the spanish capital was shaken by violence as riot police clashed with demonstrators calling for an end to a draft bill that would see huge fines for taking part in an unauthorized rallies. and mass demonstrations take place in kiev this time was tens of thousands of pro-government protesters voicing their support for the president while more high profile foreign politicians had to ukraine. island celebrate shaking off international lenders to become the first country to break free from a bailout program but the government warns of challenges still have. a. lot of reputed delivers he's annual state of the nation address saying russia will

stand firm in order to protect its values but it's not aiming to impose them on anybody. the national coming to life from moscow with. spanish capital madrid has become the scene of bloody violence as police brutally clashed with protesters outside parliament. at least twenty three people have been injured after a thousand strong rally was hijacked by a mob that attacked police regal's. cars a light and her old bottle several arrests have been made crowds encircled the congress building furious over a draft law that would see demonstrators slapped with have to. finds after the

stories that yes the testers are not afraid of the government and will continue to make their voice heard. see. this is only the beginning we need a lot of footage to stop the socialist nation who didn't want this year to end without at least starting to demonstrate against it i don't see and yes this is only the beginning because it will take some months but it can be considered an adopted yes and we're hopeful that she's going from one moment that it's not the last time we need more people in this protest was mostly spontaneous if we want to make our voices heard and now we want to say look if you only want to leave don't be able to shut us out and we're going to. suffer the baltic sea while some spaniards have decided to literally live in caves stuck between a rock and a hard place the cave dwellers are being forced to leave their subterranean homes are to reports from the city of granada were citizens or the fanning they are right to stay put. mass rallies

gathered steam in kiev this week opposition and pro-government activists showed up in their thousands standing just meters away from each other and that as a granny in capital continues to attract foreign politicians with us senator john mccain the latest to show up in kenya. and make sure that every effort is made to make sure that ukraine is aligned with hero and he was there along with another u.s. lawmaker to meet with ukraine's opposition as well as government officials are now planning to tour the opposition protest camps and caves main square meanwhile ukraine's president has a span of the devaney security and a fan secretary as well as city chief and they're being investigated for allegedly ordering the use of force against demonstrators two weeks ago are just full scott isn't give and is matts with some of the protesters camped out in independence square. conditions a tough temperatures a luxury protest this time. we head to the fight for

freedom is our right because ukraine must be in good spirits that it will stay here in terms of it which is good. at the end of the day the majority of people who are here who are protesting against this government if it were a government made a band. for more than three weeks demonstrators have come down to an independence square initially unhappy at the government postponing plans to forge closer ties with europe but their focus is since widened now a change in government is the goal as expressed in this tweet from one opposition leader batali klitschko who says the main issue is the resignation of president is putrid administration. followed police attempts to remove protesters blockades and choose day night despite apparent orders not to use force some scuffles broke out america's top diplomat john kerry said washington was disgusted by the events while

assistant secretary of state victoria nuland took to independence square to hand out food to move drinks to buy police i'm protest as sanctions even threaten all policy options including sanctions are on the table in our view but obviously that still. being evaluated e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton was also in town holding talks with both sides leading some to question why there's such a high profile presence of officials from washington and brussels to the u.p.a. and union should should back off you should recognize that the democratically elected government of the ukraine which has. made a decision in should respect that decision but often the e.u. doesn't respect the decisions of democratic nation states we say that when. asked to vote again other nations in various before and the same is being what is happening in the ukraine you know the effort to break the deadlock president on a coach to face to face we should lead is concessions were made to including an

amnesty for all person is arrested during the demonstrations he also promised that there's no will turn to to have to close the e.u. integration saying he could be ready to sign the association agreement by march that is if they can agree on more favorable terms with ukraine's already weak economy we want well tensions have been heightened over the last twenty four hours and also following the arrival of thousands for government supporters who were staging their own rally just yards away from independence square on a bright side to provide resolute but anyone making conciliatory noises signaling that this political standoff is far from over. all it's a q have you crying now take a closer look at how events have unfolded in kiev over three weeks ago a government's decision not to sign an association agreement with the e.u. sparked public outrage for a task force flooded central kiev paralyzing the city and attempts to disperse the crowds turned violent on the night of november thirtieth leading to accusations off

police were tallied the next day opposition protesters turned on security forces attacking down with chains and driving a bulldozer into a police cordon the pro e.u. protests that turned anti-government but the opposition failed to push through and no confidence vote again. the cabinet foreign diplomats dissanayake have to land their support to the crowds meeting with the opposition even offering snacks but the government is seeing plenty of support as well with mass rallies taking place and it's favor tens of thousands of people have turned up to show their support for president viktor yanukovych activists have arrived in korea from all across trying to rally for stability and show trust in the country's government while the european parliament has called for a snap election any a crane has way to appease the opposition protests rainer rupp the editor in chief of the human development newspaper says that simply fueling the

divide even further this tactic to further increase the tensions. because. the. behind nato will have tasted the blood and they want the whole thing i think they want to train back the best and forward yes of course after the all of this revolution which european government agreed to it is not the leg to do you have snap elections. in you know hundreds of thousands of people who went on the streets demonstrating against. the taxpayers' money being squandered on baxter's know. these demonstrations. in other media and.

russia's foreign minister has criticized the e.u. for putting pressure on kiev saying it has nothing to do with the interests of the ukrainian people cataloging to r.t. dot com for more on that story. russia's president vladimir putin gave his annual state of the nation address this week and he touched upon topics from the economy to international politics peace championed russia's traditional values and stress the country is capable of defending itself is going off as more 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 annual address first head with just returned from there as well and here are some of the key points but i would add to me russia isn't looking at dominating but that doesn't mean it has to stop protecting its traditional

values. through it like a star on the basis we know that there are even more people around the globe who support our position in terms of insuring 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 and 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 of backwards down went back towards chaos and a barbaric state. was another point in the president's speech or specifically recent breakthroughs in syrian chemical weapons. new toy ramping many analysts agreed these are examples that diplomacy still works by the time when russia. suggested that the first is a chemical disarmament stars in syria. very few countries in the world working

to support the so-called obama option which would have been yet another bombing of the at another country so i think that this is a very important lesson. lesson on how the crisis of this time should the sole 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 talked about the president's message was simple without a threat from iran building it. does say the shield is a threat to its national security and weaken says carrying out russia's missile it was one of the ways to protect against it you can still go nuclear when you look at what you do see it unless it was more sinister that it's what 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 we are military doctrine as well as our military equipment allow us without

a doubt to ensure russia's security finally be for. to the true situation in ukraine putin said moscow respects the desire of those players will see to be used as long as two seasons on to meet what heads you know beast. what's the goal for tea most. island past an important milestone of this road to financial recovery this weekend and became the first state to break free from the eurozone bailout program the government says the country's economy is improving and can now go on its own but as he says are still your reports there's still a long way to full recovery. in two thousand and ten arlie received an eighty five billion euro bailout package for the creditors out for a company led to massive the balance sheet problems three years on our will is set to become the first bailout country in the eurozone to exit the program by receiving the a last loan installment now three years ago the government took the decision to stand behind its bags a decision that still remains controversial among many in this country nevertheless

it's been the three years of sacrifices as people here tell me the government has had to impose separately more than two hundred fifty state of the mesures cuts deep cuts in spending on the public sector they've seen a rise in unemployment to be seen higher taxes and low work wages now the government right now is trying to call this a victory by saying that it's regained economic sovereignty and also trying to dispel any warnings that the country may need a second bailout moving forward however despite the confident face up to officials have been trying to put forward those irishman that i've been speaking to tell me that on the ground there really isn't much calls for celebration aravind has come through the worst of the crisis but we shouldn't underestimate the size of the crisis it fixed because of the enormous holes in the banking sector which in turn resulted from very cover landed by the banking system jarosz state. systems and taxpayers have to pick up the bill for the banking system and there may be some in

europe may be tempted to look at our lives and see it as the poster boy for thirty homelessness but that movie is something that you'd be hard pressed to find someone who would be accepting of that especially since the well aware of just how fragile our lives economy is moving forward reporting from dublin i'm just. coming out of the program here aren't you international and fresh surge of violence sparked on the syria turkey border as one hundred twenty kurdish civilians are reportedly taken hostage by islamist rebels. when they ask minority caught in the crossfire once again. they look like bounty islands where the locals can 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 the dispersion of radio nuclides despite previous cleaning efforts there remains a deposit of a little less than two kilos of plutonium stuck in the rock the coral reef is about ten meters down you can test a never ending legacy. welcome

back you're watching our c international. high court has overturned the country's first bill wowing same sex couples to marry a less than a week after it came into force and another blow to gay rights india upheld a law criminalizing homosexuality argues gannets to count reports on a growing number of countries rejecting gay marriage. most western countries already recognize in some form the right of the couples to get married in adult 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 and to live in a relationship of loves and trusts to get any seven australian couple things 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. and offered it absolutely at my saying that you know history written jumping through hoops to try to make sure that every tree on the planet has its natural environment started 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 you need 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 dropped 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 two years he's highly unlikely you have about a good. all the communities of this country feel that albert if you didn't see friends at each of the main thing you could see something similar this december. 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. or to. take

a look at what our team has lined up for you on our website a miracle for some extreme conditions for others severe winter storms for us government offices in some parts of the middle east to close while people are left as miring there where winter scenery. to watch the video. as mass surveillance causes even more controversy across the globe had to our website to find out what an english artist has invented to pass down the street undetected. in a rare style of life is under threat in an ancient settlements in spain where authorities have a new tam's to evict dozens of cave dwelling families from their homes throughout the week dozens of activists have been protesting the vision they deem unlawful and unfair are often of was welcomed and one of their unconventional homes.

hammering out an existence on the outskirts of granada sprucing up a front yard with some of the best views in town it's an eclectic community that's literally burrowed into a mountain the residents of the hill of san miguel have converted dozens of caves into bona fide homes. we've been living here for today is not and do not a look community it's the kind of place when neighbors helped each other out. it may not be a life of luxury there's no running water or electricity but for residents like anna that's not a problem when it goes. to live on long legs that we've done nothing but we've done everything here. but those who have made their home here may have their days are numbered although they've lived here for years now the city council has been fighting to get them off the land. these aren't proper houses and

it is a residential area of the city and that the keys are unsafe for any humans it's not a myth it could be going to collapse at any moment of it it's an argument this resident simply doesn't buy one tony opara has lived on the hill of san miguel for more than eight years he believes the city is over exaggerating the dangers in order to help developers get their hands on the land. of the one of the first dance here and that's why houses because you sort of already. need to be said with the arcs to protect the roof. they need to be done even in a venue and he's willing to do everything to keep on living here and how the oil for a. big. house. given the city council wants to clean up the hill years ago developed it was announced plans to turn this area into

a tourist attraction and we think that's what's really behind their vision. for now only eight caves are facing the risk of eviction allegedly because of safety concerns burma is one of the residents who could lose her home she too suspects and i'll tear your motive. the city council wants to shut down the capes but they don't want to tear them down this while. i think they really just want to get the land to use it's who their own papa says another concern cited by the officials is sanitation the caves they say are dirty and the area has been described as a slum that sits above the city we made a movie not so say the residents the city powerful isn't likely to abandon its plans to the residents but for the people living in the caves of santa go giving up is not an option reporting or we're not a space for our. wow this week and this syria al-qaeda linked rebels 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 observatory for human rights it said that all the captives were taken to an undisclosed location as a kurdish human rights activist explains the reasons why kurds are being targeted by islamist rebels image in a dios they could not get civilians all it's from the village of just north of ninety two and a blow to sixty one north east or from the videos of jobless any zionists holds on it's going to. first a supporter of secularism in syria or egypt at least sectarian or at the ground as those of the armed groups or the opposition of the opposition or those of the regime it's stymies day islam it's time to occur is a secular tendency which is directed toward establishing a multi-religious a multi basically eternal mysteries and indeed tradition seeking to descend. by being part of a european union member states have full access to its vast markets but with all

the rules and regulations there is no guarantee that every firm can benefit from the open border policy in the u.k. a man and company say brussels is making it hard to do anti business at all playboy has more. simon york likes cheese he and his partners have built up a thriving business as wholesalers of the stuff part of their success simon says is down to the single market importing french products or exporting british ones couldn't be easier we steered clear of american cars to simple reasons complexity of doing it and finding out how hard it is to export whereas you married your kids very easy because you know you just make sure it's just a security for the dollar transport it's going to be with our idea of the idea of what the price for this is well the key the cost and also it's distributed within and outside of britain and although the big cheese of this company says that being part of the e.u. brings much good benefits to the way that they export their own dogs and all

businesses in the u.k. so hold on the european union. come to a small movie in wales to talk to a business that says it's under threat because the restrictions being consulted in brussels james done what sells and electronic cigarettes online and in shops around wales and the business is growing fast as most smokers try to kick the habit that brussels is trying to regulate the industry is considering costing the devices as medicinal products if the e.u. insists on regulating cigarettes as medicinal products licenses for this stock would cost tens of millions of pounds the company would basically be out of business the problem is the cost and the bureaucracy involved it's just not possible for small or medium size companies to get these this license so what you'd

be looking at is the big tobacco companies taking over their electronic cigarette industry of course they have the least motivation to push electronics industry forward james says the company paid. extra for a short lease is only a short space in case the business is forced to shut down at any moment for said chamber of commerce say that company's complaining creasing me about the button of european regulation making them less competitive in the global market you simply prove you're a lot more skeptical now these regulations is disproportionate in the full speech and this is out of business they're also potentially going to cost many millions of lives obviously that makes you more skeptical it is of course a case of apples and oranges over the cheese and east cigarettes but to remind you about how differently the european union is viewed in british business.

and on. bobby back where the week's top stories in all the latest news about thirty minutes time here in our team coming out on a teen or national we visit islands ravaged by nearly two hundred nuclear test explosions domain. as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the all 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

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 there are 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 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.

not a person of the land the islands they are the mother that feeds us. on a footing then they put a dirty bomb in the. rotten bomb in my mother's womb. that's that's what exploded for what nothing then what she's dead and what she's dead on a limb and my eyes mileage is dead no.

on this january afternoon 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 a different world yet this is a day that could go down in history nearly as you deny the environmental damage throughout 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 this stone comes from or. it's and this is exam.