the global economy with. the global financial headlines tune into a report on. an e.u. commissioner tweets that integration talks with ukraine have been put on hold but he wants official confirmation meanwhile there are still thousands of pro and anti-government protesters on the streets of the ukrainian capital. the american people want to react. to support the people of ukraine. and u.s. senator john mccain joins other american and e.u. politicians who are putting their full support behind the ukrainian opposition. also this week syria shaken by another wave of atrocities islamised rebel forces are said to have massacred dozens of civilians in the latest in a series of attacks. designed and is set to exit its three year long bailout program the prime minister thanks citizens for their resilience but warns the

economic situation won't change overnight. life from moscow you're watching r.t. international and our look at the week's top stories well firstly a senior official tweeted that trade deal negotiations with ukraine have been frozen because of kiev demands are unrealistic but ukraine wants fishel confirmation of that message sent by enlargement commissioner stephan fuel. has more. we have a statement by one of the european officials who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union protecting doing eastern direction with the stephan family who tweeted on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the korean

president and government regarding association agreement or there being a union further and further apart the 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 warned that any further discussion about the association deal is conditioned by the ukraine to cite the deal but now the war going 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 the opposition that train would not step down from the euro integration and he was fully expecting to sign the euro association deal in the year is the future meanwhile the protests are going to be wearing and kiev and everywhere across a train more than definitely more than one hundred thousand people are now in the

central square of the. the situation to see how the legislature the european officials way we may or may not go over the protests is even more what ukrainian president viktor told us senators john mccain and chris murphy that his country still on course towards e.u. integration so let's take a look at what that could mean for ukraine and the possible reasons why nothing has been signed yet a senior a diplomat says that kiev is demanding too much cash from brussels to pay its debts and kickstarted struggling economy signing the deal would also mean huge bills for ukraine to modernize itself to european standards and those could run to over twenty billion dollars a year the foreign affairs editor of chronicles magazine told us that the e.u.'s offer is designed only to block zone geo political aspirations. b you are. very dubious agreed which would have zero.

through your product without the possibility of your. thanks for the least and the longer the e.u. will doesn't exist as a human and we are looking at. all. the german or central europe which is germany austria benelux have strong arms and they have. geopolitical interests in ukraine all off. well the news of an e.u. deal possibly being frozen brought out hundreds of thousands of pro europe demonstrators but present panic over it has plenty of supporters saying these people on the right are waving his party of regions flag after coming to kiev from all over the country for the weekend high profile e.u. and us politicians have made it clear they are aligned with the opposition american

senators john mccain and chris murphy. mccain says the u.s. could take action against the ukrainian government we do not want to impose sanctions it is not our desire to do show but obviously the american people would want to react. to support the people of ukraine in case of violence and that's just what we have done you know other cases throughout the world. before mccain the murphys arrival assistant u.s. secretary of state victoria nuland handed out stats on kiev central square on wednesday but what are high profile american and european politicians doing there among the protesters legal experts and blogger alexander mccord has told us why he thinks these officials are constantly turning up in ukrainian capital. but the reason they are there is bluntly because i think these people want to detach the ukraine from russia as they see it and they think that by supporting the protesters

and here they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that it's simply not working the bonds between the ukraine and russia economically and culturally ethnically and simply too strong and i think for american politicians and indeed european politicians to go to the ukraine and to try to do that is actually very unwise and very dangerous and he simply exacerbating making worse the differences the divisions in the ukraine which are already very great. and you can read more about mccain's meeting with the opposition on our website and our team don't call me has also got a live update timeline but the therapy and everything that is happening in ukraine at the moment. in syria government forces attempted to reclaim that time and address need to mask

this this week that says al qaeda linked fighters have reportedly carried to series of massacres that uscis to channel arabic filed this report. r.t. sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of drugs and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at least eighty people were killed in the districts which the syrian army has now liberated entire families were killed other families were kidnapped and are being used as human shields in the battle against government forces. successful jewish militants from jabhat al nusra and the army of islam seize control of all the streets and cross roads very quickly and snipers took positions on the roof and houses they carried out the massacre the first report said twenty had been killed but today received updated figures it's a horrifying situation a scene of murder atrocities and fear r t sources in the military also say that

some of the kidnapped families have been transferred to areas south of the town they're now being held in strategically important zones which the rebels have been using as a base of operations in these places are heavily fortified sources also say the total death toll an address main fact increase because the syrian army has not yet liberated the entire town of what international affairs and defense analysts like just says they believe that without american support these are missed be the leading element in the resistance movement well it's important to first realize that the east let me struggles they don't want peace they don't want . to be settlement with this you don't want them don't want to take over syria by force if necessary if the government doesn't surrender for a sunday the damascus is now going to surrender so we have

a situation we united states great britain it were favoring their peace talks in geneva two and they were also the. treaty is syrian army but that doesn't include according to them these let me say none the less in my opinion and the u.s. government and they would like if not to bring him into syria at least to destroy the country so i would say that if the americans don't support the east let me just these let me just are you going to be the leading elemental the resistance of the rebels. meanwhile according to the u.k. based arena the human rights in the syrian city of aleppo has become a target of airstrikes which of claimed at least thirty six lives fifteen of the victims is said to be children stay with r.t. for the latest updates from the country. now in

the wake of violence bailout the country's prime minister has made a televised address to the nation in which he thanked citizens for their patience and resilience. a powerful signal internationally the road is fighting back but the spirit of all people is a strong as ever. and they can he also stated the government will now focus on creating jobs and making sure the country never returns to a culture of speculation in greed but he also warned the economic situation isn't going to change overnight r.t. surface area explains why. the people know that in that decision they endured the 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 corps the 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 as a 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 businesses here 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 very cavalier lending by the banking system irish state and our citizens and taxpayers have had to pick up the bill for the mess the banking system the government 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 or do sting success in terms of exiting again more closely monitoring of the troika economically there's still

a long long way to go for our lead to really be calling itself a success. still to come on the program a protest about protests. i campaigned against a draft law that would impose tough fines for unauthorized demonstrations turns violent as people accuse it of attacking democracy also in less than a week. we've been married and we've been on there is. a strike as high court strikes down the country's first floor allowing same sex marriages after the break we'll look into the setbacks for gay rights in several countries. well. technology innovation all the developments from

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hello again welcome back russia's president has made it clear he's ready to defend traditional values during his state of the nation address this week and also said the country does not aspire to be a superpower or to lecture others on high to conduct their affairs but is ready to defend itself when they have a necessary evil piece going off as that entails it's traditionally become the place to be to find out the president's vision of the present 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 head of just returned from there as well and here are some of the key points. had to make russia isn't looking at dominating the rule but that doesn't mean it has to stop protecting its 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 rainy a nuclear program and many animals to greet these are examples that diplomacy still works by the time when russia. suggested. the process of chemical disarmament stars in syria. very few countries in the world were kin 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 prices of this stuff should be sold us 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 you do see it 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 to be free into 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 hotheads and are based and dialogue the what's going on r.t. moscow. in other news thousands of staged a violent protest amid trade venting their fury over a draft law that couldn't force tougher action against unsanctioned rallies. about two dozen people were injured and seven arrested when angry crowds attempted surround the spanish parliament activists condemned the proposal which would impose hefty fines for offenses which is burning the national flag calling it an attack on democracy the bill is likely to pass into nor with strong support from the conservatives who hold a majority in the legislature but activist or it's been a guest says the protesters need to show that they're not ready to give up without a fight. see. the need this is only the beginning we need a lot of efforts to stop this legislation but we don't want this here 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 it would 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 want to be full of it and will always want it how much they won't be able to shut us up and we aren't of. a modern southern spain a cave dwelling community is also standing its ground hundreds of activists formed a human barricade this week to resist being forcibly moved from their homes the residents say the government wants them to make way for a luxury resort if you care for north went to meet the defined set of this. 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 bonafide homes. we believe in 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 their lives are long and lay their eggs we've done nothing for them though we've cut 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. of the one of the united fans here and that's why house is because he's already. said with the args 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 a. big. house. to give me 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. the city council

wants to shut down the killings but they don't want to do you 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 may be ready not so say 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 spain for our team and lucy catherine of saudi arabia delivers a severe punishment a political activist is sentenced to four years in jail three hundred lashes and a travel ban after calling for a constitutional monarchy and criticizing the ruling family had to r.t. dot com for the full story there plus following the hippie slogan make love not war can be punishable as an italian protester may end up in court after kissing

a riot police officer on a website we've got all the details. now it's proving to be a tough month for gay rights this week as strongly as high court overturned the country's first law allowing same sex couples to marry before that india would lead to legislation that criminalizes homosexuality while croatians overwhelmingly voted against same sex marriage in a national referendum. reports. 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 most immersed in a week. we've been married and we've been on very 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 in a relationship love interests twenty seven australian couples then saw their. marija an old within 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 all four did absolutely amazing that. history britain were jumping through hoops to try to make sure that every tree on the planet has its natural environment 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 cornel into course 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 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 a legislative change in the next few years is highly unlikely you have about it would really just got to let us. know all the communities of this country feel that albert if you didn't do does that old friends and each of the means is thing europe has seen something similar this december quotations voted in a referendum to outlaw same sex marriage two thirds of the mostly carefully population there approved 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 going to check on our team. well make is in yemen have called for a stop to u.s. drone strikes the nation's parliament passed a law banning unmanned aerial attacks however it's not a binding vote and is just a recommendation to the government initiative comes days after one attack reportedly hit a wedding motorcade and killed civilians while earlier political activists media benjamin told r.t. that drone strikes which are claimed to be weakening al qaeda are actually pushing more people to join us. 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. some international news in

brief in sweden violence erupted in a stock suburb with anti fascist protesters clashing with riot supporters writers who rocks bottles and firecrackers at least two people were injured and twenty eight arrests were made police say the suspects could face a maximum charge of attempted murder. if you. have grown coming tomorrow. in berlin hundreds of people have marched in solidarity with residents of a refugee camp the demonstration took place after it was revealed that eighty people living there are facing eviction germany is currently the only country in the debating an initiative that would force asylum seekers to remain within the confines of the state they are registered in. gunfire has been exchanged on the volatile israeli lebanon border there are reports that the skirmish left at

least one soldier dead remains unclear which side shot for the military say the bullets were fired it is civilian vehicle traveling along the border. without international coming up after the break we visit ravaged by sea hundreds of nuclear test expansions. they're calling obama's happy smiling sophie photo with the danish and british prime ministers at the mandela funeral an international incident but before we rail on obama for doing something stupid a funeral we need to clear one thing up the washington post says that this action occurred at the memorial service after the funeral is over and trust me after about

three hours of serious lectures at a conference or some sort of super long wedding most of us will just be banging our heads against the wall out of boredom and i've probably checked my email about seven times obama's place know i said most of us but the president isn't supposed to be like most of us because he represents all of us it's one thing when you're fourteen and too stupid to realize that sophie photos at the wake after grampa's funeral is a bad idea but it's another thing entirely when one of the most photographed and powerful people on the planet takes a selfie at the memorial service of someone he claims to respect although i might sound annoyed this sophie is pretty much irrelevant this is just a big error of etiquette there are plenty of real concrete things with real consequences to be bad at obama over like our being religious wacko rebels in syria or signing into law the n.b.a. i wish with all my heart that we only had to be angry with obama over some minor etiquette errors but sadly they're just a drop in the obama bucket but that's just my opinion.

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