r.t. . and the editor of executive intelligence review every magazine i should say lawrence freeman told us that washington could have found better use for its money in africa beyond just boosting military defenses that. we spent over a billion dollars supposedly in counterterrorism security in the. west africa north africa and we've seen the mali was koppel the year ago we've seen the rise of boko we committed the absolute criminal activity will be growing president gadhafi so how is this security helping look at the central african republic it's being destroyed it doesn't almost it almost doesn't exist anymore look at nigeria look at south sudan look at mali it's still fighting terrorism in northern mali with french troops so all this money that is being spent could much better be spent building roads building energy power plants building water development projects and actually uplift the population of. fused to do that we have a military only policy right now in africa could feed itself a

breaking news right here on r.t. international an ethiopian passenger plane on route to rome is reportedly forced to land in geneva after an attempt to hijack airport officials now saying everybody on board. a russian pilot jailed in the u.s. meets his lawyer and says despite concern he's on the verge of a heart attack he's still waiting to be examined by a doctor. seven golds are up for grabs on monday as the winter olympics enters its last week amid a very tight competition at the top of the medal table a russian hopes. and a string of suicides rocking the financial world to try to find out what's causing them to end their own lives. it's all the international live from moscow. world headlines for right now and first breaking news for you here on r.t. international an ethiopian boeing seven six seven passenger plane has landed in switzerland after a reported hijack attempt and the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when it issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking air traffic control conf

and r.t. investigates the reasons behind the number of suicides among senior bankers to find out what could have pushed them to the edge. i. live from the heart of the russian capital this is r.t. international with me marina call survivor welcome to the program well it's sunday and the final day of the salt two winter olympics and russia the home team have excelled now it's hoping the leader table and in fact there are still medals up for grabs and norway is hard on russia's heels well it's over to an ace and now we're in our salty studio for all the latest action. it's a decisive moment for the russian team indeed this sunday two golds and a bronze on saturday and here is so you can feel that like never before thousands of fans are here and all those watching around the world know that it all hangs in the balance even a hundredth of a second deprived of first place in the overall medals table and norway is not a team to underestimate when it comes to skiing but for the host nation it's now o

tell of of or thanks for joining us here at r.t. international it is almost time for the big bankers to run for cover max kaiser is here in just a few minutes on r.t. international however if you're watching us in the u.k. . that is additional george galloway's. i've always had mixed feelings about speed traps it seems like it's a waste of the police officers time but on the other hand they sure do make people paranoid and drive more slowly one man from texas is completely sure of his opinion about speed traps and he set out to save his felt texans from being fined for speeding and much more importantly from potential traffic accidents caused by the hidden police and now he's the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating frisco texas sign ordinance that says that you may only stand around holding a sign on private property martin claims that he was doing the exact same thing as a speed limit sign reminding people to slow down and i think ultimately he is right you should be

some of the global headlines for you here on r.t. international twenty four people have been killed and in the iraqi capital during a night of explosions a bombs went off in two shia mosques on the busy station of the fierce fighting continues between government forces and al qaeda militants sort of taking control of large parts of the country. in new guinea a second night of rioting at an immigrant detention center a deadly one asylum seeker killed seventy seven wounded the come on man of the island hosts people caught illegally trying to flee lanka and indonesia for australia the rest began off with some detainees briefly escaped the facility in a clue. with local police all non-essential staff evacuated as rogers smashed glass panels beds and friends. a building collapse in south korea has killed at least ten several hundred believed to have been enjoying an orientation of a students in the southwestern city of young jew when the whole caved in investigators blaming the weight of snow on the roof. ukraine could get more financial

it's going off r.t. . now take a look at some other stories from around the world turkish police have used tear gas and water cannons against protesters in the capital ankara who are van things their anger over new internet controls the government claims the legislation will protect individual rights but mattie see it as a clamp down on freedom of speech demonstrators were also demanding their release of army officers jail last year for allegedly trying to stage a cool. some fourteen inmates mostly al qaida members have escaped from a prison and the yemeni capital sanaa after militants stormed the compound officials say at least eleven people including seven police officers were killed in a shootout no group has admitted to being behind the assault but yemen has been a target of numerous attacks by heiling militants in the past two years. officials in indonesia have ordered the evacuation of over sixty thousand people and raised the eruption alerts to its highest level after a volcano on job started sendin

let me out in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me marina joshing all the winter olympics. now all the winter olympic action and drama here in r.t. as we continue our special coverage of the sochi games let's go live now tunis now we who is in our studio in sochi. hello from sochi today's quest for medals is just getting started but it's a somber day for russian fans a big disappointment in men's figure skating the clear favorite in that discipline and a living legend first time you have any pollution go had to pull out of the competition during warm up due to injury barges enter farmer has been keeping track of this dramatic development and joins us from the mountain cluster andrew what went wrong for the ice here. yeah well poor old you kenny. that is the end of his competitive career he was always going to retire after the zillion picks aged thirty one but he did not want it to end that he had to pull out after landing all during the warm up of the men's individual competition yesterday he does have a long history of back p

do so celia r.t. . now she might have brushed aside the embarrassing revelations of being spied on but german chancellor angela merkel could be in for more trouble in connection to washington's surveillance operations germany's largest group of hackers has found a criminal complaint against mrs merkel's government that aiding foreign spying and violating the rights of citizens you can find out how that case could pan out on our website. also online nasa wants to create what it calls the coolest spot in the universe on board the international space station so do head to r.t. dot com to get more on what chile experiments are planned at the orbiting the burra tree. the top athletes at the winter games in sochi will of course take home the whole of medals the luckiest ones will even get a slice of the challenge bins meteorite but what will be left for those who don't make the podium for the army of fans that have traveled there were earlier i went along to find. well if you're looking to buy a souvenir enjo

and r.t. dot com right now for you the iraqi army is reported to be gathering for a ground offensive on the city of fallujah that's been under the control of bizarre mystic stream is since early january and we've got the timeline of events and some expert analysis there also online nasa wants to create what it calls the coolest spot in the universe on board the international space station and to r.t. dot com to get more on what chile experiments are planned at the orbiting laborde tree. when you go up against the british police force it's your word against say one student who learned the hard way how important hard evidence is when that happens to syria as his story i was being charged with assaulting a police officer obstruction and resisting arrest so i could have been six months in prison and that would have completely irrevocably changed my life and devastate . are going to make us more had intended to attend the talk of by the education minister in june two thousand and eleven and found h

on r.t. . and i lots more news for you after the break on r.t. international including why germany's economic recovery is not filtering down to the country's poorest roback interest. fly a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. world of. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international today european politicians are in high spirits latest stats show a modest recovery across the eurozone germany performed slightly better as well than expected in the last quarter of the country is seen as the main driver of the european economy and yet the number of germans living below the poverty line is actually risen over recent years peter all of us has the story. business is booming in germany but under the surface there's a surprising number of people failing to get anything from it but once imparts fiercest we still have six million people on long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfa

all right in brief the r.t. was up a for you very quickly here on the program to yemen now a bomb planted on behaves car c. killed a senior intelligence colonel and wounded two people nearby the blast happened outside the oil ministry building in the capital sanaa the latest such attack on top officials islamist militants with ties to al qaeda thought to be behind the attack. around three thousand protesters waved play. says flags and lit fires during a rally against what they called state repression in the spanish capital the demonstrators are unhappy with the government's recent legislation allowing them to be fined for filming police in joining an authorised rallies spain such as regular protests ultimately because of austerity measures and twenty six percent unemployment that is one of the highest in europe. two owners of a clothing factory have been denied bail after they surrendered to your thora to use on sunday the husband and wife are facing the homicide charges for a massive father killed one hundred a

this is r.t. international israeli democracy is embracing cyberspace and the government has admitted it pays some students to say nice things about it on social networks and i was using facebook rather than face to face meetings to ask the public what it wants. there's a new kind of politics blowing through cyberspace the parliaments on facebook and its users are the legislators it's very simple citizens right in the page what they want to change and sometimes even better if they write how and we take the commons and choose and pick a member of parliament that is there is suitable to that. issue we are doing a lobby a lobby for the citizens with its ears to the ground this user generated democracy is turning citizens into politicians for a long time not everyone have was fed up with the high cost of renting in tel aviv she posted about it her suggestions made her more fines into a bull to regulate real estate agents fees it's now a vote away from becoming law i think it's definitely a more direct

r.t. part time now for a very quick snapshot for you here on r.t. international swiss police now are saying it was the copilot behind the hijacking of an ethiopian airlines passenger plane which landed at geneva airport he's now in custody and asking for asylum after taking control of the jet when the captain left to go to the toilet this is a recording of his conversation the suspect had with air traffic control while still in the air. you know you're. more. none of the passengers or crew were hurt and all of now safely left the plane which was supposed to land in rome and geneva airport has renewed flights after suspending all services. an amnesty law for antigovernment protesters is set to come into force in ukraine after the government confirmed the opposition has met all the agreed conditions demonstrators had to end a two month long occupation of the city council building and vacate regional administrative buildings across the country some disruptions were reported when a group of radicals block the entrance to city hall of the capitol but did

ten of of so coming up here on the program on r.t. international what's it like to be homeless in the concrete jungle of manhattan we explore our special report just a few. take me out to the ballgame take me through the metal detector wait that's not how the song goes well as the country changes sadly so must the national pastime they said the mariners released a statement that they like all other teams for twenty fifteen are setting up metal detectors to screen all fans entering their stadium for getting visions of hot dogs in home runs now everyone will be able to tell their grandkids about how their bags got searched because they had metal buttons at company name stadium baseball memories the team's management is also continuing their ban on bags larger than forty by forty by twenty centimeters because if you're going to stick an explosive device it had better be compact their body maybe i'm jumping the gun metal detectors can't touch your genitals or do a naked body scan they're probably the least intrusive coming form of securit

r.t. the u.s. penitentiary system is taking the lives not only of those who received a death sentence but others as well let's take a look at the numbers according to the u.s. department of justice more than forty five thousand people died in custody custody in the space of a decade some did not even make it to their trial now the editor of prison legal news alex friedman told r.t. that keeping inmates alive isn't always a priority in american jails. prisoners might have very serious medical conditions and sometimes be very near death and they're told to sign up on a sick call or that they'll refer them to the nurse the next week or there might not be a doctor at the prison that weekend so they have to wait until the next week to see medical staff. go received a twenty year sentence he did not receive a death sentence but unless he receives adequate medical care he and other prisoners with serious medical conditions can die while in custody mr you're a shame go was basically kidnapped and you know

so the r.t. team is now closely followed closely following the sporting spectacle and you can keep up to date any time by simply logging on to our official r.t.e. international instead. right here we've got videos and footage from the capital you can join us on instagram dot com slash. of course we are keeping a very close eye on slopes stadiums and counting the medals following reaction and bringing you all the latest updates both on air and online starts he took. the g. twenty four team promise is the ultimate in exhilarating winter. storm and it's now a make over now and the rest of our lives take justina to sochi twenty four take. on. so at international live from moscow this week massive gaffe by a top u.s. diplomat revealed washington's true ambitions for the antigovernment protests that have split ukraine as well as i know to you towards other european partners. important to file the report in ukraine we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themselves freely in

also offer the break here on r.t. international how facebook could bring about a change of policies that's an israel but the government's taken to startle networks to find out exactly what people want. to. be. gentle and i guess you'll mostly. it will begin to see if you've got a few hundred a day coming across the sleeve i'm going to face i'm going to go to the members of the we've got people coming in that are littered with criminals we've got people from the who knows where in the world this is the united states i'm very tough by the way you know sure i was worried that they'd been on the way to live on mars you know mars. so we picked up things like. turbans prayer rugs so when we know they do they're coming from the middle east a concentration camp. concentration camp. study as if the wind is not even one in school or the fact that. a stranger. totty international live from moscow thank you for joining us for just a wrist operation in the connection here with a political analyst alexander private i do apologize f

global snapshot here at r.t. international let's get into the yard so you won't update. i these are scenes in macedonia where the police butted heads with people outside the central government building peaceful march turned ugly after officials refused to talk to protesters demanding unpaid bonuses and their rallies organizer was arrested many of the demonstrators lost their jobs off the state went bankrupt around the country's transition to a free market economy. protesters marched through the streets of midland to protest evictions several families were forced from their homes prompting fighting with police the demonstrators were demanding the right to be housed denounced forced evictions for unpaid rent and the government has put it by a hundred forty million euros to help tenants in difficulty and activists say there's no sign of any change so. let's give you an update on the latest breaking news coming to us here from downtown kiev the live pictures right now here on r.t. international latest numbers we have at least twenty five people have been killed this accordin

make sure to stay with us on r.t. for our special coverage from this year's capital of winter sport we are on there throughout such a twenty forty. and now when you go up against the british police force it's your word against days our team met one student who learned the hard way how important hard evidence is when that happens. as the story. i was being charged with assaulting a police officer obstruction arrest i couldn't six months in prison and that would have completely irrevocably changed my life and devastated. academic more had intended to attend a talk by the education minister in june two thousand and eleven and found himself in a crowd of protesting students and just outside this university who was later arrested and the police officer said that a shop had pushed him twice before running away. this video appeared on you tube or a shock is later seen and offers a different version of events. thanks to this video the charges were dropped scotland yard agreed to pay a shocked twenty thousand pounds in damages

s told us here at r.t. international that brussels will offer some concessions to make sure the u.k. stays inside the bloc. i certainly think that the case for reform of the european union is overwhelming i believe the german government and chancellor merkel also accept that view as well their priority will be to sustain and secure the euro that's what their priority will be german parliamentarian's have told me that i think therefore if they can see britain playing a strong role in britain even though we are outside the euro zone which is what i think we can do they would rather have us in europe than out of europe and i think that they will work constructively to try and meet some of britain's concerns which as i say i think many people in germany agree with. well at all. as if the polemic over genetically modified products wasn't enough for the bio chemical giant monsanto a new study suggesting that side produced by the company which is used for soil cultivation may indeed cause fatal kidney disease stor

live from moscow this is r.t. international time now to cross over to my colleague kevin owen who's in all sorts of studio with a summary of day ten of the winter olympics. here hi bill i all nice to see you again want to date spain that we're leading our for every single round and never gave up the advantage or of course talking about the heroes of olympic day alexander zuckoff for the legacy of the russian jew who won the highly anticipated gold in the bobsled event is out is paul scott. alexander and alexey voyage voda were dominant from start to finish they even set a track record in the first round now it's the first time the russians have won a bobsled gold since the fall of the soviet union and for thirty nine year old zubkov it completes a fairytale and adds a gold medal to the silver he won in cheering in two thousand and six and the bronze he picked up in vancouver four years ago in fact after those winter olympics in vancouver he announced his retirement from the sport but the opportunity to perform at

it's going off r.t. . always more stories a click away on our website including relief for a sound debate or other that. becoming the first ever country to allow you to nature for terminally ill children. immediately uniting christians muslims and jews in a wave of condemnation and. gender euphoria us facebook users don't have to just be boys or girls anymore as a social network introduces fifty gender identity options that story and more a click away and. authorities in the u.k. scrambling to come up with a solution to prevent young britons from becoming radicalized and taking up arms in syria ali boyko looks at the troubling story of a man who reportedly blew himself up in the war torn city of aleppo. facts are sometimes stranger than fiction this is the street where abdul wahid machida the first suspected british suicide bomber in syria is alleged to have lived it schooled martyrs avenue the forty one year old man that lived here is suspected of carrying out a suicide bombing in a truck in the city of a

are we continuing our breaking news here on r.t. international just very briefly i want to bring about of these live pictures right here downtown kiev this is independence square you can see the crowds of reassemble since the morning hours they were certainly out on the overnight we're getting reports now that somewhere in this scene right here photographers are reporting seeing at least fifteen bodies under blankets are also i was speaking to our correspondents on the ground to go to prison office in a hotel but he tells me over the phone the hotel has been perceived and taken over by rioters and alexia chefs if you saw his live report a few minutes ago showed us a bullet hole in the window that missed him by maybe a couple of feet allegedly from a sniper so we carry on with the breaking news here on r.t. international law we spoke to stephen cohen professor emeritus of russian studies at princeton university it believes the west is actually fueling the crisis crisis but will never admit it publicly. we get this incredible statemen

as it is r.t. international would be twenty four hours a day live from our studio center here in moscow and we start with the latest news from ukraine where a peace deal has been signed between the president and the opposition its terms include an early presidential election in december and follows the rest which is engulf the country however radical anti-government rioters are refusing to wait that long now there have been reports coming in from kiev of shooting and explosions being heard in the city center rioters are said to be attacking police forces guarding the governmental area hundreds of camouflaged clad mask wearing use armed with clubs have moved to block traffic in one of the city's major streets and here you can see what the city looks like after days of deadly rioting. well at least eighty lives have been lost so far since the unrest started on tuesday and that's just the official figure the opposition claims the number of casualties is much higher i witness reports and numerous video

if you can stay updated on all the olympic action by heading to our website r.t. dot com and follow us on twitter to find the latest news and reactions to your favorite sports there you can find the read tweets from the events and from the athletes themselves you can even tell them what you thought of their performance in fact russia's hockey team captain has tweeted his appreciation to many fans who have shown their support throughout we will of course be bringing you all the latest news from saatchi right here on r.t. . the g twenty four team promises the ultimate in the exhilarating winter in our. story you see no way i'm a clever know it on the rest of our limited news team for sochi twenty four take. all the. german chancellor angela merkel is proposing to break up the world wide web by creating a pan-european network she wants to prevent snooping from across the atlantic the move comes after revelations from edward snowden showed that europe has a long time been target of u.s. intelligence artists who seek help from off reports. the german chancellor is inte

thanks for sharing your sunday with us here on r.t. international. live in moscow with the latest world headlines russian fans have plenty to celebrate on day two of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games in sochi the nation's first medal bronze was quickly followed by a silver in the women's bottle on and to tell us more his auntie's pulled scott standing by live for us in sochi paul good to see you sounded good early days yet what do you know. well russia have a silver medal to add to the bronze that they won a few hours ago i can tell you that. has just finished second in the women's seven . sprint the owner of russia's first medal at these games went to glad she secured bronze in the women's three thousand meter speedskating in the adler arena however undoubtedly one of the biggest changes of these games so far came when one of russia's most famous sporting sons have any pushing to the ice in the figure skating team event is flawless display in the men's free program which helped russia extend their lead at the top of the overall standings with

live from a studio center here in moscow this is r.t. international with the twenty four hours a day. a russian pilot says he's suffering from severe chest pains in a u.s. prison will finally be taken to hospital for treatment according to his lawyer the move comes after top russian officials weighed in to demand help for the conflict moscow says washington denies constant had ever asked for medical assistance in the first place. but the russian foreign minister is ringing alarm bells again in fact on monday he said that ever since john kerry was appointed as u.s. state secretary he has been discussing they had a shadow issue with him every time he has been complaining about numerous health problems that you know shanghai has been experiencing all he got in reply from john kerry and the u.s. officials was that there are no problems with the other shanker that he never applied for medical help he never made any plea for medical assistance which is untrue according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov little nobody has confirmed t

at r.t. dot com. a dutch court has given internet freedom activists reason to celebrate this week of rule to restore users access to an online file sharing service the pirate bay the hague appeals court has reversed a twenty eleven decision to block access to the website stating that the ban didn't help to reduce copyright infringement of the day but in economist said ted rall believes it's almost impossible to defend property rights in this high tech era these days anybody tries to regulate the internet at this point seems to be failing it's a very interesting case though because it seems to rely on the concept the legal concept of arbitrary and capricious notes in other words the law the which applied specifically to this site would be which should apply to all sites obviously and if they were only going after this one and effectively a what's the point then it's unfair but you know there's obviously broader implications of such as intellectual property rights the motivation of for example movie stu

does or cilia r.t. . well our online team has plenty of stories lined up for you on our website including a report revealing that drug alcohol and sex abuse in the u.s. military has been getting worse over the last three years what's behind it and the details right now at our dot com. also the wild may be just a bit too wild for these tiny inhabitants of a florida aquarium. that's left them with a little camouflage collectors are ready to pay thousands just to have them as you can see this footage in motion section. now the pentagon is pumping in cash to boost its military presence in africa the u.s. says by pouring in troops weapons and mercenaries it intends to turn a land of conflict into a land of hope now u.s. military bases are basically spread all across the whole horn of africa drone base is a dotted across the region the biggest being in djibouti that hosts over four thousand soldiers and contractors and thousands of u.s. soldiers are reportedly preparing for missions as part of the pentagon's ne

for the last three years r.t.has been closely following the uprising in bahrain and you can find the big picture of what's going on on our website r.t. dot com. now the british government says casting about for ways to stop its citizens going to syria to fight it's stay with us for the story on how a forty one year old man left his family behind to fight and die in a foreign war and what's more still to come. that the location of the boys still remember. how to the well there's of the texan said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people will die. so. welcome back to r.c. international we continue now with the news that the free movement of people may be one of the pillars of a common markets but the issue is driving a wedge between the e.u. member states calls for tougher regulations are spreading wider draw in the condemnation of brussels well as well switzerland to has just voted in favor of curbs on the migrants and almost half of germans want to follow and that's footsteps now when it comes t

and stretch our world update here on r.t. in egypt's restive sinai peninsula three south korean tourists and a bus driver have been killed by an explosion officials say the vehicle was traveling from a local monastery to nearby israel when it was attacked more than a dozen other tourists were injured in the incident militants in the region have been increasing their attacks since egypt's president morsy was toppled by the country's military last july. a bomb explosion on a train in southwest pakistan has killed at least eight people and wounded twenty others the blast cost several wegg ins to do rail and ethnic separatist group operating in the area says carried out the attack last week the same insurgents blew up three gas pipelines cutting off supplies to millions of homes. rescue operations continue in south africa to pull a group of thirty illegal miners to the surface they've been trapped in an abandoned gold mine near johannesburg since saturday there still may be as many as two hundred more people underground mining sa

thanks for joining us here on r.t. international we are closely following the developments in crimea southern ukraine you can see in the pictures coming your way now the russian flag raised on the regional government building reports say both the cabinet and the parliament building were seized by armed men we will keep you posted on what's happening in the region here on our national. thank you for joining us a very short break here then aaron aid breaks down the financial headlines boom bust coming your way. salo some. cool rights. to the. war. paint for the young girls camel for the future hunter. between two and three hundred million guns united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the positive is they learn you know i mean this teaches them a lot of rote sponsibility and simply come to play through the eyes of children if we can't do it for our children move for our future what is the country the food. we speak your language anything about the war another day in. the news progra

r.t. new york. kids are not all riots according to belgian protestors the country's such remove any age restrictions on euthanasia and allow the controversial practice for children find out more on our websites. also a cyborg feature has drawn the little closer as scientists managed to put microscopic motors inside human cells find out what came out of it on r.t. dot com. here's a beautiful women as honey trap so extra secret information could be just one of the dirty tricks do you see how each q. has up its sleeve the leaks from edward snowden suggest the brits are surveillance agency is going far beyond its remits and fought in the lines of legality artie's probably boyko reports. the list of g c h t's latest on ticks reads a bit like a cartoon villains manual edward snowden has revealed that a covert unit within the agency is messing with target social media accounts so that changing their profile pictures on facebook they're posting and deleting status says and they're sending cryptic messages t

global headlines in brief for you here on r.t. international shots have been fired at an anti government demonstration in thailand injuring at least three other gunfire erupted as supporters of the prime minister clashed with her opponents and the violence is spiraling in thailand ahead of sunday's election which the opposition has vowed to boycott and disrupt. to a northern yemen where we go where fighting between pro-government tribes and shia rebels has left at least sixty dead or at least fifteen soldiers were killed by militants east of the capital in an ambush at an army checkpoint a yemen has been trying to restore stability since president saleh was forced to step down in two thousand and eleven. hundreds of protesters clashed with police over the year fiction of a chronically ill man in the spanish capital madrid activists accused officers of siding with bailiffs in order to make a sick man homeless spain's strict repossession laws have led to hundreds of thousands being evicted during the ongoing debt crisis. at least on

tesser sylvia r.t. london. david cameron wants to appeal to those who want a slim down easy you by promising brits a referendum on whether to break from the e.u. has led to the prime minister being accused of holding brussels to ransom one of his fellow conservative party m.p.'s told us that the e.u. will offer concessions to try hard to make sure the u.k. stays inside the bloc. i certainly think that the case for reform of the european union is overwhelming i believe the german government and chancellor merkel also accept that view as well their priority will be to sustain and secure the euro that's what their priority will be german parliamentarian's have told me that i think therefore if they can see britain playing a strong role in britain even though we are outside the euro zone which is what i think we can do they would rather have us in europe than out of europe and i think that they will work constructively to try and meet some of britain's concerns which as i say i think many people in germany agree wi

r.t. for the latest on this developing story could also get more on the royal over constantine yoshiko on our web site r.t. dot com. in sochi there's been another gold for the hosts just minutes ago the russian bobsled left their rivals in their wake after a whirlwind final run well for all the details we can cross live to scott who is in sochi paul tell us more about that major victory. well russia have just added a gold medal to that tally in the two man bobsled event the geo of aleck. undeserved calls put in a dominant display to lead from start to finish the even set a track record in the first round now is the first golden books lay that russia have won since the fall of the soviet union and for thirty nine year old zubkov well he now has a gold medal to add to the silver he won in sharon in two thousand and six in the bronze he won in vancouver four years ago in fact after those vancouver games he announced his retirement from the sports but the opportunity to perform at a home olymp

i welcome back to r.t. answer national the free movement of people may be one of the pillars of a common markets but the issue is driving a wedge between e.u. member states calls for tougher regulations are spread and why they are drawing the condemnation of brussels now switzerland has just voted in favor of curbs on the e.u. migrants and almost half of germans want to follow and it's footsteps in france seventy percent of the population believe that there are too many foreigners in the country when it comes to britain the vast majority support that idea and want to see immigration reduced as well in norway record number of illegal immigrants for the ports of last year and as are going off reports calls for stricter measures are growing louder. this used to be a quiet suburban town in the outskirts of oslo where money is spent fourteen years of his life until he says along with most of his norwegian friends they had to move out because of constant attacks by teenage immigrant gangs. in the ambulance five t

and troops here the aim is to ensure that these will be the safest lympics in history today andrews r.t. sochi. our guy continuing a live updates for you from sochi a worthy olympic flame has arrived plus you can go to our website r.t. dot com to revisit the most exciting moments of its journey from ancient greece to the russian black sea resort. investors are once again flocking to iran and that set off alarm bells in washington with top officials insisting the oil rich nation is still not open for business to iran's prospects have been looking brighter since sanctions were partially lifted under a nuclear deal by calling me to discuss this with r.t. business presenter kate. we've had a huge french delegation making their way to iran in anticipation of this post sanction iran oil majors are all of whom forty not as oil majors but car manufacturers including telecoms are into the vocal mare and we're talking the biggest delegation in two years and they are one business and of course comes after . one they're from turkey so everyone is trying to get out it's how allies and it's it's almo

right there with that report from some hours ago during the overnight and here at r.t. international we are working very hard to track him down and to find him in the thick of it with our security forces on one side and heavily armed rebels on the other so stay with us for hopefully live report in here on the program for the meantime radical activists are accused of stealing more than a thousand firearms that's prompting ukraine security forces to consider a full scale counter terror operation protesters managed to get hold of a pistol rifles machine guns and grenades and now the authorities are looking at ways to prevent the opposition from becoming a fully force you've got to reports. still we're hearing the explosions from the fireworks which the rioters have been using to attack the police smalled of cocktails are still being thrown around as well and earlier we spoke with the ukrainian foreign minister who was urged the leaders of the opposition to disconnect themselves from the radicals or share the responsibility for the ongoing violence we call the opposition in

in the meantime though let's get some action here on r.t. international russia has. been in the winter olympics medal table but still faces a fight to stay over the last few days of competition live now to our sorties studio and artes and he said no way so our lucky monday for russia. it was indeed rory and it looks like it's going to be a lucky tuesday an unexpected silver medal just grabbed up on the slopes for russia in snowboard cross first in history for the host country but with just under a week to go the medal table of course is changing every day sometimes by the hour but so far as you said russia's nicely placed in second thanks to the bobsled team last night they won the country's first gold in the event for over two decades so it's building up to be quite a story games here in sochi by the way one of the champion bob's players is also an arm wrestler and that past time constant tension with his teammate not exactly happy that arm wrestling led to some training sessions being missed luckily they got over that they got the gold and we caught up with the bra

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pm in moscow i'm at present very good to have you with us day five of the sochi winter olympics and r.t. continue special coverage from the heart and heights of the resort could be action packed on the slopes and track some socially but for russian fans it's figure skating that's in the spotlight tonight russia is starting to look to a return to the days of dominance on the rink that enjoyed in decades past given the country's performance so far in these games that dream could be within reach joined live by our teams paul scott now who is in the coastal crust are joining us so all the fingers crossed now the competition is underway tell us more. yes russia have high hopes for another gold medal later on wednesday evening touching on the. trunk of the overall standings going into tonight's final round of the figure skating has events the free program is just getting underway inside the iceberg. skating palace now they set a world record in the short program on tuesday evening to put themselves firmly in medal contention they of course already have a gold to their names having secured a t

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