ukrainian capital as protesters stormed police lines and capture administrative buildings hundreds of thousands are on the streets demanding the country's leadership resign over the shelving of a trade deal with the e.u. . of the week despite general praise for historic deal on iran's nuclear program as the bombers attacked by some washington who think iran has been let off the hook. independence movement launches its manifesto to much acclaim but critics say the text is heavy on detail and light facts.

back in the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly international. so breaking news this hour as many as one hundred fifty people have been injured in the ukrainian capital two thirds of them police officers several arrests were made as protesters stones and metal chains broke into the city council building and trying to storm the presidential administration hundreds of thousands of demonstrators were on the streets despite a month long ban on rallies in the center of kiev. is that. what is happening where. it's safe to say that tensions are dying down here in the central. still it's pretty much at a knife edge. the number of people here it's not hundreds of thousands anymore it's probably ten twenty thousand protesting in the central square. i just walked past the city administration building. which is just

a few hundred metres from here and this this building was only taken over by the activist of a nationalist party they now describe it as the headquarters of the new revolution and this building now resembles something of a fallen giant people are very cheered dancing around it so that that is the mood there another boiling point here is the building of the administration of ukraine's president. earlier during the day we saw enormous clashes happening at this building i just went there literally twenty minutes ago and the standoff continues with protesters and the police earlier than earlier before that i went there and i saw the situation how it was straight after a huge huge brawl with the police. the building of the administration of ukraine's president now under siege with several hundred riot policemen protecting the building the set of buses so that the protesters cannot reach inside and these few few meters basically maybe twenty meters between them and the protesters we've

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 the policemen appearing that the clashes my erupt at any minute it's actually quite hard to speak here because of all the tear gas which was used still pretty much felt in the air and the situation is still very very tense here. another incident i witnessed with my own eyes just a short while ago some a group of some activists attempted to take down the lenin monument in central kiev and also the police came to the scene tried to protect the monument in central kiev eventually nothing happened but tensions were of. it's lehi and this happened just

a very short while ago so we can say that the tension is completely dying down here in ukraine capital and the legacy these protests they started over the shelving of the deal with the e.u. are they still just about that. absolutely not we can say for sure that the focus of the protests has now shifted from the decision disagreement with the current government that it did not sign the free trade agreement with the european union to rage at the government's actions particularly dispersing the peaceful protests on friday night or rather a typically brutal dispersal by the police and this is the main reason why so many people have taken to the streets there demanding the impeachment of the president the demanding the resignation of the government and we saw how activists of a certain political movement set up steel fences around the central area blocking it for traffic blocking it for four for the police cars and this suggests that

they're obviously planning to stay for some for some longer time here in central kiev. cesky with that live report thank you very much indeed. chanting revolution revolution protesters continue to demand the impeachment of the president professor marc bolan he's a historian at oxford university he told me earlier that it is a battle of minorities. i think we should be careful of attributing what's going on to the majority of people i suspect that the tragedy of the greatest great majority of people rather passive and certainly rather dissolution about politics and on both sides equation the risk now is that we have a politics and two minorities and it may be that the group on the streets with kind of paramilitary nationalist support from the west not just western plane but also from some of the or pretty new countries they feel they've got the strobes stage a kind of coup was seen going on in time of same time and this could change the government but it could lead to

a very violent situation and it could even question at the ukraine is viable state just finally brussels evil's very surprised when they made this u. turn and decided not to join up with this agreement is it worried about losing face over this it was it more to it just finally. i think brussels and west in general would prefer to be the winners out of this and they hope that this channel will shoot and so for now the for having us it was not handled this crisis very well so far that he will try to curry favor back with losses if you think that rescued him maybe santley there is nothing in the rescue credit situation easily all simply. and here's why the ukrainian government is under pressure right now thousands of protesters as well as 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 the privileges that most europeans enjoy then there's a belief that life closer to europe would be cheaper but the government warns the

deal would actually damage the economy for very little in return for the opposition still insists should resist pressure from moscow but close economic ties with russia including a free trade zone a shared business landscape and increased exports to pull the states together with associate professor of political economy jeffrey summers says that eased trade relations with the ukraine have hurt the country if we take a look at eastward expansion you we can see it has a look past produced the industrialization ill east. labor migration released to the west and so we've also seen western european consumer products don't. 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 have been seen in central kiev cheering protesters on international relations professor mark sloboda told me earlier that that is an acceptable under international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground and cheerleading 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 agreed just violation of the united nations charter and international law a violation of the sovereignty and the noninterference of 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 found right now on our website dot com and you can also know going to get up to speed with how these protests started and escalated into the current situation. this week so diplomatic differences exposed by the historic deal between six world powers and the wrong over its atomic ambitions and the general cautious optimism holds on capitol hill israeli hardliners and disgruntled shrinks in the gulf states just some of those who are angry or he looks at the political battles the white house faces to make this agreement stick 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 this small store. it's a story still. does not mean

a serial killers 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. 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 appease

the hawks hunches are flying purity it looks like we've tacitly agreed that they will be enriching for commercial purposes down 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 its survival the six month trial the obama administration is walking on egg shells 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 activists kind of more pain accuses binyamin

netanyahu of war mongering and believes it could end with israel becoming isolated . iran has made clear they have no desire to develop nuclear weapons whatsoever they have no desire to develop nuclear weapons but yet but yet this fear mongering this talk of you know the words coming out of netanyahu they're very frightening and people of the world want peace they want they want cooperation between countries they don't want hostility and war and if netanyahu continues to be committed to this aggression to this hostility he's going to going to be further isolated around the world because what he wants is diametrically opposed to what the people the world are striving for at this time. to stay with us from news to the break this is international. 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 and one of its only real friends in the

region is israel given all of this kind of how some songs afford what it calls an independent one paul. economic ups and downs in the final months of the deal and the rest because i meet a single day every week. it's

been a critical week for scotland in the long lead up to the vote on independence so late next year lead to an exam and launched a way to document laying out what he labeled a mission statement for the nation's future these testers to 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 and those of the wall into the cabin says that independence is laden with risks and problems with warnings on just about everything taxes and debt the no suggests deeper a steady and higher taxes e.u.

membership london says scotland could forget about it the tried and 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 of 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'd sist 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 key there 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 westminster policies are pushing many people into poverty

abolish the bedroom tax and ensure that the incomes of the lowest paid keep peace with the course 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 plan b. because a lot of the premises presented requires another party in the go. what if the part of the bag of england that the british government or even new member states in terms of new 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 everything in this white paper is going to be a springboard for even more debates in the months to come or member of the scottish parliament two campaigns for independence of criticism that the new white paper is too detailed to very successful document it's in a sort of catalogue style very diffame chapters and of course it's going to be online with easy search facilities people will be able to look and see what

particular issues they want to investigate themselves but most of my life scotland has not had the governments such as voted for it and you don't think independents will be that people will vote for the representatives it will be scotland wants and it's about making choices and positive choices and defaming the future as is best for scotland and the people who live and work in scotland very straight forward as far as i'm concerned. another explained surge of earthquakes have sent in tyler texas communities into panic the residents are already pointing the finger they say it's the show of gas fracking industry that's at fault or more specifically the methods they use the notion is nothing new but proof has been hard to come by during fracking thousands of tons of toxic chemicals are pumped underground to loosen rock and release gas and that leaves the ground highly unstable so you experts well earlier we spoke with local resident sharon wilson who live near

fracking site but was forced to abandon her home. at one time i turned my tap on and nothing came out which was very frightening that the air was degraded horribly lots of air attacks trott's lie no i it was just it completely changed the character the worst concern for me was to end up without water or my son could end up being sick from the chemicals that he was being exposed to i lost eighty thousand dollars in property value as they expand this practice more and more people are harmed and more and more people join the opposition right now there is an entire neighborhood over five hundred homes in jenin where they are fracking very very close to two hundred fifty feet in some cases from people's backyards.

authorities in bahrain have again been heavily criticized by human rights defenders and the stay international lashed out at the government for keeping the most prominent opposition leader in jail the builder job as most of his two year term is eligible for release but there is no sign he will let up a null the leader of the european bahraini organization for human rights has been locked up after the fall of the 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. really channels ignore that my husband is innocent and he is just defending human rights and he is exposing that my image of right is by the government of rage i have tried to company it with a police station with a. norris plant has been there to card it must really be a budget and he's an evil if human rights defender he always calls for peaceful movement amnesty international and other organizations as well as are has been

pressuring the bahraini government to relieve him but there is no call for a from bahrain the government to respond at least two or three of these letters being sent or calls for joint statements or whatsoever and let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world at this stage of the day a passenger train has crashed off the tracks in the bronx new york killing four people more than sixty others are reported injured with twelve in a critical condition for fighters and emergency workers is still the scene the area has been cordoned off. hundreds of people of right outside the gates of car university smashing up a police car before setting it on fire 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. and they have unrest in thailand where running battles between

police and protesters show no sign of letting up tens of thousands of demonstrators of storm several state institutions calling for the prime minister's resignation four people died and dozens were wounded on saturday when government supporters clashed with protesters demonstrators accuse the prime minister of being a puppet of a brother the former prime minister convicted of corruption. new countdown has just started for the olympic city of sochi and hundred days from now the winter paralympic games begin there and one of russia's medal hopefuls is the ice hockey team competing for the very first time or to join them in training. ice hockey as it should be intense fierce determined and. it still hockey 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 before the age of twenty five i used to have a completely different life. but after the injury i turned to sports to realize my potential. he went from swimming to taking up a chance to join russia's brand new sledge hockey squad. for the worker your words no one is going to bring you things on a silver platter but here we had an opportunity to work for it since two thousand and nine when we were told we were going to participate in the paralympics it's been our driving force in a country that struggled to accommodate people's disabilities russia's paralympic coach says the team is helping to change perceptions of them as there were quite

a few in the second edition was more of these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the. not people with disabilities but people with unlimited abilities. has been a part of paralympics is one thousand nine hundred four but this is the first year that russia will compete the sport only came here four years ago as my d.m. remembers what we were just staring at one another not really knowing what to do first. let me show you what it's like here is the sledge what this is the blade and this small area is the seat. which means it's terribly unsteady so just imagine you have to keep your balance and simultaneously carry the puck you keep falling down and it takes a lot of time to get back up but now we're skilled at it. with these sledge hockey players the really 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 eyes

the. 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 catherine of our team to the region russia. slowly but steadily the olympic torch is approaching sochi the unique relay has had some spectacular highs and lows and you can take a look at those right now. for those with a bit more christmas spirit than competitive spirit red square is the place to be right now what is moderate how ventured into the snow to find out what is attracting people to central moscow. since standing right here in the middle of red square and there is a massive celebration it's under way a lot of amazing lot of heavy drinking people are gathered in period costumes

costumes supposedly of what it would look like one hundred twenty years ago if they were dressed in their traditional every day where they're actually celebrating the groom department store returning one hundred twenty years old in the is there a birthday celebration a lot of activity going on i see people being wheeled about in wheelbarrows people eating raw fish on a string lots of vodka is being passed around and a really feasible spirit here with the celebration that's currently underway. yes the christmas spirit is well and truly right here in moscow will be about with the latest updates from ukraine as well as all the news stories are thirty minutes from now but in the meantime venture capital filters through the week's financial picture.

ukraine is in a tough spot right now trying to figure out whether to join the e.u. or the arrangements custom union it would be nice if they would you know maybe allow the populace to vote for their future via referendum but sadly it looks like the politicians will be making a historic decision i can see why some people want to look west and some people want to look east but don't understand why so-called ukrainian nationalists want so desperately to join the e.u. for. tof any nationalist groups in the e.u. are automatically demonised as right wing extremists and in the politically correct west patriotism is pretty much a dirty word generally nationalist like their culture and the people who are part of it but if you look at migration trends within the e.u. we see that the slavic part of it is flooding western europe looking for work i have many relatives from the slavic part of the e.u. and almost all of them have to work abroad and might sound nice to be able to work

in europe but the reality is that ukrainians will probably be paid even less than bulgarians rumanians to clean toilets in london ukrainian nationalists don't have to like russia or join the customs union or join any bloc of countries but advocating a future for themselves the e.u. seems absolutely backwards at least to me but that's just my opinion. play that well content absolutely katif this week protests continue in ukraine every kid has a decision not to sign the free trade agreement we got a correspondent on the ground to get to that in just a minute to get the details on that one we've also got an anniversary five years since quantitative easing first began with the situation now as well as corporate

news ryanair is making its way to the sky this is john thomas is on the way he'll give us a sneak in his full very i want to big point gain point for some not so exciting for others so there's lots coming up of let's stop and talk about the ukraine. so the e.u. eastern partnership summit in lithuania it takes off this week ukraine's rejection of the free trade zone took center stage meanwhile protests in ukraine over kiev decision not to sign the deal continue so it was. in kiev for us we've got poor scott in vilnius to tell us exactly what's going on on the ground. hi there paul so no deal what exactly happened. while heading into the two day summit in real news kate i don't think hopes were particularly hard of a last minute u. turn decision not to sign the association agreement with the new appeared to be final the deal would be not signed it's not for now anyway and it seems that

european leaders pressure on president you know the coverts to try and change his mind and try and sign the deal at the eleventh hour of their efforts were always going to prove a few toile now the reason that the president has given for not signing the deal is quite simple but the financial package on offer from brussels is not adequate for his country countless times with the country's economy of the state it is of course the precondition that jail. opposition leader yulia tymoshenko to be released from jail to attend germany for medical treatment on a bad back was always going to be a stretch for president on the coverage as well despite pressure vilnius the deal has not been signed but leaders have been keen to stress that the deal does remain on the table and could be signed as a future date particularly if there is a change in government in ukraine with the elections looming large there in twenty fifteen ok a lot of conflicts going on a lot of confusion let's get to alexei he's in for us right now.