competing causes simultaneous pro and anti-government protests in the ukrainian capital after tens of thousands arrive from across the nation to show their support for president bush. 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 profiting from protests we look at how some people are taking advantage of the divisions in ukraine to make a pretty penny. for the night turns bloody in madrid twenty three people have reportedly been injured as police clashed with protesters demanding an end to the draft legislation that would see them pay hefty fines for demonstrating as austerity is spending sending spaniards to literally live in caves. resident.

a lot of work to really try to make a home. but these efforts are being overlooked by spanish authorities who insist that cave dwellers must leave their homes reports from the city of granada where citizens are defending their right to stay put. also ireland shakes free of the e.u. lenders becoming the first state in the block to exit its bailout program by the country's government warns that financial independence may not mean the end of austerity. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas let's get right to our top stories you are. seeing rival rallies in the ukrainian

capital the pro e.u. demonstrators are on your left today have been camped out in kiev for several weeks now the pro-government crowd well they're having their say as well they've joined in tens of thousands of people have come from all over ukraine to show their support for president. ortiz paul scott is in kiev for us. you can see the close proximity between the two opposing rallies right behind me is independence square which has been the halls of the opposition movement for the last number of weeks now you can see the barricades that have been built by the protesters and reinforced in the last couple of days but if we pan around to the left hand side now this is european square and this is the scene of a rally in support of the president where you can get a sense of exactly how close the pro and anti government supporters are the line of police separating the two camps just here to my right hand side now if we take you through to the main parts of european square where the main pro-government rally is

taking place to try and show prescott to walk through this line of police at the moment to main in the main part of european square and as you can see the pro-government rally is in full swing. and well here we are in the halls of the pro-government rally in disclosure the presence of these pro-government supporters and the fact that they are just a hundred yards away from independence square things are actually quite calm at the moment tensions are quite high but things are peaceful now on friday president. had a roundtable discussion with members of the opposition here three the state for prisoners for protesters who were arrested throughout the course of these demonstrations but he refused the key demand of his resignation and an early election another moment we're still left with this standoff. and president young of coverage has suspended the deputy secretary and the defense secretary and also the

major the mayor excuse me of kiev they're among the four officials being investigated for allegedly ordering of the violent police response to these rallies that you're seeing here on november thirtieth of this year but while some are fighting ideological battles on the streets others are cashing in on the protests and to select explains. ukrainian capital has been in a 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. i think they're 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 yellow college to prison to localizing

international brands. the one 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 in the 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 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 key that 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 korea how do you feel both these protests protests are good i'm tired of going to go to because i think he has run his course but as a kid president i'm not sure why a monument needed to be destroyed it seems these demonstrations have been privatized by a bunch of vandals. but just one kilometer from the independence square there are places where the revolution vibe is non-existent after what has been a turbulent and hard weekly crane 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 alexi recessed the reporting from kiev in ukraine.

first it was the e.u. politicians and the assistant u.s. secretary of state mingling with the ukrainian protesters now american senator john mccain is doing the same his message if the police keep using violence against protesters the u.s. senate will quickly level sanctions against those responsible for ordering the crackdown but professor bruno dress. from the national institute of eastern studies in france says that the unrest in kiev doesn't reflect what most ukrainians think. the majority a few communion people is not a man whose face is not among your face station if you look in old. cities they are very quite it's only in kiev so it's a very little part of the ukrainian society which has many. many face stations and there is no proof that the majority of ukrainian people is on the side of the

so-called throw you repin manifestation and up aren't even it's the country you look to ports of opinion so it's just a question of. you know of many are creation in two ways because objectively united states and western country how to defeat in middle east especially in syria and in a certain sense they wants to change the balance of power to international balance and of power and ukraine is a good playground for that and for the moment where you can keep up to date with all of the events in ukraine by visiting our t.v. dot com. in syria now al qaeda linked rebels have reportedly abducted one hundred twenty kurds from a village close to the turkish border the news was released on friday by the u.k.

based observateur a for human rights and said that all the captives were taken to an unknown location day wanny a kurdish human rights activist explains that the reasons why kurds are being targeted by islamist rebels. image or do you think you got it civilians are from the village of north or ninety people and a bald sixty one ne from the areas with joggers and holds on it's going to. first supporters of secularism in syria or egypt at least sectarian or a program of the armed groups or in opposition of the opposition or those of the regimes dummy's day is not means time to occur is a secular tendency which is directed toward establishing a multi-religious a multi sleek. region in the traditional ceding to this and. in madrid it protests have turned violent with demonstrators setting cars on fire and throwing bottles while police have made arrests local media reports that twenty three people

have been injured during clashes police barricades prevented the so-called surround of the congress movement from reaching government buildings crowds have encircled the congress with people outraged by an earlier draft legislation and it allows authorities to hit those protesting outside government buildings with heavy fines activist. says the demonstrators are not afraid of the government and will continue their efforts to make their voices heard. he said you need this is only the beginning and we need a lot of efforts to stop this legislation but we didn't want this year to end without a priest starting to demonstrate against this draft law and yes this is only the beginning because it will take some months for the law to be considered and adopted but hopefully achieved what we want is not the last time we need more people as this protest was mostly spontaneous we want to make our voices heard now we wanted

before and will always want it they won't be able to shut us up and we aren't afraid. meanwhile strict austerity policies are pushing people to look for alternative places of settlement modern day cave dwellers in spain are facing eviction from their homes despite years of pressure from the government and orders to leave the families are digging in and are determined to stay they say that there is much more behind the objection than meets the eye or to use lucy chaffin off was welcomed in to one of the unconventional homes although the tools used to dig out the caves of san miguel have changed little over the centuries this home has been modernized and it's been a pain staking labor with one's hands this tunnel was dug out but it's been installed with modern comforts like white for instance now the resident that lives here has taken a lot of work to really try to make this into home a comfortable for as you can see a hard floor so he can walk around a kitchen area in order to cook to entertain guests and most importantly he says

these feeling reinforcements now this is critical because the city council says it's dangerous for the residents to live here where as they say they've put in a lot of work a lot of labor in order to make sure these caves are safe for their residency. be satisfied to be. put in chains that for nothing it takes time to do it but. it's about that the reason determination to do it. now this is what the boiling looks like from the outside it's certainly not an easy kind of lifestyle there's no running water for instance that has to be carried in by hand from a fountain in a nearby church the residents who have built up these caves are very proud of their work but many simply have no other place to call home the case of son miguel has hosted people in need for centuries from gypsies the religiously prosecuted minorities and other so-called behaves their home they have been abandoned in one

thousand six hundred because the flooding was an economic crisis getting worse and recent years more and more of man years have converted this into a community they can call home the city wants to addict them citing health and safety reasons but the people here say it's about money they believe the government is acting like a corporation for tourism that's supposedly wants to build up this area into something well see if people could use and enjoy it another has been but i mean do you think activity seen in the sixty's. that's why the city council use looking like a corporation it's like a class fight back up plan social exclusion you know people are always going to leave their resave high place he's. now. reached people are willing to to to get them down the city council isn't likely to abandon its plans to evict the residents but for the people living in the caves of

san miguel giving up is simply not an option reporting it we're not a spain for our tea i'm lucy catherine of. now to italy where hundreds of people have once again rallied on the streets claiming that some of the government policies are leading to falling incomes and growing unemployment anti austerity protests got a second wind across the nation and in some cities dissent and send it into violence demonstrators and raged with tax hikes and biting cuts to a handful of sectors and clashed with police on the streets of touring rome and venice spearheaded first by farmers and truck drivers the movement was later joined by students and small business owners earlier r t spoke to european asset manager erich krauss who says that the public's discontent is driven by the ill management of the country. the protests are very global there they have

not clearly articulated any goals and you know why it mixture of left right. everything from small engine printers to sar murs laborers the unemployed students so it's polymorphous but the country's basin very tired of being governed and the problems with europe the neo-fascist maybe make up five percent of the four county that you probably have more left wing groups they deal fashion seniors for their main routing point just to check out they want all of the politicians to go home and for there to be a new government but of course a new election would not really solve it which you need is a fundamental reform of the system. bulgaria has also witnessed some unrest four people have been arrested at a anti-government march demanding the parliament step down protesters carried torches as they march towards government buildings marking six months since the

start of their campaign demonstrators reportedly fired tear gas at police and threw torches at them protests in sofia began in june after a member of the turkish minority party was appointed as head of the national security service. now on the eve of the anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school massacre tragedy strikes once again in the u.s. as a student and warns of classmate while hunting down a teacher at his school before turning the gun on himself coming up we report on what makes america a hotbed for gun violence plus. it's definitely safe because if you've seen a white person around as south africa mourns the death of nelson mandela racial tensions are still strong in some places across the country we visit one such area after the break.

they look like bound to. enjoy the sun and the ocean. but what was buried here years ago. means these people are suffering the consequences. how much more poison lies on the ground. behind this there is what we call the bank on which there is a deposit of plutonium left by security test which caused. despite previous cleaning efforts there remains a deposit of a little less than two kilos of plutonium stuck in the rock the coral reef about ten meters down yuki attests a never ending legacy. i

mean welcome back you're watching our t.v. ireland has become the first you state to exit its bailout program the nation which was hit hard by the two thousand and eight crisis has climbed out of the recession and its economic environment has improved significantly but as a test our silly reports from dublin there are plenty of challenges ahead before the country experiences a full recovery. arlene 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 divide 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 so heavily burdened with. long term slowdown and all structural growth we still face and. 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. we're exiting from yes we'll have any impact or a. the budget for this year or next year no willing to read the mortgage arrears figures take a dramatic change next quarter know this or so you want to double. ireland's finance minister has called the bailout exit a milestone however he also admitted that the government may have to continue with

cuts to help drive the country's debt down political analyst at bank says that financial independence from the e.u. lenders is still far away from many other crisis stricken states within the block. what we actually like to see is more transparency and now it is we all are in the situation in which basically the troika. acts like a governor. and visits its colonies tells them what to do or the measures they come out with are not very effective they also cause a stereotype and also the reduction of the economy at the moment the troika is free to do what it wants and that is not right in a democracy the issue basically is how much time do we have when all the economies of greece italy spain portugal cyprus growing again now i don't know how long it will take it is going to be two years like in ireland it will be very good but if it going to be ten years it's going to be very little afraid that many citizens in

those countries will not accept this. is going to be a stagnation zone for ten years to come i think this will have very serious political consequences well autism could be seen as a reason for deportation from australia an immigrant family faces the possibility of being sent out of the country over their son's mental disorder even though the parents are ready to pay the extra costs for special schooling. for the full story . also a record breaking gingerbread village is on display in new york city i'm headed straight there on the in motion section of our website we've got footage of the world's largest edible community and i'm going to take it by. members of south africa's government are paying their last respects to nelson mandela before sunday's funeral but as the country mourns his death. it appears to be revealing

some sore spots in this still divided state policy or reports from a johannesburg suburb where life is far from what mandela envisioned for his country. it's definitely unsafe because they have you seen a white person or a run of. the score. is taking us on a drive through the streets of his childhood this was a wealthy white neighborhood during the time of apartheid brown is now a very different place i wouldn't carry a camera gary 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 of and stephen is one of the few who still call here brown who if they're pretty busy. no familial is gone because i think with the current government things

the visit is going to. mean. twenty three years after the end of apartheid south africa remains plagued with unresolved racial tension. and white people they still have the opportunity. locally bill you're maybe to distance themselves to the blokes c'mon there were members well we couldn't be on the streets of hue after night at night some black south africans he admits hostile angry it may be they have but a good jew or something because they nor the door wide. killing. they bring their wired's they hate girls and while needs they have the feeling that 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 weren't welcome. the past the present and the future balance precariously side by side as the nation mourns its most famous son and wonders what comes next. johannesburg. police are investigating what drove eighteen year old karl pierson to open fire in his school in colorado critically injuring one girl armed with a shotgun the high school senior entered the building looking for a teacher after firing a series of shots and then turned the weapon on himself the tragedy came just a day before the anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school massacre in connecticut which killed twenty young children and six adults thousands of people shot by one of the worst mass shootings in u.s.

history mourned the victims jill stein is a former us presidential candidate for the green party she told r.t. what she believes is fueling the nationwide rise in gun violence. 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 the normalising 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. well coming up after the break we visit two islands and ravaged by nearly two hundred nuclear test explosions this is r.t. international stay with us.

just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin just showed up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the eurasian customs union obviously the mainstream media would be on fire screaming that this is part of an attempt to usurp democracy and steal the country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some reason the mainstream media isn't talking about foreign politicians speaking to and or possibly agitating protesters in ukraine like speaker of the lithuanian parliament loreto grows in india an e.u. vice president got sick proto see of each and former polish pm jaroslav kaczynski he had the european union brassfield is just fine for their politicians to go to

foreign countries and fire up protestors to start a pro e.u. revolution but then all their journalists write about is how russia is trying to put pressure on ukraine to not join the e.u. the obvious hypocrisy of this stinks all the way up to moscow but the shust by painting.

the tenants of the land the islands say they are the mother that feeds us. awful to them they put a dirty bomb in there like a rotten bomb in my mother's womb. that's that's what exploded for what nothing i mean what she's dead and what she's dead on a limb and my eyes smile and is dead now.

on this journey very often and under the magnificent dome of the senate the debate begins a debate which is not exactly popular maybe because it's about polynesia a country some eighteen thousand kilometers away with a different world yet this is a day that could go down in history. to deny the environmental damage throughout the oceana in particular in french polynesia is to deny a part of every polynesians identity depriving them of their land their environment is to deprive them of part of themselves the guy who this stone comes from or. it's and this is exactly what all of this is about this afternoon nothing else this is more.