for the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to gaza report. an e.u. commissioner tweets that integration talks with ukraine have been put on hold but kiev wants official confirmation meanwhile still thousands of pro and anti-government protesters on the streets of the ukrainian capital. the american people would 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 is shaken by another wave of atrocities islamist rebel forces is said to have massacred dozens of civilians in the latest in a series of attacks. in the city is three year long

program the prime minister saying citizens for their resilience but warns the economic situation changed overnight. hello there are mantri farmer you're watching r.t. international and our look back at the week's top stories well firstly a senior official has tweeted that trade deal negotiations with ukraine have been frozen because kiev's demands are unrealistic but a member of the european parliament who is the opposition headquarters in kiev says that statement sent by enlargement commissioner stephan fuel is not true and actually share. well we have a statement by one of the european officials who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union particularly doing

a certain direction with the staff and feel able to reach out more on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the korean president and government regarding association agreement with european union after further and further apart their arguments have no grounds in reality with the global list of uli 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 utilization deal this condition. by the greater side of the deal ended but now the wording of the signing this deal has been put on hold because the gravesite had no i'm certain that this latest statement by the european official also puts huge pressure on the coverage because he has been saying all along fifteen years away during press corps it is the leaders with the european officials and the opposition that rate would not step down from your integration. he was fully expecting to sign your association deal right now in the year is the future meanwhile the protests are going to be wearing and kiev and everywhere across the

brain more than definitely more than one hundred thousand people are now in 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 anger the protesters even more. well ukrainian president viktor yanukovych told u.s. senate is john mccain and chris murphy that his country's still on course towards a 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 seen the diplomat says the kiev is demanding too much cash from brussels to pay its debt and kick started struggling economy sun 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 tells us that the u.s. offer is designed only to serve the blogs political aspirations. b.

you all heard very few beers agree which would have opened. west european industrial products without the possibility few of your creative industries export of the east any longer the e.u. will doesn't exist as it and we are looking. old. german for central europe which is germany austria. benelux perhaps prowess and they have had geopolitical interests in ukraine all along varying numbers of prayer we demonstrate as a still on the streets of kiev but the opposition leaders will debate whether or not to continue protesting on monday supporters of president danny code which were also active in force coming to kiev from all over the country for the weekend high

profile e.u. and us politicians have meanwhile made it clear they are aligned with the opposition american senators john mccain and chris murphy of 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 so 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 and murphy's arrival assistant u.s. secretary of state victoria nuland handed acts snacks on kiev central square on wednesday but what are high profile american and european politicians doing there among the protesters a legal expert and blogger alexander mccourt has told us why he thinks these officials are constantly turning up in the 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. plantin on how the situation is unfolding in ukraine on our website buddy dot com has also got a live update timeline which does give a very fair a bright down of everything that is happening across the country say to take a look at that.

in syria government forces attempted to reclaim the town of address in a damascus this week that is al qaeda linked fighters have reportedly carried out a series of massacres that well our sister channel the arabic filed this report. that r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of address 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. that are out. militants from jabhat al nusra and the army of his law seize control of all the streets and cross roads very quickly snipers took positions on the roof and houses

they carried out the massacre the first reports said twenty had been killed but they received updated figures it's a horrifying situation in 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 these places are heavily fortified sources also say the total death toll in an address may in fact increase because the syrian army has not yet liberated the entire town. well international affairs and defense analyst not just says the believes that without american support these are mis won't be the leading element in the resistance movement well it's important to to first realize that the east let me strudels they don't want peace they don't want. peace at the moment with us 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 if they were not so the. tree is syrian army but that doesn't include according to them these let me say none the less in my opinion the u.s. government they would like to bring down the road into syria at least to destroy the country so i would say that if the americans don't support the slightest these let me just are you want to be the leading elemental the resistance of the revolt. meanwhile according to the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights the syrian city of aleppo has become a target of strikes which have claimed at least thirty six lines fifteen of the

victims are said to be children i do stay with the latest updates from the tone. in the wake of ireland's bailout exit the country's prime minister has made a televised address to the nation in which he thanked citizens for that patients and resilience doesn't go to a powerful signal internationally that ireland is fighting back that the spirit of our 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 and greed but he also warned the economic situation isn't going to change overnight artie's tester's syria explains why the 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 as the 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 businesses starting all over again here in dublin however when you go just one hour out of the capital the story is really different 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 parish st mary citizens and taxpayers have had to pick up the bill for the mess the very consistent with 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. success in terms of exiting again more the closely monitoring of the troika economically there's still a long long way to go for our land to really be calling itself a success. still ahead a protest about protests. in the spanish capital a campaign against a draft law that would impose tough fines for unauthorized demonstrations turned violent as people accuse it of attacking democracy also coming up south africa's looking to the future as nelson mandela is laid to rest but some migrants aren't so sure later in the program we hear they feared tensions simmering under the surface could boil over. russia's president made it clear this week he's ready to defend traditional values during his state of the nation address and also said the country does not aspire to

be a superpower or to lecture others on how to conduct their affairs but is ready to defend itself whenever necessary going off has got the details. 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 address first head of just returned from there as well and here are some of the key points by the report had to me russia isn't looking at dominating the rule 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 but that it precludes the movement backwards downwards back towards chaos depart beric state. diplomacy was another point in the president's speech or specifically recent breakthroughs with syrian chemical weapons and the reign in your group programming 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 keen to support the so-called obama option which would have been yet another bombing of the at another country so i think 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 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 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 it referring to 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 and are based on dialogue you go to school of r.t. moscow. and other news thousands of staged a violent protest in madrid venting their fury over truffle or that couldn't force

tough action against unsanctioned rallies. about two dozen people were injured and seven arrested when angry crowds attempted to surround the spanish parliament activists condemning the proposal which would impose hefty fines for offenses such as burning the national flag calling it an attack on democracy the bill is likely to pass into law though with strong support from the conservatives who do hold the majority in the legislature out and in 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 out to make way for luxury resorts receive caffein of went to meet the defined ceteris.

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 going to murder dozens of caves into bona fide homes we've been living here for two years now and really not a word 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 does that they live long enough ladies that we've done nothing for them don't we don't cover 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 isn't a residential area of the city the caves are unsafe for any humans to live in 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 axe 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 site is 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 the eviction. 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. this is the consul wants to shut down the killings but they don't want to d. of them down that's why we think they really just want to give 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 us. that sits above the city we may be very clean not so say the residence 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 spain for our team and this accountant of saudi arabia delivers a severe punishment a political activists is sentenced to four years in jail for a hundred lashes and a travel ban after calling for

a constitutional monarchy and criticizing the ruling family do head to r.t. dot com where you can find the full story also there following the hippie slogan make love not war can be punishable is an italian protest that may end up in court after kissing a riot police officer on a website we've got all the details for. this week a delegation from saudi arabia allegedly visited israel to discuss mutual concerns over the recent iran nuclear deal reports have long suggested that the two former foes are pulling together over disdain for u.s. policies in the middle east including a thaw in its relations with turkey. we spoke to a saudi prince and he believes the u.s. puts its own regional interests over those of its allies there. i believe the main reason for the change in america's alliances in the middle east is issue of the nuclear program and that's a shift in the u.s. approach to iran from one of confrontation to one of containment this is the main

reason even if it does come at the expense of america's strategic allies like saudi arabia and israel it is of utmost importance to the u.s. and its interest in the middle east us foreign policy takes care of its own interests but our strategic alliances with israel under nonpermanent alliances with saudi arabia the american interests are much more important to washington than alliances let's not forget that saudi arabia and israel always need washington support militarily and on the intelligence level as well as many other aspects the need the u.s. see and they rely on it. meanwhile lawmakers in yemen have called for a stop to u.s. drone strikes the nation's parliament passed a motion 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 earlier political activists medina

benjamin told r.t. that drone strikes which are claimed to be weakening al qaeda actually pushing more people to join it 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 petrol. the drone strikes actually our support to al qaeda it doesn't. but certainly a quick look at some other news from around the world at least twenty one people are dead twenty injured after a bus and van collided entire group city that is according to philippines police report suggests that the bus fell from an elevated highway in the manila suburb and fell on top of the van rescue workers are still trying to pull people out from the wrecked bus the accident left traffic paralyzed in the area. an israeli soldier has

been killed in a shooting along the northern border with lebanon he was treated at the scene but died after being transported to hospital israeli military says that up to seven bullets were fired by a lebanese sniper following the instant the lebanese army was reported to be on high alert in the area. hundreds have clashed with police in romania's capital bucharest crowds angry over a bill that would shield lawmakers from corruption broke through a police cordon and headed for the government headquarters under the proposed lower employees would no longer be subject to investigations over allegations of graft the country's president has condemned parliament's decision to approve the bill. in sweden violence erupted in a stockholm suburb with anti fascist protesters clashing with far right support is right is hold rocks bottles and firecrackers and at least two people were injured and twenty eight arrests were made police say the suspects could face

a maximum charge of attempted murder. this week caught him bahrain sentenced twelve auntie regime activists to fifteen years in jail i had tossed a car warehouse in february but their supporters say the tough sentence underlines the gulf kingdom's continued pro-democracy clampdown with is that the country's spiraling into a dictatorship a former bahraini parliament member. who was charged with inciting terror for criticizing the monarchy early this year and he says the authorities also bully politicians into not working with human rights groups the problem then is very very sick to understand that we have absolutely broken. families i mean really the doors or thirty years to be shared. by the people in the through an inclusive political system that has. the power to be. paul rule of

law was never meant to have. illegal law compared to the international community stand on your own forces biased police and courts that is what so i think is just part of the punishment part of the throat feels good it was an issue of the activists not to join them warm and calling for simple rights universal rights of their people to be equal to have dignity to participate in political system and development that is fair with everyone now so mandela has been laid to rest of his ancestral home after ten days of international mourning for south africa's former leader he has gone down in history is 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 as poor a slave reports. don't lean software fijian south africa from the congo because of

one man nelson mandela causes though one more loud of the do nothing. came but now he's gone and only means afraid she and other foreigners like her will be kicked out i think that there are tears well thought in the eyes cause they don't one foot in the area complaining that it's put in there that taking 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 horror 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's experienced here one of the things apart it 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. 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 if who is who in the film are they going to do the work to who is good and. where we are to give them a sense 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 flood and but no one will talk about the flooding

that's as night falls the schools close providing refuge to people seeking sanctuary in a country that doesn't want them here r.t. johannesburg south africa. thanks for watching r.t. international and coming up now the arash minister in charge of ties with europe tells r.t. what his country has gained and lost since joining the e.u. four decades ago words of parties coming up. world. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. fact that.

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hello welcome to worlds apart this year marks fourteen years since arlen joined the european union but you don't see much liberation here and that may be due to the fact that few have paid a higher price for this integration than they are of people each one of whom already contributed almost nine thousand yours in taxes to effectively safeguard the euro was that worthwhile to discuss that i'm now enjoyed by the country's minister for european affairs pascal donahue mr donahue thank you very much for your time i know that when arlen was celebrating a brief thirty if thirtieth anniversary of joining the euro there was this whole program of exhibitions and conferences to celebrate the occasion but we don't see. that level of celebration this time around and i wonder whether it is due to all this that.