actually more interesting to hear from a couple of the passengers who showed up here at court today who have a very interesting theory about what really happened the u.s. government scor

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expose those screaming profits from people suffering and the kaiser report is coming up later today on r t but here's a quick preview. insider trading hedge funds shadow banking system accounting firms of committing massive pollution and fraud the austerity is right is a response because there's no leadership there's no government look at global insurrection against banker occupation continue billion people in the streets with torches hold down these bankers and do that the degenerate is scared. international human rights campaigners have slammed bahrain for renee on its promises of reform and for ramping up repression amnesty international accuses the gulf monarchy of failing to free political prisoners investing and investigate torture legations an emblem and political changes as prescribed by an independent commission that investigated a crackdown on protests the push for democracy has seen more than eighteen months of anti-government rallies deadly but unlike other arab uprisings bahrain is gone largely unnoticed abroad and is the international also weighed into the u.s. for failing to

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today on r t after months and months of campaign speeches top debates and endless attack ads american voters have spoken of president obama wasn't the only winner last night we'll tell you about some of the historical ballot measures that passed and failed across the country last night. and new information is coming from allegedly your leader bradley manning's camp today it looks like his team is doing some strategic maneuvering to try to ensure the best outcome for the private first class he tells our hazy but we'll tell you what we do know in just a bit. and they are the men and women tasked with protecting and serving the public of these days police forces across the nation are looking more like a military brigade so the question is who are they arming themselves against all search for some answers. it's wednesday november seventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl and you're watching r.t. . well today the world knows obama will be serving a second term as president of the united states and as the media blitz switches from constant campaign coverage to post election anal

i'm christine for his hour and you're watching r t well throughout the day today our team has been airing a long form interview an exclusive interview with syrian president bashar al assad argy correspondent sophie shevardnadze sat down with him in damascus earlier this week and we want to play with you for you part of that interview now. do you think that at this point they could be talks or diplomacy or we've reached a stage where only the army can do nothing i always believe in diplomacy i always believe in a world of this vision i always believe in dialogue even with people who doesn't understand or doesn't believe in that look you have to keep trying whether you succeeded or not i think if you always have part of her. success you have to look for the spotted success before you look for the good before you achieve the complete success but you have to be realistic you don't think that only date or can make you achieve something because those people who committed these acts they ought to talk to one of them doesn't believe in doubt or that are they extremists. and the ultra will have be

joined by a professor joseph chang from the hong kong city university it is a pleasure to see you today here on r t so one candidate has ordered the u.s. navy to surround china the other one promises to label beijing a currency manipulator and launch a trade war if elected which comes with the obama camp all the romney camp which one is china leaning towards. well chinese leaders tend to normal criticisms of china in election campaigns they believe that the real president will have to be more pragmatic in dealing with china but certainly the obama administration is a known quantity to the chinese leadership and the statements made by. you mr romney pop up very small fractal to china especially as what you just said he that on his very first day in office would label tie now as a currency manipulator and give he carries out this electoral pratt's appoint you election then certainly it will you will be very disruptive to the you cannot make ties as well as through the overall or strategic relationship between the two countries you said moments ago that ultimately chinese officials ignore campaign rhe

human rights but let's join the pace and arms trade research are coming to us here on r t it's so good to see you today the trip is being called low key i wonder why. well certainly the revelation of cameron country to its normal form is only taking one camera man with him certainly does raise questions and certainly david cameron should be embarrassed about sanctity in the middle east right now what we're seeing is that the interests of international arms companies appear to be trumping british laws and british values when it comes to upholding human rights. that cameron has publicly aligned himself with the arab spring movement he's going to great efforts as we can see to sell arms to the very same oppressive regimes that the arab spring was opposed to fundamentally promoting arms sales to these countries undermines what regulations u.k. does have on controlling arms exports the two of fundamentally incompatible recently talk about an issue of a double standards here supporting the arab spring and then basically selling weapons to those who are getting involved in the let's let's address the issue of

r t. well cities along the east coast today continuing to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of hurricane sandy this oracle storm has caused massive destruction to u.s. infrastructure it's projected to cost tens of billions of dollars and now homeland security is using sandy as proof that the u.s. needs to be thought cybersecurity protections homeland security janet napolitano said yesterday quote if you think that a critical systems attack that takes down the utility even for a few hours is not serious just look at what is happening now that mother nature has taken out those utilities so is superstorm sandy indeed proof that the u.s. infrastructure is a vulnerable to cyber attacks to discuss this and more are two where producer andrew blake joined us earlier today i asked him if it makes sense to compare the threat of a hurricane to the threat of cyber attacks. absolutely and it's so great that yesterday yesterday morning actually we were sitting around the our to america studios and we said. it almost looks like this would be exactly what one of these cyber attacks would do what we've s

r t. o's cities along the east coast today continuing to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of hurricane sandy but it's oracle storm has caused massive destruction to u.s. infrastructure it's projected to cost tens of billions of dollars now homeland security is using sandy as proof that the u.s. needs to beef up cyber security protections homeland security janet secretary janet napolitano said yesterday quote if you think that a critical systems attack that takes down the utility even for a few hours is not serious just look at what is. happening now that mother nature has taken out intelligence so is superstorm sandy indeed proof that the u.s. infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attacks to discuss this and more our team producer and blake joins us now hi there andrew. it's going well nice to have you broadband rather than actually i wish you were in the studio but well there must be you're smiling face but thank you thank you very nice and now i write sellout to start off i want to ask you and your of it makes sense to compare the threat of a hurricane to the threat of cyber attacks

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november sixth five forty five here on the east coast you are watching r t r t s election coverage and i am liz wall well it all leads up to today the campaigning is done the winners of the debates decided ballots cast and now america waits for the results of the twenty twelve presidential election will it be incumbent barack obama or will mitt romney pack as bags for sixteen hundred pennsylvania avenue and what about the third party candidates are to correspondents and producers around the u.s. to discuss what they are seeing on this election day joining me from our l.a. studio our to correspondent ramon glinda from our new york studio correspondent on a stasia churkin and finally from our my miami studio our t.v. producer manwell route polo welcome welcome everybody and thanks for joining me manny i'm going to start with you over there in miami so it is a very tight race in florida what is the mood like there. well you know i was out this morning i was talking to a few people and the general consensus is that it's neck and neck which a lot of the polls that we've been seeing so far coming up the latest poll shows president oba

today to you this is r t egypt's president is making steps towards a compromise and agreed to meet senior judges all drage at his seizure of polish makes his decisions untouchable it comes as the first blood in clashes over mohamed morsi is controversial decree is spilled with the violence and protests showing no sign of easing journalist is following events. the fifteen year old member of the freedom and justice party which is the muslim brotherhood's political organization died yesterday in the and i owe you guys to keep old egypt during clashes between pro and anti of brotherhood supporters in addition we've seen very heavy handed tactics from the police we've seen an excessive use of tear gas. has seen the use of blood shot but when it should be given quite severe injuries to the face the stomach had to pools of blood i mean initially from the police and this is really not showing any sign of stopping anytime soon and we've still mine the crash is happening literally just behind me on to her as a citizen which was called by opposition forces continues they said they will not leave unt

r t no way. after the break here tomorrow's world today technology update is just ahead here on r.t. . in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the cut. they did seven santa meters to his stature invented by the famed soviet orthopedic. in the nineteen fifties these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them up or therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life be sent to the other patients and in many cases their shattered lives in the goal when professing designed his first frame bicycle parts sixty years later his invention is increasingly being used to help people who are eager to fracture their legs to become a few centimeters taller than the ultimate go

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with the top stories of the week and all of today this is the weekly here on r t with me will research show straight to our breaking news for you this hour foreign reporters in gaza being forced to scramble as their offices are targeted by israeli bombs already several journalists have been wounded tel aviv says it wants to send gaza quote back to the middle ages and is preparing a ground invasion while militants retaliate with unguided rockets. as the latest. what we're witnessing is a significant climb in the casualty count and increasingly more and more of these casualties are in fact civilians now they were there earlier to. call to holdings but also hit by israeli missiles at least six people have been injured one of them is a come a man who later had to have his leg amputated the i.d.f. the israeli defense forces has said that the journalists were not simply a target but that they were aware that they were journalists in these buildings and a statement released by the i.d.f. it said that a communications antenna used by hamas to target israelis was in fact their target but the th

more than one hundred s got together today to tell r stories. cbs makovec on tey see themselves as some of the forgotten men of the vietnam war. more than 100 vets got together today to tell their stories. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec on the role the coast guard played in vietnam. >> reporter: and with the sound of a huey chopper, memories of the vietnam era came rushing back. >> i joined the coast guard at the peak of the draft call. and they didn't tell you which coast you were going to guard. >> reporter: it turns out it was in the south pacific and after his tour of duty in vietnam, roger and his comrades have had a public relations issue. >> wearing this hat, i have had people say to me, oh, you weren't actually in vietnam, were you? well, yes, in fact i was. >> reporter: today on coast guard island, the gathering for about 100 coast guard vets. >> people don't recognize the coast guard in any many ways anyway. >> reporter: bill wells wants people to know what he went through on a boat like this one in the vietnam war. >> we were actually involved in some fi

you're watching r t with me lucy countenance this is our the weekly show with the top headlines from the past seven days and today well the ceasefire in gaza that ended an eight day israeli offensive remains intact despite the details of a lasting peace deal having yet to be negotiated more than one hundred sixty palestinians were killed in the assault while hamas rocket attacks killed six israelis and artie's post reports many of them are disappointed with the outcome of the operation and they see the truce as a victory for hamas. alyssa and rachel are packing for the u.s. a cease fire might have been announced but they're not waiting around to see if it works the women were part of an internship program to see what it's like to live in israel so they came they saw and now they choosing to leave to spend very anxious living on the air like knowing that at any moment the size right off i may have to go into a bomb shelter and like it's being scared by public transportation and staff. the streets of tel aviv are a far cry from the streets of gaza when news of the truce was met with celebrations and fireworks the s

head of the religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital. r teast london. and while you can always look up more news website. that wouldn't be so easy if you were searching for wiki leaks and the us national archives as a service has recently blog and a search which contain the name or any keywords of there was a low website had to r t to get all the latest on that story. and an elephant in south korea probes a trunk is no obstacle to talking head to our website r.t. dot com for that story and more. well base pharmaceutical companies span a fortune developing medicines to cure the world's diseases their products are often affordable to people in developing countries and india however one by a lab is working on a vaccine which could save thousands of lives and cost just a dollar or has more on that story. this is india's genome valley inside these quiet sterile labs there's a revolution taking place that could change the world's approach to public health and potentially save the lives of one hundred thousand indian children every year bharath bio

as head of the religions they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital. r teast london. and more our news to go around here on our t.v. and just a few minutes stay with us. of the six america votes for its next president. who takes the wheel as the u.s. drives into the field to. get the news the mainstream misses with up close election coverage of the u.s. election up close. and altie dot com. polls fifteen. kilograms of wright's one thousand flatbreads. and. one is the bride in a bad mood. to tell the group. it is a done deal. do we speak your language anytime of the law or not a day in. the news programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little tentative angles kidney's stories. are you here. to enjoy all te spanish find out more visit eye to eye all tito is calm. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. it watching r

but for more on the stories we covered go to you tube dot com slash r t america a whole lot of stories that we did today and also didn't have time to get to you on our website our team dot com slash usa and you can of course follow me on twitter i'm at christine. submission and free sacred intake should free zones for charges free car maintenance free risk free studio child free. downloads free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media. culture is that so much i'm going to use music to share the current financial crisis and the market fragile ceasefire hands over gaza after eight days of destruction and and what did israel actually achieve what about the palestinians.

campaign as herr religions say they hope the decision makers choose carefully just today let's set up shop in the british capital. r teast london corridor coming up in just a moment here on our tio we examine cases of bride snatching in kurdistan that will be after a short break. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the sun coming island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to busy days know this picture rest place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction. really has been exploring the deaths on the world seas for several decades but it's here at. your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for. very clear the visibility is very good. here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the. tops my list while some go to the region to enjoy the sights. nature's riches into a healthy. it is hom

r t any time. we need to teach the community that their rights are struggling but that today. i mean i think. that's all. well in afghanistan the majority of women married below the age of sixteen. if they don't have a right to a divorce they have the right to what's called a separation it's really hard for them to get work as a man just needs to say to those three times and that's it he says he said to his wife the only one before now afghan women asking for divorce was the never even heard of to be on one of the long. days to women come to us and ask us to resolve marital issues. sometimes we succeed sometimes we do not and that point a couple gets divorced but we don't want anything to do with those women for women it's a long hard struggle to get a separation and one of the major of sconce if she finds this it and she doesn't necessarily get access to her children this is will become and of the police. they ask some information about new patients that arrive to these people. around forty percent each current area and two to five years but you have suspected for self-immolation and just th

r t dot com. it was not the military i was army and now today i signed a new contract with a unit of the hue. contracting. it was not the operation to secure and rebuild the devastated country caliber company field taxpayers for its contract for can iraq. it was the campaign for making billions of dollars oliver was reasonable and was ordered bills exceed one billion dollars iraq's first sale. war profiteers went on she. would. tell him again when the welcome to spotlight the interview show on hard time going alving today my guest on the show comes from south africa. one of the world's top emerging economies pretoria has been craving for it to stop and cheap nuclear energy production and here in russia looks like the best part not to say sorry pretorius optioning a multi-million that's who multibillion dollar contract for building several new cap power stations so will the russian nuclear engineers really go to africa pretty soon and want in other areas of cop. between russia and south africa south african minister its national racial operation spoke to me today. over the last twenty years so

r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. america's drug war has fueled a wave of killing in mexico well it has also led to a musical movement which graphically describes the exploits of drug kingpins narco katia those are destined to become the new rap music here in the u.s. but it's banned in many parts of mexico these are the states where the music is off limits in a law in chihuahua to make up the so-called golden triangle that's a drug trafficking hotspot artie's ramon goal and no shows us how censorship of these drugs affects us affects the last. with the sounds of two lives and accordions larry it's also commuters are not singing of romance and love instead the crowd in los angeles is cheering for the music which talks about drug smuggling and shooting their rivals did. i say equivalent so we're running as if this is banished and the promoters of these mexican drug ballads hope to be even bigger than hip hop in the u.s. many of these drug ballads are recorded

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for i am in moscow why metros are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news on r t an explosion in syria's capital's wounded at least eleven people the blast happened near a heavily guarded military and government buildings no one's admitted to the attack but al qaeda linked militant groups have been behind similar recent incidents meanwhile there's been another drive toward a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict as russia's foreign minister met with u.n. peace envoy lakhdar brahimi insists the western things priority of regime change in syria is destructive it leads to more bloodshed dr ali mohamed editor in chief of the syrian tribune it says no resolution can solve the crisis while the u.s. and its allies seem determined to oust president assad. the west insists that we should dictate the outcome of the struggle it would be no solution because the. choir member is too out somebody who was powerful and who enjoys a lot of support from. the syrian people and the syrian army more importantly insisting on having him removed means instantly on war and this can l

of a new world order is here to stay you see captain of r t moscow one still a decade the ruling party gathers to select the next generation. today on hard to door to dot com. there's little cause for celebration in israel as a concert pianist sends only a something as nations to barack obama as relax into the white house needs benjamin netanyahu. political some seven weeks plane why office in the spring. or recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and buck rein a curfew as in you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter wow a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and hud's you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me i bet nato is already fueling up ready to take action bombs and freedom into warmer eight well not really i

high marble southam or on the situation thanks for coming on the program today it's good to see you just getting our news here on r t that israel's channel ten reports to three rockets have landed outside jerusalem another israeli channel saying they landed near the settlement blocks do you think what the israeli operation already drawing international criticism for example with these rocket landings now do you think perhaps that tel of eve's actions are justified no definitely the launching of palestinian missiles inside tel of the in jerusalem on loan to sort of is. there just development in this new cycle of violence the missiles might who israel into. a new. way of all bombing against gaza like we witnessed lots last night and it also michael will israel to start a new ground operation to try to put an end to the launching of these missiles and israeli cities we are definitely expecting the worse. in gaza as. a result of the need to stick to that when you talk about you talk about excess expecting the worst we've certainly seen over the past twenty four hours the israeli defense forces are massing along the gaza

two am in moscow i met très a taking bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r tan explosion in syria's capital is wounded at least eleven people the blast happened near heavily guarded military and government buildings no one's admitted to the attack but all titling militant groups have been behind recent similar incidents meanwhile there's been another drive toward a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict is russia's foreign minister met with u.n. peace envoy lakhdar brahimi dr ali mohamed editor in chief of the syria tribune says no so a resolution can solve the crisis while the west seems determined to oust president assad. the west. should dictate the outcome of this. sagal there will be no solution because they will their requirements is to out somebody who is for our full and who enjoys a lot of support from the syrian people and the syrian army more importantly insisting on having him removed i mean since to see one war and this can lead to being anything good to the syrian people the russian diplomacy has been very active trying to find a political so