of tehran ghalibaf and people talking about him. perhaps winning in june because it's too early and is notoriously difficult to predict the iranian elections as to whether they will be as hardline and again the terminology of western corporate media on this or a bizarre image because a lot of good stream midst of all sorts of different mourning because the point is iran is there to stay in terms of forging a very different type of developing nation economy because it has all that oil and has all those resources and it's not going to suddenly start changing things the way the i.m.f. or the way and washington once and for the. option rotund they live with us on the line from london happy new year to you and we do hope we'll continue to see you here on our teeth around twenty thirty. exception. to it have been years. now rory's back at the news already up to i have never seen a look so big. owners like forty feet in front of the size of wonderful three of you you know they say they say the camera adds ten pounds when you can go and. st

fear the rainy and terrorist organization gets backing from washington of course from tehran and one of many that believe little has really trying within the current. year so russia and around the world this is all see with me hello and welcome to the program it's boxing day in britain and millions of people are still thrilled by the president's left under the christmas tree a little do they know that much of the money they thought they were spending on gifts made by u.k. companies actually goes into the pockets of foreign owners. has a story for us. proud to be british brits interests alike often pay for their quintessentially british experience says on aware that they're run by foreign companies harrods the dorchester hotel and even the queen's grocer fortnum and mason keeping the fortnum and mason is a british store. is it not. it's been here for ages so i assumed it was wholly owned by british people. never mind everything's ok now you know the reason that things are beginning. to almost half the companies in the u.k. and now in foreign hands the coalition government in britain l

tehran undertakes massive navy drills in the strategic strait of hormuz to show the world what it's got the trouble comes calling a report after this break. so how much does it take to get into russian politics how many hours of hard work and how many patriotic deeds does it take to become one of the people who make the decisions and the world's largest country well i'll tell you how much it takes exactly seven point five million euros russia's federal investigative committee has a stablish that allegedly he of and constantine should show of from fair russia and the commerce prospectively promised for a fee to get a businessman on to their party's electoral lists giving him a spot in the lower house of the duma the investigators have forwarded the state duma an official request to strip the two m.p.'s of their parliamentary immunity and you're darn right they better street have their parliamentary immunity stripped i mean what's worse than government corruption some people in the government being so corrupt they can actually sell the government itself to someone for a fee so positions i

oil shipping routes was ship submarines and jet fighters are taking part with the aim of proving tehran is well equipped to defend its maritime borders but maneuvers come as the west builds up pressure over iran's nuclear program falling on sanctions against the country tehran warned a few months ago that it could block the strait its navy commanders say that's not on the agenda now the first side mohammad marandi from tehran university explained why the iranians don't think there's a danger of a military confrontation in the near future. in the sense that western countries are brutal and civilized enough to carry out an attack i think that that's clear to run into the fact that western countries are imposing sanctions and cargo on it on iran they're trying to prevent iran from even importing and exporting medicine and food stuff by blocking the central bank and there are shortages of some medicines right now in iran and people have died so the fact that western countries are willing to kill ordinary people and to make people suffer i think makes it clear that the idea of carrying out a

well back to the story now is today's visit by un atomic watchdog inspectors who are in tehran and i want to bring into this conversation professor saeed mohammad marandi from the first three take ron sort of thanks so much for taking the time to speak with us now from what i ate suspects that nuclear weapons related experiments may have been carried out at the parchin facility in iran but my question is why is tehran refusing to give inspectors access to the site i mean wouldn't this in some ways appease the fears of the international community. well first of all the iranians don't believe that the international atomic energy agency really has any fears about the party in sight and that it is basically american pressure along with the pressure of its allies that forces the agency to take such steps because it's a very western oriented organization it's not a democratic body most countries in the world meaning the nonaligned movement in fact supporting iran's position. but the reason why the iranians have not allowed them to enter is because they've already done so twice before and i

iran's rolling out of the big guns in the persian gulf tehran undertakes a massive days of navy drills in the strategic strait of hormuz to show the world what it's got if it trouble comes calling as we report after this short break. looking at some talks you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like alaska and so i felt at home the first blood joke was brought here from australia now it's truly as come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top off sled dog racing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all friends who brought their dia to life. five years ago. built adult kennel in the village kids from the local open h. came around to t

the ethic lenders have a variety towards tehran, towards the state. most of the iranian azerbaijanis i was today seem so the citizens of iran but would like a place also for their culture. that is separate from a brain, not to break up with iran but to change iran. a number of other groups, the arabs, the kurds are really having an active full scale insurgency going on. we don't hear too much about in the press. we don't hear too much about from an unofficial but we insurgencies were iranian soldiers when they go into the populated areas, are seriously under threat. i welcome and thank you for being one of the only members of congress and u.s. officials that is trying to integrate iran and south caucasus policy. again within a think about it even of the national security council, we have the caucasus together covered with the balkans. two regions are completely different. the dynamics are completely different because the dominant power in the balkans. where in the south caucasus where the region that with huge influx with turkey, russia, all competing

nuclear activity is one place are unlikely to get access to is the parchin military facility which tehran insists is a non nuclear site saying that inspectors have no right to access it iran consistently denies that its uranium enrichment has military aims but despite the lack of evidence proving otherwise israel has repeatedly threatened military action if diplomacy fails as artie's maria promotional reports mutual distrust between iran and the international community has already claimed victims. three decades of pride followed by three years of mourning when a man siri met her future husband a young physicist she immediately knew he'd come a long way indeed he went on to become one of iran's leading nuclear scientists and two it all ended one sunny morning in january two thousand and ten missions that would raise them left to work and then i heard a terrible explosion i rushed to see what happened he was lying like this. i called most mice who'd mice. i thought he was just scared then i turned to him there was no face just blood in tissues he was the first victim in a gruesome trend ass

shipping routes the week of war games involves warships submarines jet fighters and aims to show tehran is well equipped to defend its. orders the drills come as the west systematically builds up pressure on iran over its nuclear program and we can i get more on this now and talk live to professor side mohammed already from the university of tehran a pleasure to see you today sir thanks for coming on the program let's talk about these exercises here we're talking about a routine event or perhaps is there some significance to the timing. well they are routine in the sense that they happen very regularly but the timing is always important i think that the iranians want to remind the united states and the europeans that continued threats against the iranian people threats of military attack by saying all options are on the table. will if they are carried out would have a very significant and severe response and any aggressor against the iranian nation would face severe consequences and the same of course is true for the israeli regime i think the place where the. military operations and th

prospect of military confrontation with iran doesn't seem to be fading anytime soon and want to tehran's closest allies announced that it will not be staying out of the fray. i want to look at how the lebanese militant group hezbollah or spawns two a possible attack on iran later this hour on our team. in britain this christmas there's a bleak choice for many elderly people skyrocketing household bills uncurbed pensions mean that some are frankly forced to choose between eating and heating polly boyko finds out. santa claus is coming to town and the shops are ready for the annual customer onslaught eighty two year old lady isn't in the festive spirit she's worried that she can't afford to be anything other than a scrooge this christmas black paint. on good in some neck isn't enough to let go on with. you know with zoe bales and. as well i think she'll go with that or does things ok. for the a pension person inside of you but then and off the most energy from hike prices is the winter months set in livy and people like her face a cold or daca festive season according to buy a new boiler p

as british troops are ready for the gulf war the united states conjures up yet more sanctions on tehran. to pour for christmas with businesses creaming the profits off the festive season with pensioners are increasingly frozen out by the holidays i spiraling costs. me as life from a brand new headquarters and of and you're watching our tape well around one hundred people have been killed in syria's volatile province in what opposition activists say was a government airstrike the attack happened as around a thousand people were lining up in front of a bakery but also coincided with the arrival of u.n. and arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi in syria meanwhile the means that both sides have resorted to in the civil war have come under fire from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov spoke exclusively to our team and our own has the details. russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this adding that moscow is not taking sides. and has condemned the syrian authorities for using disproportionate force the security forces clearly we're. pre

british troops are ready for the gulf and while begin ited states can chew is yet more sanctions on tehran. that. it's enough to lead. to a poor for christmas and british pensioners are increasingly frozen out of the holidays by spiraling costs. and you saw russia on the wrong the world this is with me thanks for joining us. state of global politics through the eyes of russian foreign minister we speak as we speak exclusively to sergey lavrov on. topics ranging from syria's bloody war to russia u.s. relations and is going on joins us now live for more on basic or good morning so what exactly did before and minister have to say on the global developments that shakes this year. for syria still continues to be in the center of everybody's attention so of course it was touched upon as well and the russian foreign minister stressed once again that there could be only a diplomatic solution to the conflict based on agreements reached earlier by world powers in geneva which basically call both sides of the car the two simultaneously and immediately put their weapons down start a political process

british troops are ready for the gulf while be denied it stays in control is up yet more sanctions on tehran . on top or for christmas with businesses screaming the profits of the festive season british pensioners are increasingly frozen out of the holidays by spiraling costs. international news life or mosco this is all she was me. thanks for joining us. up to ninety people have been killed in syria is a volatile hama province and what opposition activists clay was a government allowed ass trike the at times happened as around a thousand people were clearing in front of a bakery it also coincided with the arrival of your arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi in syria and while that means the main sport science has resulted in the civil war have come under fire from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke exclusively to our scene and our own he joins us now live with more details hello there you go or so the blood is standoff in syria is a focus of international attention right now how has the foreign minister approached a she. go out of his once again stress that could only be a diplomati

still here for you here in the program on r t nuclear talks with iran could soon be back on track tehran and the u.n. atomic agency both praise a recent visit by inspectors and a spy the teen once again being barred from accessing suspicioned i. it's the level of love you can show your heads for the new. legislation upsets the country's one hundred thousand. stories off. the idea that takes your breath away to eating across the sky as it was a mohnish good you know the biggest salt lake in europe or more than two hundred species of birds but also it is them are on the verge of extinction and these islands in the south of russia they find shelter before migrating to all the parts of the world paladins as well as other species at the monish who do low feed and face these birds are waiting for their parents to bring them food the best cash for them is in a small area of the lake with the water is relatively fresh as fish cannot survive in the salty a part of the money and the lakes getting sold every year the monish the dealers and all to fish oil reservoir which was filled in the nine hund

new economic sanctions against iran blacklisting twelve companies and individuals associated with tehran says nuclear energy program iran's israel is using the atomic issue as a convenient bogeyman to justify its own weapons program but that's according to tehran's former top diplomat in an interview with are coming your way in full next hour for now though a quick preview here even today israel is the are always using iran issue red lines don't lead to war justifying the nuclear bomb saying iran is existential threat for easily but the fact is easily is that. produce nuclear bomb before islamic revolution because of iran's nuclear where the shah of iran. is really the same is true he's really a nuclear bomb has nothing to do with iraq right here because he was a master produced before of evolution now they are using islamic revolution in order to justify which i would not be so argument. i. so good to have you with us here on our t.v. today the international scandal sparked by the death of former russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko is gaining momentum a british pretty inqu

suspected of previously housing nuclear activities the us however is stiffening sanctions against tehran and america's ally israel has warned it could strike iran if diplomacy and sanctions fail but a former top iranian diplomat in an interview with r.t. said israel is exploiting the issue to justify its own weapons program. even today israel is the are always using the wrong issue. justifying the nuclear bomb saying iran is existential threat for israel but the fact is israel is that israel produced nuclear bomb before islamic revolution. where the shah of iran was that easily. israeli nuclear bomb has nothing to do with iraq because it was. produced before of revolution now they are using islamic revolution in order to justify which i would not be so human. and that interview in full for a little later today president barack obama has signed into law a bill targeting russian officials accused of human rights violations that's as the moscow parliament begins the process of introducing its own bill in response has more on who the new russian law is targeting. this bill would target those

more world news on the way there including iran the rolling out the big guns in the persian gulf tehran undertakes a massive navy seals the strategic strait of hormuz show the world what it's got in trouble comes calling. the series looking back at twenty twelve we focus on the year in syria what it's meant for its people and the president to fail to bring peace to the country that's all ahead. egypt's president of mercy has made an attempt to ease political tensions in the country calling on the opposition to engage in dialogue but his offer was met with skepticism since it came shortly after the launch of investigation into his three top opponents and chief prosecutor is citing allegations that opposition leaders including nobel prize winner mohamed el baradei incited their supporters to topple merci only this week it was announced the divisive new constitution was approved by over sixty percent of egyptians to stage a referendum that was initially claims that is in this draft document in shrines sharia law only got a yes votes because of fraud only a clerk a world affairs contributor

embassy siege in tehran openly calling for the execution of the hostages. the terror continued after these lawmakers evolution with the association of the country's president prime minister along with many politicians and clerics with generous support from hussein it fought hard in iran as well as saddam's enemies inside iraq in one nine hundred ninety seven m. a k. joined america's least of terrorist organizations along with al qaeda and hamas and was cited in arguments for the invasion of iraq today iran iraq still view ek as terrorist group but america's position has now flipped me kate as a ranch democratic all this is just part of the large scale and successful lobby to get and make a off the terror least among backers former white house officials army generals and cia chiefs extremely disturbing this is a this is this at the time was a terrorist group they were supposed to be paying officials and moving money around and yet somebody was turning a blind eye to that campaign i think that potentially is going to have an influence on the u.s. policy towar

in our tea from tehran. professor sayed mohammad marandi from tehran university told me earlier that things like the assassinations of nuclear scientists as one of the reasons that iran and denies the u.n. inspectors access to the parchin site. but iranians don't believe the international atomic energy agency really has any fear about the party in sight and that it is basically american pressure that forces the agency to take such steps because it's very western oriented organization it's not a democratic body most countries in the world meaning the nonaligned movement in fact support the rand position. but the reason why the iranians have not allowed them to enter is because they've already done so twice before part sheen is a military complex the iranians have a military industry now if. in the past when iran information be passed them on to western countries and eventually we have iranian scientists assassinated because of this information if we've done that in the past why should the iranians trust them

tehran undertakes massive navy drills in the strategic strait of hormuz to show the world what it's got if trouble comes a call and as we report after the short break. a ritual and tickets in imperial russia. the tradition of staging bowls is being revived in our time. but these parties will. sub. i demand satisfaction. and recapping the week's top stories for a final time in two thousand and twelve this is r t live from moscow glad to have you with us egypt's president morsi has made in attempts to ease political tensions in the country calling on the opposition to engage in dialogue but his offer was met with skepticism since it came shortly after the launch of an investigation into his three top opponents the chief prosecutor is citing allegations that opposition leaders including nobel prize winner mohamed el baradei incited their supporters to topple morsi earlier this week it was announced of the divisive new constitution was approved but since then a two stage referendum the opposition claims that the islam is to draft a document in shrines shari'a law and only got a yes vote bec

will meet officials from tehran next month to try and finalize a deal a number of western intelligence agencies believe the area was once used by iran to conduct tests of explosives with nuclear elements world powers are seeking to resolve a long running dispute over the country's nuclear ambitions wish iran says are for peaceful purposes only the country is suffering under severe sanctions as well as other trade restrictions from the you ask canada britain and the e.u. on his marina and i went to tehran to find out how people there feel about their nation's standoff with the west. a three decades of pride followed by three years of. women sue remember her future husband a young physicist she immediately knew he'd come a long way indeed she went on to become one of the runs leading nuclear scientists do it all ended one sunny morning do you read two thousand. and. eleven. the war and then i heard a terrible explosion i rushed to see what happened he was lying like this. i called must must must. must i thought he was just scared then i turned to him there was no face just blood in tissu

you're looking at video from state tv in tehran.n revolutionary guard commanders examining what appears to be an intact scan eagle drone. but a u.s. defense official tells barbara starr the u.s. navy has fully accounted for all unmanned air vehicles operating in the middle east region. we'll have much more on this developing story throughout the morning. >>> call it the fiscal cliff follies, because with 28 days remaining before massive tax hikes and spending cuts kick in, democrats and republicans are ridiculing each other's ideas. it's a recipe for recession. the gop offering up its first plan which calls for $2.2 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade, including $800 billion in tax reforms, 600 million in medicare reforms and spending cuts. but the president rejected it outright because it does not contain tax hikes for the rich. time is running out. any sign of serious negotiation on the horizon? >> i'd say on the horizon, that would be fair. the log jam that you're watching, we're expecting to continued likely until n

prospect of a military confrontation with iran doesn't seem to be fading anytime soon and one of tehran's closest allies of actually threatening to join the fray trying my recent visit to lebanon i set out to find out what exactly the militant group has a law head up its sleeve take a look a red line should be drawn right in the line beyond which lies war with iran netanyahu would like to be able to communicate to the world that. the israelis are ready which he has to attack and that it will be done with the full support of the united states threat or bluff whatever the case and the tap it all but guarantee our rapid response from another nemesis of the jewish state has moema . the lebanese shia paramilitary group has evolved from a ragtag militia to a military and political heavyweight it's part of the so-called axis of resistance against israel referring to the lions between hezbollah hamas syria and iran and according to hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah both israel and the united states would suffer a retaliation to any strike against tehran and. the response would not be limited to

a british troops are ready for the gulf while the united states controls up yet more sanctions on tehran. and took over christmas with businesses screaming the profits of the festive season british function as they're increasingly frozen out of the holidays by spiraling costs. this is aussie coming to life for most co and welcome to the program the state of global politics through the eyes of russia's foreign minister we spoke exclusively to sergey lavrov on topics ranging from syria's bloody war to russia u.s. relations. to highlight something to view for us. speaking of the most pressing issues of two thousand and twelve russia's foreign minister of course had to talk about the graphic in syria and said you are once again stressed that moscow is not on any side of the carpet he condemns the syrian authorities for using disproportionate force but at the same time you criticize the west for failing to condemn the actions of some groups within the syrian opposition who often take to the most extreme measures including kidnapping and terrorism if we follow this logic might lead us to a ver

british troops are breaded for the gulf while the united states can jurors up yet most sanctions on tehran. to paul for christmas with businesses screaming their profits over the festive season british pensioners are increasingly frozen out of the holidays by spiraling costs. and you saw in russia and around the world this is all she was me here leadership of our thanks for joining us. up to ninety people have been killed in syria's volatile hama province and what opposition activists claim was a government led as trike the attack happened as around a thousand people were queuing in front of a bakery but also coming side over their arrival of if you want to make envoy lakhdar brahimi in syria meanwhile the means about science have resorted to the civil war have come under fire from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke exclusively to say and our own he has warned that russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict adding that moscow is not taking sides and has condemned syrian authorities for using disproportionate forc

as british troops are ready for the gulf while the united states controls up yet no sanctions on tehran. and to pour for christmas with business is business is screaming the profits of the festive season british pensioners are increasingly frozen out of the holiday. international news live from moscow this is with me. hello and welcome to the program state of global politics through the eyes of russia's foreign minister spoke exclusively to sergei lavrov on topics ranging from syria's bloody war to russia good race relations. as they highlight something for us. more serious still continues to be in the center of everybody's attention so of course it was touched upon as well and the russian foreign minister stressed once again that there could be only a diplomatic solution to the conflict based on agreements reached earlier by world powers in geneva which basically call both sides of the carver to simultaneously and immediately put their weapons down start a political process and for all members of the international community to apply equal pressure on them to do so at the same time the

terrorist organizations get some backing from washington we report from tehran on why many believe little has really changed within the group. and defying international objections israel continues to push for widespread settlement expansion in east jerusalem and occupied territories retaliation for the palestinians. twenty four hours a day this is. now the sale season is underway in the u.k. millions of people still indulging themselves some festive holiday shopping both little do they know that much of the money they thought they were spending on iconic british products actually goes straight to the pockets of foreigners pony boy has a story. proud to be british brits interests alike often pay for their quintessentially british experience says unaware that they're run by foreign companies harrods the dorchester hotel and even the queen's grocer fortnum and mason keeping the fortnum and mason is a british store. is it not. it's been here for ages so i assumed it was wholly owned by british people no never mind everything's not there now you know the reason the things are getting. almost h

new economic sanctions against iran blacklisting twelve companies and individuals associated with tehran nuclear energy program iran's israel is using the atomic issue as a convenient bogeyman to justify its own weapons program but that's according to iran's former top diplomat in an interview with r.t. that's coming up in full data this hour for now a preview even today israel is the are always using the wrong issue red lines don't lead to war justifying the nuclear bomb saying iran is existential threat for ease raids but the fact is israel is that. produce nuclear bomb before islamic revolution because of iran's nuclear where the shah of iran what are the easily the same is true he's israeli nuclear bomb has nothing to do with the wrong road because he too was a master produced before of evolution now they are using islamic revolution in order to justify which i would not be so you. are not from the category of bizarre many people love their pets but it's the scale of the love which is up for debate in germany parliaments bringing in anti beach geology laws to put the country in line

as representatives have arrived in tehran to renew talks which have been at a standstill since august inspectors hope to gain access to the parchin military base near the capital they claim the facility may have been used to develop nuclear weapons and cleaned up afterwards accusation yet to be backed up by evidence ever here for national reports the burden of proof is that way even heavier on iraq. three decades of pride followed by three years of mourning when i'm in syria met her future husband a young physicist she immediately knew he'd come a long way indeed he went on to become one of iran's leading nuclear scientists and to it all ended one sunny morning in january two thousand and ten. there were reason left to work and then i heard a terrible explosion i rushed to see what happened he was lying like this. i called must must must. must i thought he was just scared but then i turned to him there was no face just blood in tissues he was the first victim in a gruesome trend associated with his work since two thousand and ten at least three other nuclear scientists have been murde

in talks between iran and the un atomic agency this after months of standstill a recent mission to tehran has given rise to expectations that inspectors could be allowed access to iran's nuclear program next year and the u.n. team of experts said they were happy with their visit despite a failure to get access to the parchin military base that is suspected of previously housing nuclear activities and the u.s. however is stiffening sanctions against iran and america's ally israel has warned it could strike iran if diplomacy and sanctions fail but a former top iranian diplomat in an interview with r.t. said israel is exploiting the issue to justify its own weapons program here's a preview of what's to come a bit later even today israel is the are always using your own issue. to justifying the nuclear bomb saying iran is existential threat for easily but the fact is. is that. produced nuclear bomb before islamic solution. where the shah of iran was that easily. israeli nuclear bomb has nothing to do with iraq because it was mass produced before it would. now they are using islamic revolution

the showcase of iran's naval and military might on a vital all root cause international nerves but tehran insisted the proving it can defend itself from foreign attack. blasts from putin's return to the kremlin to best serve the public dissent look at how the changes on russia's political scene in twenty twelve will be remembered by those who covered them here in r.t. . well live from moscow this is our take and we start with some breaking news this hour a passenger plane has made an emergency landing on one of moscow's main highways now witnesses say the plane was partially destroyed after landing and is now on fire well unconfirmed reports say it's a red wings' plane coming from the czech republic and was attempting to land the new cover airport and we understand at least. one person has died and of course we'll bring you more on this as we get it as we say unconfirmed reports so far of this breaking news that a plane has landed on a highway with at least one fatality we'll get more on this as we get it here on r.t. . the international war for syria says there are only two directions fo

tehran is warning canada. that it made a dangerous move by taking on a taurus airing in the militant group off its terrorist calendar is following a similar move by the u.s. in accepting that the enemy hey has renounced violence and wants a peaceful regime change in iran but if a national looks at the organization's record and hears from some iranians who are wherry of the generalizing it muhammad shows me his box of handmade treasures earrings pendants all made from stone the only material he could find in the prison yard. michel martin this is how we killed time and the pain from the torture and hunger i still get headaches when i remember this. sham valley iranian soldier mohammad spent eighteen years in an iraqi jail during the one thousand nine hundred eighty s. iran iraq war he says he would have been freed earlier if he'd joined the ek image he didn't help to realize the militant revolutionary group was fighting iran in authority on the side of saddam hussein and recruiting new members a month reasoners

and military might on a vital oil round causes of nervousness for the international community but tehran insists it's only proving it can defend itself from a foreign attack. plus from food chains it returned to the kremlin to bursts of public dissent a look at how the changes on russia's a political scene in two thousand and twelve will be remembered by those who covered them here on our team that in other stories in just a few minutes. if you're from my generation or younger and you were born into the one percent that i have a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much higher salary later but now the system works in reverse many young americans study very hard to not make any money at all around nine percent of americans with student loans have defaulted and at least nine but maybe up to eighteen percent are ninety days late with their payments given the situation the people at u.c. berkeley were nice enough to give away a million dollars in scholarships for everyone everyone that's an ill

sorry for nationality from tehran. but coming up president i met putin strongly criticizes washington's decision to ban russian officials into a high profile corruption case and. the state says america's reaction to the magnitsky case puts relations between the two countries at stake. and other international stories after the break. the san bernardino california police force was to shrink by eighty officers this year to cover their budget deficit turn a local meeting the chief of police laid out the city's problems the sea is facing waves of gang violence theft and drug trafficking but with all the prisons completely overcrowded many of these criminals go right back on to the street and there's just nobody to put more police out there to fight them the police chief really only had one solution offer a given situation go home lock your doors and load your gun and you know what actually that's not that bad of a proposition america has always been a country where people been expected to look out for themselves and i appre

nationality from tehran. when another country that's no stranger to international isolation has recently seen condemnations soar even higher north korea's successful rocket launchers concerns among its neighbors on the u.n. we ask an expert whether there's a real danger of military confrontation. small britons are in work but joy over the drop in jobless numbers could prove short lived more on that and other international stories after the break. the san bernardino california police force was to shrink by eighty officers this year to cover their budget deficit during a local meeting the chief of police laid out the city's problems the sea is facing waves of gang violence theft drug trafficking both all the prisons completely overcrowded many of these criminals go right back on to the street and there's just nobody to put more police out there to fight them the police chief really only have one solution to offer a given situation. go home lock your doors and load your gun and you know what actually that's not

hassan nasrallah both israel and the united states would suffer a retaliation to any strike against tehran but. the response would not be limited to the israeli entity u.s. military bases in the entire region will serve as targets. so if israel targets iran even by itself that. america will be held accountable for this death. israel's november battle with gaza was seen as a test for a possible confrontation with iran israeli airstrikes rained on gaza in exchange came a barrage of long range mortars and rockets most were held by israel's anti-missile shield the bunker for a rocket threat from gaza the war may have showcased newly acquired weapons by palestinian militant factions but hezbollah's arsenal is thought to be of higher quality and quantity and experts say that it could launch four times as many markets per day as hamas the details of hezbollah stop all are secret but the group's willingness to use it is not. israel was shaken by a few fragile five missiles which could be counted on the fingers of one's hand i want to be able to withstand the thousands of missiles that will land on

that's just us of this with prefers a say a demonic marandi joining us live from the university of tehran mr marandi do we believe here to run all u.s. navy officials. well i think historically speaking in these on these occasions on such occasions when the iranians who have been more truthful who in. their statements. the united states still very last time when the iranians brought down a drone an american drone a very advanced american drone safely and were able to capture the americans denied it and they said that it crashed and made all sorts of contradictory statements and stories the western media still even. is unwilling to see that the iranians were able to capture it because i think it implies that iran very capable electronics warfare capability and iranian military industry is highly about and that's something that the americans really don't want to acknowledge and they don't want others to accept right if if america does not want to acknowledge that one of these drones is there is then who will this drone belong to who does it belong to if not the u.s. in your opinion. well it