i. anti fracking rage in romania clashes erupt in a village between police and locals who don't want american energy giant chevron to drill for a show of gas in the area. the kremlin refutes western media allegations that ukraine joining russia's customs union is a done deal is protesting here show no signs of dying down despite the cold weather . does the mourning for nelson mandela continues worldwide we look into concerns that traces of south africa's dark past may return this time for the country's minorities.

are welcomed watching r.t. international with me andrey far. and anti fracking protest in northeast remain here has turned violent clashes have broken out between police and locals who are trying to stop the u.s. oil giant chevron from drilling fish gas in the area. of is that the site of unrest. we're here in this is just moments after a very tense clashes between protesters who are against chevron conducting exploration for shale gas drilling here in this area in northeastern mania what you see behind me over there is actually the chevron site now protesters had ran across the street they broke down the perimeter of the chevron location tore down the fences and entered the area there were actually inside the chevron test exploration area the police had to run and there weren't arrests made at the moment but then as you can see these units riot police officers had been called into the area this is

when things very much escalated and we had several protesters arrested there were between the police and the demonstrators and actually if we pan over here you can see people very upset about what's happening here with chevron and. these protesters who have been camped out here for over a month earlier that's the count was actually broken up by riot police officers today saturday was supposed to be a major protest there and they're still trying to get chevron to leave because although chevron in october announced it was seething operations the work had begun these police officers are not going anywhere as you can see they're trying to keep the protesters contained to this area so that they don't break out again and go on to the chevron site now we did see several arrests some people had been injured they were taken out in medical vans we don't know exactly how many and again it's a tense tense environment these people are very unhappy with the conduct of the

police not just today but earlier and they're very unhappy that chevron is continuing these operations they feel that although chevron says that it's trying to do this in a responsible way the people here feel like they haven't been consulted they feel like their point of view isn't being taken into consideration and we have to keep in mind that this is a farming area people here will lie on the land to survive if the water does get. contaminated which is something that they fear will happen as a result of the fracking their very existence is threatened which is why they're so frustrated with the situation the police officers as you can see are coming closer we're not quite sure why. again we're not exactly sure what's happening here and this is private property as some of the people are saying across the road it's the chevron property but this is private land so people are very upset that the police are moving us out of the way we certainly don't want to get arrested so we'll keep moving but i suppose they're trying to clear clear people

out of here but again congestion tense environment the demonstration continues it's unclear what will make these protesters leave as you can see if we turn around they're sitting down they're staying their ground they don't want to leave this area. but of course we'll keep you posted on the developments in romania and of course you can also following lucy caffein off on twitter. to social and environmental safety campaigner george but he believes big business and government are closer than ever when it comes to show. what you see essentially is this this battle between big business and the interests of the people and a consistent pattern both in the u.k. and romania where you're saying you major figures from the energy industry moving into into government directly david cameron as i came came to power on the promise of being the greenest government ever and what we've seen is exactly the opposite

in rumania it's exactly the same scenario we say. no to fracking because the people want it and then when he's in power he starts dancing to the tune as a these major players like chevron and what we've seen recently is this very brutal action of the peaceful protest company for a number of months in romania all the entrances to the village were shut off it was a military style operation none of the press was allowed to go in there though there were reports of incredible brutality george the problem the bottom line here is that the general public not as may be. the involve no not even a little concerned about the environment little kids to bring a little card to really go job to do they want cheap fuel this is one of the lawyers being both here and in romania that you know. maybe a poison your children but it's going to be cheap you look at the people in neighboring plots of land don't get paid the ones that have to suffer the consequences the huge increase rates of cancer of all sorts or spiritual problems thousands of families are being forced to move out of their areas and one of the

reasons that we're not hearing more about the specific stories of illness is that in order to get any kind of compensation from these fucking companies they have to settle out of court because they can't begin to fight the legal battles that sharon can afford. now the crimean insists that ukraine's president. vladimir putin did not discuss kiev joining russia's customs union at a meeting in sochi is refusing media claims that he has agreed to join e.u. . in return for an attractive gas stay alive paul scotties in the training capital for us but we know what they didn't talk about what did they talk about x. . well in quotes actor beauty to ukraine's prime minister monti under fire president victory on a covert stopped off in sochi on his way back from china for

a meeting with his russian counterpart president vladimir putin in an attempt to strengthen economic ties between the two countries and in particular he was looking to strike a deal over gas the state of ukraine's economy means that they've been struggling to pay their bills of late it was described as a roadmap to eradicating the differences between the two countries in the areas of trade and the economy and as you say one thing that wasn't discussed was the possibility of kiev signing on and joining russia's customs union alongside valorise in kazakhstan according to russia the topic wasn't discussed by the two presidents. and during he had been a moment in the center of kiev what's going on behind you at the moment. well in defiance of both the weather and the author orotate as you can see thousands of people remain here in central kiev continuing their demonstrations in fact a delegation of european officials have just been addressing the crowd including

former polish prime minister yet see bruce they addressed the crowd offering their support to the protesters and also they called for a snap election after the protesters themselves were organizers are hoping that from all over ukraine up to one million people will descend on key have on sunday i've just been down mingling with the crowds behind me and everywhere you look there are placards and barrenness saying midday tomorrow in maidan so it's clear that organizers hope that over the next twenty four hours or so this movement is going to get some extra impetus on this also on both sides that the violence we witnessed last weekend is. repeated as my colleague arena ghoulish care reports. you couldn't buy me now my gun the worst moment was when i saw people being beaten on the ground at my feet they were just kids and i couldn't do anything about it and it was terrible it must never happen again. the night of november thirtieth

when peaceful protests in the heart of kiev were broken up by ukraine special riot police force dozens and up in hospitals images of police beating defenseless people emerged on the internet like the. was the next day it was the police on the receiving end of the violence but at the hands of a mob and not the peaceful protesters who were dispersed just the day before. we i got hit by either a brick or a piece of pavement score in the face it's hard to tell because everything was flying no one could predict it would go like this that there would be rocks bricks most of cocktails. i was scared for my units who were there because it was totally unexpected right in front of all of this they were these boys eighteen nineteen years old who serve in the army and everything was flying at them rocks molotov cocktails. these men are among the officers still in hospital

a week after the attack some received injuries severe enough to leave them disabled or to convince them to leave the force but both. i determined to return to service and say did don't have any animosity towards the crowd on independence square i can understand the people they want to express their opinion. people have the right to voice their opinion but without breaking the law it would not be an overstatement to say that many people here view is there any i mean number one especially after last week's intense clashes what's there is a putting out there that the police force were simply following the instructions they have received and it's those who gave the orders that should be held responsible for the violence so. the recordings on the internet of the actual orders that received. to clear the we must create

a parliamentary commission and find the person who blew it all up and hold them criminally responsible i'm sure the orders came from someone higher than the head of police. as the protests entered their third week the tension is palpable no one wants a repeat of last week's nightmare but a resolution requires calmer efforts from both sides among people whose patience is already wearing thin. well journalist who's followed ukraine's recent history says the bitter divide among its people would only deepen if the association deal happened. nightmare come true in the long term ukraine and the european union have a lock to gain from increased relationships with each other but the package that the e.u. was proposing and the price you create would be severed ties with russia and the east bloc would in the short term cause a very we'll drop in standard of living for the ukrainian people much greater

energy price costs and the european union european commission given their own financial woes would not be in the position to give ukraine the necessary financial support it would need in these situations the european union has major problems within its own really must resort before it can really knew its offer to reach out to nations like ukraine and i think there really needs to be a fundamental reassessment in the brussels of what ukraine needs which has not been adequately recognized in brussels and european and american politicians have been lending their support to the opposition in kiev online we've got more on that and the reaction it is course getting r.t. dot com. there are moves to stop britain's prisons becoming breeding grounds for extremists coming up shortly a crackdown on hate preaching behind bars is under way to try to stop impressionable brits from being radicalized in s.l.

. the man who led south africa right of its darkest days of apartheid nelson mandela will be laid to rest on december the fifteenth that his family estate but can a change in the quality he embodied be maintained in a country which suffered such deep scars support a slayer if a different chapter on segregation lies ahead. for many years south africans in particular have been asking themselves the question what happens when mandela pastas on and for a long time there was a war we that everything he stood for which was essentially bringing white and black south africans to give it would disappear when he dies this question has become this urgent as the years have passed on and a new generation of south africans has come to the fore but certainly there are pockets of particularly white south africans who are today afraid now i visited the community of clean fun tain which is a white on cave they you find only off the condos and all these are white south

africans who can trace the roots back to european cities who came in the sixteen hundreds you need special permission to enter the area there are security guards everywhere there are statues paying tribute to the founders of a party which was some africa's legal system of discrimination between blacks and whites people there justified the existence of such enclaves as merely a way of preserving the history the culture their language they argue against any kind of claims of racism we feel strongly about our identity and we want to protect back and preserve it this together with the fear that some white of economists feel has caused some to put in place contingency plans now there's a group called the state land as they estimate that their figures are around eighty to one hundred thousand people and they are all linked through mobile phones in such a way that if in any time they believe

a genocide happens and they do believe that a genocide is coming against white south africans they can then mobilize him selves and move to an area where they will be able to both protect themselves and be completely self-sufficient and i visited this community and this is what they had to tell me right now oh we're this stage or little six. little sort of is really the true kind of schools these white south africans our. are in the minority the majority really credit mandela with bringing the country back from the brink of civil war regardless of the color of the skin the race the creed their religion south africans regard mandela as the hero of the struggle against apartheid and see him as one of the greatest signs this country has ever given birth to. now after the break our british terrorist cells being recruited from within prison cells look at this in a couple of minutes. doesn't

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the british government has drawn up measures to stifle the spread of extremism the brutal murder. in london the plan includes blocking jihadist material on the web and cracking down on high preaching but as aussies lower smith reports the country's jails are also becoming a breeding ground for radicalism. wormwood scrubs prison in west london temporary or longer term home to around fourteen hundred male prisoners apart from the inevitable gang activity and drug taking that goes on inside many prison inmates find religion while they're doing their stretch some are genuine others not

so much. those who watch on to and use that religion is an excuse for treatment and . particular concern for adoption is clear evidence that there are youngsters being radicalized. and forced to join the rest of causation of young a full report prisoners. who then can become a tree machine while evidence from the prison office's union shows prisoners are necessarily so much finding gods as having shoved in their faces muslim gangs have grown in power and influence in jails all over the country and the prison officers association is concerned that they target vulnerable new arrivals to conversion and that those who are muslims already are being forced into more extremist views you speak to some prisoners unable to. food or act on it to get more. or just to be seen as to be part of

a gun culture i've done it for protection i've done it because i was bullied extremists who are ultimately released from behind these walls back into society. being a foreigner stuck in a north korean jail can't be easy so how do you get out apologize for your war crimes apparently that's exactly what an eighty five year old u.s. veteran have to do to walk for a head to our web site to get his story but in egypt more and more people are being thrown behind bars for not keeping in line with nutri rule r.t. dot com has details of the almost daily arrests. right from the street. searched for. and i think picture. on our reporter's twitter. instagram.

france is leading its second major intervention in africa with reports of around a thousand troops on the ground already in the central african republic bloody clashes there on thursday have left almost three hundred people dead paris began to send reinforcement hours after the u.n. authorized the mission to quell the rise of sectarian violence in the country of civilians fled to the country's airport seeking refuge from armed fighters christian militias loyal to the ousted president are fighting with the muslim rebels which currently control the country. france which is sometimes known as the policeman of africa has been active in the continent since colonial times here is where it used to wield total control just a few months ago france led an intervention in mali and in the past decade it's

also been in chad ivory coast in the democratic republic of congo and that is aside from its involvement in libya as for the current conflict in central african republic france had refused requests to intervene from the president who was ousted by muslim rebels in march but now it's chosen to act lawrence freeman from executive intelligence review magazine believes french domestic problems are behind the decision. recently france has become more active militarily and i think the problem with that there france and britain have not given up their intent are now having at the use of some of the resources and wealth of the african countries for so i think france is suffering serious problems at home. devastating collapse in living standards throughout all of

europe so many things i think combining to push france forward into some of these more very activities. more of them recently than we've seen before. in other news the world trade organization has agreed on a landmark deal which could provide a trillion dollars boost to the global economy the greens designed to speed up cross border trade by slashing red tape and customs checkpoints analysts say this will give a lift to developing nations by creating up to twenty million jobs is the first global deal of its kind but is yet to be ratified by each member government in mexico six people suspected of stealing a truck with highly radioactive material have been released from hospital only the youngest suspect age sixteen was found to have traces of radioactive poisoning the man will remain in detention for further questioning the vehicle was carrying extremely dangerous cold sixty when it was hijacked at gunpoint near the capital

earlier this week. now it's one of the world's most popular vacation spots but those who try to settle down in paris often find their romantic notions shattered tesser syria explains why. it all looks great on paper but anyone with an aspiration of living in central paris quickly discovers the nightmare and becomes looking for a flat here this picturesque center of the city might as well have a sign that says off limits to anyone with a tight budget but if you must prepare for very tight quarters when you first arrive to the far out i was completely shocked because this was the smallest area that i found myself i didn't look through here the year. danika pay seven hundred seventy year olds for this tiny twenty square metre central paris flat in the popular lot in quarter area plus another hundred for bills and internet she chose convenience over price a choice that's not quite there for others like sabina who lives just outside paris

with three other people her bedroom in the basement. was about five hundred euros when i moved. i was looking in internet for a place with five hundred euros couldn't find anything really. expensive visited a few places. i couldn't find any so i decided to move for somewhere in a server close in more extreme cases not only do people end up far from the center but in apartments like this one where there's no kitchen or hot water so. it's a real problem in fronts this lack of housing we need a hundred to nine hundred thousand more housing this is what explains the high prices in july every port released by france's national institute of statistics and economic studies found that one hundred forty one thousand five hundred people were without a fixed residency in france or rent control law was recently passed as part of

a larger housing reform to address the lack of housing substandard conditions and the trend of people being pushed out of paris and other major cities but changes in living standards won't come overnight a fact. many in the city of lights just come to accept me want to live in paris nice area. well ok. just or so you r.t. paris i'll be back in about half an hour's time with more news before then though a look at the social programs in africa that are actually fueling poverty and debt . we are the problem we in the west of the problem especially the united states government so it really is quite ridiculous that we get manipulated into saying no

we have to take care of this problem over there the problem is in our own backyard and we know this. it looks like. we're going to do the job the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy but those. will. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our civic we've been hijacked like handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one school class i'm sorry mark it on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem trying rational debate and a real discussion of critical issues facing the book go ready to join the movement

then welcome to the big picture. do you think that you as a representative of the. gazan government and i've gotten government in general could achieve that easing off live for the palestinian people through all the way they communicate through the way the present themselves to the wall to crimean they carry tree need we need respect to live from old a kind of governments good and to rid of nine's this government which recollected a from the people actually. presented it from the palestinian people themselves respect of what china says respect i what i would believe someone needs someone writes.

deliberate george is on the epic journey to structure. one hundred and twenty three days. through to see my. number two cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand killing. in a record setting trip by land air sea another space. olympic torch relay. on r t v dot com. advent to do last year twenty two million hectic as a fertile arab land was stolen from african farmers by sea decay other words it was handed over to all bought by hedge funds and multinational societies we fool so when the world bank says yes we have to encourage foreign investment. give this pool exploited african land rights to the fruit farms in

ma say in buffalo or to new york hedge funds. did your because there they are capable of making this land profitable now that is a moderate argument for the farmers who work locally the pigs on the source and press i think for a country to make the best use of those resources that it has in abundance and to. given the limits of its own domestic market of course to export those resources in order to generate wealth and that's a strategy that a number of not just african countries but countries in throughout the world that have done very well by so i wouldn't look at it in the narrow perspective of just been able to reimburse death at the.