in western influence in non-western countries whatever west is we could talk about later but i mean in a way he's given a lot of people a tool to say yeah this is how the world works this is how conflict works but i think that shereen was right to say that the sources of these conflicts such as they've been have generally been ideological i mean let's look at the comp. the conflict such as it is between the west and islam will leave for a moment the definition of those terms seems to me that the conflicts that western countries have with islamic countries precisely are ideological and not civilizational conflicts we only have to look at which islamic countries are affected we're talking of course about iraq iran and afghanistan but there are many other islamic countries which are not affected by any conflict with the west the whole of north africa turkey saudi arabia indonesia the list goes on these conflicts such as they are are fairly straight forward diplomatic political and to some extent ideological conflicts largely associated with the middle east and problem so i really don't

. >> i want to talk about gender western aition -- westernization in muslim countries. we have a photo. she is dressed in white. on our right the current reigning queen of jordan is present. you can see the dress is quite modern. what about that? what about women? in that arab report you talked about done by all arab intellectuals as i recall. that arab u.n. report. >> that is right. deceased ago. >> three have come out. the most recent on freedom in the region. last year's report was on knowledge. the first one identified the key deficits and explanations for stagnation of poverty in the region to be deficits in knowledge, in freedoms and in women's empowerment. >> this is a critique of the arab world. a lot of time was spent on women. >> correct. >> i think this comes as a surprise to a lot of women that the arab women at least at your level dress as westernized women. >> not all. some are more westernized than others. i combined it. i wore a lot of traditional dress because i found it beautiful. not because i was trying to make a political statement. and very appropr

germany and western germany was not ready to extend it so there was the very clear cut question from one day to the next how could this part of a later unified germany survive and under these circumstances it was very clear that the political weight of the power was very clearly on the side of the westerners and no doubt many easterners must have felt annexed. to task was enormous to integrate two state which had separate political economic and social development from the previous forty or so years now twenty years on what is there still left to achieve. well we just have a few things left one thing is very clear the joblessness percentage is much higher in eastern germany that it is in the western part we have as always we head good signs in eastern germany for a let's see level. situation with western germany but very clearly we need more industry in eastern germany all these companies that went bankrupt after the very hasty unification process that is very very difficult to replace and build up again and the effect of that unification was for eastern germany also during. a currenc

but they are rejecting the western culture. we are western. >> and we talk to the former marine who spent 30 years in the phenomenon that swept america. hello. it is 16 years since the world was briefly focused on rwanda in the aftermath of a genocide in which the cost population was decimated. today, the country is widely praised for its absence at reconciliation, but psychological scars are healing slowly. but the events of 1994 have left their imprint on a generation. >> to live in rwanda is to live in the shadow of genocide. their secrets are not easily toll. -- told. >> there was never a single moment where i did not love her. i love her ever since she was born. by the time she grew up to be a toddler, some of my family gave her insulting nicknames, comparing her to animals. but i never hated her. i never once one did anything bad to happen to her. -- wanted anything bad to happen to her. >> i used to abuse claude, calling him an idiot and a fool. but i did not see him as my child. i just did not love him at all. >> dawn i

it extends westward from geoff street, encompassing hayes valley, western addition, lower haight, upper haight, cole valley, inner sunset to ninth and lincoln and bows over to north of panhandle, japantown and lower pac heights. >> what's unique about any community, especially the western addition, is that throughout the way it's publicized about the shootings, murders, crime, everybody run around particularly scared, that children come here with smiles on their faces. just a community, a vibrant community, despite what people are saying. >> hayes valley is unique in that there is so much here, ranging from the zen center, where we're sitting today, to the lgbt center, african-american arts and cultural center, korean american center of some of the non-profits and all of the shops and restaurants along haight street and hayes street being within walking distance of city hall and the symphony, ballet, the open practice, the neighborhood offers something to everybody. this is the oldest and first japantown established in the united states of america. it's where the japanese first landed t

to damien's societies become divided only countries increasing westernize ation while some are happy to be burgers and read european style magazines others are reluctant to change their traditional values tonight artie's policy takes a look at the ongoing cultural revolution there. a men's magazine that shows off female flourish and leaves little to the imagination a cover like this would not raise eyebrows in europe but in the middle east in a country like jordan where ninety five percent of the population is muslim it can go on sale only in the capital city editor cyrus side says her aim is to shock and that she does by filling in a gap in the market touching on issues that are pretty much to blue in the arab world like talking about relationships and sex they're not saying that unlike rural areas a lot of our readers. they have a modern way of thinking that modern the dead a different way of thinking a lot of them have studied abroad this list abroad they work abroad and they take these little. mind sets with them and they come back here and they apply to the way of life and money

germany and western germany was not ready to extend it so there was a very clear cut question from one day to the next how could this part of a unified germany survive and under these circumstances it was very clear that the political way to the power was the very clearly on the side of the westerners and no doubt many easterners must have felt. the next one thing is very clear the joblessness percentage is much higher in eastern germany that it is in the western part of these companies that went bankrupt after the very hasty unification process that is very very difficult to replace and build up again and the effect of the unification was for eastern germany also during. a currency problem as devastating and of course we have this. this minority feeling among many easterners that they feel that the majority of westerners is not doing what they would like to have done in their part of germany. political analyst crystal hall still talking to us from germany and check out our website for more stories that set our team dot com and his son was the. right now i have a question please pass t

and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money i mean these joke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to praise the opposite six and it is true that speaking english will probably get a better job after all the king's mother is english. tea among. like look at some other stories dominating world news today british supermodel naomi campbell has given testimony at the trial of former liberian president charles taylor in the hague she's alleged to have received diamonds from taylor after a dinner hosted by nelson mandela in one nine hundred ninety seven campbell admitted to receiving what she described as a few dirty looking stones which she later gave to charity tellers accuse of selling diamonds to finance a civil war in sierra leone he denies the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. supporters of a new constitution for kenya are celebrating out. the no campaign conceded defeat preliminary results show almost seventy percent voted in favor of the law

we meet every other week in the western addition to discuss that. even though it's focused on the western addition we try to work with everyone in district 5. in serving the youth we have to work with their families and how the youth during and after school hours affect the community and how we can work together to make things better for the youths and the neighborhood. >> welcome. i'm mark christianson vice president of the mersed extension triangle neighborhood. 280 to the east and south along with bright street e. we are fairly new organization. we were founded in 2000. so, we have been an association for 7 years. my background is i'm a third generation of san francisco. a teacher in the school district and cofound of met ma. we publish a news letter 4 times a year and have meetings 4 times a year. we decide today's best not to meet too often if we meet too often we will water down our base. by meeting quarterly we get 35 and 75 beam to attend a neighborhood meeting. we represent 500 to 600 homes in our area. i have news letters later on, copies

you have that side typically the more modern part of the city that is kind of going to develop in western eyes and honestly i would say it's probably a lot of influence from the government love to get a lot of support you need in the us and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money a mini stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english policy arty among. and of course also on line few twenty four hours a day with plenty more and all the stories we're covering and more else for you to explore here's a some of what's online is on the move in india's economic powerhouse faces future risk with a generation growing up a little sure it is poverty stricken children stop school for joy so feed their desperate families. and the parasailing don't think he's getting a. five star treatment follow and not care if she checks into the kremlin sta

and it's about westerners and i mean if you look at a fast food restaurant for example you know you've got restaurants on your doorstep burger chains and pizza restaurants and there are people people want now it's oh it's i want it right and essentially when somebody when there's a demand you get it. sorry could do is typical of the new generation that finds it easy to mix between cultures and she's lived in jordan lebanon and saudi arabia and speaks fluent in english and arabic she grew up in american culture and says she choose western music in movies of a traditional am. any day a lot of us have come from like culturally diverse societies like you there your mom your dad my before and you know this is a new trend in joining it's far more accepting the fact that you know you're not limited to marrying an arab or a jordanian and we all go like a lot of us go study abroad and abroad you get so many different cultures and so many different people but sean is so shocked feel some of the influence also comes from the government he's the first to admit that the fashion that glosses the pag

sets with them and they come back here and they apply to the way of life a man is one of the most western i cities in the middle east and is often called the new beirut among the ever increasing number of skyscrapers are american well known brands and chains so it comes as no surprise that more and more youngsters are choosing a british accent to choose to each day their only civilization is that it will. also. martin be one of the top three english radio stations in the country and in the seven years he's worked in the region he's seen english radio's almost three fold it's about wanting to consume and it's about westerners and i mean if you look at a fast food restaurant for example you know you've got restaurants on your doorstep burger chains and pizza restaurants and people people want now it's i want it right and essentially when somebody when there's a demand you get. sorry could do is typical of the new generation that finds it easy to move between cultures she's lived in jordan lebanon and saudi arabia and speaks fluent english and arabic she grew up on american culture and says

and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money i mean stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoken a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english policy arty among. of course we're also online twenty four hours a day with plenty more stories for you to explore here's just some of what you'll find right now as. it is economics no one hundred spaces to risk with a generation growing up in this trysts is told was restricted children schools the jobs to feed their desperate families. on the parasailing don't keep getting a trailer with some five still want to treat and follow her she checks into the crowded stables it's all a call. now in about ten minutes time follow aussies james brown he heads to the very heart of siberia but before all of that was the business desperate now and we hear that the construction of the gas pipeline has reached an important milestone that's right ali

and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money a mini stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get you a better job after all the king's mother is english. tea among. today of course with plenty more stories for you to explore here's just some of what you'll find right now at dot com india's economic powerhouse spaces future risk with a generation growing up illiterate stricken children's hope schools have jobs to feed that desperate families. and the power saving don't keep he's getting a head trauma with seventy five star treatment followed. checks into the kremlin stable it's all a dog home. now in about ten minutes time rushes drug control chief explains what's being done in the struggle against the flood of afghan heroin pouring into the country but first a. break. hungry for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. ev

time of a big pot bust in western marin county. it's going on right now in the area of the sky oaks ranger station near lake bontempi in the marin watershed. the marin sheriff department said it's reined in a number of marijuana growing operation. this video was sent in from chopper 2. this story is breaking right now in western marin county. we'll have more in a live update on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >>> there is a massive recall of eggs that has made dozens of people sick in several states, including here in the bay area. and the area with the most illnesses is in santa clara county. that's where ktvu's tara moriarty joins us.

in despair they were prepared for any kind of violence should take place according to the internal western ministry of create and apparently the opposition did try to come to overthrow all of the trip reported by force it's of course is that just information we're hearing coming up fischel side of the story the opposition of course saying that all they wanted for dinner demands to be heard by the priest here it's called the rainforest does seem to suggest that maybe some long island was known for hair and we know that there are now police station around the capital around the square where there were always were held earlier much again in the morning and there are more police forces heading out towards the checkpoint kid scholtz which is just outside the city of conflict a clash is to place just a little while ago still they are trying to maintain control on the situation but composition forces do seem determined to try and attempt to break through once again because those are near bishkek she'll continue to track this story for now content of sort of a talking to a live from carol to stand

in the program some call it the new bay route but just how much has jordan become transformed by western culture we explore later this hour. the number of wildfires raging in russia continues to rise with hundreds of thousands of firefighters taming the flames across the country the death toll has now risen to fifty the situation is likely to remain tense for several weeks before the scorching temperatures are forecast to cool as jacob grieve now reports. diam in moscow region a village in moscow region and i'm actually standing by an example yes another example of just the devastation and destruction that's been brought upon local communities here we have. if you recognize that what was a garridge and inside is a car that's being burnt out now is the fire move so as far as that residence he didn't have time to move the car out there was literally just engulfed and i was a similar story there's rubble strewn everywhere and there's also the surrounding houses were completely burnt down as well the force around this area all were just being complete destroyed by these wildfires and that's

sort of wind in western russia. and instead we got northwesterly flow of massive thunderstorms and according to. the pakistan floods also indeed substantially. some people say that this extreme heat wave that we've seen and russia and also in other parts of europe coupled with the pakistani floods are evidence of global warming what do you say well there. you see just look at the facts it was actually been very cold in the southern and sphere of northern russia as being cold and these things have happened before in particular the pakistan floods and the west russian heat wave happened one hundred and thirty two years ago all there about which is the situation in the. magnetic lunar soil. so it's not surprising it happened and it more it indeed happened next year we've got to go to work on that the people to global warming there are ignorant who wish to mislead the public for political and financial and what significance does this one hundred thirty two here have six storms twenty two which is the magnetic socket of

you have that side typically the more modern part of the city that is kind of going to develop in western eyes and honestly i would say it's probably a lot of influence from the government love to get a lot of support you need in the us and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money a mini stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english policy arty. well as kaiser is you need togo the world's financial headlines of the week in term and it's time now though today's very current business news with charlotte. hello welcome to the business program here on r.t. russia is imposing a temporary ban on grain exports prime minister putin says the measures are necessary to help farmers in the country provide the cost of food rising. due to the abnormally high temperatures and the courage drought i think we should impose a temporary ban on the

that would lead to changes in the jet stream which would get rid of the heat wave in western russia and also the party's problem for the pakistan floods have also ended when we said and how scientifically of these two events related they're related through the jet stream which is the pull off of low pressure is around the over the hemisphere if you like pattern shifts and sometimes it sort of gets stuck in a stationary position which it was which is what was supporting washer and water the super floods an artist on the side and on. activity on the. part of the moon caused it to switch to something else which it's. what we have is a tremendous amount of activity on the saw. affects the rush of particles from the sun to the earth not changes they are on a sphere also then changes that patterns of the boys no knives that you. string that caused a shifting of the weather patterns. so if wind in western russia terminated and instead we got north westerly flow of massive thunderstorms and cooling and at the same toy party store floods also indeed substantially some people say that this extrem

for survivors in the western promise -- province.housands of people are missing. homes are covered in up to 60 of mud. it is adding two -- 6 feet of mud. it is adding to china's woes. >> they are expecting three days of thunderstorms. it is obviously concerning people. it was tuesday morning that the last person was brought out alive. the other forces on epidemic prevention. the area has been sterilized and they say -- and they are saving any of the possessions. there a word about the serious spread of disease. -- they are worried about the serious spread of disease. >> the chinese government had responded quickly. is there a sense that aid and shelter is getting through to the survivors that need it? >> yes, it is getting through, but this is a very mountainous area. for example, more than 4000 tenants have left the area. there just is not the area to set them up. more than 300 homes are destroyed. something like 45,000 residents are evacuated. most of them were traveling out of this area yesterday. in time, they're going to want to

security council have not protested at all and this is a major point it shows the hypocrisy of the western media the american media and the european media when it comes to iran. well still ahead here in r.t. we look at why russian arms dealer is wanted so badly by the united states. but first one of the suspected organizers of the moscow metro bombings in which forty people died has been killed in a shootout with russian security forces four other alleged militants were also short during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan or to sean thomas reports now from one of the metro stations hit by a deadly blast in march. officials are telling us that the mouth about bob. has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of dagestan along with four others now this is important because he has been wanted on the federal and international most wanted list for more than two years he's also thought to have ties to marry i'm sure of about who is one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at the beyond the station she was out with young stat

>> the western jewish history center at the magdas museum has a fantastic collection.is moving to the ban i don't have the library. >> at uc berkeley. >> wonderful we just have one moment even left so before we end let's let people know where they can get this book. >> you can speak to that locally. >> ah, well, i think it is available at least to order at most local bookstores. >> and publisher. >> or online book sellers. >> amazon and the publisher is? >> university of washington press. >> jews of the pacific coast, reinventing community on the edge. have a wonderful day thank you for joining us here on mosaic mmmm. you don't love me anymore do you billy? what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. so i can't have any? if you can deprive me of what can help lower my cholesterol... and live with yourself. right. mmm, i worry about your mother. cry herself to sleep every night over my arteries, but have yourself a bowl. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can

you have that side typically the more modern part of the city that is kind of going to develop in western honestly i would say it's probably a lot of influence from the government level you get a lot of support you need in the us and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money i mean stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to increase the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english. teacher among. friday marks sixty five years since the first use of an atomic weapon in history the hiroshima bombing about one hundred fifty thousand people died from the explosion or subsequent radiation the weapon was dropped by a b. twenty nine super fortress bomber you know with twelve crew members just ahead r.t. speaks to the last surviving crewman who tells us that if there was a. and for a similar mission again he'd be the first of all and. you are. today only one of twelve crew members of the kn

that palestinians have the right of return in fact the irony is that while the americans and the western media and the europeans have constantly claimed that iran is a threat to israel iran has never made any military threat to any country or even the israeli regime whereas the americans and the israelis have constantly threatened iran with attacks with bombardment with murder destruction and death and the international press the western press specifically the un security council have not protested at all and this is a major point it shows the hypocrisy of the western media the american media and the european media when it comes to iran. mr assad mohammad marandi professor of politics at the university thanks very much indeed for being here with us in the program and they were you know this is their. moscow says it will seek to bring victor book back to his country the thai court's decision to allow the extradition of a suspect arms dealer to the u.s. is seen by russia as political and made under pressure a thai appeals court delivered the final verdict after a lower court had rejected w

of support in the us and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money i mean stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english policy arty among. friday marks sixty five years since the first use of an atomic weapon in the history of mankind he had rushed him a bombing as more than one hundred fifty thousand people were killed in the explosion on the subsequent. b. twenty nine super fortress the enola gay with twelve crew members aboard just ahead speaks to the last survivor of the crew who told us that if there's ever a need for a similar mission again he first of all until. today only one of twelve crew members of the knowledge how the story i'm joined by that man today theodore van kirk so if you could now take us through the steps of that well that day was an important because because. the drop by nine fifteen and eight fifteen in

you have that side typically the more modern part of the city that is kind of going to develop in western eyes and honestly i would say it's probably a lot of influence from the government love to get a lot of support you need in the us and it's an influence that's hard to miss especially when it's backed up by western advertising and money a mini stroke that on the streets i would be easiest spoke at a mixture of arabic and english for teenagers it's a way to impress the opposite sex and it is true that speaking english will probably get to a better job after all the king's mother is english policy r t a month. just to update you on our breaking news this hour we're getting reports from karega stand of clashes near the capital bishkek protesters were on their way to join around a thousand others who gathered in the center to support a politician was wanted for trying to seize power five years ago the rally was also calling for the central asian countries in. term government to stand down riot police have been on alert as the crowd developed in number stones have been thrown at officers w