antigovernment protesters and riot police in ukraine continue to face self as attempts to remove barricades near the main protest site in kiev increased the two sides could clash. russia's foreign minister is in iran to follow up on last month's diplomatic breakthrough. nuclear program and partially lift sanctions it's all in a deal helping to push through. and it's politics on ice in the arctic as canada lays claim to parts of the region that russia believes it has the rights to.

the very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international. live in moscow welcome to the program let's bring out some live pictures for you right here on the program as riot police leaving the main site of anti-government protests in the ukrainian capital after hours of a tense standoff with demonstrators a special forces moved in on the square in the early hours to remove barricades blocking traffic but the opposition claims it was an attempt to disperse the protesters let's get the latest now from scott he's been following developments in kiev throughout the night paul you've probably had no sleep whatsoever i understand you've been keeping a very close watch all night long into the wee hours of the morning what's the situation like now compared to what you saw during the night time. well police maintain that their operation was to remove the block a that had been strangling and suffocating central kiev in recent days they said i

maintain that they have no intention of removing the protest. city the cap that you can see behind me in independence square should be off to one am local time they began that operation now that was to push the protesters back into independence square the demonstrators reinforced their barricades and took up that position expecting a full dispersal then saw police proceeds to push the protesters back i know the predominantly by side resisted the use of force some scuffles and some clashes did break out now political speeches in the rock concert continued on the stage overnight with the police forming their own barricade in their own blockade around independence square not allowing any protesters in or out now opposition leaders have expressed their reaction to last night's events vitaly klitschko the heavyweight boxing world champion of course saying in its wake that we can't make a compromise with dogs and dictators we should get rid of them the number one issue

now is the present the resignation of president yana coverage and what he calls his putrid administration while u.s. secretary of state john kerry has expressed his disgust the events overnight now this morning we've seen police try and take back control of the city administrative building but they were met by. face resistance really from the protest as and then retreated from the area and looking down at this square behind me it seems as if police have now backed off and retreated from down from independence square having removed those barricades on the times the situation overnight was tense and it did threaten to spill into our right violence intentions were particularly high at the moment that the police began the operation i was that. bill really all of the hearts of the protest movements over the last few weeks so far as i say protests is

have resisted using force the police have forced them back. now to. take a look at just to my right hand side you can see that's exactly what the barricades well that's this is the area that the protest was held about right now the police have pushed the protesters back now the police a formed up here is you can see it's my last time saw it right now we're in the area that's been held by the protesters over the last week or sorry but it's quite clear that the police want to try and clear the sad reality 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. now already the west has been expressing outrage of the actions of the ukrainian authorities as paul was saying just there the u.s. secretary of state john kerry giving his opinion in the strongest is out he's guy

nature can reports from washington. it's not often that you hear the word discuss that from a diplomat it's usually reserved for some horrendous events while john kerry just used it to describe the decision of the ukrainian leadership to dismantle protestors barricades in the center of key of and here's what he said the united states expresses its disgust with the decision of ukrainian authorities to meet the peaceful protest in queues my down square with riot police bulldozers and baton is rather then with respect for democratic rights and human dignity of course secretary kerry speaks sounds like he speaks from a position that the u.s. would never do anything like that but apparently completely forgot how two years ago riot police in the u. was dismantled in the arrested hundreds of occupy protesters across the country citing local anti camping laws already forgot how aggressively riot police dispersed the protesting clinton for example with regard to ukraine washington made

no secret that it wanted this deal to happen of free trade agreement between ukraine and the e.u. later feed into a much larger free trade agreement that is now being negotiated between the e.u. and the us but of course in its statements the u.s. state department focuses on the right and asked for asians of ukrainian protesters that support comes not just the words but also in actions the state department is the ploy of the assistant secretary of state dorian not learned through the streets of kiev to cheer up the protesters as well as told meetings with the opposition and government officials in order to push this deal forward and it seems the stakes are high for washington in ukraine at the moment. you know a gun if you can i spoke to her a bit earlier now the strong words from washington what code by that you used foreign affairs chief who is now in kiev meeting with the opposition and the authorities but alexander mccool a legal expert who says nonstop visits by her high profile foreign politicians is actually more of a case of meddling in internal affairs rather than trying to find some sort of long

lasting peace. i cannot actually imagine such a thing i trying to imagine a situation where they say there was a riot in central london or a big protest in central london and let's say somebody from a foreign country say russia came along and attempted to negotiate between the protesters and the government it seems most strange to me i have to say and i wonder whether it's a tool wise actually it seems to me that when outsiders involve themselves in the affairs of a country which they don't always understand very well let's remember miss ashton doesn't speak ukrainian she doesn't speak russian she's probably not very familiar with the political internal political situation in the ukraine one wonders what possible compromise was solution they can help to. and in the meantime ukraine's

prime minister says the protests are preventing key payments from being made to keep the society running you can find out how the government is struggling to keep the economy alive. dot com. good to have you with us today russia's foreign minister is in iran his first official visit there sense a diplomatic breakthrough on terrence 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 been pushing hard for a more if a national reports from the iranian capital. at this moment sergey lavrov is meeting in his iranian counterpart mr zarif here in teheran 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 the

breakthrough talks in geneva early in november 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 here 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 a cauldron to geneva deal with russia's massive 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 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 keeping its and of the deal to the next few months rehabilitation of the international could include syria in just a month's time diplomats had back to switzerland to participate in geneva to syria peace talks and at this stage all the major powers involved in the protective crisis in this. 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 around involved too that will be another important part of the discussions here integrand today will have a joint news briefing later today from both countries officials will keep you updated . now a potential forceful intervention in syria was avoided in september after the government agreed to destroy its toxic os and all efforts to rid the middle east of chemical weapons are being held up though by israel and egypt refusal to join the international convention but with syria now on board there's very little room left

for maneuvers as ati's paula slayer explains. this could soon be a thing of the past israelis 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 all seems to have lifted the edge of israeli fears of a chemical strike where is 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 stock power 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 that one there is still some chemical weapons in the region and also does not want again from reasons of deterrence to our reveal and the 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 is ready public's always shied away from asking too many questions the same reason if it's security we don't have to deal with we have 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 a withdrawal by. without joining the conventional means. has no legal mandate to undertake verification activities to verify the compliance but as another 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. here with all the international still ahead this hour deadly looting spreading across argentina after police officers walkout over low salaries people have taken the chance to raid the supermarkets people's homes all across the country also. use a pretty true europe a lot more skeptical now these regulations. more rules less business u.k. employers complain brussels trade policies are putting their futures at risk.

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it's all it's international thanks for joining us russia has promised to defend its national interests and security in the arctic and the energy rich region is contested by many countries including canada which claimed a large area including the north pole for itself on monday a moscow says the spot is actually an extension of russia's continental shelf and conducted an expedition back in two thousand and seven to prove it the campaign culminated in russia plotting its flight on the seabed beneath the north pole of a four thousand meters under water mosco also wants to step up its military presence in the region and russia canada the us no. weigh on denmark old bordering the arctic which is believed to contain bin leonids of dollars worth of oil and gas despite the posturing though one leading canadian arctic research of believes at the end of the day common sense will prevail. 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 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 to play to the politics of their of their nations i think you know in russia are seeing a militarisation 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 now online for you right now renting a prison cell at all the dot com tell us norway is planning to send its inmates with the country's prisons running out of space. plus a nice photo op but perhaps the wrong occasion a selfie taken by some top world leaders during the memorial service of nelson mandela not exactly getting a good reaction from people around the world. but if you will. these are the same people. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure.

the national to argentina we go where at least seven people have died this in a wave of looting and robberies in the midst of a police strike over pay and the war began last week in one of the provinces before spreading to many parts of the country authorities say the rest is treason and if accused police of holding the government to run some spanish correspondent ignacio reports from. 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 off 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 their own security forces have been sent into some areas where violence has broken out and

the government blames the situation on the looters he says they're trying to cause chaos 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 cordova in the center of the country two people died in the violence that broke out as mobs attacked stores and businesses the governor gave bean and doubled police pay to almost two thousand dollars per month to get them back to work strikes then spread and now security forces in almost eighty percent of argentina's regions of the top prices of retail goods are rising rapidly by twenty five percent each year making it difficult for many people to make do on small salaries this into asian could get father out of control if strikes spread from police to nurses or other groups employed by the government and the political analyst adrian he says the government in argentina

should have seen this coming a long time ago. this is the result of surely years of democracy so-called democracy because it's basically a system whereby people who are supported by their money powers finally get into power and especially ten years of the cure of government have done everything possible to lower the educational basis of the people is not about the real needs of the people but rather common looting because they have been seeing so much government corruption upstaters with the cuter shinners that in no way lonely people seem to be saying well if they are stealing so many billions of dollars from government our national and provincial level maybe we should do the same or into the arty world of that we go now and some other global headlines for you in brief u.s. lawmakers have reached a two year budget deal which will avoid another shutdown when he government funding runs out in mid 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 for the colombia's capital bogota thousands of protesters gathered to show support for the city's removed mayor stuff petro he was accused of mismanaging the collection city's waste disposal system and banned from office for fifteen years the removal of petro who is a former guerilla is considered to be a blow to the current government's talks with the rebel group far describe the move as a coup. francois hollande has defended the french intervention in the central african republic as necessary and this during a visit to the country just hours earlier two french soldiers have been 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 which we muslims and christians. now that you use open borders promise members full access to the world's biggest market for anyone with something to sell but in the u.k. many firms say the avalanche of rules imposed by brussels is making it hard to do any business at all investigations. 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 stayed here the income the simple reason of complexity of doing it for the. whole is to export it whereas a very it's very easy because you know you just make sure it's just. to kill for it and try to transport it's great to be with are you any of the great this is well

the few that coughing up to it is distributed within and outside of recession and although the big cheese of this company says that being part of the e.u. brings much benefits to the way that they export their rule businesses in the u.k. so hold on the european union. come to a small movie in wales to talk to a business that says it's under threat because the restrictions being considered in brussels james don't work sells 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 classing that advice as 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 company 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 sure leases on their shop space in case the business is forced to shut down at any moment for instance chamber of commerce say that companies complain increasingly about the burden of european regulation making them less competitive in the global market or use of preprogramed 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

a reminder about how differently the european union is viewed in british business. r.t. london. it's been a pleasure having you with us here on r.t. international today our role researcher stepping aside for your leadership of oliver coming up in half an hour but for now look at the breathtaking stance by children in the circus thank you for joining us. nelson mandela he is almost universally considered one of the greatest individuals of our time he was a prisoner of conscience and a living symbol conquering adversity however he was far more complex than most mainstream media are willing to admit mandela's legacy is so much more than merely being a figure of inspiration a reconciliation. i

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