why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only. here in the rebels' kidnap a group of nuns from a christian monastery allegedly moving down to a nearby rebel controlled town as a christian community is increasingly caught up in the raging violence. ready to pick up and keep forty seven and start shooting look at the radical right wing groups that have hijacked the demonstrations in kiev as more european leaders throw their weight behind protests and ukraine. this is humanitarian aid from the european union and altogether these products make up around a third of all the stuff here. aid for the e.u. plagued by unemployment and a stereo a recent study shows over twenty percent of your pay is at risk of poverty.

you're watching r t international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program and first off we're getting reports a dozens of people have been killed and wounded in yemen suicide bomber reportedly as a car bomb explosion has rocked a defense ministry compound in the capital sanaa reports suggest that after the blast gunmen have stormed other buildings belonging to the complex while we are closely following the story and we'll bring you more on this as we get it. you know in this fighters in syria are believed to be holding a group of nuns hostage abducted from an orthodox monastery near damascus they have reportedly been moved to the rebel controlled town the pope has cold for prayers

for the kidnapped women and their demands from clerics and religious organizations to release them our middle east correspondent paula sleazier is following the story . twelve nines and three of the helpers who belong to the orthodox monastery of moola are believed to have been moved to brood now according to syrian opposition activists the women will move for their own safety but earlier religious officials said that the women were abducted by members of the front which is affiliated to al qaida the syrian observatory for human whites says that the women were taken after several days of intensive fighting during which the almost refined find to eventually manage to capture the old quarter of moola and various reports point to the fact that these are mr front fighters entered the orthodox monastery in the same term of mosul know where these women were while there's

a lot of concern particularly amongst christians living in syria as the attacks against their communities seemingly escalate we have heard from the pope who has recited a prayer for the safety of these women and earlier we at r.t. spoke with the international christian concern who said that they were extremely worried and extremely troubled by this incident in particular they have called on rebel forces to ensure the safety of these women and also make sure that all lines of communication with him remain open there are several muslim clerics who have also condemned the abduction in the strongest terms we did. confirm that terrorism is a savage monster which wants to do with our all religious and humanitarian values they came to cuba and kidnap a few muslim in moms and christian priests in our job of ships and the like they kidnap priests and priestesses events in dangerous conspiracy. of the

church in syria which they want to grab to the stone age genius or to run for it to live or the country many questions have left and are now living as refugees elsewhere and. mascots because they're so fearful of the situation the last time that i was in syria i visited the city of homes where both the syrian army as well as people who are returning to the christian quarter showed me around and found churches and spoke about the fear that they to have as attacks on the christian community inside syria schooldays and here is footage that allegedly shows and other attack on a christian monastery in syria this is an orthodox monastery north of damascus the opposition justified the attack saying asa troops were using it as a position you can see here rebel fighters targeting the buildings so which of them catch fire my colleague kevin zero one spoke to reverend star and anglican priest in syria about the fate of christians in the war torn country. thousands and

thousands hundreds of thousands of christians wear this place from their homes and a lot of christians were killed we still have two bishops missing from from a little we don't know anything about them and now another attack on the of the christian community in syria and the world is watching richard is it because the christians in syria big specifically targeted just getting caught up in a wider conflict what's the picture i think they are being used by both sides. as a political card because the regime wants all sorts of to to show that they are protecting the minorities the christians and they are begging for for the international community to interfere to release the nuns with the the rebels they are turning the blind eyes to the al qaida and the islamists to

target specifically christians there is a systematic attack on the christian community in syria and hundreds of thousands of christians were displaced and for more on a christians targeted by rebels in syria as well as other developments in the conflict it always had to our website r.t. dot com. the opposition and ukraine has delivered an ultimatum to the president calling for early elections and they are threatening to set up a round the clock blockade of key government institutions if their demands aren't met protesters waving nationalist flags are staging a rally outside the government building in kiev at the moment and authorities are in english to report the protests that started out as pro demonstrations have now become fertile ground for extremist groups. oh lori to ukraine glory to the heroes is the fischel slogan of the hardline nationalist movement known as the

ukrainian insurgent army and a chant heard among the crowds in key of these days here is just a couple of these protesters cheerleaders mr elect bork founder of the nationalist party and the man inspired by the actions of the u.i. a's wartime militias they took up machine guns and fought the russians the germans and the jews those who quote wanted to take away our ukrainian land and this is. another far right activist from the radical nationalist but movement so we needs war that's the main thing an organisation like cars can't exist without war. is one of those suspected of arranging the bulldozer action key of over the weekend both men will present the ultra nationalist sentiment that is popular in western ukraine which has traditionally gravitated towards europe rather than moscow many hope we will fight for the european union until the end and even if they bring your tanks we will win which must go i'm ready to pick up any keep forty seven and start

shooting up to a thousand people go to kiev every day and our motto is together till the end of our resistance forces consist of afghanistan war veterans and former security service officials recent polls show the country's as sharply divided on the issue with more than seventy percent of those living in a western ukraine favoring the deal with the european union but that drops to less than thirty percent in the east in kiev what began as a campaign over trade ties with europe is now it is the ending into a rallying cry for ukrainian nationalism good enough to know when these people are being passed off as innocent kids who suffered during the peaceful protests i'm sorry i've seen others there who clearly were non militant and then there were others with knives in their pockets why would anyone do that when. going to a peaceful protest. yet it seems to be escaping some of europe and america's political heavyweights that there is

a rowdy right wing driving force taking root in a ghost r.t. kiev. and the european politicians are not missing the opportunity to send a message of supports to the protesters in kiev germany's foreign minister has met with ukraine's opposition leaders and was seen walking through crowds in kiev's independence square key opposition figure served as his guide the dutch foreign ministers also paid a visit to the protest camps top e.u. officials are in kiev for a pre-planned security summit kerry salsman professor at portland state university believes their actions are sending the wrong kind of signal. that sends one message of support for those people who are trying to bring down the government on the one hand and it shows to others it shows a message of event of a nation during the color revolution was the work of a number of different agencies present in the region that were encouraging students and other movements local and american n.g.o.s who are very much involved but now

they have now a more sophisticated technology but they also have social networking they can help to organize protests they can use electronic means of spreading information and this information through that race questions about the respect for the sovereignty of the country when you have a when foreign countries intervene. coming up were thieves of down and grow health problems and largely caused by kamal products sparked food hysteria across the u.s. the full story is coming up very shortly here in r.t. . while the e.u. trade deal continues to divide public opinion politicians raise doubts over the block's ability to cope should an agreement ever be reached with ukraine now let's take a look at why well over twenty percent of you are at this point is a risk of poverty bulgaria impoverished countries with nearly half its population living close to the bread line romania is not far behind where

four out of the out of ten find it hard to make and meet and bailed out greece slightly over thirty percent of the population struggle to meet financial demands about the same percentage in italy and spain are under pressure from harsh sturdy measures are just going off went to a food bank in rome where essential provisions are handed out to the city's poorest marco used to work as a beat so you'll many italians used to call it the golden skill which would always get you work in a role but it didn't hold true for marco one day he was sacked and has not been fired since he's been living on the street for about four years now and says at forty six he sees little chance of fixing his life he asked us not to reveal his identity. when you live on the street survival is what takes up most of your time simply gets in the shower is a challenge it's so much time to take care of yourself like

a normal person here it's the end of the day and you're exhausted and depressed. it would be an economy going through its longest recession since the second world war over twelve percent of adults are unemployed while four out of ten young people don't have a job there are no official figures on the homeless we have any type of food that we can get for free from somewhere more italians are beginning to turn to charity and humanitarian aid for help two years ago we had about fifty five percent were foreign minister and the forty five percent today we have about sixty five percent value and thirty five percent. for those computers. everything on the shelves is free given in exchange for points allocated to low income families by the global charity network. most of the food is near its expiration date except for specially labeled eight it's real similar to an ordinary supermarket you've got

bread pasta dairy products vegetables and sort but the one thing which really stands out are these packages with signs saying not for sale this is humanitarian aid from the european union and altogether these products make up around a third of all the stuff here. kerry does is now raising the alarm saying around one third of all italian children are at risk of poverty and are lacking basic essential such as protein rich foods heating and clothes is going off rome europe is experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis for decades according to a survey by the international red cross millions of europeans are unable to afford food or a roof over their hands the organizations european director told us the number of people having to turn to charity is beyond their worst expectations. what we have seen since we did our first survey in two thousand and nine and on to two thousand and thirteen is that the crisis are really taking root at community level at

individual level and that household level to a different degree because people today has used all their savings there's nothing left we are seeing a rapid decrease in what we call the middle class people the british red cross what they are doing right now and what they lost more than a month is that is the biggest food distribution campaign since the say concluded law it is serious and even for the ones of us working in this business on a daily basis we were shocked when we saw their cumulated data across europe and we discussed poverty in europe with you have fair generation she says it's not just a sturdy measures to blame for the problem. government and spends more money on being voted once the. very is

the investments and there seemed to be of the was the. social benefit that would help the poor and. the crises sometimes scary to. the syria writing situation has driven many away from the idea of euro integration later in the program we examine how european parties may be leaning further right than ever before. this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years people came here twenty years ago it's the established life on the silence. and people of the love of christ working. people so you can. come.

and that makes them return to it again and again they say that saves them. join me james brown on a journey for the soul. only. right simply. first strike. and i would think that you're. on our reporters but. instead. welcome back you're with our team international liberals have often played the role

of k. maker in the european parliament especially in recent governments but alister warning that could be about to change with euro skeptics taking the lead role six months before european elections are laura smith ways the precarious balance between right and left. there won't have been many meetings in london this year where british membership of the european union was met with a huge round of applause but that's what happened here at the congress of the alliance of liberals and democrats for europe they reckon best still in demand but opinion polls and elections throughout the e.u. tell a different story in fact the continent appears to have made a significant lurch to the right with new policies emerging all over the place populists this new low it's make me but their hostility towards immigration austerity and the very idea of the e.u. has rattled the mainstream parties enough to cause them to step to the right too

you've only got to look to david cameron's conservatives for an example of that so are the liberals dying a slow death i asked said graham watson and the pain president of the audi a lawyer says important there is prepared to stand up to the far right when so many are simply moving on to their ground in the hope of recovering lost will discuss this is an existence we see it in the premium polls we see it in people's right to choose what we have to convince people is that the european union brings us a lot of benefits but needs reform if it is to continue to bring us those benefits and committed to the race then but certainly swimming against the toilets europe wide the liberals have just six months before the european elections to convince a skeptical public that serve the e.u. integration is a good thing meanwhile the rights will be working just as hard here in britain

separatists you kipps nigel farage is talking about a landslide victory as if it's practically in the bag. an r.t. dot com searching for better ways to tackle radioactive waste at the crippled fukushima. the un's nuclear watchdog has come up with a brand new solution which local residents may find hard to take on to our website to find out what the plans are. don't be surprised if your facebook or twitter feeds have unknown messages posted in your name millions of passwords for the popular social networking sites have been stolen the leak also shows that users are far from meticulous when it comes to cyber security. right see. first right. and i think the true.

on our reporters would. be in the. as many as eighteen million americans could be suffering from gluten related illnesses and that's down to the genetically modified soil in corn they eat a survey reveals medical experts say it may become an epidemic for the next generation prompting more and more in the us to choose a gluten free diet investigates the seeds of g.m.o. phobia. in a city with thousands of restaurants yoko kind of maury has lunch at the same place nearly every day oh right yeah yeah every day everybody knows me as i love it. here at four foods the ingredients are natural g m o's are limited as much as

possible and the menu caters to an exploding dietary necessity in the us we probably in the past year if we see more people coming directly for us because we do have gluten free options listed among the top food trends by time magazine the gluten free lifestyle has boomed into a billion dollar american industry foods books and even boot camps cater to a g. free clientele doctors are now paying attention to a new phenomenon called sensitivity and what about this gluten free diet curds group is great no gluten high protein on natural bar the blue is a protein found in wheat and other grain products eighteen million americans reportedly suffer from gluten related disorders while medical experts have dubbed it the next big u.s. epidemic a new report finds genetically modified foods such as soy and corn may be an environmental trigger for the growing health crisis if you look at the nature of

the primary toxins crowd in most you can predispose physiology to symptoms related to. orders immune system brought. the multinational billion dollar company monsanto happens to be a leading producer of g.m.o. seeds r.t. reached out to the company a spokesperson said that monsanto is not aware of credible evidence that supports allegations of their products being harmful but the report released by the institute for responsible technology finds that the weed killer known. as roundup used on g m o's also has a negative effect on gut bacteria cicely's insidious because you don't have an immediate acute reaction but it evokes your health slowly over time are chosen outside of. kidney failure that it can actually these have all been shown to be

very strongly correlated with the use of around. fourteen so in the meantime monsanto has reportedly spent billions on lobbying to keep g.m.o. foods from being labeled in the u.s. sales in the gluten free food market have reached new heights due to a dangerous health effort that this comes as monsanto grossed more than thirteen billion dollars in revenue last year selling products many believed to be responsible for that epidemic in the first place marina r.t. new york afghan president hamid karzai says he won't let his ministers sign an elusive security agreement with the u.s. and last washington meet his conditions he's demanding a hold to all american military operations after the u.s. combat mission in the country and next year washington wants to leave around fifteen thousand soldiers in afghanistan for another ten years and is pushing for permission to raid afghan homes as well as legal immunity for american troops u.s.

secretary of state john kerry tried to work around karzai as impasse saying the afghan minister of defense or the government could sign the security deal instead however his own deputy spokesperson tried to play down the statement. simple statement of fact it wasn't meant to indicate any policy decision or shift or change at all in any way it was just a statement of fact that technically it's possible for international agreements for . an official other than a president to sign them this is we were indicating this is our preference and anyway we've said very publicly that we'd like president karzai to as soon as possible sign this agreement so it was very much just a statement of fact david swanson is a foreign affairs analyst and author of the book war is a lie you think that john kerry's poor choice of words only gives away the real intentions of u.s. policy makers towards afghanistan. here he blurts out that one of cars eyes

on darlene's could sign his country away for another decade and beyond as they put it perhaps in the back of his head he imagined that one of those underlings would step forth and make himself or herself a martyr and sign the country away which of course was not about to happen and again the folks back at the state department rush out with the correction john kerry doesn't know what he's talking about i mean thank goodness for john kerry who is the worst salesman of nasty programs that this government has come up with in decades take a look at some other stories from around the world in argentina at least one man has been killed in over one hundred people injured during a mass looting in the country's second largest city of perth over gangs rated shops in the area after the police refused to perform their duties over at pay dispute the man who died it was caused by a stray bullet and it wasn't a looter himself over a dozen supermarkets were raided and vandalized. six people have been killed

and dozens injured in a militant attack on a police intelligence headquarters in the north of iraq both suicide bombers and gunmen were part of the salt that ended with a two hour shootout with security forces no group has admitted yet to carrying out the attack in recent months iraq has been experiencing a surge in sectarian violence with almost one thousand people killed and of amber. in brazil hundreds of indigenous people have attempted to storm government buildings in the capital brasilia this comes after the justice ministry laid out new rules for the demonstration of native lands for the world cup security guards at the presidential palace pepper sprayed protesters who have pushed over metal barriers some activist in national dress also tried to storm the ministry of justice saying the new rules undermined a right to own ancestral lands. up next our takes you on a spiritual adventure. one of russia's only used and isolated monasteries so

germany is ahead. we often see the middle east as a place of constant turmoil and revolution but people in thailand seem to be very fired up as well masses of protesters are force a government ministries to shut down by storming them with human waves one such ministry is the time equivalent of the american f.b.i. which has been accused of killing around ninety people in a crackdown on those who support ousted prime minister taksin shinawatra who is the brother of the current leader while people are crying out for democracy with accusations of violence against protesters so where is barack obama john kerry the mainstream media i mean whatever some group of rebels protestors are i mean freedom fighters rise up for democracy are we supposed to arm them like in syria and or

bomb their country back into the stone age like in libya serbia iraq some protests explode across the mainstream media with calls for intervention and others are almost totally silent like thailand and bulgaria where there have also been strong winds of buildings less than a month ago i might be a conspiracy theorist but the selective coverage and selective concern for some humans rights and not for the rights of others well it smells a bit fishy to me but that's just my opinion.

the windswept journey to follow can be an act of penance in itself. doesn't offer excitement or adventure yet many come here for months at a time some never leave it old they say that the law saves them. this is one of the holiest sites of the russian orthodox church home to a thriving ministry the lay community that works with it and groups of volunteers that come and go throughout the year for the face folks this is a journey for the soul a pilgrimage.