ukraine's opposition is fanning the flames of discontent happy with the government's move to curb integration. and putin meanwhile denies allegations it was russia that blackmailed ukraine into giving up its planned trade instead claiming it's europe that's been applying the pressure. rules it's ok to sell weapons to go free despite that poor human rights records. cracking down on the washington consider slapping on a price for protest by america's all powerful oil lobby.

not from a studio this is with you twenty four hours a day the ukrainian opposition is baring its teeth threatening president viktor yanukovych with impeachment and vowing to bring tens of thousands of people onto the streets by the weekend all that after the government suspended work towards a free trade deal with the e.u. and some protests are already taking place. reports. indeed some part of the ukrainian society have had a very bitter reaction to the news that the country would not be signing the deal next week protests have been taking place all over ukraine since last night you are now witnessing one of them a central independence square the place where the orange revolution started exactly nine years ago we understand that the protesters they planning to stage their rallies at least until sunday when the country will officially mark the anniversary of the orange revolution that's when we expect more than seventy thousand people to hit the streets so this is a. one part of the greater society infuriated by unocal which is decision the other

part which also includes prominent political analysts and speakers in the political sphere they have been saying that ukraine by not signing this agreement may have in fact dodged a bullet some of these statements some of these comments and emotions i've compiled 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 that an association agreement with the e.u. would be signed next week instead regarding trade ties with russia and see i asked was made the priority of. some stage of ascending to the top when the weather is unfavorable. the one hundred eighty degree turn around comes after months of openly voiced concerns that ukraine's economy would simply collapse if it formed a free trade zone with the e.u. which in turn promised no compensations on potential losses 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 go 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 breeder fault level that led the government to openly admitting that they already ailing economy was not ready for a leap of faith. we haven't gotten the clear signal from our european neighbors that the losses which we had 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 ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. whose blackmailing her president vladimir putin his address recent allegations that russia forced ukraine into the u. turn. is in st petersburg and she's been listening to what the russian leader had to say. turkish prime minister erdogan is here meeting with president putin they

had a joint press conference where the ukraine issued actually did come up in one of the questions mr putin was actually asked about allegations that came out in reports earlier on friday suggesting that the ukrainian president had spoken to his counterpart his lithuanian counterpart in a phone call in a which he brought moscow pressure on the ukraine to scrap plans for participation in this trade pact here's a mr putin responded to a question about that let's take a listen. i don't know what the ukrainian president was talking about with his lithuanian counterpart maybe we should ask our merican friends about it but so far they haven't told us anything now he was of course joking but what he was referencing there is the u.s. national security agency spy scandal where the agency had been accused of wiretapping the phone calls of various e.u. leaders on a more serious note however mr putin lashed out at the european union suggesting that it's the e.u. in fact that's blackmailing and pressuring ukraine in regards to this deal let's

take a listen. when i. found out yesterday that ukraine has suspended not cancelled but suspended negotiations with the e.u. he wants to review everything we heard it's right from the e.u. to ukraine all the way up to organizing mass protests this is pressure and black man. now mr putin also reiterated russia's readiness to hold a three way talks with the e.u. ukraine over trade on the economy but sticking with the ukraine and the european union mr putin had actually referenced turkey as a long standing bid for membership in the european union which hasn't been successful to date fifty year process he said he turned to to mr erdogan and jokingly basically said that he wanted to get mr erdogan input on this since the country had tried for so long to enter the european union mr aragon had entered that yes this is a fifty year old request that he wanted to answer with his own request jokingly

saying asking for a russia to take shirky into the shanghai organization for cooperation part and that's of course the six party. cooperation agency that russia is a part of with several other countries essentially making a statement about turkey is an inability so far to join the e.u. since ukraine's decision not to integrate with the e.u. is believed to be based on economic matters we venture capital building whether the country will regret it in the future. you have said that they're not going to be compensating the 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 and 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 board it would mean is a flooding of cheap goods i'm talking about household brands that ukraine products would have difficulty competing. to quote yuri boyko who is the ukrainian energy minister he said that the decision was based on the economic interests of the country 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 they've been dealt plethora of downgrades and there's even talk as well about nafta gas which is the equivalent of rosters gas promise. exxon mobil from the u.s.

there staple company could be purchased by a buyer foreign buyers that's how delicate the situation is and that's exactly why they've had to readdress the situation. europe just doesn't know what to do with its fracking is called between the public dead set against show gas extraction and an industry hell bent on it explore options that are left to brussels but it's coming our way shortly here in r.t. . the first report from british m.p.'s has concluded that saudi arabia's notoriously bad human rights record is no reason to stop selling billions of dollars in weapons to the kingdom campaigners have accused the government of pandering to despotic regimes in return for profit or smith has more on the controversy of the report. 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 and 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 it is the foreign affairs committee is providing cover basically for the government says it continues to pander to despicable regimes in the service of arms contracts particularly for the manufacture so basically what this report is doing is recognizing the hypocrisy but not doing

anything about it representative the campaign against arms trade told us why exactly the group believes the report is misguided. there is a wrong attitude by the british government because it is they're always saying we've got to understand the saudis with quarter pounder to them with to try to understand their point of view we will have influence over them if we take the extra steps if we sold them weapons if we try to foster good relationships we say that that's just the wrong way around you should put human rights human rights the saudis human rights and expect trip workers in saudi arabia and of course in bahrain as well they should be at the center of the u.k. government policy it shouldn't be about selling arms it should be about supporting human rights and that's the problem with this report human rights takes very much a second place to commercial interests and particularly to the interests of the big

arms companies feel like protesting a death fracking sites well it will set you back five thousand dollars if new u.s. legislation becomes law the pay to protest bill courtesy of the oil lobby has already been passed by the house of representatives but that's just half of it that is going to can reports. the house of representatives decided first amendment does not apply when oil and gas industries are concerned they passed a bill this week that imposes a five thousand dollars fee for anyone wishing to file an official protest against the proposed drilling project there are protests going on across the nation against hydraulic fracking for instance there have been over a thousand documented cases of water contamination so people are naturally concerned but the same bill that establishes a fine for protesting against drilling would also allow for automatic approval of on shore drilling permits so the house of representatives is doing huge favors to all powerful oil and gas industries they did not just pass one legislation they

passed another bill this week that would put more authority of hydraulic fracking in the hands of states that way the department of interior would have no authority over whether companies disclose what chemicals they use in the fracking fluid whether water from franked wells is polluted or whether anyone can request public hearings regarding fracking permits permit applications needless to say that the fracking industry's contributions into congressional campaigns have quadrupled since two thousand and four these two bills still have to pass the democratic controlled senate even if they pass president obama has indicated he would veto the legislation should he get that far but will he actually do it. europe however has elected to go in the opposite direction when it comes to the fuel aside from forcing fracking companies to file damage reports your accounts are looking at more ways to regulate the industry so why is there so much ill will towards fracking or to understand you've got to know how it works now first off the hole is drilled

deep into the earth a cocktail of water and toxins and then pumped into literally dissolve rocks and release gas molecules and that's where the trouble begins because dangerous toxins some of which are radioactive often contaminate local water supplies up to seventy percent of fracking fluids also seep into the soil around the bore remaining a hazard for decades above ground the process releases vast quantities of greenhouse gases that are all but impossible to keep in check. but you live here moscow still to come this hour the global media turns its cameras on iran once again that's amid mixed hopes for a breakthrough deal over iran's atomic ambitions as key talks enter a third day with world leaders trying to overcome major stumbling blocks. also we meet the mayor of one israeli city has extreme views of buffeting the status quo in threatening to bring racism firmly into mainstream politics that.

is the media leave us so we leave the media. by the sea pollution secure. place your party is in the. shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from. politics. are to. make it with. the consent to. choose the opinions that you figure

a couple. choose the stories that impact. choose the access to. the world's political elite have descended on geneva amid cautious hopes a deal could be reached with iran over its uranium enrichment program optimism about the potential agreement is an evenly divided between the six countries participating in these talks which have now entered their third day. as the details . we know that the top diplomats catherine ashton has said that her talks with her raney and counterpart gerard zarif have been going well the chemistry between them is good and we've had similar note of optimism from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he's going to be joining these talks shortly but at the same time we

know that a number of stumbling blocks remain here at these talks it's become apparent over the past two days now one significant issue is the fact that iran is said to be insisting that its right to enrich uranium is publicly recognized in the agreement by the world powers but that's not the only problem we know that these last negotiations that just wrapped up here over ten days ago they folded at the eleventh hour people were ready to put pen to paper everyone seemed to be happy with the times of the deal that had been hammered out but at the last minute fronts reportedly insisted only much tougher conditions to be set out for the arraign eons and that is ward's both sides and the iranians are said to be grappling with now we know that one major bone of contention is the iraq heavy water reactor which france has been insisting can't go into operation and also where that iran has been

willing to commit to allow inspectors from the international atomic agency into the country they've agreed to a vast swathes of the conditions set out for them by the e.u. and the u.s. but they don't seem to be feeling according to reports that we're getting there and seem to be getting much in return for that we know that the u.s. and the e.u. on offering to ease sanctions particularly significantly or indeed immediately if a deal is struck the way things stand at the moment sanctions would only be east slightly and off to six months so iran's wanting to see a bit of leeway on that the said to be they want to see an easy. some very severe sanctions against that trade and the banking sector moreover at the moment we're talking about potentially hammering out a deal about easing sanctions but even the u.s. we've got hardliners in congress talking about piling on even more sanctions on iran what is the bargain in europe enters the debate showed crosstalk finds out

about the chances of a deal being struck. last the five plus one in particular the united states and france are willing to stick to understanding the radiance thought they had reached. 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 if iran doesn't soften its position on those three points . and are not likely to feel. cross towards another day here on the mayor of the israeli city of nazareth illit was recently voted back in de pere on the promise to keep the city jewish and limit

the growth of the arab population and this in a diverse electorate of jews christians and arabs as artie's poorness leader now reports he's refusing to back. what my goal is to have as few arabs as possible blunt direct and a virtually racist shit from a shop or ninety five percent of mayors think the same but only five percent will say it to the media i'm sorry i'm the only one who does say i have to stay true to what i believe should one 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 stopped the arab population in the city from growing among his friends he counts prime minister benjamin netanyahu and now he's just been reelected for another term in office if you notice israel is first a jewish state and then a democracy the same goes for nazareth illit 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 an 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 to arabs from him as a ref and other villagers come here to get away from their crowded areas and improve their living standards. stay we was born here he's been trying to get an arab school built in the city but it's not going to happen on this mayor's watch in this country when they get to the power to think if they go extreme right. if he becomes more racist then he will have more people to vote for him to claim make sure that 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 there's a michigan while in the thick of it 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. as promised a jewish city forever gets this election campaign was soaked with racist undertones which many are now dangerously close to entering israeli political mainstream the most disturbing aspect he takes pride in this in a way a microcosm of the city's battle to preserve its jewish identity is infused with history religion and discrimination depending which side you're on policy r.t. nazareth elite northern israel. when it comes to sharing you might want to think twice before you do this in saudi arabia a pair of free hugs campaigners have been arrested there as police classify their actions as exotic practices to do more harm than good find out the details right now a. way to save endangered population of polar bears as russian scientists

plan to make a grizzly is sort of that mother of snow white cubs that's right now. international maritime tribunals demanding russia freeze the thirty greenpeace activists and their ship detained in september for trying to scale. most of the activists have already been released on bail with just one staying behind bars until february is to buy more. it's been a roller coaster ride for the thirty acting activists who were arrested for trying to scale a russian oil rig in the arctic now the thirty that's twenty eight of them were greenpeace activists and two of them who are journalists to where charged with piracy for trying to scale that article oil rig the russian authorities said they put everybody on that oil rig in danger as well as themselves and other charges of piracy were later reduced to holligan ism charges which carry up to

a seven year maximum sentence at this point they will move from moments good to st petersburg that was early in november where they'd be able to get diplomatic help as well as be near to their families with this environmental case has certainly caused a rift between russia as well as the netherlands of the arctic sunrise vessel which the activists were on board was a flying of the dutch flag that at this point what we do know is that the hague the international maritime has been ours to take a look at the case forcing russia to release the thirty activists and we know that the activists who have been released on bail will not be able to be so in petersburg they have to stay there as they have no legal papers to move around the country or leave the country. for some more global headlines this hour at least forty five people have been killed after a supermarket collapsed in the capital dozens more were also injured emergency services are still working to free more people trapped in the rubble an

investigation has been launched into what caused the building to crumble the top politicians brain failures to meet building standards. people are continuing a general strike in tripoli demonic all militia groups leave the libyan capital out of a local councillor such a city will not work until they go forty three protesters were killed or we could go as a demonstrated outside the headquarters of one group in tripoli which opened far on the crowd. a ruptured oil pipeline is exploded in china's northeast killing twenty two people workers in the coastal city of qingdao were trying to contain the leak in the plague when the blast occurred ripping through coals and damaging buildings have been put up to try to stop the oil from seeping into the sea because of the accident is still being investigated. hawaii's biggest island has passed one of the most stringent and g.m. food laws yet banning genetic experimentation on its territory for the more growing

modified seeds is not restricted to indoor structures elizabeth chris smith from the center for food safety believes the anti g.m. mood is beginning to reverberate across the world this is actually a movement that is spreading across the country move actually is the second this week in hawaii there's the ban obviously on the big island but also another piece of legislation that was passed in the choir which severely restricts and makes chemical companies regulate and report 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 enacted 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 wanting to have a healthier more pure source of food. brings up steve the most about the news team of morphine just over half an hour from now in the meantime larry king talks to

renowned american journalist bob woodward here in r.t. after the break. in my research i randomly came across a sad statistic according to the montpelier a center for the constitution only twenty eight percent of americans have actually read the constitution although the overwhelming majority claimed that they understood some of it and now we see why the constitution especially the bill of rights are getting whittled away the average person doesn't really know what their secret covenant with the government actually says which means the government can get away with reinterpreting the agreement to suit their needs and not yours because no one is the wiser but if you think i'm going to see blue ridge american how dare you then you are wrong the problem is that any kind of philosophy or ideology or just even asking why seems to be getting out of favor in educational

systems all over the western world and beyond i mean shouldn't the average american be taught in school about you know america and like the constitution and capitalism how can the society advocate praise or defend values they don't have any idea about please let's get the stuff back into the educational system but fascist my opinion . one of the most celebrated investigative journalists of our time bob woodward of the washington post reported on every president since nixon and he's the author or co-author of a dozen number one. bestselling nonfiction but. considering what he's covered over

the years it's appropriate that he joins me at the historic day adams otel overlooking the white house on next politicking. it's always great to go back to washington especially on a lovely day like today and especially to be with an old friend like bob woodward the pulitzer prize winning journalist work for the washington post since one thousand nine hundred seventy one currently is associate editor author a co-author of twelve number one national bestselling nonfiction books most recent the price of politics that is out in paperback with so many of them that is star ok i don't sotelo cate across in the white house the executive office buildings all the bad as the white house president obama and his family say they have a two weeks prior to his first inauguration the president is approaching the end of

his fifth year in office i mean a says when obama at five well george will the columnist said obama's head the worst first year of the second term since nixon i think that's. overstatement but obama's having trouble now and certainly with obamacare it's not just that the technical website issue it's is it going to work what does it mean to people and whenever there's a change like this a change i think is wise i think people should have health insurance and what the going to make it function for millions of people like they promised we were going to see any second terms when he said in terms get off well. and good question i mean the generally is a bump in the road. but if you look at the world right now i think the world is such a dangerous place all of the if you go from north korea down to libya in egypt and

ask questions of china and russia one of the cia people came over recently and said the fuse of instability is lit in about a dozen countries whether it's going to go off this week or tomorrow or five years from now or ever we don't know but just the level of instability these countries that are unhappy with so that that's in addition to all the domestic problems what keeps you going to bother me you're very successful you don't need the money here is seventy years old you could go watch the dancers at least stevenson used to say but confused one of these of the day it serves these and the most interesting dancers in the world and if you never get tired of this no because there are always surprises there are always things we don't know.