the torch relay. on our team. while the world powers celebrate the nuclear deal with iran israel's prime minister remains unconvinced and is sticking to his combative line. this agreement has made much more dangerous place benjamin netanyahu now plans to stay in a delegation to washington to discuss the accord. ukraine's e.u. turned on to europe triggers street violence with protesters furious at the hold of trying talks while jailed former prime minister annuity mission goes on hunger strike in support of closer ties with the e.u. . five britain scotland is set to release a white paper on why it will be better off with the u.k. preparing the ground for next year's new panels referendum.

this is r.t. going to live from moscow marina josh welcome to the program world powers are celebrating the breakthrough nuclear agreement with iran with president obama praising the diplomatic solution and saying tough talk doesn't guarantee security by his israeli counterpart prime minister benjamin netanyahu who took a harsher stance saying by taking pressure off iran the deal after laughing all the way to the bank are supposedly reports from tel aviv israel's leaders on lining up to them best the iran's nuclear deal taking a cue from the commander this first step. could very well be the last of the country's foreign minister vols the world is now closer to

a nuclear arms race while the economic chief warns a nuclear suitcase could detonate a new york or madrid five years from now this agreement has made the world a much more dangerous place. but that world is hating the deal with iran as historic it will make our partners in the region safer it will make our ally israel safer while television threatening to isolate itself even further so the euro is not bob by this is moot now when if we take the point. and yet for all the frustration there is one more hope for israeli politicians to use the next six months before a final deal is drafted to their advantage i suspect they're going to be continuously saying that iran is not keeping its commitments. sure they're going to be in close touch with. that states friends than anybody or any

of the countries continuously pressing israel's demands for what should be in that final agreement but with the pressure on israel it's the only country in the middle east that has not and does not intend to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty if you want to avoid. a nuclear weapon for your own we have to be part of the over a nuclear free zone the very simple even iran's president hassan rouhani has called on israel to join the club he positioning himself as a major peacekeeper in the attempt to denuclearize the region never threaten israel with nuclear weapons. iran. the outcome. if a nuclear free middle east initiative was ever to work it's estimated israel would need to get rid of anywhere between seventy five and four hundred nuclear warheads israel is not going to agree even to talk about the uranium bomb in the context of dayton nuclearization that's the last thing that israel wants to have in the

equation. and for a country that is never officially admitted to this in the arms getting her to destroy them might be the most difficult deal the world has yet to secure policy r t tel aviv. prime minister netanyahu says he will santa's team to the u.s. to discuss the nuclear agreement in more detail meantime his tough position on a long awaited deal sparked a wave of media criticism in israel commentator suggested his harsh words were prompted by a sense of personal failure and accuse him of behaving oddly and international arena so liberal haaretz newspaper questioned his diplomacy calling it a phase bellyaching israeli national security expert a well germans as netanyahu has ways of handling the issue are far from popular at home. an increasing number of analysts and commentators who have come out and said this deal is something israel could live with and even if it's not perfect it's not something that we would have opted for ourselves that it's something that's not as

bad as our prime minister has described so there's definitely a spectrum of opinion here on this issue as there is in every issue what we do know is in the week or two leading up to the agreement there was a poll taken about what people felt the prime minister's rhetoric towards the united states and a plurality supported him and only a very small percentage of the public thought that he was fully and justified but that may be different after the agreements come in to come into being we'll have to see and abby martin as something to say about israel stands and breaking the set. this is a is rhetoric and six months iran will have its nukes walked and loaded clark these are saying largely hurt iran's ordinary citizens not the country's political elite over the last year and a half the number of iranian families living in poverty has risen from twenty two to forty percent well the price of food and medicine has skyrocketed so is it really that horrible but less iranians will suffer for the next six months.

protests continue across ukraine with anger spilling into the streets after kiev rejected in the société an agreement with the e.u. earlier mass rallies erupted into clashes with both police and protesters firing tear gas and pepper spray at each other are just chefs he has the latest from the ukrainian capital. the protests are continuing the stayed overnight despite it's getting very very cold in the ukrainian capital we're certain expecting the protests to continue right now the both the squares where the protests are taking place are not so crowded but last night was so how after watching hours finished thousands came here and it wasn't a very peaceful protest one minor incident one minor broke ation led to clashes with the police to gas was used that was then which reaches away from it and that the crowd was in fact very very angry until the police left it was still very tense we also expect the protests in front of the government building and the people here

see many determined to stay until the end of the week and to see whether there's any hope that the euro cessation the free trade zone agreement with european union would be signed and we also know that the their leader the needle don't position of the jailed former prime minister huge machine call has declared an unconditional hunger strike in support of the signing of this deal on monday ukrainian foreign minister mr karzai has said that ukraine was not ready to sign this association agreement before that of the prime minister also was very critical of the international monetary fund which said he would not provide a stabilization loan for the country just that i was out of said that the country doesn't need to handouts like these when it means practically destroying the country's economy the reasons for not signing this deal are too serious a possibility in isolation of the great in fact response to a hundred billion dollars which the country can't afford a possible solution on this nice gentle smile self in the streets all this contributes to the decision by the government not to sign the deal we have to wait

and see until friday this week until the summit in vilnius to see whether ukraine will actually refused to sign the free trade agreement with the european union now the e.u. has accused moscow blackmailing ukraine out of signing a deal european commission and the european council stressed that the offer from kiev remains open however experts say the e.u. won't be able to support ukraine if it concludes an agreement with the uni. the european union really isn't in a very good financial situation ukraine needs to have a competitive economy but if it is in to agreement with the european union. would make the economy less competitive it would mean less economic growth it would mean higher unemployment so any money would go to offset the damage that. would actually do to ukraine if there was an agreement now of course you've been union it doesn't really be have any money to be lending out because it has its own. work closely following the events unfolding in ukraine here and there is more on

our website for all the photos and videos from the scene you can head to r.t. dot com. the latest fighting between government troops and the lisha in libya's eastern city of benghazi has left at least fourteen dead and dozens more are wounded that says forty six people were killed in the capital tripoli last week when militias opened fire on a demonstration against the rule of armed groups the libyan army has been struggling to control armed groups that took part in the old throw of the country's former leader colonel gadhafi and according to some reports there's up to seven thousand five hundred of them now active in the country all with different goals leave is also facing uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depos across the state while only twenty of them belong to the government meanwhile about three thousand anti-aircraft missiles that have the potential to bring down civilian airliners have gone missing. from pan-african

newswire says continued outside interference is causing only more problems for the country. the government is totally incapable of reining in these militias they're not going to disarm there's been a problem associated with bringing together the various some militia groups but many of them motivated by sectional interests by criminal activity and we've seen the fruits of this over the last two weeks and then of course there's the international aspect as well other forces that are coming in from outside of libya also participating in the internal political struggles that are going on in libya itself and then of course we still have the ongoing role of the united states and these other western states who are continually interfering in the internal affairs of libya and now the united states is talking about training some five to seven thousand libyans to be a part of this new national army and this of course could cause even more

consternation inside the country because many of these militia groups even though they were against gadhafi they still do not support the u.s. or nato interfering in the internal affairs of libya at this stage adenauer abseiling we're asking where you think levy is headed in the light of the recent unrest so far almost half of you believe that the country is on a path to civil war and around thirty four percent say libya will become a safe haven for terror groups affiliated with al qaida or just a little. just just a little over tamper sand think at this point western countries will intervene to help the libyan government and get hold of the country and only six percent so far say that the ongoing trouble is a natural phase on the way to democracy so i had to argue to come and have your say . still get out of the program tightening the screws and the other human rights activists in bahrain is put behind bars as

a part of the government's efforts to stifle dissent coming out we talk to his wife which tells r t how her husband and adopt in prison. and the scottish government is set to release a six hundred seventy page white paper laying out its blueprint for in the pants coming ahead of next year's referendum opponents have questioned the move saying it will force scots into a risky choice lead to five yani a member of the scottish parliament says the document answers all the questions about scotland's plans for the future. well it's a very accessible document it's in a sort of catalogue style and very defined chapters and of course it's going to be online with easy search facility people will be able to look and see what particular issues they want to investigate themselves you know people have been saying that they want more information and with the publication of the paper which is in and then well he doesn't have

a comprehensive blueprint for an independent school and so i think people from all walks of life will be able to use it as. the go it alone voter set to take place next september when a simple yes no vote will decide the fate of the centuries long union with england but london has opposed the idea with warnings almost on every sing and what's been dubbed project fear by the yes camp scotland have once to keep the pound in a currency union with the u.k. an idea dismissed by westminster taxes adat the no vote camp suggests there will be deeper astaire and higher taxes your membership london says scotland can forget about it the tried and nuclear program of david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and there might be even a roaming charges i'm mobile phones if a split happens let a five yard he says in a panels will simply allow the scottish people decide which path their country takes the rest of my life scotland has not had the government such as voted for and

you don't think independence will bring will be that people will vote for the representative government before school boards and that supposed making choices and positive choices and defining the future as a base for scotland and the people who live and work can school and fairly straight forward as far as i'm concerned our release of the blueprint for the panels will take place in glasgow in about two hours from now i will have a wife reports on the breakaway issue with our correspondent don mist at. now there are two man from very different walks of life but the pope and the report now more in common than you might think coming up we're reporting their first meeting and how they've been brought together by shared concern over the humanitarian disaster in syria.

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welcome back this is our team the russian and papal flags flew over the vatican yesterday when the pontiff welcomed president vladimir putin the russian president isn't only on an official visit. to europe is going off was following the trip. so do your so do tell us. how is the russian president been received in italy so far. well let's look at it this way there is pope francis on one hand a figure with enormous spiritual influence over one point two billion catholics across the world and president putin on the other a heavyweight politician also one of the most influential people on the globe the two may not be on the scene team but they do have much more in common than some may think for instance syria both have been standing firmly against any military

intervention france's even wrote a letter to the russian president personally thanking him for his efforts to help prevent military action by the west both moscow and the vatican have also been paying a lot of attention to the rights of christians in syria so we are on the same page when it comes to lots of issues but what's interesting is the way italian media has been reporting on this visit it's not the relations between the vatican and moscow nor the conflict in syria which we're in the focus of their attention but we defeat of mr putin's alleged friends and the former prime minister of italy silvio berlusconi of scrutiny facing a string of convictions including abuse of power and having sex with an underage prostitute and so local media was and still is a brewing with speculation over whether or not mr berlusconi will be able to avoid punishment and the latest girl in that sense was that the russian president was going to make mr berlusconi russia's ambassador to the vatican automatically

granting him diplomatic immunity which in real life never of course happened in the end of the meeting of the president with the pope but it did show him out of attention being focused on going to visit and now the russian president left rome to the city of she has accompanied by eleven ministers where they are now meeting with the head of the italian government. right or thank you so much for bringing us this update from every orifice going off following the visit of the russian president to. only there. are other stories bahrain authorities have once again clamp down on the sand arresting a prominent activist and chairman of the european bahraini organisation for human rights for inciting hatred against the ruling moderate we talked to hussein jawans wife and she told us her husband was just another link in the dismal chain of the rulers ever to get those speaking out he was defamed. could offer should u.s.

paper is he went to the police station to file a case against that but he got arrested for inciting hatred against what it's against in bahrain wristing human rights activist or defenders and behind it is not something new with. authorities that are seeking to address the human rights activists that day off or another as if you were. knocked on on this scene and in bahrain many human rights defenders are even either in exile or if they are. or are present or sentence for the several years. as were darwish also told us about the case of another bahraini pro-democracy activists in a village aboud was arrested last year over his twitter based campaign criticizing the ruling regime. jesus never believe a job as that is a very obvious to all of our. human rights they don't want anyone to

step forward and talk about what people are suffering or to juanita our nation they want everyone to keep quiet and accept what could cause the behavior reteam isn't forcing it to curate the option on the political option and they are stopping duals who are teaching people or making people aware of their rights or speak about them . our team has lined up plenty of stories for you on our website including a brand new study revealing there was water on mars billions of years ago so i had to r.t. dot com and find out what kept the ancient red planet warm enough to let reverse flow there and even form martian valleys. plus after conquering open space the sochi olympic torch has reached the depths of late by cause part of its ambitions relay an hour in motion section there's a spectacular video for you of the olympic eigen at the bottom of the world's deepest leg. right on the sea.

first for you and i think the trip. on our reporters were very. instrumental. to the end. now we go to some other stories from around the world a series of bombings in and around baghdad is left at least twenty seven people dead and dozens wounded the attacks including the blast at a crowded marketplace which claimed sixteen lives and the assassination of a former lawmaker france has offered to help curb the rising bloodshed in iraq by providing weapons training and intelligence to security forces over seven thousand five hundred people have been killed in two thousand and thirteen making it one of the deadliest years since the u.s. led invasion. thousands of anti-government protesters have the siege

to several more government buildings in bangkok in a show day of demonstrations the thai prime minister has announced emergency powers to deal with the end russia's protesters broke. occupy the foreign ministry some even appeared to be settling down for the night and crowds also gave officials at the interior ministry that ultimatum to leave it was in one hour and they're calling on the pm and the government to resign over a bill that would grant amnesty to politicians both past and present. supporters of the opposition presidential candidate in and doris amar castro have marched through the capital to stake their claim to victory in this weekend's elections the protest was led by the candidates husband former president. urged activists to take to the streets to press their claim official returns from the country's election tribe you'll turn around five percent behind her opponents from

the ruling national party both declared themselves winners of the election on sunday. american intelligence hasn't stole the malicious software on over fifty thousand computers networks worldwide fresh leaks from was the rather would snowden reveal the n.s.a. declined to comment on the allegations while the government set out a disclosure of classified data is a threat as investigative reporter david lindorff explains the n.s.a. hackers far reaching operations have nothing to do with national security. if they're actually able to plant these devices inside the servers that's a whole new level of. invasiveness and it's not just on the computers it's right in the servers that the computers work through as none of this is catching terrorists or even stopping terrorists this is really about something else the terrorism is an excuse for having this massive spying.

and while the white house wants our snowden back in a country and behind bars ever ties went on buses in washington d.c. are saying king a whistle blower the campaign praises the n.s.a. leaker and urges the public to stand against america's sweeping surveillance operation it's already received wide coverage in the u.s. and international media and there was behind it are promising further exposure. job security and a never ending supply of clients it may sound like an ideal career path but being an undertaker might not be for everyone and if you do decide on the business of death where do you learn the skills of your chosen profession or disappear all or went along to europe's all we dedicated college. a small town college a class like any other except for the coffin in the middle of the room that is the students' learning how to be undertake is. what i want to work on help people through that is

a very difficult time when my grandmother died the funeral directors didn't do a great job and i saw the distress that caused my family this isn't a job it's a calling. the college in north and bavaria is the only one of its kind in europe each year they take about five hundred students on a three year course rain or shine they are drilled for every eventuality limits to form but. ok the buddies down all the guests have left but the police called and says this lady may have been poisoned and must be exuberant how do you get her out of there any ideas yeah. a lot of the course is spent on the job at local funeral parlor as despite the bonus being on professionalism it doesn't leave the participants immune to the realities musician can. do sometimes you know if there is a kid lying there or someone my age it hits you hard for a job and life can be. the students don't just spend their time digging graves they

also receive extensive studies in a not so me as well as lessons in how to deal with the deceased using some rather realistic props also the correct way to measure on build a coffin including those designed to fit the regulations for international travel. and most importantly a lot of work is done to make sure that the students can be sensitive to the needs of a grieving family if a meeting until a hero we aim to make sure that someone gradients they have the skills to work anywhere or even set up their own enterprise when they leave our gates their professional few know. which will be welcome news to any of their future customers because you only get one chance to get it right these are all over germany. and up next here as he find out what makes good russian wine and red white and brown

that's just ahead of me and. one member of st petersburg's legislative assembly is trying to get child beauty pageants banned in russia starting with his hometown you know i couldn't agree more with this gent on this issue these kids beauty pageants not only put a ton of pressure on children to achieve something absolutely pointless but they're also a pedophile's dream come true and are well very very creepy but why are they creepy that's because whether you like it or not human beauty is related to sex so when you try to make children beautiful and wear bathing suits or let's just say active poses yeah that's called sexualizing children and it's disgusting although adult

beauty pageants are also sort of stupid at least the participants are all adults so see it because beauty pageants are obviously related to sexuality should be able to participate in them until you reach the age of consent in your country otherwise it is just a pedophile buffet but that's just my opinion. the

black sea coast is one of russia's top tourist destinations sung sea and the best one in the country has to offer but if those weren't good enough reasons on their own to come here there's also a little mystery but i want to get to the bottom of. my turds long ago that there was a man named brown come to russia's black sea coast to grow grapes and make wine he might not have been my ancestor but the namesake in the region seen in the past take to excuse for a visit i turned up one bottle of the family wine if there was another one i was going to find it and if i had to have a few of the local vintages along the way that was a sacrifice i was willing to make. this is a venerable.