breaking news on our t.v. police under a vicious attack from hordes of anti-government protesters in the ukrainian capital or buses were burned during street battles. and i look back at the week's top stories the international criminal court may see top british military officials in the dock for the first time in history iraqis ations of war crimes committed by troops during the iraq war. a price worth paying that in your prudent speaks out about the record breaking cost of the sochi games while dispelling fears over the safety and security of those attending. top ranking lawmakers on capitol hill attacked president obama's proposed n.s.a. reform is ineffective while condemning the president for creating a climate of uncertainty.

in moscow i match reza bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news but we begin with breaking news tonight disturbing images emerging of violence in kiev around seventy police hurt in clashes with protesters according to the ukrainian interior ministry this some of the most dramatic footage that we've received in this video from our teaser agency ruptly you can see rioters beating police with sticks crowds also through stones and fireworks at police who responded with water cannons and tear gas ukrainian journalist andre botched avoid told us what he saw. i saw them out of cocktails for owing to the rows of police so it's happening old a time when the police is trying to stop the protestors and to go go come to them closer the protesters to the right activists are following

a stones to write articles young people tried to break through the fans of police and to go to the governmental area of the city and police us trying to trying to stop them people are building barricades they are using the cars which are standing on the square they want to choose to achieve their goals now so they did a one two three and a goal was to go away to be not present president they want to have another government and they want to have this in the in one moment they don't talk to journalists so they can't explain what they want so they want to fight. activists and opposition leaders pushing for the government to step down over a new law they say is in breach of the constitution they say will make it easier to prosecute demonstrators campaigning for change meanwhile an advisor to president barack obama expressed support for the ukrainian opposition our cross wrote on twitter about the protester violence in the country is

a result of the actions of president and his party which he's really was in kiev where the protests started last year and shared experiences with my colleague kevin oh. there had to. burst into flame earlier right when they started back in november or it got to the point where they have to do something and by they i mean the protesters and of course the government as well but most of the protesters because for a while there they tried to you know keep it coming in waves they're waiting for the dispersed so they kept saying it's going to happen people kept getting messages through their phones and through twitter. threatening messages which were essentially saying we're about to be ambushed at the police because there's going to be you know essentially all hell breaks loose and it never happened it's really quite safe to say that we've probably had several hundred of these ultranationalist accidents but i would say this is exactly what they wanted them the mayhem and at one point they tried to direct the bus somebody got into the bus and tried to

direct them at the police if we go back to back to december there was already an incident when they tried to run a bulldozer into the police as well so this is sort of a repeat of what we saw back then just a month ago essentially but it does look a lot does look a lot sillier of course it's much more colorful now. very briefly. back back in the day basically it was about the fact you know i was called out at the very last moment from signing a trade agreement with the european union but now they're completely different now it's against the government now they're protesting now they're saying this is a revolution in one the government to step down were over in the second month of protests and they cannot agree on anything they decided not even to bring out a unified candidate should the elections take place and a lot of people i think were really upset by that and that's what people were

chanting earlier today they were they were sounding their leader because that's exactly what they need and they don't see the president says he's ready to enter talks with the opposition to resolve the ongoing crisis in ukraine neil clark a u.k. based journalist monitoring the unrest in kiev says the opposition is trying to topple the government because it would lose at the ballot box if the opposition had this of course they claim to have and why don't they simply wait elections we're not talking about five years' time we're talking about next february really took in about thirty months time so i think the opposition might now trying to bring down a government to try to bring that out very early elections when called the elections to talk of the government and he said undemocratic because you know the majority of people are not represented by my view there's no evidence that the majority of people who created you should call them and i think that is the goal of this would be undemocratic move freely and to go pursue the western leaders about this it is quite striking because you have a code which was

a democratically elected leader ukraine is not north korea it's not saudi arabia it's a democracy and it give ocracy if you want to remove the government then what you do is try to persuade people to. free elections and there may not be as i say every twenty fifteen so why don't you opposition to the no i mean what we're seeing in ukraine is an attempt for a regime change. parties weren't serious you covered last year's ukraine protests is following the current turmoil and here you have latest on his twitter. you can follow him for the most dramatic pictures an up to date information. turning now to some of the week's other top stories top u.k. military officials could be tried for war crimes for the first time or report by the european human rights group claims britain is concealing evidence of abuse by its forces during the iraq war thousands of former detainees testified that they suffered violence and even torture at the hands of british troops the dossier now being examined by the international criminal court or he's probably boyko reports from london. up until now the international criminal court at the hague had mostly

tried to african dictators and tyrants but the i.c.c. has been asked to investigate thousands of allegations of war crimes committed by british forces in iraq a two hundred and fifty page dossier presented by a human rights organization and a british law firm contains allegations of beatings of electrocution smoke executions and sexual assault committed by u.k. forces and according to the also as of this report the finger of blame extends to the very heart of the british government at the time so the head of the british army the former defense secretary and the former defense minister could face prosecution for what this dossier calls systemic war crimes there are many hundreds of cases where the people have been interviewed in the provided reports about this

abuse and it varies from what people might think are. relatively mundane examples of abuse to really quite appalling physical their report says that british military commanders knew that their forces were committing war crimes and moreover that their civilians to perry as consciously ignored such information at their disposal but the u.k. foreign secretary william hague has already firmly rejected the suggestion that those at the top here in westminster knew what was taking place on the ground in iraq we reject allegations of systematic abuse but whether all substantiated allegations of things going wrong these things have been or are being investigated that does not require references to the international criminal court the position of the british government has constantly been or were doing enough the point of this is simply that they still haven't done enough there are right. no at the

international criminal court two heads of state one of them a sitting head of state of kenya and the other the former head of state of cold d'ivoire they're both on trial at the international criminal court not for getting their hands bloody they didn't do anything themselves the people under their authority are people they should have controlled were committing the crimes so if it's good enough for the african countries it should be good enough for the u.k. to the international criminal court has come under increasing pressure to act against war crimes committed by western countries it's now up to the prosecutor at the i.c.c. to go through the claims of abuse and to decide whether to call high ranking british officials into the dock at the hague probably boy artsy london majority of the reports contents are being kept away from the public but some parts of it have come to light the dossier contains reports of killings beatings or rapes and various torture methods u.k. forces allegedly used against iraqis families of inmates were reportedly also

targeted the year old son of one man supposedly slapped by an officer rises father was arrested another former detainee claims soldiers threatened to sexually abuses sister we spoke with one of the co-authors of the report for more on the allegation . it shows that it's not only about individual and single cases and incidents it's really a systematic pattern of reparative acts which are cured and finding in our report or communication to the i.c.c. it's mars and single isolated incidents it's now is a time because the u.k. had ten years to investigate to prosecute the direct perpetrators but also the higher ups. in the u.k. ten years and there are still hardly any prosecutions in the country so now it's simply the time that international courts have to step in syria's main opposition group votes in favor of attending peace talks in geneva we look back at

the week's diplomatic twists and turns that just days before the start of negotiations that pave the way for a political solution to the country's deadly civil war this after a short break. when you were followed around when you were being investigated because of the whim of someone this is the beginning of the end of your freedom. american citizens. text message use you know. it was a cold text messages so you just. everything without my knowledge basically and there's no legal absolutely yes when you bareback with the internet you bareback with big brother.

thirteen minutes past the hour to me putin says russia will do everything it can to ensure a safe winter olympics without making security measures too intrusive with less than three weeks to go before the start of the sochi games the russian leaders sat down with the international media he addressed the huge cost of staging the event and dispelled fears that gave visitors would suffer discrimination my colleague yulia chavo spoke with artie's andrew farmer who's in sochi about the president's address. these games are the most expensive in the lympics history and five times

the original price tag but mr putin did stress that over the last five years sochi was the biggest building site in the world all the venues had to be built from scratch in this huge infrastructural development in terms of roads and rail links and he said because of that it was expected things would go over budget but he said where overspend has not been justified action has been taken and people have actually lost their jobs including a russian olympic committee member who was in charge of the ski jump to sell a team which went six and a half times over budget and he was fired however mr putin did say that there was no corruption among government officials are they if evidence was presented it would be investigated russia's law against gay propaganda to mine is rose a lot of calls to boycott the olympics from abroad so this issue was also mentioned it was and again he stressed that homosexuality is not

a crime in russia but he did say that calls for a boycott on the games on this topic was a throwback to old style thinking which he did not think is helpful and he said that he thought that the worst still people in the west they were looking to restrain emerging countries in the east that had become global competitors and you also drew a parallel with china saying they also experienced call for a boycott in the run up to the beijing games back in two thousand and eight and it was pretty well i don't think these are manifestations of the cold war but it is a demonstration of competition when such a powerful country like china starts showing rapid pace in growth becomes a real competitor in global politics and being global markets and of course tools to restrain such growth are switched on probably some out approaches towards russia still exist from the perspective that there is a need to restrain the coming about and finally security and. how it will affect

big gains is of cool water is many people that one of the president's comments on that. it is a major issue particularly after the bombings in volgograd he did say that forty thousand troops and police. in and around the sochi area at the moment he did say it was necessary but he also did stress that they would do all they could to make sure that they would not be to ensure you see the members of the public and all these people come to sochi to try and enjoy the games my own experience i was walking along the promenade yesterday and on the horizon was a warship and yes i see small patrols of police on the streets and also regular police write checks but i wouldn't describe it as overbearing in fact i would say that i think many people who find it reassuring certainly at the moment with around three weeks to go before the start of the gangs you can watch their prelim big interview with russian president in full on our website r t dot com. the

highly anticipated address by president barack obama on arraigning in n.s.a. spying has been criticized some lambasted the proposed reforms as being cosmetic and most likely ineffective while others say they carried additional risks one of the key points of the speech was that data gathered by the agency won't be stored any longer by the government but this part fears that a third party could access the information if it was stored beyond official control also lawmakers accuse the president of failing to bring forward actual reforms in creating a sense of uncertainty colleen raju a former f.b.i. agent and whistleblower is among those left unsatisfied a speech. well i think the speech was a few baby steps in the right direction but it was a lot of dissemble lane and certainly it was a reassurance to the n.s.a. and its employees that they have been doing the right thing he talked really focus was on the two fifteen telephone metadata program that is just one of dozens of

massive collections nothing in obama's speech put any rain rain began this collected all approach and yesterday that there was a big revelation of our call dish fire program that just fire program was collecting all tax calls literally hundreds of thousands of text calls every day are going into the n.s.a.'s vacuum it's gigantic coover. you know sales tactics angered many across the world some compared its activities to the full scale espionage of the cold war era our correspondent peter all over takes a look. on finding out that the united states' attempt to private mobile phone and gloom urkel confronted president obama with this claim. former offices in the east german secret police which was known as the stars of

a warning for the n.s.a. if they think must surveillance is the solution to a nation's problems and who quote if it's even the best qualified and most advanced secret service cannot save the state we showed you that away from the professed shock of the politicians at the n.s.a. spying ability how does it compare with the actions of the east german secret services during the cold war this can now as to elude this is exactly as illegal as some of the tactics that the stars are used to employ it is a breach of human rights but the government machine is so powerful that you can't stop it i would snowden's leaks about the shape and scope of n.s.a. surveillance show in germany as one of the top targets for u.s. snooping again. on top of the ominously named devil's mountain life the remnants of the last major n.s.a. spying program to look into the private lives of the people of berlin or it's abundant now but back in the day this post with years to listen in on the private

phone calls of thousands of citizens in both the east and the west of the fifty then it was thousands of calls now it's millions sometimes tens of millions of data connections that are tracked and logged with them electronically mukesh the way they do it now is much more intensive your web browsing history credit cards they can build a profile on you way easier than was ever possible in my day. didn't have access to this type of technology they rely on developing personal contacts mendelssohn's version even those who are working in counterintelligence in the west were ours even they said it we were pretty good even then the fear of being listened into is taken seriously as one former officer charged with looking into nato told us you mind those fires my superior office. is there any technology that they can use to stop eavesdropping on my calls yes yes just don't pick it up these veterans of the

spy game might be impressed by the capabilities of the n.s.a. but they cool shits about the quality of the information collected for lessons yet they relied too much on technology that technology might let you locate a person or listen to their calls it doesn't let you know what they think with the usa doing all it come to justify its intelligence gathering the operation. two point zero by critics like since he continued for some time yet peter all of a germany. now to some other stories making international headlines in iraq government forces launched a long expected attack on militants who seized a large parts of ramadi in december fierce fighting broke out leaving at least twenty police officers and allied tribal militias dead or wounded nearby city of fallujah also fell under the control of some militant groups that later declared independence and depict a player and an independent islamic state in the city. violent

clashes breaking out in a stand alone as thousands mark a death of a journalist seven years ago at the time of his death a reporter was pushing for reconciliation between turks and armenians but the campaign sparked great anger among nationalists in the country two countries are at odds over whether turkey engaged in genocide after invading armenia almost one hundred years ago. in egypt ousted president morsi morsi facing a fourth trial on charges of insulting the judiciary his first trial started earlier this month but now he and twenty four other politicians will also be tried on the new charges leader was overthrown in july when his muslim brotherhood power base was declared a terrorist group. norwegian villagers famous for its picturesque wooden buildings has been severely damaged by fire thirty properties burned to the ground at least ninety people needed hospital treatment fire crews eventually managed to extinguish the flames but police warned there could be another flare up

because of the blaze not yet known and under investigation. the french interior minister says about a dozen teenagers have left the country to join militant groups in syria he added the trend of young people traveling to the war zone has dramatically increased but as you how it is here continue to gain ground hopes of a diplomatic solution to the conflict were also given a boost this after syria's main opposition group finally agreed to attend the geneva peace talks after months of wavering. looks back at the week's developments with time running out before the start of geneva two conference on syria it was a busy week for global diplomacy it's our hope that in the face to face meeting of the regime and the opposition will be the beginning of the beginning. and to this unspeakable conflict never before have russia and the us been so united over syria holding damascus and the rebels both responsible for atrocities standing together for

a political solution and going further still we wouldn't be going to try to send the signals to all the syrian sides on the need to establish localized ceasefires to consider the lists of prisoners of war including civilians and also as to allow humanitarian aid. washington even turn around its stance on iran saying it could also take part in the conference so long as it supported previous international agreements on syria to keep power saying the foundation for me would say you are on the same page when it comes to the most important issues are the same can't be said about some western nations who may be risking it all off and perhaps right now just one wrong move is enough to bring down this diplomatic house of cards such as the mixed signals sent from france to the rebels who themselves took the whole week to decide whether they'll take part. we don't have the assad regime on one side and terrorists on the other it is the regime that is fueling terrorism. such statements

may be music to their ears but these are cynical statements the western military alliance has been recruiting right from the outset and it's confirmed by numerous. reliable sources from pairs the diplomatic move to moscow which was visited by syria and iran diplomats because it's confirmed. after much debate so has the opposition but still in question is iran supported by the widespread acceptance that it's a key player in the region and vital to. syria you've got it going over there. and stan un chief ban ki moon saying iran has officially been invited to take part in the geneva peace talks former french prime minister dominique de ville planned explained why he thinks it's crucial that iran participate in the conference and should be as much as possible part of the talks because you want he's a very regional players i believe the dialogue that the international community.

on the nuclear question is a very important one we should try to go forward and settle and if we can you run forward to discussing the current crisis of the region we cause we will be much more efficient how can we solve the rocky crises how can we solve the crisis with iran and that's why i really believe that the dialogue with this country is important and we should really take into account the fact that without having you run a board days no solution to be the least and starting monday will bring a special preview of the long awaited geneva two talks plus coverage of the event on wednesday. after three years of. just over one hundred.

m. a c. and common sense come together with one message. war is not the answer. does peace have a chance. next hour to examine whether surveillance systems in the british capital are bringing the desired results stay with us after this short break. another whistleblowers facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort of dark secret cia plans or some other plaque for a new war of luxury no she exposed something far more dangerous and important to the zombies on their couches the university of north carolina athletes are mentally unfit for college and even high school mary willing come blew the whistle on the fact that between eight and ten percent of the school's football and basketball

players read of the fourth grade level and many others are sub college level she also claims that these students were allowed into the university based on the screening process done by the university i.e. implying that the you of n.c. knew exactly who they were letting into the university remember college football makes a lot of money i always had a feeling that something like this was going on i mean according to usa today many college athletes claim that during the season they put in more than double the amount of hours on sports that they are allowed that's fifty to sixty hours a week how can they possibly learn anything maybe it isn't so sad that this goes on it is a reflection of economics what is sad is that the whistleblower is getting death threats just for saying that it is going on by those stupid hardcore fans but that's just my opinion. u.s. president barack obama's of public opinion ratings are in the doldrums to may finishes days in office as one of the country's worst in least effective presidents how do

historians and the public determine the success or failure of an american president and why are some presidents rehabilitated years or even decades after they leave office. we'll go to london the world's capital of surveillance even though the years since nine hundred eighty fool you may be forgiven for imagining big brother really is watching you i can see one. six fourteen being hammered on the wall every bit the public ground is more. of everything are free but also just because all the different companies different landowners have their own season t.v. cameras are everywhere everybody. in the most monitored city in the world there is one camera for every fourteen people but those this intense surveillance keep

london safe i mean in a way the street like a kind of dangerous because that coveted c.c.t.v. but no one's watching that's what's interesting about these two to be culture if it takes their way like the joy to having a mysterious like natural survey that will take. photographer henrietta williams and cartographer george going to have mapped a ring of steel around london's financial district. forged from automated security gates and surveillance cameras anyone who enters is registered electronically and anything out of the ordinary triggers security protocols. even seemingly innocuous things like video cameras. is all the fight not to get in your picture but with your cat you can move along with your fear you can we can film whichever way we want. you to do it.