the spanish capital shaken by violence as riot police clash was demonstrators calling for an end to a drab bill that would see huge fines for taking part in unauthorized rallies. mass demonstrations take place in kiev this time with tens of thousands of pro-government protesters voicing their support for the president while more a high profile foreign politicians had to ukraine. island celebrates 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 avoidant delivers his annual state of the nation address saying

a rush hour will stand firm in order to protect its values but is not aiming to impose them on anybody. this narrative international coming to life from moscow with me marina josh welcome to the program. now the 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 mobs that attacked police vehicles were passed cars alight and hurled bottles several arrests have been made crowds encircled the congress building furious over draft law that would see demonstrators slapped with have to find activists dora's banega says the protesters are not

afraid of the government and will continue to make their voice heard see and study said the need this is only the beginning we need a lot of which to stop this for just nation who didn't want this year to end without at least starting to demonstrate against his will and yes this is only the beginning because it will take some months for the law to be considered and adopted yes and we hope it will achieve what we want it that it's not the last time we need more people in this protest was mostly spontaneous we want to make our voices heard now we want to be full of it and will always want to be able to shut us up and we are going to. meanwhile 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 two reports from the city of granada were citizens are defending their 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 now you are oh you can see live pictures from the main a square in the ukrainian capital where protesters have been camped out for weeks and bats continues to attract foreign politicians with u.s. senator john mccain the latest iraq. and make sure that every effort is made to make sure you are a human is that you is aligned with your world come to. think that. he was there along with another u.s. lawmaker to meet with ukraine's opposition as well as government officials who are now planning to tour the opposition's rhoda's camps and caves main square and while ukraine's president has a span of the deputy security and the fan secretary as well as kiev city chief and they're being investigated for allegedly ordering the use of force against demonstrators two weeks ago or just as in kiev and he's met with some of the protesters camped out in independence square. conditions

a tough temperatures alone but protest is remain determined. we are here to fight for our freedom it is our right it is ukraine must be in good spirits that it will stay here and prove it which is good. at the end of the day the maturity of the people who are here for protesting against this government that they will our government made. us 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 vitaly klitschko who says the main issue is the resignation of president young coaches putrid administration. police attempts to remove protesters blockades on tuesday 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 and move drinks to buy police on protest as sanctions even threatened all policy options including sanctions are on the table and are for. you but obviously that still is 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 brussels review paean union should should back off you should recognize that the democratically elected government of the ukraine which has. made the 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 in an effort to break the deadlock president on

a code which came face to face with opposition leaders just concessions were made including an amnesty for all prisoners arrested during the demonstrations he also promised that there's no will turn to have to close the e.u. integration saying he could be ready to sign the association agreement by march that's if they can agree on more favorable terms for ukraine's already weak economy well tensions have been heightened over the last twenty four hours or so following the arrival of thousands of throat government supporters they were staging their own rally just yards away from independence square but sides remain resolute but anyone making conciliatory noises signaling that this political standoff is far from over. all it's a q have you for a. now take a closer look at how events have unfolded in kiev over three weeks ago a government decision not to sign association agreement with the e.u. sparked public outrage perhaps to fly out of central kiev paralyzing the city and

attempts to disperse the crowds terrified on the night of november thirtieth the next day opposition protesters stormed presidential have quarters and bulldozer and pulling a bulldozer into a police cordon and the pro e.u. protests downturn anti-government but the opposition failed. to push through and no confidence vote against the cabinet well foreign diplomats the sand on key have to weigh on their support to the crowds meeting with opposition and even offering snacks for the government is seeing plenty of backing as well with mass rallies taking place and it's free. tens of thousands of people have turned up to show their support for president viktor going to college and activists have arrived in kiev from all across ukraine to rally for stability and show trust in the country's government while the european parliament has called for a snap election in ukraine as a way to appease the opposition protest rainer roof the editor in chief of the

developed newspaper says the e.u. simply fuelling the divide even further. only a tactic to further increase the tensions and because. the the e.u. and behind it need to all have tasted blood and they want the whole thing i think they want to ukraine back in the western food as it was after the orange revolution with european government agreed to any snap election did we have snap elections in spades in you know ireland hundreds of thousands of people who went on the streets demonstrating against. the taxpayers' money being squandered on banks there's no. the these demonstrations plead down in other media and. or club.

russia's foreign minister has criticised the e.u. for putting pressure on kiev saying it has nothing to do with the interest of the ukrainian people had a line to argue no confirmation on that story. russia's president putin gave his annual state of the nation address this week and he touched upon topics from the economy to international politics is champions of russia's traditional values and stressed the country is capable of defending itself is going off has more its 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 stop politicians businessmen economists and elites gather at the kremlin to listen to his idle address first heads will just return from there as well and here are some of the key points why the good fortune had to make russia isn't looking a dominating but that doesn't mean it has to stop protecting its sovereignty and

traditional values. we know that there are even more people around the globe who support our position in terms of ensuring traditional values these are the values of traditional family and the value of human life including religious life that is not only material life but also spiritual of course this is a conservative position but the point of conservatism is not that it hinders the movement forward and upward but that it precludes the movement backwards and downwards back towards chaos and a barbaric state. diplomacy was another point in the president's speech or specifically recent breakthroughs with syrian chemical weapons and the rain in your new programming many animals to greet these are examples that diplomacy still works by the time when russia. has adjusted to the process of chemical disarmament stars in syria. very few countries in the world we can to support the

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

us without a doubt to ensure russia's security finally it referring to the current situation in ukraine which you said moscow respects the desire of those partners who want to be closer to the e.u. as long as decisions aren't made by potheads and are based on the what's going on forty moscow. ion passed an important milestone of this road to financial recovery this weekend and became the first state to break free from the euro zone bailout program the government has the country's economy is improving and can now go on its own but as artists are still here 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 trip to national creditors out for a company. that massive a balance sheet problems three years on our live 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 banks a decision that still remains controversial among many in this country nevertheless

it's been the three years of sacrifices these people here tell me the government has had to impose separately more than two hundred fifty a stay already mesures cuts deep cuts in spending on the public sector they've seen a rise in unemployment to be seen higher taxes and lower 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 to bailout moving forward however despite the confident face that 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 paul's for celebration part of it 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 a very cavalier landi by the banking system. now is citizens 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 policies but that really is something that you'd be hard pressed to find someone here who would readily be accepting of that especially since they're well aware of just how fragile our lives economy is moving forward reporting from dublin time to us are silly. and coming up a fresh surge of violence has sparked on the syria turkey border. one hundred twenty kurdish civilians are reportedly taken hostage by islamist rebels with the ethnic minority caught. the crossfire once again. i play is cleaner who's in love with the waitress i go on stage and imagine that there's an audience i used to take drugs and drink like

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welcome back this is our international this trail is high court has overturned the country's first bill allowing same sex couples to marry less than a week after it came into force and in another blow to gay rights india of hell the law criminalizing homosexuality are just got to count reports on the growing number of countries rejecting gay marriage. most western countries already recognize in some form the right of gay 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 in australia just days after the nation's capital allowed same sex couples to get married the high court there struck down that decision saying regional authorities had no right to decide the matter to live in a relationship with loves and trusts to twenty seven australian couples then saw

their marriage annulled days 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 amazing that you know history written 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 carnal intercourse against the order of nature four years ago

a lower court found it on constitutional the supreme court just brought the law back into force by making a similar argument of the australian judges only the nation's 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 legislative change in the next few years it's highly unlikely you have about a old. he just didn't let us. know all the communities of this country that albert if you didn't see that opens a new truth remains missing europe is seeing something similar this december voted in a referendum to outlaw same sex marriage two thirds of the most powerful the population who 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 get a check on our team. now let's take

a look at what our team has lined up for you and on our website americal for some and extreme conditions for others severe winter storms forced government offices in some parts of the middle east to close while people are left admiring the rare winter scenery so log on to our team dot com to watch the video. as mass surveillance causes even more controversy across the globe to head to our web site to find out what an english artist has invented to pass down the street undetected. a rare style of life is under threat in an ancient in spain where authorities have renewed attempts to have big dozens of cave dwelling families from their homes throughout the week dozens of activists have been protesting the eviction they deem unlawful and unfair are often of was welcomed into one of the 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 two years not and do not a look community it's the kind of place when they brews help 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 does that i believe long legs that we've done nothing but and 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 are in proper houses and

it is a very residential area of the city that the caves are unsafe for any humans to have it but they could 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. said to them 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 have 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 a vacation burma is one of the residents who could lose her home she too suspects and alter your motive that would be like giving up a city council wants to shut down the cameras but they don't want to of them that's why we think they really just want to. to use it for their own purposes 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 maybe. not the the residents 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 we're not a space for our tea i'm lucy catherine of. now some international news imbrie for you suspected a grenade attack on a boss has left at least four people dad in kenya's capital nairobi more than thirty people are reported injured and it is the latest in

a string of assaults that have killed thirteen people since the beginning of the week khania has experienced an increase in violence over the last several years with much of it blamed on the somalian rebel groups. and china has joined a moon club at its unmanned lunar rover has landed and rolled onto the surface of earth satellite becoming only the third country to do so after the u.s. and the former soviet union they're still aeration vehicle is named the jade rabbit after the story of a mythical chinese moon goddess who kept a pet rabbit and the rover will spend three months carrying out the geological investigations but even before the mission blasted off america was critical saying it could raise a cloud of dust during touchdown. more than five thousand people have been evacuated from flood damaged homes in northern gaza at least one person was killed in over one hundred suffered injuries due to the severe weather in some areas the

water level was reported to have reached two meters high making some homes accessible only by boat flooding was triggered by several days. and this week in syria al qaida 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 dewani a kurdish human rights activist explains the reasons why kurds are being targeted by the islamist rebels. image or do you think you'd know that civilians are all from the village of north or need. sixty one north east or from the areas with jobless and holds on if you're not. a supporter of secularism in syria or egypt at least sectarian or a program of the armed groups or the opposition of the opposition or those of that regime stymies that islam is tied to occur is secular tendency which is directed

toward establishing a multi-religious a multi to sleep there in the tunnel mysteries in india tradition suited to this and. the celebration turned to tragedy on thursday seventeen people mostly civilians were killed in yemen when a u.s. drone bombed a wedding procession after mistaking it for an al qaida convoy grieving relatives later went out in protest and blocked off roads demanding an end to the u.s. rate every month more lives are being lost in what the american ministration insists perceived attacks on extremist targets a manned aircraft and in pakistan yemen and somalia are sada have killed more than a thousand civilians in just over a decade that figure doesn't include of ghana stan and iraq where drone attacks happen on a regular basis by no casualty statistics are available the spine america's operations al qaeda remains active in the arabian peninsula as i were activist medea benjamin says incidents like this recent one only play into the militants

hands. 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 a 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 al qaeda. next the weeks of business news in venture capital with katie feldman. they look like bounty islands where the local can enjoy the sun and the ocean. but

that 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 callet bank on which there is a deposit of plutonium left by security test which caused. clyde's 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 metres down. a never ending legacy. steady stream of snowden related leaks no longer surprises but you compazine scope of spying still does even online gamers have not been spared all the while the powers that be are hesitant to rein in the n.s.a. they appear only want to make believe they would if no do we go is it time for an

international bill of digital rights to your north your confidence that the irish people won't be asked again to establish. what the what the private banks of any crisis that africa whether to be funny or economically what always says regulators central bankers politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on happening but we have to ensure that if this stuff company can do isn't it such a classic let's make an overall cost for touch. i love it well contents kept it with me paperweights today we're going to be

discussing greece because greek people who have been avoiding paying the tax who knows will not be able to hide now the state is getting tough on types of aid is going to have access to personal bank accounts so we could see that if this is the right way forward for the country or even if it's morally right in the first place now today is well big day for all ireland because the country will cop the international bailout change the culture but i'll find out self independently the question is does it resonate well some ruble gets assigned j.p. morgan guys not show so most gives his as off a house trading technique decided to be a little bit sad so let's get stuck in and talk about. griefs because as i was saying the greek authorities or now have the power to tap into people's bank accounts i haven't been paying money that they are you to the stays tough action has already been taken against people that have been avoiding that tax bills have already had two thousand rest made over debts which which they oversee this days as

a consequence the state has managed to get over nine maybe in your eyes to state coffers so is greece right to come down on paper on paying their workers is just a step too far well within all still to nick scott as he isn't all the economy's an international lawyer he's joining me from athens just now hynix a first of all what you make of this may. well it's a little bit of a desperate measure desperate times everyone desperately poor people hardest this is premier measure but the troika has advocated the troika backstopping work is of course since toward determine where they finally got their way when push comes to shove all of this usually get their way. we all know that in greece one third of the people live on the poverty line so the idea that you can squeeze blood from a star is.