molotov cocktails and homemade bombs light up the kiev sky overnight protesters resort to violence and stormed the police barricades erected to stave off a revolution. dissolve the parliament and call for early elections do not repeat the fate of gadhafi the voice of the opposition is supported by the e.u. which says the authorities have only themselves to blame. the u.n. will have to withdraw an invitation for iran to take part in peace talks on syria or the country's main opposition group says it will drop out of the negotiations and syria's president said the upcoming conference must focus on tackling terrorism above all else you could how mercenaries from europe contribute to the spread of the top stories.

live from our studio center here in moscow which just turned midnight this is international well these are not images from a disaster zone these are actual scenes from the ukrainian capital kiev the pictures show protesters running amok angry of the plans for laws they say are aimed at punishing them for holding rallies the response has been fierce and the cocktails clubs and bombs are now reports of pepper spray all being thrown at police trying to stave off a revolution and. for. the word. very well to the situation in kiev right now it is unprecedented brutality from both sides of the protest by the police and by the protesters. that we see. book tales rocks

flash bang grenades and all these kind of things are used in the very heart of ukraine into the capital to get to same time we know that president going to call which is now meeting several people from the opposition the interior ministry at the same time is claiming that someone is arming the protesters with the clubs and with knives and different sorts of weapons so now to give you a broker idea of what is happening around three hundred meters from where i'm standing right now i did this report from the scene of the riot and you can see what remains of the police cars and police buses which were burned yesterday afraid to fixing picture what happened here yesterday over there just literally fifty meters away from here all the police lines the right police the special regiment called the better because they're trying to secure the governments of water yesterday on sunday the protesters gathered for a typical rally after that they decided to storm the government report and the clashes with the police erupted we have information that more than seventy police

officers have been. to hospitals with different injuries that still remain pretty much all but there was some some very brutal scenes of the police officers being beaten up also there was some violence from the police reportedly they used rubber bullets against the crowd so we can see from time to time most of cocktails ropes and flash bangs are being thrown from both sides dodes each other over the night the protesters have managed to dismantle some of the basement here and they're using these rocks to throw them at the police they're also using modes of cocktails and different flash bangs so it's pretty loud here this is the live barricade with the protesters. against the police there still here we can see like the cement literally several thousand people the numbers are expanding as the day progresses really unclear where this whole going to go but so far it's been very very time the word on the ground is that the police may actually try to assault the barricade on the independence square which has been there. for almost two months now. and in

very violent very violent scenario just to give you the idea of how serious this whole thing is here the protesters are installing. weapons to make sure their projects. are off to be able to reach the police lines with seventeen away from well you know the president. and he's ready to hold negotiations with the opposition but this is not the talk of the town right here people are still very much determined for the government to resign for the president to step down this is their goal this is a no longer. which it was at the beginning. of this is a purely governmental. developments of what's happening in the capital here. dozens of policemen remain hospitalized with head injuries fractures and. substances but despite this the e.u. is sticking to its position of blaming the local authorities and i mean the

commission reports it appears the scene is being set for the final act. as rocks went flying and police buses went up in flames the opposition leaders really quickly found the man responsible for the mayhem ukraine's president get together for the earthquake is what we demand is stop the escalation of the situation get the police off the streets dissolve the parliament and call for early parliamentary and presidential elections do not repeat the fate of ceausescu and get after. the fact that the riots were started by several hundred protesters hailing from the ultra nationalist camp on the independence square seems to have been swept under the carpet the police had to withstand a shower of rocks and molotov cocktails the government and abolition of criticism for using water cannons and rubber bullets to contain the raging crowd think recent tension in ukraine is a direct consequence of the government failing to acknowledge their legitimate

grievances of its people the u.s. will continue to consider additional steps including sanctions in response to the use of violence and though the vote is the tears and members chanted revolution much of the night the west seemed indifferent for the open calls for more a scout under these conditions we don't want to live we don't want to work that's why we're going to change the power of what the score is some sematic seventy policemen were injured twenty protesters arrested cameras captured the scenes of the rioters vicious attacks against the security forces yet for the western leaders and for the ukrainian opposition this seems to be the european way to solve ukraine's internal political issues. we have european values we have european principles we have european rights that we must uphold in each and every european country this type of pressure seems to be effective not even twenty four hours after the riots started president in a club which has already made concessions to the opposition going as far as meeting

with good and bad by the rampaging log in and a billion square. the ukrainian opposition seems to be in a win win situation either by getting a change of leadership by force or simply forcing early elections but with radicals there it's now well and truly spilt and key of the question is would the opposition be capable of getting it back in the bottle it in a goes r.t. . well earlier i discussed developments in ukraine with european parliament member czech. covert she's a writer on international affairs have polar opinions on what's behind this turmoil . we are dealing with significant group of highly committed people who are hell bent on regime change through street toggery and by the way the ukrainian legislation. limiting so-called freedom of assembly is no worse than the recent spanish law about which your own station reported six weeks ago in fact what we're

dealing with is a clear attempt to undermine the constitutional order of a major european state and it is truly shocking for european parliamentarians to say that they are still supportive of a process that obviously wants to use street thuggery and mob rule as a means of regime change regime change a change of government that's exactly what the wants it wants influence over ukraine in the long term it's not the economic aspirations of the government it's actually expansion of the it's and they want to control and carry on no no no no nono no no no we had we had president elections in ukraine four years ago we had elections these elections were recognize our free and fair or if there has to be a change of government it has to be done through the elections and while the protest is waiting for that democratic process there's an election due spring twenty fifth exactly our entry because you're going to be president of all former

german foreign minister busta best available at the barricades and victoria nuland from the state department passing quickies around can you imagine russian foreign minister a lot of going to barcelona to support separatists and when it comes to ukraine what we have witnessed is excessive patience by the government the street thuggery and the rule of mob this would not have been allowed in washington d.c. it would not have been allowed in london and certainly not in brussels what was the reason for the demonstrations the reason. was that president of the new coverage the ukrainian oratory to use refuse at the last moment under the pressure of moscow under the pressure of what i saw. refused to sign the arsehole there is going to be a good this is simply factually wrong we are looking at a clear cut situation where young college was perfectly within his rights to say no

to a horrible deal which had it gone ahead would have cost ukraine tens of billions of euros which it cannot afford when russia came in with fifteen billion rescue package and it's simply that europe wanted to have free access to do the cleaning and market for nothing and it was geopolitical all along well as the political crisis in ukraine escalates we keep you up to date with what's happening in kiev twenty four seventh's. but with the long awaited geneva two peace talks in syria just a few days away r.t. is beginning its special coverage of the diplomatic buildup to a meeting which aims to find a way to end the bloody conflict. the presence of syria's main opposition group in geneva is in question again after the u.n. invited iran the western backed body issued an ultimatum threatening not to show up deadlines which has already passed the syrian national council is demanding that

either iran proves its commitment to setting up an interim government in syria or the un withdraw its invitation that russia's foreign minister said this cause doubts over the opposition's willingness to find a solution. anyone doubting the necessity of all influential players taking part in geneva two is not seeking an end to the syrian crisis these are just whims the syrian government imposes no preconditions and is even willing to sit with countries who directly arm the rebels and not just the moderates so does that mean damascus demands their exclusion the goal of any talks is to bring to the negotiating table not just the parties you like but all those whom the solution to the problem depends on. well even if the syrian national coalition does attend the peace talks its priorities are likely to be very different from its opponent its leader earlier said forming an interim government without bashar al assad must be

a main aim of the conference the syrian leader himself has said stopping the spread of terrorism should be the primary focus of. the geneva two conference must lead to concrete results when it comes to fighting terrorism and the other outcome that does not touch upon the comeback thing of terrorism that would be of no value at all. while there are real fears a terrorist cutting their teeth in syria could spread across the e.u. europeans make up a major part of the seven hundred thousand foreign jihadists thought to be in the water country and the biggest european contributor is france as many as seven hundred of its nationals at the moment could be in syria right now and belgium and the u.k. are also in the top three the worry is what happens when they return home already sarah first caught up with one british citizen who lost his brother to a war thousands of miles from home. a young british traveling to syria in a hundred people. and according to one

experts are now part of the largest european islamist foreign fighting contingent in recent times to at least eleven hundred. two. hundred it was from this picturesque seaside town in portsmouth this a group of young men recently left to go and join the fight in syria about a month ago when news reached a community that twenty three year old man was killed last fighting on the syrian front line this is the local mosque that if the current number of his friends attended before they left syria where they joined one of the most radical opposition groups operating in the country isis the islamic state of iraq and show that before he died it's a coup was active on social media pasting videos an update so it's a great start to now in the first interview since his brother's death mistaken

djimon exclusively tells r.t. he wants to set the record straight about who his brother really was and why he thinks he went to five. different between. uniform just because he was in uniform. or something. just because he was. different. people in uniform. people. benefit as a country. people like many foreign fighters crossed into syria via turkey it was only once there he informed his family he had gone to fight jihad or holy war do you think the young men go there listen to what she has. completely misinterpreting the weather. and especially in the

city a case it is in this completely wrong concept and wrong wrong idea there are other members of the religious community we met in portsmouth agree and their own d.n.a. downstairs to one of the major challenges in tackling you think gauge moment social media friends in other places they get led a part of who this looks interesting and suddenly they're listening to the teaching and i know that our leaders here in paul's with would not support i don't think the problem exists within any of the mosques in portsmouth per se the issue lies in where if those mosques and not delivering what the youth want they may look for it somewhere else cause the country and europe wide and the syrian conflict is gauging the young generation like never before you years ago a member of my friends we were just ordinary boys you know just never thought about this stuff in a spoke about you know we're still still aware of what's going on around the world

but we have thought you know my brother one this one year older than me is. going to be who died in a battle for it's just something that hasn't sunk in for me or a lot of people so i know it's happened but i still hadn't sunk in so before for the full force of. artsy reporting from portsmouth in the south of england we'll be updating on any developments that could affect the geneva two peace conference on syria throughout the day please don't miss our special coverage of the summit that starts on wednesday. after three years of. just total of over one hundred thousand. see in common sense come together with one. war is not the answer.

does peace have a chance. at all to international life here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day still ahead in the program a historic deal comes into effect the u.n. nuclear watchdog confirms is curbing your reign of enrichment and exchange for an easing of sanctions the reports on what the future holds for the tricky negotiations still ahead. was a still to come a threat to three hundred years of press freedom and international mission goes to london to investigate whether the government is trying to control the media in the wake of edward snowden's leaks.

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have removed the number of sanctions they had imposed on iran after it halted part of its uranium enrichment program the move comes as part of a landmark deal between the country and six world powers well let's take a closer look at what iran is gaining from all of this while the total economic relief for the country over the next six months is seven billion dollars now most of that money four point two billion dollars of it will be accessible through iranian funds overseas which will be blocked the rest is coming from an easing of restrictions on the export of petrochemical goods precious metals and financial transactions however the move is just the beginning as over the next few months iran and those six world powers have to reach a final compromise because artie's policy reports the path to the agreements may not be easy. from today a deal between iran and the international community goes into effect that will see iran freeze parts of its nuclear program in return for the easing of sanctions in terms of the agreement they will no longer be restrictions on the rain and exports

of picture chemicals the country will also be able to import parts for its auto manufacturing industry and trade in gold and other precious metals the next six months are critical because it is during this time frame that the international community and iran will need to reach a final agreement that many fear without which could ultimately see the border middle east descend into chaos and possibly even a war what is clear is that there has been a good will and the wanting for this deal to work that has overridden the skeptics and the voices calling for fresh sanctions but what is not clear is how the united states is going to maneuver its way forward it has a very fine line to walk on the one hand you have his role that continues to say that this was a deal with the devil you also have u.s. congressmen and women who are calling for fresh sanctions but on the other hand you have iran's which essentially the american president barack obama is urging to come to the party and he himself needs to show transparency and commitment why not

alienating for example his friend tel aviv in the region so the next six months are going to be critical the hope is that at the end of half a year you will have a permanent deal in place between iran and the international community here r.t. tel aviv. now from on screen to online officials into u.s. stage consider bringing back the death penalty by far in the squad a shortage of lethal drugs is from local lawmakers to resurrect a measure that has disappeared in much of the world details dot com. also setting up a fake social media account might cost you a pretty penny in russia as soon as one lawmaker proposes a bill with fines molting to thousands of dollars. stories and plenty more for an r.t. dot com. an international organization that inspects violations of media freedom across the world is on its first ever mission to the u.k. there are growing concerns about government pressure being put on the press in

britain following the authorities response to the guardian newspaper printing leaks from s. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and some suggest three hundred years of press freedom is under threat of his laura smith investigates. the world association of newspapers and news publishes isn't an organization everyone has heard of but if you live under a government that violates press freedoms it's likely they will have visited to investigate and document now they've sent out another delegation but not to a war torn failed state or dictatorship it's come here to the u.k. to look into international concerns that the government reaction to the guardian publishing edward snowden's revelations on the n.s.a. was way over the top and very worrying for press freedoms the paper says its face says fish it out and the threat of legal action we've always as an organization

taking care of patients all over the world always concerned about a situation especially in the midst of democracy like u.k. where there can be potentially a risk to. creating an exception case of interference between the public authorities the state and the freedom of the press but it is generally speaking. terms to believe that they could bypass the future of professional journalism it's a big. general trend which could affect actually be. the rights of citizens. and admits that u.k. visit is unprecedented but his oaken a station is worried that any violation of the freedom of the press here will give others carte blanche to oppress their own media and throwing away three hundred years of press freedom inside

a single year is not something to be ignored some of the global headlines right now here on r.t. international iraq's capital baghdad has been shaken by a series of explosions including companies killing over twenty and injuring scores more. most of the blast happened in shia neighborhoods with the deadliest attack targeting a crowded market meanwhile in ramadi the iraqi army is engaged in fierce fighting with al qaeda linked militants who seized large parts of the city in december. the foreign ministers approved the deployment of several hundred troops to the central african republic to reinforce peacekeepers from france and the african union made man a transitional parliament in the african countries elected the new interim leader amid ongoing clashes between rival christian and muslim militias as his reports at least fifty people have been killed in the country over the weekend adding to a total death toll of over one thousand. more news in just over half an hour from now meantime here on r.t. international kate partridge is here with the latest from the world of sports but

if you're in the u.k. it's going underground with afshin rattansi that's after a 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 plot 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 a 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 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 hard core fans but that's just my opinion. what the american public hasn't really understood is that this is not a normal banking scandal and that these banks like h.s.b.c. have the blood of american soldiers on their hands that i.e.d. going off in afghanistan killing and killing an american or borg you know allied soldier that is being financed through our banks that's

a problem. hello and thank you for joining me kate daughtry for the r.t. sports show a pic of the best sporting action from russia and around the globe coming up and here are the top stories. pauling cvs maria sharapova and world number one serena williams crash out of the australian open but victoria azarenka remains on course to defend her title in melbourne. last summer she's a bread machine and a child star couple that so is named captain of russia's twenty five my price hockey roster as the red machine go in search of the country's first olympic gold at their home games next month. and holding court russian balls people team him keith plush israeli champions marketing hype back in

the euro cup to extend their unbeaten wrong to twenty one games. but first to tennis and it's been a bad couple of days for the women's top seeds of the australian open after both maria sharapova and world number one serena williams went crashing out of the last sixteen stage third seed sharapova went bad to slovakia's cymbalta three six six four six one as the russian four time major winner took a magical moment after the second set and posted a total of forty five unforced errors. i mean i haven't been playing the best tennis throughout this tournament but i've found ways to get through the us the matches and. you know i try to do that again today should play simply to extremely well. while meanwhile serbia's and evanovich served up the biggest shock so far by beating world number one serena williams for the first time following

a come from behind a four six six three six three victory ensuring evanovich reach the second grand slam quarter finals is reading the french i think back in two thousand and eight. it's amazing i mean this this victory means so much to me and you know i worked so hard and all the hard work you know it's being offered you know for a fact are going to play so much better than whatever it is with that knowing that are. disappointed in me than i just know that i can play ten times better when i do . however a second seed and two time defending champion victoria azarenka of belarus came out an easy six three six two win out against american sloane stephens. while in the men's draw it was business as usual for novak djokovic as the defending champion brushed aside fabio fognini six three six love six two the serbian converted his first match point with his seventh ace of.