ukraine's president proposes an amnesty for arrested protesters and a moratorium on the use of force at demonstrations in an attempt to resolve differences with the opposition and to buy into the e.u. . only e.u. donuts with the european union flag are now available for sale we take a look at the how the ongoing demonstrations are affecting the daily life of people in kiev. one hundred twenty kurdish civilians are reportedly taken hostage by al-qaeda linked syrian rebels near the turkish border with the ethnic minority caught in the crossfire once again. and ireland becomes the first state to officially break free from the eurozone bailout program and milestone on its road to financial recovery.

we're watching our team live from our moscow studios where it's just after one pm i'm lindsey graham thanks for joining me. ukraine's president has called for a stop to any forcible action by police and activists he also wants those arrested during the protests in kiev to be granted amnesty president viktor yanukovych which made concessions after holding talks with the opposition over the crisis that's gripping the country refused to dismiss the cabinet what started out as a rally in favor of signing an agreement with the e.u. has turned into anti-government demonstrations with thousands camped out in central kiev massive rallies in support of the government are also expected to take place just hundreds of meters away from the heart of the opposition protests r.t.s. alexy or chef king is in kiev and takes a closer look at how the revolutionary mood is affecting every day life.

the korean capital has been in the protest mode for more than two weeks now it looks completely different than a month ago people are living here cooking food. and definitely life has changed when the protests kicked off talking about food underneath the square of the protest you can literally chew on the e.u. donuts with the european union flag are now available for sale. thank you very much . and the taste delicious local fridge magnet manufacturers were quick to pounce on the idea of the protest and now you can purchase a very peculiar more ability from sending young to prison to localizing international brands it's no wonder that central kiev is the place of many restaurants and bars and their lives have been affected in one way or another we decided to pay a visit to one of the oldest pubs in the city center to find out. so we lost the

pubs manager how the protest affects the life of his restaurant. but also how have the euro my done protests affected your pub. the number of visitors has increased only slightly since these protests kicked off but now we've got a special offer menu which includes items such as tea and cake and will be open twenty four seventh's for as long as the year all my down protests continue but not all and if seem to be equally happy with the way the protests are going some of the local taxi drivers have complained to me that the barricade makes their life a true traffic nightmare i talk to one of them right now what do you think of the barricades in the center of the city i'm sick and tired of this government but being a taxi driver is my job so those barricades in downtown kiev actually make it much harder for me to do my job and feed my family. the further we step away from the my down the more mood change we seeing among the locals some of them have been enraged by particular aspects of this unrest as someone who was born and raised in kiev how

do you feel build these protests protests are good i'm tired of going to quote each two because i think he has run his course but as a kid resident i'm not sure why monuments needed to be destroyed it seems these demonstrations have been privatized by a bunch of vandals. but just one kilometer from the independent square there are places where the revolution vibe is non-existent after what has been a turbulent and hard week sleep train people are letting off steam in different nightclubs and bars but then its light goes on despite the some part of the city is still on the revolutionary lockdown let's hear a chance to be reporting from here in ukraine. clearly kiev is a busy place right now fact u.s. senator john mccain is heading there to join the opposition protests along with other u.s. lawmakers the senate's interest a resolution calling on washington to impose sanctions against ukraine if violence

breaks out during the rallies don de bar is a producer for c.p.r. news in the u.s. he says geo political ambitions are behind foreign involvement in ukraine's crisis . a member of the greek parliament goes there on the public treasury to stir up trouble with ukraine and to promote the e.u. stance of blee well the e.u. was strangling greece these are some amazing images to me there's a geo political agenda this being served by stirring up a rest in ukraine both an attempt to bring it into the orbit of western europe essentially that also by the way to use ukraine as another source of the the looting that goes on if ukraine were to look at what its real future would be in the e.u. it should look to the countries of the south greece portugal spain ukraine will end up impoverished and exploited france is one of the policy makers in the e.u. reemerging as a colonial power and ukraine they are attempting basically to treat as

a lower tier of substrata a group almost a colony inside the e.u. . online we've got a lot timeline of the event events in cannes for you head to our website r.t. dot com for the very latest from the ukrainian capital. al-qaeda linked rebels have kidnapped one hundred twenty kurds in a syrian village close to the turkish border that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the fighters say that all the captives including six women were taken to an undisclosed location al-qaeda radicals often attack kurdish areas in the north of the country they're seeking to take control of the area and have forced thousands of locals to flee the war torn region allan simo is a representative of the foreign affairs and relations office of the democratic union party in syria he's calling on the international community to protect the

kurdish kurdish minority. group. relate to. you about that also on the islamic state we're trying to persuade that international community. organizations no more rights defender that they have a duty to protect their civilian all these people have been killed or have been forced from their area from their home from their houses and this winter harsh condition. their duty to protect these people they are not people they are just people living peacefully this incident is the latest in the armed conflict between syrian kurds and extremists several unconfirmed reports but the number of those killed by al-qaeda linked groups in hundreds earlier this month fifty one kurdish civilians were taken hostage including eight women and two children the fence consultant believes that with the rebels failing to gain ground in the area

they've decided to try a different approach. well these are extremely desperate measures being carried out by the rebels they want to sabotage the geneva two talks that are due to be held on january the twenty second in twenty fourteen they're not gaining ground in terms of. their operations against the assad government and they haven't been able to topple the assad government the report on the chemical weapons use has not apportion blame they were hoping that the syrian government would be blamed and therefore there would be more of an international pressure against assad to step down and this hasn't happened the judeo christian politicians in europe are paying lip service to the whole process they are providing non-lethal aid and any aid is lethal in effect the whole international effort is futile in

every sense of the word on the eve of the anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school massacre the u.s. is hit once again by a similar tragedy a student has shot two classmates while hunting down a teacher coming up we report on why america is such fertile ground for gun violence. ireland has met an important milestone on the road to financial recovery it's the first country to break free from euro zone bailout program after three years of receiving loans from international bankers the country has decided it can stand on its own feet artie's tests are silly of reports. ireland will would itself be quote shackles of the troika on sunday and will wake up on monday as a quote normal european country standing on equal footing a confident claim by prime minister kenny ahead of the country's official exit from its bailout program for eighty five billion euros it cost the irish three years of

painful austerity higher taxes slashed minimum wage which has since been raced back high youth unemployment and another wave of irish immigration i'm not sure that the hard ideological line of austerity which was coming forth from europe was a good one to irish people would be to nice to see the end of the troika to see the opportunity for a street gang or economic sovereignty to be up to make our own decisions in relation to our future the government here is touting the exit from the bailout program as restoring economic and financial freedom but no one here is under any illusion that that exit would also mean an end to hardships or complete release from austerity while the idea of possibly having more control over their destiny as a nation is psychologically uplifting people really want is freedom from individual debt that so many here are still heavily burdened with. facing and long term slowdown in our structural growth we still are facing. in other words when

you look at the overall economic level of achievement in this bailout it's not really that significant yet at the same time that we should go to the nation to the government to the nation was. calling. in dublin city center sights and sounds of the festive season are present but it rings hollow for those who feel they've simply been kicked to the curb no one would celebrate the banner. be happy we're exiting for yes we'll have any impact or. the budget for this year or next year no willing to read the mortgage arrears figures take a dramatic change next quarter no. or. now a recent poll suggests that half of ireland's population believe the government did in all right job while driving the country out of the bailout in the meantime of

course seventy three percent hope that austerity measures will be eased we gauge public opinion on the streets of dublin. i suppose the positive move with. him today was to go to germany france the bigger economies in europe so. for the international bailout as we see to make much difference stood by holding to you know we've come to a bad time we've come out. something or seen sale who likes a certain year like this i think it's good i think they have to stand on their own two feet i think they count yes i do. the irish government says the country's economy is recovering so it could take years to pay the loans back despite all that political analyst dirk john epping says ireland success does send a positive message to other bailed out countries. finally ireland achieved to get out of the hole get back to economic growth and leave the bail out so it's a welcome on the financial markets that's quite an achievement because it shows

that through fiscal consolidation it is possible to recover and i think there's a very good example for greece for portugal for cyprus and others the issue basically is how much time do we have when all the economies of greece italy spain portugal signed first growing again if it is going to be one or two years like in ireland it will be very good but a video to be ten years is going to be very long and i'm afraid that many citizens in those countries will not accept this particular you know what is this euro zone is going to be a stagnation zone for ten years to come i think this will have very serious political consequences. decades after the end of apartheid in south africa there are still plenty of unresolved anger. it's definitely unsafe because if you seen a white person run as a nation mourns the death of nelson mandela racial tensions are still strong in

some places across the country we go to one such area later in the program. case of incest and depravity as shocked australia in a remote valley police discovered a family that has been interbreeding for four generations brother sister father daughter own niece resulting in a gruesome outcome for all involved in what the police refer to as an incest cults. i know what you're thinking you're thinking that sounds whole lot like wall street sons and daughters program where sons and daughters of the fathers and mothers aunts and uncles ruling the world are hard to see the banking system with a generation of genetically identical dysmorphic dead products.

killing it with. some. choose good sense to. choose. the great. choose the stories but if you. choose. to. hitting rock bottom modern day cave dwellers are facing eviction from a picturesque spanish settlement protesters in the city of granada are dug in and determined to stay after receiving orders to quit their subterranean homes they claim there may be more behind the eviction than meets the eye. has the details. it's views like this one breathtaking isn't it that's made not of famous for drawing visitors in but it's the city's plans to force out a group of residents from this very hill that's drawing controversy now it's

a bit of an unusual kind of story we're in the foothills of the sierra nevada mountains an area that's pockmarked with countless caves caves which people have called home for years now the residents are a colorful mix of characters we have. immigrants students people who don't have a place to call home as well as people who prefer their home to reflect well a bit of an unusual kind of lifestyle and several days ago we had seen a protest of about two hundred and fifty supporters coming out here saying that's simply not ok meanwhile activists believe that it's not actually about the dangers of living here but perhaps there's profit motivation behind getting the residents out of course the views here as we mentioned earlier are spectacular and there's been some discussion of potentially building a luxury resort hotel something on this property this mountain they say could collapse and actually hurt the people who reside in the area but the residents here

have a very different take i mean we are resisting with all the legal means we have like the authorities whose actions have been unfair and on lawful throughout the entire process there hasn't been a single collapse in the case since they declared we were living in ruins three years ago this only suggests that they've been lying and simply looking for a reason to throw us out whatever the case the authorities say they're certain they want to evict residents from at least eight of the caves the residents of course say they're not going to budge we here at r.t. we'll be covering the developments over the next few days to do stay with us for that coverage reporting from granada spain for r t i'm lucy catherine of. on air and online here's a glimpse of what's lined up for you on our team dot com america's national security agency says it's ready to forgive the deeds of whistleblower edward snowden which revealed the a real extent of the agency's mass spying program only if you stop spilling the beans find out more on our t. dot com. also online

a breakthrough leave scientists pondering if our universe is nothing more than just a reflection of another cosmos so everything you see including the screen you're now watching is just a mirror image get the whole three d. review their discovery on our website. and i will be sure. were. i. a ten year old karl pierson has been identified as the shooter who opened fire at a high school in the u.s. state of colorado wounding two people who were critically injured he then turned a weapon on himself his body was found in a classroom armed with

a shotgun he entered the school looking for a teacher students were evacuated from arapahoe high school in the town of centennial near denver the incident comes just a day before the anniversary of the massacre at sandy hook elementary school in connecticut where twenty children and six workers lost their lives are two spoke to a former us presidential candidate for the green party she told us what could be behind the rise of gun violence in america. we have about one hundred times the rate of gun homicides and violent gun crimes relative to many countries of western europe and we should not be in the business of normalizing violence it's clear there is a relationship between gun violence and economic violence and poverty and racial disparities and economic disparities and all that and the more we become an unjust society. the more we are at risk for continuing gun violence and potentially

growing gun violence now to some other news making headlines around the globe in iraq officials say government has killed eighteen oil and gas workers and wounded seven northeast of baghdad most of the dead are reportedly iranian the attack happened as they were digging a trench to extend a pipeline running between iran and iraq sources say the incident took place in a predominantly sunni area roads have turned into rivers as heavy rain causes chaos across brazil thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes many had to be rescued from stranded cars and vehicles which were overwhelmed mud has flooded cities and halted transportation and damaged hundreds of buildings at least forty people have been killed since the extreme weather started to batter brazil. in northern mali the french army is staging a large operation against islamic fighters there are reports that twenty g.

hottest have already been killed in this city of timbuktu mali is battling to restore stability in the nation after al-qaeda linked radicals seized control of the northern region meanwhile over sixteen hundred french troops have been deployed to the central african republic to curb rising sectarian violence there. several hundred teachers in mexico city have marched on the interior ministry building what started as a peaceful rally turned ugly when high ranking officials refused to follow protesters demands the mob smashed through barricades and lit torches after a face off of police future is valid to carry on their protest against a controversial education reform criticizing it forward leaning toward the american system a privatized education. south africa's government officials are paying their last respects to nelson mandela before his burial on sunday but as a country mourns many fear his death may reveal serious tensions in the still

divided state parties polis lawyer reports from a suburb of johannesburg where life is far from what mandela envisioned for his country. it's definitely unsafe because we have you seen a white person around. this core. is taking us on a drive through the streets of his childhood this was a wealthy white neighborhood in the time of a part eight. is now a very different place i wouldn't carry a camera or wouldn't carry anything. of value i wouldn't wear a watch i wouldn't read anything that could make me vulnerable to be attacked they'll be robbed a handful of white south africans still live here most are too old or too poor to move out move and stephen is one of the few who still called hillbrow home it's a pretty they're pretty busy no familial is gone because i think with the korean government. the visit is going to. be

going to go down twenty three years after the end of apartheid south africa remains plagued with unresolved racial tension. people they still have the opportunity. vaguely familiar maybe to distance themselves to the blokes. are members well we couldn't be on the streets of hugh brown after nine that night some black south africans he admits are still angry it may be they have but a good word or something because they nor door wide so with. their being there while they hate girls. wired's they have been good. they have my own little movie they do don't have miley at times south africa seems very far from the country mandela hoped it would be instead of becoming a melting pot of different cultures and colors suburbs like hillbrow are today

places where whites are too afraid to go and where the black population remembers very well they once were. ponced the present and the future balance precariously side by side as the nation mourns its most famous son and wonders what comes next. johannesburg. in about thirty minutes my colleague marina joshie will be in the chair to give us the news until then max and stacey take you through the global financial headlines and the latest kaiser apart . 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 then 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 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 with the if they gave this list ages 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.

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a living torch relay. on r t r c dot com. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser a case of incest and depravity as shocked australia in a remote valley police discovered a family that has been interbreeding for four generations brother sister father daughter uncle niece resulting in a gruesome outcome for all involved and what the police refer to as an incest cult. i know what you're thinking you're thinking that sounds a whole lot like wall street sons and daughters program where sons and daughters of the fathers and mothers aunts and uncles ruling the world are hard to see in the

banking system with a generation of genetically identical dysmorphic debt products and it churn out collateralized cross-eyed did obligations commingled what they're really hypothecated twins and john corazon is dead pool and bogus mortgage backed securities backed by contracts on which all of the t.'s are crossed but the misaligned i's are dotted with bulging growths of gruesome fraud yes four generations of incest in the providence and the credit markets ought to shock the world with the gruesomely deformed economy it has spawned i bet this economy can school like a big well. stacey ferber what makes looks like we got this south here instead of a bore in this first headline j.p. morgan chase the foreign corrupt practices act and the corruption of america the justice department has just obtained documents showing that j.p. morgan chase wall street's biggest bank has been hiring the children of china's

ruling elite in order to secure existing a potential business opportunities from chinese government run companies according to internal emails released as part of this investigation one e-mail said quote you all know i have always been a big believer of the sons and daughters program says one j.p. morgan executive in an e-mail because quote it almost has a linear relationship to winning assignments to advice chinese companies. because j.p. morgan back in the news is always committing some kind of fraud or malfeasance or this is what happens when interest rates are low they kept artificially cheap it cyc if you have cancer and you're eating foods that help grow the cancer i forget which would say an agenda of course. genic foods if you eat carcinogenic foods are a limb maybe next door to. radioactivity you might get some poisonous radioactivity and when you keep interest rates cheap as they do at the federal reserve bank or

mark carney here in the bank of england you spawn cancer of cancerous incestuous ball because mel for middies like jamie diamond and j.p. morgan that are now eating up eating swallowing the economy as only well not only is our global financial system and banking system backed by seemingly maybe one or two units of debt and they keep on pasta caving and spinning and turning and turning the same exact clients and debt but this same pool of so-called talent the same c.e.o.'s jump from one corporation to another to another bank to another you know political office and now go back to the article about the incest incest cult in australia they said some of the children had oddly formed features which scientific tests would later reveal as a result of homos i gossipy or identical genes.