dozens of civilians are massacred near the syrian capital damascus with eyewitnesses telling r t of mass executions and kidnappings carried out by islamist rebels. as the european union posts ukraine integration on hold u.s. senators joining the protesters in the capital kiev throwing their weight behind the opposition's pro western ambitions. mexico is gripped by mass anti-government demonstrations with protesters accusing authorities of stripping the state of its wealth and people of their future.

baby out of the russian capital you're watching r t international with me marina joshie welcome to the program fierce fighting continues in the syrian town of hadera on the outskirts of damascus as the army tries to push rebel forces from several districts and our sources say al qaida ling groups have carried out mass executions and kidnappings in the town our colleagues from artie's arabic chalo spoke to an eyewitness. r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters and toured 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 lawyers seize control of all the streets and cross roads very quickly

and not first took positions on the roof and how did they carried out the massacre the first report said twenty had been killed but today we're seeing it obviated figures it's a horrifying situation or a scene of murder atrocities and career 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 zooms which the rebels have been using as a base of operations these places are heavily fortified sources also say the total death toll and address main fact increase because the syrian army has not yet liberated the entire town of. what about alice patrick caddell son told r.t. that events in our drove show that western encouragement of rebel forces only delaying any hope of peace in syria if there is any western governments that want to have any dialogue or engage in dog with these groups these are the same western

governments is saying that we don't talk to terrorists we don't negotiate with terrorists and here just the mere idea of wanting to include the radical islamic element into the conversation and for the future of syria is is ridiculous just on the basis of western policy over the last twenty or thirty years doesn't make any sense at all what it does though indicate is that there are there is involvement absolutely by western and say agencies that do have links to some of these radical jihadist groups and that has been proven throughout history and is also the case today the first thing that needs to happen for any peace talks to succeed is the western governments cannot be involved in any way shape or form either through proxies with these intelligence agencies or third parties with army financing equipping giving aid of any kind to the syrian opposition of course we'll

be keeping a close eye on syria throughout the day and for the latest updates as well as more eyewitness reports log on to our website r t v dot com. to other stories now ukraine's locked in uncertainty with both the government and the e.u. sending mixed signals over possibilities for future integration as thousands remain on cave's main square demanding an agreement a senior official signal that all such plans are on hold and in this happens fear of hazard and it's the u.s. that seems to have assumed the role of decision maker as you know reports. trauma care. bremer oh there's a few americans with you right here john mccain's media conference in kiev was rich in loud statements didn't leave veiled warnings to moscow we need to make it clear . to the russian government that i'm here putin that interference in the affairs

of ukraine is not acceptable to the united states of america or to any other free country in the world followed by explicit threats to kiev if the movement membership and he does not achieve that is going to have very serious effects here in ukraine and in us cray cray malaysians he accused russia of interfering but many question twice he was there in the first place it's not the first time john mccain has been seen paying a visit to the united states is currently lending its support to he had a photo op with some syrian rebel kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician and mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine his appearance at kiev's independence square was preceded by u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland handing out cakes to the protesters the reason they all that 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 in kiev they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that

it's simply not working the balance 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 we'll see the differences the divisions in the you cracking which are already very great but as u.s. officials seem keen on pushing the u.s.o.c. deal through. to brussels old but shut the door and signing it through a tweet from the man in charge of e.u. expansion it's unclear whether it's a matter of the e.u. not budging on ukraine's pleas for more financial help upon signing the agreement the previous offer of six hundred million euro was branded as humiliating by unocal which or brussels rumored willingness to seize any talks with this government this latest statement by the european official also puts huge pressure on the coverage

because he has been saying all along seriously during the last call it says that meetings with european officials and the opposition that ukraine would not step down from your integration. he was fully expecting to sign your association deal with here is the future and with the news that this prospect is as remote as ever the protesters resolve is now also being hardened by a rallying cry from the newest arrivals from america lexy reshevsky see reporting from kiev in ukraine r.t. discussed the americans had a very zealous support for ukraine's opposition rallies with international relations professor mark sobota he thinks they are involvement is driven by anything but genuine concern over the authorities handling of peaceful protests. senator john mccain hasn't shown any such concern for occupy wall street protesters when they were brutally repressed in the united states and driven from zuccotti park and from the main centers of american cities across america or with.

protesters in europe against neoliberal austerity measures when tens of millions receive like treatment over the last two years indeed just this week in spain in the united kingdom and in italy we saw police repression of peaceful political dissent john mccain hasn't. shown any concern about this what john mccain has always been concerned with is he views russia as a geo political enemy of the united states of the greater transatlantic community and he like many a western officials is viewing through this through a cold war lens of trying to separate russia from the ukraine in order to in his mind keep it in a permanently geo politically weakened state. political turmoil crackdown on protests and an economy in limbo life an age it is no easy ride just to have you

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locally. why is the price of gold so high. demand global demand do you think gold is money. the value of the only place we have to live of the water that we need to survive it's not compared to i mean gold we're not going to eat gold we're not going to bait with gold. we're not going to drink what clearly is and it's in a desperate economic situation absolutely right what we're wrong to do is say therefore any kind of economic development from the outside is going to be a benefit their only purpose is to extract as much money as possible to feed into the global financial system. with we're

a part of the geo political economic system that's extremely exploited or. first of all is a question where the mining should even be carried out altogether can it be done in a way which doesn't destroy people's lives resources environment and soon will you know those are pretty serious questions mining is not a what a moment problem it's happening in asia in africa and south america in central america in mexico and it's even happening in canada and the united states. which. we can we know if the naturals going to stay still some of. the concerns get to. choose the opinions that immigrate to.

choose the stories that imply the. choose the access to. welcome back you're watching our international a mexican has been hit by a tide of protests as people call for the government to stop selling to corporations compromising country's future reason the congress approved an energy reform to private eye is the state run oil sector a sticking point which has brought hundreds of thousands of people out on the streets across the country well the bill has now been approved by more than a third of the mexican states but what began as a protest against the energy policy overhaul has now turned into a nationwide discontent with the entire government are hispanic correspond i witnessed one such demonstration. protests against the energy

reform have been held in all major cities across mexico it's a new demonstration of power of those who oppose what they government has approved without de consent we can't forget that the three points of the mexican constitution that will be modified under the new measure for many mexicans this new era in the energy sector just means that they get in at the end of the country's independence many also believes that the whole process has been just a farce and that the decision was really already made even before the debate began the rapid approval that the reform is getting in the local delegations and the strengthens the position of those who think the politicians of mexico aren't on the side of the people on the side of commercial interests that is in that is not interested in asking the people they don't care about what we think at all this states who have to reform a trillion ten minutes you know know what they are doing there to train us the streets are the only thing we have now and will do all it takes to defend it and

symbolically protesters in mexico city the nation's capital chose the square of independence to kick off a massive march pressure tension and frustration been building up here it's not only about managing reform they talked about education reform about transposes indeed it's just the mexican people coming together really demonstrated they just are not happy with their policies. and international action center activists called mob and believe the government itself is a source of the unrest. the oil in mexico this is something that the mexican people you know have called claims for themselves they say it's their property they say belongs to doubt but now just like so much of the wealth of the world's being privatized being handed over to private corporations and being utilized to make profits were for some capitalists and that's that's an outrage and that's why the people are are rising up against it that's why we see all these massive outcry

because the people of mexico have really made clear that the government of mexico doesn't represent them that represents interests in the united states and they would like sovereignty and independence and if i'm more stories we're covering our t. dot com there you'll see three hundred lashes for calling for constitutional monarchy saudi activist are punished for criticizing the ruling family and get a further four years in prison plus. reparations for world cup two thousand and fourteen could be undermined as workers and brazil call for a nationwide strike over the human cost of construction more details on r.t. dot com. right to see. first street. and i would think that you're. on our reporters. in.

the in the. watching our team international idjit will vote on a new constitution and a month from now it'll be half a year since the army ousted president morsi and the span of the country's main document but manny egyptians may have already given up hope by then as a failing economy gloomy prospects and political pressure forced them to look out were for a better live belcher reports. omaha meet a young egyptian design student sits in his favorite downtown cairo cafe talking about a better life abroad three years on from participating in two thousand and eleven revolution almer is frustrated by the state of the country he says once he finishes his studies he'll have to leave. here your story for four years and then you don't find a job at the end of it there are better chances are side egypt where i can find the

freedom to work with the skills that i have that is one of the most important reasons forcing people to leave egypt there are eight million egyptians already abroad and others are looking to join them as the economy flatlines in the political instability even if the economy of the country will grow in the future the double digits there will never be able to accommodate every new job seekers there is going to be always a percentage of the population that would seek job elsewhere job outside the country youth unemployment rates are at a staggering seventy seven percent and that may well rise after years of turmoil for young men like almost seeking work abroad is often the only option but it's not just the economy driving egyptians to leave some of fleeing a growing crackdown on political freedoms a growing numbers of activists are now facing jail sentences after the military installed government enforced the law banning protests without official permission

daily battles between student protesters and security forces rock egypt's campuses police and the army continue to patrol the streets here where we need democracy freedom better health care and social justice to fulfill the main demands of our revolution the police need to change the whole regime needs to have a better ideological way of dealing with egypt or more people will go the government hopes and new constitution and upcoming elections will help stabilize egypt but until egyptians can find work and enjoy basic freedoms more will. to leave. for. some other stories from around the world starting with the philippines where a bus has plunged off a motorway into a van in the capital manila so far twenty one people have been reported dead and twenty injured after a vehicle veered off the road according to local reports have a traffic and rainy weather are believed to have caused the accident.

a proposed bill that will shield romania's m.p.'s from probes over corruption has led to a violent protest in the capital bucharest crowds broke through a police cordon outside the government headquarters chanting slogans and demanding the photos of the drop remaining is present assessed food signature is required for the bill to become law as can dam parliament's plans. israeli soldier has been killed by a lebanese sniper on the border with lebanon the soldier was treated at the scene by died later in hospital the lebanese army has been put on high alert due to fear of reprisals by i.d.f. troops the region has been hit by sporadic violence since two thousand and six when israel fought a month long battle with lebanon based has. this agreement between member states is growing as its newest members remain in bulgaria prepare

to gain the same rights as other citizens integration in banking are driving a divide between nations that fear of lot of benefit hungry people are going to reports. it's supposed to be an ever closer europe but the european commission the body responsible for keeping the twenty eight country club together is facing a growing number of complaints from its members in january as the newest members romanians and bulgarians will be able to travel to work and live anywhere within the euro zone but the u.k. prime minister david cameron's not exactly offering open arms change the rules about removing people to countries for a job is one thing but i'm not favor of people to be able to claim benefits that it was a series of measures this week. that there isn't the freedom to go and play the same

sentiments have been shared by germany and france so it's no surprise that views not going down well with the european commission it argues migrants boost these countries economies rather than sponge off that governments but immigration is by no means the only issue that you can't agree on. god only what we're facing right now is there is actually died it has been lost and i'm not talking about like u.k. or break them equates always have been we've won food outside and inside europe i'm talking about their overall european broad european banking union has long been on the cards designed to offer the same confidence to a deposit in a greek or spanish bank as enjoyed by someone in a german one but richer member states a worried at all only end in bailouts for banks and other countries last time ministers met to discuss the union they wrapped up early because of a lack of progress and speaking of money brussels has strived for tax harmonize

ation but cost your mind back to recent scandals about google and apple housing the headquarters in ireland with a corporate tax rate of just twelve and a half percent compared to thirty four percent in belgium and you'll see that harmonized ation is a long way off you're seeing economic effects of the shed from greece across the eastern europe recent germany but without political control over those things happening it's a very untenable situation to have the u.k. and then you've got if you like the central european countries in terms of preferred high regulation state direction and then southern europe which and so very recently adopted quite extreme politics so since i'm old these all together in one political union i think it's probably very far fetched i think it will ever work and not in the forseeable future. azzi london. i'll be back to the headlines in around forty minutes time but stay where t. for social right now the talk show.

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hello welcome to sophie and co me sophie shevardnadze as brussels goes in a renewed push to bring more countries into its fold the division is inside nations affected deepen the call for european integration rings on kid of squares some fear it will turn into a western expansion who really knows what's for the best while those who create always feel the tide turning sharper than others so i asked an artist about the changes in their.

stories a filmmaker actor director writer musician you name it ever sing great to have you on our show today so ukraine has been in the news lately everyone's talking about it you have said that ukraine is looking at a yugoslav scenario what exact parallel switch you drove with your question in yugoslavia do you think civil war is possible there are other things going because the question of ukraine is war. gross and about who will give more because the feeling that those people who. have been calling. are much more. agreeable to to accept some.

good bid to this artificial name of what is because today nato is in fact spreading or what they used to saying we were one of the dungannon austin and now this is very visible that in fact european formally doesn't mean nato but in fact it's very much connected why i'm saying it is i have example in which for the strategic reason bulgaria and romania became europe before even serbia and croatia. what is your of for me europe is an old system that gave us a renaissance and it gave us the biggest achievements. in the judea christian civilization and i am behind this but each time it comes every in a while in the century to the crisis then there is

a formal way to go for the goods on the other side my problem a little bit of them in venice of understanding this if the current the present. administration with the president is one hundred percent decided not to go to europe as the as they said it i don't know if this is sincere act of mr what is it you know the cards or what is it they would interact in fact negotiating trying to get more from europe but the point is they will never get money from europe because europe cannot give them i think they are as likely to have money another question who has the money and they will all know that russia has the money because our side has the sources in sebi area which they don't have for whom napoleon was kind of coming and trying to get it.