my. headlines. around the headlines this week. protests over the government's decision to pull out of a trade deal with the e.u. . sanctions. was agreed the nuclear deal with iran is a breakthrough but made it possible meanwhile. this agreement. much more dangerous place it will make our partners in the region safer the obama administration is facing pressure from skeptics both at home and abroad. both from washington. down the.

corporation tax free childcare and raising the minimum wage. outside the u.k. preparing the ground for next. top stories of the week and today here on international. live in moscow a very warm welcome to you today protesters in ukraine a demanding both the president and the government step down after a crackdown on a mass demonstration in the capital and the use of brute force and tear gas by both the activists on security forces left rallies in kiev now banned for a month at the commotion was a direct response to the country's leadership rejecting a trade deal with the e.u. . now reports on why ukrainian officials got cold feet.

from smiles to host dials off to keep said last week would not be signing a free trade pact with europe officials were jumping out of their skin to persuade president got a call that i. think it was that if. there are. things that you could see repeated politicians were not too happy to hear the korean president citing economic troubles and as it became clear kiev was not going to sign the deal at this point paired with a violent dispersal of protests in the capital that's when europe assumed a different tone we have to set aside short term political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia. such tactics from europe which have been accusing russia of pressure in ukraine not to sign the free trade bank raised some eyebrows they should really really stop

using the methods of the caldwell they're blackmailing ukraine add that to the e.u. offering no compensations to potential economic losses which could have been catastrophic in practical terms it would be a disaster for the ukrainian people it would mean gas prices going up the prices going up unemployment going up the industrialisation so i think he didn't have a choice the e.u. deal is a very bad one ukraine already has a staggering foreign debt of hundred thirty six billion euro and just more denies in fact standards would have cost a staggering one hundred billion or more with the people in the street scared little about such implications. we deserved to be near a crisis to deal would have allowed us to get better education in europe during the week he of central square was the stage of the mass protest of those supporting your integration opposing president acknowledges decision not to sign the euro association deal in vilnius and even in a typically violent dispersal of their week long sit in on friday night with dozens

detained and injured did not stop the protest is still insisted the deal with the e.u. will happen most likely in early twenty fifteen but after riot police peaceful protesters thousands are converging on the capital kiev to join the opposition's calls for unocal which to hand over the reins. reports in from kiev in ukraine and here's why the ukrainian government is in a over its head right now thousands of protesters as well as the opposition inside the parliament want to move the country inside europe but the government finds the notion premature saying brussels offer does not include such perks as membership and privileges that most europeans enjoy then there's a belief that life inside the union. would be cheaper seemingly attractive the government warns this comes at the expense of destroying the country's own economy and getting very little compensation for that now the opposition still insists kiev should break free of the pressure coming from moscow but close economic ties with

russia including the free trade zone are a shared business landscape and increased exports are actually pulling the states back together and while e.u. officials say moscow's playing an unfair game analyst patrick young believes brussels is simply diverting attention away from its own failings. if the european union's leaders whether individually or collectively started to admitting to their shortcomings there'd be no end of problems wouldn't there i mean look at the european union massive run down employment throughout the course of the entire union we've got things like fifty percent plus of youth on employment in several mediterranean countries they have a euro currency project which is a fiasco built on sand by the sort of deluded technocrats who believe that they know the best thing for all people and therefore realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because ultimately the european union that started and has rendered wonderful

supranational trade project is ultimately falling apart at the same because it has become itself a crumbling soviet style empire which in many cases replicates some of the more ridiculous facets of the old soviet union. what you the weekly or the international earlier this week international headlines were dominated by a story nuclear deal with iran how many out in geneva by six world powers to iran was promised a modest relief to sanctions in return for scaling back its nuclear program but other countries manage to set aside their differences to reach their breakthrough agreement they do still differ on what exactly made it possible more on that now with artie's polyploid. it's a deal that saluted diplomats for

a decade. and as the crucial make or break iran nuclear talks continued into the night details of how they were going were leading the journalists camped out in geneva so we waited and waited and waited while diplomats from six world powers and iran inched their way closer to an historic breakthrough than after sixteen hours a tweet from the e.u.'s top diplomat a deal had been done the six negotiating powers agreed to recognize iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy including its right to nuclear enrichment on the condition that its program is placed under strict controlled by the i.a.e.a. . as we received word of the agreement we got details to iran had agreed to reduce its uranium enrichment from twenty to a maximum of five percent use fewer centrifuges while halting construction of

a new reactor near the town of iraq. throughout this long list of concessions iran's foreign minister still had a smile on his face and its hand he won for his country a partial easing of sanctions allowing to iran to regain control of billions of dollars worth of much needed funds and foreign banks we believe that it is the sanctions that have brought us to this negotiation and ultimately to the more significant negotiation to follow for a comprehensive agreement others have stressed that it wasn't the stress of more punitive measures but diplomacy that won the day over the night in the case of these talks the fact that that the iranians have shown time after time that there is no evidence that iran's nuclear program is anything but peaceful is something that has been ignored by the western media and western governments but this despite all that iran's real civilians has forced these countries takes out. in richmond

and they can the russians and the chinese have played a very constructive role the stupid road in the suit with the agreement is based on the concept forward by the russian president vladimir putin iran's new president hassan rouhani is also seen as having played a crucial role in making the deal possible he came to power less than three months ago pledging to improve their brands for relations with the west and i don't think that sanctions played as much of a role as a recognition by the united states and britain and other countries that we need to engage iran because iran is becoming increasingly influential it is a knee an interim agreements in six months time well the palace abdurrahman six retired seventy casey eighteen table what else did you fail. to meet its nineteen people at midnight if again yeah buddy boy ok i see that.

and in the very first moments after the nuclear deal with iran was reached it was clear the agreement left an awful lot of room for interpretation iranian. enrichment program will continue this first step does not say that iran has a right to enrich but we spoke to asia times correspondent pepe escobar he believes the u.s. is stuck right in the middle of a very delicate balancing act. this being the war has started at three am in geneva and it's going to be going for another six months kerry had to say that so he could of peace to israel lobby the u.s. congress and do it but how the petro dollar law of the us not to mention some neal can see us as well still very thoughtful and in iran it's different they are saying we still have our right to enrich you were. and that's correct because the deal

keeping you reaching you ready into a size percent for the next six months for the moment we have a breakthrough that's going to last six months there will be all sorts of interest to try to barge this to you but for the moment we have diplomacy in action something that we haven't seen especially between us in the run for thirty four years and despite the hugs on the handshakes in geneva the deal with iran left many outside the negotiating room rather unhappy of includes president obama's opposition at home and america's closest ally in the middle east john h. you can report on the skepticism today that diplomacy opened up a new path toward a world that is more secure and flying in the face of president obama what was cute in geneva. last night in small stores. it's

a story on stage. it's not new a safer place in an environment where israel as well as many u.s. lawmakers don't think that iran should develop nuclear technology at all the obama administration had to engage in diplomatic acrobatics to both acknowledge iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy and not acknowledge it at the same time we approach these negotiations with a basic understanding of iran like any nation should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy. but because of its record of violating its obligations iran must accept strict limitations on its nuclear program that make it impossible to develop a nuclear weapon the scope and role of iran's enrichment as is set forth in the language within this document says that iran's peaceful nuclear program is subject to a negotiation and to mutual agreement despite the official's attempts to obtain the

hawks hunches are flying security cameras it looks like we've tacitly agreed that they will be enriching for commercial purposes now on the road so i think you're going to see on capitol hill again a bipartisan effort to try to make sure that this is not the final agreement another senator marco rubio call the deal quote a blow to our allies in the region who are already concerned about america's commitment to their security and i think a lot of people both in the middle east and on capitol hill are very concerned that this interim deal becomes the new norm opponents of the deal in washington and abroad are already working not to let it survive the six month trial the obama administration is walking on eggshells before congress israel and its allies in the coffers it's trying to convey a carefully worded message which is you cannot threaten war all the time in washington i'm going to check out. deadly street fighting all part of

a daily routine. couple of minutes here on c.n.n. national we look at how the troubled countries fairing two years after the killing of moammar gadhafi also. people with disabilities but people with limited ability after a very short break here on the program with less than one hundred days before the paralympics russia's hockey players tell us how they're going for gold. weeks between thanksgiving and christmas in the united states a con for twenty percent of mall traffic during that period of time people are much less rational when they certainly modern people are spending money. and spending it on things they don't need to accomplish what they

have. what is the fate of the house of saud its list of complaints against washington is long and getting longer the saudis are furious over western dealings with iran disappointed that obama didn't bomb syria in one of its only real friends is israel given all of this song for what it calls an independent one paul. if you are just joining us welcome to the weekly international tension between

edinburgh and london rose a noach this week the scottish government issued a blueprint for independence ahead of next september's referendum. we would call a halt to damaging wissmann support a pushing soo many people into poverty the six hundred and seventy page document outlines plans to cut corporation touch extend free child care and raise the minimum wage strongly opposes the idea of separation clashing with edinburgh on issues ranging from currency oil reserves membership to course one of the. should scotland be an independent country it's a six word question that requires a simple yes or no but breaking a three hundred year old unit could hardly be simple in the scots are not taking it lightly as it stands only about thirty percent of scots say they will vote for independence a figure those in the yes camp hope to increase by presenting that much anticipated white paper which a scottish national party says has the answers to all the questions about

a dependence the prime minister david cameron that goes along to the no cabin says that in the car this is laden with risks and problems with warnings on just about everything scotland wants to keep the sterling pounded a currency union with the u.k. an idea dismissed by westminster taxes and debt the no camp suggests deeper and higher taxes e.u. membership london says scotland could forget about it the trident nuclear program david cameron claims getting rid of it is a bad idea in case of a north korean nuclear attack and there might even be roaming charges on mobile phones if the split happens at the list goes on it's dubbed project fear by the yes camp and they accuse the government of scare mongering scots into voting no and they'd says the white paper would prove that independence would bring about a jobs bill and a thriving economy since the president with voters cameron argued that an independent scotland will have to negotiate in the future for the things that house

right now along with the signalling that it won't be making it easy for the crux of the matter goes back to economics a recent poll found out. independence made the five hundred pounds richer more than hot spots were growth. reporting from london i'm tess are cilia. to libya we go now where more than forty people were killed on thursday in a blast at a military depot a group of locals were trying to steal ammunition but they all died in the explosion and militias often attack on the bases in the country and government troops fighting with armed gangs is basically a part of everyday life there freelance journalist she reports from tripoli. this had already developed there are no fourteen people were killed and more than fifty wounded in a recent clash between islamic militant group and sad sharia and the military says a report by the interior ministry tripoli is witnessing security problems to over forty people were killed and more than two hundred injured at a rally last week in tripoli as protesters clashed with the militias they took

control of a number of government buildings the gunmen gave into the demands of the libyan authorities and left tripoli but refused to lay down arms reportedly natives of the city of misrata they were among the first to seek to remove the gaddafi regime in general the security situation in libya remains unstable believe me as deputy intelligence chief not stuff i know are recently kidnapped outside tripoli's international airport. the libyan army has been struggling control armed groups to part in the overthrow of the former leader colonel gadhafi according to some reports there's up to seventeen hundred of them all with different goals libya is also facing an uncontrolled flow of arms estimates say there are around four hundred weapons depots with only twenty of them belonging to the government. about three thousand and eighty aircraft missiles those have also disappeared of course they can be used to bring down civilian airliners regional affairs expert but your

me as a cure we use that the situation is not being helped by the cost of the whole of weapons coming into the country from outside. capable of reining in these militias they are not going to disarm there's been a problem associated with bringing together the various militia groups but many of them motivated by sectional interests 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 or it always a lot of stories over the web site. for example this one wheels on fire at the russian city of. gonaives an unusual sight an empty blazing bus rolling down the street how does that happen details on the web site right now. while you're there you'll also find the story of how british officials systematically destroyed secret files that included information on the abuse and torture of locals and former colonies those details are also online. so i still think a fully functioning gun is something you simply replicate and it seems it's all about to change is three d. printing makes huge strides. visited a company that specializes in creating three d.

guns some experts say it won't be long before you could do it yourself. red's shooting range in austin texas is normally packed with gun enthusiasm. today the difference is that these men are firing rounds with a do it yourself firearm the world's first three d. printed metal gun we wanted to showcase the abilities of what direct metal can do. eric much later is a project coordinator at solid concepts company specializing in three d. printing game prints are in the arts he was granted an exclusive tour of their austin facility which boasts ten three d. industrial printers and a glimpse of our technological future these are all the three d. printed parts that went into making this bar after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser simpering to produce this browning nine hundred

eleven pistol the three d. printed metal gun has fired over one thousand rounds in the meantime solid concepts has manufactured its second nineteen eleven firearm solid concepts insists the stainless steel firearm they've introduced to the world can't be replicated by hobbyists these machines start at six hundred thousand and go up to a million dollars they need to be in industrial environments they require more electricity than is available in residential areas and it will be years before metal printers become available on the consumer market if at all not exactly the world's first mini metal maker has already been created it prints using precious metal clay and with laser centering patterns set to expire in february it's predicted that metal desktop printers will hit the consumer market before you know it five years you know small this is going to do it maybe five years after that you start technical workshops and and you know having one on your desktop at home as

the world has learned the convenience of technology has a downside we all love to. the internet cell phones email and social media before finding out that our beloved data is being monitored and stored by the n.s.a. . the astonishing capability of three d. metal printers is no longer a secret. so when they become a part of our household tap alongside the microwave and flat screen t.v. thing what people choose to physically create in the privacy of their home. will be beyond the control of the u.s. government arena point i r r t texas and you can go to our website auto calling for more expert analysis on how three d. guns could inspire new gun control debates and america. but while the olympic torch is moving closer to

a day by day winter paralympians are getting ready lucy cough reports. i should be intense fierce determined and. like you. just with two sticks one in each hand with extra risks. you're constantly flying around at high speeds collisions in everything it's all crazy fast and tireless commitment because. we're here training all the time morning to night every day these seventeen paralympic athletes are in the twenty fourteen russia sledge hockey team and thirty six year old is their captain he was injured in two thousand and two while serving in the russian military in chechnya a little filled with before the age of twenty five i used to have a completely different life were also for both of them but after the injury i turned to sports to realize my potential in

a country that struggled to accommodate people's disabilities russia's paralympic coach says the team is helping to change perceptions in the demos there were quite a few minutes we're going to need more of these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the entire society that they are not people with disabilities but people with limited abilities. he has been a part of the paralympics since one thousand nine hundred four but this is the first year that russia will compete this board only came here four years ago these third party players the road just so she hasn't been easy it's taken an immense amount of hard work personal sacrifice and dedication but the payoff isn't just on the ice but was also book world after this experience i believe that people who have survived a car crash or a plane crash will look at us and realize that even with an injury like that you can live on you can set your own goals and achieve them. you see captain of our team to the region russia.

i'll see international coming to you live from moscow with me role research i am stepping aside for a moment for half an hour that is oakes on a boy well it's a part. 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 will very very creepy but why are they creepy

that's because with the i 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. on the welcome to the world that's part of the holiday shopping season just around the corner some of us can't wait joined by. the idea of having. to shop

for gifts how to survive the many temptations and pressures of the holiday season without causing a done to your finances to your relationship to discuss that i'm not only joined by environmental psychologist and consumer behavior guru on the hill thank you very much for your time sir now the tradition of giving gifts is usually thought of something voluntary something that is nineteen pounds social relationships social interactions but i think nowadays it's almost become an obligation if you fail to come up with gifts for a new year all christmas you may suffer a certain social consequences i wonder how much of that is due to the moguls of consumerism who i guess would benefit from filling the pressure to buy something even if it's something better still to. be a good.