. >> i'm in stockholm, and i will tell you how this neck wrap could make the traditional bike helmet thing of the past. >> these are the top stories on al jazeera. the u.s. vice president has arrived in china for a visit overshadowed by regional interpretations. joe biden blamed beijing for escalating the dispute between the two nations over a chain of islands. >> thousands of people are protesting over the failure to sign a trade deed with the e.u. in the ukraine. >> a number of protesters marched to the royal that police force, and called for an investigation into the death of three protesters on saturday. >> let's return to thailand now, and the protests that have wound down ahead of the king's birthday. let's look at the kings role in thai politics. the thai monarch is seen as a stabilizing force in politics and is rev eared by thais across the political spectrum. as the world's longest reining monarch he has overseen many coups, and civil unrest. he brought two rival political rivals together in 1992 in a televised audience. >> our correspondent flaurens louie is south of bangko

now you're getting on the airplane to berlin, stockholm and singapore. how did you manage to get the airline tickets and hotel, was that done through a travel agency? >> for the airlines we did rely on a travel agency. there was an agent in germany that we got our flight and hotel stays. >> what about transportation. >> we were on foot a lot. >> we would meet up at the train station and sometimes we would go to the train stranger and say, have you heard of bite coin, we want to pay you with this would you buy a ticket. the first three people we approached they said we'll give it a shot. >> do you have to transfer money into their account. >> they do have to have a bit coin wallet just like you have an e-mail address for your emails. you have to have a bit coin. it's simple to set up. >> we have a social media question for you. let's go to hermela. >> austin, if the bit coin is worth $1,000, how do you buy a cup of coffee. >> bit coin can be subdivided out to the eighth dismal point. you can pay .0002 bit coin. we don't have a vocabulary for that. in the

an ad in the news paper about doing so may get the dose looking at the royal dramatic theater in stockholm and she said you wanted to address that yet why not. am well suited for me and said well you do get some couple hundred coolness in him. for every show. i was just thinking about that and remote control car deck a i said yes let's do it. i mean and then it just rolled on from there the answer for users from tv or radio came to the theater and itart doing some as a kid ended up working in the city theater up until i was twenty one i thi in the nine to stop because that was a moment where i thought that um. i was beginning to think that this is my choice or or or so stop doing theater. i did some film speaking i still enjoyed it but. stopped yelling gauging and i'm really trying to get to. to be interested in more jobs. i started doing music instead of eating them. i was six our with a band. and two thousand and five. we had just released. our first single and we were doing some some promotional em in some parts in this and some are bad news and i when i'm onto the stage firsts. after t

that the ban on stockholm or your still in the house and they just take over.that is just not true. you are the owner, you will pay back pripet the bank does not only on, they're just letting the money. >> my mother is 80 years old. some, she gets put out a car bomb, where will she go. can you be put out? >> you will not have to make payments, of course, you have responsibilities like anyone else. you still have to pay your property-tax is a mixture the trust doesn't crumble. there are a lot a safety features built into this. there are a lot of seniors that will tell you that this is something that is still comfortable with. so many people tell me that there are very happy that they did this, they stated that it made a difference. >> i know that you educate people, is is how people learn more about reverse mortgage? >> and yes, that is what i do. i am on the fall all the time, i send out information to let them know what is available and the cost. there is a mother misconception that they are expensive. they are inexpensive. and i encourage people to do this, t

nobel prizes in literature and economics are also being awarded at the ceremony in stockholm. the prize itself consists of a metal, a diploma, and 8 million swedish crowns, 8 million euros. >> thank you so much, karen roberts. we have continuing coverage of the memorial service for nelson mandela going on now at the stadium. for two to going on three hours now. there you can see the vice president of china, one of several diplomatic heads of state to be speaking today. before that you heard an inspiring speech from the u.s. president, barack obama. sophie, thank you for joining us. you are a former correspondent in johannesburg and yourself had a chance to meet and interview nelson mandela several times. do you have a particular memory or something about him that strikes you the most? all at theuck us time was his extraordinary warmth. he clearly loved human company it was very striking. after 27 years in prison he had been deprived of the things that normal family life means to any political leader. when he remembers sitting under a tree in his garden for a press conference,

one night in the stockholm, we were hung re.he next morning we found a restaurant that served excellent swedish food and found boutique hotel. >> did you ever cheat? >> no. never. not once. i was amazed how many people would pull out the credit card. >> richard branson announced that virgin atlantic will be -- not virgin atlantic. his space company is going to accept bit coin as payment and because, it makes more sense. it's a space company, modern technology. it begs the question of will we see bitcoin as a frequently future? >> i think we could. when the infrastructure is in place and the merchant accepts it, it's more security than a credit card payment. it's a matter of having those things in place and having people understand how it works. >> do you think there will be the technology, you can make these transfers and it's simple to do? >> it's that way right now. again, the matter is how universal it is, how often people have heard of it, accept it and are willing to take it for their business. right now, that's the limitin

and i think they got some kind of stockholm syndrome where they do their krony capitalism to redistrict and that doesn't work. mike is right. all new job creation over the last decade or so comes from the small business startups and, boy, they're getting crushed and it's really, really bad. we are penalizing success and by the way, david, we have been at this with the president doing stimulus, $3 and a half trillion, all the federal reserve help is subpar. >> not only are the small guys getting hit with taxes but regulations are out of sight now and that's a form of tax, is it not? >> it is. regulationare taxes. we learned that back in the 1980s and 70s. when you have these vaguely written rules thousands of pages long, huge uncertainty, small businesses, new businesses, startups don't have the money to copeith tat as large companies do. we're seeing trickle down economics and this does not work. >> the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, there is something wrong, right? >> clearly. but all the analyses i'm hearing speaks to growth. what good is growth if you put all the money in t

. >> stockholm is my city. >> rangoon is my city. >> hello there. you are watching bbc world news. the turkish prime minister carried out a major reshuffle of his government after three of his ministers stepped down in connection with an investigation overcorrection. killed ine have been bomb attacks targeting christians in baghdad. here in the u k, queen elizabeth talks about the birth of her grandson, prince george in her traditional christmas day broadcast. she says the arrival of the baby gives people a chance to think about the future with renewed hope. she also talked about the 60th anniversary of her coronation and urged everyone to pause and reflect on their own service and duty. >> morning service at sandringham church and pretty much everyone was there, with one exception. left ineorge had been his nursery. more interested, his parents told the crowds, in the wrapping paper than the present. at five months, who can blame him? in her christmas day broadcast, recorded a couple of days ago in buckingham palace, the queen says it is a time to take stock. >> we all need to get

. >> stockholm is my city. >> for most of my life all of this was hidden from the world.een a problem -- but rangoon is my city. >> hello, you are watching bbc world news. let's look at the main headlines this hour. police break up a demonstration in the heart of this temple. the leading party is rocked by a corruption scandal as the leader riot saysotest band that the jail was horrible. her russian jail was a side of unimaginable hell, which she -- which we just heard. both had been arrested after performing a protest song at the moscow cathedral. we have spoken with both women and we will hear from natalie kornikova but firstt here is mashima -- >> you should not have any illusions. everything that president vladimir putin has done has been done for his image. he is a product of the kgb system. led by operational necessity. he is suspicious of his own citizens and that is his dominant instinct. of rallyingble freedom and unable to give it. >> our political position has not changed. we are still disgusted by what is happening in russia under his rule and are determined t

african headache the twenty thirteen nobel prizes have been handed out at ceremonies in oslo and stockholm. golden is a tuneful the prohibition of kumble weapons won the nobel peace prize which work in monitoring and destroying chemical weapons in syria other prizes were handed out literature economics chemistry and physics. ah well jim has the details the new the eighteen eighties the extraordinary contributions to the world the nobel peace prize two thousand thirteen different goals. this year's peace prize was homemade organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons for its work in syria the uh uh uh. receiving the word head of the window seat and spoke of the forest of chemical weapons in the trenches the world where one to the poison gas attacks in syria this year. you cannot see them. the knesset member. and they offer no mourning for the unsuspecting but the effects are devastating. bad name. but i need. or suffocate and eighty cents. that is rating isn't and never paints. the old ecw was fourteen force in nineteen eighty seven international commission held one chemical weapons

in stockholm an attack by far right extremists on demonstrates is taking part in an anti racism running the sausage and two stabbings and two injured police officers twenty eight people were detained by police that the state as had been protesting against the appearance of defeat in the city. but this is the most and of course janet operations us to go on strike in an ongoing dispute at the play that that the union is trying to force companies to accept collective bargaining agreements the union said to ward of the city but don't just like corn in the busy period up to christmas. us national security officials are set to be considering how nasty fall was sober with snape in exchange the documents he took on the agency that luke would at least all those incriminating publications showing the extent of u s surveillance practices the us state department opposes any such deal the aria clinched his fourteenth career slalom victory when he came to the icy fast to bell block east to win involve the staff from palm sunday the challenging conditions claims twenty nine after sixty eight races com

in sweden violence erupted in a stockholm suburb with anti fascist protesters clashing with far right support is right is hold rocks bottles and firecrackers and at least two people were injured and twenty eight arrests were made police say the suspects could face a maximum charge of attempted murder. this week caught him bahrain sentenced twelve auntie regime activists to fifteen years in jail i had tossed a car warehouse in february but their supporters say the tough sentence underlines the gulf kingdom's continued pro-democracy clampdown with is that the country's spiraling into a dictatorship a former bahraini parliament member. who was charged with inciting terror for criticizing the monarchy early this year and he says the authorities also bully politicians into not working with human rights groups the problem then is very very sick to understand that we have absolutely broken. families i mean really the doors or thirty years to be shared. by the people in the through an inclusive political system that has. the power to be. paul rule of law was never meant to have. illegal law c

reporter fresh leaks from edward snowden that stockholm fed intelligence from russia's leadership and energy giants to the united states here's what the chief editor of the news program that broke the story told r.t. earlier about the findings we have revealed that. very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and american counterpart n.s.a. 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 for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about unique intelligence they're talking about classic intel against us and they're also mentioning cables the spokesman of f.r.a. didn't give any comments but. when axed asked about being. seen as a leading partner that's the way that spell it in these documents for a is a leading partner to n.s.a. then he says ok that's flattering he says so that's the only comment we have received so far meanwhile the editor of britain's guar

a crowd of around sixteen thousand took to the streets of stockholm to demonstrate against racism the police presence was heavy as the previous rally ended in violence a week ago when i group of far right activists attacked protesters twenty eight people were arrested and two taken to hospital following yourself we have seen a rise of the far right triggered by growing influx of migrants a recent poll gave the anti make ration sweden democrats party around ten percent support ahead of next year's general election. handball which israel has you cues palestinians of planting exploded on a bus near tel aviv police say no one was hurt after they evacuated passengers from the vehicle before the blast israeli forces set up roadblocks at entrances to the occupied west bank cars for suspects violence in the west bank has increased in recent months at least nineteen palestinians on four israelis have been killed since peace talks got underway after a three year break. i just remind you breaking news here on r.t. pussy riot band member maria has walked free her lawyer has reported but it's a fe

some more news making headlines around the globe now in sweden violence erupted in stock in the stockholm suburb with anti fascist protesters clashing with far right supporters rioters hurled rocks bottles and firecrackers at least two people were injured and twenty eight arrests were made police say the suspects could face a maximum charge of attempted murder. but the might in berlin hundreds of people have marched in solidarity with residents of a refugee camp the demonstration took place after it was revealed that eighty people living there are facing eviction germany is currently the only country in the e.u. to force an initiative that bans asylum seekers to remain within the confines of the state that they are registered in. there are some mandela has been laid to rest of his ancestral home after ten days of international mourning for south africa's former leader he's gone down in history as the man who vanquished apartheid ambridge racial and ethnic divides but with mandela's passing some africans fear the good fear the ghosts of past may return as paula slayer reports. don't lean s

reported fresh leaks from edward snowden that stockholm fed intelligence from russia's leadership and energy giants to the united states here's what the chief editor of the news program that broke the story told r.t. earlier about their findings we have revealed the. very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and their american counterpart n.s.a. 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 for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about unique intelligence they're talking about classic intelligence and they also mentioning cables the spokesman of f.r.a. didn't give any comments but. when axed asked about being. seen as a leading partner that's the way that spell it in these documents for a is a leading partner to n.s.a. then he says ok that's flattering he ses so that's the only comment we have received so far meanwhile the editor of britain's guard

armed militias thousands of state to rally against racism on the streets of the swedish capital stockholm. this comes just days after neo nazis attacked anti racism protesters. two people were stabbed. hundreds of police officers were deployed along the route of the march. but there were no reports of violence. they did their duty and were repaid with sickness service men and the whale air force were tasked with carrying out nuclear tests in south australia at the height of the cold war. and as our t's tesco are some of the port's calls for the uk government to compensate them are getting louder. it was seventeen when he joined the royal air force and was eventually posted to my lincoln southeast really a nuclear tests were carried out during the fifties with some publicity but minor trials reportedly continued in secrecy until the nineteen sixties. we knew that every a flat before my neck ruff dealing with the new kids about it. which we all loaded onto an aryan and was taken away by the scientists who didn't want to do it with its twenty ten fifty delta says he believes were caused by h

thousands have staged a rally against racism on the streets of the swedish capital stockholm this comes just days after neo nazis attacked anti-racism protesters when two people were stabbed hundreds of police officers were deployed along the route of the march but there were no reports of violence. they did their duty end of war repaid with sickness servicemen of the royal air force were tasked with carrying out nuclear tests in south australia at the height of the cold war and as artists are sellable ports calls for the u.k. government to compensate them are getting louder. it was seventeen when he joined the royal air force and was eventually posted to marling in south australia nuclear tests were carried out there in the fifty's with some publicity but minor trials reportedly continued in secrecy until the my nine hundred sixty s. . we knew every or for every fortnight flew in with a nuclear from. which we are loaded onto a lorry and it was taken away and. we did what we were doing with what he termed fifty illnesses he believes were caused by his exposure to radiation that linger s

stockholm lost his appeal was arrested in cambodia last year then extradited to sweden but finally ended up in denmark as a suspect in a separate case. the syrian president of the lesser of two evils. that seems to be the message from western powers to the rebels at the latest so called friends of syria meeting for the entire new journal was prompted by the rise of al qaeda and other extremist groups there which may gain the upper hand to process thoughts government falls in the latest incident dozens of innocent people were reportedly killed and tortured when radicals raided the town of on the outside damascus thirty hour day brings us this report. tears still feels the hearts of those who witnessed the militants entering the town about to be soft and a disoriented people running for their lives and they ran themselves they will never forget the despair in the eyes of those who were forced to stay behind with no reliable way to communicate with people trapped inside out. but officials are saying the atrocities against the civilian population are continually people are being butchered an

in stockholm, you can use it to buy crepes. it's the only one. launched the first earlier this year and sweden will have one soon. they are so cutting edge. let's talk about how a bitcoin machine works. this is the guy who is building it. and we arearvey creators of the bitcoin machine which is cash to bitcoin in under 10 seconds. this is the easiest way to go. which represents where the money is going. went to have that, it will look like this. my press start on the machine, that is the first enable want to know, where do i send the money? i scan it into the machine. it wants me to insert a bill. i'm taking a low denomination, a five pound bill, i can either keep putting more i've press send and boom, got it. so thest like e-cash identity does not matter. if all i'm showing the machine our qr cose. the machine does not require a connection to a bank. we don't have to sign up at the bank in the bank does not have to take a risk. we are not working with them. >> so simple. you can spend bitcoin. >> it's the love story that rocked british high soci

also today, the nobel laureates were honored in stockholm.ng the physics on her, and sharing the nobel for sciences and the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons won the peace prize and here's the director commenting on nelson mandela's prize. >> years ago, nelson mandela stood on this podium receiving the nobel peace prize together with the president. , hisictory over apartheid refusal to give in for bitterness and the desire for revenge represents one of the against victories of mankind. after the ceremony, the nobel laureates have selected guests will travel for the traditional nobel banquet. they are always held on december 10, the anniversary of alfred nobel's death. bitcoin is not just for buying bitcoin. matt miller takes us on a little shopping spree. iran is getting its first ice- skating rink. i will cater to skaters who have been going abroad to train in recent years. they have several ranks from decades ago that were all abolished following the islamic revolution in 1979. ♪ money" on "lunch bloomberg television, str

iraq to the suburb in stockholm with anti fascist protesters question with far right activists riot has held rocks bottles and firecrackers each other at least two people were injured twenty eight arrests were made there. it's twenty seven is possible midnight here in moscow thanks for company were you watching out international it was good to have you with us on the way after the break the story of a russian soldier who threw some for the good name to save his fellow brothers called the hero. but after this break. as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the it's 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 then 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 could convince their relatives over the. active and necessary the national secu

>> almost kind of a reverse stockholm syndrome where the captor actually senses some sort of loyalty and develops a relationship with the people that have him. i he can develop a relationship -- he has been in captivity for over two years now and is potentially stale live. if he can keep developing this relationship it's harder for al qaeda to take the life of something they feel something for. >> even professionals -- professional killers like that. >> i've spoken to potential martyrs and they're something there it's counterintuitive but if you can develop that relationship, that's one of his best chances of keeping alive until the u.s. authoritiesen conjure up a rescue attempt and develop the intelligence situation which might lead to his release. >> colonel michael kaye in the british special forces. a pleasure. >> merry christmas. >> the man accused of walking into lax airport and shooting and killing a tsa screener and hurting three other people has now pleaded not guilty. he was due in court an hour ago, and that happened. paul ciancia faces charges including first degree murde

this year's nobel laureates were honored at an awards ceremony in stockholm.oise englert and peter higgs shared the physics honor. robert shiller and lars peter hanson shared the nobel for economic sciences. at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, won the peace prize. in the ukraine, police have stormed a protest cap in the center of the capital. police tried to dismantle barricades surrounding the camp. have taken up positions on the perimeter of the camp. this after president viktor yanukovych said some demonstrators arrested in the massive demonstrations will be released. president yanukovych also valid to renew talks with the european union on a much awaited trade and political agreement. that is a look at the top stories in the news at this hour. let's look at the top stories in asia where antigovernment protests have also been going on in bangkok for the past two months. thailand's prime minister has dissolved parliament and is calling for elections. mia saini joins me from hong kong with those details. >> hi there, mark. here is the

. >> i'm in stockholm and i'll show you how this neck wrap could make the bike helmet the thing of the past. >> silence may be golden but not any more. the movie buffs on more of a classic era. >> we begin in ukraine where a two-week stand off is showing no signs of dying down. the government is afternooning protesters to end the blockade at the capitol. you can see tens of thousands remain on the streets. the situation has drowned criticism from n.a.t.o. and tough talks from their closest allies. bell' tal allies. we'e response, but first let's talk about what is happening behind you. >> reporter: yes again, thousands of people have come out into what is called independent square. the protest of the protests in the center of the city in defiance of their government calling for its resignation. and waving the flag of the european union in many cases. tonight the protesters have had a boost. the german ambassador has arrived. he was due for a conference, and he has met with opposition leaders and said ukraine's route to europe is still hope. i would imagine that the group behind me woul

and swedish police have made dozens of arrests after a neo-nazi group attacked a demonstration in stockholm. group held bottles and rockets at the protestors. i'll be back from europe a bit later this hour. now let's get back to darren. >> thank you. >>> thousands of people fleeing their homes after 13,000 people have sought refuge at the u.n. peace keepers in jubal in south sudan. those the being senior u.n. coordinator says the being situation is relatively calm. >>> pet sacked his entire cabinet in july. >> south sudan's president says he defeated an attempted coup. >> at 3:00 a migrate was scheduled for the national liberation council. those present were planning to carry out a coup, they actually attempted it but the coup was foiled. we will slice them out of their hiding. >> a number of people were killed and several have been arrested. among those detained his former vicvice president. blaming that on soldiering loyal to the vice president. this was official presented as a reshuffle but it came after musshar challenged his leadership. >> we now have one man's rule. so what is it at i

york to chicago, and then you connect from there to tokyo, flying from there through frankfurt, stockholm yet. >> we've paid $92,000 in taxes. fly miles are great. >> with that, jared baumeister is off to laguardia where we take off on the first of eight legs around the world. he was gracious to invite us to the lounge. since we didn't have our own miles, we headed to newark. will his one-case status give him the upgrade to a sleepy pod and first class. >> that's a lot better than me stuck back in row 31, with the laptop, headphones and individualized council. jared baumeister on the other hand started his trip in a wide first-class seat and the flights kept getting better. >> i'm the only person in first class. let's hope that holds up. >> there are eight seats in first class. the only passenger today. pretty much hit the jackpot. the service has just started and time. >> i'm not sure if you can hear me. it's 12:50. we are at - in tokyo. 6:22am. i'm on the red-eye express so i can catch my flight to frankfurt and sweden. it will be a long day. >> it's 10:55 we took off heading to frankfu

. >> swedish police made dozens of arrests after a neo-nazi grouped attacked a demonstration in stockholm. the group hurled bottles, torches at the protesters. >> i'll be back with more news from europe a bit later. >> much more to come, includi including - he's behind some of the biggest terrorist leaks in history. can an amnesty by on the way for edward snowden. >> plus, the latest tribute to nelson mandela is unveiled, on south africa's day of reconciliation. >> australia's cricketers tighten their gripe on what could lead to their first ashes victory in years. jo with all the details in sport. >> the president of the south sudan said rebel soldiers have failed to overthrow him. gun fire and fighting was reported earlier in the capital. we have more. >> south sudan's president said he defeated a coup after fighting broke out in a barracks. >> translation: at 3 o'clock a meeting was scheduled. nos not present planned to carry out a coup. they attempted it, it was foiled. they ran to hide. we'll flush them out of hiding. >> a number of people were killed and several arrested. among those