in the ukrainian capital as protesters stormed police lines and administrative buildings hundreds of thousands take to the streets demanding that country's leadership resign over the shelving of a trade deal with the e.u. . so the top headlines of the week despite general praise for an historic deal on iran's nuclear program president obama is attacked by hawks in washington who think iran has been. an independence movement launches its manifesto to much acclaim but critics say the way he takes this detail and light on fact.

with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. so breaking news on r.t. international up one hundred fifty people most of them police have been wounded in street battles in the ukrainian capital sunday's ban on demonstrations didn't stop hundreds of thousands of pro protesters from throwing bricks at offices and storming government buildings. is that. tensions are dying down here in the central capital although still it's pretty much at a knife edge ten twenty thousand protesting in the central square the city administration building was earlier taken over by the activist of a nationalist party they now describe it as the headquarters of the new revolution 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 as a standoff continues with protesters and the police 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 a 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 the policemen are fearing that if the clashes my erupt 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 another incident i witnessed with my own eyes

a group of some activist 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 the focus of the protests has now shifted from the dissent 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 protest 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 but some statements coming from politicians here suggesting that things may come down starting on monday because the speaker of the ukrainian parliament has called on the ruling party members of government and the opposition

to sit at the same table to negotiate how things will resolve in ukraine to avoid any more confrontations we also heard this is unconfirmed reports but some sources are suggesting that the delegation of ukraine's government may be traveling to europe next week to go see aid to the euro association deal but again this information is yet to be officially confirmed by the ukrainian government chanting revolution revolution protesters continue to demand the impeachment of the president the professor mark a woman there'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 of two minorities and it may be that the group on the streets with kind of paramilitary nationalist support from the west not just western men but also

from some of your community countries they feel they've got the strobes stage a kind of coup sort of that was seen going on in time of same time and this could change go but it could lead to a very violent situation and it could even question look at the ukraine is five or six state and just finally brussels evil's very surprised when they made this utena decided not to join up with this agreement is it worried about losing face saying this it was there more to it just funning. i think brussels the west in general would prefer to be the winners out of this and they hope that this janet group which will shoot himself in the other 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 situation usually all simply. and 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 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 little in return well the opposition still insists kiev should resist pressure from moscow but close economic ties with russia including a free trade zone shared business landscape and increased exports aim to pull the states together with associate professor of political economy jeffrey summers says that trade relations with the ukraine have hurt the country if we take a look at eastward expansion you we can see that it has. produced deindustrialization least. labor migration released to the west and so we've also seen west european consumer products. and i think that

the e.u. is again experiencing of course of the past four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems in west europe. some senior e.u. politicians have been blaming russia for the events taking place in kiev saying it was pressure from moscow that 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 that it sucks that the bill under international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev 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 agree 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 agree just act lightly the latest news updates footage and photographs from kiev can be found right now on our website r.t. dot com and you can also log on 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 iran over its atomic ambitions amid general cautious optimism hawks on capitol hill israeli hardliners and disgruntled shakes in the gulf states are just some of those who were angry already 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 in small store. it's a store and says. it's not 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 this punches 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 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 and give his kind of more been accused of binyamin netanyahu of war mongering and believes it could end with israel becoming further isolated. iran has made clear they have no desire to develop nuclear weapons whatsoever they have no desire to develop nuclear weapons but yet they get this fear mongering this talk of you know this this 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 you're watching a weekly her naughty international stay with us for more news after the break.

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technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future of coverage. it's been a critical week for scotland in the long lead up to the vote on independence late next year leader attic someone that launched a weighty document laying out what he labeled a mission statement for the nation's future riseley looks at the key points put forward by the pro independence movement. should scotland be an independent country it's a six war 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 but prime minister david cameron and those belonging to the cabin says

that independence is laden with risks and problems with warnings on just about everything taxes and debt the no camp suggests. 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 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've 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 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. 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 poor because a lot of the premises presented requires another party in negotiation. what if the part of the bag of england and 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 everything in this white paper is going to be a springboard for even more debates in the months to come. when member of the scottish parliament who campaigns for independence has hit back at the criticism that the new white paper is too detailed it's a very accessible document it's in

a sort of catalogue style very different 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 and you don't think independents will be that people will vote for the representative government 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. not explained surge of earthquakes has sent entire texas communities into panic the residents are already pointing the finger they say it is the shale gas fracking industry that's at fault or more specifically the methods they use and ocean is nothing new but proof has been hard to come by during fracking thousands of tons of toxic chemicals are pumped below the surface to

loosen rock and release gas that leaves the ground highly unstable so you experts and earlier we spoke with local resident sharon wilson who live near a 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 the air was degraded horribly lots of air attacks trots 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 of again been heavily criticized by human rights defenders and the international lashed out of the government for keeping the most prominent opposition leader in jail. most of his two year term and is eligible for release but there is no sign he will be let out 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 darwish told me a live a bahraini authorities know her husband is innocent but still won't let him go. craney channels nor that white husband is innocent and he is just defending human rights and he is exposing them by the nations like this by the government of bahrain i have tried to accompany it with a police station with a. north client has been narrowed accorded mr neville to my job as and that and he

is a peaceful and human rights defender he always calls for peaceful movements amnesty international and other organizations as well as e.p.o. which are has been pressuring the bahraini government to relieve him there is no cooperate from bahrain site the government has to respond at least it two or three of these letters being sent or calls or join to statements or whatsoever. let's take a look at some other stories now making headlines around the world a passenger train has crashed hurdling off the tracks in the bronx new york killing four people more than sixty others are reported injured with twelve of the critical condition so far fighters and emergency workers still at the scene. hundreds of people have rioted outside the gates of carre 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 killed last month when demonstrations turned violent. and a day of unrest in thailand where running battles between police and protesters showed no sign of letting up and the 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 former prime minister convicted for corruption. and you count down as the start of the olympic city of sochi in one hundred days that winter paralympic games begin their one of russia's medal hopefuls as the sledge hockey team beating for the very first time coming off join them in training. i talk to you as it should be intense fierce determined and. like you still hockey just with two sticks one in each hand with extra risks.

for you miss you're constantly flying around at high speeds collisions and everything it's all crazy fast and tireless commitment which is. 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 buddy you can is their captain he was injured in two thousand and two while serving in the russian military in chechnya. still visible before the age of twenty five i used to have a completely different life were also for both of you 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. because the work are 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 second paralympics

it's been a driving force in a country that struggled to accommodate people's disabilities russia's paralympic coach says the team is helping to change perceptions in the demo so we're putting on the second huge new world 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 paralympics this ninety ninety four but this is the first year that russia will compete this board only came here four years ago his body in remembers before the move when we were just staring at one another not really knowing what to do the first. let me show you. here is the sledge what it is 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 then it takes a lot of time to get back up but now we're skilled at it. these players the road

to so she hasn't been easy it's taken an immense amount of hard work personal sacrifice and dedication but the payoff is that it's just the crucible of the pop 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 if you can set your own goals and achieve them. r.t. to the region russia. slowly but steadily villain picture which is approaching sochi unique has had some spectacular highs and lows and you can take a look at those. dot com. but for those with a bit more christmas spirit than competitive spirit red square is the place to be right now. ventured into the snowed to find out what is attracting people to

central moscow. see i'm 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 it turning one hundred twenty years old in this thing is their 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 this celebration that's currently underway. yes the christmas spirit has arrived in moscow well that's it for me for today more news in just a half an hour from now coming up after the break we take a closer look at the often ignored issue of child labor in europe this is off the

internet. 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 i don't understand why so-called ukrainian nationalists want so desperately to join the e.u. first off any nationalist groups in the e.u. are automatically demonised as right wing extremists and 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 the fascists my point.

i have to get up at seven in the morning school i go to school go out easy do my homework in. my work and finish at eight o'clock and then i do the same thing the next day. as time goes by and we see the crisis getting worse those who have a job have to hang on to it. because it's not easy to find another. i don't think it's full of people my age of the responsibility of things like this .

if i'm going to. like school. i'm not going to do well at school because i'm on a tight. here in the countryside dreams do not come to a very easily so i don't get my hopes up. southern belgariad endless greenfields people in traditional dress. the region of the day has a natural paradise where time seems to have stood still. people have always worked in the fields. as a family a mother a grandmother and two children. it's midday the sun is scorching more than thirty degrees. apart and it's getting hard little one. seven and his sister

ellie nine school today then made it here. the no one to see whether the situation is normal not. these little children the punishing them like this making them work so hard when life are they going to have. future will they have. near the border with greece during the two thousand and this little village experienced an unprecedented period of growth area became the gateway to europe hundred number dreamed of construction tourism and development then the belgariad became a member of the e.u. since then things aren't quite right in the region of a hero ok which of you are going to work in the fields after class go on raise your hands. buzz buzz buzz or in this fourth grade class the average age is for.