put back to work but i think it's the rhetoric that's running it and indeed the figures as we said r.t. did their own investigation and figures just do not add up the percentage of people who are actually getting jobs from this program were incredibly full of but it was worse than doing nothing or two thirds really the figure is quite shocking but you're right this is a fair assertion and one that i've put as an incomplete but where it's hugely controversial loads of criticism about these government work schemes but they all schemes that are employed in the government is quite right getting people back into jobs are they not unemployment in the u.k. the moment is a huge huge issue but the government nice that these schemes don't work its own research shows they have zero effect on helping people find work possibly worse than doing nothing at all. instead of helping create jobs what they're doing is replacing paid work by hand. big business like. tesco pounds and hundreds of thousands of hours of unpaid work effectively replacing jobs that would exist if the schemes were and in place not onl

back to work but i think it's the rhetoric that's surrounding it and indeed the thinkers as we said r.t. did their own investigation and the figures just do not add up the percentage of people who are actually getting jobs from this program were incredibly full of but it was. worse than doing nothing a tooth so really the figure is quite shocking but you're right this is a fair assertion and one that i've put in conflicts where it's hugely controversial loads of criticism about these government work schemes but they are schemes that are in place and the government is quite right getting people back into jobs are they not like unemployment in the u.k. the moment is a huge huge issue but the government nice that these schemes don't work its own research shows they have zero effect on helping people find work possibly worse than doing nothing and. instead of helping create jobs what they're doing is replacing paid work by handing big business like. tesco pounds and hundreds of thousands of hours of unpaid work effectively replacing jobs that would exist if the schemes were and place not only th

r.t. lindsey france why exactly people did fear the worst. if you look at the area and its history you begin to understand why people are actually expressing relief at the fact that this was a rock falling from the sky and not a nuclear disaster there are seven nuclear fuel plants in that area in fact during soviet times it was sort of a nuclear playground for scientists it's where a lot of things were tested and nuclear experiments were done and there were actually two manmade nuclear disasters there one in the fifty's and one in the sixty's so when you're driving to work or picking up your daycare and you see a huge bright flash and you hear an impact like this imagine what you think if you live there not exactly the place you think. you're should be total getting but of course interesting to know this region has experienced this sort of thing before yes it seems to be a magnet it's such a mystery to a layman like us who have no idea why something like a meteor would be so very attracted to eastern russia to siberia and even to southern rus

be worth thousands of dollars per gram far outstripping the price of gold it entails long did it more and that r.t. dot com also there to. radioactive reality japanese research has played a bleak picture of how the fukushima nuclear disasters affected the health of almost half the children living in the area some disturbing findings there. what's acceptable in one country often isn't ok in others and that's getting twitter in trouble right now france has ordered the micro-blogging site to reveal the personal data of users who posted what were deemed to be hate messages or pay a hefty fine but twitter's an american firm operating under u.s. laws now it is reflection of an examines the implications of a move which could open the censorship floodgates. to democracy is stumbling over the concept of freedom the french court has called on twitter to help censor hate speech on the web site in france because it violates its laws the tweeter is an american company and the american constitution sets no limits to freedom of expression given the word the french word as we wired to do that the question is how

r.t. lindsey france why exactly people did fear the worst. if you look at the area and its history you begin to understand why people are actually expressing relief at the fact that this was a rock falling from the sky and not a nuclear disaster there are seven nuclear fuel plants in that area in fact during soviet times it was sort of a nuclear playground for scientists where a lot of things were tested and nuclear experiments were done and there were actually two manmade nuclear disasters there one in the fifty's and one in the sixty's so when you're driving to work or picking up your daycare and you see a huge bright flash and you hear an impact like this imagine what you think if you live there not exactly the place you think. your should be total getting but of course interesting enough this region has experienced this sort of thing before yes it seems to be a magnet it's such a mystery to the layman like us who have no idea why something like the media would be so very attracted to eastern russia to siberia and even to southern russia o

r.t. if you look through any pro governmental newspaper in bahrain you did an impression that the governmenthas nothing to hide the news of an uprising of the opposition is dominating the front page and if you look through it you'll see other stories about the political discourse in the country. the country's information minister insists bahrain has no problems with people speaking out that freedom of expression in bahrain is very high because it is guaranteed by the constitution moreover there is a law to be issued soon that further guarantees it we have a problem related to banning some upsides but that's to protect bahrain from six year in ethnic problems and violence only and not for any other reason. but this is what happened when we tried several opposition websites having looked through these pages later we did not notice any extremist overtones and so you see from bahrain center for human rights believes the government is deliberately attempting to silence views different to its own center for a moderate which i work for website is a blog we have almost more than four hundred words s

r.t. moscow. well as the pot won but do stay tuned as we did erupt for yet more high octane action to the fall when the long season is set to get under way next month we'll see kimmie reichen racing on moscow's icy racetrack and look ahead to the next generation of russian boy races as full ministry makes another return later this year just after the break. the news is good lumber atory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated rowboat which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything turns mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans in world events this is why you should care only. choose your language. week over the infidels some of the. treatments that use the consensus get to. choose the opinions that degrade to. choose the stories that imply the life truth be access to truth. wealthy british style. guide for. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. mission. accreditation free. for charges free. range and free. free.

olympic venues and said he was generally happy about what he saw a little he did have some harsh criticism at times what's now talk to r.t. is a really good this could live here in the studio of course it's a. huge event for the world of course is it reveal things ready well according to the official reports eighty percent of the infrastructure is ready at this point of course this is going to be an absolutely unique event not just because it's happening in the subtropical areas of actually it's the first olympic games ever to take place in subtropics and of course it's very interesting you have to understand that you have all these snow capped mountains you can see them right there you have the olympic venues and then fifteen minutes away you have the beach and this is actually victor's are actually from february a lot of people actually have been saying that you can pretty much swim or at least get a nice tan there so if you're sick of snowboarding or if you're tired of watching of the ski jumps you can always take a walk down the beach but this is going to be the most expensive olympic games in history at fifty one bi

r.t. moscow. well that's over part one but do stay tuned as we did erupt for yet more high octane action to the fall when the long season is set to get under way next month we'll see kimmie reichen racing on moscow's icy racetrack and look ahead to the next generation of russian boy races his boldness remakes and another return later this year just after the break. i don't. choose your language. of holy week over the internet or else going to say still some of the. treatments that the concentric circles that choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories that impact the life truth be access to all truth. wealthy british style. market finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. mission free credit cation free comes for charges free coming from and three kids three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media dot com. welcome back to part two of this sport show now a global campaign is gathering pace to keep

r.t. dot com in. looking for. anything like that. last week the f.b.i. the war did a terrorist attack in oakland california did you hear the man matthew aron allegedly tried to bomb a bank of america in the hope to spark a civil war but like almost every other aborted terrorist plot you've heard about the last decade and it was just another victim of f.b.i. entrapment man is a former window washer who is suffering from bipolar disorder paranoia and depression for months he was the target of an undercover sting operation where he was given the resources including the bomb to carry out the attack but unfortunately this is just one example of hundreds of cases of alleged terror plot to be boiled by the f.b.i. in fact at the guise of counterterrorism operations in a post nine eleven world there are more than fifteen thousand f.b.i. informants working around the clock to facilitate this agenda which has a yearly price tag of three billion dollars it's a subject my next guest has exposed in his latest book called the terror factory inside the f.b.i. is a manufactured war

senator who did a very very rare thing and asserted his independence. of the israeli government. this is r.t. and the us library of congress is working hard on filing away every tweet ever. everywhere all of this and. they're doing a lot of. people across the world but you know there's only so much we can do and i think. i already but. i come on the program here. steps out onto the streets of new york to find out what people think about the government holding onto the online message. and attempts to study global economic troubles are being made of the g. twenty gathering of financial heads right here in moscow. heavily on their minds. after the break. with. technology innovation. developments around russia. the future. thank you joining us here on. live in moscow and i'm accused the group is threatening a major rally and today against what it sees as a massive expansion of c.c.t.v. cameras across germany and the movement's opposition against the ever encroaching big brother from words to action a long time ago with a becoming notorious for trashing street cameras all across the country. look

r.t. that vast oil resources make libya a target for regional and global players. first of all libya did not pick up its economy did not pick up only the oil production was you know. it's a pity you know because the. foreign countries you know. rushed into libya immediately you know to start pumping oil again because it's connected to their way of life to their economies you know was better to the projects all over the country . and i think libya because of this oil was. subject of the being like too many countries libya and b. use it. is being seen as a most to you know to finance. sort of the lack of assistance that might be coming up with from the united states that's why libya. is. a target for too many too many players and and the reason i would like you know. well so you the full interview with former libyan interim prime minister mahmoud jibril on friday here on artsy. fartsy of financial rottweiler is up in a few minutes stand by for the kaiser report after a break. i've got a lot of messages from our t.v. viewers who are very concerned about drones living under skynet is not the

r.t. bed vast oil resources make libya a target for regional and global players. first of all libya did not pick up its economy did not pick up only the oil production was you know. it's a pity you know because the. country as you know. rushed into libya immediately you know to start pumping oil again because it's connected to their way of life to their economies you know was better to the projects all over the country. and i think libya because of this oil was the subject of. being targeted by too many countries libya. be using over at least is being seen as a move to finance compensate for the lack of assistance that might be problems with little bo from then up to the states and that's why libya. is this is the chief part of it for too many too many players and and the reason i would like you know. well so you the full interview with the former libyan in term prime minister mahmoud jibril on friday here on r t next we take you to russia it's called the peninsula and a front row seat to see natures all some sky highlights but stay tuned we are standing by for a press conference from p

r.t. that vast oil reserves make libya a target for regional and global players. well first of all libya did not pick up its economy did not pick up only the oil production was to resume you know. it's a pity you know because the. foreign countries you know. rushed into libya immediately you know to start pumping more leg again because it's connected to their way of life to their economies you know while barrister projects all over the country are still intact i think libya because of this oil was the subject of. being targeted by too many countries libya. we use it or at least is being seen as a most you know to finance company for the lack of assistance that might be coming from there not to states and that's why libya. is target for too many too many players and and the reason why you. you know we'll show you the full interview with the former libyan interim prime minister mahmoud jibril on friday you know on r.t. . now the waste of money on gadgets never in use i have at least is probably nothing compared to the british military it's blown over a billion pounds of public money on equipme

r.t. germany. now to other international news at this hour a bomb blasts and like it's done has left people did and injured more than forty on a crowded street with both shia and sunni mosques police say a motorcycle packed with explosives was detonated killing worshippers who were leaving after friday prayers no group as he had said is responsible for the attack the incident happened close to pakistan's asemi autonomy's tribal region with a strong taliban and al qaeda presence. in a hurry clinton america's sixty seven the secretary of state has formally resigned from her post as success listen to john kerry will replace her after swearing in ceremony on friday her resignation caps an especially turbulent four year to near turner marked by a conflict of revolutions and military intervention. sunni protesters in iraq have blocked a major highway in the west of the country protests by the minority group to praise most weeks but these appear to be the largest since the end of last year they're angry at what many see as discrimination against them by the government a group willing to do al qaeda has al

r.t. dot com. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that that is terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we're active and that the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will triumph was completely unrealistic but i mean they're not us this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of an influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happening. now to some other world news in brief for you this hour at least twenty people have reportedly been killed in a stampede at a railroad station in northern india after a crowded overpass collapsed local media says the death called toll could rise the accident occurred as tens of millio

so to expound in the way did it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. and on r.t. dot com for you right now iran demonstrates it's growing self-reliance rolling out of old design for all made which officials say on design full defiance purposes only and can abate a raid to take a closer levels on our website. also the israeli soldiers use tear gas and stun grenades against a group of palestinians erected the tent camp and protest that settlement expansion in the west bank so i will bring you more analysis on by ground zero mosque dot com . the u.s. and its co establishment is continuing to endorse new chiefs defense secretary nominee trunk hable was grilled by the senate this week while senator john kerry has been sworn in as u.s. secretary of state kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe his likely to be very old school and his approach you know there may be some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance to him kerry and clinton you see more frankly than there was between the congolese the rightist oversight or a cl

r.t. dot com. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we're active and that then original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will try elf was completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of enter influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happening in the. now to some other world news in brief for you this hour at least twenty people have reportedly been killed in a stampede at a railroad station in northern india after a crowded overpass collapsed local media says the death toll toll could rise the accident occurred as tens of mi

did plugging the u.k. as the world's best destination. twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. . fires and clashes have erupted in the egyptian capital cairo as angry mobs attacked the president palace with petrol bombs thousands of protesters are marching across the country demanding that president morsi stand down from a poem. is in cairo forty. we've got your ma sixteen's here in the capital as clashes have started by the presidential contest as you can see behind me reportedly bought the most groups threw molotov cocktails over the gates of the presidential building the security forces are right now armored vehicles and have been sending our north to figure out protesters are responding out with fireworks also we've just seen as police are removing tempers from my months long sitting against the president the side of presidential building where they also set fire to triple fires on the sides right in the last few minutes has been i must say push by the security forces protesters have been fleeing in this direction in the background there's about ten ambulances are removing ma

r.t. caught up with the man many suggest prevented the u.s. from taking military action against iran's controversial nuclear program the full interview as i did today here not a bit here is a quite pretty. good judgment that we made was that it was a political decision to halt the weaponization portions of its program it continued to fizzle material as a material was the pacing element is that the. at the time required to go from physical material. we did it was shorter than the time for material. but they've halted it. for. terminology we used was because of international scrutiny and pressure but that sense it was a political decision it was a matter of a technical problem. or a change in geo political situation they still lived in a tough neighborhood. that they could turn this program back on again at any time and we also said in that release part we weren't sure we would know if they turned it back on. now that's more international news the prime minister has stepped down after his own ruling islamic party rebuffed the final effort to form a new government it is expected to deepen the political crisis there's been a stalemate over the dr

r.t. goes inside the business that investigates and identified flying objects and we live in a world of updates and tweets but did you know that all of your tweets are being archived by the library of congress who ask why just ahead. it's friday feb fifteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. unbelievable video is coming out of russia today after a meteorite streaked across the morning sky before crashing into the city of chimney all bit. through over nine hundred people were injured and some three thousand buildings were also damaged from the tremendous shock wave this ten ton behemoth set off upon impact now to give you an idea of the region is a mellowness city located about a thousand miles east of moscow and has some one point one million residents the meteor headed around nine twenty am local time for more r t international correspondent lindsey france joined me earlier i started off by asking her what the latest news is coming out of russia and whether there were any deaths. no it's not reported that there are any deaths at this point however twelve hundred people have r

r.t. goes inside a business that investigates unidentified flying objects. police officers are now confirming that the ex cop who terrorized southern california for days did die inside a burning cabin but questions are being raised about the cost of the manhunt and the huge police force used to actually find the suspect to look into that issue coming up. it's friday february fifteenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. unbelievable video is coming out of russia today after a meteorite streaked across the morning sky before crashing into the city of children. chills javelins. over a nine hundred people were injured and some three thousand buildings were also damaged from a determined as shock wave that this ten ton behemoth set off upon impact to give you an idea of the region this mountainous city located about a thousand miles east of moscow and has some one point one million residents the meteor hit about two hundred twenty local time for more our senior national correspondent lizzie france joined me earlier i started off by asking her what the latest news coming out of russia is and whether there were any deaths. no it's n

they wanted to hear and he did it so whoever thought chuck hagel was going to offer a new outlook on u.s. foreign policy after this hearing would seriously doubt that now here at r.t. we're always interested to know what your view on all of the issues we're covering but today we're focusing on chuck hagel and why his stance has become more hawkish so to say log on to our two dot com this is so far what some of our viewers think in terms of his new stance this was percent say that he is really changing but it's a genuine change in position the foreign policy on iran about twenty percent say it's a ploy to counter criticism of being anti israeli we heard about that from going to in washington of thirty or so say it doesn't matter he won't have any influence on iranian.

wanted to hear and he did it so whoever thought chuck hagel was going to offer a new outlook on u.s. foreign policy after this hearing would seriously doubt that. now here at r.t we're always interested to know your view on all of the issues we're covering but today we're focusing on chuck hagel and why his stance has become more hawkish so to say log on to our tea dot com this is so far what some of our viewers think in terms of his new stance this must percent say that he is really changing that it's a genuine change in position this foreign policy on iran about twenty percent say it's a ploy to counter criticism of being anti israeli we heard about that from going to in washington of thirty or so say it doesn't matter he won't have any influence on iranian policy that it will be the same no matter who's in the position it'll be the public policy of the white house and finally the largest amount of you believe that it just proves his own claim but no one can stand up to the jewish lobby given that was of course his claim before he was being grilled on the position of secretary of defense well that wraps up our our news this hour crosstalk is next here on our

one american homeless man did not hesitate and promptly returned it to its owner and as it turns out this wasn't the first time he had acted so honorably find out more on r.t. dot com. plus america is known as the land of the free but online we have the story of one man who does not seem to cherish his freedom as much as others after he robbed a bank just to get sent back to jail. or . libya has braced for fresh on rest the second anniversary of the revolution that toppled gadhafi is being held under the threat of violence security is tight and foreigners are leaving and mass the first protests against the current government are expected in benghazi the birthplace of the revolution political analyst brahimi outlines where libya stands two years after the uprising and the walked we have seen over the last two years in libya is that this integration of a new form of sun throw control paving the way for the fragmentation of the country into three states at the same time the lawlessness in the country there is an outgrowth of fundamentalists. some of the chrome on that has spilled over and somali as we have seen over the last couple of months and a little bit.

did in the past and that's a very sad statement that you can't trust your bishops. always interested in your thoughts on current issues and we're asking you to vote on our website r.t. dot com here's what you think about the future of the catholic church after the resignation of pope benedict the sixteenth well over half of you believe that the resignation will really make no difference as the vatican will be corrupt under any leadership sixty two percent of the nearly thirty percent say that the stepping down will soon be forgotten what a new pope takes over just on that ten percent we can see there six percent saying that this is a way for the church to move past the scandals and allegations which have played the vatican and about the same amount for costs a successor crisis for the catholic church your thoughts dot com because here for me. french troops have regained control of the islamist militants launched a surprise attack on what is northern mali is most populous city authorities say three civilians were killed during sunday's fighting this comes after recent claims by france that the military campaign is almost complete and as local correspondent gonzalo on

with guns knives and knuckle dusters and did a recent nationwide study shows four hundred children a day being suspended because of the threatening behavior r.t. sara first met one youth worker then for whom violence at school was an everyday norm. settlings you probably end up in a dead end job or in prison you'll be lucky to be alive when you're sixteen. you know our parent is gone our courage is not for no for. a stark insight into the reality facing some of christian schoolchildren despite having one of the best education systems in the world the latest research estimates that up to four peoples a day a coupe with weapons in british schools guns knives and knuckle dusters just some of the items confiscated by police are remember we're always searching the school and. gone to the school. and i see this first gun about to fire or schools are supposed to be a safe secure environment where the focus is on education the thing is surveilled that hundreds of weapons are being seized in schools every year with a number of violent incidents on the rise the reality for many schools across the way is that your classmate can quickly become your enemy

r.t. after county texas. now and who have benefited a pound puppy legacy a group that monitors children placed with new family is says that the case highlights shortcomings within the u.s. adoptive system and i did state has a very complex adoption system where the state department has federal responsibilities which it comes properly executed because adoption itself is performed at the state level in america the federal government has no control over what actually happens in. the need to have a proper system in place that checks. adoptive parents much better before the adoption which has posts option monitoring all that is not really in place there rescreening but it's not properly done post adoption monitoring is impossible . especially in america it is impossible because a right to privacy. well the treatment of russian orphans by their adoptive u.s. families and the subsequent russian adoption ban against the u.s. has sparked fierce debate on r.t. dot com you can find more stories from all sides and you can also weigh in yourself by leaving a comment. tensions are escalating in the west bank when the where the death of a palestinian in an israeli jail has triggered a fresh of wave of violence

did in the past and that's a very sad statement that you can't trust your bishops. we're always interested in your thoughts on current issues and we're asking you to vote on our website r.t. dot com here's what you think about the future of the catholic church after the resignation of pope benedict the sixteenth well over half of you believe that the resignation will really make no difference as the vatican will be corrupt under any leadership sixty two percent of the nearly thirty percent say that the stepping down will soon be forgotten what a new pope takes over just under ten percent we can see there six percent saying that this is a way for the church to move past the scandals and allegations which have played the vatican and about the same amount for costs a successor crisis for the catholic church your thoughts r.t. dot com because here for me. french troops to regain control of the islamist militants launched a surprise attack on what is northern mali is most populous city authorities say three civilians were killed during sunday's fighting this comes after recent claims by france that the military campaign is almost complete and as local correspondent gonzalo on

did in the past and that's a very sad statement that you can't trust your bishops. we're interested in your thoughts on current issues and we're asking you to vote on our website r.t. dot com and here's what you think about the future of the catholic church after the resignation of pope benedict the sixteenth what we can see on screen almost two thirds of you believe that the resignation will make virtually no difference as the vatican will be corrupt under any leadership one quarter say that the pope's stepping down will soon be forgotten when his successor takes over and six percent of you see this as a way for the church to move past the scandals and allegations which have played the vatican and we can see there that four percent forecast a six a crisis for the catholic church good to hear from you and the websites r.t. dot com. french and troops have regained control of gal after isn't this militants launched a surprise attack on what is northern mali is most populous city authorities say three civilians were killed during sunday's fighting this comes after recent claims by france that the military campaign is almost complete and as local correspondent gonzalo

out of if it did have any other kind of material that would be unexpected right now it's a bit too early it's great to talk about this terry thanks so much for joining us live here on r.t. terrence malick there from space dot com joining us live in new york thank you one on r.t. dot com our website we have live updates for you on the meteor strike including how some enterprising locals are already cashing in some are trying to sell parts of the crashed meter online the most expensive being offered for ten thousand dollars but of course even if someone is willing to dip into their pocket for this there's no way to verify whether you'll buying a piece of just a rusty old stone but jokes aside scientists say that meteor was the largest recorded object the one that landed today in russia to strike the earth in about a century is something just been discussing there with tonic clonic it's estimated that the weight was about forty tons when it approached our planet before breaking up into smaller pieces and experts also say that when it did explode the media released a huge amount of energy making the blast even more powerful than the nuclear weapon tested by north korea jus

r.t. i appreciate you coming in on this subject. it's so vitally important. >> i'm thrilled you're covering it, ed. >> you bet. president obama praised the efforts of your city. how did you do it? how were you able to impact the youth violence in minneapolis? >> the minneapolis model for reducing gun violence was really especially about young people. we focused on at the whole community together, 32-point plan that was really tied to surrounding young people with trusted adults and intervening at the first sign of at-risk behavior. and we worked the plan and worked the plan and worked the plan. 40% decrease in juvenile crime is a huge impact. but one of the reasons the president was here was to say that was good work. but one of the reasons we wanted him here was to say it's not enough. we need common sense laws. because i've been at too many homicides with a mom and a kid who is dead and trying to explain where did that gun come from. and there are laws that the police and the federal officials can't share information there are laws that say mental health records can't be computer sized. change those laws. fix that, and help us bring a little more peace to the stree