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

in the studio. with twenty four hours a day. the ukrainian opposition is baring its teeth threatening president 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 e.u.'s oh sation deal next week protests have been taking place all over ukraine since last night you are now witnessing one of them a t.v. central independence square the place where the orange revolution started exactly nine years ago when literally this whole space behind me was filled with people several hundred thousand here in any case 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're expecting more than seventy thousand people to hit the streets so this is one part of the greater society infuriated by unocal which is decision the other party 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 a dodge to 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 touted 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 we're building trade ties with russia and c.i.s. was made the priority. probably some stage of ascending to the top the weather is unfavorable. there 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 i 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 fourth 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 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. reporting from kiev in ukraine. who's blackmailing whom president vladimir putin is addressed recent allegations that russia forced ukraine into the u.

turn it off 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 that 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 blackmailing and pressuring ukraine in regards to this deal let's take a listen. when i have just found out yesterday that ukraine has suspended not cancelled but suspended negotiations with the e.u. he wants to review everything. from ukraine all the way up to organizing mass protests this is pressure on. sticking with the ukraine and the european union mr putin had actually referenced turkey is a longstanding bid for membership in the european union which hasn't been successful to date fifty year process he said he turned to mr aragon 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 and he wanted to answer with his own request asking for a russian to take shirky into the shanghai organization for quite. heartening 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 as an inability so far to join the e.u. we spoke to john laughlin from the institute of democracy in corporation who explained how he believes the e.u. pushes its own agenda. the e.u. has conceived this is so serious agreement like all the other agreements that it tries to sign with european states as a geo political project is very important to understand that in the midst of all these accusations against russia it's actually the e.u. which sees it would expansion as it should let it all and indeed an ideological project we saw this back in september when armenia which was in comparison to

ukraine is a tiny country signed up for the customs union with russia and immediately brussels said that it says that anyone any possibility of it signing an association agreement with the e.u. was off the table you made it clear that you either had to sign the e.u. agreement or you had to sign the russian what russia grants bail to twenty nine out of the thirty greenpeace activists arrested during september's oil rig protest yet that's not enough for the intentional maritime tribunal which demands they all be let out of the country immediately along with their ship go next but analysis coming up shortly here on r.t. . but first a report from british m.p.'s has concluded that saudi arabia's the torricelli bad human rights record is no reason to stop selling billions of pounds and weapons to the kingdom campaigners of accuse the government of pandering to despotic regimes in return for profit or smith has more on the controversy as they 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 cues is the foreign affairs committee is providing basically the government says it continues to pander to despicable regimes in the

service of arms contracts particularly for. manufacturers so basically what this report is doing is recognizing the hypocrisy but not doing anything about it it's. a representative of 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 we've got a pander to them with the to try to understand their point of view and we will have influence over them if we take the extra steps if we sell them weapons if we try to foster good relations we say that that's just the wrong way around you should put human rights human rights the saudis human rights or expect trip workers in saudi arabia and of course in bahrain as well they should be at the center of 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. still to come this hour the global media turns its cameras on iran once again. hopes for a breakthrough. with. major stumbling blocks. also. threatening to bring racism mainstream politics. to build a. mission

to teach me. the british. market. to the global economy.

the world's political elites have descended on geneva cautious hopes a deal can be reached with the wrong. and over its uranium enrichment program upon his arrival a few hours ago russia's foreign minister met with his reigning counterpart straight away optimism about the potential agreement is an evenly divided between the six countries participating in the talks which have now and to third day ortiz brings us the details. well the sticking point right now is in the details we know that the iranian foreign minister has said that he's not signing any deal unless world powers publicly recognize iran's right to radium enrichment iran has already made a number of concessions coming into these groups we know that they've reportedly agreed to stop enriching uranium to five percent they've also agreed to dispose of

anything that enrich took over that amount already and they've agreed not to use advanced centrifuges but we know that the tools today have been stalling because of this reported gap between what both sides are wanted to achieve here that needs to be bridged also reports from the iranian side that they're simply not getting enough in return for the concessions that they are making now what are they getting in return the u.s. and the e.u. have agreed to ease some sanctions a limited easing of sanctions as they say and that would only happen six months off a deal is hammered out if that deal is hammered out and of course at the same time we're told that hammering out a deal and perhaps easing sanctions at the same time in the u.s. congress we've got hardliners talking about ratcheting ratcheting up sanctions instead so still a number of positions that need to be reconciled if you remember the last round of these talks folded at the eleventh hour when reportedly france insisted on much

tougher conditions for iran so we've got. a lot of talks still taking place we know that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has jetted into geneva there's talk of john kerry flying into more and to also join in the talks catherine ashton the top diplomat talking about suppose it is so a lot of people still hoping that a deal could still be done as the talks progressed into the night and through to the morning as well. if you look at protesting at a fracking sites where little such you bet five thousand dollars if new u.s. legislation becomes law the pay to protest bill courtesy of the oil will be it will really be possible the house of representatives but that's just talk of it is going to come on 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 has 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 that apartment if interior would have no authority over where the companies disclose what chemicals they use in the fracking fluid whether water from frakt wells is polluted or whether anyone can request public hearings regarding 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 kratz are looking at more ways to regulate the industry so why is there so much ill will towards fracking to understand you've got to know how it works well first off a hole is drilled deep into the earth and then a cocktail of water and toxins have been pumped into literally dissolve rocks and release gas molecules and that's where the trouble begins dangerous toxins some of which are radioactive often contaminate local water supplies and 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.

president hamid karzai has firmly rejected u.s. calls to immediately sign an agreement that would allow american troops to stay in afghanistan after twenty fourteen he says the deal should be ratified only after presidential elections in the middle of next year a view that clashes with the u.s. secretary of state john kerry who's called for it to be pushed through as quickly as possible and annual meeting of afghan elders is currently debating whether to support the accord and antiwar activist brian becker says the afghan president is in a very delicate position. karzai is worried of course that he owes his existence to the presence of the american forces that have kept him in power and yet at the same time he knows that millions of afghans resent our angry indignation about the fact that the united states government has run roughshod over their country for the last twelve years what the united states is proposing is that the united states will maintain military bases and soldiers in afghanistan for

a quarter of a century twenty twenty four is almost a quarter of a century after the two thousand and one invasion this is a clear instance of a colonial relationship where the united states invades and occupies a country uses various pretexts and then maintains military bases so that ultimately whoever is the government after karzai the us will be the determine or the real power in afghanistan when it comes to sharing you might want to think twice before you do this in saudi arabia a pair of free hugs campaign is to be the rest of that as police classify their actions as exotic practices to do more harm than good on other details right now and. melting away to save the endangered population a potent that says russian scientists plan to make a grizzly the sort of mother snow white cups that's a little nutty right now. the marrow of the israeli city of nazareth it was recently voted back into power in

a promise to keep the city jewish and limit the growth of the arabic population and this in a diverse electorate of jews christians and arabs that he's put us live now reports he's refusing to back down. what my goal is to have as few arabs as possible blunt direct and a virtually racist shemar from a shop or ninety five percent of mayors think the same but only five percent will say to the media i'm sorry i'm the only one who does so by 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 you notice that israel is 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 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. if he become 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 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 here are now dangerously close to entering israeli political mainstream the most disturbing aspect he takes pride in us 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 r.t. now as with the elite northern israel. town of some more global news for you this hour in brief a ten year old boy is reportedly been killed in egypt are supporters and opponents of the muslim brotherhood from the ousted president mohamed morsi clashed in the capital police forces intervene firing into the air and sharing the crowds with

tear gas canisters the protests were marking one hundred days since security forces cleared a major city in a morsy supporters in car killing up to five hundred. at least fifty people have reportedly been killed after a supermarket collapse in the capital dozens more were also injured. thirty people could still be trapped under the rubble an investigation has been launched into what caused the building to crumble but a top politician is blamed failing to meet building standards. thousands of people continue with general strike in tripoli demanding all militia groups leave the libyan capital the head of the local council said the city will not work until they go forty three protests were killed a week ago as they demonstrated outside the headquarters of one armed group in tripoli which opened fire on the crowd. the international maritime tribunal is demanding russia frees the thirty greenpeace activists and their ship detained in september for trying to scale an oil rig twenty nine of them

have already been granted bail and most of them released with just one staying behind bars until february is to bring let's say with more. it's been a roller coaster ride for the thirty active 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 are take a while rageh 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 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 in petersburg they'll have to stay there as they have no legal papers to move around the country or leave the country. to make special maritime nor told auntie that wally international tribunal to moms the activists be let out of the country doesn't mean russia must drop its charges against them. it is common practice that the vessel and the crew is released and once the financial security post it we know that russia has so far ignored the proceedings at the trade you know it is not yet the final decision on the merits of the case so russian authorities should concede about the fact that they have released the vessel against the secure to post it

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to find out more visit our big teeth dog called. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle in which negotiations only a week ago the prospect of a deal with around 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 sideshow with these negotiations are really about is the issue of trust. to cross talk around i'm joined by my guest flynt leverett in washington he is

a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to run also in washington we have time here he is a turkey and middle east analyst as well as a journalist and in paris we cross to valerie lynsey she's the executive director of the wisconsin project on nuclear arms control all right folks in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage inflamed if i go to you first in washington we almost had a deal over a week ago and what are the prospects of a deal right now and what are the prospects of. the radicals on both sides of the table winning. i am i have to say i hope i'm wrong but i'm not particularly optimistic about a deal being reached being reached this week i don't think that there's been a lot of progress on the issues that kept agreement from being reached the last time the parties convened in geneva there's the issue of iran's nuclear rights

and how they get acknowledged or not acknowledged in an interim agreement there are disagreements about how to handle the during an interim deal this heavy water reactor facility at which the iranians are building there's still disagreements about the disposition of iran stockpile of near twenty percent enriched uranium. i don't really see much sign that either the united states or the french are backing down from some of the positions they took on those issues ten days ago and if there is not some give on that i don't know how the rain ians will be in a visitation to accept the five plus one proposal ok what are the possibilities of a softening its position because the international perception is that this is a very moderate negotiation team right now and the fact that we were very very

close gives the impression that it takes it's more political will right now and as i said in the introduction the program we can you know we can. get tongue tied over all the technical issues but 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. well i think that that's right i think since the p five plus one and iran met in geneva almost two weeks ago and now i think there's been a sort of deterioration of trust based on these technical issues but i don't think that you can divorce those from sort of the breakdown i think they are quite important the points that phil and just laid out are at the core of the of the interim deal and i think that if iran doesn't soften its position on those three points the negotiations are not likely to yield a deal in mind so it's all incumbent upon it ran to.