of unintended consequences when an african intervention into mali inevitably opened the door to a western style reason change and with this just make things even worse. cross-talk the mali crisis i'm joined by brooke spector in johannesburg he's an associate editor of the daily maverick and retired american diplomat in london we have aja johnson he is a director at viewpoint africa and an award winning journalist and in geneva we cross to alexander both arrive there he is a professor and director of the international relations department at webster university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. i'm going to you first i mean madam secretary clinton is in algeria trying to drum up support for an intervention into mali. can the africa these africans do it on their own are they really need western help and i'll talk about american drones later go ahead. yeah clearly mrs clinton going to. express this as a concerned concern for the world that the rebels who have now been supported by al qaeda in many different capacities are taking a stron

in the africa these africans do it on their own or they really need western help and i'll talk about american drones later go ahead. yeah clearly ms clinton going to. express this as a concerned concern for the world that the rebels who have now been supported by al qaeda in many different capacities are taking a stronghold in that country and it's not to say that the africans cannot do it on their own well clearly with their limitations and echo us which clearly has to take a strong lead on this through its military wing has shown to be very effective in the past in places like syria luna liberia where again ninety percent of that contingency was always supported by the nigerian troops and this time around we already see nigerian troops who are already stretched in their own country dealing with booker i miss you so yes a concern a worry that africans do not necessarily have the capacity or the capabilities or the the financial muscle to be able to resolve the problems which are facing them internally from an african contents perspective but i believe that the western powers also al

then it will come into western pennsylvania and western maryland tomorrow and die out a little bit and die down as well. that is when the snow will take place tomorrow morning in western maryland. so the forecast today rain, heavy at times, wind gusts 20 to 30 miles an hour this morning and 40 to 60 miles an hour this evening. anywhere from two to eight-inches of rain. there will be serious flooding with the rain. highs 54 to 59. cold air then. temperatures will drop into the 40's tomorrow. it will cause stpnow in western maryland. only 47 degrees. on halloween i will say scattered showers with a high near 55. ava marie is at ocean city. i'm sure she's experienced wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour. what does the beach look like? how high are the waves if you had to guess? >> it is incredible. from nine to 15 feet right now and continue to push onshore. it is hard to see because the sun is not up, but look at the flooding next it our hotel. notice how the waves have pushed all the way through that walkway and are spilling next to the hotel. not only is it a concern here but there is

forces and they want to put their best foot forward it would appear so but a concern that but if western boots find themselves in that part of the world it could become a new insurgence similar to what we've seen in afghanistan similar to what we've seen in iraq and in cairo is how how much devastation this could cause the major major concern that we have all around this is that is the impact is going to have on its neighbors and of course algeria is already questioning and start about when a very asking for help it's not about a neighbor's alexander i mean this would have been had it would have happened if there hadn't been the intervention in libya earlier that's where all these arms have come from. yes i think it's very important to decide exactly at which level this situation is situated it is no longer a national issue it is really a regional issue you mentioned libya and the chaos that that exists now in libya and the various groups armed groups because the stockpiles of weapons from the khadafi regime are now open and available to to all international terrorists so yes indeed if w

governments and the elite eight western public opinion sees be the stake is no western liberal democracy in the values that i wrote represents various terrorists and fundamentalists opposed cons are seen as being a friend to his values and an effort to assist them sober up because she's a striker know whether or not you know the fret is as great as it's made out that's another question on how you combat that fred that's another i think that you know significant ideological issues at stake in today's conflicts maybe not cause fundamental and on such a grand scale as the ones you mentioned in relation to the second one to open the i think that you know ideas and values are not very central to. these ongoing conflicts because that's not the only few states is also a state state interests and versed narrow political interests. at work which you know are going complicates the whole situation we're talking about ideologies and at the end of the day if you look at why merica wages all those wars or at least official version is that they believe that people in other countries that are ruled by d

and other countries do that is because they want to keep the brain as an ally seen as an ally of western countries and therefore they want to try and keep that relationship what these governments don't realize that they are too few to realize they have a huge amount of leverage they have a lot of ability to convince about right or to pressure them into reform perhaps they misunderstand the strength they have will perhaps you know that they're scared that their interests which are tied up in that region could be damaged if they you know if there were a democratic change but the reality is the people of bahrain of calling for democracy they're calling for change but doesn't have to be against the western interests actually i could be very much in the interests of the west and i know the rest of the world the democratic and stable country wednesday saw a turning point for the pussy riot protesters when one of the group was freed on probation although her two bandmates will stand present they've been jailed for religiously motivated hooliganism in august after their aunt performance and russ

its historical geography holds clues to the future of western china.oday lanzhou is the second-largest city in china's northwest and the capital of gansu province. sowhis this city here? its growth is largelthe result of 20th-centurycentral. buwhat ipired e communists its to develop lanzhou? result imagine the chalngefor mal trying to link core areas in t east with the western frontier provinces. vast areas of deserts, high plateaus and mountains block many routes to the west. rivers like the huang he were one means of transport, but they were not navigable in many places. they were also not easily crossed. ( speaking japanese ) translator: this is the huang he. lanzhou was built on this site because of its geographical features. the river above lanzhou is swift as it cascades down from the mountains. when it reaches the lanzhou basin, it spreads out and sandbars like these form in the middle. you have to ford the huang he to get to western china, so people have been fording the river here for centuries. that's why lanzhou was built here and has prospe

project stand in the arab middle east and where's it going are the forces of reaction including the western powers again in control of the pace of political change and is it inevitable that we will have to accept the idea of islamic democracy. ok. to cross out the winds of change i'm joined by the idea used in washington he's a research director at the such a foundation in berkeley we have shapiro he is a freelance journalist and contributor to salon dot com and in london we cross to naseem oxman he is a senior researcher at the palestine return center all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect you can jump anytime you want and i see if i can go with go to you first i mean where is the arab spring going we're literally in the fall right now is there a winter approaching for the arab spring. i think so far. nothing settled at the moment the dust from the arab spring which started three years ago has not totally settled but having said that there are many positive signs within within egypt the. morsi has made very very strong comments about. israel and also his has maintained his his stat

for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russia's trying. to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia still maintaining a coal mine here but in terms of profit is far behind local souvenir shops so between. bill it is a big hit the defunct arn curtain still helps keep the money flowing guys it's all rushing through your show but you can't play robles for almost enough to grow your local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards if these modernization effort it's not very popular with tourist operators if you come into a very authentic place like bond it should stay the way it is that would be my wish i mean that's the part also the a little you know authentic traditionally. i should not i would not like to have it in a shiny condition to be on those the time to change even for the better is not always good for business something that even a local band has become attuned to when they try to add the morning russian songs to their repertoire the audience called old and wanted to hear it w

a mighty fine top the western conference after beating the nominee two one while to move generated a goal and an assist in a foreigner win for. the first goal came in the middle of the first period with the national predators player putting service to one nil up and he was to provide a midway through the second setting up yet again the kettle to make it just fifteen seconds later serve a cell got a third alexander but he and the man finding the target this time. denise rounded off a very comfortable for neil when put service self-serving in the western conference . a bit. while viewers in the us will soon get to see full games from the k h l sports broadcaster e.s.p.n. has decided to show them stateside and in the u.k. three get what you are truly currently has plenty to offer when it comes to getting our product on the market the clubs which currently feature in the child players such as the nominee says scott and scott will clearly draw more interest from overseas then the other teams but ultimately will suggest we each match is we want to see broadcasted based on quality time diff

you know there's not a western or one size fits all model for what democracy can look like in and at least in egypt they seem to be charting or at least beginning to chart their own way and mixing islam and democracy and trying to come up with a you know an approach to democracy that has actual cultural roots and i think that at least. you know an articulate view of mohamed morsi was quite articulate in the new york times on that subject you know what do you think about what's the role of islam and democracy you know a tandem can they work together because western media a lot of pundits are very skeptical. they've been spectacle skeptical for a long time but i think those framework collapsed with the arab spring we have seen . right left islam is religious non-religious all sorts of groups essentially what the populations want in the most essential list terms they want more voice in the government and more representation of course depending on the country depending on the constant level of conservatism religiosity etc those will have an influence on the government structures and have

we have blizzard warnings in effect for the mountains of west virginia, western maryland, western pennsylvania we have hurricane conditions at the beach and blizzard conditions expected in the mountains. i don't think i've ever seen that. winds gusting up to 20, 25. the worst will be this afternoon and evening. you can see the stronger gusts out here as we get closer to the center of the storm the beaches and the day. these are blowout times at the chesapeake bay. if you are watching on the western shore, that means the winds will take the water away from you guys. it'd get stronger overnight. sustained winds one up from 75 to 80 miles per hour. it started to make a left-hand turn that we were talking about. we don't expect it to did the worst case scenario thing, but we expected to come on short somewhere in the southern part of new jersey later on today. there is the storm right now. watch what happens as we go into the afternoon. it continues to intensify, slams into the jersey shore at about 5:00 this evening. it will carry a big wall of water. at the storm surge in new jersey will be 10,

siena and other italian city-states can stand as a new beginning in our story of western art.itherto, the old medieval world view had, put simply, divided the classes of society into the aristocracy at the top, the church, and the laboring peasantry at the bottom. in places like this, we see for the first time a new class, conscious of its own identity-- the merchants. these cities were no longer controlled by feudal lords. they were republics. here in siena, several thousand citizens were eligible for election to the governing bodies which met down there in the palazzo publica. and in the palazzo, there is a fresco painted in the 1340s which encapsulates their faith in the secular arts of government, in the moderating power of reason in human society. it's called the effects of good government. this marvous fresco, painted by ambrogio lorenzetti, was the first panoramic landscape on this scale in western art. the peasants bringing their produce from the countryside, the merchants going about their business, the elegant ladies of leisure, all are fused into an idealized image

western, central parts of the u.s.mes with the -- the warning in fact, though, for fire weather, across, the northern and central plains. towards the north -- it is going to be a snow event. we have -- system dropping out of bc. this one could bring about 15 centimeters of snow to the canadian rockies. that snow well move into the intermountain west as well, coming into there, montana. and as the system proceed. we will see cooler air coming with it. we will see precipitation turn over to snow. in parts of minnesota, as well as dakotas later on in the week. out towards the east, it is going to be rain and severe thunderstorms. the severe area moving in towards the ohio valley today. but plenty of rain expecting from florida right up in towards new england. would actually have a report of a tornado touching down. in south carolina as well. temperatures are going to start to fall to the north. 24 degrees. in winnipeg. will fall to 8 degrees by thursday. meanwhile, it is a heat wave in the southwest. 36 degrees in los ang

and i think a lot of western economies feel like the best parts need in the u.s. . according to a recent poll almost seventy percent of indians categorize the economic situation in the country as good making it one of the top five most economically confident countries in the world in the u.s. less than thirty percent of people were positive about the economic situation while india's economy is in tremendous growth over the years the rate of growth has been cut in half in the last five still several polls suggest the consumer confidence is up here and many believe that's because the government has put in place reforms that's going to keep the country's economy moving in the right direction. the most talked about reform foreign direct investment would open up india to multi brand international retailers like wal-mart and tusk but recent reforms definitely makes indians more confident p.s. if you look at the protocol one man. does more than there will be a lot of competition so i expect that things will be much better being a. different vistas the world's a growing bon

few passing showers still out in the western mountains of western maryland and eastern west virginia where temperatures there and this blue zone are in the 40s. all the areas in green are in the 50s and 60s. right around 60 degrees in the suburbs in washington right now. reagan national at 66. for the morning commute, you may need an umbrella. just a small chance of a passing light shower. sunrise at 7:22. we'll be in the low 60s or so for another couple of hours. by noontime for your lunch hour, climbing up to around 70 and sunshine breaking out. we'll get increasing sun during the afternoon. by late afternoon, after we reach the mid-70s midafternoon, back down to near 70 by 6:00 p.m. clearing, mild, southwesterly breezes will shift into the northwest overnight and a nice evening. here's your evening planner for this friday evening. by midnight under a clear sky, back down near 60. by dawn on saturday, the upper 40s. beautiful day tomorrow for outdoor activities. partly cloudy, into the mid-60s during the afternoon. really chilly sunday morning. down around 40. by sunday afternoon,

cold and wind to reach across the western part of the state. -- wintry across the western part of thete. if you're traveling that way, prepare on wintry conditions. roads probably holding out ok, but a lot of power out because of the heavy snow. there is a winter weather advisory out for garrett county and parts of the southwestern pennsylvania. temperatures will stay near the freezing point so that will cause slippery conditions. they will get a couple more inches of snow it looks like. maybe two-3 inches of snow additional. you get up to about cumberland and are ok, but west of there you start to get into wintry conditions. you could see why. 36 and prospered. 45 in hancock. upper 40's and 50's around the baltimore area. chile for trecker treaters this evening. that will occur after midnight. -- chilly for trick or treaters. west winds up 5 miles per hour. sandy is up in the great lakes, pushing up to eastern canada. this is a very large storm. the circulation still goes down to atlanta. the windows out of the northwest and curls up of the ocean and bringing warmer temperatures to a

and its western allies amend these of those countries and other countries to avoid negative consequences in the future well the most important thing i think is to be very cautious about a forceful expects only a violent intervention i think that that's extraordinarily risky and so we should watch out for advocates of violence intervention secondly i think that it's important to recognize that in every one of these countries as in every country around the world there's more than one voice i think that the u.s. should be very concerned to show that it respects muslim people show that it respects different nationalities where they they showed the opposite well some people for example those who made this horrible film about the prophet which offers an insult to the prophet did not treat as long with. respect and many in the region think that that somehow represents u.s. policy it doesn't represent u.s. policy but the u.s. needs to make it clear it's not easy to it's not easy to i don't think it's numbing people it's not and president obama and secretary clinton have both said this but i thin

out west, showers along the western coast. and then mountain snow for the canadian rockies on your friday. temperatures are cooling down to 12 degrees in vancouver. slightly warming up to 10 degrees in winnipeg. 12 in chicago. but we'll be warming up to 22 degrees as we head into your saturday. all right. finally, let's go over to europe then. things are calming down across ice lan. however, looking quite stormy across the uk and western continent. wet, windy weather. moving towards germany and over the next 24 hours. thunderstorms in italy should be moving toward the western balkan peninsula. then light rain across nor western rush yeah. this is, weakening, but the next storm system on its way from the south. temperatures are, as follows. 9 degrees in moscow. 8 degrees in stockholm. lacking quite mild across the mediterranean countries on your friday. here is the extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for joining us.

the pioneers of western new york fled east in terror. there was no defending the state's western flank by the effective transportation of arms and supplies. the few roads were so abominable the government spent $60 million on wartime transport like a dollar a pound for cannon balls that cost a fraction of that to produce. the cost of moving artillery from albany to the major war front on like eri more than double purchase price and transportation of material from washington to the lake was up to five times the production cost. the british block aid of american ports forced coastal shipping on primitive land routes. one supply wagon arrived in south carolina two and a half months later. nothing had changed dramatically in the decades since peace was restored until the erie canal opened in 1825. for that sets the stage for what the country was like until the erie canal was built. before trains, planes, and automobiles, boats and horses were the only way to travel significant distances. in the days before good roads, the only way to transpo

forces speaks volumes on how many afghans feel about the continued occupation of their country by western troops isn't it time to negotiate with the taliban and end this military adventure. and. to cross-talk the u.s. mission in afghanistan i'm joined by michael maloof in washington he's a senior reporter for the world that. daily and a former analyst for the defense department also in washington we have made my g.d.r. he is a senior research associate at the american enterprise institute and in beirut we cross to michael black and he is a freelance journalist or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i've made in washington you wrote recently at c.n.n. u.s. faces growing green on blue challenge what's the thesis of your article please explain it to my audience. of course we've seen dramatic rise in green on blue attacks in afghanistan which has eroded trust between the coalition forces and the afghan security forces we know that the core mission and afghanistan right now is to train and strengthen the afghan security forces so they are able to

resolution western powers at the syria would have paid the way for intervention there and russia china would be right in the western media here we have russia coming up with something very constructive of a very great peace a state and we should be supported and of course the u.s. turns it down so i think it shows to everybody now surely the gross a copy of the u.s. and its allies in all of this they use this sort of humanitarian excuses when excuse to or the humanitarian practiced it as an excuse to intervene militarily to topple governments which don't do the bidding of the west and israel they did it in yugoslavia ninety nine they did it in iraq of course they did it in libya last year they're trying to do it again in syria but they won't be doing this in bahrain where there's been massive human rights abuses there won't be doing it against saudi arabia where there is no democracy where human rights are very poor and they will be doing it of course against israel because of course you've got the situation in gaza described as the largest prison camp in the world but i don't think we

countries the people in the western these demonstrations were small but in my experience going back to the vietnam war all the time these demonstrations start small and they must rule it in size when it gets closer to the attacks as you say they did last year many saw as the problem is the problem is do the politicians even bother to listen i will have to go to you hey can i must ask you another question we're hearing reports here at all about rival sectarian groups from iraq that are now possibly thought to be increasingly involved in the syrian conflict on various sized just how dangerous is that now make the situation in syria. so it's really dangerous and we know that the united states and britain and other western journeys countries you see these terrorists including al qaeda to for their thoughts foreign policy ends they created al-qaeda to fight against the former soviet troops in afghanistan they use these mercenaries in iraq to create sectarian tensions and effectively divide that country into three parts through ethnic cleansing they imported those mercenaries into libya w

western maryland has rain moving in as we speak, but that will clear out. the western part of the system will come in with cool, unsettled weather over the weekend. eastern shore locations, the rain gets here late tonight and then clears up in time for the weekend. at ocean city we will see some showers arriving late tonight and continuing into the day tomorrow. sunny skies returning for both saturday and sunday. once the front it's out of here, it will cool off a little bit. saturday and sunday, low to mid 50's. sunday looks like the best they to be outdoors over the weekend. low 7's right through the middle of next week. >> this is 11 sports. >> for the first six weeks, the ravens barely made a ripple and then just as they knew terrell suggs would soon be testing his healing achilles in practice, armageddon erupts. he has not been as physical the last two weeks playing defense. suggs arrived for practice. theoretically he could play this week. there is a report from espn that says he would. but the reality is, it is unlikely. >> terrell, are you coming ba

portions of ohio, western pennsylvania, west virginia, and also eastern kentucky. kind of crazy but on the western side of the big tropical system we are talking about snow. things couldn't be more opposite around here. high-def doppler bone dry with fog in the morning, especially north of the golden gate. visibility less than one quarter of a mile. please watch out for. that otherwise lows in the lower50s. san francisco and oakland, you'll wake up tomorrow to 54 degrees. sandy is having an impact on our weather. how does that happen? well sandy is not moving that much, stuck on the east coast, so the whole pattern is backing up, and a low pressure area off the western washington coast area has to wait to get here. that's a good thing because it will bring rainfall. and now it looks like the rain won't get here until thursday. critical for those of you with kids who want to go trick or treating or maybe you do because now we will stay dry on wednesday, halloween, with the rain not moving in until thursday. so good news because of sandy, we stay dry or longer. tomor

two at the ohi plant in western japan are running again. edano said other reactors could be restarted if the regulator confirms they're safe. >>> officials at japan's nuclear regulation authority have participated in their first emergency drill. they launched the agency three weeks ago. the drill simulated a power blackout at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in rokkasho in northeastern japan. a self-defense force plane flew an nra commissioner and members of the staff to the site. the official used the plant's emergency response center to communicate by video linked with the agency's headquarters in tokyo. they rehearsed measures to evacuate the village and ensure the safety of its residents. >>> turkish commanders are mobilizing armored vehicles along the border with syria. they have been increasing their security since a syrian mortar attack on a border town. the turkish government's action follows a second straight of artillery strikes by its military. those forces were retaliating for a syrian mortar attack on on wednesday on the town

two at the ohi plant in western japan are running again. edano said other reactors could be restarted if the regulator confirms they're safe. >>> officials at japan's nuclear regulation authority have participated in their first emergency drill. they launched the agency three weeks ago. the drill simulated a power blackout at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in roc in north eastern japan. a south japan sports plane flew a commissioner and members to the staff of the site. they used the plant's emergency response center to communicate by video link with the agency's headquarters in tokyo. they rehearsed measures to evacuate the village and ensure the safety of its residents. >>> turkish commanders are mobilizing armored vehicles along the border with syria. they have been increasing their security since an attack on a border down. the turkish government action follows a second straight of artillery strikes by its military. those forces were retaliating for a syrian mortar attack on on the town of akcakale. the border attacks killed five civ

on the other uprising continues but without any western attention this time a young man dies in a bahraini prison after claims he was denied medical help and having spent several months locked up for taking part in anti regime protests. georgia's president saakashvili it makes defeat for his party in parliamentary elections despite reports of massive electoral fraud and ballot stuffing in its favor. hello this is r.t. love from moscow at ten pm tuesday evening welcome if you're just joining us my name's kevin and first tonight syria's accuse the u.s. france and their allies in the arab world of sabotaging peace efforts by supporting rebels with arms money and mercenaries the country's foreign minister delivered a fiery speech on the final day of the un general assembly meanwhile claims are emerging that some of the western backed rebels who also have the support of israel might try to target jews if they manage to topple president just said journalist capital kabul ready uncovered some of the evidence supporting those claims. the irony of supporting the rebels who may eventually become gre

and its western allies are forcing propaganda by the wave of popular discontent was sparked by the turkish parliament approving cross border military actions in syria on thursday the motion followed mortar shells being fired from inside syria that killed five people in a turkish border town retaliated by launching artillery fire on syrian targets for two consecutive days. meanwhile in syria the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranians they kidnapped in august they claim their captives are revolutionary guards iran says they're pilgrims and the threat would be carried out of the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to release rebels fighters and stop the shelling now for more on this i'm joined by john laughlin from the periscopes institute of democracy and cooperation. with a lot and good to see you today thanks very much for coming on the program what do you make of the opposition's methods here first terror attacks and now threats to kill hostages for a different country well i think it does underline the nature of at least some elements within

countries do that is because they want to keep the rain as an ally the rain is seen as an ally of western countries and therefore they want to try and keep that relationship what these governments don't realize all right refused to realize they have a huge amount of leverage they have a lot of ability to convince the trade or to pressure them into reform and perhaps they misunderstand the strength they have all perhaps you know they're scared that their interests which are tied up in that region and be damaged you know if there were a democratic change but the reality is the people of bahrain of calling for democracy are calling for change i don't have to be against the western interests actually i could be very much in the interests of the west and of the rest of the world to have a democratic and stable country iran says it might consider limiting its enrichment of high grade uranium if it's allowed to have fuel for research reactor it's a revival of a previous offer to try and break the talks deadlock over the country's nuclear program but germany wants to continue getting tough edging

. >>> western leaders are seeing against their sanctions against iran are working. u.s. and european officials organize an oil embargo to encourage the them to abandon their ambitions. >> reporter: it dropped below 35,000 against the dollar for the first time since islamic revolution of 1979. the currency has fallen nearly 20% against the dollar in one week. it's 70% down year on year. exchange markets in tehran has been busy selling dollars or euros. people are complaining of high unemployment and expressing worries about the future. >> translator: this is a disaster. as the dollar goes up it brings inflation and makes our daily essentials more expresencive. >> translator: i lost my job with the food company and i'm jobless now. >> reporter: iranian president has faced questions in parliament over his inability to hold the currency's decline. the european union is considering further sanctions against iran this month. the iranian government has yet to take effective action to stop the further decline of its currency. >>> japanese and south korean politicians have been s

perhaps a sort of non-western modernity is coming about. that i would love to go in details and "chronicle" more. >> rose: i hope you will. this book is called "silent house" orhan pamuk. back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: lang lang is here. he is a pianist sensation who sells that out concert halls around the world. he is known for the virtuosity and passion of his performances. he is amassed an impressive repertoire that includes tchaikovsky and rock mononovember to bauk. here he is playing beethoven. >> rose: where was that? >> vienna. >> rose: ah! it's funny to see you playing yourself. see yourself playing? >> it's quite funny to see myself replay every time i see it i'm like "that's interesting." >> rose: you'll be at carnegie hall october 30 in a benefit for the lang lang foundation. what is that? >> we started this foundation four years ago and our aim is to helping the next generation through music. >> rose: generation of americans? generation of international -- >> starting in america and influencing the world. >> rose: good

and other countries do that is because they want to keep an eye seen as an ally of western countries and therefore they want to try and keep that relationship but what these governments don't realize or they are too few to realize they have a huge amount of leverage they have a lot of ability to convince the trade or to pressure them into reform and perhaps they miss on. the strength they have all perhaps you know that they're scared that their interests which are tied up in that region could be damaged if they you know if there were a democratic change but the reality is the people of bahrain a forty for democracy they're calling for change i didn't have to be against the western interests actually i could be very much in the interests of the west and i know the rest of the world how democratic and stable country we've got eyewitness accounts online from someone who took part in the latest protests to turn back. also on our website we have photos from bahrain's capital where events have been spiraling over the past months. also claims that a group of russian citizens arrested in the

and he's far from the only one the real estate market in western ukraine is seeing a boom in property sales all thanks to those running away from the collapsing euro zone and i think a lot of people they may have thought of buying houses in the e.u. but you seen how the crisis playings those countries and a returning home of all real estate properties sold last year almost a quarter of the buyers were returned migrants muesli by two to three room apartment with up to one thousand euros in the last two three months alone more than a thousand families booked flats here which makes around a hundred million euros worth of investment into property in just one of ukrainian regions the overall sum of european money ending up in ukrainian spoke its is even more astonishing last year ukraine was able to receive up to seven billion u.s. dollars from the ukrainian mean else currently working abroad and that's coming from the country's worst affected by the financial crisis spain italy and portugal where many businesses have grown reliant on migrant ukrainian workers you might think their return