it was. the year haynes ukraine should hold a snap elections in reaction to ongoing protests look at how this standoff is taking a toll on the country's economy. and u.s. drone aton devastates awaiting convoy in yemen killing at least seventeen people supposedly all of them civilians officials say because he was mistaken for an al qaida perception. on the honeymoon is over australia's high court overturns the country's first law allowing same sex marriages immersed in a week. we've been married and we've been on marriage. while india reinstated a ban on same sex relationships introducing jail times as punishment a look at said box for gay rights in different countries.

international news and comment live from moscow you will she also international with means you lash thanks for joining us. members of the european parliament are pressuring ukraine's government to hold early elections as a way out of the crisis that's gripped the country the e.u. lawmakers have also called for intervention is an aid trade and other incentives to support those in favor of an agreement with the union ukraine's government has said it could really go say the terms of the association deal if your provides more money the sides met in brussels and agreed to discuss a new road map towards a possible deal while in kiev and say government protesters continue to defy the authorities blocking the city center with barricades at the spending the work of

government institutions and. now of course it's not only causing chaos on the streets but also taking a toll on the country's economy. the. key of sprawl just have ended its fourth week with no sign it will die down the recent attempt by police to clear the streets proved fruitless and have only hardened to people's resolve it took the protesters only several hours to rebuild the barricades which the police i take it down in a matter of minutes and now they're even bigger than before the blockade has existed for almost two weeks now and not only creates something of a traffic nightmare for the locals but also as the government claims it cripples the country's economy because of governmental buildings being under siege ukraine's prime minister says the country is still without said budget for next year the gross issues forget it was drafting the budget for next year and the parliament should have an opportunity to work on it the protests are destruction many social

projects like road construction is a natural extension of needs the economic impact is being felt far from the rallies in the capital one of the country's leading winemakers factories are thousands of them are just away from the scenes playing out in key times are tough but those days you would never know what's going on and give is complete chaos and it's causing serious economy damage to state enterprises like a vine yard expert lice. since has expired because work in the public offices in the capital was disrupted by the protests that we were unable to export five trucks of wine to russia and lost two hundred fifty thousand euros and now our contract with russian importers for the next year is up in the air because they doubt our reliability and that's happening to a country already on the verge of economic collapse with an external debt of one hundred thirty six billion dollars and what is widely seen by economists as a pre default level standard and poor's have recently warned if the violence continues they will need to lower ukraine's credit rating even further unless the

country gets a large injection of cash from somebody over the next six months at the latest maybe even sooner then they will default. revolution down with the government to prison that's what we've been hearing at the key of protests for weeks but a possible default or economic collapse is not the top of the town behind the barricades. r.t. reporting from kiev ukraine. police and here had previously attempted to clear the streets of protest accounts to make way for traffic in the city center the move sparked criticism from foreign politicians washington going as far as threatening sanctions against ukraine's government and stephen cohen a professor of russian studies at n.y.u. believes the involvement of u.s. officials could have serious consequences i'm not surprised but i am disgusted that members of the united states government are standing in queue. and

a very dangerous and fateful moment for ukraine addressing crowds of protesters as though they are. state department officials of the united states are the leaders of this opposition in effect we are contributing to the tensions in the streets and i feel that if there were more violence. that these american fishel the and also the european union representatives are there that the people the bosses the governments that simply is representing their country to clear are going to have some blood on their own hands i think it's a very very bad idea. and wherefores closely following the situation in kiev for you on our website we've got a live timeline of events surrounding ukraine had to toss it off for the very night just.

in here and then a feast turned into a tragedy one as many as fifteen members of a wedding procession was killed by a strike local officials say an unmanned aircraft find missiles of the policy after taking it for i don't kind of convoy dozens were also injured in a stock which happened near the southern city of rods at tradition a known as a militant stronghold option to use of drones as part of its campaign to find extremists in the arabian peninsula but they do not comment only to be told strikes into the acts of media benjamin says incidents like this only play into the midterms it's. every time there's a drone strike that's the best recruiting tool for al qaeda and killing people in a wedding party i am sure that this will lead to not tens but probably hundred people joining al qaeda and this guarantees the cycle of violence will go on in perpetual war the drone strikes actually are

a support to al qaeda it doesn't get rid of them. every month more lives are being lost in america's war on terror on a mound reportedly killed at least. eighty seven people since july this year more than a third are sought to be civilians with at least three children falling victim to it will be to our schools precision a tux despite america's operations are kind to remains active in yemen and activist boulder believes the recent incident won't be the last. this is just another example in a long list of despicable illegal and immoral combat drone strikes on the part of the government of the united states that it could be prevented if there's no reason for this to continue and the world needs to rise up and point the finger at the united states for causing. unnecessary damage and death you know they say that

they're very precise they're surgical and we can we see over and over and over again and there are many many examples of civilians women children old people being killed by these drones and even if the drones attack people that the cia intends to attack until they've been proven to do something that's against the law these are extrajudicial assassinations and they're absolutely up for it and illegal. so drones are being used for domestic security in america through what the f.b.i. is now under pressure on i ask you a counseling down just how much will sort of see the bureau things should have to conduct warrantless surveillance according to newly declassified documents. and also online in the flesh the european parliament decides to formally invite a whistleblower edward snowden to testify in court about the n.s.a. and its spying find out on a home how he plans to do it. right

to see. her story. and i think you're. on record with. me and. australia's high court has over to you overturned the country's first law allowing same sex marriage less than a week after it came into force and another blow to gay rights campaigners earlier this week in india have held legislation criminalizing homosexuality and their church account looks at the countries refusing to recognize same sex marriage. most western countries already recognize in some form the right of big couples to

get married and adopt children but in other parts of the world there is the opposite trend in less than a week. we've been married and we've been on there it's really just days after the nation's capital allowed same sex couples to get married the high court there struck down that decision saying regional forum said no right to decide the matter to live in a relationship of loves and trusts to do any seven australian couples thing saw their marriage annulled. australia's high court ruled that gay marriage was illegal because the marriage act only recognizes marriage between a man and a woman and only the parliament can change the legislation the most recent attempt to change the law in the australian parliament failed last year polls in the country show support for gay marriage stands at fifty three percent. for the absolutely amazing that. history britain jumping through hoops to try to make sure that every tree on the planet has its natural environments from far east

that we would be challenging the definition of marriage which creates exactly that environment for a child requiring that it's between a man or woman india the supreme court has just made gay sex illegal again since the nineteenth century india has had a ten year sentence on the statute books for quote court only the course against the order of nature four years ago a lower court found it unconstitutional the supreme court just brought the law back into force by making a similar argument don't feel silly and judges only the nation parliament has the right to change it but with the overwhelming majority of indians against same sex marriage and with a conservative nationalist group leading in the upcoming elections in a legislative change in the next few years these highly unlikely you have about a cold. he just didn't. know all the communities of this country feel that albert allegiance. and it should remain so. something similar.

in a referendum to outlaw same sex marriage. the most powerful the population. changes in the constitution in the tug of war between those who are and those who are not allowed to say i do the conservative view on marriage seems at least at the moment to be prevailing in many parts of the world. and we spoke for the on martha's trail a new wed who've just you've just seen in that report and i haven't hanton who's also knox of his from australia marriage equality pleasures to press on with the fight for same sex marriage. the work that we need to do from this point onwards is obviously on a federal level we have a very conservative government we have a conservative prime minister whose sister is guy and she's also engaged to her like want. to do this is something that we need to work on not just with the prime minister but also his posse at the moment that goes according to the way he wishes

them to be we're working very hard to make sure that they have a free card a conscience forward to the least those members of the posse that's actually who have very strong supporters of marriage equality once we've got that we're going to be much closer to achieving reform across the country. on david carr a shot of the majority voted to ban same sex marriage in a referendum the government proposed. legislation for gay couples. to register a bad relationship but not to marry and american postal scott lively praises the county's chose to move and. i think that's a positive trend i think australia has just shown some courage in standing up to the gay agenda india has decided not to allow it to stop any laws to be taken off the books in jamaica i did showing resistance to the going to the

united states led effort. and it's a sign of how she looks like but you may consider not going to go to our program that i believe that that almost actual should have basic civil rights no one should be knocking down their door trying to find out what they're doing in there. this is all seems an awful on some to come later this hour mexico's national pride goes out plus sail across the country out there as its vast oil deposits to for another two giants an effort to boost and they said struck me economy. and also has seemed to ask. talks to refugees are. about why they're saying that future is an island dolled up for the death of nelson mandela a third child break. if

you leave the. economic up and downs in the final months day belonged to the old shanghai and the rest because i was doing the case it'll be a briefly told me. her little. bit of the new a little more of an ally should be making new knowledge base i'm sure i'm peter limone. a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today i roll researcher.

welcome back to our senior national let's move on now mexico has approved a controversial bell which opens up state's controlled oil deposits to foreign investors for the first time in seventy five years the law will allow foreign companies to explore for oil and extract it alongside the stage owned giant pemex and pocket the profits become tree has known reserves of more than ten billion barrels making it the third biggest oil producer in latin america but thirty billion more are believed to lie under the gulf of mexico which the government cannot afford to develop global energy giants are queuing up to offer the technology needed to get at the reserves but the country's opposition says the president is simply capital lazing in the face of american pressure correspondent

nicholas sundries o'donovan reports. we have to say it was one of the most chaotic moments ever seen in the history of mexican politics outside the barricade to build in hundreds of protesters rallied against the reform and inside the picture wasn't really so much different now the p r d and the modern no movement both left wing movements have called for message rally on sunday regarded the content of the reform well it basically means that the government is now allowed to give private companies contracts and licenses to explore and drill the oil and gas in mexico deals and till now will obviously work prohibited under mexico's constitution opponents to the reform say they fear that that big corporations especially from the us will we have complete domination over mexico's natural resources and the truth is that it can be a big very big deal actually for the u.s.

we can't forget that mexico remains one of the top five crude exporters there not know the northern neighbors chip in over a million barrels a day this energy reform also modifies three points of the mexican constitution therefore it now has to be approved by a minimum of seventeen local governments this this is step is really only a formality and groups on the left think that the measure is so big that it should have been subjected to a national referendum and the journalist alex cameron's believes all the advantages of mexico's sovereignty over its own resources are being poured all free. as you look at it is the issuing natural resources being stolen by businessmen with the government's help we see high flying politicians provide companies with all the legal assistance they can so the companies end up owning resources that should be

controlled by the state and businesses even get control over the employees rights and it's clear that these rights will then be violated these proposals by then put before congress which passes well some of the most in popular measures get included as reforms at a later date i can't imagine that any of these lawmakers name go on to work for all companies after their mandate expires and that's what is happening with the system where the public sector sets up the private sector the state starts to sell off bit by bit especially now in times of crisis and they sell it all cheap. now to some other news making headlines this hour in china a gas explosion at a coal mine truck at least twenty two people on the ground in the west of the country twelve workers managed to crawl to safety while the search for the rest is still ongoing the cause of the blast is unknown at this point. a long awaited u.n. report has concluded chemical weapons were probably used in syria as five out of seven sites investigated in the country it doesn't point to either the government

all rebels being responsible for that tox earlier this year see where agreed to destroy its toxic also under the supervision of an international watchdog. north korea has executed the once powerful uncle of its current leader to be our own food general was accused of seeking to overthrow the leadership it was executed shortly after a trial date is the biggest upheaval since kim yong succeeded his father two years ago. a car bomb has exploded in the northern egyptian city of is merely a killing at least one person and injuring dozens more the blast took place near the entrance of a security base and was followed by a rifle fire tox and police on the army have risen in the country since president mohamed morsi was toppled in july.

hundreds of students clash with police on through firecrackers i was trying to get across to you only one government ministers not. one of the demo bombers read i would like to request it is not at work for go smooth pedal stared straight over the last full days the so-called peaceful rallies of the held across italy from northern chile turned south in sicily small businessmen low paid workers and youths there's a saying that venting rather than anger at paul pay on time and applaud. when i see . the spanish government has vowed to block an independence referendum in north eastern catalonia local separatist partners passes rather than have already agreed on the wording and said the date for november next year but madrid says any debates on the issue out of the question and let's end. an economist from barcelona university says spain khan's top catalonians from trees in independence.

they have to show us how can we go how are they going to trees and have it from happening what are they going to do they are going to send us a twenty six electoral plus it's up to them to show you what kind of democracy they should vote first of catalans our people are an issue now long. story time nation and they have been convinced that. it's a survival loss our language of their culture. is a story says apply to their citizens are going to be better held by their own government that. matter of will power to the government by your own government. and his life simon nelson mandela managed to break down societies divisions and smash apartheid in south africa he stood with open arms welcoming refugees from far and wide who saw

him as a father figure but without him to protect them many fear they'll no longer be welcome here our ports. don't mean sought refuge in south africa from the congo because of one man nelson. mandela causes though one more louder to do. that had i came but now he's gone and only means afraid she and other foreigners like her will be kicked out i think that they were just well what it was because they don't one foot in the complaining beds put in a word taking their jobs millions of africans have fled their troubled countries in search of a better life in south africa but more often than not they've swapped one horror for another with no money work all prospects a handful have made this place a methodist church in downtown johannesburg. if you agree or you feel german or if you friend. and you come into this country you were and to experience

what's experienced here one of the things that protected for instance was that it divorced us from the rest of africa who failed is struggling to support his wife and five children in a brutal attack she was beaten so badly she miscarried he was left for dead the crime being foreigners in a strange land that we could. follow for a group of cheap world war two that. in south africa prejudices run deep not only are african foreigners accused of taking jobs away from locals they're also held responsible for accelerating crime so who is doing the over there going to do the work to who is good in this. world to get on the side of going home though is not an option political instability acute poverty and violence

awaits them for twelve long months has been too afraid to step foot outside this church and now with mandela gone she's more afraid than ever lived to says something about the flood in a but now is not the no one was talk about the flooding this as night falls these doors close providing refuge to people seeking sanctuary in a country that doesn't want them police here r.t. johannesburg south africa. next the human price or because our world cup album also looks a bit and say what i think conditions in the run up to the band breaking the set is in a few. as

you 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.a. agents lists of very corny talking points going to firedoglake so that way they can convince their relatives over the holidays of just how awesome effective and necessary the national security agency truly is despite all those little revelation things 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 with 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.

and abby martin and this is breaking the fat so qatar is roughly the size of connecticut but the small persian gulf state is emerging as a major player on the world stage in fact it's set to host the twenty twenty two world cup of course an event this size requires an unimaginable amount of building and labor and that's where nepal comes in is in a country of two million people there are currently. three hundred forty thousand

nepalese migrant workers many of which been assigned to world cup construction but according to several reports released by the guardian the workers face brutal working conditions long hours lack of pay and wretched living quarters and just yesterday it was confirmed that seventy napoli's labors have already died while working on world cup projects yet both the nepalese and qatari governments refuse to acknowledge this massive human rights problem so if you're sick of world powers treating migrant laborers like garbage and tell fifo to pressure qatar and put an end to this modern day slavery. the possibly particularly a. very hard to take. to get. you better act with the territory there. please.

please. please. please. please. please please. please. please ok. well this is officially closed for business of course the mainstream media is doing a wall to wall coverage on nothing but the shut down. united states government shut down our own that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo the two sides are digging in it is day number two of the government shutdown and the day begins with few answers as to how to break the logjam can honestly say that only the republicans are being sensible in all of this and only that and all the democrats are not being sensible really. yes it's everyone's favorite game show the

capitol hill blame game well first the clock was counting down to the shutdown and now the clock is counting up tell them what the american people won johnny actually nobody wins here in fact federal employees are the biggest losers of all as congress continues to twiddle their thumbs while still getting paid eight hundred thousand other government always won't be but will the corporate media is putting all the effort to treating this like a new year's countdown let's take a look at what they haven't been covering starting a new york where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has turned to speak at the u.n. g.a. and after just a few syllables the focus of this speech was clear iran and the demonization of its new president. rouhani doesn't sound like a committee to judge but when it comes to iran's nuclear weapons program the only difference between them is this actually doing the job was a wolf.