capture administrative buildings hundreds of thousands on the streets demanding that country's leadership resign over this trade deal with. the top headlines of the week general praise for historic deal on iran's nuclear program israel further isolates itself from the international community by criticizing its allies. independence movement it launches its manifesto to much acclaim but critics say the text is heavy on detail and light on facts.

look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on r.t. international breaking news this hour as many as one hundred fifty people have been injured in the ukrainian capital two thirds of them policeman several arrests were made as protesters armed with stones and metal chains broke into the city council building and tried to storm the presidential administration hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are on the streets despite a month long ban on rallies in the center of key here. is that. it is still pretty tense in the ukraine in capital this not as many people now as it used to be at the beginning of the protests but still we're talking at least a hundred thousand people who are protesting in the street right now we saw the protesters bringing in steel fences to cordon off some central streets of the city we also do know that they have cordoned off governmental buildings and we also know that the protesters have managed to overtake the city administration building and

now it's pretty much open for everyone to get in there all the officials have left that building several hours ago in fact the administration of president of ukraine building looked like a battlefield huge kalash of rafted between the protesters and the riot police short while ago i went to the administration of president ukraine building to see everything with my own eyes the building of the administration of ukraine's president now under siege with several hundred a riot policemen protecting the building the center buses so that the protesters cannot reach inside in these few few meters basically maybe twenty meters between them and the protesters we walked here we saw literally maybe several hundred of them over here we see shattered glass you can see probably over here some shattered glass on the ground or rocks which were used to throw a bit to throw at the police several hours ago the protesters that tried to assault a building the even used a bulldozer to try to break the police lines as we can see there fail the police are pretty much in control over here even though we're not even being let inside

this perimeter because of the policeman appearing that it clashes my ear off at any minute it's actually quite hard to speak here because of all the tear gas which was used it's still pretty much felt in the air and the situation is still very very tense here throughout the whole week that we protest against the government says not to sign the iraq so sation deal despite that many economists and people in power are saying that this deal could have harmed ukraine economically still this was not something on the minds of the people there but now essentially the protests is different now it's small. or about the rage of the people against the government the president believing that they were the ones who just sparse peaceful protest on friday night when several hundred protesters were violently pushed from the central square by the police judging by the fact that the steel francis' have been set up in the city it's really unlikely that the protests will die down any time soon. with the government nor protesters willing to compromise let's discuss where this

standoff may land ukraine will for that i'm joined by martin mccauley author and analyst on russia firstly martin let's just talk about russia and the e.u. friction now russia saying that there is a danger that goods could flood its markets value crain and so therefore it's threatening to impose customs taxes judi's an act of intimidation so says europe i mean that's a fair accusation will the protesters will see it as an act of intimidation one of the the complaints of the protestors is their present yearly coverage given to president putin i don't know whether this is true or not they actually believe that and they would like ukraine to stand up for themselves and not to give in to intimidation so therefore this fuels if you like nationalism and the feeling that ukraine is under siege and therefore it should defend itself and the present government doesn't appear to be capable of doing that so what is the situation now in ukraine is this a conflict between the east and west or is actually

a domestic crisis unfolding around the country. it's both because if you take ukraine you can split it between the the west western part which is basically a program of korean and the eastern part which in many ways is is pro russian speaking russian and so on school and kiev is in the middle and the countries there for divide is always been divided country even under the soviets because that part of western ukraine was in poland until nine hundred forty five that's carried over into the present day could still feel influenced so you've got a conflict now between two groups who have completely different agendas about the future of ukraine the western group if you like it's coupled to the fun song and a very nationalist and they would like ukraine to lean towards europe gradually become integrated in western europe and so on but on the ukrainians think that the

fact of the death of ukraine train would be submitted to pressure and it would be forced to do things that you want to do and ukraine should in fact look to russia which is traditionally its markets the two languages and the far part brothers if you like and this conflict now is boiling up and it's now becoming one which is more nationalistic and the protesters because of the violence this is the first time really would hear the violence be used against protesters and the riot critics on a very difficult position because they have to decide whether to say use force again. will you other coverage and his government survives if they believe they will survive then ok they can use force and perhaps crack if you heads so if they believe begin to believe that the government will fall then they will draw back and say to themselves we want to be in the wings we don't want to be blamed by the next

government for this violence is it really getting that serious and we are hearing protests is saying revolution revolution but is the end of which government really in danger here. it's in danger because. ukraine is weak its economy is weak and so on and living standards the disappointing and therefore the people in the street very often are not rational because it's very difficult to control the crowd once you get to one hundred thousand two hundred fifty thousand two hundred thousand it takes on really a mind of it's and becomes it's can become extremely violent he found it in the french revolution the russian revolution of one hundred seventeen crowds can in fact change fees and the police riot police and even the military when the bill should be brought in to control the situation they will think twice about that because they have to work out whether the government falls becomes going to fall then i'm not into the and martin just briefly there are allegations that european

officials are in cahoots with the opposition at the moment there in kiev how should russia be reacting to that. russia's be very careful here because if it comes out and blames the opposition on foreign intervention it's based on foreign is not really ukrainian is really your theory instigated from brussels and that will rebound against moscow and will enrage the ukrainians the more the protesters reasonable because they will say we are ukrainians we don't take orders from anyone and we don't we're not getting money or any instruction to brussels or anywhere else we are deciding ourselves we want rid of this government is one a government which respond to the popular will it will become if you like the popular will popular politics that will be carried out on the street very often it's not very rational. once they go beyond one hundred thousand two hundred thousand very often they connect very rationally because hot heads can affect

instigate they want some violence and so on and then the situation gets out of control because the riot police have to calculate whether. this government is strong enough to win if they believe that they are then they will defend the government and defend the buildings and so on but if they believe that begin to believe that the government could full. coverage would give way then they will hold back because. in a different government in a new government they could be a factor blamed for any conflict in any large that takes place martin thank you very much indeed martin corry author and analyst on russia joining us live from london thank you. well here's why the ukrainian government is under pressure right now thousands of protesters as one of the opposition in parliament want to move the country towards europe but the government thinks that is premature saying brussels is not offering perks such as membership and the privileges most europeans enjoy

and there's a belief that life closer to europe would be cheaper but the government warns the deal would actually damage the economy for little in return the opposition still insists that kiev should resist pressure from moscow but close economic ties with russia including a free trade zone a shed business landscape and also an increased exports aimed to pull the states together well associate professor of political economy jeffrey someone says that the e.u. is trade relations with ukraine of the country if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has. produced the industrialization in the east. labor migration released to the west and so we've also seen west european consumers don't in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing a course that has four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward

expansion as a way to resolve their own problems here. some senior politicians have been blaming russia for the events taking place in kiev saying it was pressure from moscow that sunk the deal with the e.u. and some of those politicians as we said earlier have been seen in central kiev cheering the protesters on international relations professor mark sloboda told us that it's unacceptable under international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheer leading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tantamount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier today this is a most agree just violation of the united nations charter and international law violation of sovereignty and the not interference in the domestic affairs of other states and i think russia cannot take the whole world community cannot take this. act of lightly the latest news updates footage and photographs from kiev can be fun

right now on the web site www dot com and you can also log on to get up to speed with how the protest started and escalated into the current situation. international this is the weekly stay with us for more world news after the break. weeks between thanksgiving and christmas in the united states a concord roughly twenty percent of annual mall traffic during that period of time people are much less rational one day when they certainly in our modern era people are often spending money that they don't. and spending it on things they don't need to accomplish what they have.

there's a medium so we leave that maybe. others see bush's security. policy there's an. issue is that no one is there with the guests that deserve answers from. politics. this week so diplomatic differences exposed by the historic deal between six world

powers and an atomic ambitions and the general cautious optimism hawks on capitol hill is really hard line isn't disgruntle shakes in the gulf states is just some of those who are angry but the deal of the little room for interpretation and i need us to spin it as they needed to. iranian. enrichment program will continue this first step does not say that iran has a right to enrichment. when we spoke to asia times course one of the task of on he believes the u.s. is stuck in the middle of a very delicate diplomatic game. despite being 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 this hobby petro dollar law of the u.s. not to mention some neal cons in the u.s. as well still very thoughtful and in iran it's different they are saying we still

have our right to enrich. and it's correct because the deal keeping in reaching your reading of the size percent for the next six months for the moment we have a breakthrough it's going to last six months there will be all sorts of interests who tried to board barge this deal but for the moment we have diplomacy in action something that we haven't seen especially between us and iran for thirty four years when israel called the been a historic mistake that could lead to the formation of a global nuclear terrorist state and southeast paullus they report to middle of eve's rhetoric questions over its own atomic program of being asked israel's leaders on nine ng up to them best the man nuclear deal taking a cue from a 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. the when it retains the white to act 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. united states friends than anybody in 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. nuclear weapons. we have to be part of a nuclear free zone with very simple even iran's president hassan rouhani has called on israel to join the treaty positioning himself as a major peacekeeper in the attempt to denuclearize the region never threaten israel with nuclear weapons on the contrary. a third 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 iranian bomb in the context of day nuclearization that's the last thing that israel wants to have in the equation

. and for a country that has never officially admitted to possessing nuclear arms getting her to destroy them might be the most difficult deal the world has yet to secure policy r.t. television. now it's been a critical week for scotland in the long lead up to the vote on independence late next year and examined a weighty document laying out what he labeled a mission statement for the nation's future as a look at the key points put forward by the pro independence movement. 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 doing it could hardly be simple and 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 independence the prime minister david cameron that goes the ball into the cabin

says that independence is laden with risks and problems with warnings on just about everything taxes and debt the no suggests. 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 a project fear by the yes camp and they accuse the government of scare mongering scots into voting no and they insist the white paper will prove that independence would bring about a jobs boom and a thriving economy concerns that resonate with voters this white paper answers some six hundred fifty questions and the details here really are two main categories here one those that will be negotiated during the transition period and another of those will be made if an independent scottish government is formed they promise

indeed a lot of breaking down of all the policies they want to pursue let's listen to a bit of what they said we would call a halt to damaging which mr policies are pushing soo many people into poverty abolish the bedroom tax and ensure that the incomes of the lowest paid keep peace with the cost of living the main crux of the matter here is that many critics are pointing out asking if this white paper is going to be presenting the poor because a lot of the premises presented requires another party in the. what if the part of the bag of england that the british government or even new member states in terms of e.u. membership what if they don't agree to what alex salmond has been proposing but he said that he is confident everything that's contained in six hundred seventy pages will be addressing every single question if anything this white paper is going to be a springboard for even more debates in the months to come. with three d. printing proponents say the future is here and regulators are just itching to get

a grip on it already people are designing everything from sex toys to fully functional guns and i found it caring some lawmakers. 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 here in prince arena r.t. 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 car after getting a federal firearms license the company used a process called direct metal laser centering to produce this browning one thousand

nine hundred eleven pistol the three d. printed in metal gonna 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 not exactly the world's first mini metal maker has already been created and with laser centering patents set to expire in february it's predicted that metal desktop printers will hit the consumer market before you know it as the world has learned the convenience of technology has a downside we all love to the internet cell phones e-mail and social media before

finding out that our beloved data is being monitored and stored by the n.s.a. . the astonishing capabilities of three d. metal printers is no law. a secret. so when they become a part of our household tap along side the microwave and flat screen t.v. . what people choose to physically create in the privacy of their home. will be beyond the control of the u.s. government or enough r.t. texas the first functional gun was created in may this year a single shot model made of plastic over a period of six months fully functional metal copies of the world's most comic handgun began appearing at firing ranges one expert in this field told us that the biggest danger is that three d. printed forums can be easily disguised. it's a very universal kind of technology that can be used in laws of different ways some some good some not so good but it is alarming that people have started printing

guns i would say the most dangerous thing is let's say a gun that doesn't look like a gun but looks like a flower vase or something else and so the this is this ability to make things in any shape or form really defies a lot of the conventional thinking around regulating guns around detecting them and so forth and i think that's sort of it's a whole new world when it comes to controlling these kinds of things. authorities in bahrain have again been heavily criticized by human rights defendants and just international lashed out at the government for keeping the most prominent opposition leader in jail now. most of his two year term and is eligible for release but there is no sign he'll be let down another leader of the european bahraini organization for human rights has been locked up after he filed a defamation complaint against an official government newspaper his wife activists asma darwish told me that bahraini authorities know her husband is innocent but

still won't let him go. grainy channels they know that quite a husband is innocent and he is just defending human rights and he is exposing that my nation practiced by the government of bahrain age i have tried to company it with a police station with. notice plant has been there to encourage it mustering to be adventurous and and he's a peaceful if human rights defender he always calls for peaceful woman's amnesty international the other organizations as well as our has been pressuring the bahrain government to relieve him but there is no cooperation from bahrain cite the government to respond at least two or three of these official letters being sent or calls are joined to statements or whatsoever. talking. for a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour a passenger train has crashed off the tracks in the bronx air of new york killing four people were and sixty others reported injured with twelve in

a critical condition as an emergency workers are still at the scene and the area has been cordoned off right just. one hundred people have rotted outside the gates of curry university smashing up a police car before setting it on fire they were demonstrating against the death of a student on thursday who reportedly died during clashes with security forces two others from the same engineering faculty were killed last month when demonstrations turned violent. more from in the team in just over half an hour from now in the meantime global politics are worlds apart is next after the break here an international.

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 a 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 quite. often things are just around the corner some of us can't wait joined by. a bad idea of having to shop for a cat how to survive in many temptations and passions of the holiday season. without causing it to your finances onto your relationship well to discuss that i'm now joined by environmental psychologist and consumer behavior bureau on the hill thank you very much for your time sir now the tradition of giving gifts is usually thought of as 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 this pressure to buy something even if it's something that is totally useless being a good gift gift giver is giving the tokens of your feelings toward someone else and. it isn't the amount of money that you spend it is the thought that goes into the purchase yeah i agree with you but i think if you go around shopping malls. you know pretty much all around the world in a couple of weeks prior to christmas or the new year you see a lot of people who are really stressed they feel this pressure to come up with the gifts they want this gift to be in a very special for their loved one but ultimately they're just under a very heavy burden of. getting anything.