watching r.t. live from moscow i am here i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a rescue mission is underway in icy waters off russia's far east coast where five vessels have been stuck for almost a week two ships were afraid yesterday but more than four hundred people are still trapped for more on this we know across life sponsor perth it's got the very latest for us so sara what more can you tell us what's happening there now. well we know now that the largest of the ice breakers the admiral marker of has actually reached a three vessels that remain locked in the ice so that's no working to break up the ice around the shirts and it's going to be deciding in the next hour or so which order they'll be removing the vessels from that area and so that's what's happening right now we know that also a little earlier a third icebreaker was dispatched to join the t. the drew ready for this is really a backup option the admiral crusted is on his way to that area but it would take about three days for it to ge

you're watching r.t. live from the russian capital welcome to the program now poland's prime minister says his country will carry out its own investigation into april's plane crash which killed the polish president warsaw has been expressing anger over the official findings and claims russian air traffic controllers should have stopped the plane from landing of the alters of the report have defended their work and say no stone was left unturned artie's got there you know a lot of our reports from warsaw. poland is accepting part of the responsibility for this milans plane crash and that of course is. a different statement from those that poland has made previously saying that an investigation should be conducted into why the russian side has. accepted responsibility that part of that part of the statement poland still hasn't changed despite the fact that the polish prime minister said that poland does accept part of the responsibility he says that it takes courage for their counterparts in this case russia of

and you are watching r.t. live from moscow another update of the top stories coming up in just a few moments stay with us. the close up team has been to the homes to return to the land developed by cossacks in ancient times. now wattie goes to the center of russian defense production. with christianity and shamanism existed side by side for centuries. people in remote villages a cut off from the basics we take for granted completely in the public russia close up on r.t. .

you with r.t. live from moscow welcome to the program the coastline of the adriatic sea attracts tourists and provides income for fishermen but locals say in recent years the waters have been poisoned because nato has dumped toxic chemicals there including depleted uranium now despite many people being made sick by the fish they caught there and the diminishing marine life the italian government and the alliance remain tight lipped. reports. on this quite stretch you see there is more than meets the eye this is the mediterranean has been a minute she dumping ground ever since world war one enormous amount of weaponry in talks which is present in these waters u.s. bombs from the forty's to weapons used in the one nine hundred eighty nine war against serbia including depleted uranium ammunition these weapons often contain toxic substances so just so for mr de. and phosphorus. and italian investigative journalist spent years trying to uncover it their secrets johnny landis has received death threats and be

i tell you all with r.t. live from moscow and still to come for you this hour. rocking the boat. it's the same footprint that we saw going back this far as serbia will be through most of it we look at why the antigovernment unrest in islamic states may be just the latest trend going back about a dozen years. we do play special responsibility with the public leaders who are charged with protecting our financial system and the chief executives of companies whose failures drove us to crisis officially slammed as the cause of the meltdown of wall street big wigs are likely to go on home. russia's parliament has discussed a new bill on a new terror combat system in the wake of the suicide bombing at the country's busiest airport on monday that killed thirty five president dmitry medvedev harshly criticized law enforcement and airport authorities and fired several officials over security lapses parties are really going to score was inside the stadium in moscow with more on the security shake up in russia. as it stands right now russia does not have a unified system which will allow the

more detail a little later from our correspondent he's been attending that press briefing this is r.t. live in moscow. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. more news today. again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all. if. moshe would be so much brighter then if you knew about sun moon from phones to impressions. from stunts on t.v. don't comb. oh don't react angrily the official investigators report the pilot error was mostly to blame for the plane crash which killed the country's president but global experts say the findings sound. polish prime minister interrupts his vacation and returns to poland urgently and that's the reaction concerning this latest report. the united states prepares to kick hundreds of haitian immigrants back home to a country still struggling to keep its people alive one year after being struck by a massive earthquake. and a ban on selling sex in spanish newspapers that's designed to protect women but is leaving prostitutes seeing right.

a very warm welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me on his head but the pivotal one nuclear arms reduction path between moscow and washington has paul's another significant milestone on its way to becoming reality after russian lawmakers approved it in the second of three readings the trees falling between presidents but very been a bomb last year has already been ratified by the u.s. senate and no one needs a final say from the russian parliament from where. reports. this is the biggest treaty over it's going signed in the past twenty years went to the world's biggest nuclear powers will be significantly reducing the number of warheads stick did you can nuclear arms by a third and delivery vehicles by almost half and of course it's also very important step and warming relations within russia and the united states an exam an example for other nuclear powers to fulfill this example now back in april when the treaty was signed washing lawmakers helps that they were ready to ratify it in the form that it was right away

this is r.t. live here in moscow let's update you on the main news stories now. in the russian capital. president video of a decisive action against those behind a terror attack at moscow's domodedovo airport its management is now facing a criminal investigation over the lack of security which enabled the suicide bomber to kill thirty five explosion which took place in the international arrivals area is russia's at worst terrorist attack since twin bombings rocked moscow's metro system last march. and over one hundred of those injured remain in hospitals around the russian capital fifteen of them foreign citizens in critical condition. also russia's lower house of parliament has ratified the new russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty voting preceded by months of discussions amendments finished a little over an hour ago the start you would see the two countries nuclear arsenal slashed by. well no next talk to iran's envoy to the international atomic energy agency. and that special interviews coming up next and i'll be back with an update of all my new stories

a very warm welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alex habits at least three people have been killed after a regional russian airliner a court of exploded at an airport in the western siberian city of sort of boot. the nation's developments. first of all the incident happened around one pm mosco time in so good the plane was seconds away from takeoff it was ready to take off for moscow when one of the engines has caught fire and what happened afterwards actually was heading and chaos on board among more than hundred passengers on board were members of one of russia's most famous pop groups and they have actually already spoken about what happened they were eyewitnesses of course they said that first black smoke filled the cabin sparks went flying everywhere people of course started panicking climbing literally over the heads of one another in order to get out of the passenger's cabin authorities were of course very quick to evacuate the people after the vacation of the passengers was complete one of the fuel tanks

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow a look at the top stories the terrorist next door a rise in arrests and you are turns the spotlight on a solemn policy for providing an extremist safe haven. feeling the fear of nuclear war the moscow bunker museum that's giving visitors a first hand experience of the horror of the holocaust. turning the worse the stress into dollars what half of us marriages breaking down to look out why it's not fair to make a fast out of failure. as russia develops its own silicon valley questions are being raised whether the project is really worth investing in r.t. sophie shevardnadze talks to one of the country's leading i.t. innovators about the project. that's a special mr that means dan thank you for being with us today so why did the authorities decide to build a novation center from scratch rather than use. science cities switch to moscow region alone has quite a number of good i often joke of skin for instance but i know. what beautiful. firstly this innovation center isn't des

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories of texas city or doomsday thousands of dead birds and fish are dividing opinions and causing a media frenzy more deaths have now been reported in italy where over a thousand dogs have been found dead in the past five days. sudanese refugees newsreel say they want to return home but they fear of persecution for seeking asylum in so-called the state this comes ahead of a referendum in southern sudan over whether to split from the north some say the sorties there will have refugees killed if they find out they return from israel. and they are trained to serve protect the country but it takes a lot more to fight off a modern threats and party brings you dana white and russia's special forces. now securing our g. supply is crucial for every country both to serve its people's needs and its economy next al gore not discusses the american role in creating a european gas network with the u.s. secretary of state special envoy for you ration energy. the. gue

a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had heard the russian foreign ministry has reiterated that the final report on the plane crash which killed the polish president in april was carried out in accordance with international law poland's up prime minister has cut short his holiday after warsaw expressed anger over the findings will be interstate aviation committee concluded that pilot error bad weather and pressure to land from passengers are among the main causes of the tragedy that in and out of a house that he tells we have heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who were dressed not only the findings and the report of the. at the national media ever since the report was made public the russian foreign minister said that the report. that was presented by the committee is sufficient and up to standards not only russian standards but international standards. which the investigation has been held in accordance with international norms set out in the chicago convention it's being con

a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had it europe has been hit with a dramatic wave of arrests linked to chechen terrorism with the e.u. and russia finding a common enemy these detentions of the unions background checks on asylum seekers under threat of desire to go to cannot support from austria is futile forces that are letting terrorists walk straight in through the door. like many others small you would be and downs in southern austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind network recruiting extremists and planning attacks in the heartland of the european union and the ethnic chechen was detained at the airport in vienna . to mecca news about the incident went around the world or streams really none of the locals seem to know much about it i wouldn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't fond of this. i know nothing about it and i don't care some didn't want to be filmed at all but w

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow and these are the top stories u.k. banks bailed out by taxpayer money prepared to hand out bumper bonuses ignoring stary cuts public pressure to limit the payouts. as martin luther king's birthday is remembered worldwide some modern day political figures in the u.s. are accused of using the civil rights icon to excuse america's wars abroad. and president it was due in the palestinian territories in the middle east visit a revival of the stalled peace talks with israel but he won't be meeting any israeli officials because of a strike in that country's foreign ministry. after the failure of the latest direct peace talks in the middle east palestinians have been advancing their attempts to gain independence from israel by calling on the international community to recognize its sovereignty or to discuss the prospects within a bill shot who's a member of the fatah central committee in charge of international relations and a former palestinian foreign minister. greetings dr shah and. the. let me first ask you about george mi

you're watching r.t. live from moscow it's a sunday night the second of january my name is kevin oh and thanks for being with us tonight in a couple of minutes we turn our attention to the problem of domestic abuse in america but i'll recap our top stories from the week just before. it came here doctors wives policeman's wives ministers why yes i just prayed that if you didn't find me if i could just live through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are my only two options that i saw at that moment either i'm going to kill him or me in jail or he's going to kill it. wealthy british style it's just not right. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to

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a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow an ice breaker has begun his mission to free three ships on hundreds of people trapped in freezing waters off russia's a far east coast two vessels were reached yesterday but three more are still stuck with rescuers being hampered by tough weather specialists say they don't know how long it will take to set them free. brings us the latest on the current rescue mission. the admiral marker of has actually reached day three vessels that remain locked in the ice that's now working to break up the ice around the ships and it's going to be deciding which all to be with me think the vessel from that area and so that's what's happening right now we know that also a little earlier a third ice breaker was dispatched to join the team to do this is really a backup option is on his way to that area but it would take about three days for it to get there so obviously with the icebreaker already working at the moment it's hoped that that will be able to free the ship so reasonably quickly

this is r.t. live from moscow and coming up for you in a few minutes time the communist bogeyman get a new lease on life. as of socialism attracting new admirers in financially crisis hit america. and we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces to see just what they have to go through in just a few minutes. more than three hundred people stranded on board a ship and the icy waters of russia's far eastern coast are still awaiting rescue there aboard the last of three vessels that became struck stuck rather more than a week ago and they do remain trapped extreme weather conditions have been hampering the operation officials say the people on board are in no immediate danger they have enough supplies and more powerful icebreaker is expected to arrive within several hours to help them with the rescue of the still stranded ship which needs a bigger path through the ice to get out the second vessel is currently being towed to safety by the icebreaker admiral got off the captain of the shi

a very warm welcome to this is r.t. live from moscow with me allies have but europe has been hit with a dramatic wave of arrest linked to chechen terrorism where the e.u. and russia are fighting a common enemy these detentions have put the union background checks on a fine and because under question and as r.t.d. got cannot report from austria it's fatal for aziz that in terrorists walk straight in through the door like many other small you would be and downs in southern austria seems quiet and peaceful while never judge a book by its cover one of its residents is now under arrest suspected of being the brains behind a nice work recruiting extremists and plotting attacks in the heartland of the european union church him that's one way it was detained at the airport in vienna as he returned to mecca the news about the incident went around the world all the streams really none of the locals seem to know much about it. we didn't hear anything about it. i'm afraid i wasn't fond of this. i know nothing about it and i don't care s

themselves facing growing condemnation for their nonmilitary stance stay with us you're watching r.t. livefrom moscow really this morning on the twenty fourth of january. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created. in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or knowledge is. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier and united by territory was to do with deterrence doing what we call making our presence felt you go out should some bozo they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner and they don't know how religion the nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed a few one. thousand four hundred people in a month and you want to expect that this will have no effect until the fee. you have to be either extreme. religious jew calling another. wealthy british. scandal. happening to the global economy. hungry for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news make. the strangest attempt to take on. the us president trying to overthrow a foreign

this is r.t. live from moscow welcome to the program more than four hundred people are waiting to be released from the icy waters off the russian far east coast three vessels have been stranded for almost a week now as ice breakers are making their way to the trapped seaman. has more on the rescue mission. let's reversals that were stuck on the thirtieth of december in the bay of sunshine have been waiting for help for a week now but the two ice breakers that were sent down for the rescue mission had to change their direction at some point and release another vessel that was stuck off the coast and it was in more danger than the other three as it was being dragged back to the coast by the icy waters now that mission has been completed and their ice breakers are heading to release some four hundred people that have been stuck in the bay of settling for a week now but of course the difficult weather conditions might still slow down the rescue mission meet your. conditions in the region remain the same th

a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alice habits to all of the largest oil companies in the world russia and b.p. are getting together for a multi-billion dollar venture they sealed a talk of agree to explore an extract the on top branches of the arctic sea bed together and it has the latest from london. this is a deal they've been discussing for months rosneft and b.p. are calling this a groundbreaking strategic global alliance and it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national oil company rosneft and an international oil company like b.p. and what's happened is that they've done a share swap process has got five percent of b.p. in exchange for nine and a half percent. so it's very important that the governments are on side as well and in fact a meeting was held with prime minister putin before this deal was signed let's hear what he had to say about the support that he's going to give this particular deal. i would like to let you know that the government of the russian federation sup

welcome this is r.t. live here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day top stories this hour russia mourns the airport bombing victims as people gather the dead of a to pay tribute to the thirty five killed over one hundred of those injured remain in hospitals some still in critical condition. and he's opening keynote speech at the economic forum in switzerland and he said terrorists were trying to bring russia to its knees with monday's suicide bombing but the president insisted they had failed and called for global solidarity against terrorism. plus russia's upper house of parliament unanimously ratified the new nuclear reduction deal with the us the final step before being signed by the president the treaty will see each nation's deployed warheads reduced by a third. i'll be back with more news when less than half an hour from now meantime we've got some florida in the latest edition of cross talk as peter lavelle and his guests look at the implications of a hezbollah controlled government in lebanon tha

watching r.t. live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a massive leaks of classified information was a phenomenon of twenty tanna what the israeli army among the worst affected some of the nation's secrets are finding their way online through its own soldiers also looks at israel's struggle to keep its skeletons in the closet in a world of social media. the israeli army showing off its cyber unit telling the world's media how it connects the nation by phone radio and internet during war time their phrasing of. it communication in the hours is that we are preparing ourselves. for those threads but perhaps the i.d.f. should look closer to home israeli army secrets are beaming around the world some deliberate some unwittingly and they're coming from the inside now it's just one click anything and everything that a few years ago might have been off limits is available to millions of people. is really could not been see gruber received this trait in the post it accuses him of killing childre

a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alex have it now they've identified the bomber now investigators of the deadly terror attack on moscow's main airport are stepping up their hunt for the people who organized it it's almost a week since a twenty year old man from the north caucuses set off the ball the domodedovo it claimed thirty five lives over a hundred remain in a hospital. back on the day terror returned to russia's capital. four thirty pm on the twenty fourth of january a suicide bomber blaze apart the packed arrivals hall at russia's busiest airport. my first thought was to get away a lot of people willing motionless even more people were being piled up near the first aid area some world already dead they were dragged away a horrible picture. and i looked at my watch and then flash and i passed out when i woke up there was a ringing in my ears it was a sour smell everything in ash is everyone is groaning three or four men were piled up on top of me the one directly above me it was wounded in the

a very warm welcome to this is r.t. live from moscow and alice had it russia has solved the case of the terrorist attack committed moscow's domodedovo airport last monday the investigators that will reveal the details into monday's suicide bomb blast the attack on the capital's busiest international airport left thirty five people dead more than one hundred still remain in hospital president to meet them a dead of his call for a march tough approach to tackling terrorism in an interview to bring back he said russian should stand closer together in the face of danger. to consider the situation only consolidating all public forces to weave languishes evil we have no right to get hysterical about terrorism and spread out through this we make terrorism stronger look at the way america. came together the events of nine eleven even those who are not very fond of president bush said which years he's got to be that he's got to be tough he's got to be the same country that serious way we can defeat terrorism. and you can watch that f

watching r.t. live from moscow russian president dmitry medvedev says the management of airport is responsible for security violations which led to a deadly blast at russia's biggest air hub on monday a suicide bomber is suspected to be behind the attack which killed thirty five people and left around one hundred eighty injured the blast took place in the international arrivals area and as the country's worst since twin bombings rock moscow's metro last march around a hundred people have been taken to hospitals across the capital cross live to our correspondent sara firth who's outside the airport so sara there have been some strong statements from the kremlin today concerning the terror attack. absolutely we heard president making his statement today and he was pointing the finger of blame very firmly. on the management saying that they really need to take responsibility for their part to play in this now we know that there was a large quantity of explosives that were able to be taken inside the airpor

a very warm welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had this to all of the world's oil giants russia's rosneft and b.p. are joining forces to explore the potential energy treasury of the arctic sea bed the companies have sealed a multi-billion dollar stocks war and are now planning to. be buried off russia's arctic continental shelf there were met reports from london what the historic deal was signed. this is a deal they've been discussing for months you have to be p.r. calling this a groundbreaking strategic global alliance and it's the first major equity linked partnership between a national oil company rosneft and an international oil company like b.p. and what's happened is that they've done a share swap ross nast has got five percent of b.p. in exchange for nine and a half percent in ross net it's very important that the governments are on side as well and in fact a meeting was held with prime minister putin before this deal was signed let's hear what he had to say about the support that he's going to giv

here with r.t. live from moscow now b.p. has dubbed as historic its multibillion dollar joint venture with russia's oil from the aft the companies will now join forces to exploit potentially shews deposits of oil and gas buried under russia's arctic continental shelf now or am a report from london where the deal was signed. it's a deal that both parties a calling a groundbreaking strategic global alliance russia's biggest oil company has signed a deal with b.p. it's the first major partnership between a national and international oil company when it's done after the send to be paid in exchange for a nine and a half percent share in the russian oil made. chairman deputy prime minister. told r.t. it's the beginning of a new direction for the company. which is working on a new strategy aimed at transforming the company into an international energy holder our deal with b.p. is of course part of the strategy they've gained a great deal of experience including the gulf of mexico oil spill cleanup operation b.p. has learned from th

watching r.t. live from moscow i'm marina josh a rescue mission is underway in icy waters off russia's far east coast where a five vessels have been stuck for almost a week two ships were freed yesterday but more than four hundred people are still trapped brings us all the details. the ice breaking mission rescue mission has been slow progress as the ice break is extremely tough conditions now we know that the rescue operation was launched last week the country's transport ministry issued a warning to other ships in the area about these tough conditions now the original icebreaker the mcgahan when it got to the ice came up against this incredibly thick ice and itself got stuck in a second large ice breaker the admiral marker of then launched an incredibly tough conditions that they've come up against this being an usually code because the temperatures have dropped below minus seventeen and thought to plunge even lower than that that's resulted in incredibly thick ice we've been hearing up to eight meter

this is r.t. live from moscow an ice breaker off the far eastern coast of russia is towing one of three ships stuck in freezing water to safety through extreme weather a second vessel is trying to follow while the third remain stranded four hundred people aboard the ships have been a stranded now for a week let's get all the latest details from. the bring us up to date on this and hello to you tom so after a week of being stuck in this icy landscape the rescue crew finally have some good news to tell me what's happening now. please. seems that things are beginning to move maybe just slowly the ice breaker that's managed to to smash a path towards the ship stranded in the ice has now started towing one of those ships out of its having been freed out of this search zone and they're going to try and hook up a second ship to that of the two smaller ships the ice breaker is going to try and attempt to tow them out our team managed just in the last few moments to contact the captain of one of those told ship

very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow i'm honest said that the man the west calls the merchant of death will face a new york jerry in september fifth at a boot is charged with conspiring to kill americans and supporting terrorism is an associate and i watched as the russian business that was committed for trial in the country which already considers him the world's most prolific arms trafficker. it was definitely an interesting and interesting hearing we saw a picture good he seems to have lost quite a lot of weight his hair has grown longer his wife his daughter and his mother were also present in the courtroom because this was the first time they got to see a glimpse of him in a very very long time and essentially what was going on inside the courtroom were several technical questions were being decided such as setting a trial date and also of course importantly the defense team presented to the judge that they're planning to file several motions concerning victor groups case among them is what they call the

very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice had that the wiki leaks founder has briefly appeared in a london court as he continues his battle against extradition due to the soldiers wanted in sweden to face sex crime allegations which he claims have been fabricated in order to eventually prosecute him on espionage charges in the u.s. or as he's keeping a close some developments for us. it was essentially what they call a case management herring today which is when they set the date for the main herring and just check that all the evidence is in course and being prepared in a timely fashion we do now know when the full extradition extradition hearing is going to be that's going to take place on the seventh and eighth of february so we've got to wait another sort of three weeks for full the full herring to happen julian assange has appeared in court on tuesday for this case management hearing after it was over he made a short statement to the media outside let's hear what he had to say we are happy about

a very warm welcome to this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alice have it russia is promising to stage a tournament like no other what it hopes the wealth in twenty eighteen the assurance came as the theme for president officially hand the day with the world's biggest sporting event to the country's successful bid team all of it is in st petersburg where the ceremony took place. it's all official now they signed today a three headed contract between the russian football union faith and the russian government well essentially that means is the first say that they will guarantee that the world cup will be held in russia in twenty eighteen the russian government say that they will provide the russian football union with all of the required help that they need to be able to put it on their football union say that they will put it on no this comes after we heard just a couple of months ago that they would be given the chance to host the tournament in twenty eight say the first time she's ever hosted it the first time it will ever be

watching r.t. live from moscow good to have events today the russian opposition leaders and human rights activists pleaded with top u.s. officials to support their plans for political and social change based on fresh files from wiki leaks russia's comes from newspaper reports the groups were consistently critical of the kremlin and wanted american help for reform but the request was apparently given short shrift by washington on tees as well. members over there cabal positions first of all have accused the united states of turning a blind eye to the human rights violations taking place in the country one of the same time seeking help from the united states for its sixty's not just financial help but also ideological and while speaking to the habs over the russian department of the us national security council mr mouthful the members of the opposition have asked the united states to be more critical of the violations of civil rights taking place in russia but not bush like critical members of their posit

this is r.t. live from moscow the top stories people gather at moscow's busiest airport to pay tribute to the thirty five killed in monday's suicide bombing it was russia's worst terror attack since its capital's metro was bombed last march. and terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight of the davos economic forum where russian president medvedev is to arrive for the opening speech after being delayed by the blast and. start deciding russia's opera house of parliament votes to ratify the new groundbreaking strategic arms reduction deal with the us reducing both superpowers nuclear arsenals by over a third. now for some heated debate in peter lavelle's discussion show cross talk. we'll. bring you the latest in science technology from the realms. we've got the future covered. can. locate welcome to cross talk i am peter lavelle a country in turmoil a country divided lebanon faces the prospect of a government controlled by hezbollah will lebanon's democratic choice find the country in danger but then an

a very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow i'm alice have it now was a week when moscow ground to a halt freezing rain a ruptured power lines paralyzed traffic and crippled at ports for thousands of stranded travelers that meant stalls in the holidays stuck in john's will sleep only app for all those were left in the dark. that in the garage over reports. turned into a lump of ice overnight the rain was freezing falling on emergency workers knocked it down like gloss. how the eyes snapped power lines and shut down the country's largest airport for almost two days but enough at any time of year but horrendous at the height of the holaday getaway this is how one of moscow's busiest hops looks like power is back on and flies are getting back on should you like that the my idea that the airport which was worst hit by bad weather conditions over the weekend what a snowstorm disrupted polis in the area as a result of that some a hundred and fifty flights were delayed and over eight thousand passengers were forced to slee

watching r.t. live from moscow in a little later we report on the buried remains of prehistoric animals and how they're being put to use in russia's far east. behold the giant bully many of them from thomas in the group you probably know far to you from a scientific discovery to artistic symbol of culture we'll talk all about. meantime afghan citizens snatched from their home country shipped to america and locked up on charges of terrorism are now finding themselves standing trial in u.s. courts only with no official extradition treaty in place it could be america that's breaking international law reports. he's the hero of the streets of kabul and also the symbol of american injustice mohammad jawad was only twelve when he was captured and locked inside guantanamo or seven years later he was found innocent and freed but the damage had been done he has a fair at half. he cannot talk with. anybody he want to sleep in at all all the time. you want to be along karim was one of the few journalists to speak w

this is r.t. live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome turkey haskin down the findings of an israeli inquiry into the bloody storming of a gaza bound aid flotilla last may the record ruled the operation by israeli troops did not violate international law the flotilla was trying to break the israeli blockade to bring aid to palestinians in gaza nine turkish activists were killed in these salt. has more. these when you report just as of the soldiers acted in self defense it examined one hundred and thirty three cases and found that in one hundred twenty seven the soldiers were equally justified in the way they acted it says in the six other cases it simply does not have sufficient information now the primary point that these lady took a commission is relying on is that the way the soldiers the commanding unit acted did not break international law because it was quite clear they say that this gaza van and fertility intended to break these rady blockade on gaza now the israeli defense minister ehud barak

and watching r.t. live from moscow stay with us because there's more coming up including four is now cast with me a man whose toes in an isolated life and a russian forest find out how the outside world is taking a welcome interest that's had shortly. this article has some of the stories from around the world in australia's military supplying medical aid and food supplies to queensland as major floods continue to devastate the country's northeast roads and airports up close marooning more than twenty towns and affecting over two hundred thousand people hundreds of homes are being aback. in a way that had been expected peak and flooding later this week prime minister julie gilbert says the damage will cost the economy billions of dollars. and a senior european diplomat says iran is invited for an ambassador is to tour its nuclear sites ahead of talks with world powers over the country's atomic program and boys from russia china and the e.u. are included in the offer but not the u.s. there is international co

you with r.t. live from moscow now civil disobedience has for decades been used in the united states as a means of resistance now instead of taking to the streets people caught in the center of america's financial crisis choosing a rather different tactic as artie's at lauriston reports it's a more quiet protest that has gone underground quite literally. the only language that they understand it's funny don't do this in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we wish you a moderate you're supposing what to say i was just reading somewhere with signs of the civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documented wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country maybe not quite pages of papers there are no statement making that this is let's look at the research

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watching r.t. live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program authorities in northern italy say more than a thousand turtle doves have dropped out over the past five days it's the latest in a series of unexplained sudden death incidents affecting creatures in the sky and underwater the events have sparked a media frenzy was doomsday speculators saying it hails the aunt of the world but is there really something fishy going on or is a being overhyped. reports. sing a song of suspense one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds flew out of the sky and when the birds were found the news began to sing the end of days conspiracy does have a catchy ring. at first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then louisiana followed suit and your son said theirs was mysterious even death since wieden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of fireworks who're. flew into trees and cars because of bad weather and we know is that fireworks or weather could n

watching r.t. live from moscow ten am here on marina josh welcome to the program as really inquiry into last year's deadly raid on a gaza bound aid flotilla has ruled the actions of the country's naval commanders illegal nine turkish activists were killed when armed forces stormed the vessel's stamboul has rejected the findings saying they've got no value or credibility r.t. supposedly or has more. the israeli reporter says of the soldiers acted in self defense it examined one hundred and thirty three cases and found that in one hundred twenty seven the soldiers were eagerly justified in the way they acted it says in the six other cases it simply does not have sufficient information now the primary point that these weighty took a commission is relying on is that the way the soldiers the commanding unit acted did not break international law because it was quite clear they say that the gods of donald fit to let intended to break these radio blockade on gaza now these way the defense minister ehud barak ha

now this is r.t. live from moscow and still to come in the program going red in the head once bringing more americans into underground leftist or just plain old communist movements. hundreds of people stranded on board a ship in the icy waters off russia's far east are now closer to safety it's the last one out of five that got stuck there a week ago and remains trapped a powerful icebreaker is expected to arrive later in the day to help complete the rescue mission cold weather has been hampering the ongoing operation strong winds snow and think i made the challenge for the ice breakers involved in freeing the vessels officials say the people on board are not in any danger as they have plenty of supplies the captain of the fourth ship currently on route to safety describe the situation for us. though we're following the ice breaker on the car it's clearing our way through the eyes we're moving quite slowly it's a long difficult route and we're only at the very beginning of it there's a thick layer of ice a

a very warm a welcome see this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice habits now top story panic has swept through a town in eastern ukraine which has been rocked by two applause in the morning on identifying terrorists are promising more attacks today if they don't get full life on the home million dollars or more on this story let's cross to our correspondent in ukraine he's on the phone for us like that tell us what's going on in the town now well we heard of two explosions which happened in the middle of the night in the town of mike you can you can you crazy. four hundred thousand pounds. we know that at the site of one of the lotion and then the load was found with a letter saying that terrorists are demanding four million euro otherwise there were a lot of bombs at five pm local time which is in about an hour from now now the city is gripped by panic it's as if these terrorists took the whole town hostage and right now it's really hard to say whether investigators have any success in finding those terrorists obviously th

this is r.t. live here in moscow we're bringing you news of the explosion that occurred earlier today at moscow's main international airport and we understand now that thirty five have been confirmed killed and now one hundred sixty eight injured we're having reports from not only dead of itself but also from a corresponds around the city on the impact this is have on the city but of course also the impact it's had on the international community this is our life here just to remind you that the whatever is russia's largest airport in terms of passenger traffic connecting moscow to hundreds of cities around the world it's located twenty two kilometers southeast of the center of moscow and the number of passengers using the airport exceeds twenty two million a year over nine hundred thousand people use the airport during winter holidays in two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven are currently seventy seven nine lines both russian and foreign office regular flights to doma denver and the flights