often. police in the ukrainian compas old push on to government protesters and some of the barricades set up allowing parts of the city to return to walk up to days of paralysis. in while kiev becomes a honey pulled for western diplomats says high level representatives of the e.u. and the king was for meetings with the opposition leaders and the president also. told our three thirty year will see ride along with thousands of other people me see charges dropped against them as a mess of our ministry project being for in russia. the u.k. wools companies a gaze of dealing with his radio partners in the oak of mines territories stages makes business highly risky for british bombs. on the

us is increasing its push for setting up a new trade zone in the asia pacific while critics holding the full says it says it's not the governments but big corporations who will benefit the markets. this is all see international coming to life from moscow and welcome to the ball. government offices in ukraine have begun functioning again following days of being blockaded by protesters and they come to sell kiev hundreds of troops and the rise of police dismantle barricades and push the crowds back to independence square he's a post count is there for us right now hi there paul so we're here and there are

a number of diplomatic meetings today is that right. well as the sit in on independence square continues behind me despite the sub zero temperatures it seems that diplomatic efforts to find a political solution to the crisis are well and truly underway president viktor yanukovych has held a meeting on tuesday with three former ukrainian presidents now the details of which are yet to fully a mug's but we are hearing that it's possible that there could be a round table discussions with those four presidents and leaders of the opposition however the opposition is saying that they are yet to be invited to any possible talks or there are also reports that one of the ex-president has been quoted saying that ukraine could sign the association agreement with the e.u. in the spring if there are further negotiations between brussels and kiev now this all comes while high profile diplomats from both america and europe are in kiev to try and find

a solution to the crisis american assistant secretary of state victoria nuland has held meetings with opposition leaders and is set to meet with representatives of the government while the a huge foreign policy chief catherine ashton is also in kiev to try and find a political solution to the crisis now all this comes as the police continue to remove protesters blockades that were strongly government buildings and the admitted to the administrative heart of kiev and they're trying to contain the movement in independence square behind me and the protesters are continuing to be void by supporters they are receiving from abroad however not all the information that makes its way onto the streets of. it turned out to be true. he traveled around the world in an instant it gave hope and support to the protesters ensuring freezing conditions on kiev's independence square it represented unity and solidarity only it was a lie it was even reach we had on the official twitter page of the opposition party

fatherland as real news with a common bend the whole world is supporting the cranium protesters 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 viktor yanukovych had agreed to join russia's customs union hard in the result of many on may down even though the story was immediately denied by moscow and kiev those who remember the so-called orange revolution in two thousand and four will remember we were told then that the russian suspects not special forces looking in the woods in

a careful way to crack down they were and nothing happened so we're seeing a kind of propaganda war psychological war taking place using these rumors of both 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 stamp out the protests the next special forces shipped in from all over ukraine and tanks are rumbling their way into central kiev all helping fail and agitation rumbled their way into the minds of the protesters who are right now you can see how tense the situation is where 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 visiting diplomats there are promising to defuse a situation kiev but robert oulds from the british group think tank believes they'll simply be piling pressure on ukraine's leader. 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 u. towards ukraine has actually been one of pressure 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 and not not trying to pressure ukraine economically or politically as he's now trying to do on this standoff and clearly is bringing divisions to this surface among ukraine society demonstrators in crimea took to the streets to demand the government and the opposition's watch has in the capital political analyst in the boy said knowledge explain to us all to quote is that such a clash of opinion when it comes to eating 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 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 to choice to remain theirs. and of course we're bringing you more expert opinion and analysis and events in ukraine as well as live updates on the council throughout the day all the latest developments are also available on our website. celebrating twenty years of the russian constitution big government could pardon tens of thousands of people under a sweeping amnesty bill sammon headline grabbing cases maybe drops increasing the

charges against some greenpeace activists he has more now on what is likely to be a pilot and 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 saw or the arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian arctic 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 protesters and the police now if that's 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 is still having our fine print but let's consider who might fall under the bill for 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 anew as the bill intends to wiod their criminal records 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 nigga is and regardless of their age or gender. one hopes build on empty promises start to fall apart later this hour because she was citizens whose lives were washed away by the disaster say they're giving up on their dreams of returning home despite the government's repeat of pledges to rebuild their lives. on the

farms to squeeze by caves into us also makes them to give up american times dodgers doing away with sentries of banking secrecy but will the rest for the report coming out. damage to a 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 for thinking of doing any business with their partners and israeli settlements in the west bank. explains now what's behind the wheel. 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 it to 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 of 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 business and respect for human rights should go hand in hand down two thousand are the british government issued another voluntary guidelines to retailers and supermarkets to allow them to label 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 of 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 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 guidelines that the british government is also opposed to any outright boycott. the exchange rate will be cryptic currency bitcoin has been looking more like a roller coaster of late driven out by moves of support and plummeting down but a fair share of bite news kinds of report look through the most momentous headlines and weighed in on the future of the bitcoin oh my god but i do 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 this got a lot of attention but at the same time which went completely unnoticed other than by c m b c and this article here big question 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 green are in singapore struggling to meet a us said deadline to how a free trade deal the planet and restively by washington which believe they can only partnership groups in the area don't do enough to promote america's interests in the region the zone should make products cheaper by cutting the costs of foreign

supply chains and getting rid of cross border tyrants but if signed as he is now the treaty would reportedly allow corporations to challenge a wide range of national similar powers indorsed in america's previous trade deals allowed u.s. energy giant exxon mobil to seek changes in calenders oil drilling regulations another concern is for the pharmaceutical industry in countries which can currently only of pooled cheaper copies of branded drugs corporate conglomerates could bond the use of and patented medicine leaving the poor without access to vital treatment to shut down has the details for us. the transpacific partnership treaty if and when agreed upon would establish a free trade zone stretching from vietnam to truly 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 safety and be their 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 it's agreements they couldn't sign it now it's not remit that's so bad that they can't sign it if we see it and we're the ones are 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 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 and 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 and fortunately the u.s. has been the one who's companies are suing everyone else. thanks to we can weeks will also know that under the t p p it's a plan to extend culture right protection and indoors harsher penalties to internet providers they may face court cases if any pirated content ever appears on their networks this could do with their stricture internet access and to mayra sultan who works for a foundation which aims to defend internet freedom explains to us why she is a gay is the potential trade deal that. 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 so long. in washington d.c. have been talking about the copyright provisions that we've seen from a leak 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 the internet how we all just want to interact and share and contribute to the content that's out there american screws tighten on pakistan what was billed as a meeting between al it's turned into a role model threatens as the u.s. defense secretary legs aid to keep the natives i've got a strong supply routes of. technology

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to picture. from around the globe. broke to. welcome back to our scene to national a us mason to swayze bonks has yielded results with a fast alpine hideaway giving up on sentries of total confidentiality washington is threatening fines and even jail time for any bond that doesn't share information on american citizens but it's thought that some of them though will nevertheless stay defiant on his business present a case to pay obama spoke with my colleague while we sit shy about the possible ramifications of it all. but it should be a sense of almost concern and anger response this we know it's very much

fundamental to the swiss economy or 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 as privacy the protection of assets and that's why there's been this reaction of why does washington feel the need to. sort of a peaceful coexistence between people and the banks as opposed to now is when the banks are just taking advantage of women did 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 interest of although this is all pretty heavy stuff as you say but what gives washington the right to go off of citizens by which it is pretty far outside their 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 coffers 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. load them up and throw away the key that seems to be the psychology behind it believing the us federal prison population doesn't grow thirty percent in a decade and is gnawing a seven billion dollar hole in the national budget the details are on our website. and canada is trying to hide off a larger block of the oxic shelf on it signing up the north pole as

a tries to claim they were source rich area for itself that are not. around the fukushima nuclear plant there are areas where the radiation can kill you in just twenty minutes yet for the hundreds of thousands of locals displaced and twenty eleven minutes to live in hope of returning home as the government feels that with assurances it's just a matter of time but as our season exceeded our shasta reports as the years go by such claims look more like and to 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 research lawyers from the fukushima area forced to leave their homes amid the twenty eleven nuclear disaster so. when the tsunami hit we were told to back on the 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 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 where 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 house as 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 is 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 ends meet. 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 reset 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 the government meeting the area around the nuclear site might never again be suitable to live in lexi russia reporting from japan. time now for some

more global headlines this hour and in south africa driving the rain couldn't drown the voices of turns of thousands of people who gathered to celebrate the life of peace i can also mandela almost one hundred heads of state who were in the stadium in johannesburg where the memorial ceremony was taking place there and cabot seating was left empty all the cupboard areas were filled security was tied to the band with fifteen thousand officials watching of the proceedings. samples whole world canard between rising police and protesters who are angry at their quality of life in the italian city of tearin it was part of a day of national pride by this so-called pitchfork movement which fights against taxes unemployment and the you are italy has been hard hit by the economic crisis with budget cuts and biting hard and youth unemployment at forty percent.

the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has visited pakistan warning leaders to keep nato supply routes open to neighboring afghanistan or risk vast amounts of aid being cut angry crowds blocked the main road two weeks ago in the north west of the country in protest at american drone strikes that have killed several hundred civilians defense analyst ivan eland says the use of unmanned planes to target terrorists has been one big failure. 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 of militants but they're

strategically a disaster because they create more animosity and therefore generate more islamic terrorism not only for the united states but i think for other other parties involved as well. some say the u.k. is as sad as it is america's navy seals but what about russia's special forces perhaps save the best for last in our special report it takes you behind become a flash. just imagine of foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin to shoot up an anti e.u. protest and vote curia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the eurasian customs union obviously the big stream media would be on fire screaming that this is part of an attempt to usurp democracy and steal the

country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some reason the mainstream media isn't talking about foreign politicians speaking to and or possibly agitating protesters in ukraine like speaker of the lithuanian parliament loreto grows in india and e.u. vice president got sick put to sea of each and former polish pm jaroslav kaczynski yeah the european union brassfield is just fine for their politicians to go to foreign countries and fire up protestors to start a pro e.u. revolution but then all their journalist write about is how russia is trying to put pressure on ukraine to not join the e.u. the obvious hypocrisy of this stinks all the way up to moscow but that's just my opinion.

you know what i am jenny yes gunner with the assault section of a second platoon third special forces unit. and we're always on the alert for an armed conflict because if we get intelligence about militants in the neighborhood it's usually reliable it was the squadron has played a part in conflicts before but this was the first attack of its kind on terrain like this. when we were expecting them we were ready for them at any moment but it was a very difficult area and they were able to open fire first it was not. his move to the. armored one for a special forces soldier thinking is paramount because that's how he makes the right decisions. during that five militants tried to outflank the three soldiers led by it off and started throwing hand grenades at them sergeant gibbs.