breaking news are from ukraine. riot police move in on the main government protest site removing barricades authorities say the protesters are not the target of the opposition. the foreign minister is in iran to follow up on last month's diplomatic breakthrough which saw an easing of international sanctions in exchange for a slowing of tehran's nuclear program our crew reports live from tehran in just a few minutes. and israel is against the easing of sanctions against iran calling it a threat to the region while refusing to give up or even acknowledge its weapons of mass destruction.

headlines live one international. all of us here welcome to the program and we start immediately with the breaking news from ukraine where riot police have moved on to the capital's main square at the main site of antigovernment protests the opposition claims this is an attempt to disperse the crowds. trying to remove barricades blocking traffic in the center of kiev and these pictures behind me right now live as we. bring us the latest now from independence square. it's been an average for several hours at this point and the standoff between the protesters and the police continuous at this point we have seen several clashes and know that several people have been injured among the police as well as among the

protesters they were taken away by ambulance as now the police and authorities have initially said that they didn't want to do is squash the protest they only want to clear out the center of the city for traffic to go through this is the main square this is the main thoroughfare that has been blocked for more than a week at this point but we did see some some violence taking place closer right now it's all in a standstill more people are coming in at this point we're looking at several thousand there are in the square and more people are coming in the mood has been building up since tuesday night when there was information and rumors that there will be a major assault on the protest so people have been on edge they have been rallying themselves out they have been building up the tension and we have seen that tension come up to surface overnight and it's still a standing there at this peak point and where exactly it's going to go from here really hard to say my co-leader full scott was right there when they began

dismantling the barricades and brings us this report from the action bill really all of the halt of the protest movement over the last few weeks so far as i say protesters have resisted using force the police force them by this into motion in the by the end of the seeming your thirty's are determined not to have any protesters left in this area. now if you take a look just to my right hand side you can see that's exactly where the barricades were of us this is the area the protest was held right now the place of the protesters but now the police of forms are are ok here is you can since my last time saw it right now we're in the area that's been held by. the protesters over the last week or so but it's quite clear that the police want to try and clear this area but for some reason they've stopped what they are right now the protests on state are continuing and we're left with another slightly tense standoff.

because one of right there now the west has already expressed outrage of the actions of the ukrainian authorities the u.s. secretary of state john kerry calling them unacceptable and the e.u.'s foreign affairs chief who's in kiev condemned the alleged show of force but pepe escobar an investigative foreign affairs journalist says there would be they would be singing a rather different tune if this was happening in their own countries. kitty measures discourse happening in washington like it happened during my wall street they were evicted hoarse from zuccotti square in new york schiff this was happening loan to you remember this to the demonstrations in london the last time it happened at the repression was really really par for it's absolutely and accept and accept the role from a western point of view in that you greenies re complicated because even the good

government they do know is that what they want to know how to deal with the profoundest the three players the only the only ones that really know what they want apparently aren't protesters they already said that the different theory of political parties and political forces do already said explicitly many times we want regime change guinea imagine if this was happening in europe or in the us do be branded as a mall and they will be repressed just like here in time to where i am where the protesters here are against a corrupt government by the way silent they have been granted a log way west of corporate media. and a political analyst i mean she sees parallels between how the west is taking sides in ukraine now and what happened ahead of the civil war which led to the breakup of yugoslavia. but the. lives of this this is something you're not using you know. he wants to silence you took son to slove in. the civil war

the four years' work you were actually done and i think i'm seeing a repeat of this unfortunately. i don't see the west have a. policy. that's just not so easy to see it's really sort of peaceful. or not sure. there's a hole. and we will continue of course bringing you live updates from the ukrainian capital throughout the day also all the latest developments on the most dramatic footage available for you just a few clicks away dot com. a pleasure to have you with us here on the program today russia's foreign minister is in iran his first official visit there since a diplomatic breakthrough on iran's nuclear program that was just last month

a sanctions are being eased in return for a reduction in the enrichment of uranium over the next six months in a deal that moscow has certainly been pushing more on this one are joined by more if an option in the iranian capital joining us live here on our team good to see you maria one would say a high expectations and a lot of talks during this visit. jass absolutely this is the highest level russian delegation to visit iran since president hassan rouhani took power bringing with him an approach that has led to a real significant diplomatic movement after just several months in power at breakthrough talks in geneva early in november in the new administration in tiger and agreed to either freeze or curb parts of its nuclear program the payback was limited relieve from the international sanctions which have severely hampered the country's economy already we know that a group of international inspectors has been allowed to visit the iraq plant in

iran which is at the center of suspicions about iran's motives for have a nuclear program it's been shut down so far for at least six months according to geneva deal russia's macit is that good will is key to hold in this together iran's foreign minister has already warned that if the u.s. senate decides to introduce new sanctions and this is something that is now being discussed in america all the diplomatic achievements already reached between the signs will be done and this is very dangerous sergey lavrov russia's foreign minister will seek a sure is that iran is fitness and of the deal to the next of iran's rehabilitation on the international arena could include syria in just a month's time diplomats have back to switzerland to participate in geneva two syria peace talks and at this stage all the major powers involved in the contact of prices in this midlist country will be there but not iran and this is something

most who is very concerned about and wants to change it wants to get involved too that will be another important part of the discussions here integrand today when russia's foreign minister lavrov is expected to meet his counterpart and the president of iran as well. we'll have a joint news briefing later today from both countries' officials we'll keep you updated looking for that live in the iranian capital thank you. now transparency is are now being seen as essential to reach some sort of final binding deal on the enrichment program and one professor from the university of tehran believes the whole region stands to benefit but i think. iran share a number of interests in this region of the world and also internationally iran is one of the very few countries maybe the only country in this part of the world that

does not follow. us is internationally and i think it's valuable. the russian government for the chinese government for other governments that. are having an independent foreign policy the fact that iran is willing to. cooperate with russia other countries on its nuclear program shows that the iranians are actually interested in the peaceful nuclear energy the point that iran was trying to make with its neighbors is that. iran. is going to be beneficial for everybody and efforts to rid the middle east of chemical weapons are being held up by israel and egypt refusal to join the international convention but syria now on board as little space left for countries to maneuver as paula now investigates. this could soon be a thing of the past is radios queuing for gas masks in the pipeline a recommendation to the cabinet to stop manufacturing them for civilians so is

dismantling of its chemical weapons also seems to have lifted the edge of its way to fears of a chemical strike well as a few months ago kids were spilling into the streets today the paranoia has died down. it comes after syria destroyed all of its chemical weapons production facilities the country's on track to eliminate its entire stockpile by the middle of next year the chemical weapons are among the most or of weapons ever known to man and we were made for the world had agreed to abandon that weaponry a long time ago only two countries in the middle east haven't come on board egypt and israel tell of it was actually signed but not ratified the chemical weapons convention that outlaws the production stockpiling and use of chemical weapons the reason it won the resteal some chemical weapons in the region

and also. does not want again from reasons of deterrence to reveal and to discover its capabilities tel aviv has always been vague on the topic of chemical weapons according to foreign media reports israel has a stockpile of various weapons but the israeli public's always shied away from asking too many questions the same reason if it's security issue we don't have to deal with the differences stablished the nor the doing we don't have to do anything about it but with syria out of the picture israel's argument is weaker and the organization that controls chemical weapons is keeping up the pressure we regularly . stand letters to the non-state parties including israel and encourage you to join . joining you can do you. have no. verification activities. such as

a chemical weapons arsenal in the middle east is dismantled with the power of diplomacy these way the government is facing growing international pressure to come on board. well now let's get back to the ukrainian capital for a recap of our breaking news story here on r.t. international live pictures from independence square where a standoff between thousands of protesters and riot police has been going off well since the early hours of this morning the opposition claims that this is an attempt to disperse the crowds the authorities insist they're only trying to remove barricades blocking traffic and. these are the latest pictures for you now. some small scale. police push protesters from the barricades with several people injured on both sides we are following developments in the ukrainian capital we will bring you the latest as soon as we get it. for you with all of the international

still ahead for you this hour deadly looting spreading in argentina after police officers walked out of a low salaries people are taking the chance to raid supermarkets homes all across the country. a lot more skeptical of these regulations. more rules less business employers complain brussels trade policies are putting their futures of. love with a waitress on stage managing that there's an already. used to take drugs and drink like a. police told me about the circus but i was such

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national interests and security in the arctic the energy rich region is contested by many countries including canada which claimed a large area including the north pole for itself on monday moscow says the spot is an extension of russia's continental shelf and conducted an expedition back in two thousand and seven to prove it the campaign that culminated in russia plotting its on the seabed beneath the north pole over four thousand meters underwater. also wants to step up its military presence in the region russia canada the us norway and denmark all border the arctic which is believed to contain billions of dollars worth of oil and gas despite the posturing one leading canadian arctic research it believes at the end of the day common sense will. the future of the world economy to some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia and canada

the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources i think you know common sense will probably prevail and that you know that it's not the interest of any of these are the countries to go to war over those resources and i think there is mechanisms that play through the arctic council through a number of different pre-treating processes for cooperation to get this resolved while the un convention on the law of the sea makes its decisions but i think the problem is that you know in the meantime countries can sometimes stated play to the politics of their of their nations i think you know in russia we're seeing a military zation of the arctic and canada we're seeing canada claim the north pole when in fact their scientific committee really didn't include that in the draft that they were going to send to the united nations convention so this kind of posturing i think can be very dangerous just a click away online if you right now renting prison cells at all to tell you web

norway is planning to send its inmates to the country's prisons simply running out of space. plus a nice pic may be the wrong occasion a selfie taken by some top world leaders during the memorial service of nelson mandela yet not exactly getting a positive reaction from view was around the world right now. on the annual strong arm in a lot of these. days i think you. should have you with us here today i'm sure.

we're moments away from the r.t. walt update for now here on the program at least seven people have died in argentina now wave of looting and robberies right in the midst of a police strike over pain conditions and the walkout began last week in one of the provinces before spreading to most of the country authorities say the under arrest is treason and have accused police of holding the government to run some spanish correspondent ignacio as the latest. looting is spreading across the country as people take advantage of a police strike to smash their way into shops and steal whatever they can they've been seen making up with all sorts of goods like mobile phones much receipts and even beer some people are locking themselves in their homes and businesses and trying to keep out of the street others are arming themselves for there are security forces have been sent into some areas where by a list has broken out and the government blames the situation on the looters he says they're trying to go

before the thirtieth anniversary of argentina's return to democracy on tuesday this all started a week ago when police went on strike in the city of call of buying the center of the country two people died in the violence that broke out as mobs attacked stores and basically says the government gave b. and double police pay to almost two thousand dollars a month to get them back to work strikes then spread and now security forces you know most eighty percent of argentinos regions of the jobs crisis of retail goods are rising rapidly by twenty five percent each year making it difficult for many people to make do with most salaries this intuition could get father out of control each strike spread from police to nurses or other groups and lawyers by the government. and we spoke to political analyst adrian he says the government in argentina should have seen this coming from well from quite

a long way off. this is the result of thirty years of democracy so-called democracy because it's basically a system whereby people who are supported by the money powers finally get into power i mean especially ten years of the curious gov that have done everything possible to lower the educational basis of the people is not about the real needs of the brother common looting because they have been seeing so much government corruption upstaters with the huge numbers by the way lonely people seem to be sitting well if they are stealing so many billions of dollars from government out of national and provincial level maybe we should do the same or into the r.c. well now us lawmakers have reached a two year budget deal which will avoid another shutdown when government funding runs out in red january when approved by congress there will be an easing of spending cuts and a significant reduction of the deficit the government shutdown in october hit

america's economic reputation very hard and also sent at least eighty thousand federal employees home without pay. i think columbia's capital bogota thousands of protesters gathered to show support for the city's removed. he was accused of mismanaging the collection of the city's waste disposal system and banned from office for fifteen years the removal of petro who is a former guerrilla is considered to be a blow to the current government's talks with the rebel groups fark he described the move as a coup. and francois hollande has defended the french intervention in the central african republic as necessary during a visit to the country just hours earlier two french soldiers are being killed by a gun attack the u.s. is planning to send sixty million dollars in financial aid to the african union led mission foreign troops were first sent following the ousting of the country's

president in march that triggered a deadly confrontation between muslims and christians. now the e.u. is open borders promised members full access to the world's biggest market for anyone with something to sell however in the u.k. many say the avalanche of rules imposed by brussels is making it hard to do any business at all reports. simon york likes cheese he and his partners have built up a thriving businesses wholesalers of the stuff part of their success simon says is down to the single market importing french products or exporting british ones couldn't be easier we steered clear of american car to simple reasons complexity of doing it for me how hard it is to export whereas here very beautiful it's very easy because you know you just make sure it's just hard to kill the ford and try to transport it's great to be with our idea of the idea of what the price for this is

well it's hard to know to it's distributed within and outside of britain and all the big cheese of this company says that being part of the e.u. brings much good benefits to the way that they export their own dogs rule businesses in the u.k. so hold on the european union. have come to a small movie in wales to talk to a business that says it's under threat because the first strike sions being can face it in brussels james dunn worth cells and electronic cigarettes online and in shops around wales the business is growing fast as most smokers try to kick the habit that brussels is trying to regulate the industry is considering costing the devices as medicinal products if the e.u. insists on regulating cigarettes as medicinal products licenses for this stock would cost tens of millions of pounds the company would basically be out of

business the problem is the cost and the bureaucracy involved is just not possible for small or medium size companies to get these this license so what you'd be looking at is the big tobacco companies taking over their electronic cigarette industry of course they have the least motivation to push electronic cigarette industry forward james says the company. pays extra for short leases on my shop space in case the business is forced to shut down at any moment three since chamber of commerce say that company's complaining creasing lee about the burden of european regulation making them less competitive in the global market i used. a lot more skeptical now these regulations is disproportionate in the force business is out of business they're also potentially going to cost many millions of lives obviously that makes you more skeptical it is of course a case of apples and oranges or rather cheese and east cigarettes but to remind you

about how differently the european union is viewed in british business. r.t. . or less know about the ukrainian capital for a recap of our breaking news story for you here on r.t. international these are right here live pictures from independence square where a standoff between thousands of protesters and riot police has been going on since a way early morning that the opposition claims that this is an attempt to end the protest but the authorities insist they're only trying to get traffic in central kiev moving again these pictures right here are the latest from that area there were some small scale of this when the police pushed protesters back from the barricades several actually injured from both sides of the fence here on our team international we are closely following developments in the ukrainian capital and we will bring you the latest as soon as we get it. or in the meantime here on

r.t. international a look at the breathtaking stunts performed by children in the circus from me though hope you can join us again in half an hour's time. please please. please. when you talk about working with the society of one who do you think should be in

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