torch relay. on r t r are. our top stories today ukraine does a u. turn on a free trade deal with the e.q. and become true looks east to save its ailing economy. but the political rift over the decision caused protests inside parliament and on the streets with mass rallies planned over the weekend. and economic goals versus political differences the turkish prime minister isn't russia to discuss business but style disagreements on syria could dominate. and welcome to our see twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you dash

of our top story now. ukraine has suspended work towards a free trade deal with the e.u. the government says tougher regulations and a lack of financial guarantees from brussels are forcing kiev to look east to keep its economy about water but as i reports not everyone is happy with the outcome. protests began in kiev during the night at some point there were more than three thousand people at the independence square in central ukrainian capital the place the epicenter of the two thousand and five orange revolution now several dozen still remain there despite heavy rain and we understand that in the evening more people will be gathering their protests will continue on friday on saturday and even on sunday when the country marks the anniversary of the so-called orange revolution of two thousand and five and that's when we're expecting a very loud and big protest maybe more than seventy thousand people are expected to

take part they have been unhappy with his decision but i've heard notion from many prominent both of political analysts already that in fact ukraine made a very pragmatic decision by not taking this leap of faith that the moment what exactly happened on thursday and why it was why did it happen i summed up the fact in mind in my report let's have a look at that two months ago it was talented as a done deal on thursday ukraine's government all but completely ruled out an association agreeing with you would be signed next week but instead we're building trade ties with russia and c.i.s. was made the priority of. some stage of ascending to the top and the winner is unfavorable. the one hundred eighty degree turnaround comes after months of openly voiced concerns that ukraine's economy would simply collapse if it forms a free trade zone with the e.u. which in turn promised no compensations on potential losses you think it is a lucky escape really because i think that this deal was bad news for the ukraine it would be like somebody today getting back in time to nine hundred twelve and

buying a ticket for the titanic it would have been a national suicide for the ukrainian government to sign this just a few days before the move moody's downgraded ukraine's economic index to a pretty full level that led the government to openly admitting that the already ailing economy was not ready for a leap of faith. we haven't gotten a clear signal from our european neighbors that the law. which we have suffered in the last four months will be compensated by entry new markets and european markets we will need to hold the work of a dozen of our enterprises but our country can't afford firing tens of thousands of workers alexy russia's ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. the country's parliament voted against a draft that would have let jailed former prime minister yulia tymoshenko get medical treatment abroad the decision to set a precondition for integration of the europe has split the ukrainian parliament. was. the opposition the government's

refusal of further statements on postponing the idea of european integration when met with calls for the president's impeachment many m.p.'s supporter of the initial rallies in the capital and said they would join we can't demonstrations. and get more details on ukraine's current economic situation with his case if he'll be him he joins me now live here in the studio hi katie nice to see you here so it seems from here crying simply can't afford joining the e.u. free trade agreement you'd be right there because the e.u. have said that they're not going to be compensating ukraine for the money that would be lost from not doing business with the c.i.s. countries so i'm talking about no longer privy to the likes of gas discounts as well as twenty five percent of ukrainian goods make their way to russia as well just in anticipation of this deal that everyone thought was going to be stilled

we've actually had a loss of five billion dollars between ukraine and russia really the industries that have been suffering the most is the ship building car industry materials a metals a lot of that industry that really suffered since the two thousand and eight crisis has taken a blow in the last six months in anticipation of joining this deal also if they were to enter the free trade zone what it would mean is a flooding of cheap goods i'm talking about household brands that ukraine products would have difficulty competing with so actually just to quote yuri boyko who is the ukrainian energy minister he said the decision was based on the economic interests of the country so it means that the cranes economy is actually suffering or indeed i mean at the moment they've just entered the third recession since two thousand and eight we know that their foreign reserves are dwindling at the moment

they're going to widen in deficit to contend with a plethora of. she. should say. as well as the big three that they're now down to junk status incessant sets as the lights of greece and cyprus a privy to those ties as well it just gives you the impression of how bad it is there's even talk as well about nafta gas which is the equivalent of russia's gas probable. exxon mobil's in the us best staple company could be purchased by a bar form that's how delicate the situation is and that's exactly why they've had to really address the situation and have a why did look at it and say can we afford this deal evidently not. a lot of problems to decided to do you think you very much indeed for that appreciate it. now when racist quotes when the votes were paulson one man who won reelection on

promises to build a truly true city with a few arms and christmas trees as possible. to where an island passes a law to kick out genetically modified food companies will look at how the anti drug movement is spreading internationally. russia and turkey is attempts to talk about how to do more business could be affected by their strong differences on middle east politics the turkish prime minister is making the team approach in st petersburg right now with say were expected to be one of the most contentious topics is this a conference of his following the high level meeting in st petersburg. this is the most important economic annual meeting between the two countries but as you well know with these kinds of gatherings often it's the unofficial agenda that dominates in this case it's going to be syria what to do about that conflict and of course iran as international countries meet to discuss the fate of iran's nuclear program

now on syria turkey and russia haven't exactly seen eye to eye for the law. part the last time the prime minister erdogan was here in st petersburg a very heated atmosphere turkey had been pushing for international intervention in that conflict they had largely come out on the side of the rebels the syrian national coalition forces headquartered in turkey at the moment but since then we've seen a little bit of a closer movement together between russia and turkey both both countries do publicly support for instance the gathering of the syrian government and the rebels in the diplomatic talks known as the geneva two conference. about the time for that but both countries are pushing for it still a sticking point however at what to do about to president bashar assad has publicly said that he wants to see him go on a run a lot more of basically seeing eye to eye. is not part of the negotiations over iran's nuclear program but officials there have publicly stated support for

a peaceful nuclear program in iran but of course the meat and potatoes here is going to be the economy and business ties the two countries have a long standing economic relationship russia is one of the biggest trading partners so no shortage of topics but certainly the conflict over syria is likely to be the thing that most folks will be focusing on when the two presidents speak to the press in just a few hours. the russian tag line to discuss iran's atomic emissions in st petersburg at the same time as nuclear talks between tehran and six world powers and to a day in geneva and later today. his guess about the chances of a deal being struck that. the five plus one in particular the united states and france are willing to stick to understanding the radians thought they had reached verbal on some of these issues i you know i don't think the rain ians are

going to feel they're not going to feel comfortable with going ahead with an agreement it's a matter of trust i mean do we have that here and if it's not here yet what does it take to create that level of trust then the rest of it is a lot of details i think that if iran doesn't soften its position on those three points the negotiations are not likely to deal. a judge's decision on the small matter of sixty thousand dollars in bail that's all that stands between two people arrested over greenpeace protest on an oil rig in the arctic and outside world they are the last of say to people to go before a russian court. say has been made. twenty seven of those activists have now been granted bail out of those twenty seven fifteen have not been able to pay out of the sixty one thousand dollars that's needed to one more activist an australian

activist is said to be going to stay in a detention until next year february now this environmental protest has caused quite a stir we know that the thirty activists on board that arctic sunrise vessel back in september will arrested because they were trying to board an oil rig in the arctic that is owned by russia russia has said that they jeopardize everybody's security as well as their own in terms of trying to board that netherlands and russia have been add all of that add heads to each other even the netherlands going as far as taking russia to the international married to him tribe you know saying that russia needs to release these activists now as well as them by leaving the country that's not yet established they've just been accepted as they've just been given bail and that's all we know for now. and we're back after a very short break with more news for you to stay with us.

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nazar asked lead to a zero is a multi ethnic community of jews arabs and christians but they may is very open about his desire to change that he's openly racist views or no barrier to his reelection his policia takes on a. my goal is to have as few arabs as possible blunt direct and a virtually racist shimit from a shop or ninety five percent of mayors think the same but only five percent all say it to the media i'm sorry i'm the only one who does so by have to stay true to

what i believe should money capsule has never shied away from controversy the mayor of nazareth elite is known for building neighborhoods for jewish citizens only banning christmas trees from schools and boasting that he's stopped the arab population in the city from growing among his friends he comes prime minister benjamin netanyahu and now he's just been reelected for another term in office. the israelis first a jewish state and then a democracy the same goes for nazareth anyone can live here if they think there will ever be a church or mosque they can keep on dreaming but nazareth elite is in fact and ethnically mixed city one in five of its residents is arab it borders the biblical and much larger nazareth often called the arab capital of israel out of interim go in as a ref and other villagers come here to get away from their crowded areas and improve their living standards other to stay where he was born here he's been trying to get

an arab school bus in the city but it's not going to happen on this mayor's watch in this country when they get to the. extreme right. if he becomes more racist then he will have more people to vote for him to claim make cheviot finkelstein angry she supports cap so and says their desire to live in a jewish city is what the country's founding fathers in visaged visit michigan while the mother of a copy he is what is keeping me here because i know that if it wasn't for him we would lose our home this is without a doubt a war of existence recent municipal elections or gap so reelected with fifty two percent of votes his. his promise to jewish city forever gets those election campaign was soaked with racist undertones which many fear all now dangerously close to entering israeli political mainstream the most disturbing aspect he takes windedness in a way

a microcosm of israel the city's battle to preserve its jewish identity is infused with history religion and discrimination depending which side you're on policy on t.v. now as with the elite nor the newsroom. digital money for real life tuition the university of nicosia in cyprus becomes the first institution to accept bitcoins as payment to study for a master's in science find out more nasa dot com. giving endangered species at shannon's a grizzly bear is set to become a star get mother to a polar bear cubs thanks to russia's scientists our website on our website and got all the details for you.

welcome back a report from british m.p.'s has concluded that saudi arabia is notoriously bad human rights record is no reason to stop sending billions of dollars in weapons to the kingdom campaigners have accused the government of pandering to despotic regimes in return for profit and laura smith joins us now live from london hi there laura so nice to see what else do we know about the report and their reaction to it . it's a strange report this by the foreign affairs committee it's already been called a whitewash by human rights groups and arms campaign as it points out the ethical dilemma of the u.k. having this close relationship with bahrain and saudi arabia who obviously have such poor human rights records but it is the most important thing is that the

government finds new ways of selling that relationship to the public essentially explaining its approach to the british public not necessarily doing anything about those concerns and issues so for example the committee says that there's there are concerns about juggling human rights with these lucrative trade deals. recognizes that saudi arabia's role as a key purchaser of arms from the u.k. is quote controversial but it says it all balance there's no point in ending that relationship it wouldn't have any purpose at all now the campaign against the arms trade is not impressed with that excuses the foreign affairs committee is providing cover basically for the government as it says it continues to pander to despicable regimes in the service of arms contracts particularly for the arms manufacturer so basically what this report is doing is recognizing the hypocrisy but not doing anything about it is. live from london or thank you very much indeed for that.

now some more headlines from across the globe for you in law to his capital riga the number killed by the collapse of a supermarket roof is rising thirty three people are now confirmed dead including three rescuers trying to pull victims from the wreckage some people remain trapped under the rubble the tragedy happened at peak time as people did their shopping after work the roof may have gone i mean because of the weight of the soil being used to build a winter garden on it. japan's fukushima nuclear power plant workers have successfully removed the first nuclear fuel rods from a cooling paul twenty two year old the unused assemblies were transferred to a safer place but there are more than one and a half thousand nationally damaged assemblies still to deal with at the same time in tokyo thousands of people protested against a secret act proposed by the government they believe the new law would seek to hide

information about the crisis in particular. and on the other side of the pacific the us government also has a nuclear problem now to a story it's waste twenty seven billion dollars has been goodbye but what was it actually spent on breaking the set looks for the yarns. we're all familiar with the ongoing nuclear power cable through her she had a huge you are a power plant but here in the u.s. there's another nuclear problem that this government just can't solve the storage of nuclear waste is a department of energy is supposed to have a program in place to manage and store radioactive waste which is why the dio years called to use for nuclear power plant operators in the tune of twenty seven billion dollars over the past few years but in two thousand and ten obama decided to abandon plans to develop the yucca mountain nuclear waste depository in the batter leaving us with no long term storage site so what did the twenty seven billion dollars and cleanup fund end up being used for that turns out absolutely nothing in

. the you is considering much tighter regulation of fracking the controversial new method of drilling for an injury companies could be forced to prove they're not damaging the environment and let's now take a closer look at the practice and its risks now so they mastered involves breaking up rock at least one kilometer below ground to create a fracking fluid waterways mixed with chemicals like uranium and mercury and pressured into the ground during this process toxins are released from the system contaminating nearby groundwater up to seventy percent of the poisonous view it is left in the ground and is not biodegradable the rest of it evaporates releasing gases into the atmosphere but advocates of the technique say it will help solve the energy crisis and create more jobs. has been following the resistance of the

europeans to fracking. a number of european countries have had large scale anti fracking protests take place recently as sort of the prospect of more drilling has been rolled out across europe but one of the largest anti fracking stories to take place over recent months happened in for mania where locals actually formed a human chain around an area where u.s. oil giant chevron was given the green light by the remaining in government to begin exploratory drilling i travelled there to cover the story and i spoke to a lot of the locals there. a great culture is our lives come to drill in our soil for sure all who die because we've seen what they have done in other places when they grew up and understand i'm so afraid of these kind of guess exploitation people see they will be big problems for all animals in the wood who will be affected and this one and the food animals and for us as well they see it as

government siding with large corporations and not protecting the interests of their citizens who are talking about genuine risks that they see from this technology fracking has been associated with air pollution water contamination water depletion earthquakes and of course climate change the oil and gas companies have spent billions of dollars really selling a story about how fracking is safe and the reality is quite different i think that something that anti fracking campaign is an protesters in the u.s. and in europe are no doubt reassured by is that large scale protests and citizens of position to this technology really does work for example france has just up held a ban against fracking because of the environmental risks involved. how one island house passed

a law banning companies which produce genetically modified food from operating on its territory modified crops will also be restricted to indoor structures and experimenting with new types of plants has been prohibited but elizabeth percentage from the center for food safety believes the mood is beginning to reverberate across the world this is actually a movement which is spreading across the country move actually is the second week in hawaii there's the band obviously on the big island but also another piece of legislation that was passed in a coup why which severely restricts and makes the chemical companies the chemicals that they're using on the land there are a couple of states in the country that have actually passed labeling laws except they have a clause in them that says other states have to join them before the laws are actually acted so this is a big movement that's happening it not only in the united states but particularly

all across the rest of the world people are one thing to have a healthier more pure source of food. and a very short break he's technology looks at how high tech companies are using sound to explore places to dog dangerous to and. they all told me my language well but i will only react to situations as i have read the reports so unlike the players no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point the monthly. security at a car is on the docket. they get no more weasel words. when you have a direct question be prepared for a change when you punch be ready for a battle for the office speech and little down the freedom to cost.

enriching negotiations only a week ago the prospect of a deal with to run was tantalizingly close then the french played the role of spoiler to the great delight of israel nonetheless negotiations continue much is made of the technical side of the talks in fact this is a side show but these negotiations are really about is the issue of trust. hello and welcome to technology updates on today's show we learn about the technology that keeps the moscow metro rolling. new serving a modern techniques make waves in the oil industry. and we take a peek through the innovation looking glass in this month's focal point. but first

today's technology means that robotic help is no longer yesterday's science fiction making many walks of life both easier and safer and this is especially true if this next robotic dream team. brain is overbroad. the world is a dangerous place so robots are frequently used to scout out areas and perform tasks to how to speak humans in addition to the classic humanoid design is often since a nature for inspiration this is resulted in myriad weird and wonderful creations but even if we have to go in harm's way a robots will put us back together again if things go wrong however building a machine capable of such precision in highly demanding environments still requires a human touch. set up in st petersburg twenty three years ago the accounts employs around a thousand people it's forged a name for itself as a top supplier of high tech inspection and maintenance robots for the nuclear and oil and gas industries the company is ships around twenty thousand pieces of

equipment to twenty three countries or. in the world for the applications of his products on just limited to earth's even manufactured components for space ship docking mechanisms and electro mechanical fuel valves for launch vehicles we called with the company's deputy director to find out more. to ensure complete control over manufacturing processes and high tech product development we have over three hundred engineers and specialists who from project scope document drafting process development and implementation of create the technology to make the product which is then manufactured using the equipment located on our site here so this data samples tested and delivered to client. one of the secrets behind the company's cosmic success is it takes. which occupy around five thousand square metres and continue to grow many of the. parts in the safe operation of energy

production facilities so failure is simply not an option so three ensure the quality of his equipments remains top notch the company's hundred takes the best tooling machines from supply is around the world while all these high end machinery may cost a pretty penny the full cycle production means that the company can design and build the products at the drop of a hot this ability is not only the company orders from the likes of general electric but also resulted in a rather motley crew. since two thousand and five for the nuclear and space industries the contest designed and assembled an entire family of robots and it continues to grow the first generation includes a pipe inspection robot which uses ultrasound says check for defects corrosion and other irregularities in high pressure gas pipelines. snakelike welding robots is designed for carrying out a free pass inside nuclear reactors the machine is radiation proof can slip through a gap the size of

a much box and slinks along the walls magnetically come. news remote inspection robots uses laser holographic technology to check the integrity of react to seals to prevent any coolant leakage finally one of the latest additions to the family checks the alignments of water pipes deep inside a nuclear reactor if any repairs are required a nifty mini robots can be deployed to a touch of metal brace to the pipe but even face high tech family of the humble beginnings. we started off with special t.v. cameras capable of working in high radiation levels and underwater but they're used to control the technical process is associated with refusing nuclear reactors and the most important equipment of a nuclear power plant. ordinary glass becomes tented in a matter of seconds when exposed to radiation. uses custom made radiation proof glass in its lenses which are then assembled on site for the camera itself the company is gone but so basics you.