this is r t tonight ukraine seeks clarification from the e.u. after your pink commissioner says trade deal talks with the country are on hold while the summit nonstop anti-government protests in the capital that are being cheered on by western politicians. i also the protest about protests a rally in spain turns ugly during a campaign against possible restrictions on authorized demonstrations has been labeled an attack on democracy covering up the south. island shakes up the bailout blues after breaking free of the e use aid program but the government warns that doesn't mean an end to all staticky . and russia doesn't want to dominate the world but will stand firm in defending its values president putin delivers his annual state of the nation address.

live just choices for getting chu just past eight pm here in moscow my name is kevin i mean this is the weekly around the for the big news stories of the last seven days from us and first ukraine seeking official confirmation tonight that the e.u.'s frozen all work on a trade association deal itself for a tweet was posted by the e.u. commission of a large mint saying kiev is expectations are unrealistic. reports. we have a statement by one of the european officials who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union protecting doing eastern direction mr stephens you later tweeted on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the kremlin president and government regarding association agreement with their being a union of further and further apart their arguments have no grounds it reality and

the global missed a few also went on to say that several days ago in brussels when he was meeting a delegation of ukraine's government he had the warned that any further discussion about the association deal this condition. by the crate to sign the deal ended but now the board on the signing this deal has been put on hold because the brain inside had no answer to that after this latest statement by the european official also puts huge pressure on the coach because he's been saying all along continuously during press corps it's his allegiance with the european officials and their opposition that israel would not step down from your integration and he was fully expecting to sign the eurozone station deal in the year is the future meanwhile the protests are going to be weighing and kiev everywhere across ukraine might have more than definitely more than one hundred thousand people are now in of the central square of the iranian capital and we're watching the situation to see how the latest statements by european officials late may or may not angle of the

protest is even more. there are diplomatic sources aside the money matters is the reason behind the alleged do you propose went care has been saying from the very start the country's failing economy couldn't handle the deal being offered by brussels right now not to mention the modernization requested by the e.u. which would also cost an arm a leg for ukraine then i'll stop by the government rallies meantime began with mentum in central kiev where we are right now while over here tens of thousands also took to the streets this weekend to support president janak over the two rallies happened just a few hundred yards apart in fact but earlier i spoke to the foreign affairs editor of chronicles magazine who told me it's no surprise that the deal's been frozen yet again. really didn't call her a deal b. you all heard very dubious agreement which would have opened ukraine west european industrial products without the possibility of

ukraine ministry thanks for the release any longer of course ukraine is divided country in the west you have uni i can totally see in the east you have moscow. all the dogs and in the middle you have people who see the interior of the chair and it will speak russian bethulia green yen and regional talk about ukraine as it ended the. meanwhile the nonstop antigovernment rallies attracted another string of high profile foreign supporters this week the latest of those was u.s. senator john mccain find out what he's been up to and who else has been cheering on the unrest in kiev as well adopting a dog. thousands of staged a violent protest in madrid venting their fury over

a draft law that could enforce tougher action against un sanctioned rallies. i. know about two dozen people were injured seven arrested two when angry crowds attempted to surround the spanish parliament activists condemning the proposal which would impose have fines for offenses such as burning with national flag calling it attack on democracy the bills likely to pass into the border with strong support from conservatives hold a majority of the legislature but talk to restore asparagus is the testers need to show that they're not ready to give up without a fight. the air is certainly nice here this is only the beginning we need a lot of efforts to stop the surges lation but we don't want this year to end without at least 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 yes it will hopefully achieve what we want it that it's not the last time we need more people as this protest was mostly spontaneous we want to make our

voices heard now we wanted to follow it and will always want it how much they don't be able to shut us up and we aren't of. all sort of spraying to it so matter of save our cave a community living in a hollowed out hills have been ordered to get out by the authorities or got the story the settlers refuted caving coming up shortly. islands finally ready to financially go it alone having managed to become the first to use state to work itself free of rescue loans this milestone then is expected to dominate the irish prime minister's televised address later sunday tesla said a report from dublin. people know that in that decision they endured three years of very very deep you had salaries going down and you had their benefits of being slashed a lot of deep spending cuts so what the government really is trying to do is say that this today is symbolically stepping out of what they call the shackles of the kreutzer hoping that this will really give that morale boost to the people whoever

they are there is no illusion here that there are still high unemployment that have to be tackled as well of them very high number of people skilled young workers leaving the country moving to countries like australia or canada to pursue better opportunities some of the business is your construction business is starting all over again here in dublin however when you go just one hour out of the capital the story is really different than has come through the worst of the crisis but we shouldn't underestimate the size of the crisis that faced because of the enormous holes in the banking sector which in turn resulted from a very cavalier lending by the banking system parish st mary citizens and taxpayers have had to pick up the bill for the mess the banking system the government had already said that austerity policies are actually going to be continuing so if this is to be seen as a success it's going to be a psychological. boost to success in terms of exiting again want to closely monitoring of the troika economically there is still

a long long way to go for our lead to really be calling itself success. russia's president made it clear in the week that he's ready to defend traditional values in the state of the nation address the duma putin also said the country does not aspire to be a superpower or to lecture others how to conduct of but is ready to defend itself whenever necessary go pers can offer us the details. 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 idle address first head of just returned from there as well and here are some of the key points by the report had to make russia isn't looking at dominating the rule but that doesn't mean it has to stop protecting its sovereignty and traditional values. because 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 in syrian chemical weapons and the rain in your programming many animals to greet these are examples that diplomacy still works by the time when russia. suggested. the process of chemical desirable in stars and syria. very few countries in the world were keen 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 our crisis of this time 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 see unless it was more sinister 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 that 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 be free into the current situation in ukraine putin 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 hotheads in our beast and dialogue you know

what's going on or to moscow. can help south africa's look into the future of nelson mandela's later arrest but some migrants some special later in the program we have their fears that the tension on the surface is about oil over. the next though it's proving to be a tough month for gay rights this week a strangely as high court overturned the country's first law allowing same sex couples to marry and before that india upheld legislation that criminalizes homosexuality while croatians overwhelmingly voted against same sex marriage and a national referendum got it you can report. most western countries already recognize in some form the right of being couples to get married in the program but in other parts of the world they were these yahoos that train in less than a week. we've been married and we've been on there it's really just days after the nation's capital allowed same sex couples to get married the high court there

struck down that decision saying regional forum said no right to decide the matter to live in a relationship of loves and trusts to do any seven australian couples thing saw their marriage annulled. australia's high court ruled that gay marriage was illegal because the marriage act only recognizes marriage between a man and the woman and only the parliament increased the legislation the more 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. i'm all for that absolutely of my saying that you know history but marriage jumping through hoops trying to make sure that every tree on the planet has its natural environment start 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 in 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 unconstitutional the supreme court just brought the law back into force by making a similar argument to the australian 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 legislative change in the next few years is highly unlikely you have about it would. he does that god to lead us and the the all the communities of this country feed that alberta legions d. did as that offense and each of the main sort if thing europe has seen something similar this december. in a referendum outlawing same sex marriage of the most happily population who changes 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 can a check on our team of. and initiate same sex marriages receive their all stamp of approval in england and wales but by pushing the legislation through promise of david cameron only deepen the rifts within his own party conservative commentator ben harris quiney says that she should be put to the public first was that she did the same sex marriage as a station that was the straw that broke the camel's back at the concert because she remains divided and same sex marriage is one of the root causes of that so what i would like to see these first let's have it to base about in the conservative policy work out how to get the legislation right perhaps a system like france where. religious institutions and hotels or whatever then you won't want to hold. weddings where you can do so and then the state should be on the right so you need between two people in the interest it really will form that

union takes extending civil partnerships all that would've been a better way to do it and i think a referendum would have been very important as well because it removes the controversy of the question for david cameron is can he convince the conservative post to that he's a conservative to bring this legislation forward with its core prostate or most of the sunday night the weekly continues live in just over two minutes time.

wealthy british. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy. again my cave dwelling community in southern spain starting up the latest attempts to victim hundreds of activists from the human barricade this week to resist being forcibly moved from their homes the residents say the government wants them out to

make way for a luxury resort to meet the defiant setlist. hammering out an existence on the outskirts of granada sprucing up the 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 going to herded 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 they live long lives that we've done nothing but on their own without cup 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 residential area of the city that the caves are unsafe for any humans still have and that they could collapse at any moment. 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 actually one of the first united fans here and that's why house is because he's already. 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 have for a. big satisfaction to house. the city

council wants to clean up the hill years ago developers 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 burma is one of the residents who could lose her home she too suspects and i'll tear your motive that would be like giving up the city council wants to shut down the kings but they don't want to d. of them down that's why we think they really just want to. the land 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 we made a very clean not so easy 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 and we're not a space for our tea i'm lucy catherine of well being part of the european union

member states have full access to vast markets but with all the rules and regulations there is no guarantee that every firm can benefit from the open border policy they do in the u.k. many companies say brussels is making it hard to do any business at all. simon york likes cheese he and his partners have built up a thriving businesses wholesalers of the stuff part of the 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 for me how hard it is to export whereas you've heard your words very easy because you know you just make sure it's just. to kill the ford and try to transport it's great 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 rule businesses in the u.k. a so called only european union. has come to a small movie in wales to talk to a business that says it's under threat because the restrictions being can fit in brussels james dunn worth cells and electronic cigarettes online and in shops around wales 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 is just not possible

for small or medium size company 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 electronic cigarette industry forward james says the company. extra for short leases on my short space in case the business is forced to shut down at any moment for since chamber of commerce say that company's complaining creasing lee about the burden of european regulation making them less competitive in the global market are you surprised. and i'm a lot more skeptical now these regulations is disproportionate force businesses 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 or rather cheesy and east cigarettes but to remind you about how differently the european union is viewed in british business. r.t.

london. online this hour the russian adventure of who has six around the world trips on his belt marks the birth of his own unique style you can read up about that he set off on a solo trip across the pacific ocean in a small rowing boat good luck to him r.t. dot com you can see the launch there of this daring voyage also online to google's now snapped up of providing four legged research robots for the plane to get interesting move it keeps the reasons why it started under wraps we try and investigate and evaluate it a bit more online in the technology side of our website. as mandela has been laid to rest in his ancestral home after ten days of international mourning for the iconic leader he's gone down in history as the man who vanquished apartheid and bridged racial and ethnic divides but with mandela's passing some africans fear the ghosts of the past may return now as paula slip

reports. don't lean software fijian south africa from the congo because of one man nelson really class where mandela causes though i knew a lot of the do. that had to came but now he's gone and only means afraid she and other foreigners like her will be kicked out i think that they will just well thought it was because they don't one foot in the area complaining that it's put in there that's looking their jobs millions of africans have fled their troubled countries in search of a better life in south africa but more often than not they've swapped one harbor for another with no money work or prospects a handful have made this place a methodist church in downtown johannesburg home if you're a green or you for your german or if you're fringe and you come into this country you were in to experience what experienced here one of the things a party did for instance was that it divorced us from the rest of africa who failed

is struggling to support his wife and five children in a brutal attack she was beaten so badly she miscarried he was left for dead the crime being foreigners in a strange land i think we could we have. a right to life i think i should call that the world in south africa prejudices run deep not only are african foreigners accused of taking jobs away from locals they're also held responsible for accelerating crime so people who is suing over there are going to do no good to you and you wouldn't. want to get off on the side of going home though is not an option political instability acute poverty and violence awaits them. for twelve long months has been too afraid to step foot outside this church and now with mandela gone she's more afraid than ever liz too says something

about the flooding of but now is not good no one will talk about the flooding this as night falls the schools close providing refuge to people seeking sanctuary in a country that doesn't want them. johannesburg south africa. coming up right after the break as checkmate to athens in its war against tax evaders find out why shortly and venture capital. they look like bounty islands. to 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 this ground. behind this zone that there is what we call the callet 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 and the coral reef is about ten metres down yuki attests a never ending legacy on a. world. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. i know c.n.n. the m s m b c fox news have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be

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i love it well content kept it with me a deeper way today we're going to be discussing greece because greek people who have been avoiding paying the tax will no longer be able to hide now the state is getting tough on tax evaders want to have access to their personal bank accounts so we question if this is the right way forward for the country or even if it's morally right in the first place now today as well big day for ireland because the country will cop the international bailout change the country will finance itself independently the question is is it ready plus the ruble gets assigned j.p. morgan guys virtual sholto most gives his last eight house trading techniques

under a little bit sad but so let's get stuck in and talk about greece 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 arrests made over debts which which they oversee the stays as a consequence of stages managed to get over knowing maybe in your eyes to state coffers so is greece right to come down on people that aren't paying their way is just a step too far well we're going to all still to nic because he's in all the economies an international lawyer he's joining me from athens just now hynix of first of all what you make of this move. well it's a little bit of a desperate measure desperate to are observing the desperately poor people harvest this is pretty version of what the true.