ukraine's president agrees to consider the opposition's demands as the country's capital becomes a honeypot and u.s. diplomats meeting with both sides of the standoff. that's after police pushed back anti-government protesters and clear some of the barricades set up now in parts of the city to return to work off the days of paralysis. the u.k. companies against dealing with israeli partners in the occupied territories saying that illegal status makes business highly risky for british. and the business started the wait for having met the country's top human rights watch dogs to discuss a mass amnesty the russian president orders the military to focus on the coldest front yet the arctic.

from a studio center here in moscow where it's just turned eleven pm this is international . government offices in ukraine a functioning again after troops and police dismantled some of the barricades that paralyzed the city it's been a day diplomacy in kiev with several key meeting. is there for us. after weeks of stalemate and some violent clashes a possible breakthrough ukrainian president viktor yanukovych has agreed to release all protesters who have been arrested throughout the course of these demonstrations and he's also hinted that he could sign at the e.u. association agreement after all he says that he could sign it is only a small kiev in brussels can strike a deal which doesn't harm the ukrainian economy now e.u. officials today earlier said that the deal does remain on the table but that it was

known that negotiable was going to be interesting to see what the response from the opposition. to these concessions they have course have a number of key demands which included the resignation of president on a covert of his government and a snap election now this all comes on a day of diplomacy in the capital janak ovitz met with three former ukrainian presidents to discuss the situation while high profile diplomats from america and europe are also in kiev the assistant secretary of state victoria nuland and foreign policy chief catherine ashton a meeting representatives from both sides to try and find with diplomatic and political solution to the standoff and the opposition movement continue to be void by support from overseas but as i now report not only information to find its way onto the streets of kiev is accurate. he traveled around the world in an instant he

gave hope and support to the protest is ensuring freezing conditions on kiev's independence square he represented unity and solidarity only he was a lie. it was even a reach we had on the official twitter page of the opposition party fatherland as real news with a common but the whole world is supporting the ukrainian 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 hoaxes 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 resolve of many on may down even though the

story was immediately denied by moscow and kiev those who remember those 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 and have waiting to correct and 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 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 fear and agitation rumble their way into the minds of the protesters who 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 kiev ukraine. and historian dr marcus papadopoulos says the visits of the western diplomats to kiev are ultimately aimed at using ukraine to isolate russia. certainly to train themselves as knights in shining armor that save the day in ukraine. that line is being spun by western major it would make a great hollywood movie it really would the reality of course is very different the reality is that the crisis in ukraine has been instigated by the west and i say the west which is the european union because the european union is a key component of the west and what we're seeing is not simply

a matter of does ukraine join the european union or the customs union for the west it's a matter of what has been going on for the last twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union the west for the last twenty years has been attentions of place a sanitary cordon around russia. will be bringing more expert opinion and analysis of events in ukraine as well as live updates from the capital throughout the day all the latest developments also available on our website r.t. dot com. 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 firms thinking of doing any business with their partners in israeli settlements in the west bank. explains what's behind the reaction but 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 to british businesses over the risks of involvement in economic and financial activities in the settlements and one of those could be potential damage to the company's reputation now i spoke with the u.k. said trade and investment all have 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 business and respect for human rights should go had it had been two thousand and nine 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 or. contracts between the e.u. and israel must explicitly exclude the settlements the 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 diktats i was for is 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 and the guideline that the british government is also opposed to any outright boycott. and richard shelby author and journalist covering the middle east says israel realizes it won't get away with building settlements that will really officials expressed their disappointment with this new measure and

you know the disappointment of course is to do with the fact that for a very long time now israel has been able to continue with this policy of settlement expansion in the occupied west bank despite this being against international law despite being urged to restrain and to stop doing so by the international community and it has assumed for a long time that it would just be talk that it will carry on doing what it wants and it will get knuckles and that's about it but now we're starting to see actual change when the e.u. issued its directive in july and it's very peace organization likened it to pouring a bucket of cold water over a drunk has that sort of shock factor and shock effect on the israeli government poor greeks that clinging to life you report shows as much as a quarter of the population cannot afford the most basic of health care putting children and pregnant women in danger about r.t. dot com. also. throw away the key and that seems to be

the psychology behind the u.s. federal prison population it's grown thirty percent in a decade and is norrin seven billion dollar hole in the budget called for those stories about. the south african city of johannesburg has never witnessed so many of the world's elite put all together in one place crowds gathered to bid farewell to nelson mandela a man seen as the ultimate symbol of peace but as paula spear found out the memorial service was a place for both grieving and posing. they was one of the most important days in south africa's history as tens of thousands of south africans and international dignitaries from all corners of the globe turned out to pay their last respects to nelson mandela it was one in a series of memorials that are being held throughout the week that will culminate with his funeral on sunday in his hometown of qunu in the eastern cape but as always on these sad and often tragic occasions world leaders use the opportunity

for their own personal politicking not least of all the american president barack obama who raised quite a few are brawls when he shook the hands of the cuban leader now this is despite the fact that an embargo is in place between the two countries obama was also smiling alongside the british prime minister david cameron and the danish leader they actually took a self shot of themselves and this despite the fact that there has been some kind of friction particularly between the united states and britain in recent weeks and recent months at the same time it was noted that the comment that was made by the czech prime minister who was caught on camera when he was commenting over the fact that he had a knee injury and might not be able to attend mandela's funeral at that time he said and i'm quoting i'm dreading i will have to go in the end he did not come but his foreign minister did come and what this does point to is the fact that world leaders use these kind of opportunities as an opportunity not only to pay respect

to south africa's greatest son but also as an opportunity for their own personal gains. well you were in america in the tourney and all for the handshake is absolutely meaningless i think that it's just another one of obama's insincere gestures you know he also showed. hand a few years ago adding at a summit of the americas in trinidad but then he proceeded to implement policies that were very aggressive towards venezuela so i don't think this is going to signify any kind of change or shift in u.s. policy towards cuba obama also took a jab in his speech i think that was directed towards castro and others when he made some kind of statement about the fact that some of the leaders there didn't respect dissidents in their own countries i think you know he was trying to make up for the fact that he would be heavily criticized for having. shaken castro's hand.

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the chemical agency overseeing syria's talks at disarmament says there's a high chance the next phase won't be completed on time either because time table most critical chemical should be transported out of the country by the end of this year this is the route from damascus to the port city of the talk it runs through rebel held. it off is the weapons could end up in the hands of extremists so far syria's complied with all the deadlines and is expected to finish the process in the middle of next year and journalists says that even though the rebels may fall the mission is the government which will be thrown to the dogs. the big danger of course is that they would get their hands on chemical weapons this is what we should be focusing on here the syrian rebels could get their hands on chemical weapons these are not responsible actors these are not professional soldiers these are recruited death squads they've been trained by nato in turkey america funded

by the gulf states and so that's the big danger the whole modus operandi here is to use for these gangs to commit crimes war crimes and crimes against humanity in systematically blame the syrian government so of course the syrian government get the blame for everything they've been blamed for the entire war a day after introducing an amnesty bill that would pardon tens of thousands of people to mark the twentieth anniversary of the constitution let me put in this got together with russia's top human rights watch dogs the aim is to try to get the kremlin and some of its chief critics to work together or if you got this kind of was their force. it's really important to understand that some of these people meeting with the president today are among the most fierce critics of the kremlin but the day wasn't really about accusations but it was more about celebration and quite a relaxed and friendly atmosphere inside the residence of the head of state they had some champagne and they really marked the twentieth anniversary. with stressing

that human rights. and its core but of course it wasn't only about russia a main a loss and the authorities clearly are working on a massive amnesty draft which could affect up to twenty five thousand people in assoon as news about the. speculation began and it's still continuing over me benefit from it and i've spoken to some of the representatives of the human rights groups who met with the president today and they said there's a good chance that the so-called six thirty the group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian north may see charges lifted against them because. they could potentially be turned from jail sooner than their actual sentence time and other opposition activists could also be freed from jail as well but we do know this is still speculation but we do know that the plan. should not include serious crimes. of course he will be freed from jail in the near future and returning to

today's meeting it was quite a friendly atmosphere like i said and the president also quoted nelson mandela saying that freedom isn't only about escaping from handcuffs but it's also about respecting the freedoms of others. the parliament still having out the fine print but let's consider who might fall under the bill for now nonviolent offenders jail for up to five years could see their crimes pardoned those considered particularly vulnerable for economical health reasons are specifically targeted combat veterans pregnant women and young offenders could see their slates wiped clean and the bill makes a special case for those charged with taking part in mass disorder or hooliganism regardless of their age or gender or putin's meetings today may have ended with human rights activists but they began with the military top brass russia's president ordered the armed forces to focus first and foremost on a new frontier the arctic global warming is spawned an international race for its resources and ortiz lucy kind of told my colleague to shop of earlier it's all

getting quite heated. well basically mr putin said that the military russia's military presence in the arctic region is going to be one of the top priorities for the country he emphasized the importance of a soviet era military base in the islands which the military had started to overhaul earlier this year officials say that this facility is very important for sort of protecting shipping routes that basically link europe and the pacific region across the across the arctic ocean but of course that's not the only base there's a whole chain actually of bases in that area that had fallen basically into neglect after the soviet union had collapsed and mr putin said that those would be referred to and built up again i'm sure of course there are so many contenders that so many countries want a piece of this pie is a call it so what's at stake right basically it's the arctic's abundant resources while natural gas and minerals that are because of climate change are now becoming

accessible whereas they weren't really before now the arctic could hold some ninety billion barrels of oil and nearly one thousand seven hundred trillion cubic feet of natural gas that's according to the u.s. geological survey and that could be up to ten percent of the world's petroleum supply there's also precious iron ore rare earth minerals so a lot of very profitable resources that could make a lot of money for different companies and countries the warming climate has also opened up a northern sea route that's basically ice free during the summer and that's not in countries like china interested as well because for example for china if they were to use that route to trade to ship things to europe that cuts thirty percent off of the costs and experts predict with the melting of the the ice caps that many more ships not necessarily ice breakers will be able to go through there so again a lot of money and a lot of basically profits potentially at stake here with all these claims being made as well as those military forces being beefed up it seems a bit dangerous will do things their old experience it certainly doesn't mean the

worry is that this could spark some sort of you know perhaps an arms race essentially over their resources here. because again i mean this area doesn't necessarily belong to any one country there's a un. law the convention of the law of the sea that governs this area and there's a bunch of countries that have signed on to it but again with the polar ice caps melting with more resources becoming available different countries are sort of haggling over political and economic leadership in the area and we've actually already seen an escalation of this for example on monday the canadian foreign minister said that canada and intends to lay claim to the north pole as part of its bid to assert control over the arctic that of course is raising tensions with russia and so it really it's unclear how this will develop but certainly as those resources become more available more countries do want to take to this area that before no one really cared about the boundaries because the stuff wasn't really. more international news in brief student supporters of egyptian leader mohamed

morsi of clash with police outside car university threw stones at security forces a return would tear gas seven arrests were made students protested at university over the last three weeks to two of their colleagues were killed in confrontations with police. scuffles have broken out in the city to between security officers and protest is who are angry at the quality of life in the italian city of cheer in support of a national protest by the so-called pitchfork movement which for its against taxes on employment in the euro is that he's been hard hit by the economic crisis with budget cuts biting hard and youth unemployment at forty percent around the fukushima nuclear plant in japan there are areas where the radiation can kill you in just twenty minutes for the hundreds of thousands of locals displaced in two thousand and eleven many still live in hope of returning home as the government feeds them with assurances it's just a matter of time result is alexy of just your reports 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 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'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 ans meet long. 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 it's 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 would 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. brings up they followed up with more in just over half an hour from the mean time next kaiser cuts through the noise surrounding the new kid on the financial blog the big calling.

just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin to shoot up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the aeration 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 an e.u. vice president got sick put to sea of each and former polish pm jaroslav kaczynski he had 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 journalists 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. welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser oh my god but i do no longer access bed could only lowly china bandspread could how will we survive treat the mainstream media well in fact baidu the e bay of china and the longer it was but calling but it was only ever one of by 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. john also announced a ban on financial firms transacting in 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 in bitcoin the government warns soever that they are on their own to try to move as much of that work as you went 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 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 trying to bounce financial companies from bitcoin transactions so the

central banks that 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 big question recognized by germany as private money bitcoin 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 of bitcoin bitcoin as a commodity yes that's true that's what we've been saying all along it's

a precious number just like gold is a precious metal and you have monetary metals like gold that are used as money and over thousands of years as we enter the next. period of our life here on planet earth humans will switch from the monetary metal of gold to the monetary number numeral is ation of bitcoin which is a precious number there are twenty one million of these precious numbers to be mined in total and they are the monetary new numeric city that will carry us into the twenty first century so china is correct and the chinese people are correct if they ever want to preserve their wealth they have gold silver and bitcoin to do so now back to the story about germany accepting it as private money so c.b.c. went on to interview kathleen brooks a research director at fork's dot com and she told c.m. b c i think it is interesting that germany has gone ahead and given legal status to the bitcoin as it could become an alternative to the euro if the single currency ever ceased to exist.