r.t. international and the u.k. and france are just following america's policies ultimately devaluing the lives of civilians. it becomes very easy to sell a war based on drones to the domestic audience because there's no soldiers there's no airmen there's no pilots put in their lives at risk. this makes drone warfare. fairly acceptable to most countries in terms of the collateral damage yes we have we have missiles there do kill those in the surrounding area and i don't think that even the british military take much if they need to take out what they consider an insurgent if there's an in a crowd of people i think they carry on and there are any right certainly the cia drone attacks of been known to do that but even when there's only one person in the vicinity we've done it we've managed to kill one person and it's not right or that they've been civilians this case is going on in the u.k. at the moment blow by afghan civilians because their family members were killed. always many stories for you one line including m

r.t. international. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow where the syrian government and its main political rivals failed to find any common ground at the opening of the geneva two summit on wednesday international mediators are now rushing to make sure the first direct talks between the warring sides take place on friday as planned artie's got a piskun off has this report from switzerland. right minister i'm sorry to. can you just. use you live in new york i live in syria i have. to give the syrian. here in this forum the first day of the conference was expected to be spent listening to formal statements instead it was the scene of bitter exchanges as the syrian opposition pressed on with its calls for president assad to step down i think that i said is the problem and i said i don't think the problem old any solution without said going about stepping down a change of power in damascus is something washington is pushing for as well bashar assad will not be part of that transition government but acco

r.t. international. we did latest world news headlines we begin this hour here with the bombing in cairo at least three people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected car bomb blast outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and this all according to officials and local television explosions severely damaged the front of the building. to the museum of islamic just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime of president mohamed morsy and of course they launched a crackdown on his supporters last. we'll bring you more on this story as soon as more details come in here on r.t. international. for now here on the program calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burning tires on the embattled independence square meanwhile the riots have spilled over into

r.t. international thanks very much for that. well our national and foreign affairs expert richard baca he weighed in on the diplomatic hustle over iran's participation in the peace meeting he thinks there is no objective reason to deny this right it's iraq it's hard to explain i think to anyone who isn't anyway objective why iran would have to be excluded from the tox the opposition is demanding as is the united states and britain and france the they're demanding regime change as the price that syria has to pay for a solution and other words they want to bring about a whole new system inside syria a system that would be answerable to the dictates of washington why would iran be excluded because it supports the government in syria when all those who are supporting the opposition are invited to come to these talks and shows that they're really a. phoney miss about this whole process. meantime on the ground syrian kurds have used the security vacuum to declare their own autonomy in the country's north but as the civil conflict drag

r.t. international. world headlines live from moscow the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet ukraine's opposition leaders for the first time this on the sidelines of a security conference in munich on saturday and washington is also keeping up the pressure on president got to cope it sure is now on sick leave calling on him to resolve the crisis threatening restrictions if he doesn't. we're willing to consider sanctions no decision has been made meanwhile the divide in ukraine appears to be widening as ati's alexy at a sharp speed now reports from kenya. ukraine is now in an absolutely unique situation i don't think there's ever been anything compared to what is happening in the country right now half of it is now paralyzed with the regional administrations taken over by the protesters making it completely impossible for this part of the country to be properly governed by the authorities there already been cases we've heard reports that some of this and some of the reasons authorities are actual

r.t. international. we have more news to come your way here on the program in just a moment. well the future. is hit so we hit the road to focus on new technology. on this month's show no policy is complete without school shootings. and we learn about the next intil suv revolution this has the potential to save lives. noisy update. we've got the future of coverage. wealthy british. it's time. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. because a report on. that is just one quarter past the hour here in moscow it's international long awaited direct between the syrian government and the opposition getting underway in geneva in just a few hours though few think there will be a meeting of minds with the government saying it will not discuss removing president assad while the rebels and the only way to go forward. when you go to school off now is joining us live from switzerland give us the latest on this could go to you and i think covering this since the all the geneva two talks kicked off on wedne

r.t. international still ahead for you the dubious methods of the u.k.government to get failed asylum seekers kicked out of the country more news in just a. tanya the lady well tell me how you are my little grandson. i know. i don't like. being cut off. except it isn't. that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous that she had to leave it was a story she had lost her mind. you know you she will come back i know it was and i will wait even if it means i must wait until my dying day. lots of news to cover for you today here want to see international for the meantime star for the british home office are being offered cash bonuses if they manage to kick more failed asylum seekers out of the country than expected incentive scheme has been lambasted by critics who say people's lives are at stake when a boycott picks it up from london. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply here to the u.k.'s home office to have their cases reviewed it's a last ditch attempt t

r.t. international we are keeping you up to date on exactly what's happening in kiev. i thank for joining us here on r.t. international still ahead for you in the program lenin vera and back again the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming to fashion all around the world r.t. looks at the stages of lennon's turbulent after life. and other with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria and we continue to provide a overview of the events around the meeting. the main bloc of the opposition syrian national coalition the council has quit the umbrella organization in protest of the decision to rejoin the list of participants for wednesday's peace talks the coalition had agreed to attend after the un retracted iran's invitation following an ultimatum from the group to see catherine off as the full story. at invitation a was it withdrawn by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace co

r.t. international and show you exactly where european square is just here in the top of the two red lines here the forefront of the unrest is where the tires have been set alight it's where peter all of it was in recent hours getting us swarmed by riot police some of the fiercest clashes have taken place around the nearby government buildings as well and then we have to talk about for example the street it's just the street here the along the perimeter of kiev it's where a security operation on wednesday pushed out some of the more radical protesters and there have been conflicting reports on the number of casualties but the deaths of two protesters have been confirmed of both reportedly having bullet wounds or authorities however stressing the police are not equipped with live ammunition and over two hundred police officers have been injured during the riots more than eighty being hospitalized we did ask a former british police officer with experience of crowd control how to take us through the tactics currently being employed by the ukrainian police. the minute it starts becoming violen

r.t. international. recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares about the twenty fourteen no pants subway ride this is a yearly event that has grown in popularity and spread way beyond its native new york to cities across the globe according to fox news and such a thousands of people ride the subway in their underwear as if it were a normal day what you're going to say is a prank collective the cause of scenes of chaos and joy in public places yeah i guess this is kind of funny i mean hey i like wackiness but think about the effort and propaganda takes to get thousands of people the world over to simultaneously do something and then with all that effort and all those thousands of participants all you do is walk around at your pants on this idea must have been created by some people with a pretty decadent lifestyle because how can you even think of about organizing people for the goal of spreading joy when a lot of us can't even afford to put dinner on the table in the future could you guys please

r.t. . global. international north korea apparently richard. it would solve a neighbor in an act of reconciliation yang has sent an open letter to the south calling for an end to hostile milicz reacts a gesture dismissed by seoul is deceptive propaganda at the move comes weeks ahead of south korea's annual joint military drills with the u.s. last year north korea threatened to launch nuclear strikes in response to american stealth bombers that were flying over the peninsula during the exercises. the government of south sudan has signed a cease fire agreement with the rebels following peace talks in ethiopia according to the pact the fighting must come to an end inside twenty four hours the u.n. says over a thousand people have been killed this during the month long conflict the half a million displaced. in thailand constitutional court has such determine whether elections should also separate the second could be postponed the suggestion to delay the poll came from the election commission amid calls for the removal of the current prime minister

r.t. international i'm rule research. pockets of continuing violence amid smoldering cars and the main landmarks of the ukrainian capital right now it's off to a night of violence in kiev which left at least seventy policemen injured anti-government protesters angry at a recently adopted set of laws against demonstrations have been attacking police lines with clubs. and fire bombs. reports right from the thick of the fighting just when everyone thought that the protest in kiev and the whole protest movement was dying down and all hell is breaking loose again protestors have been trying to penetrate the governmental quarter behind those what remains of the police buses which had been burned by the protesters is the police line it's really hard to say how many policemen are there but there could be hundreds of them this the riot police called be adequate it's a special regiment of the right police and they're trying to secure this perimeter here. we can see the fire is still burning the water is being used the police as the

r.t. international will keep you up to date with events throughout the day also log on to r.t. dot com for live updates from kiev. it's our international live from moscow thank you for joining us no justice for the son of a pakistani drone victim he's been told by a british court he's not allowed to find out if you came intelligence contributed to the american strike that killed dozens of locals that's just coming up for you here on the program. also amid a ring of steel and a world of privilege multi-billionaires and celebrities from all around the globe gather for the davos economic summit in another attempt to put every year to put an end to the world's poverty. but it seems that everyone is descending on switzerland today on the shores of lake geneva political heavyweights are trying to put syria back on a path to peace. and a heavy artillery and heavy diplomatic artillery i should say has been deployed to the picture of montreaux in an attempt to broker a deal between the assad government and the syrian opposition parties are reports for us. for the first time after years o

r.t. international a u.s. lawmakers are looking for alternatives to help them kill the lethal injection drugs used to execute prisoners on death row are in short supply and there's concern about how effective they are in the first place but some of the other methods being considered are neither new or campaigners say humane artie's more important i felt the story. in just the first month of twenty fourteen six executions have already been carried out on u.s. death row inmates however the shortage of drugs coupled with an increasing concern surrounding the efficiency of lethal injection has prompted lawmakers in some states to push for the reintroduction of long abandoned torture methods in missouri some officials have raised the notion of rebuilding the state's gas chamber and also proposed making firing squads an option for executions death by gun has also been proposed as an option in wyoming meanwhile in virginia there's been a push to make electrocution an option so why are u.s. states now advocating to br

r.t. international. but for the meantime here on the program it's taken moscow officials more than a decade to get permission to visit the only russian citizen kept behind bars at guantanamo bay delegation was told its case will be reviewed in the near future russia says the notorious prison violates the basic rights of detainees and should be closed down our correspondent. has more from washington. visit securing the release of the only russian nationals held at the detention center for over twelve years without charge reveal. the human rights commissioner reiterated russia's position on the detention center in guantanamo bay in his meetings with officials from the defense department and from the department of state he said russia's position is that this detention center be closed down as soon as possible this detention the mere existence he said of this detention center is in violation of human rights and international law the most important probably. element of a visit was to meet with with those who

r.t. international the drip drip of secret information fed into the media by edward snowden seems to a force the hand of u.s. president barack obama this week he said he wants to rein in the activities of the far reaching n.s.a. obama announced there will be no more spying on foreign leaders friendly to the u.s. and limits will be placed on how troves of collected data are used or thought he will also need a court order if they want to run a check on a phone number using the n.s.a.'s extensive data critics however say the measures to be introduced will change very little everything's been punted into the long grass he said i'm going to set up a committee to do this i've asked this department to look at this everything's in the future we just don't know what he's really promised and so i was very disappointed there was probably nothing concrete in there for example as far as the metadata collection is concerned he announced grandly well we're going to stop doing this but i have not actually decided how we're going to stop doing that so obviously the details matter there similarly in terms of

r.t. international. the majority of congress are now millionaires for the first time in history according to the center for responsive politics which sounds pretty insulting when the average americans not doing so well financially this seems bad like a bunch of rich guys rule the country which they kind of do but one could argue that congress isn't rich enough first off due to inflation a billion dollars is not as much as it used to be a special in the cost of a campaign to get in a congress costs around one million six hundred thousand dollars so yeah a million dollars of net worth may sound pretty rich to you or me but the expensive game of us politics these guys can't even afford the costs related to getting a work electoral campaigns are a big money affair so it is no surprise that people like you are me can't get into the law making business without selling at least a little piece of our souls to someone who has very deep pockets so again the problem isn't that congressmen are wealthy it is that man

r.t. international. headlines for now with ukraine's president he may have gone on sick leave but he is still set to sign the law to amnesty all those detained during riots in the country meanwhile opposition leaders are to meet the u.s. secretary of state and the e.u. foreign policy chief on the sidelines of a security conference in munich but with riots now spread wide across ukraine's west it seems unlikely more talks will bring any solutions. now reports from one of the hotbeds of the unrest. this is the regional administration building event notes on cards skin western ukraine where at the till a week ago the regional governor had his office but as you can see just liking kiev's there's now a giant barricade surrounding the building with snow tires and planks of wood radical and and he russian this is the heartland of nationalism where anti unequivocal sentiment runs deep and that's the way natalia and her comrades want to keep it the twenty nine year old entrepreneur has been here since the buildin

r.t. international with you twenty four hours a day. the bay prison turns twelve today and human rights activists are prepared a special way to mark the anniversary people across the u.s. have joined protests demanding an end to the infamous detention center something president obama promised. looks at the controversial history of the facility. hidden on a tropical island a symbol of promises made being far from promises kept will leave an appalling black mark in the history books unless the people who advocate for its continued existence when and if they win then i. suppose it's civilised values that america has will be gone forever twelve years ago the us brought to guantanamo its first detainees of the war on terror the us and powerful sections in the ruling class of the us want a place that openly defied international law it's a decision that's been made and that they want to display a place that we can treat people however we want to whenever we want to the to be is poured into the bag scandal surrounding torture and force feeding

r.t. international with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria we continue to provide our overview of the iran's events i should say all around them. with the opposition syrian national coalition it's back on the list of participants for those peace talks off to the u.n. retracted iran's invitation the coalition had threatened not to attend of tehran was at the table the world body suggested iran blocked itself from the conference by refusing to accept the first communique lucy caffein offer points. at invitation a was a withdrawal by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take place that has been overshadowed by this rather bizarre diplomatic ping pong that's essentially unfolded since that invitation was issues now how did all of this play out on sunday bond ki-moon the u.n. secretary general basically announced that he is inviting iran to participate in the new twenty second conference scheduled to take place in switzerland to com

r.t. . international. well. joint development of. casualties being increasingly. in the meantime as time ticks away before nato troops pull out of afghanistan the u.s. is growing increasingly frustrated with the country's government is still refusing to sign a security pact which would permit american soldiers to remain in the fragile state . explains the absence of an agreement could leave afghanistan very vulnerable to a major. after thirteen years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will complete our mission bear by the end of this year and america's longest war will finally be over. but ending a war isn't the same as winning one when it comes to afghanistan peace is far from certain and the past ten years there were not able to build afghan security for forces to be able to face the challenges and this country and to be able in the future to confront the challenges and the taliban forces and the taliban fighters and al qaeda forces and the taliban have been active in the past two weeks alone the group has staged numerous atta

r.t. international we continue to provide our overview of the events around the meat. the main bloc of the opposition syrian national coalition the council has quit the umbrella organization in protest at the decision to rejoin the list of participants for wednesday's peace talks a coalition had agreed to attend after the un retracted iran's invitation that came after an ultimatum from the group and the latest on this full story without sees lucy catherine off. that invitation a was a withdrawal by the united nations amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the us although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take place that has been overshadowed by this rather bizarre diplomatic ping pong that's essentially unfolded since that invitation was issues now how did all of this play out on sunday by the u.n. secretary general basically announced that he is inviting iran to participate in the new twenty second conference scheduled to take place in switzerland to come to a diplomatic solution over the syrian crisis he said t

r.t. international from the u. s. we're learning that several people have reportedly been wounded in a shooting in baltimore incident took place in a suburban shopping mall and police are at the scene right now it's not clear whether the shooter is still on the loose stay with r.t. international for the latest on this developing story. up to nine people have been killed in clashes between pro islam as protesters and police across egypt on the third anniversary of the two thousand and eleven revolution and in syria is a powerful explosion has gone off in a police building bill true has the latest from current. another car bomb has exploded at the police building this time in the key city of suez this is the sixth such explosion this taking place in two days we had four bomb blasts in cairo on friday and this morning the fix is broken not to as similar a bomb blast in the east in the suburb of cairo and this comes of course on the anniversary of the generosity five of the nation which ousted president barak and there ha

r.t. international great story. the second and final day of voting is underway in egypt on whether to accept or not and the new constitution critics say yes result will serve to secure the military's grip on future governments they have to the muslim brotherhood's refusing to take part calling a sham referendum that puts the army before the nation violence during day one of that ballot killed eleven of his bill true sinker. well addictions are once again in the polling stations for a second day on this referendum on the constitution people behind it so are this interim government and also the military and then the people who stand to gain the most if this is a yes votes and if there's a high turnout in particular the military this is key articles within this constitution which would cement military power over the civilian states' military trials for civilians will be allowed the military budget will be kept secrets and crucially the appointment of the defense minister will have to be approved by egypt's a supreme co

r.t. international.recently the federal reserve system celebrated its one hundredth birthday the other big card game that just a few years ago no one seemed to know about has been in place for one hundred years so let's celebrate the federal reserve by remembering all their accomplishments since nine hundred thirteen firstly they've managed to take the printing of money out of the hands of the u.s. government and thus out of the hands of u.s. voters i would it be. as to money who needs to mock received representation anyways they also managed to whittle away the dollars tagging to gold until nixon finally said forget gold let's print our way out of vietnam and because there is no link between the dollar and gold the purchasing power of the dollar has reduced by at least twenty three times since the fed came into being lovely but what about the next hundred years well if the recent rounds of quantitative easing are any sign of things to come then we are going to be seeing a lot more inflation and big priv

r.t. international kate partridge is here with the latest from the world of sports but if you're in the u.k. it's going underground with afshin rattansi that's after a short break. another whistleblowers facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort of dark secret cia plans or some other plot for a new war of luxury no she exposed something far more dangerous and important to the zombies on their couches the university of north carolina athletes are mentally unfit for college and even high school mary willing come blew the whistle on the fact that between eight and ten percent of the school's football and basketball players read of a fourth grade level and many others are sub college level she also claims that these students were allowed into the university based on the screening process done by the university implying that the you of n.c. knew exactly who they were letting into the university remember college football makes a lot of money i always had a feeling that something like this was going on i mean according to usa today many college athl

r.t. international in and use it now it good to have you with us. our top story greenland has decided to open up one of the world's most pristine environments to oil drilling and b.p. is already rubbing its hands the company responsible for turning the gulf of mexico into an ecological catastrophe nearly four years ago has been given exploration rights in eastern greenland greenpeace says it beggars belief that a firm with such a checkered history could be allowed to work in such a fragile region. reports on why the country shifted its environment first and. british petroleum has been denied any drilling licenses in the united states for more than a year now the deepwater horizon spill taking its toll on the company's reputation but this mattered little to the new government in greenland drilling an oil exploration off the western coast of the country particularly from the bay has already been underway for some time by the likes of shell chevron and exxon mobil but b.p. and its partners will now explore the concession in the north east which amounts

r.t. international you're with me tom would say first it's a new year but the same old problems for the e.u. leadership the most recent poll suggesting a strong streak of disapproval at their performance among people across the union archies people all over the details. low in a few months europeans will be going to the polls in what could be the most important european parliamentary elections but the latest gallup polls to to sticks well don't make good reading for those that will be standing for the top spots across the european parliament even those countries that have received some of the most help countries like spain that received forty one billion euros to bail out its failing banking sector well in two thousand and nine fifty nine percent of the population said they had faith and they supported the european leadership is another country that's traditionally been very pro e.u. ireland they received sixty seven point five billion. bailout they're failing banking system seventy percent of the irish population and previously said that they supported the european union now that number fo

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r.t. international the u.s. president has once again promised to close the guantanamo bay prison and bypass congress if needed to help lift people out of poverty result he's loosely couple of reports his state of the union address is being seen as more of a bare bones wish list than a meaty plan of action. a year of action and that was the rallying cry from the u.s. president at the state of the union address here in washington but it does of course come at a time when action is anything but guaranteed and has been an incredibly difficult year for this administration obama is facing some of the low to lowest voter approval ratings of his presidency and a divided congress that has effectively blocked him at nearly every churn and so this year we saw president who seem to frankly a knowledge has limitations he wasn't able to get the gun control measures he called for last year the same goes for tax reform immigration climate change closing guantanamo i mean the list really does go on in fact according to some poli

r.t. international a u.k. court has ruled that a pakistani whose father was killed in a u.s. drone strike won't be allowed to find out of the british government helped in the attack and the victim's son argued that sharing information on where to bomb was the same was encouraging murder artie's tester australia has more on this controversial case. the court of appeal here in the u.k. essentially blocked a non-person dented case relating to a u.s. drone strike ruling that it could not be heard because that would be asking a u.k. court to pass judgement on the united states now the man behind the case is more con his father was a tribal elder from pakistan's northwest or tribal region and he was killed along with some forty others in a u.s. cia drone strike in march two thousand and eleven but the summing to his father was not connected to any terrorism or militancy and even opposed it however on the other hand the cia reportedly still claims that it had quote a cold killed no noncombatants in that strike for two years nor khan has been is seeking clarification on the policies

r.t. international with me marina joshie welcome to the program. the iraqi city of fallujah has become a battle zone between government troops and islamists with a population of three hundred thousand people has been occupied by al qaeda linked group that declared an islamic state there even though the army managed to kill the commander of the jihad and regain control of several districts the main part of the city still lies in the hands of the extremists the militant. vance comes after days of fierce fighting in the region between the al qaeda backed rebels tribal militias and the army around a hundred people have been killed in the bloodshed a third of them civilians robert naiman from the campaign group just foreign policy thanks as government policies that have paved the way for al qaeda success. doesn't doesn't establish itself in functioning democracies where there's a broad social consensus that the state is legitimate it is there but this isn't in countries where there's a breakdown of central government authority and conditions of civil wa

r.t. international. at least twenty nine people have been killed as iraqi troops continue to fight for the cities of fallujah and ramadi which had been held by al-qaeda militants since last friday america's now pledged to help to for the government to fight the extremist post speeding up deliveries of surveillance drones and missiles and fight down by province where the cities are located of course was a key insurgent stronghold for years following that us us led invasion last week. was rick lain by syria basic stream miss we think who declared an islamic state there let's get some more perspective on this cross live to journalist from the institute for policy studies phyllis bennis is joining us there phyllis i mentioned that we think reports suggest that these people have come from syria's east do you buy that and are they there to stay. i don't think we know exactly who the people are individually what we do know is that there's been an enormous crossover between iraq and syria in the last two years i

r.t. international. the united states state spent nine years applying hellfire missiles and drones in automation and attacks of all sorts of kinds and none of that worked it is the definition of of mental illness to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results introducing weapons into iraq at this time from the united states will likely have as much success this time as it did the last time and this is kind of deja vu all over again it's really quite amazing i mean we have to remind our viewers here there was no al qaeda in iraq before the invasion and now they have i mean come on i mean what is the learning curve here or is there anyone anywhere learning curve at all with all of the distortions of the result of meddling right murder by the united states is this spirit seeking sovereignty self-determination dignity etc all right we're going to be heading down and down but it certainly is interesting going and off it for as you mentioned some good players itself without asking.

r.t. international with you twenty four hours a day iraq's prime minister is calling on al qaeda fighters and all those who joined them to surrender the militant group has occupied key cities of the country's biggest province and the government is struggling to regain control middle east correspondent paula slim is following the conflict. well the situation certainly is becoming increasingly volatile but we've now heard from the iraqi prime minister is him urging all those who have joined a kind of to give up the fight he has hinted at the possibility of hardening these militants if indeed they do so they are facing a massive siege that has been launched by the government troops now maliki was speaking in his weekly televised address and he volunteered that it is to continue what he calls the sacred war against al qaida is the local branch which is known as the islamist state in iraq and and he also said that he would continue to finish the push to retake the key ambar cities often and ramadi which were taken over by the militants in fact the militants had to commute from as they really a

r.t. international. one of the twenty fourteen olympics was this boy's life that is so special as the russian resort prepares to look in the world how are the games shaping the city's present and future what more sochi will bring you this is the moment the report you for a look very cold and snowy windy mountain is tough yet beyond the olympics but look see. on our. look at some other stories from around the world four people have been killed and several injured after a police opened fire on garment workers blocking a road south of commodious capital the demonstrators were calling for a doubling of the minimum wage up to one hundred sixty dollars a month while the government has only offered them one hundred the garment industry is a key source of income for combo that employs at least half a million workers. rebels in south sudan are reportedly recruiting civilians in the occupied territories eyeing a march on the country's capital juba and that's amid peace talks that started today in the aiming to hol

r.t. international today thank you thank you for having me.we are coming to you live from moscow staff at the british home office are being offered cash bonuses if they manage to kick more failed asylum seekers out of the country than expected the incentive scheme has been lambasted by critics who say it's just putting people's lives at stake. has the story from london. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply head to the u.k.'s home office to have their cases reviewed it's a last ditch attempt to stay in the u.k. if they can prove that their lives back home are in danger but it's been revealed that home office employees are set targets they're supposed to be winning seventy percent of these cases that means that they're aiming to keep out seventy percent of the people that have really applied to stay in britain after their asylum cases have already been rejected if they can hit that target they're rewarded with holiday days cash bonuses and high street shopping vouchers these incentives don't have any place in thes

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r.t. international. the white house has harshly condemned a drive by u.s. lawmakers to impose further sanctions on iran over its nuclear program officials say such legislation would derail last year's historic deal with terror on and could even drag washington into a war but despite the warnings from the administration the number of senators supporting fresh penalties has doubled. has more on the growing internal bickering and where it could lead. it was just a few months ago inside the united nations headquarters where the presidents of iran and the us laid groundwork for new and positive diplomatic relations however the historic success achieved over the past four months may soon be significantly compromised if not destroyed by america's own lawmakers according to reports fifty nine u.s. senators are now backing a new package of unilateral sanctions aimed to increase pressure on iran for its nuclear program this means that the senate is just one vote away from the sixty needed to pass most legislation with the house of representatives which is already sho

r.t. international if. more the two hundred fourteen olympics was this boy's life. is so special as the russian resort prepares to local the world power the game should be the city's present and future what more sochi will bring you this is the moment they're reporting from a very cold and snowy windy mountainous tough year beyond the olympics but the bombing looks a. the u.k. foreign office has confirmed the death of a british national in libya two bodies both was gunshots ones were found near a key oil and gas complex outside tripoli the libyan security officials as the second victim is a woman from new zealand the motives as circumstances of what appears to be a brutal murder are unclear the attitude of the exact intelligence review magazine lawrence freeman sas it's a further side of al qaeda is grip on the country. libya doesn't really exist as a country right now it is made up of war crimes of militias and on groups with very significant control by okayed it so it's unclear who are doing is doing what except that we know the countries in the state of lawlessne

r.t. international. i. at least twenty nine people have been killed as iraqi troops continue to fight for the cities of fallujah and ramadi which have been held by al-qaeda militants since last friday america has now pledged to help the government fight of extremist by speeding up to live areas of surveillance drones and missiles extremist reportedly from syria as rebel held eastern provinces have tightened their grip on bar province with the aim of creating an islamic state there and the country's leadership was left to battle al qaida linked insurgency amid deep sectarian divide since u.s. troops withdrew from iraq two years ago made while the conflict in neighboring syria is seemingly spilling further over the border as political analysts side are caught told us. you know i spent five years in iraq as the united nations spokesman in baghdad and i can tell you this is the worst experience and probably the the american occupation there was a fight in fallujah in two thousand and four but. this recent one i

r.t. international. 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 first 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 able to tell other people where the police. they're setting up speed traps because that will cause them to drive more slowly which is the real goal of speed traps in the first place the only reason local authorities