another restless night in the ukrainian capital protesters. fight it out with police using homemade weapons and bombs and all of this. european and american politicians. syrian national coalition says. keep peace talks un revoked its invitation to iran. want to see. the diplomatic. leaders to focus on terrorism plaguing the country. getting the golden boot public servants in the u.k. being promised cash. failed asylum seekers out of the country.

a very good morning to you from all of us here at the international. headlines for this hour. charging rioters met head on with ukraine's riot police in the country's capital as they try to push the antigovernment protesters away from the administrative part of the city downtown kiev has been turned into a child battlefield following two straight nights of rioting dozens of people have been injured and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage has been done to the city reporting from kiev correspondent. the situation in kiev has been very tense all throughout the night there was an attempt by the police to push to protest this of the grisettes because street the governmental

a quarter it was done pretty much on violently there were no stop of they were just pushing the protesters off the first thing they did they destroyed the cats the poles and medieval weapon which the protesters had early and built to hurl cocktails and rocks at the police lines they destroyed just got up with a matter of seconds basically after that some reinforcements of the protesters came from the independence square and charged at the police so the police actually took a few steps back and right now only a few dozen meters separates the police and the protest as we can see a water cannon standing right in the middle of the police lines there was information coming from a local media that the police actually warned that they may use weapons against protesters if they continue their violent behavior indeed we have seen and we see that all the time that bullets of tall tales are being thrown at the police the

fire crackers smoke bombs are being exploded from time to time it is still definitely a hotbed of tension also there are numerous reports that an identified men in sports costumes are organizing scuffles all across the iranian capital still unclear what the purpose of that is but it certainly creates a very worrying feeling here so the situation is still very tense and it's really unclear where it's going to go we do know that the president got a garbage has been calling for. a negotiation with the opposition leaders some talk has already been held though we understand it was held behind closed doors and no information has come out but definitely as to this moment has been no political solution to this crisis as we can see. he is election to shift the right that now the most of allah. the fighting in kiev unfolded on sunday night left more than seventy riot police wounded most had head injuries from the rioters clubs all

symptoms of poisoning by an unknown gas still the u.s. and the e.u. will put the tunnel in ukraine's government saying it all disappointed by cracking down on demonstrators historian and ukraine if as an a-list a voice of mallets he says the western bias against president yana code which is now so great there's nothing a believe you can do to try and shift. ask yourself would do any western government confronted with the exact same problem or even something a lot milder how would they respond would there be automated weapons deployed actual bullets as opposed to rubber ones i think the default response from the west is that the ukrainian government can do it all right so whatever they do with they're going to be condemned for it so they may as well i figure and i'm guessing that from their behavior they're figuring it as well they may as well do everything they can in their power to secure the rule of law to support and to make sure that this does not boiling over into civil war i think

a modicum of force is appropriate when you're facing violent protesters you have to send a message that this will not be tolerated you have to send a message that you stand for them and that law breakers will not be allowed to run rampant and i think from what i've seen they've acted with you are able restraint especially again compared to what western law enforcement would routinely do in such circumstances. my colleague bill dodd discussed the situation in ukraine with m.e.p. check and. choose a writer on international affairs. the changes that happen on the seventeenth of january. this is not in europe. you know in the accords with europe and europe and guidelines what is needed is dialogue beloki is needed of course in better hope in the parliament and especially is needed between the government and the opposition the representatives of the opposition who are present in the parliament and through the dialogue everything has to be discussed go through the violence let me assure you that as i said we condemn the violence not

only by political groups today there was a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in fact what we are 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 e.u. wants it wants influence over ukraine in the long term it's not the economic aspirations of the government it's actually expansion of all three is that they want to control and carry on no no no no nono no no no we had we had presidential elections in ukraine four years ago we had. these elections where 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 current president of all former german foreign minister vast the 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 at 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 the new coverage the ukrainian autoroute these refuse at the last moment under the pressure of moscow under the pressure of russia refused to sign the association me agree this is simply factually wrong we are looking at

a clear cut situation where young coverage 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 the ukrainian market for nothing and it was geo political all along and as the political crisis in ukraine continues to escalate here on r.t. international we are keeping you up to date on exactly what's happening in kiev. i thank for joining us here on r.t. international still ahead for you in the program lenin vera and back again the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to

a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming to fashion all around the world r.t. looks at the stages of lennon's turbulent after life. and other with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria and we continue to provide a overview of the events around the meeting. the main bloc of the opposition syrian national coalition the council has quit the umbrella organization in protest of the decision to rejoin the list of participants for wednesday's peace talks the coalition had agreed to attend after the un retracted iran's invitation following an ultimatum from the group to see catherine off as the full story. at invitation a was it withdrawn by the united nation amid intense pressure from the united states and other allies of the u.s. although the much anticipated syria peace conference is still expected to take

place that has been overshadowed by this rather bizarre diplomatic ping pong that's essentially unfolded since that invitation was issues now how did all of this play out on sunday by the u.n. secretary general basically announced that he is inviting iran to participate in any twenty second conference scheduled to take place in switzerland to come to a diplomatic solution over the syrian crisis he said that the iran needs to be a part of the solution it's a key regional player its interests are also involved in what's going on there and that is why behind him and want to bring iran to the table now that decision sparked a confrontation with the united states the united kingdom and france but also angered the syrian opposition and saudi arabia which has been largely seen as a backer of the syrian insurgency they've threatened to boycott their protests a patient in the talks effectively undermining the whole deal that was the thread that to be a serious of the geneva two conference could collapse as a result of this and what we basically saw afterwards was the syrian national

coalition hours after bonking wins announcement issued an ultimatum saying don't invite iran or have iran stick to certain agreements and today we saw. reversing course essentially now the russian foreign minister said that the behavior by the syrian opposition group here raises questions about the group's willingness to really stick to commit to a peaceful solution take a listen. to the producer if you will judging 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 who poses no preconditions and is even willing to sit with countries who directly arm the rebels it's not just the moderates so does that mean damascus. the man's their exclusion the goal of any tolls is to bring to the negotiating table not just the parties you like but all those whom the solution to the problem depends on. minister lavrov also said that

leaving iran out of the talks would be a quote unforgivable mistake the united nations and several other countries including russia for instance have long argued that iran is a critical player in the syrian conflict and that any serious attempt to really genuinely end the war has to bring all sides to the table and that includes tehran . reporting the plague of terror sweeping the nation is one of the major obstacles on syria's road to peace some jihad is that militant groups refuse to play by anyone's rules adopting the every man for himself type attacks explanation here with these more important. when the enemy of your enemy is your enemy things can get complicated it's a conundrum the u.s. faces in syria where political financial and military support to the rebels has subsequently served to create a new hotbed for al-qaeda if charlotte did not. stay

in power or if he's weakened then syria could become that base another base like pakistan and afghanistan before it. just uses a springboard to go into these other places oh experts say an influx of extremist groups has turned the war torn country into a terrorist training center posing a greater threat to american interests than the leader washington wants removed these groups are much more dangerous and we have hands of thousands of international fighters coming in in a very fundamental it's a possible we've almost come full circle after afghanistan on nine eleven where where we are seeing these groups still fighting for fundamentalists. pro football what began as an anti-government uprising three years ago has turned into an internal fight between opposition blocs the free syrian army set up to battle assad has more and more found that its hands are full of just defending themselves

against jihadists who are seeking a foothold in the country this leaving u.s. officials acknowledging a loss of control over the war it initially supported. we. are deeply concerned about the rise of extremism. world needs no reminder that syria has become the magnet for jihadists and extremists it is the strongest magnet for terror of anyplace today and as world powers star gathering in geneva to map out a peace plan for syria they are being asked to pull the plug on terrorism. should produce clear results with regard to the fights against terrorism in syria in particular it needs to put pressure on countries that are exporting terrorism by sending terrorists money and weapons to terrorist organizations especially saudi arabia and turkey and of course the western countries that provide political

conflict with these terrorist organizations and. organizations no one ever imagined america would in any way support merino port r.t. new york or if you have a quick look over my shoulder at this map behind me you can see the territory under control of the islamic state of iraq and or isis its blood lust even so the jihadist group denounced even by al-qaeda recently the isis executed twenty one civilians in a children's hospital that had taken over for its base some expose thing this must top the agenda of the syrian peace talks do not want to see and. reproduce. you have you know the breakup of the. the wall or the exam and various parts of the country and incitement of they serious sick tarion exam and so forth you have these al qaeda affiliated groups banning music images and of course the out zero respect

for women's rights and so on so what is the priority of the syrian opposition is a stance is rash and wise and counterproductive even defied that they have serious emphasis on syria and national integrity and sovereignty in light of the intrusion and very destructive role of thousands of foreign forces who have zero commitment to devalues a free democratic syria as well as the right so women and so on i hear what r.t. international we will be monitoring the build up to wednesday's syrian peace conference if you can do stay with us for the very latest developments on this fluid story. of. one hundred. missing and commonsense come together with one. war is not.

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a boycott picks up the story from london. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply head to the u.k.'s home office to have their cases reviewed it's a last ditch attempt to stay in the u.k. if they can prove that their lives back home are in danger but it's been revealed that home office employees all set targets the supposed to be winning seventy percent of these cases that means that they're aiming to keep out seventy percent of the people that have really applied to stay in britain after their asylum cases have already been rejected if they can hit that target they're rewarded with holiday days cash bonuses and high street shopping vouchers these incentives don't have any place in these sorts of cases where people's life and limb can quite literally be at stake this being repeated instances of other pressures for management coming down to those making these decisions in individual cases it was

a toy gorilla that they called the grown monkey and that was placed on the desk of any official brave enough against that backdrop to make a decision to go and someone saw him on their application the home office says that no vouchers are issued purely for winning cases they say that all the fact is that taken into consideration as well they refused to say just how many vouchers have been handed out to asylum and immigration staff but a parliamentary oncet reveals that since july twenty eighth well of eleven high street shopping bound. has been awarded to stuff in asylum cases for a one off recognition of individual performance at court honeyboy see. sweet dreams are not made these are not right now one of the most popular prescription drugs in america is turning people into killers instead of sending them into a well into their bedroom for a blissful night's sleep details about that on line right now also while you check

it out and on the danger to the hope of vatican god claims as an underground network of homosexuals. against him. for now here on the program it is the ninetieth anniversary of the death of a man who changed the entire course of russian history moggridge how looks back at the image of lenin whose revolutionary ideas much like the man himself still buried . one apple of discord in the very heart of moscow's red square behind these walls lay the mummified remains of the revolutionary and the founder of the soviet state but it's hard to argue that he is resting in peace there for the soviet union lenin was an icon he represented the communist ideas that an empire was built on his statue stood at pride of place and the central squares of cities across the nation but his appeal waned over the decades and when the soviet union collapsed many of

the statues were removed from their plants his image had passed all the way from revolutionary hero to mastermind of the bolshevik movement that claimed many lives on its ruthless rise to the top when it had gone from deliverer to oppressor from what i can see here now in twenty fourteen lenin's position and red square shows what the passing of time can do he remains a key part of russian history but also perhaps above all now the tourist attraction a face to sell russian dolls and t. shirts to visitors with money to spend icons like lenin are never really forgotten and the art world either his image still has a place in the imagination of artist because of what it stands for although not everyone is prepared to let his political crusade go easily. lennon's ideology is the idealogy a fair society in which man can build right here and right now the majority in this

is science he will be protected socially one man will not exploit another this is he develops a person who is not burdened with the necessity to make money. however what some see as an interesting historical irony when russia tries to look beyond the ideas of socialism they're beginning to sound more than a little attractive to some parts of western society look no further than the american occupy wall street movement and their slogan of we are the ninety nine. percent and we're not going to tolerate this reading corruption of the one percent and many ways this is a mirror of the frustrations that pushed the bolsheviks and lenin to power some people come to the view that there's something fundamentally wrong with the society the needs completely transforming one of many in central ideas with those people to get together in an organization who they want to bind together so they would be more effective if they work together collectively with

a common discipline than they would be if they were spread out across the face of different struggles in crisis hit europe socialist groups and parties report a marked increase in support socialist parties from several european nations have candidates standing in the upcoming elections so linen will never completely be forgotten as long as the ideas he represented have gone somewhere a legacy few other political leaders can hope for margaret howell r.t. . we did speak to caleb maupin from the workers world party he believes the u.s. welfare system actually takes its roots from the u.s.s.r. . we need to recognise that part of the reason that workers even in the united states have things like social security food stamps unemployment insurance that these things came as a result of the soviet union that the capitalist powers the united states were forced to give concessions because the soviet union existed and it was it was in competition so so we're really seeing the austerity that continues all across

europe right now and across the western world as a result of the collapse of the soviet union labor unions have been weakened. and coming up today here at odyssey international are just about as far as you can get boxcars are suggesting that buying exactly shining examples of august. i would imagine if you asked the chairman and the president in the c b c right now what they had for lunch they would lie they would they would have made just out of baloney sandwich and they said we just had a turkey sandwich because it's in their culture it's in their d.n.a. they grew up liars they are liars they'll die liars their d.n.a. if you take it to another planet another universe another parallel dimension you could sell on the open market as d.n.a. that's made of pure lies whatever value that has in a parallel universe their lies their d.n.a. is made up of pure lies you know it's funny that they threaten to leave the u.k. if they were actually asked to obey the law i mean imagine jimmy savile here's a guy who committed pedophilia with over four hundred children and he's taken to the court taken the old bailey and his defense is if you prosecute me i'm going to

go to switzerland that's what h.p. is saying if you prosecute me and our scads and scores and hundreds of incidents of fraud we threaten to leave the country and the government says well. i'm here on the program to the u.s. city of omaha now where a large blocks of an animal feed there has left two people dead and another ten seriously injured it's not clear what caused the explosion a witness inside the plant said he heard a large crowd before the back of the back wall of that factory collapsed emergency services saying old people and bodies are now accounted for. and fifty people working to clear mines in afghanistan have reportedly been abducted in the northeast province of. local security officials say the group arrived in the area

near the city of herat three weeks ago at this point no one claiming responsibility all right time for a break on the set with abby martin international. 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 the

students were allowed into the university based on the screening process done by the university i.e. implying that the u. 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. jingle bells it's christmas time for people or stealing all your the f.b.i. the f.b.i. they're in our pocket we give them

a bonus every year and they do what ever we what ever we want the f.b.i. or crooks to the f.b.i. or that's funny it's a farce it's american just. this is a is a farce the f.b.i. is i think the cost of bribing the f.b.i. has gone down there's your deflation the cost of bribing your bill is going down but in america under obama's america there's your deflation. happy monday everyone i'm abby martin and this is breaking the sat so ever since bill maher became part of the obama million or donor club i haven't really been able to take him seriously sherm ours whole areas at times and has some good gas panels but ultimately fall short is continuing apologise for the democratic party and that's what's so dangerous about marc.