freedom of speech means little the freedom to question. police in the ukrainian capital pushed beyond and to government first houses and clear some of the barricades set top allowing parts of the city to return to work up to days of paralysis. meanwhile keo becomes a honeypot for western diplomats as high level representatives of the view and the white house for meetings with the opposition leaders and the president also. the so-called order to. ride along with thousands of other people me see charges dropped against them as a massive amnesty project is truly being prepared in russia. plus the u.k. warns companies again he's dealing with israeli partners in the occupied territories saying that illegal status makes a business highly risky for british finance. and creasing is

a push for setting up a new trade zone in the asia pacific while critics for holding on to horses since it's not a government is but the big corporations who will benefit from bonds. this is also international coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. government offices in ukraine have begun functioning again following days away by protesters in the capital kiev hundreds of troops and riot police were deployed around demonstrations science to dismantle barricades and push protesters back to independence square aussie's post as that farce. or despite the heightened tensions protesters do still remain in independence square behind me right police

have much more of an increased presence in and around the streets of kiev over the last twenty four hours or so and on monday night they began the process of trying to remove some of the protesters blockades around the administrative part of the capital effectively trying to free up the work of the government to allow people to carry out their official duties now despite the predominantly civil situation on the streets of kiev there have been some reports of some minor clashes the protesters say they were instigated by the police and the police say they were instigated by the protesters where protesters were saying with wooden sticks and iron rods and to say that they are prepared to defend their position and locally there are even reports that a four police officers fainted after protesters used pepper spray in further developments one high profile american n.g.o.s and civil liberty group has waded into the situation saying that president young the co-feature should resign freedom house say that ukraine should be slapped with sanctions if that isn't the case and

right now victoria nuland the deputy secretary of state is meeting with opposition leaders where the opposition movement continue to be poised by support from abroad but not all the information the reaches the streets of kiev is accurate is my report. it traveled around the world in an instant it gave hope and support to the protesters ensuring freezing conditions on kiev's independence square they represented unity and solidarity only it was a lie it was even reach we had on the official twitter page of opposition party fatherland as real news with a common but the whole world is supporting the ukrainian protestors done created a hoax photo showing the united states and brazil had lit up their most famous monuments in the colors of the ukrainian flag as a show of support to kiev opposition movement people camping out are made and don't check this information this are spread to instigate people into more action to

prevent protesters from running out of steam and to draw more support for a certain political power this is just one piece of false information that is either helped fuel the protests or given them an injection of support in recent days media reports that ukrainian president had agreed to join russia's customs union hard in the resolve of many on may down even though the story was immediately denied by moscow and kiev those who remember the u. so-called orange revolution in two thousand and four will remember we were told then that the russian suspects not special forces lurking in the woods in a careful way to interact they were and nothing happened so we're seeing a kind of propaganda war psychological war taking place and using these rumors of both the crackdown domestically and even foreign interference rumors spread quickly on the internet and many a taken as fact one minute it's claimed russia's going to cross the border and help stem the protests the next special forces shipped in from all over ukraine and

tanks are rumbling their way into central kiev all helping fear and agitation rumble their way into the minds of the protesters who right now you can see how attends the situation is we are in a sort of no man's land outside the presidential palace and to my right hand side you can see a line of riot police who formed a blockade. not allowing any protesters in but if you pan around to my left hand side you can see the protesters have set up their own blockade not allowing anyone in to carry out their official business and we're left with this rather tense standoff it's clear that when the situation is tense is there any misinformation whether deliberate or not has the potential for huge consequences both scots r.t. kiev ukraine the e.u. his top diplomat catherine ashton as well as the american assistant secretary of state victoria nuland are in kiev right now they're holding meetings with the opposition leaders to be followed by talks with the president they may be promising to help diffuse the situation but robert oulds from the british group saying time

believes they'll simply be piling pressure on ukraine. catherine ashton going over there as the high representative of the european union will not be helping the situation it will be adding to the to the conflict which is taking place it will be stirring things up so it's actually quite a provocative move because she's not going in as a neutral observer going into a situation where will only create more trouble and that i think is really in charge at this time the european union should should back off you should recognize that the democratically elected government of the ukraine which is the whole policy of the you towards ukraine has actually been one of prussia previously it's been saying the lonely import goods from the ukraine up to various quotas which hasn't been helpful for the ukrainian economy so they should be playing fair really not not trying to pressure ukraine economically or politically as he's now trying to do

. and the standoff in kiev is bringing divisions to the surface among ukraine society demonstrators in crimea took to the streets to demand the government and the opposition's process in the council political analyst and the voice of knowledge explain to us what quarrels such a clash of opinion when it comes to e.u. integration. this is a cultural clash more than an economic or political one this is a clash between people who believe in the perception of the west such as europe or the united states and the people who are trying to make their future based on the actual laws that help people feed their families i think there are serious historical and cultural rifts in the territory of present day ukraine and on one side are the people who are trying to join this globalist transnational union of governments where there will be no nationalism but there will be the supernational is bureaucracy regulating everything for the greater good of it all and then there

are people who want their national states to run whichever way they decide by do they want the choice to remain theirs. and will be bringing you more expert opinion and analysis on events in ukraine as well as live updates from the capital throughout the day all the latest developments are also available on our website. celebrating twenty years of the russian constitution the government could pardon tens of thousands of people and some weeping honesty bell some headline grabbing cases may be dropped including the charges against some greenpeace activists the group is going to has more now on who's likely to be pardoned and who will have to wait. this may be quite a large because up to twenty five thousand people could see charges dropped against

them as soon as news about these plans came out. a lot of speculation around who may benefit from it it could be members of the so-called arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian or did also pussy riot and some of the opposition activists of protesters were arrested during a large anti-government protests rally which ended in clashes between the dressers and the police now if that's speculation what we do know is that this draft isn't planned to include those who were found guilty of serious crimes so it's very unlikely that for that of course he will be freed from jail but this draft is still set to be approved by the parliament while the president is planning to discuss its details with human rights groups all later on today and of course we'll be keeping you updated. the parliament still hashing out the fine print but let's consider who might fall under the bill right now known violent offenders jailed for up to five

years could see their crimes pardoned some of the country's most vulnerable could also start a new as the bill intends to wipe their criminal records and this includes young offenders combat veterans and pregnant women and the bill makes a special case for those charged with taking part in mass disorder or who only going to have them regardless of their age and. one hopes built on empty promises start to fall apart because she missed citizens whose lives were washed away by the disaster say they are giving out on their dreams of returning home despite the government's repeated pledges to rebuild their lives. and also later this hour the first sways by caves into us all to may some to give up american time to dodgers doing away with with centuries of the secrecy but will the rest follow our report coming out.

damage the company's reputation and a whole host of legal and economic risks these are the main threats outlined by the u.k. government to any funds thinking of doing any business with their partners and israeli settlements in the west bank. explains now what's behind their way action. the explicit expression of its position over israeli settlements in occupied territories which are considered illegal under international law the u.k. government trade and investment arm had issued a warning at two british businesses over the risks of involvement in economic and financial activities in the settlements and one of those could be a potential damage to the company's reputation now i spoke with the u.k. trade and investment or arm and they told me that these are voluntary a guidelines but they did also confirm that the u.k. government does not recognize the occupied territories including the settlements as

part of israel and insisted that that business and respect for human rights should go have a hand on two thousand are the british government issued another voluntary guidelines to retailers and supermarkets to allow them to label the settlement produce so that consumers can make an informed choice on their purchases so this isn't the first time that such a warning has been issued here in europe earlier this year in july you had also said that it would stop granting funds to bodies that include academic or research institutions and also anyone with links to israeli settlements and also said that any future contracts between the e.u. and israel must explicitly exclude the settlements now reaction to that warning. had drawn a lot of criticism from israel an official calling it an earthquake and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu angry over what he called external dictators now as far as reaction to this u.s. u.k.

warning is concerned it has been more subdued the israeli embassy here in london had told the guardian newspaper that was troubled and concerned however it did welcome the confirmation of the guideline that the british government is also opposed to any outright boycott. the exchange rate of the cryptocurrency bitcoin has been looking more like a roller coaster of late trading up by moves of support and plummeting down by a fair share of buy news she's kind of the report looks now through the most momentous headlines and weighed in on the future of the bitcoin. oh my god why do you no longer exist. china. how will we survive china bans financial companies from bitcoin transactions so the central banks of the public however was free to transact in them they just wouldn't allow the banks there to transact and this got a lot of attention but at the same time which went completely unnoticed other than

by c m b c in this article here because when recognized by germany as private money because it is not classified as imani or foreign currency the finance ministry said in a statement but is rather a financial instrument under german banking rules it is more akin to private money that can be used in multilateral clearing circles the ministry said. told finance is from twelve countries surrounding the pacific rim are in single pole struggling to meet a you are said deadline to hammer out a free trade mega deal the plan is aggressively lauded by washington which believe also economic partnership groups in the area don't do enough to promote america's interests in the region. make products cheaper by counting the cost of foreign supply chains and getting rid of cross a border tirades but if signed as it is now the treaty would reportedly allow corporations to challenge

a wide range of national laws similar powers indorsed in america's previous trade deals allowed us energy giant exxon mobil to seek changes in calenders oil drilling regulations another concern is for the pharmaceutical industry in countries which can see concurrently only a full cheaper copies of branded drugs corporate conglomerates could ban the use of patented medicine leaving the poor without access to vital treatment the national chicken has the details. the trans-pacific partnership treaty if and when agreed upon would establish a free trade zone stretching from vietnam to truly in composting eight hundred million people producing about forty percent of global g.d.p. negotiations are happening behind closed doors in secrecy the treaty will be designed to remove all so-called barriers to trade including regulations such as those protecting agriculture food safety and data privacy i'm joined by lori

wallach public citizens global trade watch thank you so much for coming my pleasure why this secrecy as i understand there are six hundred corporate advisors having access to these negotiations but for some reason not the public why well unfortunately we've actually heard directly from the u.s. trade representative he notes that the last time the u.s. public actually got to see one of disagreements they couldn't sign it now it's new green with it so bad that they can't sign it if we see it and we're the ones going to live with that they shouldn't sign it as i understand the treaty will establish a secret accord where corporations can bring their cases against governments when they don't get their way where does this leave leave the public what is the danger for the public basically two big sense laws that we rely on would be attacked in foreign tribunals in secret undone if you want any of those basic rights that democracy normally would ensure that you can pass your laws in this is

a direct threat for instance on your nafta the north american free trade where it's three countries and largely have fortunately the u.s. has been the one who's companies are suing everyone else. sangster also know that big t p p is a plan to extend culture rights protection and in duels home penalties to internet providers they may face court cases if any pirated content ever appears on their networks this could and with restrictions for internet access and sutton who works with foundation which aims to defend internet freedom explains why she's against the potential trade deal. remains to be secret because really if it was shown in the sunlight and people were able to know what was in it then it really wouldn't be what sol arming is the several groups in washington d.c. have been talking about the copyright provisions that we've seen from a lead from february two thousand and eleven and we've been warning about

provisions and how we would impact people's freedom of speech and privacy rights online and the u.s. continues to be pushing for those provisions despite the fact that we've been talking to negotiators and talking and trying to communicate with our government about our concern the big problem with copyright is that technology has changed and they and a lot of these companies are just refusing to sort of adapt to existing reality of you know the internet how we all just want to interact and share and contribute to the content that's out there. american screws tyson on pockets or holes unveiled as amazing this one ally is turned into a role model threats as the you are the defense secretary to keeping nations afghanistan's supply routes open.

with economic up and downs in the final. days the longer the deal and the rest because it's going be casey will be every week told me. one of the you're going to like the new policies i've been trying to evoke. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i roll researcher.

this is all saying to national coming to you live from moscow welcome back. a us all summation to assuage has yielded results with the flat out pine hideaway giving up on centuries of total confidentiality motions in a threatening fines and even jail time for any bank that doesn't share information on american citizens but they've thought that some will nevertheless stay defiant as a business present a case to pale being spoke with my colleagues on research about the possible ramifications of it all. appears to be a sense of almost concern and anger response this we know it's very much fundamental to the swiss of qana me to the heritage of switzerland i can tell you i've worked in the banking industry in switzerland and people there don't see as helping people of aid paying taxes they see it as privacy the protection of assets

and that's why there's been this reaction of why does washington feel the need to go to work with sort of a peaceful coexistence between people and their banks as opposed to now it is when the banks are just taking advantage of women do it in switzerland it's very much like the relationship you have with your doctor the confidentiality and that's what they hold paramount to who they are and it's not just about the privacy as well we know they have highly skilled bankers as well as a swiss franc being such a strong a safe haven there's lots of reasons to bank his which you know this is all pretty heavy stuff i should say but what gives washington the right to go off if citizens by us which we don't is pretty far outside their borders yet we're not the only person questioning that because that's what the swiss politicians or ask each other there's been real tension over the last week to come to this decision and it's to do with u.s. lawmakers having a almost agreement with swiss lawmakers and then they are then pressurizing the banks and that's why the word bullying has come into play in all of this so it's

most bizarre and it's been ongoing for five years and it's because washington need to fill up those conflicts it's not just washington it's germany the u.k. and to give you an example u.b.s. the biggest bank in switzerland has already been fined in order of this nearly eight hundred million dollars signed by america yes in conjunction with the swiss authorities that. around the figures from a nuclear plant there are some areas where the radiation can kill you in just twenty minutes yet from the hundreds of thousands of locals displaced twenty level many still live in hope of returning home as the government gave them with assurances it's just a matter of time but as aussies alexei to show us can our thoughts as the years go by such claims look more like empty promises this woman can only fit me and my cameraman into her new home she apologizes but there's simply no room for the whole crew inside she's one of recent lawyers from the fukushima area forced to leave

their homes amid the twenty level nuclear disaster. when the tsunami hit we were told to pack only necessary things and run away they said it would be only for two three days now living in this cage of a house returning to our old house is a dream which we know won't ever come true well being fed with promises of a bigger house but that's as far as it gets promises this is just one of the quickly erected residential areas were fukushima exiles have relocated to there are hundreds of makeshift camps scattered across the region accommodating more than three hundred thousand people all of the four hundred three settlers living in this particular area used to have a large houses before the focus accident now they are forced to live in this thirty square meter dwellings they were told that this would be just a short term measure but it seems in their case the old saying there's nothing more permanent than temporary suits very well. the majority of these people are

pensioners suffering from different ailments they are jobless just as surprisingly many of their younger neighbors this man used to run a profitable venture now he barely makes meat. i had a one hundred thousand dollar a year business producing honey now it's destroyed forever just like my life on top of all that i'm offered neither financial compensation nor any job that's why i'm taking tepco to court the government says it's working on improving conditions for research but with fukushima clear up draining billions of dollars out of the state budget it could take years maybe even a decade to do that even local officials are being kept in the dark. the government says is building bigger houses but will finish it in no sooner than two years and not all of these people will be able to live in those that's as little as we officials on the ground are told by the central government fukushima means a happy island in japanese but that's the last word these people will describe to

their lives which are unlikely to ever return to normal especially with a government that meeting the area around the nuclear site might never again be suitable to live in alexy russia skee r.t. reporting from japan. the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has visit pakistan warning it is to keep nato supply routes open to neighboring afghanistan or risk vost amounts of aid being caught angry crowds of long day main road two weeks ago in the north west of the country in protest at american drug strikes that have several hundred civilians defense analyst i've been illand says the use of unmanned planes to target terrorists has been one big family. i don't think anybody in the united states including the people members of congress really want to face up to the fact that the drone wars may be really unsuccessful one of the problems with the drone strikes are they do kill people but they also kill. innocent pakistanis and this is

a problem that you may be creating more terrorists then you're creating then you're killing their tactically successful in killing some militants but they're strategically a disaster because they create more and a mosque today and therefore generate more islamic terrorism not only for the united states but i think for other other parties involved as well. and that's the news for now kinds of reporters coming up next. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason is we were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come

back because the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. when the militants decided to try and break through her new guinea screaming grenade. go forward base blow them blow them all run his back he will. lose it and it was all over all. we know that our comrades and our commander won't leave us no matter how tough it gets we are the team. you are move getting was a senior in his military trio. he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body more of his comrades would die he gave his own life to save his friends. deliberate torch is on its epic journey to show. one hundred twenty three

days. through two hundred cities of russia. really mind the origins of people who are sixty five thousand killing. in a record setting trip milan their c.e.o. numbers face. a living torch relay. on r t r t dot com. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser oh my god by i do no longer access bitcoin all that knowledge china bans bitcoin how will we survive shrake the mainstream media well in fact baidu the e bay of china and no longer accepts but calling but it was only ever one of buy

these many subsidiaries which is bitcoin and that was just for one samsung product for several weeks and those weeks only one point three seven bit cleaner ever sent to buy do look here this is their wallet see that six hundred twenty seven point eight three pounds. china also announced a ban on financial firms transacting and bitcoin the government will treat but coined not as a currency but as a commodity. and as such individuals and companies are free to set up and going exchanges and transact bitcoin the government warm so ever that they are on their own to try to move as much of that work as you well out of the country as they possibly can imagine that the government will not take on the risks of individuals and corporations how indeed will we serve low lives to see that yes max well when this announcement came from china of course the price of between did plummet quite a bit on the exchanges and but it's now back up again but i want to look at that headline for

a moment china bans financial companies from bitcoin transactions so the central banks of the public however was free to transact in them they just wouldn't allow the banks there to transact on this got a lot of attention but at the same time which went completely unnoticed other than by c m b c in this article here big question recognised by germany as private money because it is not classified as a money or a foreign currency the finance ministry said in a statement but is rather a financial instrument under german banking rules it is more akin to private money that can be used in multilateral clearing circles the ministry said this is quite remarkable of course because of the importance and significance of germany in europe and we should have competition in the production of money i have long been a proponent of frederick august on high exclaim to denationalize money because our first step in this direction said frank schaffner a member of the german parliament's finance committee who has pushed for a legal classification bitcoin of bitcoin.