feelings between the two former cold were those the united states and moscow. now some other news of from around the globe five people have been taken to hospital they want me to hide tsunami hit the me argue province in japan it was triggered by a seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck the eastern coast with aftershocks felt as far away as the capital tokyo but tsunami alert has now been lifted in two thousand and eleven a similar quake in the same area caused the meltdown at the fukushima nuclear plant . forecasters of the shoot. the last time during the hamas party has invited for todd to its twenty fifth anniversary celebrations in gaza the move is seen as a sign of warming relations between the two parties after splits caused by hamas winning power in gaza six years ago it's believed israel's latest military operation which killed over one hundred people has pushed hamas and fatah to cross the side of the differences. in athens agreed to use a clash with police during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of a deadly police shooting tear gas w

investigators begin ruling out possible causes for the deadly plane crash at a moscow airport our correspondent at the scene outlines the tragedy step by step. from the rest of the middle east and arab world to europe's money roller coaster the russian public getting more politically vocal and we sum up the major events that shaped twenty twelve. well it's a pleasure to have you with us here on new year's eve here in the russian capital the big show planned for you as we count down the last two hours of twenty twelve. thank you for joining us. now trying to pull the u.s. back from the brink of the fiscal cliff it couldn't get much closer to the wire at this point in just a few hours americans will be hit hard by billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which will automatically come into effect on tuesday the republicans and democrats are now in a last minute effort to avert it this time rapidly runs out how washington correspondent guy nature can filed this report. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce i

from our studios here in moscow. the news continues now on russia's foreign minister believes it's wrong to ban americans from adopting russian children but said the u.s. should take responsibility for any dissent that phrase could be part of moscow's response to washington so-called magnitsky act. reports. to be among these he was a russia lawyer who was suspected of being involved in money laundering he died in prison before a court could make a decision on his case the minute he act passed a recently in the us is a law which allows sanctioning russian officials suspected of being connected to human rights violations but by many in moscow it's seen as an end to russian law and a proper response to it has become a source of some heated debate some deputies of the state duma want to see the response include banning all americans from adopting russian children in connection with all the cases of abuse sometimes even that's like the story of twenty one month year old. who was suffocated to death after his adoptive amer

more world news to come from our to moscow hope you can stay with us. what do you see when you look at the scroll perhaps you wonder what bright future she'll have or maybe feel sympathy for her because you see she's in a wheelchair but if you're t.s.a. agent then you see hard core terrorist skull finding a small amount of residue from explosives on the girl's hands she was detained for almost an hour and her tears for mercy did not move the inspectors to allow her mother to be with her as they took her away for further inspection said the t.s.a. agents can put two and two together and realize that people in wheelchairs get all sorts of random stuff on their hands because the wheels they push roll along the ground when will these endless tales of bizarre instance of the t.s.a. stop when will they stop worrying about girls in wheelchairs when will they stop searching under a terminally ill woman's bandages and when will they actually catch a terrorist when you kill security feels a lot more like ridiculous tyranny to me but that's just my opinion. wealth

feelings between the two former cold war foes the united states and moscow. drugs gold and paula thank radiance of colombia's. war next to. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life for some traditionally the nets people are nomadic reindeer herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in their trade . another weekend will be preparing for the winter and living around more and more every spring to summer depending on the past is on the day we found this particularly camp they were settled near the coast of the tata see here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job for the people in fact they say it's a part of their entire culture heritage and way of life and back they say that they can use almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. a deer is a means of transportation if it's one dollar equipment and clothes and covers for the outside a

morning welcome you're watching live from moscow with me. four people have died and four others are in a critical condition after a passenger jet crash landed at a moscow airport the plane is said to have overshot the runway splintering into paces and littering an outlying highway with debris but the crash investigation now in full swing we can cross live to parties moving the chain over the new can for airport medina we can see the wreckage behind you there what is the situation at the airport at them i'm. well currently of the a recreation as well as of the black boxes of the plane had been a clear egypt over the night in particular as well as of the cabin of the plane that through right on the top of the highway after the plane a broken two three a massive pieces you ring the crash but as you just mentioned this massive part of the plane still license very close to the highway bringing really a diver stating view also over the night video that films of the moment of the plane jogs a period and the internet filmed by a dashboard camera it

midnight moscow time these are the headlines tonight prism says america's own poor human rights record means it can lecture others as moscow responds to washington's decision to sanction russian diplomat. in the past. has promised massive new leaks in twenty thirty that he's called on his supporters to challenge those who seek to silence whistleblowers as the wiki leaks founder is delivered his christmas message we catch up with that very shortly our correspondent is there listening in. on the u.k. reveals the war in afghanistan has cost more than seven hundred billion times but that figure expected to rise before british troops are withdrawn. alone a very good evening chief you've just joined us here in moscow my name's kevin zero in coming to you from the r.t. new center but i'm a poet and slammed america's human rights record citing indefinite detention and sanctioned torture in overseas presence while speaking to journalists the president defended moscow's response to the washington's decision to sanction russian officials. listen to what president putin at a sec. the president sla

anyway it's mark of tanko reporting from moscow for r.t. . and finally after a year of big events and big investment sports minister of italian with coach says russia made a splash in twenty twelve but will soon be the center of well sport bikes on the reports. and he's only all new year meeting with reporters literally would call cast a satisfied look back at two thousand and twelve and with the advent of the sochi winter olympics we'll championships in athletics and rugby the prospect of formula one and of course the football world cup all to come the sports minister could also look forward to five years of russia who's doing global sporting events yes years to not at all from twenty thirteen to twenty eighteen russia will be the center of world sports and when the next world cup is finished in brazil all eyes will be on russia but as you know the city of khazan home of twice russian football champions rybin has built a new airport and road system in anticipation of next year's world student games as well as some of those world cup matches

soon afterwards moscow was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian troops led by the coast like chieftain cloth of approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash the feel of the russians would do to paris the friendship done to moscow. feet. this ground one hundred twenty kilometers from moscow is almost as familiar to the french as it is to the russians the battlefield of. the cossacks raced across the field where some one hundred thousand people died in a single day over forty thousand russians and nearly sixty thousand frenchmen. this is was an attack by the men of celebrated russian chieftain plucked off might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. men one to alice to regroup overwhelming the french on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. he described the. fifty. he fails to achieve superiority even the french are confident that. russia was victorious. there were all sorts of situations but at the end of the day. took place in the twentieth century. d

hello there welcome to are to you live from moscow with a listen. in of the next couple of hours as we say goodbye to a turbulent twenty twelve will reflect what we've witnessed and how the world changed by a lot again in the last twelve months as it has indeed clever also of course going to be looking forward we're going to join some very familiar arty faces and look at us their idea their forecast of what we can expect according to them during the next twelve months and we want to get in touch with you join us on twitter with hast had r.t. recall join the conversation and tell us your highlights of the year that we shared with you here on r.t. and what you hoped might have changed with our i phones ready to tell you greetings now we've come in from the cold as you can see the final minutes of twenty twelve usually if you recall last year nobody outside doing this near the usual celebrations in red square this is lovely graphics now is to give you the feeling but not freeze us to death and of course last year don't forget as well i was standing on

in moscow stay with us here. on. a sacred place rising out of the waters of the lake the lawn ministry is home to one hundred fifty orthodox monks mostly younger than thirty five and they've come from many different places and backgrounds to live in isolation here the spiritual life it takes of many hours on the road to becoming a monk requires both hard work and religious tell occasion. alexei wants to become and herds cattle as part of this preparation. however these beasts get a musical accompaniment. but you remember sound sequences you know from their ant to the sound signals the flutes the herders had in the old days they needed them it wasn't just a fun thing but these meadows didn't come naturally requiring decades of composting to bring the soil up to farming standard this island is mostly rock. the soil here is very thin on the monks can't just get more of it because they're surrounded by the lake so they have to work very hard in order to provide whatever food they need. to grow their own crops found their

soon afterwards moscow was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian troops led by the chieftain approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash if the russians would do to paris the friendship done to moscow. feet. this ground one hundred twenty kilometers from moscow is almost as familiar to the french as it is to the russians the battlefield of. the cossacks race across the field where some one hundred thousand people died in a single day over forty thousand russians and nearly sixty thousand frenchmen. this is was an attack by the men of celebrated russian chieftain plus might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. men one to alice to regroup by overwhelming the french on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. headquarters. of russian. defense of operations and commemorates those events. he described. as the fifty battles he fails to achieve superiority even the french are confident that. russia was victorious. how you look at it there were all sorts of si

party moscow region. well more pictures an eyewitness accounts from the scene on our website we can also find out more about the plane itself that r.t. dot com. let's take a look at the other main news now this morning from new year's day the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens will no longer be possible after president putin signed the measure into law it's a tit for tat response to america's sanctions against russian officials which it sees as human rights violators ridiculous because got more on this diplomatic spat . you have to understand that the law the so-called dental magnitsky law actually deals primarily a with the employees in travel and financial strictures on the number of american officials and persons who have committed crimes against russian citizens and only part of the law actually bans the adoption of russian children a by american citizens it has been in part inspired by the case of a russian toddler who was adopted by the american family in two thousand and nine and died in

live from moscow with me. four people have died and four others are in a critical condition after a passenger jet crash landed at a moscow airport the plane is said to have overshot the runway splintering into pieces and littering an outgoing highway with debris with an investigation into the crash now in full swing we can cross live to. the new port. but you know it is early days at the moment but at what stage is the investigation. well as you just sat the investigation as will in full swing this this is the second and the biggest purge of the plane that still remains very close to the highway and looks very terrifying but the other person the plane in particular the cabin that through right on the highway after the crash and where four crew members died as well as a b. a black boxes have been cleared over at the night and now the investigation is working with the data on the black boxes meanwhile there is also a video that captured the exact moment how this is just present your plane crashed into the highwa

live here in moscow not broadcasting in h.d. russia's state duma is in the second reading of a bill which if possed will prevent u.s. citizens from adopting children from the country the action is said to be part of moscow's response to washington applying sanctions against a list of russians as part of the so-called magnitsky act well for all the details on this let's go live to you got a piskun of who is in central moscow at the kremlin that explain how this proposed law is linked to the case of an excuse. well actually i'm at the state duma right now where the deputies are getting ready to continue reviewing russia's proportionate response as they call it to the magnitsky act just to remind you to give monies give the russian lawyer who was suspected of a large scale tax evasion who died in prison before he could before a court could make a decision on his eighty's seen by many in the west or especially in the united states as a victim to various violations of human rights in russia recently american lawmakers passed the mone

the senate received some tit for tat medicine from moscow in response to its decision to slap a travel ban on russians accused of reaching for human rights that and other international news after the break. a forty nine year old southern california man was brought in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon here waited custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyways a spokesman for the el meter county sheriff's department said that the man's watch had all the components to make an improvised explosive device minus the explosive material you know having a lighter in your pocket is also everything you need to set off the explosion minus the gun powder but before we make a victim out of this watch where i have to point out one thing the watch she was wearing was designed to look like some sort of bomb with fuses and wires and switches so who's more idiotic someone who wears a device that looks like a bomb on an airplane or a governm

live here in moscow returning to our top story now the u.s. senate approving the legislation that imposes sanctions on high ranking russian officials who washington accuses of human rights violations it says it accuses them of being involved in the death of a russian lawyer said a game at nick ski who died in a russian jet in two thousand and nine moscow has condemned the lower is absurd and promised to retaliate in the same legislation the u.s. also removed decades old trade restrictions on his honest as a chicken there has more on the double act. what has come out of the u.s. senate can be described as a step forward and a step back at the same time when it comes to us russian relations a two fold bill containing two curious elements has been passed the step forward is the long awaited repeal of the quite outdated jaxon van a commandment which was adopted by nine hundred seventy four for decades it has been complicating trade between russia and the us and has been traditionally seen as a major echo from the cold war but it's the step back th

and negative feelings between the two former cold war the united states and moscow. there's a very tasty way in asia but they may be just. about the flight. three hundred pounds india and china are struggling to share regional resources. it's perched atop a jaw and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city to siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed but a chance. but a spiritual. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of worship implicity will to commemorate the baptismal jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just. taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub. bringing in a third of. of the says for the russians the russians. a revolt against the eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists. they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also set up some.

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soon afterwards moscow was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian troops led by the chieftain platov approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash he feels the russians will do to paris the friendship done to moscow. this ground one hundred twenty kilometers from moscow is almost as familiar to the french as it is to the russians the battlefield of. the cossacks raced across the field where some one hundred thousand people died in a single day over forty thousand russians and nearly sixty thousand frenchmen. this is was an attack by the men of celebrated russian chieftain plus might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. men one to alice to regroup overwhelming the french on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. he. has fifty. he fails to achieve superiority even the french. was victorious. there were all sorts of. divides the coast into two sections. of the russian offensive from two hundred years ago. the legend of a hasty french retreat has been passe

hundreds gather in the center of moscow. since some of the biggest protests in recent russian history several people that were already arrested over this unauthorized. for the first time the european court describes cia torture as terror suspects siding with the mistakenly filled victim to the agency's interrogation techniques. thanks for joining us here on arts here today. live in moscow egyptians are the new draft constitution that split the country and sparked weeks a violent president protests the referendum is seen as a decisive moment that will show which way the majority of egyptians are leaning towards the ruling islamists or the liberal opposition. true is following the vote . after three weeks. against the president time to. beat up security at the polling station for people to come and they of course have been called in by the president's. to secure the nation during this time of political unrest and the referendum we expect hundreds of thousands of police officers and soldiers in the streets today ensuring that t

or watering all see live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. legit putin has defended russia's position in the latest round over human rights with the you was the president has washington shouldn't be pointing the finger when it's all record of violations goes far beyond anything moscow is being accused of let's now get the details from on t.v. north hello there you go so what's going on there. well the road between moscow and washington around the moneyed ski act and russia replying to it which lawmakers are currently working on and which meet potentially include a ban for american story russian children it's been dominating the news it's been one of the main issues in society and on the political elites for the past week or even more so it's no wonder why this asked this question was asked as the first one at the very start of the conference and talking about the markets the act going to put in said that it continues a series of anti russian laws passed by american lawmakers since it was approved shortly after a decades old auntie's saw a lot

also moscow hits washington with counter legislation the u.s. sanctions on russian officials it accuses of human rights violations. and egypt's rulers want their opponents outlawed the country's top prosecutors probe opposition leaders for allegedly inciting an uprising just days after and turned out referendum approves a controversial new constitution. you're watching. with me carrie. four people have died and four others are in a critical condition after a passenger jet crash landed at a moscow airport the plane is said to have overshot the runway splintering into pieces and littering an outlying highway with degre ortiz where the coach never reports from going to court the investigation is currently underway this is the sac and on the biggest approved of the plane that still remains very close to the highway and looks quite terrifying the other parts of the plane of the cabin that through right on the highway off through the crash and where the forty two members died as well as the black boxes probably already been cleared over the night and

feelings between the two former cold war those the united states and moscow. that's where it is a moment here and more news in about thirty five minutes from now in the meantime we head to our washington studio for capital account with a lauren lister that'll be off to a short break here on our team. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride a horse you've got to catch it first. for him it's a daily routine that just softens a force on the island of a horn at the heart of. his life on an isolated farm is about blue sky green grass and his horses weren't there sometimes he gets lonely here horses have become part of me now i've fallen off so many times sometimes big bites as well it's part of my everyday life. i holmes been home to it rats locally just laugh for centuries most still live off the land and cattle and fish. is my call is often called the pearl of siberia and i said to be the pearl of by. it's all end of think forests. and vast stops. virtually undiscovered by tourists until some twenty years ago i was cornish quickly becoming a magnet for

moscow. there has been no word about the fate of ukrainian journalist being held hostage in syria after a deadline for execution set by rebels passed on thursday. who's assisted r.t. along with other media outlets journey in the ongoing syrian conflict was abducted by insurgents now two months ago they threatened to kill her if a fifty million dollars ransom was not paid by taking up the story for us now. well the deadline has passed with no word as to whether or not she is dead or alive she was reportedly kidnapped by the free syrian army and held for ransom of fifty million u.s. dollars she was taken hostage nearly two months ago and since then has appeared in two separate videos in the first she appeals to the ukrainian government to pay the ransom money and sit her free in a second which many believe was made under due is she admits to being a spy for the point needs to be made that just about everyone believes the that this video was made under extreme pressure and dulce the object of mi

the moscow plane crash claims another fatality five people have now died after the passenger jet they were on slammed into a busy highway after overshooting the runway three survivors remain in critical condition. and eye witness describes to r.t. how he helped rescue a wounded woman from the crash as he drove past the scene of the accident. in our look at the week's other main news president putin signs into law a ban on americans adopting russian children but it's dividing public opinion in russia even though the authorities insist it is aimed at the flawed adoption system in the u.s. . and egypt's new constitution which sparked weeks of protests is officially adopted but matters are far from settled with opposition leaders now under investigation for allegedly plotting to topple the topple the president. and it is five o'clock in the morning on new year's eve in moscow glad to have you with us this is our. five people have now died as a result of the plane crash when a passenger jet overshot the runway at one of russia's busiest airports one of the wounded a flight attendants died

live in moscow. top story now for you are the sentences for dozens of people who took part in antigovernment rallies last year but the move however has failed to satisfy local activists who according to the release of all political prisoners human rights groups are urging the kingdom to stop using tear gas and torture interrogations and its crackdown on public gatherings i want one. who ultimately benefits from the two years of unrest. well when it came to supporting calls for democracy in middle eastern and north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave out a very clear message for president to said which is it is time for him to go but when scenes of violent clashes between riot police and reform campaigners came from bahrain the definition of democracy shifted and there was a suspicious response in the summer the u.s. state department came up with a statement expressing its

soon afterwards moscow was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian troops led by the chieftain plus approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash he feels the russians will do to paris the french will down to moscow. this ground one hundred twenty kilometers from moscow is almost as familiar to the french as it is to the russians the battlefield of. the cossacks raced across the field where some one hundred thousand people died in a single day over forty thousand russians and nearly sixty thousand frenchmen. this is what an attack by the men of celebrated russian chieftain plus just might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. men one to alice to regroup by overwhelming the french on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. of russian. to defend. his fifty s. he fails to achieve superiority. the french are confident that. russia was victorious. how you look at it there were all sorts of situations but at the end of the day. divides the platoon into two secti

party moscow region. and for more expert opinion on what may have caused the crash as well as details about the plane itself just head over to our website are two dot com. at the end of the year in britain also means plowing through tax return forms of course before the penalty deadline and many people though are already being penalized in the pocket simply by asking for help in filling out the forms. reports. your annual tax return a process that many adults find utterly daunting and perplexing luckily for the british public the tax man has a whole array of telephone helplines to help and advise people on how to fill in the piles of forms needed for it getting through to someone might be a bit of a problem though britain's spending watchdog says that last year some twenty million phone calls went on the answered by the government tax office and of those lucky enough to get through between the months of april and september over six million people had to wait for over ten minutes just to get an answer from

broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. five people have now died as a result of the plane crash when a passenger jet overshot the runway ad one of russia's the busiest airports one of the wounded flight attendants died of her injuries in the hospital on sunday the two blood to a four airliner crashed through a fence into the side of a major highway breaking into three parts all eight people on board were crew members the crash happened ten kilometers from the city this is a video taken by a motorist dashboard camera which captured the moment of impact. for those on the highway at the time a lucky escape but an incident which clearly left them shot earlier my colleague gary johnston talks to a witness who stopped his car and got out to help the injured including the flight attendant who has since died in the hospital he explained to us how he found her and shared some of the dramatic video he shot. her with i was the first to get the i saw the flight attendant asking for help to get the o

live in moscow stay with us. it's perched atop a jaw drop and the view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see apt for a city to all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed but a chance i bear in railway but the balls cremains a spiritual center. scenes like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers did themselves in blessid water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslims. surrounded by enemies the balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic siberian oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue put the location had of the uses for the russians the russian crowd a revolt against the czar and eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists will stand here and drove. there they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at lea

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soon afterwards moscow was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian troops led by the chieftain cloth of approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash the field the russians would do to paris the friendship done to moscow. the. this ground one hundred twenty kilometers from moscow is almost as familiar to the french as it is to the russians the battlefield of. the cossacks raced across the field where some one hundred thousand people died in a single day over forty thousand russians and nearly sixty thousand frenchmen. this is was an attack by the men of celebrated russian chieftain plus might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. men one to alice to regroup overwhelming the french on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. he. has fifty. he fails to achieve clear superiority. the french are confident that. russia was victorious. there were all sorts of. the end of the day. took place in the twentieth century. divides the into two sections. of the russian o

why moscow's decided to tell you. why the european union because the european union positions and most of its members position themselves. works of democracy has certain yardsticks by which the international community absolutely must measure its own record record in the field of human rights and nobody disputes by the way the fact that european union is european. quite a number of its members not all but quite a number of its members develop democracies but what we see is that despite those facts there are some other effects there are very serious challenges and problems in the european union and in each and every always member country. if you look human rights. human rights. if you like to see more of that we invite you to watch the full interview with the russian foreign ministry's commissioner for human rights next hour in fact. still to come before then the yemen's president attempts to break away from the political heritage of the country's ousted leader with washington showing increasing interest to be internal

how come we're all aware of the longstanding rivalry between moscow and st petersburg as far as culture is concerned it maybe not so tense another areas but something is work would never give up its title of the cultural capital would you agree that by moving to moscow you sort of betrayed this tradition well first of all there was no betrayal of course before i moved to moscow i had spent twenty years squeaking for the dust and will go on with the school arguably one of the most famous theaters in st petersburg. i just moved from one bowl truth either. well to another and you can i think it's really more about and it is a competition rather than a confrontation between the artistic communities of moscow and st petersburg up she she was a related parties but the art of thought and act is in direct is from st petersburg and moscow act as if it is for more scope of work in st petersburg we all share a common cause future to. every seat are unique in its own way of course the would do the marine ski is not like the bolshoi each of them do it is special and it would be wrong to bring them d

ten pm moscow time tonight israel says it's pressing ahead with plans to build six thousand in the west bank in east jerusalem following the palestinians a u.n. upgrade to call the latest. also time magazine chooses u.s. president barack obama twenty twelve person of the year as a gyptian counterpart an apples. to gauge reaction. lawmakers in moscow give preliminary approval to banning americans from adopting russian children it's in response to washington so-called magnitsky act sanctioning russian officials. in a very good evening for me kevin i will hear the new center tonight israel says it will continue with plans to develop six thousand more settler homes in the west bank and east jerusalem despite international condemnation the settlement expansion seen is illegal under international law follows the palestinians upgrade of the un nazis pulis leah reports now from tel aviv. israeli officials say that they're pressing on with plans to build six thousand new homes this defines criticism from western powers to fear that the new one can already claimed hopes for a peace deal between i

but this one being used just outside of moscow is of a new breed. which hit the market early in two thousand and twelve. thermal optics surgery based on the nano carbonized zation of light guides feedback and a high power laser allows us to significantly reduce the time it takes to perform a surgery. but this means tissues consume less energy which in turn reduces the risk of causing thermal damage to the tissues. this is especially important in operations on the oral mucosa these tissues are very fine and delicate. response. is a global partnership that's based on technology pioneered here in st petersburg the streets of the northern capital in winter months the laser related tech of some of the city's scientists is red hot. the principle that underlies many laser scalpels . and has its roots at the st petersburg state university of information technology mechanics. don't make incisions with the laser. to do the cutting previously. the laser base just created. the temperature could and did. know how here the st petersburg institute. which they feel

studios here in moscow this is t.v. news continues now and the tragedy in newtown and of interest call that left twenty six dead has sparked the long running debate of gun control in the u.s. more than one hundred fifty thousand americans have already signed a petition asking the white house to introduce a bill limiting access to firearms and started shooting and i went to connecticut still deep in mourning to gauge opinion that. to describe what's going on on the ground i think if we take all the sad words in the dictionary and combine them together there really is no way to describe no words to find to describe the heartbreak really the grief the sadness the tears that we saw on the ground this town is really at the head of me of grief during this holiday season in this country more or less half of the population supports gun control and of the country is split and half believes that it's a civil right and it's a right that americans are entitled to so whether or not any legislation good strong legislation can be pass

senate passes a bill removing barriers to trade with moscow while at the same time backing sanctions against russian officials for human rights violations. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from. the egyptian army has cleared protesters from around the area in the presidential palace clashes between rival demonstrations that took place there overnight left at least seven dead and hundreds injured tanks were brought in the supporters and opponents of president morsy forty each other into the early morning. report a belt crew is outside the presidential palace. but as you can probably see behind me there are hundreds gathered here as marches converge outside the presidential palace who were calling for the end of morsi and the every singing his constitutional declaration be seen a reaction on an official level in quite a big manner for example we had at least six of most aides resigned over the violence in addition to the heads of the state television and radio he was signed saying that he didn't believe the country should be managed in this way so r

moscow region. and if you want but opinion on what may have caused the crash or mourn the plane itself had to r.t. dot com or that are much more is lined up for you there. fighting between syrian government troops and opposition forces has intensified with new clashes in the north of the country the rebels have also reportedly captured an oil pumping station that is the international envoy for peace in syria reiterated that dialogue is the only way out of the crisis this was fully supported by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov it's easy to discuss the matter in moscow. the editor in chief is syria try been relieved the rebels are preparing the ground for foreign intervention. almost. never of the winner of the syrian army they were established to create chaos and to become true for what it is the reaction now for intervention is not have. the militia come up with him for the i think really what difficult for the syrian army and for the syrian government what should be mixed is what we all thro

if you live from moscow on u.s. adoption of russian kids is about to be signed into law president putin is ready to put pen to paper in response to washington's sanctioning russian officials the details for you in just a few here on the program. and our news team to look back at how. his groundbreaking interview show exclusively here on our. review of one of the main stories of twenty twelve after this show. you can tell an ordinary russian. in the blink of an. anthropologist. eight different food. different animals. but what about. my journey. but the big city was all shiny. scrapers and shopping malls much like any other prosperous. so i decided to. a small town just outside. dumplings came from here to dominate the russian cuisine but only in siberia. with cabbage and making sure you can have as a starter main dish. most people in siberia see nothing wrong with hunting only if you decide to participate . look upon martin. as in the middle of a swamp only accessible by. its inhabited by so big. a large muslim mino

studio center here in moscow this is the weekly on r.t. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments rights groups in egypt recording for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations on official tallies released by the ism is can show a narrow majority backing the charter the opposition which has been urging the new food to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents were leading with a slim advantage journalists held true has been following the voting in current it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution they've got to live in the results of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the most a brotherhood together with the media outlets numbers are mounting up they're saying approximately fifty six point five percent voted yes forty three point five percent voting this

and on screen international news live from moscow this is. hundreds of thousands of people are set to march in spain as crowds are starting to gather in madrid to protest against the government's cuts and reforms demonstrations called by the country's top labor union and social groups will continue into tomorrow protests crowds are becoming common scenes on the streets of spain on sunday thousands of healthcare workers marched across madrid to make their feelings clear about plans to privatized hospitals the government insists it's needed to lift the country out of its deep recession the bridges karmas e.u. leaders agreed closer integration in brussels the french president francois hollande said there's no doubt about the integrity of the euro zone and investment advisor patrick young believes the euro's continued existence is a facade spain has simply run on the cash. the problem is that the spanish government doesn't have any money and that's ultimately the problem the difficulty with the spanish government is that it hasn't actually want t

stuff live from moscow thank you and in fact. continue to address the most pressing issues brought forward by the media let's have a listen it would be so then with any video as we say and saddam hussein was executed i'm sure the this country is theirs into great. practical use a separate state many with him. since that time. this solutions said that in order to solve this problem it's hard for me to say it on so this but i think it's there you see why it is dubious at least. but we way from my point of view of the second problem that we experienced at the time and this is the anti-missile systems we repeatedly stated that we feel the threat when we see that our partners develop and this is a systems can. bring. an end to missile potential which upset the balance the digital balance in their world which are the humanity year away from me here which. you would show a large scale military conflicts like crisis with just. because of the isabella's because no one would like to have a mutually mutual destruction i used to talk to one

as the number of dead in the moscow plane crash rises to five and investigators begin the painstaking probe into the accident we take you step by step through the sequence of events. plus from painful to stare a teen europe and he will across the arab world to the rise of political awareness in russia as the world turns a new page two thousand and thirteen r.t. recaptures all the twists and turns of the act giving you. i. welcome you watching r.t. with me andrey far. now the united states has all but begun its plunge off the fiscal cliff at least on the markets and with last minute talks between republicans and democrats falling apart yet again america could be in for a hard landing wall street is in full retreat saying five straight days of selloffs is panicky investors jump ship on new year's day six hundred billion dollars worth of tax hikes and federal cuts are slated to come into force in america and a deal to avert that is still nowhere in sight though as artie's reports the makings of this crisis were there for all to see. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when the

national party moscow region. where more pictures and eyewitness accounts from the scene are available for you on our website we can also find out more about the plane itself is it r.t. dot com. take a look at more news now from new year's day the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens will no longer be possible after president putin signed the measure into law this a tit for tat response to america's sanctions against russian officials which it sees as human rights violators ridiculous goes more on this diplomatic spat. you have to understand that the law this so-called dental magnitsky law actually deals primarily a with imposing travel and financial strictures on the number of american officials and persons who have committed crimes against russian citizens and only only part of the law actually bans the adoption of russian children a by american citizens it has been in part inspired by the case of a russian toddler who was adopted by the american family in two thousand and nine and died in their custody

welcome if you just joined us this is all to live here in moscow. moscow says it's doing everything possible to bring about the release of two russians kidnapped in syria on monday being held for ransom by suspected rebels who also seized an italian citizen and other hostage a ukrainian journalist remains in militant hands with a deadline passing on a fifty million dollars price tag for her life meanwhile a news crew working for a u.s. channel have escaped after several days in captivity this comes as fighting intensifies across the country in the capital damascus rebels a locked in battles with palestinian militias who support the syrian government some observers blame the violence on foreign meddling. terrorist groups or library kidnappings for financing so does true of park in latin america it's true of. terrorist groups so that in many other places. they already have world attention and with that financing as always they are terrorists or if there is the goal of the enemy is that syria is going to divide it into many pieces so you won't have a s

our brand new digs here in moscow this is the with me rule reece to show you it's a pleasure to have you with us turn our attention first now to egypt where both the muslim brotherhood and its opponents are claiming that the country has narrowly voted to back the disputed draft constitution in round one of the referendum and the claim is based on an official tallies the official results will not be announced until after the next stage of the draft was shaped by the islamists but has been slammed by the opposition of course want to build true small from cairo this be a tense night here in the capital cairo waiting for these key. referendum of the constitution. of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it was a yes vote the muslim brotherhood together with the media outlets numbers are mounting up they're saying approximately fifty six point five percent voted yes forty three point five percent voting no this will seem to be of course a major blow to the opposition forces particularly because in this round only two of the governor it's involved

best gaiters begin at rooting out possible causes from the deadly plane crash in moscow where our correspondent at the scene plants the tragedy step by step. dance from a restive middle east and arab world to europe's money roller coaster and the russian public getting it to be vocal they sum up the major events that shaped the twenty twelve. year with r t world news and much more twenty four hours a day. trying to pull the u.s. back from the brink of the fiscal cliff couldn't get much closer to the one that in a few hours americans will be hit hard by billions of dollars of tax hikes and spending cuts which will automatically come into effect on tuesday but republicans and democrats just can't agree on how to avert it and time is rapidly running out well here's our washington correspondent. the u.s. congress created this cliff situation when they failed to agree on a budget that would help the country reduce its deficit and its you monger's debt and what they did was what they usually do they put off those important decisions until a certain deadline that deadline is now so they came up with t

in some from moscow tom who are the americans that the russians want to punish. russia has long said that it would retaliate if this surrogate magnitsky bill was passed by u.s. lawmakers and now it seems that such a retaliate soon is now taking shape the bill proposed and gone has gone through the first reading in the duma targets those that those american citizens who are accused by russia of abusing the human rights of russians some possible examples of that there have been a number of very emotive and controversial cases in the past few years of russian children adopted by u.s. citizens and in some cases those adoptions have resulted in the deaths or mistreatment of those russian children or in one case one boy was flown home to russia on a flight completely on the companies in another that's of dimitri yakovlev a young boy he was left inside a car and died in extreme heat some russian lawmakers have considered a touching his name to the bill also may may consider cases where u.s. citizens are accused of kidnapping or severely mistreating russian citizens russ