ukraine's president agrees to consider some of the opposition's demands as the country's capital attracts e.u. and u.s. diplomats meeting with both sides of the standoff. a police push back anti-government protesters in clear some of the barricades set up along parts of the city to return to work off the days of paralysis. also this hour the u.k. warns companies against dealing with israeli partners in the occupied territories saying that legal status makes business binding risky for the british for. the busy start of the week for vladimir putin having met the country's top human rights watch to discuss a mass amnesty the russian president orders the military to focus on the cold front yet we all take our top stories.

live from our studio said to him in moscow where just turned midnight this is the international government office is in ukraine functioning again after troops and raw police dismantle some of the barricades that paralyzed the city it's been a day of diplomacy in kiev with several key meetings sched you'll pull scott 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've been arrested throughout the course of these demonstrations and he's also hinted that he could sign at the e.u. association agreement of the rule he says that he could sign it is early as march of kiev in brussels can strike

a deal which doesn't harm the ukrainian economy now e.u. officials had earlier said that the deal does remain on the table but that it was known negotiable was going to be interesting to see what the response from the opposition is to these concessions they have course have a number of key demands which included the resignation of president of the cove each of these governments and a snap election now this all comes on a day of diplomacy in the capital ghana coverts 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 to find a diplomatic and political solution to the standoff and the opposition movement continue to be boyd 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 protesters ensuring freezing conditions on kiev's independence square he represented unity and solidarity only he was a lie and it was even reach we had on the official twitter page position party fatherland as real news with a common bond the whole world is supporting the korean protesters or 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 says are spread to instigate people into more action to prevent protestors 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 protest 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 the you so-called orange revolution in two thousand and four will remember we were told then with the russian spetznaz special forces lurking in the woods in a careful way to interact they weren't nothing happened so we're seeing a kind of propaganda war psychological war taking place and 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 fear and agitation rumble their way into the minds of the protesters who right now you can see how tense 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 kiev ukraine well historian dr marcus papadopoulos i spoke to manila he says the visits of the western diplomats to kiev are ultimately aimed at using ukraine to isolate russia. certainly pushed to train themselves as knights in shining armor that's a save the day in ukraine and. that line is been spawn by western media 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

western interest 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 and the west for the last twenty years has been attempting to place a sanitary cordon around to russia. well we'll be bringing you more expert opinion and analysis of events in ukraine as well as live updates from the capital for all the latest developments also available right now on our web site. called. damage to a company's reputation and a whole host of legal and economic risks these are the main threats are learned 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 is behind this reaction and explicit expression of its position over israeli settlements in occupied territories which are considered illegal under international law the u.k. government's 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 a potential damage to the company's reputation now i spoke with the u.k. trade and investment arm and they told me these are voluntary 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 it had two thousand of the british government issued another voluntary guidelines to retailers and supermarkets to allow them to label be a 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. whining. 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 diktats 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 richard shelby author and journalist covering the middle east says that israel realizes it won't get away with building settlements

will. officials express 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 but it would just be talk that 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 to 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 clinging to their life a new 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 not so naughty dot com right now and also. them up and throw away the kiddie that seems to be the psychology behind a booming u.s. federal prison population that's growing thirty percent in a decade seven billion dollar hole in the budget. south african city of johannesburg has never witnessed so many of the world's elite together once crowds gather to bid farewell to nelson mandela a man seen as the ultimate symbol of peace but as the memorial service was a place for both grieving and posing. it 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 brothers 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. are legal and you have an israeli an american attorney and author of things that to her in shape between obama and castro is absolutely meaningless. i think that it's just another one of obama's insincere gestures he also showed. and a few years ago at ending 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 toward 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 have really criticized for having. shaken castro's hand. when another question that's been raised with the death of nelson mandela is when south africa's young democracy will go next one of the biggest concerns is whether the country will carefully preserve its racist legacy left by its iconic leader also on the website of the moment you can read some of mandela's quotes that you come across in the mainstream media. is the address. this is the international love for moscow with the twenty four hours a day still to come on the program this serious talk could be about to fail to clear a hurdle for the international agency helping the country get rid of its chemical arsenal says rebels could stand in the mission's way and try to capture the weapons meaning a key could be missed. 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 they were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. militants decided to try and break through her new guinea screaming grenade. to go with the explosion blew him all run his back. 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're 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.

the chemical agency overseeing syria's toxic disarmament says there's a high chance the next phase won't be completed on time under the current timetable most fearful chemicals should be transported out of the country by the end of this year but since the route from damascus to the port city of the takia runs through rebel held areas there off is the weapons could end up in the hands of extremists so i thought syria has complied with all of that and is expected to finish the process in the middle of next year french journalist good old man says even though the rebels play for the mission it's the government which to the don't. 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 and they're 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 and systematically blame the syrian government so of course the syrian government get the blame for everything they have been blamed for the entire war. a day after introducing. tens of thousands of people to. the constitution has got together with russia's top human rights watch dogs now the aim is to try to get the kremlin and some of its chief critics to work together. was there. it's really important to understand that some of these people meeting with the president today are among the critics of the kremlin but today 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's main a loss and the authorities clearly are working on a massive amnesty draft which could affect up to twenty five thousand people and assumes news about the. speculation began and it's still continuing. 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 six thirty group of greenpeace activists who were arrested in the russian north may see charges lifted against them. so they could potentially be turned from jail sooner than. 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 hangups but it's also about respecting the freedoms of others. you've got a position of there the parliament still hanging up the fine print but let's consider who may well fall under the bill for now nonviolent offenders jail for up to five years could see their crimes pardon those considered a particular vulnerable for economic or health reasons are specifically targeted combat veterans pregnant women and young offenders could see their slates wiped clean and the bill makes special case for those charged with taking part in mass disorder or hooliganism regardless of their age or gender well pigeons meetings today of 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 has spawned an international race for its resources and as artie's lucy covered over told my colleague to ship of one of 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 new sabir in islands which the military had started to overhaul earlier this year russian 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 and 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 routes to trade to ship things to europe that cuts thirty percent off of the costs and experts predict with the melting of 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 is 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 obsessive. some more global stories this hour in brief for your students supporters of deposed egyptian leader mohamed morsi have clashed with police car university they threw stones at security forces who returned with tear gas seven of us were made students have protested at the university over the last three weeks to two of their colleagues were killed in confrontations with police. scuffles a broken out and it's only two between security officers of protesters who are angry at their quality of life for the tendency to run out of a national protest by the circle. of friends against taxes on employment in the euro it's a these hard hit by the economic crisis with budget cuts. and youth unemployment 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 that it's just a matter of time but authorities are like she has just a few reports as the years go by such claims look more like empty promises. this woman can only fit me and my cameramen 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 eleven 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 we are 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 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 and meet. me. 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 the 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 the government meeting the area around the nuclear site might never again be suitable to live in alexey russia reporting from japan. let's bring you up to date for the moment i'll be back with a news team with more from just over half an hour from now in the meantime a glimpse into the rigorous training regime of the russian special forces that's next and out into the.

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know what i am. gunner with the assault section of the second platoon third special forces unit. and we were 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 war 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. was not. used to the. bomber for a special forces soldier thinking is paramount but it was that's how he makes the right decisions. during that five militants tried to outflank the three soldiers led by four and started throwing hand grenades at them again yep off covered one of

those grenades with his own body. of course i was frightened but i tried to compose myself i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me this is a thought the chems you down mum's waiting. x. is a serious number for here. there's every one of us is ready for it well perhaps not completely ready to tell it to prepare yourself for death but we do know the risks we know what our task is and above all where it is that we serve.

sure. play. especially. different to near recruits. he approached me and asked if he could enroll in my group he wanted to see the unit. i showed him a blank sheet from my notebook and said. you two were a clean sheet at the moment it's up to you to prove yourself. everything's in your own hands. people have to make the decision themselves if a man wants to put himself to the test to go through this trial must do so. becoming a soldier was always my ambition.