protests against the holder of the trade talks rage on the new crane while russia's president calls on brussels toned down his criticism of moscow saying it's about business not politics plus. i police in caro enforce a new law that restricts protests amid fears the country sliding back to for its hereon regime. and a ticket to ride n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden appeared on posters on washington buses this campaign is americans to follow his lead i'm reject government surveillance.

they are watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now demonstrations continue in ukraine's capital kiev over the government's decision to turn down an association agreement with the european union says president putin called on the e.u. leaders to stop their criticism of russia over ukraine is decision the european bloc has accused moscow of pressuring kiev out of signing the deal party's alexia share of skis following the protests in kiev. protesters still continue in kiev they lost it overnight despite temperatures dropping well below zero and right now several thousand people are besieging the government building in central kiev and there's been a warning coming from the authorities for the general public to abstain from any kind of provocations because they had information that some provocative groups were preparing some royals and even the possible attempt to take over the government

building that's why you can see there's heavy police presence riot police are all over the place i when i walked here to the government building i saw literally hundreds of riot police all over the place there securing every governmental building the parliament of the government building and the administration of president building and judging by the fact that these people have ten camps across the city they're not willing to go anywhere until friday until the summit and you're still clinging to this last hope of signing your association deal during the eastern partnership summit even though there are serious assurances coming from the government that this deal will not be signed and it's not so difficult to see why judging by the numbers and figures that may cause a serious collapse of the ukrainian economy let me break down some of these figures for you. may have standard few people but it's no surprise to those who have looked at the numbers the country's economy has been on a downward slope for over a year and a half with foreign debt at a staggering one hundred thirty six billion dollars it would have cost of one hundred billion dollars to modernize factories not all can so closures would

trigger massive unemployment and risky of cannot afford especially since the e.u. made it clear no immediate compensation then a huge drop in industrial output from last trade with russia which said ukraine cannot get loyalty points from everyone ukraine's decision has also started a political street fight between brussels and moscow as they do trade accusations of pressuring. i wanted to ask our friends in brussels my personal friends in the european commission to refrain from harsh statements. do we really have to stifle an entire segment of our economy just to get them to like us. the fear is that with the free trade agreement already in place with key of the russian market could be flooded with european goods that could destroy entire industries and see tens of thousands of people out of work. but those camping out in key of central square are adamant about becoming part of

europe despite the risks to their own country's economic health. that was let's see our ships give their reporting from kiev and for all the latest updates from the ukrainian capital you can follow his instagram he's got footage from the scene plus pictures from the heart of the demonstrations. on long. haul europe and ukraine were expected to sign a political association agreement as well as a free trade pact an east summit in lithuania later this week ukraine's president has said he will attend a meeting to explain why kiev turned down the deal artie's peace to all over explains why some believe he has u. turn is saving europe a lot of trouble. ukraine's decision not to push for closer association with the e.u. could turn out to be a blessing for those european countries there was going to have to be some two

hundred thousand pieces of regulation that would have had to have been changed to allow ukraine to fit into this new partnership all of which would have had to have been paid for by the european countries now these pieces of regulation range from quite big issues right down to things like the type of screws used on road signs and the gauge of railway tracks and those are things that really european countries can't afford to be paying for right now we're seeing eighty four million people on the brink of poverty across the european union this is according to eurostar the european union's own statistics organization youth unemployment is endemic across most of europe all of these things are leading europeans here in berlin to tell me that well europe should look to put its own financial problems correct before it starts taking on the debts of others. so it's not the e.u. already has plenty of problems in its own right at the moment for example bulgaria

will be joining soon i will only create were problems so if you know we have been saying yes this will be expensive we have not realized it yet but we just have to wait and see what prima gibbs can do it's hard to say there are plenty of problems in ukraine in any case if we take them it should be done under different conditions . so it seems you may have dodged something of a financial bullet following ukraine's decision not to push for those closer ties. one reason ukraine shelved the e.u. deal was the international monetary fund severe terms for an aid package included the freezing of salaries and additional harsh budget cuts we've got more analysis on the story plus all the latest updates at r.t. dot com. police in. capital cairo have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds protesting against a new law that restricts public gatherings. i.

dozens of demonstrators have been arrested in the operation including two leading activists who spearheaded the twenty level revolt against former president hosni mubarak the bill requires police approval for public protests of more than ten people was artie's built through reports from cairo far from calming the situation it seems to have provoked even more violence on the streets. and we expect protesters to once again return to the streets against this very oppressive law which security forces basically enforced on choose day as those mass public outrage at the behavior of the police towards protesters who were just standing peacefully for a few minutes and that's all the time they were given demonstrating now just before midnight on tuesday we had reports from fifteen prominent activist female activists that they had been sexually assaulted beaten and dumped in the desert after being part of those who were arrested on tuesday for this demonstration this sparked

uproar across the country egypt's committee of fifty you supposed to be drafting egypt's constitution suspended its session and many of the political parties called for the draft law to be revised saying that this was a return to the days of hosni mubarak where protests were basically by and do to emergency law the situation in egypt has obviously been deteriorating in the last few months but this new protest more effectively restricts demonstrations in some cases criminalizing protesters not allowing people to even gather for a few minutes on the streets in numbers above ten. shortly here in r.t. we take a look at the latest images from the syrian civil war. with a country in gold in violence international mediators agree on a day to resume peace talks already shown by the rebels fighting the regime in syria. britain is turning into a color coded society with u.k.'s whites and ethnic minorities choosing to live

apart that's according to a new study that warns of comfort zone segregation which could lead to division and hostility between the communities r.t. sarah firth has more on the worrying trend all that warnings that could be drifting towards becoming a color coded society coming from the former head of the equality and human rights commission trevor phillips now mr phillips has been leading some research with think tank demos and the university of london and what they've done is data from between the two thousand and one census and the two thousand and eleven census and what they found is during that time more than one hundred thousand people from ethnic minority groups had moved out of london but instead of moving through areas considered predominantly white have preferred instead to move to so-called mixed areas where there are already established minority groups here in sheffield

a local community has hit the headlines over recent weeks the concerns raised over community tensions between the roma population and other ethnic groups in that community but what this research is saying is that this could be a pattern that we see played out across the u.k. that segregation really needs to be dressed and acknowledged because of course it does have very serious implications for community relations. well it's estimated some six hundred thousand white britons left london between two thousand and one and two thousand and eleven opting to move to areas with a high white population every kaufman professor of politics at the university of london says they are driven by the need to stay in the majority. one of the negative consequences is that you are getting whites british people avoiding very diverse areas so it's not because they dislike anyone group but they just want to

be in a comfortable bit jordi so you can get a situation where like in parts of east london new him or in parts of south london . each census there are fewer and fewer white british there and it is possible that there will be areas that have very few not know but very few white british people living there we see the same trend in the united states there are sections of the diverse cities like houston and los angeles where you are there are very few white people living there and that could be a concern for integration so it's just that inability to attract or retain white british population in some of these areas that are maybe not so close to central london but are not far enough away to be sort of leafy and green so it's that where you might get this effect. that still to come in the program the local fashion east is might be impressed but visitors to most days iconic red square have been taken aback by the sight of the larger than life new even sea ice that's been installed

near the kremlin coming up we take a look at the control to say surrounding the case. do you think humanity as a whole would ban affair from living found parts of the wall g.m.o. free just to play on the safe side view through biotechnology through research through genetic modification we can give those small holder farmers the opportunity to be able to deal with and survive all of those challenges and i believe they should have all of the tools. least be cool language. programs and documentaries in arabic

it's all here on. reporting from the world talks of the r.p. interview intriguing story for you to. see arabic to find out more visit our big. welcome back one of america's most wanted n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden has been spotted in washington d.c. but unfortunately for the authorities there on a bus advertisement human rights activists launched a campaign to credit the leak and call on the public to stand against america's widespread surveillance program. and hopped on the snowden bus. it's thanksgiving week in the u.s. and civil liberties advocates are saying they're saying q to edward snowden it's

a crowd sourced campaign so people across the country have donated small and large amounts to get this message across. in the eyes of the government edward snowden is a traitor and civil rights advocates through campaigns like this one show there are many who don't think so there are millions of people across the united states that recognize that edward snowden is an american hero indeed he were to democracy worldwide so it's important it's important to combat the message of propaganda that's coming from the obama administration that in top leadership that are trying to demonize him what he's done is a case of classic whistleblower which the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights and all that that mr snowden did was revealed the basic facts that the public is entitled to know there's several legislative initiatives right now all stemming

from edward snowden's revelations to make sure that legislators don't forget that edward snowden supporters plan on launching new boxes around january when congress is back in session in washington i'm going to check on our team. police have arrested a group of radical islamists and seized a large cache of weapons and explosives we can cross live. for more on this an extremist cell uncovered there what further details have been released. well russian security forces have detained fifteen members of an international extremist organization and during the raid that took place in moscow the officials also seized a large number off explosives and arms including three handmade explosive devices detonators grenades and other equipment now one of the bombs was designed to be veldts trip now that comes after russian security forces detained and other member

of the same group at the beginning of november now the man who was allegedly involved in recruiting young women to join the organization now all of those members cells those people that are detained now are thought to be members so for an extremist islam a very good musician and were involved in a number of our criminal activities to fund it now this argued ization is described as a you mad tricks of terrorist cells which inspired some of the tactics and methods . now that organization that was created back at the beginning of seventy's and egypt however a leader of the country's authorities banned it and backed me into any tan russia also banned its activities. percent of them. i've got plenty more stories on our website at the moment including a new report says as many as eighteen million americans may be suffering from

gluten related illnesses caused by genetically modified food dot com for the full investigation also where the truth is stranger than fiction on our website you'll find the story of the hollywood spy film director who found himself involved in a real life understand operation. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. a bomb attack near the syrian capital damascus has left at least fifteen people dead including civilians and government troops this comes as further dramatic footage emerges from the war torn country. an interview.

thanks. powerful blast shook the street shortly the children there will run to meanwhile world powers have agreed that peace talks on the syrian conflict will resume in january next year in geneva the western backed free syrian army has denounced the talks though saying it will continue its fight against the regime of bashar assad during the negotiations syrian political activist says the opposition could undermine a new green mint. the government is one of the only two factions who can claim to two percent if it's actually hard to perceive from the other party you're pretty. pleased to have such rage against europe recently should all feel you're presenting another. syrians but if the syrian example goes to geneva in the suits with all the

politicians how would this edition in the ground who differ is going to be a creature of this intensity because when you go underground to actually go through . some international news in brief now the u.s. has reportedly flown to b. fifty two bombers over disputed islands in the east china sea defying new chinese air defense rules china expanded its a defense zone on saturday threatening measures against aircraft that didn't identify themselves japan it also lays claim to be islands dismissed the new instructions as invalid. in germany anglo merkel's christian democratic party has reached a coalition deal with the center left social democratic party merkel c.d.u. fell just short of an at writing last month's polls when it's liberal partner one seat many as the supporters are wary of the deal after the party suffered in the shadow during a previous grand coalition. israeli security forces have killed three suspected

palestinian militants in the west bank israel claim those killed were linked to al qaida and were planning a cells in the coming days against israeli targets the palestinian authority has denied any links to terrorist groups and accuse israel of killing innocent people. and demonstrations in thailand have entered a fourth day with protesters declaring they will take over every ministry in the capital they have already surrounded several government buildings cutting off electricity and water to pressure people inside to leave bangkok has been engulfed by unrest over a controversial amnesty bill in the past it would grant pardons to politicians both past and present and pave the way for the return of the exiled former premier taxi machine aware. that while the impact torture continues its odyssey across russia on route to its final destination in sochi the can down to the winter paralympics is also on there's just one hundred days left before the gangs begin to

bang not say is that the black sea resort. well at the media centers have this is where the media will be house during the olympics and it's in the beautiful mountains class even though it's raining today but we're kicking off that one hundred days before the para lympics winter games the paralympics into game will start from the seventh of march till the twenty the sixteenth of march now that's almost ten days of them pick excitement as well as sportsmanship now russia has been taking a very important steps in making sure that those with disabilities are being cared for our one of them is a wretched find a un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities our we've seen how the transport infrastructure the restaurants the a limpid stadium as well as at the hotels have adapted for people with disabilities and that not only for the athletes who are coming to compete out here but also for

the spectators now when we talk about you talking about the sports we have about seven disciplines with the paralympics as well as five sports and newly added on the list is the para snowboarding which has had everybody quite excited out here now in terms of our the relay for the paralympics we know that the a little pick torch has been going around the country going to places as far as out of space too late by car and the torture for the paralympics will kick off on the twenty sixth of february and i'm sure it'll be just as exciting the president who will be here later today to see for himself how far the preparations have gone so we'll definitely be keeping out of the rain had to be a little from now but will bring you more as soon as we get it. scotland has taken another step in its campaign for independence by releasing a white paper dubbed by the country's first minister as a mission statement for the nation's future

a six hundred seventy page blueprint outlined scottish plans to cut corporation tax extend free childcare and raise the minimum wage the document comes ahead of next september's referendum when the scots will be asked a simple yes or no question of whether their nation should separate from the rest of the k. london has strongly opposed the idea clashing with edinburgh on the issues of currency already and the membership but despite all the uncertainties a scottish national party m.p. angus macneil says the white paper sends a very positive message to the nation. it really is a museum or different from asian but has been put on years other people do have the information to make the choice people are being inspired in scotland the reaction is that there are people already who felt that they were on the fence of put up siding towards know who've had the positive message did you have seen or know that there's a level of detail there that i was level of detail that is accessible to them and there's of course we knew that people who were who. have informational in their

lives are more likely to support it you know this white paper is only going to increase the movement in the polls is only nine percent at the moment that's less than a five percent swing referendums of this kind are usually of bigger swings towards the end and we're very very optimistic for the year so that the people of scotland will indeed make the right choice officials at the kremlin have been outraged by a larger than life see case placed right in the middle of moscow's iconic red square artie's margaret how went to find out why it's causing such an uproar. standing here right in the middle of red square what do you expect to find here the kremlin of course lenin's mausoleum very sacred ground here in russia in addition to these major landmarks we now have this gigantic leave aton box which is featured behind me you know it stands thirty feet high it's a huge monstrosity of some words and there's been a lot of social outcry about this box on twitter

a photo shop images have come up on line regarding this gigantic glory of a ton box now twitter of people online have been commenting that this sacred ground has since been turned into a commercial space members of the do must have come out in regards condemning it saying you know that it just doesn't belong here and in the good department store has since decided to go ahead and remove this box now they're citing that it's not because of the outcry the public outcry but it's rather because it's just simply too big so we're going to see this major lou baton trunk being taken down in the coming days it was originally supposed to be here for six weeks now they're saying it will come down. in the meantime seems to develop a persona of its own on twitter posting messages against removal so frequently go by behavioral see what i'm talking about it says it's not just an object and threatens to pin itself to the square it also claims to be symbolic of people's

history so if you can miss your chance to see what's being causing so much public before it is finally removed. medic's the breakthrough you could deal with iran is the center of debate in page crosstown. you know there's one thing that i still come to understand that i don't. one to good mood but i have this one question with. everything. that he gives them or no. way to look for. it was a way to inform he tried to restrain himself but look. anyway. it

really puts me off that i have such a father. who's one small but very great secret that i have to live with for his. torch is on its epic journey. one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred two cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand. in a record setting trip. air. space. torch relay. on r t r c dot com.

hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle deal has been struck well at least some kind of deal there can be no doubt this first step agreement between iran and the great powers is of historic significance it could become the foundation for far reaching geopolitical ships in the region. but have no illusions the naysayers are intent on scuttling the deal and the use of force we're told remains on the table. to cross talk the un nucular you know i'm joined by my guess we should whites in washington he's a senior fellow and director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute also in washington we have daniel mcadams he's the executive

director of the ron paul institute and in bangkok we cross to pepe escobar he's an investigative journalist and author i generally crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it pepe if i go to you first in bangkok what do you make of the deal is that historic deal and will go anywhere of course it's historic i'm sure our viewers remember real man the goal to around the neo cons ten years ago before during and after the invasion of iraq bunch of losers real men do deals with their round so this is the number one i would say the only one so far victory for the obama administration it could be the beginning of obama's nixon in china movement but it's a long long shot we have six months ahead of us we're going to have the saudi wahhabi.