the spanish find out more visit actuality. an apparent witness to a cold blooded mass murder near damascus tells our team that dozens of people including children were killed by radical jihadists their. certainty hangs over ukraine as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. us mexico is planning to privatized the pump but if you're an oil tycoon don't get your cash out just yet hundreds of thousands of protesters are rallying to stop the state from selling out. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t international with me and he's an

ally our top story this monday nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. how they've witnessed anti-government islamists burning civilians an oven and using other others as human shields but the army struggling to throw the extremists out of the area say the horrific scenes did take place artie's arabic channel trying to get a clear picture of what happened. r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters and toward the town of address and massacred local civilians it's morning 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. militants from shabaab don't strike and they are you know it's one system to withhold the streets and profile sparing. the station

became terrible there were killings outrage and fear on of them to find our men came to the city they carried out the slaughter the worst thing in their crime was when they shot people in the baker's opens they kidnapped people and many were beaten 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 of. just last week the u.s. and britain limited their aid to only moderate rebels due to the increasing inflow of al-qaeda linked to harvest has led some analysts to predict that the opposition might unite with the army against a common enemy. only a few months ago. supporters of the opposition and even the opposition itself was

being very quiet and many people turning a blind eye to the existence of a significant radical jihad it just al-qaeda linked elements running round it let's say in syria so it serves their interests at the time because the us britain and france were positioned themselves possibly for a military strike against the syrian government over the alleged chemical weapons affair but now as military intervention did not happen this is a wholly different ballgame down in the opposition sees the danger here obviously the syrian government has seen it and said so from the onset wired to his arabic channel news team is trying to get more firsthand experiences from people in the city was apparently attacked by doha this report say dozens of civilians were massacred there if you missed anything you can head to our t.v. dot com to get more background. well there are mixed signals over

ukraine's possible trade deal with the e.u. which has been the source of massive protests for the past month a senior u.s. official stated that all talks are now on hold while ukraine's authorities say they're progressing in this hasn't happened here the u.s. seems eager to assume the role of decision maker as alexis now reports. bremer oh there's very few americans with you right here john mccain's media conference in kiev was rich in loud statements thinly veiled warnings to moscow we need to make it clear. to the russian government that i'm your 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 and membership in the e.u.

does not achieve that cause it's going to have very serious effects here in ukraine and in u.s. craned lation he accused russia of interfering but many question why he was there in the first place it's not the first time john mccain has been seen paying a visit to those 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 that gives independent square was preceded by u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland handing out cakes to the protesters 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 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 on. simply too strong and i think for

american politicians and indeed european politicians to go to the you tray 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 but as u.s. officials seem keen on pushing the u.s. o.c.a. deal through brussels all 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 communicating by unocal which or brussels rumored willingness to seize any talks with this government this latest statement by the european whistle also puts huge pressure on the coverage because he has been saying all along continuously during press corps it's a meetings with european officials and the opposition that the train would not step down from the euro integration. he was all expecting to sign your association deal

with nearest 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 let's hear a chance to see reporting from kiev in ukraine. well kiev protests are not the first aimed at regime change where senator mccain has popped up all of a sudden here he is embracing ukraine's aren't revolution almost a decade ago he was also a frequent flyer to georgia another soviet former soviet republic that saw a colored revolution mccain is now friends with its former president mikhail saakashvili who after coming to power crackdown on protests against his own administration the arab spring of course didn't escape mccain's attention he supported protestors on egypt's tahrir square and in libya where he pushed for more active u.s. involvement in its civil war as for syria mccain was among the most vocal advocates

for america to start bombing the regime and arming its rebels international relations professor marks the boat says the u.s. senator demonstrates a highly selective approach when it comes to empty government anger zetter 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 trans-atlantic community

and he like many western officials is viewing 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 geopolitically weakened state. the issue of moscow supposed pressure on ukraine is one of the main topics for a meeting between russia's foreign minister and the top diplomat that was kicked off in brussels so it's ours isn't there for us and now brings us the latest ukraine is definitely on the table here while the situation on the ground remains tense so it is to a certain extent among diplomatic circles now a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov his visit to brussels comes on the back of a tweet from the e.u. chief for enlargement who says that the e.u. believes that ukraine's position on the go seizures of the association agreement is quote unquote and has no grounds in reality now the ukrainian prime minister's office has responded to that and said that ukraine is very much open to continuing

negotiations with the e.u. however it will not respond to tweets it will respond to official messages and also it wants to if it does decide to sign it wants to do so on its own terms that as far as russia is concerned here among the meetings of the foreign ministers the deputy foreign minister of lithuania is also chairing and presiding over the e.u. council and said that's of the lover of can expect to be told about quote unquote in the admissibility of putting pressure to bear on ukraine now the permanent representative of russia to the e.u. has responded to that it has also turned the table in question of the very actions of the e.u. towards kiev basically likening it to steamrolling and he also reiterated that it is ukraine sovereign choice to sign or not to sign that agreement we can expect sergei lavrov also to be commenting on that or to be asked that very same question but aside from ukraine there's also a slew of other topics that they will discuss such as promoting bilateral relations

between russia and the e.u. in line with the upcoming summit touching upon visa free travel for instance energy cooperation as well as iran and syria so the foreign ministers today really have a lot on their plates certainly sounds that way our. reporting live from brussels thanks for that. well coming up for you the crushed hopes of those who are coming of age egypt there's this illusion that among the country's younger generation but how the arab spring turned out there a main main goal now is to get out and live abroad as we've reported shortly. in the fortress meant mentality in western europe as leaders book to ring fence jobs for their own nationals amid fears of a new tide of even immigration from the east stay with our team.

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our big t.v. dog called. welcome back to r.t. international live from moscow a new oil rush is brewing in the americas and this time the world's energy corporations have their sights set on mexico protests have erupted across the country after lawmakers voted to do away with seventy five years of oil nationalization and open up the country's reserves to the highest bidder well the plan has already been approved by more than a third of mexico's states but while oil tycoons have cause to celebrate hundreds of thousands of protesters are denouncing it as an act of betrayal by their government the latest in a series of disappointments artie's nicholas o'donovan 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 their consent we can't forget that there is 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 the beginning of 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 only strengthens the position of those who think that politicians of mexico aren't on the side of the people on the side of commercial interests losing that is if they're not interested in asking the people they don't care about what we think at all this states will have to reform a trillion ten minutes you know know what they're doing in their view train us the streets are the only thing as 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 their massive march pressure tension and frustration of being built up here it's not only about energy reform they talk about education reform about the transfer overseas indeed it's just the mexican people coming together really demonstrating they just are not happy with their policies under the new proposal the state oil company pemex will be reduced to a shadow of its former self worker's representatives will be removed from the board of directors kalam out pin a socialist campaigner for the international action center thinks this is bad news for the mexican people. the oil in mexico this is something that the mexican people you know have 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 work for some capitalist 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 it represents interests in the united states and they would like sovereignty and independence. russia might consider a decade long bound on genetically modified foods on our web site scientists are urging the government to give them ten years to study the effects on humans of the controversial products. and keep your drones out of yemen is part of the many votes to ban unmanned strikes amidst seething outrage over deadly u.s. attacks more on our website are to dot com. showing symbols like these could land you in jail in egypt a fifteen year old boy was arrested last month after he brought a ruler to school bearing the sign of a muslim brotherhood prosecutors claim the boy was inciting violence while the brotherhood unites millions of people who oppose the in term government in egypt

but they say their voice is being quiet and as bell true reports it's just another reason why many egyptians are looking elsewhere for a better life. 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 omer 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 outside egypt there 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 and 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 fleeing and made 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 broke 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 be forced to leave. for r.t. . for more updates from egypt you can follow bell true on twitter and find out how someone sloppiness made this sad promoting the new constitution a bit of an embarrassment all is not what it seems with these people bel explains why in her tweets so long online and find out what it is about this that makes is making a fuss and egypt. friends mulling over protecting its jobs and welfare system by putting a cap on the number of new arrivals from within the e.u. the plans were leaked as concerns grow that a wave of immigrants from romania and bulgaria lies ahead when freedom of movement rules change in the new year polly boycott 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 of 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 you need to change the rules about every move with people we bring to countries for a job is one thing but i'm not in favor of people being to be able to claim benefits that's why we set up a series of measures this week to put beyond doubt that there isn't a freedom to go and play the same sentiments have been shared by many in france so it's no surprise that views not going down well with the european commission it argues migrants use these countries economies rather than sponge off that governments but immigration is by no means the only issue that you can't agree on i

don't believe what we're facing right now is actually that has been lost and i'm not talking about. u.k. or rate of equates all away. i've been outside and inside europe i'm talking about. a european banking union has long been on the cards designed to offer the same confidence to a depositor in a greek or spanish bank as enjoyed by someone in a german one but richer member states a worried it'll 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 nation but cost your mind back to recent scandals about google and apple housing their 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 nation is a long way off you're seeing economic effects of the show from greece across the eastern europe germany but without political control over those things happening it's a very on turnabout situation to have. london. a passenger bus in the philippines has veered off an elevated highway and plunged into a van below killing at least twenty one people another twenty were injured you know it's not clear what caused the accident but the road was slippery because of rain authorities have suspended the entire fleet of the bus company involved. british shell gas drilling company got a rude awakening this morning after mt fracking activists blocks the entrance to the well with a massive wind turbine the seventeen metre one and a half ton green machine was described as a christmas gift by the activists britain is wrestling over the benefits and pitfalls of fracking which offers cheap energy but at

a potentially serious environmental cost. a series of attacks across iraq has killed at least twenty nine people the deadliest happened two hundred kilometers north of baghdad when a suicide bomber blew up his car at the gates of a police station three more attackers then made it inside before blowing themselves up killing eight officers all in nearby nearby to create a gunman forced their way into the city council building and have barricaded themselves inside. a group of soldiers has apparently attempted to overthrow the government of south sudan officials say the fighters were reportedly led by a former vice president they ransacked a weapons depot in the capital juba for attacking military installations a military spokesman said the attempted coup was squashed and politicians linked to the uprising have been arrested. coming up here an artsy international report on the

twists and turns in the life of a boxer fighting for his dignity. 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 was over and trust me after about three hours of serious lectures at a conference or some sort of super long wedding most of us would just be banging our heads against the wall out of boredom and i'd probably check 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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