syrian rebels kidnap a group of nuns from a christian ministry allegedly moving them to a nearby rebel controlled town as the christian community is increasingly caught up in the raging by libs. i read your company keep going and start shooting. when you look at the radical right wing groups that have hijacked the demonstrations in kiev is more european leaders throw their weight behind e.u. protests in ukraine. this is humanitarian aid from the european union and altogether these products make up around a third of all the stuff here. and aid for the plagued by unemployment and or

steroids a recent study shows over twenty percent of your visit risk of poverty. hello welcome thanks for watching r.t. international which is coming to you live from moscow. that was lama's fighters in syria are believed to be holding a group of nuns hostage ducted from an orthodox monitoring a damascus they have reportedly been moved to the rebel controlled brood the pope has called for prayers for the kidnapped women and made demands from cleric sam religious organizations to release them on middle east correspondent paula slayer is following the story. twelve nuns 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 al nusra front which is affiliated to al qaida the syrian observatory for human rights says that the women were taken after several days of intensive fighting during which the almost refined fighters eventually managed to capture the old quarter of moola and various reports point to the fact that these are mr fund fighters entered the orthodox monastery in the same tone of my don't 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 decided to pray 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 them remain open there are several muslim clerics who have also condemned the abduction in the strongest terms we denounce their deeds confirm that terrorism is a savage monster which wants to do with our all religious and humanitarian values they came to cuba and kidnap your muslim moms and christian priests in our job you ship so like the kidnapped priest and priestess of events and dangerous conspiracy . of the church in syria which they want to tarry grac to the stone age and genius are to run for it to live or the country many questions have left and are now living as refugees elsewhere in. mascots because they're so fearful of the situation the last time that i was in a 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 around in churches

and spoke about the fear that they to have as attacks on the christian community inside syria escalates. and his footage that allegedly shows another attack on a christian monastery in syria this is an orthodox monastery north of damascus the opposition justified the attack saying assad troops were using it as an artillery position you can see here rebel fighters targeting the buildings which then catch fire my colleague kevin owen spoke to reverend. and angered klim priest from 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 my left paul we don't know anything about them and now another attack on the of the

christian community in syria and the world is watching robert is it because the christians in syria a big specifically targeted or just that they're 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 also to free to to show that they are protecting the minorities specially the christians and they are begging for for the international community to interfere to release the nuns where 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 the christians targeted

by rebels in syria as well as other developments in the conflict head to r.t. dot com. the opposition in ukraine is delivered an ultimatum to the president calling for elections they're threatening to set up around the clock blockade of key government institutions if their demands are met protesters waving nationalist flags are staging a rally outside the government building in kiev at the moment and these are teetering the collusion reports the protests that started out as pro e.u. demonstrations have now become the third ground for extremist groups. oh god it's 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 men inspired by the actions of the u.i.

aides 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 need war that's the one thing an organization like cars can't exist without war. is one of those suspected of arranging the bulldozer action key of over the weekend 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 to the end our resistance forces consist of afghanistan war veterans and former security service

officials recent polls show the country's sharply divided on the issue with more than seventy percent of those living in 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 descending 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 the go scope party. and european politicians are not missing the opportunity to send a message of support to the protesters in kiev germany's foreign minister has met

with ukraine's opposition leaders and was seen walking through. independence square position think of a target klitschko served as his guide the dutch foreign minister has also paid a visit to the protest camps top e.u. officials are in kiev for a pre-planned security summit professor nicholai petro from the university of rhode island who is in ukraine at the moment believes the e.u. and its allies are adopting the wrong approach. a one sided message so the board or the policies of the of the u. and it is an attempt to attract crane to sign the association agreement i think it's a short sighted position one that seeks to divide drive a wedge rather between ukraine and russia whereas a more alongside it position but actually encourage both russia and ukraine to. come together with the e.u.

and portugal there seems to be more of a divisive in a confrontational approach than one that aims reconsolidation. we model thora tease in ukraine are investigating cases of police brutality we are about to show you disturbing footage that submerged of a demonstrator being brutally beaten by security forces shortly after protesters attempted to storm the president's office in one scene a man lying on the ground is continuously beaten here by passing special forces officers he was later taken to hospital for treatment before that footage of footage emerged the country's internal ministry promised a thorough investigation into all reports of police brutality while the prime minister has apologized for the violence. coming up where seeds of doubt grow health problems allegedly caused by g.m.o. products spark food hysteria across the us the full story coming up short.

now while the e.u. trade deal continues to divide public opinion politicians raised over the blocks ability to cope should an agreement ever be reached with ukraine so let's take a look at why over twenty percent of europe's population is that risk of poverty bulgaria is one of the most of the u.s. most impoverished countries with nearly half its population living close to the bread line remain here is not far behind where four out of ten find it hard to make ends meet in bailed out greece slightly over thirty percent of the population struggle to meet financial demands and about the same percentage of people in spain and italy are under pressure from harsh austerity. went to a food bank in rome where essential provisions are handed out to the city's poorest . marco used to work as a pizza your many talents used to call it the golden skill which would always get you work in rome 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 a shower is a challenge it takes so much time to take care of yourself like a normal person he reached the end of the day and you're exhausted and depressed with the talian 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 where for no surrender forty five percent value and then we have about sixty five percent

valiant thirty five percent. for us completely. 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 aid it's really similar to an ordinary supermarket you've got bread pasta dairy products vegetables and so forth but the one thing which really stands out are these packages with signs saying not for sale and this is humanitarian aid from the european union and altogether these products make up around a third of all the stuff here. caritas 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. r t rob while 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 heads 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 until 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 or it is serious in 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. the worsening 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 that. this is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years people came here twenty years ago so you stablished life on the silent. people fuel the love of christ all working. people so you can do. something happens on this island that makes them return to it again and again they say the

beloved saves them. join me james brown on a journey for the soul. only. right. first right. and i think. foreigners would. be in the. liberals have often played the role of king my care in the european parliament especially in recent governments but i only saw warning that that could be about to change with euro skeptics taking the lead role six months before european elections

artie's or smith why use up 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 law it's made 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 to even you got to look to david cameron's conservatives for an example of that us so are the liberals dying

a slow death. pain president of the audi alliance views important that there is a party 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 attitudes 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 tabloids europe why the liberals have just six months before the european elections to convince a skeptical public that further a u. integration is a good thing meanwhile the rights will be working just as hard here in britain separatist ukip snowie jill thyroids is talking about a landslide victory as if it's practically in the bag. on r.t.

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am. on my. now least twenty five people are reported to have been killed and dozens more wounded in yemen a suicide bomber is said to have driven a car packed with explosives into the entrance of the defense ministry compound in the capital sana the blast the valey damaged a hospital which is thought to be in the initial target unconfirmed reports say done man then stormed other buildings belonging to the complex and fighting broke out between soldiers and gunmen yemeni defense ministry says almost all the attackers have been killed but did not specify the exact number are they told saying anthony biz well he witnessed the attack from his home near the bags. of the explosions and seeing the smoke for him right in. the shock of the explosion could smashing. the windows in one of the messages.

following for the explosion is just simply couldn't. sirens going off in my local guides are actually down to the moment for good foot injury for connery walk around eighty around a minute she befriends building roads have been shut off a lot of smashed senior there are reports it's casualties. some more world news for you now in argentina at least one man has been killed and about one hundred people injured during a mass lived in the country's second largest city called job or gangs raided shops in the area after the police refused to perform their duties over a pay to speak the man who died was caught by a stray bullet and 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 by suicide bombers and

gunmen were part of the a so that ended with a two hour shootout with security forces no group has admitted yet to carrying out the attack in recent months arac is been experiencing a surge in sectarian violence with almost one thousand people killed in november. 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 demarcation of native lands for the world cup security guards at the presidential palace pepper sprayed protesters who had pushed over metal barriers some activists and national dress also tried to storm the miniature ministry of justice saying the new rules undermine their rights and session. now as many as eighteen million americans could be suffering from gluten related illnesses that stand to be genetically modified soy and corn they eat

a survey reveals medical experts say it may become an epidemic for the next generation prompting more and more in the u.s. to choose a gluten free diet artie's marina portnoy 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 u.s. we probably. 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 oh it's great there is great no gluten high protein on natural bar the gloom 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 soil 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. related to sensitivity in fact beason. disorders immune system bravo. 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 sexism is insidious because you don't have an immediate acute reaction but it evokes your health slowly over time our chosen outsiders disease. kidney failure cancer these have all been shown to be very strongly correlated with the use of round our corn and so on 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 epidemic this comes as monsanto grossed more than thirteen billion dollars in revenue last year selling products many believe to be

responsible for that epidemic in the first place marina port ny r.t. new york. i'll be back with more news in about time coming up that takes you on a spirit to adventure to one of russia's holiest and most isolated monasteries of island so ginny its next. 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 forcing government ministries to shut down by storming them with human waves one such ministry is the thai 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 conspiracy theorist but the selective coverage and selective concern for some humans rights and off the rights of others well it smells a bit fishy to me but that's just my opinion.

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

is the place that has been consecrated to god for almost a thousand of years. people came here twenty some years ago it's stablished the master of life on this island. believing that. christ is the only source of true joy and happiness in the life. that understanding penetrated into everything that surrounds us in a monastery and people i suppose feel that feel the love of christ working on. that girls will divide into groups now so we need about so how many people do you need seven.