r.t. johannesburg south africa and more reaction to the death of nelson mandela our opinions and analysis of his legacy even had our website r.t. dot com. french president francois hollande says paris will take immediate military action against the escalation of sectarian violence in the central african republic earlier a un security council resolution authorizing french troops to join an african peacekeeping force fresh clashes between local militias in the capital bangui have killed over one hundred people muslim rebels have seized power in march are fighting with christians who support the ousted president this is sparked fears that the conflict could expand into a full blown civil war hundreds of french troops are already deployed in the republic and neighboring states of a new mizuki were added to a pan african newswire says that improving the security situation in the country is not france's main goal there i do not believe that france has the capability of normalizing the central situation inside the central african republic. is only pursuing its own national interests it's also com

r.t. johannesburg south africa. but being part of the european union member states have full access to cost a vast markets but with all the rules and regulations there's no guarantee that every firm could benefit from the open border policy indeed in the u.k. many companies say brussels is making it hard to do any business at all polly boy has more. simon york likes cheese he and his partners have built up a thriving businesses wholesalers of the stuff part of their success simon says is down to the single market importing french products or exporting british ones couldn't be easier we steered clear of american cars this inquiry's of complexity of doing it for me how hard it is to export whereas here your goods very easy because you know you just make sure it's just a big deal for it in total transports rates abou diaby of the idea of what the price for this is well the key the cost and also it's distributed within and outside of britain and although the big cheese of this company says that being force in the e.u. b

r.t. johannesburg. and delivered an economic freedom fighters political party thinks it's not just whites the feeling the pressure in south africa these days is the country needs to go much further overturning the injustices of the apartheid era. we must first address the social questions and these questions largely i have to do with the exclusion of the black majority so there is no political instability of south africa what we have is a missing a crisis of social crisis for black people and this find expression in education in health care in quality in unemployment and the general state of hopelessness as we see these i did hear issues let us change the economy transform it in the interests of the black majority and scores of people who would benefit if they want as a society based on a different mortality that is the only time we can and that the social message of social dislocation and unhappiness which is in our country our political system up to now has not been able to address these questions bec

r.t. johannesburg south africa. a giant for justice a father of the nation hero of our time or leaders have praised nelson mandela reacting to the news of his death that is after a documentary filmmaker and author of a tizzy the many faces of nelson mandela got to know the historic figure in person it was very hard to distinguish between his personal life and his political life because he said the struggle is my life he organized himself around his commitment to free and to work in the freedom struggle to free the people of south africa he was very humble about that he was always clear that he believed in collective leadership not individual celebrity it's it's you know wonderful that the world is recognizing him at the same time it's almost as if nobody really want to discuss his contributions before he die you know the whole story is about his death not about his life and his legacy and it should be his ideas for change not only were successful in south africa but they've been speired so many people around the wor

r.t. johannesburg south africa. where you are here national i will be back with more stories in just a few moments don't go away. do you think that you as a representative of the. gazan government and government in general could achieve dad easing off live for the palestinian people through the way they communicate through the way the present themselves to do want to communique need we need respectful of from older kind of governments good to recognize this government which recollected a from the people actually. presented it from the palestinian people themselves respect our choices respect our what i would believe someone needs our rights. welcome back you're watching our to international arena joshing sweden has been a key provider of spy data on the russian leadership to the us apart from targeting high profile political figures the country's also been engaged in industrial espionage against russia and you company's accusations come from swish t.v. citing documents leaked by edward snowden in a recent program ca

r.t. johannesburg south africa. this week according bahrain sentenced twelve regime activists to fifteen years in jail they torched a car warehouse in february but their supporters say the tough sentence underlines the gulf kingdom's continued pro-democracy clout with the country spiraling into a dictatorship for bahraini parliament member. who's charged with inciting terror for criticizing the monarchy earlier this year self he says the authorities also bully politicians into not participating with human rights groups the problem then is very very thick to understand we have absolute authority was concentrated in beyond the family and we need dollars or thirty years to be shared. by the people in the floor an inclusive political system that is returning the power to the people rule of law was never meant. illegal law compared to the international community stand and your own forces biased police and courts that is walking for you so i think is just part of the punishment and part of the threats and feels good acqui

r.t. johannesburg south africa. you can read more on the fight for fairness which defined nelson mandela's life as well as get reactions to his legacy and death at r.t. dot com. now they are gambling devices which can drain all your cash in seconds but in britain they are booming however rules to tighten up on fixed odds betting machines known as the crack cocaine of the high street are flying during and as sarah firth reports that means payday for the book marcus. there are high risk high stakes gaming machines this in the u.k. betting industry more than a billion pounds each year for. a short fix of. a machine. and to comply. to one hundred every twenty seconds this is a twenty second repeat cycle every twenty seconds. you could feasibly. three hundred pounds my children my wife my job my self esteem . ok. the government's two thousand and five gambling act limited the number of. betting shops are allowed to have to four machines now more recently in response to both public and political concern the association of

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r.t. johannesburg south africa. on a website at the moment signs of medieval style strife at the helm of north korea if your uncle is put to death within hours of the film orders his execution had online for while the nation's second most powerful man was given the death sentence along with other clues to the case. and you don't often see snow but on the streets of jerusalem but less than two weeks before christmas mother nature completely changed the face of the holy city and gave locals plenty to cheer about see it for yourself at r.t. dot com slash in vision. russia may have been hit hard by the ever increasing drug flow from afghanistan but the authorities in one village of come up with a unique way to benefit from it after officials in siberia confiscated more than one hundred sacks of opium seeds they were thrown into a residential furnace and the flames were used to heat nearby homes drugs have been used as evidence in several criminal cases which have now been closed and literally cleansed by far. up next it

r.t. johannesburg mourners and thirty minutes time stay with r.t. . just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin just showed up at anti e.u. protests and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the eurasian customs union obviously the mainstream media would be on fire scream that this is part of an attempt to usurp democracy and steal the country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some reason the mainstream media isn't talking about foreign politicians speaking to and or possibly agitating protesters in ukraine like speaker of the lithuanian parliament loreto grows in india and e.u. vice president got sick put to sea of each and former polish pm jaroslav kaczynski he had the european union brassfield is just fine for their politicians to go to foreign countries and fire up protestors to start a pro e.u. revolution but then all their journalists write about is how russia is trying to put pressure on uk

r.t. johannesburg south africa. the u.k. has managed to squeeze out a little more growth than expected and has decided to send the money abroad for the treasury chief is about to approve a one billion pound increase to the foreign aid budget but it might come as cold comfort to brits who are yet to feel any benefits of so-called economic recovery they also think the aid is going exactly the wrong way laura smith takes up the story. britain's economy is growing better than expected so more money in our pockets to relieve some of the misery of lift people out of poverty help them pay their heating bills controversially and despite senate hardship home the more positive figures will also mean increasing the amount the u.k. sends a broad in foreign aid not because there's more suffering in the world but to meet all of it sheree target no point seven percent of national income the british government seems set on increasing amount of money it's sending overseas for the sake of meeting a particular target not. target driven policy

r.t. johannesburg south africa. mandela was of course are now. for his inspirational speeches and on our website right now we've lined up some of his words that rarely make it to the mainstream media so i had to argue dot com for a look at what the iconic leader's thoughts were on america's influence in the world invasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict. well coming out here on our t.v.'s an instrument of order or card launch to climb down critics of a new anti-protons law and fear it's a sign of countries turning into a police state plus. iceland authorities ease the debts of the euro country man in a unique solution to financial woes while millions in europe are on the edge of poverty . quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest africa is a colony it's a colony of the big corporations it's a colony of someone's home leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so they have to beg from the world bank's development of social programs goes to pay back debts whole country is drowning under the amount of

r.t. johannesburg south africa. pope francis named time magazine's person of the year as a side of the church's influence or just good p.r. that's the issue for debate with people of ellen cross-talk coming your way in just a second. this is the media leave us so we leave that maybe. by the sea pushes secure. your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics only on our team. confident that the irish people won't be asking it down to stab in the jail where the private banks are any cause some staffer hopkins pleasure to be found now economically and what always happens is. central bankers politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on happening but what we have to ensure is that if company. doesn't such a classic place to make costs for tots slave. is on a journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through to some other town two cities of russia. relate fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand killing. in a r

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r.t. johannesburg south africa. there's uproar in mexico over the government's decision to open the country's oil and gas sector to private investment for the first time in seventy five years some fear it means selling the nation's riches to foreigners well the law will allow western companies to tap into mexico's fossil fuel deposits and pocket the profits the country's oil and gas output has been waning in recent years and authorities say the move is designed to revitalize the industry vast reserves are believed to lie in the gulf of mexico which the government cannot afford to develop but the opposition is accusing the president of giving in to american pressure as artie's nicholas such as donovan reports. we have to say it was one of the most chaotic moments ever seen in the history of mexican politics outside the barricade to build in hundreds of protesters rallied against the reform and inside the picture wasn't really so much different now the p r d and the modern no movement both left wing movements have cal

r.t. johannesburg south africa. next the human price or because our world cup album also looks a bit and say what i think conditions in the run up to the band breaking the set is in a few. as you all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the l. call gets flowing they're also a great time for us to argue about everything from politics to religion with the ones we love but if you happen to be an n.s.a. agent and the government has an official list of talking points that way you could win those family arguments for sure yeah that's right the government is now giving n.s.a. agents lists of very corny talking points going to firedoglake so that way they can convince their relatives over the holidays of just how awesome effective and necessary the national security agency truly is despite all those little revelation things of mass spying by snowden trust me talking points exist for a reason political social and religious organizations and use them so that when their members who m

r.t. johannesburg south africa and coming up on our team and it instrument of order or a car blanche to climb down critics of a new type protest law in egypt fear it's a sign the country is turning into a police state plus. iceland authorities he is a dance of the year a country man in any unique solution to financial woes while millions in europe are on the edge of poverty. sweden's been helping america's n.s.a. to spy on russia and provide a washington with a list of high profile targets swedish state t.v. side a dog. by was the lower edward snowden in a recent program called mission investigate its chief editor told r.t. what they discovered we have revealed. a very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and american counterpart n.s.a. and according to the documents. f.r.a. have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about. intelligence they talk about cl

r.t. johannesburg south africa. and four more years into the death of nelson mandela opinions and analysis of his legacy do head to our website at r.t. dot com. labor m.p.'s in the u.k. have failed to convince ministers to restrict stakes in prizes in betting machines installed in bookmaking shops the fixed odds terminals into which britain's pumped billions of pounds have been dubbed crack cocaine on the high street r.t. sarah firth reports on the high price of addiction. they're the high risk high stakes gaming machines this in the u.k. betting industry more than a billion pounds each year for. a short fix of. a machine. and to comply. to one hundred every twenty seconds this is a twenty second repeat cycle every twenty seconds. three hundred passed by children my wife my job my self esteem. ok. the government's two thousand and five gambling act limited the number of high street betting shops are allowed to have to four machines now more recently in response to both public and political concern. has released a vo

r.t. johannesburg south africa. and artie's own larry king visited south africa and had this to say about meeting president nelson mandela i found myself in johannesburg on a series of speaking engagements for a group of banks the former president mandela had heard i was there. enjoyed the interview so he invited me to his home for lunch we had a wonderful and she wore suspenders in my honor and over for that what i adored about nelson mandela was not only his love of country but his gentleness his sincerity and his ability in incredible circumstances to forgive was the highest christian ethic i know of no group of figure in the twentieth century than the late milsom and our rest in peace and australia's high court has overturned the country's first law allowing same sex marriage less than a week after it came into law and in another blow to gay rights india just appalled legislation criminalizing homosexuality artie's guy an h a cocky and looks at the country's taking a conservative approach. most western countries

r.t. johannesburg south africa. i want to bring danny schechter into the conversation to talk about the life and legacy of nelson mandela danny has made six documentaries. about mandela and spent forty years getting to know a great leader he was recently invited to south africa by mandela himself for the screening of a film about the former president's life and is the author of madiba a disease the many faces of nelson mandela now danny we know what my diva was like as a public figure and what he did for the country what was nelson mandela like as a person. well you know it was very hard to distinguish between his personal life and his political life because he said the struggle is my life he organized himself around his commitment to free and to work in the freedom struggle to free the people of south africa he was very humble about that he was always clear that he believed in collective leadership not individual celebrity it's you know wonderful that the world is recognizing him as they are tonight bringing the wo

r.t. johannesburg south africa. following tonight the russian adventure of. six round the world trips under his belt marks his birthday in his own unique style we're tracking out for you set off on a solo trip across the pacific ocean and small rowing boats that r.t. dot com which want to see the launch of darien voyage also online to interested moved by google if not top of firm providing four legged research robots for the pentagon but they keep the reasons why under wraps we've got more on this breakthrough technology. the cave dwelling community in southern spain starting up the latest attempts to evict them unders of activists formed a human barricade this week to resist being forcibly moved from their homes the residents say the government wants them out to make way for luxury resort went to meet the defiant settlers. hammering out an existence on the outskirts of granada sprucing up a front yard with some of the best views in town it's an eclectic community that's literally burrowed into a mountain the residents of the hill of san miguel have converted

r.t. johannesburg south africa. the russian venture of. who has six round the world trips under his belt marks his birthday in his own unique style we're talking about that soon setting off a solo trip across the pacific ocean in a small rowing boat when we double that r.c. dot com is going to during launch voyage there are cameras there to capture it also online to google's snapped up a firm providing a four legged research robot for the pentagon. this kept the reasons why under wraps you might think is a strange move arty dotcoms got more on the breakthrough technology anywhere on our website you can read up more about that. thousands of staged violent protests to madrid venting their fury over a draft law that could have forced tough action against some sanctioned rallies. where two dozen people were injured seven arrested were angry crowds attempted to surround the spanish parliament and activists condemned the proposal which would suppose hefty fines for offenses such as burning the national flag color tackle democracy bills likely to

r.t. johannesburg. the next full news update they're not international for you with me kevin though in just about thirty three minutes time after the break though the world the big bucks and big banks under the close watch again of max and stacy in the latest edition of the kaiser. just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin to shoot up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with eurasian customs union obviously the mainstream media would be on fire scream that this is part of an attempt to usurp democracy and steal the country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some reason the mainstream media isn't talking about foreign politicians speaking to and or possibly agitating protesters in ukraine like speaker of the lithuanian parliament loreto grows in india and e.u. vice president got sick proto c. of h. and former polish pm jaroslav

johannesburg south africa. and coming out r.t. it. it's new law takes hold cheerleading outfit it's face trial for assaulting police officers during demonstrations last month plus. iceland authorities ease the debts of their country man in a unique solution to financial woes while italians can only wait for their compatriots charity. sweden's been helping america's n.s.a. to spy on russia and provided washington with a list of high profile targets what is state t.v. side of documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden and a recent program called mission investigate its chief editor told r.t. what they discovered we have a. very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and american counterpart and a state and. according to the documents. if i may have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so far we had on to have details more than the documents are mentioning. by talking about. intel against us

johannesburg south africa. well it's pretty naff she returns in london host of r.t. u.k.'s new politics getting underground and he joins us now afshin you were on a u.k. broadsheet when apartheid was at its most notorious and then one nine hundred eighty s. and then saw the big change from mandela being transformed basically from prisoner to president do you remember him being assessed by leaders around the world. certainly back then he was a reviled figure by people in actually mentors of the present government famously there were posters from the conservative party here saying that nelson mandela should be hanged and of course nelson mandela are we have to all agree with a proponent of violence against those other and your party elements in south africa who thought hey there's a small minority of the top there's a large majority at the bottom we can use industrial action when bella believe that killing men women and children in the streets of south africa was a tool that was valid and of course here in britain the ira were doing similar things so they became conflated th

johannesburg south africa. well now. for inspirational and eloquent comments we've put together some of the ones reading seen elsewhere at r.t. dot com you can look at the iconic leaders thoughts on america's influence in the world the invasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict. still ahead. up the pressure on journalists working to expose britain's pivotal role in global surveillance. if. it comes to race. the editor of the newspaper the forefront of spying expose a call to a terrorism hearing facing some seemingly accusations but also right sympathy. in syria a paon video site being treated well by the rebels but middle east. it's hard to believe that they. are entirely the good guys we've got the details after the break. like. the ocean. years ago. these people are suffering the consequences. how much more poison. lies on the ground. behind this zone there is what we call the kalid bank on which there is a deposit of plutonium left by a security test which caused the dispersion of radio nuclides despite previous cleaning efforts there remains a deposit of a little less than two kilos of plutonium stuck in the r

the next point r t johannesburg south africa well nelson mandela had a knack for inspirational and eloquent comments we've put together some of the ones rarely seen elsewhere at r.t. dot com you can look at the iconic leaders thoughts on america's influence in the world the invasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict still ahead for you this hour the case ramping up the pressure on journalists working to expose britain's pivotal role in global surveillance. from sudan to bridge. the editor of the newspaper the forefront of the spying expose a is called to a terrorism hearing facing some seemingly far fetched accusations but also right simple things and the nuns talk kidnapped in syria here on video say they are saying they are being treated well by the rebels but the middle east watches tell our t.v. it's hard to believe that reality is fighters are entirely the good guys we've got the stories coming up in a couple of minutes. drama . stories. from around the. globe to. come back now a group of syrian nuns who went missing after rebels captured the christian village of have made contact with the world saying they were not kidnapped but were in fact resc

johannesburg south africa. nelson mandela out of mak for inspirational eloquent comments we've put together some of the ones really seen elsewhere at r.t. dot com you can look at the iconic leaders thoughts of america's influence in the world evasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict as well as all that r.t. dot com for you. it's coming up to in fact exactly ninety minutes past eleven at night our moscow time plenty ahead still the u.k. is ramping up the pressure on journalists working to expose britain's pivotal role in global surveillance. if you'd known about the enigma code to rebuild what to would you were transmitted to us information to the nazi it's the editor the newspaper the forefront of the spy expose a call to a terrorism hearing now facing some seemingly farfetched accusations but also outright sympathy to. take so much story been covering all week those nuns thought kidnapped in syria now in the last twenty four hours they have appeared on video saying the big things and well by the rebels but middle east watches tell us it's hard to believe the fighters are entirely the good guys here talk about that and what

the next point r t johannesburg south africa nelson mandela did have a knack for inspirational and eloquent comments and we've put together some of the ones rarely seen elsewhere at r.t. dot com look at the iconic leaders thoughts on america's influence in the world the invasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict still ahead this hour the case of ramping up the pressure on journalists working to expose britain's pivotal role in global surveillance. if you learn about the enigma code during world war two would you put it down as it were a sheet of the notes. the editor of the newspaper the forefront of the spying expose a call to a terrorism hearing facing some seemingly fall fetched accusations but also write sympathy. also egyptians are feeling the impacts of a new regulation restricting public rallies two leading revolutionaries standing trial charged with taking part in an illegal gatherings we report from colorado. well again it emerged this week this week is in on the n.s.a. spying game what's more it's the keys of peeking through the kremlin scahill swedish t.v. reported fresh leaks from edward snowden stockholm had fed intelligence from russia's lead

johannesburg south africa. well nelson mandela had a knack for inspirational and eloquent comments and we've put together some of the ones rarely seen elsewhere at r.t. dot com look at the iconic leaders thoughts on america's influence in the world the invasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict still ahead for you this hour the u.k. is ramping up the pressure on journalists working to expose britain's pivotal role in global surveillance. if you. want to get down to. the editor of the newspaper the forefront of the spying expose a is called to a terrorism hearing facing some seemingly far fetched accusations but also right sympathy. to be kidnapped in syria appear on video saying they are being treated well by the rebels but middle east watches tell r.t. it's hard to believe that the anti assad fighters are entirely the good guys we've got the details right. do you think that you as a representative of the. gazan government and government in general could achieve that easing off live for the palestinian people through the way they communicate through the way the present themselves to the wall to crimean they need we need respect to live fr

johannesburg south africa. or i will be back with more headlines at about half an hour's time but for now politicking with larry king or r.t. international thank you for joining us today. world. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. your common law. policy it's a. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm researcher. will obamacare fix of failing health care system doctors with very different opinions are going to weigh in and why of the millennialism abandoning the president and obamacare with a deadline approaching the signed up we're going to take a close look at the president's health care act from different perspectives it's all next on politicking with. politicking i'm larry king we start today with two doctors with very different views on the president's affordable care act in new york dr richard am reeling he's president elect of the association of american physicians and surgeons a practicing nephrologist in washington dr george s. benjamin executive director of the american public health association he's a internist and emergency room

johannesburg south africa. nelson mandela knack for inspirational eloquent comments too we put some of those together some of the ones are rarely seen elsewhere on our website r.t. got dot com they can look at the iconic leaders thoughts on america's influence on the world also the invasion of iraq and the israeli palestinian conflict r.t. dot com. still ahead for you this was me cavanagh in the u.k. is ramping up the pressure on journalists working to expose britain's pivotal role in global surveillance. if you. would do it from some but it does it for a shoot to the dogs well the editor of the newspaper the forefront of a spy expose a cold to a terrorism hearing facing some seemingly far fetched accusations but also receiving our sympathy to. the story been covering all week those numbers thought kidnapped in syria now appear on a video in the last twenty four hours saying the big treated well by the rebels but at least watches tell it to you it's hard to believe that the fighters are entirely the good guys you see if you talk about that right after this quick break. do you think that you as a representative of the. gazan government and government in general