in the ukraine. protesters revolution with police using a homemade. bombs and all of the. politicians. the opposition syrian national coalition says it's keep peace talks. want to see. terrorism continues to plague the country. getting the golden boot.

out of the country. international we've got your top headlines for. charging ahead on with ukraine's riot police in the country's capital as they try to push the government protesters away from the administrative area of the city. has been turned into a battlefield following two straight nights of rioting dozens of people have been injured hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage has been done to the city are right in the mix of. the situation in kiev has been very sounds all throughout the night there was an attempt by the police to push to protest this of the grisettes going to see the governmental quarter it was done pretty much on

violently there were no scuffles 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 a built to hurl cocktails and rocks at the police lines they destroyed just got up with a matter of seconds basically after that some reinforcement 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 get all the time that loads 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 identified men in sports costumes are organizing scuffles all across the cranium 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 call that 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 that has been no political solution to this crisis as we can see. auntie correspond alexian a chef ski that now the mud. the fighting in kiev unfolded on sunday night leaving more than seventy policemen wounded most had head injuries from the riot whose clubs or even symptoms of being poisoned by an unknown gas still the u.s.

and the e.u. were very quick to turn on ukraine's government saying it brought this upon itself by cracking down on demonstrators serve historian in ukraine affairs analyst the voice of knowledge he says the west and bias against president john a code which is now so great there's nothing believe it can do at this point to shift it. 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 no 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 suppress the violent protesters 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 then lawbreakers 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. and my colleague bill dog discussed the situation in ukraine with a m.e.p. leibovit i'll check and sort of over it she's a writer on international affairs. the changes that happen on. this is not in europe but in. accordance with europe and europe and guidelines. what is needed is dialogue the dialogue is needed of course in bearhug not in the parliament and especially is needed between the government and the opposition the representatives of the opposition present in the parliament and strewed a dialogue everything has to be discussed not sort of violence we condemned the

violence not only my political group it was meeting of foreign affairs ministers and we don't stop or divide lines 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 no no no no nono no no no we had we had president elections in ukraine four years ago we had elections elections were recognized freeze and fair if there has to be a change of government it has to be done through the elections that the principle of the european union while the protest is waiting for that democratic process as an election do spring twenty fifth exactly our economy is 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 catalan 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. would not have been allowed in london and certainly not in brussels what was the reason for the demonstrations the reason was that president no coverage the ukrainian. authorities refuse at the last moment under the pressure of moscow under the pressure of what i saw. refused to sign the association. 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 as the whole political crisis in ukraine continues to escalate we are keeping you up to date with what's happening in kiev twenty four seventh's. right still ahead a few here on r.t. international lenin there and back again the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming into fashion all around the world party looks of the stages of lennon's turbulent afterlife. and i

want our international with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria and we continue to provide our overview of the events around the meeting. i'm commenting on the diplomatic tug of war over wednesday's peace talks russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that revoking iran's of attention was an obvious mistake and the un retracted it following an ultimatum from the opposition syrian national coalition meanwhile its main block has quit the coalition in protest of the umbrella organizations plans to attend the talks all story here artie's lucy catherine off reports. that invitation a was a withdrawal by the united nations 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 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 the new 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 bonking would 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 of their protests the patient in the talks effectively undermining the whole deal there was the threat of 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 bond 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. revoking the invitation is a mistake of course but not a disaster we believe that all sides that have influence on the conflict should be president the syrian national coalition is trying to impose its own interpretation of the existing geneva communiqué that's where the ultimatum is rooted this is a situation. 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

for the plague of terror sweeping the nation especially fighting al qaeda about should be the main focus of the conference this according to the russian foreign minister some of the hardest militant groups refuse to play by anyone's rules adopting the free man for himself tactic a more important a pick up the story. 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. uses a springboard to go into these other places oh experts say and influx of extremist groups has turned the war torn country into a terrorist training center posing

a greater threat to american interests than a leader washington wants removed these groups are much more dangerous and we have hands of thousands of international fighters coming in in a very fundamentalist a possible we have almost come full circle after afghanistan on nine eleven where where we are seeing these groups still fighting for fundamentalists. principles 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 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 too are deeply concerned about the rise of extremism. the 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 start gathering in geneva to map out a peace plan for syria they are being asked to pull the plug on terrorism. which 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 turkey and of course the western countries that provide the. organization's no one ever imagined america would in any way support merino port r.t. new york just over my shoulder on the map behind me you can see the territory under the control of the islamic state of iraq and or isis its blood lust so the

jihadist group even denounced by al-qaeda recently the isis executed twenty one civilians in a children's hospital that had taken over for its base some expos think that this must be the top of the agenda for the syrian peace talks. i do not want to see and i did live. where you have you know the breakup of the country and basically warlordism in various parts of the country and incitement of they serious sick terry in them and so forth you have these al qaeda affiliated groups banning music images and of course the hours zero respect for women's rights and so on so what is the priority syrian opposition as a stance is rash and wise and counterproductive even defied that they have serious emphasis on syria and national integrity and sovereignty in light intrusion and very destructive of all 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. and it we will be monitoring the build up to wednesday's big syrian peace conference so if you can do stay with us the very latest developments on the story to be coming to you live on r.t. international. there's a. just over one hundred. common sense come together with one. war is not. peace have a chance. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international still ahead for you the dubious methods of the u.k. government to get failed asylum seekers kicked out of the country more news in just a.

tanya the lady well tell me how you are my little grandson. i know. i don't like. being cut off. except it isn't. that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous that she had to leave it was a story she had lost her mind. you know you she will come back i know it was and i will wait even if it means i must wait until my dying day.

lots of news to cover for you today here want to see international for the meantime star for the british home office are being offered cash bonuses if they manage to kick more failed asylum seekers out of the country than expected incentive scheme has been lambasted by critics who say people's lives are at stake when a boycott picks it up from london. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply here 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 are set targets they're 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 there's been repeated instances of. pressures from 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 grant someone solem on their application the home office says that no vouchers are issued purely for winning cases they say that other factors that taken

into consideration as well but 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 vouchers have been awarded to staff in asylum cases for a one off recognition of individual performance at court. r.t. london sweet dreams are not made of the. dot com right now one of the most popular prescription drugs in america is turning people into killers instead of sending them home for a blissful night's sleep details about. why you that this one is. danger to the pope. claims there's an underground network of.

twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow and it is the ninetieth anniversary of the death of a man who changed the course of russian history. the image of lenin whose revolutionary ideas much like the man himself still not 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 a 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 which man can build right here and right now the majority in this is size he will be protected socially one man will not explode 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 the greed and 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 where they want to bind together 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 in 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 live on somewhere a legacy few other political leaders can hope for margaret howell r.t. . earlier we spoke to caleb maupin from the workers world party he believes the us welfare system actually takes is true 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 stamps unemployment insurance that these things came as a result of the soviet union that the capitalist up 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 for you next hour just about as far from communism as you can get.

suggesting buying because on exactly shining examples of august. i would if you asked the chairman and the president and the c.e.o. of h.s.b.c. right now what they had for lunch they would lie dave they would have made just out of baloney sandwich and they said if 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 lives 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 i just b.s.a. 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.

report throughout the day here one audience or national for now although the world update that's got some of the global headlines for you in brief and to the u.s. city of omaha now a large blocks of an animal feed plot in omaha is left two people dead and another ten seriously injured when exactly clear what caused this explosion a witness inside the plant said he heard a large crack before the back wall of the factory collapsed emotions the services saying old workers and bodies have been accounted for. at least fifteen people working to clear mines have reportedly been abducted in the northwest of afghanistan local security officials say the group arrived in the area near the city of herat three weeks ago and no one's claimed responsibility for the kidnapping as of yet. and the colombian military says it's killed fourteen members

of the foreign rebel movement near the border with venezuela thought the group was responsible for sabotaging oil installations as well as an ambush that killed more than a dozen government troops six months ago a colombian officials did take part in a peace process with the guerilla group last year though there is still a low level conflict continuing. well it's been great having you with us here at r.t. international just a moment here we'll give you a rag to a siberian cult whose leader is guiding his folk down a somewhat as centric path to that of spiritual salvation from moscow it's on the 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 these students were allowed into the university based on the screening process done by the university 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. the united states is a very good example here because in the early years they are. they had a pretty strong genuine democracy that by now i would argue has degenerated into a system where money and power mattered much more than britain did the depth of the majority of the founding fathers of the united states would constantly say that they were not trying to instill a democracy that thought the mockery was horrible they wanted topps we institute a republic and they purposely designed the institutions to as they put it exclude the majority of them for just a patient.