the president's speech allegedly putin says russia is not seeking to dominate the globe and is capable of defending itself to protect its about. a european parliament resolution brands ukraine's eternal in the association agreement a huge missed opportunity saying the e.u. should use all in its power to persuade kiev to still sign that. it's democracy and revolution it's a nationalist the coup because they instigate people to break the law. i mean don't go in turmoil even kier would talk to the demonstrators who fall in and out all the focus all the western media. and israel and saudi arabia reportedly a time team of a common interest in the middle east also falling out with washington on syria and

iraq. you're watching all see international live from moscow and you have our top story now. the russian president has championed traditional values at his state of the nation address and tries the country can defend itself if needed to be a live person touched on a wide range of topics in his speech from the economy to international politics. was listening to what the top model of the kremlin has to say. it's traditionally become the place to be to find out the president's vision of the president and his plans for the future every year russia's top politicians businessmen economists and elites gather at the kremlin to listen to his idle address first had just returned

from there as well and here are some of the key points why the world had to make russia isn't looking and dominating the rules but that doesn't mean it has to stop protecting its sovereignty and traditional values. we know that there are even more people around the globe who support our position in terms of ensuring traditional values these are the values of traditional family and the value of human life including religious life that is not only material life but also spiritual of course this is a conservative position but the point of conservatism is not that it hinders the movement forward and upward but that it precludes the movement backwards and downwards back towards chaos and a barbaric state. the former she was another point in the president's speech or specifically recent breakthroughs with syrian chemical weapons and the iranian nuclear program and many analysts agree these are examples that diplomacy still works by the time when russia. suggested. the process of chemical

disarmament stars in syria. very few countries in the world were keen to support the so-called obama option which would have been yet another bombing of the it and as a country so i think this is a very important lesson. lesson on how a crisis of this type should be sold u.s. plans to build an anti missile defense system in europe one of the biggest sticking points in moscow's relationship with washington was of course also talked about the president's message was simple without a threat from iran what's the point of building it moscow does see the shield as a threat to its national security and putin says powering up russia's military is one of the ways to protect against it. you know when you look at what you do here in the city there was more space that it's no country should harbor illusions of achieving military dominance over russia we will never let it happen russia is

ready to meet those challenges both political and technological that we've got all the potential needed our military doctrine as well as our military equipment allow us without a doubt to ensure russia's security finally admitting their relations with europe and former soviet countries are not easy clearly referring to the current situation in ukraine putin said moscow respects the desire of those partners who want to be closer to the e.u. as long as decisions aren't made by hotheads and are based on dialogue you go to school off r.t. moscow. and you can always learn more about his speech today on our website all the highlights and analysis is that free on our say dot com. and also on. address of the person touched upon this is racial in ukraine reiterating russia's proposal of economic integration on equal terms they say as the three weeks long public hearing the ukrainian capital is showing no signs of

calming a course called for as how the paulson and what had some new statements from brussels on the ongoing unrest there. well on thursday members of the european parliament adopted a resolution urging for more to be done to help integration of what it calls its european partners he says the e.u. should use all the tools at its disposal including aid trade these are waivers. energy security projects and a more strategic and flexible policy for the resolution says ukrainian president viktor yana coach's decision to postpone plans on signing the e.u. association agreement was a major missed opportunity all of this comes on the day the president on a code which has sent a government delegation to brought. that deal which he says in its current form would be too damaging to the economy which is fragile right now on washington says it is considering a would consider stopping sanctions on the ukraine if violence returned to the

streets of kiev. what are strong message was on the ground all policy options including sanctions are on the table in our view but obviously that still is being evaluated. meanwhile the mood amongst the protesters behind me seems to be as defiant as ever my colleague alexey out of shape is in the crowds behind me now there's a delay on the lawn but alexey if you can hear me what's the mood like down there spirits high. all. right we're now in front of one of the barricades which are separating the central part of key of from the rest of the ukrainian capital just forty eight hours ago it's pretty decisive was very quickly taken down by the police now as you can see it's very strong it's reinforced i'm one hundred eighty six centimeters high and the barricade is almost twice as high as me it is also being very well protected

these guys are here twenty four hour a cord on securing the barricade in case a police attack happens the talk of the town some experts are saying that it's not only creates something of a traffic nightmare for the locals but also damages the country's economy in many ways but that's not the talk of the town here on the ground the protesters are definitely in a very defined to move mood and it seems that they're willing to stay here for as long as it takes for their government to resign for the president to step down they even have something. tend to come over here of a campfire over here with with barrels with fire getting themselves warm over there just literally a few hundred meters away is the independence square where they hold protests text place and as you can see thousands are still there the last twenty eight twenty four hours have been more or less peaceful but you can never rule out anything with ukraine as we have seen in the last couple of days or so so of course the mood is still pretty much tense here and we have to wait and see how the situation rivals. counties post. about flying from kiev thank you very much indeed for that day.

i mean the many voices of support from washington a full day call the ukrainian opposition's a fight for democracy to political expert richard baca is not buying into these statements it's clear that the what the united states government is after is regime change in the ukraine and it has nothing to do with what they say they're concerned about that is you know through rights and democracy you know we saw a. question about the occupy movement and dozens if not hundreds the cities carried out in an organized way in the ordinary did world record by the federal government against people who were peaceful in focusing here and now we hear. these kind of statements coming when in the ukraine it's clear that the users of the opposition are trying to overthrow the government they're not just engaging in

peaceful protests they are engaged in a process which they hope will bring about regime change and in that campaign bay have the full backing of the u.s. and nato. ukraine has always faced a deep divide and as you can see on this map here it's literally split in heart with the western part gravitating towards europe while in the east ties with russia have traditionally been stronger and that rallies have fallen short of the mass media attention as aussies arena going to chicago now reports. it's new it's hip it's exciting it's a revolution and like moths to a flame the bright lights of rebellion are drawing in western politicians political has beans to even homegrown rock stars all keen to breathe the air of change to stick pictures in the fashionable message the foreign media is having a blast to protesters here feel they're fighting for the future of the country pro

european protesters clashing with police they saw these agreements as a chance to open ukraine up to european business ideas rule of law standards here my don has received a massive amounts of airtime in mass media both at home and abroad but this will fact is the opinion of people here is not the solely representative of the opinion in all of ukraine in fact it's just the opposite but you wouldn't know it just by watching the news but here's the other side of ukraine's protests the invisible one they may go unnoticed by the media but thousands of people are rallying in many cities you have read on trade to join the e.u. and opposition instead of taking students and school children to the scratch should sit down at the negotiation table and help find the best solution for our country. and we've gathered to say no to the orange strange they captured buildings brought

the work of the government is unacceptable and will only home ordinary people. the message doesn't fit the pretty picture of a trying to revolution. you think it's democracy and revolution it's a nationalist the coup they instigate people to break the law they want to grab power and clear ukraine apart. unlike the people yelling ukraine is europe in capitals independence square these people have been looking at the possible consequences of the trade deal with europe some is imaginary and i wouldn't want to . utility payments to rise and pensions and salaries frozen or not aboard the only need ask for cheap labor or to buy their products unlike the protests in kiev these rallies aren't marred by the presence of masked men utter radical slogans or tumbling monuments and because for the media if it bleeds it leads only telegenic revolution gets a chance to be heard and seen in kiev it in a goes cold r.t.

. a zero on saudi arabia reporter listen mentoring an unlikely partnership with boss countries increasingly alienated by their longtime ally of america washington's diplomatic approach to syria and iran has fallen foul of israeli and saudi interests in the region are she's got an education now reports. the two countries saudi arabia and israel found themselves in one boat in their frustration over washington israel and saudi arabia hate the nuclear deal that the u. was another world power struck with iran and israel is very vocal about it the saudis are a little bit more restrained but the saudi intelligence chief said there would be a major shift in dealings with the us saudi arabia wanted the us to go all in on syria the u.s. instead went along with russia's proposal and cut

a deal with the syrian leadership to get rid of chemical weapons there saudi arabia and israel are very suspicious of each other the saudis oppose the creation of the jewish state they support the palestinian cause so it's too early to speak of friendship but washington definitely brought them closer together at least in their desire to threaten war saudi arabia is now reportedly working with israel on a plan to attack iran it reportedly gave israel the green light to use its airspace in the case of a strike and pledged other assistance here in washington these were the lobby is fighting what they describe as a tendency in the u.s. to disengage from the middle east the apac meeting was all about it they talked about how war fatigue in the u.s. could be a reason for washington to want to be less involved in regional affairs they saw the nomination of chuck hagel as defense secretary as a signal pointing in that direction of course the obama administration quickly reassured everybody that the u.s.

will not stop interfering in the affairs of the region but israel and saudi arabia are not so sure at this point or they don't see the kind of interference that they would want to see i'm going to check on in washington our team. and it was spoke with a saudi prince who defected from his royal family calling them an oppressive regime he believes the u.s. is prepared to sacrifice the integrity of regional alliances for its own interests . yeah let's have a bit later but i believe the main reason for the change in america's alliances in the middle east is issue of the iranian nuclear program and that's a shift in the u.s. approach to iran from one of confrontation to one of containment this is the main reason even if it does come at the expense of america's strategic allies like saudi arabia and israel it is of the utmost importance to the u.s. and its interests in the middle east no doubt us foreign policy takes care of its own interests but our strategic alliances with israel under nonpermanent alliances

like with saudi arabia with american interests are much more important to washington than alliances and let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as in many other aspects they need the usa and they rely on it. whatever israel and saudi arabia has here controversial policies and siding with them well tarnish washington's reputation that's according to professor of politics stephen sands. israel is in violation of the of the poll number of the international legal norms the ongoing occupation and colonization of the occupied territories there are periodic assaults on civilian population centers and neighboring lands that are there you have our leash and the un security council resolutions will court rulings that said or other anyway seen as a pariah state and to have the united states closely allied with israel many people are reorganizing actually does the united states more harm than good and some early

saudi arabia it is an incredibly repressive regime was as much as we complain you know with some reason of course about the larger human rights and you know in iran for example the human rights abuses in saudi arabia are far worse for concern about so-called fundamentalism in these clinical hold you can get a much more repressive than theocratic than the saudis. because i don't see international arts and ahead in the progress on extending a helping hand to talk with the u.k. said that to increase its foreign aid budget that's not going down well with those still struggling to make and its enemies have hollow. and strong symbolically extended surveillance operations just weeks out said the shining the shining bright of the u.s. for its more trade practices right after the break.

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the of the of the of the. this is international welcome back was britain improving its economic growth these days there's money in the bunk and now there are plans to spend more of it on foreign aid but as laura smith reports the motions puzzling some who believe the funds would better be spent on the needs of the country's top spreads. britain's economy is growing better than expected so more money in our pockets to relieve some of the mystery at home lift people out of poverty help them pay their heating

bills but controversially and despite cuts and hardship home the more positive figures will also mean increasing the amount the u.k. sends abroad in foreign aid not because there's more suffering in the world but to meet an obituary target of north point seven percent of national income the british government seems set on increasing amount of money sending overseas aid merely for the sake of meeting a particular target not. target driven policy which is the worst kind of way to set policy but we think it's irresponsible of the british government at a time when money is very tight for everyone on the government to be sending more and more typos money abroad particularly when a lot of the current defeat budget is not being spent very well money gets lost through fraud money's being spent in congress whose bridge even have their own aid programs to other countries it means sending a billion pounds more over the next five years and where's that money going well

over the last five years nigeria has received more than a billion pounds from the british taxpayer it's got its own space program and is mired in corruption an estimated several billion pounds are stolen from the states every year by corrupt officials and politicians and india also trying to push a man in space they get two hundred eighteen million pounds a year from britain and they've got their foreign aid program worth one point three billion dollars the g.a.'s accountability report shows the u.k. already spends more percentage wise on foreign aid than any of the g eight country and the greatest irony britain is still borrowing billions of pounds every month and now growth is on the up it will be borrowing more than it has to just to give us a way. in the meantime while david cameron may have admitted his concerns over public

sector pay restraints westminster is set for an eleven percent rise in wages the premier himself has expressed surprise of the ruling by the parliamentary won't charge claims the move won't cause the tuc spare a single penny. it's now reports. we've got the report from the independent parliamentary standards authority or as they're known that was released today will take you see some of the proposals because at the heart of this is what it's a call a one off pay uplift which would take m.p.'s pay from sixty thicks thousand pounds as it stands right now to seventy four thousand pounds now that would come into effect in may two thousand and fifteen but of course you talk about m.p.'s getting a pay rise and you get a predictable response from many members of the public perhaps surprisingly many politicians criticising the idea of a pay rise at this time including the prime minister who warned the body to rethink

that decision of any proposed pay rise now it's got to be a bit careful with this because it so was set up in the wake of the expenses scandal and so what they're saying is that actually these proposals a cost neutral to the taxpayer it won't cost the taxpayer any more and that's because they say they're trying to curb m.p.'s benefits and pensions and if you look at the statement that was released today with the report from it says chairman he said that for the first time m.p.'s pensions will be set independently and away from the deals cooked up in westminster with sweeping away the out of date and overly generous benefits so the proposals today really have set its there on a collision course with politicians who are going to be complaining about this saying it's absolutely outrageous that this should happen at this time so it's going to be very interesting to see how the fallout from these proposals plays out

. france has boosted the extent of its surveillance capabilities just weeks after lashing out at the u.s. for its global spying program data that was previously only accessible to intelligence agencies will now be available to ministries including finest defense and interior the grounds on which surveillance could be carried out are also broadened apart from terrorism they now include protection of national economic and find to pick interests along with national security and organized crime the law has been greeted with fierce public criticism and benjamin sometimes a civil liberties advocate says the french are legalizing exactly what n.s.a. leaker edward snowden had been warning about the current government which has emerged routinely in both legislative courts say it was just. some way somehow a way to legalize what is already down and that was what's frighten us most because

it really looks like. what snowden. shows us about was about the must of the french states and other states on their own population communications that's really frightening usually. when you have los to defend something. defending the scientific or economy. of a country it's protected by the low but it's limited by justice system like with a judge and with a trial here we got a new study authorities which are totally independent and don't have to publicize anything so there could be many illegal interception of communications and we would never know about it. this is a council and dallas texas has introduced a new little pushing the brakes on the franken industry it essentially means the drilling a well will move far from residential areas of the texas voiced major concerns that

shale gas training is pushing both down and that hardens a trace the state's been shaken by a string of us quakes in the past few months with scientists suggesting nearby and trimming might have caused this seismic activity that environmentalist monk sample you might call it was at the council meeting and degrees from a king should not take place anyway near population centers they weren't drilling in our densely populated urban areas they were drilling out in remote areas with low population where they weren't doing any damage or destruction to anything when you start coming into an area with that vs a population bringing in all that truck traffic all those chemicals to be exposed into the air in the water in the soil where people are harmed and where traffic accidents are are prevalent and worse spills of chemicals are dangerous that becomes a whole different deal other cities are looking to what we're doing they're already

tightening up their ordinance and other places are looking to tighten up ordinances so yeah this probably will set a precedent and it's probably a pretty major one time now for breaking the fat hammer and. as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the l. call gets flowing they're also a great time for us to argue about everything from politics to religion with the ones we love but if you happen to be an n.s.a. agent and the government has an official list of talking points that way you could win those family arguments for sure yeah that's right the government is now giving n.s.c. agents lists of very corny talking points going to firedoglake so that way they could convince their relatives over the holidays of just how awesome effective and necessary the national security agency truly is despite all those little revelation

thinks of mass spying by snowden trust me talking points exist for a reason political social and religious organizations and use them so that when their members who may not be the best debaters on the planet can defend the positions of the organization and i would have no problem if the n.s.a. gave this list to agents they could answer questions from journalists but when the government wants you to propagandize your friends and family over christmas and thanksgiving it all seems kind of cultish to me that's just my opinion. i'm adding martin and this is breaking the set did you hear yesterday the people want to victory against big banks and the bank regulators sign off on the volcker rule and measure that would prohibit commercial banks from engaging in proprietary trading what this means in layman's terms of that banks can no longer use people's

deposits for many types of risky investments which in part is what's led us to the two thousand and eight financial collapse but don't pop the champagne bottles as yet as we can expect a government sponsored by wall street to nazi. the deal with some nice perks for the bank stearns see under the volcker rule banks will still be able to hide behind something called market making which is when a bank buys and sells securities like stocks and bonds on behalf of clients the rule as it's written now leaves an enormous a gray area in determining what is proprietary trading and what's market market making rather furthermore one of the most agree just parts of the law makes banks managers themselves responsible for testing but their banks are complying with the rules absolutely genius because banks policing themselves worked out so well for the american people back in two thousand and eight so while i applaud the attempt at reform here let's not forget that we're living in a corporatocracy and as long as corporations ultimately dictate these laws i'll be

breaking the set. of the little the turtle a. very hard to take it or. should. i ever had sex with that hurt me there's no. such. a. little. below. the hour. today in new york court rejected a bid to grant personhood to chimpanzees in the state and freedom from captivity if

i authorize it would've been a first of its kind legal victory for animal rights and us the group who pushed for the lawsuit the non human rights project believes that animals deserve all the legal rights that humans do as does my next. asked kerry french on an animal abolitionist lawyer and professor of records university he was the first person to ever teach an animal rights theory class that has been changing the conversation about sentient creatures ever since gary joined me earlier and i first asked him to explain to me what animal abolition as. animal evolution is the theory that we ought not to be focusing on the treatment of animals that the fundamental moral question is can we justify using animals at all however humanely we treat them i mean i think that we have to confront the fact that because animals are chattel property and they have no inherent or intrinsic value the able in the extrinsic an xterm value the stand.