in the ukrainian capital protesters. fight it out with police using homemade weapons and bombs and all of this to the. politicians. the opposition syrian national coalition says it's keep peace talks. want to see. the diplomatic. focus on terrorism continues to plague the country. getting the golden boot.

country. worldwide news. international with me. thanks for joining us charging 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. has been turned into a charge battlefield this 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. reports from. the situation in kiev has been very tense all throughout the night there was an attempt by the police to push to

protest this off the grisettes go street the governmental corridor it was done pretty much on violence the there were no scuffles they were just pushing the protesters off the first thing they did they destroyed the capital pools and medieval weapon which the protesters had early a built to hurl cocktails and rocks at the police lines they destroyed just got to put 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 metres separates the police and the protest as we can see a water cannon standing right in the middle of the police lines that 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 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 has been no political solution to this crisis as we can see. reporting that the most vile. and fighting in kiev unfolded on sunday night leaving about one hundred policemen wounded most

of them had head injuries from the riot hoods clubs or even symptoms of poisoning by an unknown gas still though america and the e.u. quick to turn on ukraine's government saying it brought this upon itself by cracking down on demonstrators so historian and ukraine affairs analyst in the bush of mileage he says the western bias against president is now so great there's nothing the leader can do to shift it at this point. 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 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 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 . check and sort of to choose a writer on international affairs. the changes that happened on the seventeenth of january in better hope not and this is not in europe but in in you know in accordance with europe and europe and guidelines what is needed is dial of the dialogue is needed of course and they're hoping that either in the parliament and especially is needed between the government and the opposition the representatives of the opposition present in the parliament and suited dialogue. everything has

to be discussed not. be condemned the violence not only my political group it was meeting of foreign affairs ministers and we don't stop or divider 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 e.u. wants no no no no nono no no not we had we had president elections in ukraine four years ago we had elections elections were recognized free 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 energy because you're going to be

president of both 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. 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 no 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 there is going to be a good this is simply. we are looking at a clear cut situation where young the 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 do your cranium market for nothing and it was geo political all along and as the political crisis in ukraine continues to escalate we are keeping you up to date exactly what's happening in kiev all around the clock. it's our international for you today still ahead for you lenin there and back again at the communist icon turned destroyer of russia has now given birth to a new trend of socialist ideas which are coming into fashion around the world party taking a look at the stages of lenin's turbulent after mine. but

for now with just a day to go until the long awaited geneva two peace talks on syria we continue to provide our overview of the events around the meeting. and commenting on the diplomatic tug of war over wednesday's peace talks russia's foreign minister sort of a love for office said that revoking iran's invitation was an obvious mistake but the u.n. retracted it following an ultimatum from the opposition syrian national coalition meanwhile its main blockers quit the coalition in protest at the umbrella organizations plans to attend the talks lucy caffein off as the story. that invitation a was a withdrawal 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 the 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 bunty moon wanted to bring iran to the table now that decision sparked a confrontation with the united states the united kingdom and france it 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 and their protests a patient in the talks effectively undermining the whole deal there was the threat of that to be a serious if the geneva two conference could collapse as a result of this 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. 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 present the syrian national coalition is trying to impose its own interpretation of the existing geneva communiqué that's where they all to me to me 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

. the plague of terror sweeping the nation especially fighting al qaeda should become the main focus of the conference that's according to the russian foreign minister some jihadist militant groups are just refusing to play by anyone's rules adopting the every man for himself tactics i'm referring to this report from damascus. despite the international community separate now for its efforts to bring peace to syria and its people the brutal conflict now has a new face radical militants have long used children in their fight against a mask but now more and more women in both local and from the west have been dragged into jihad some are currently make the journey to marry fall into is who they appear ready to support no matter who walks in the u.k. a blog even helps those who want to marry militants travel to the country here in syria training camps have been set up by al qaida in areas held by and to government forces or aspiring female extremists is the midst of fear going to see

women join them and then encourage some to swap the traditional way of life for weapons and suicide belts traction is clear women draw less attention from the police and security forces western officials are concerned about the rising number of their nationals looking to syria to take part in the war they are afraid that after being trained to kill these men and women will return to their home towns. by one level defect was sad that is that is precisely what militant groups are hoping to achieve because in two different sources there are up to two thousand european fighters here in syria who joined rebels groups many of which have ties to al qaida for the time being they remain here in syria learning how to make and defend they go and how to use a kalashnikov all the time waiting for the moment when their fatso norwich could be put into action with the geneva two talks set to kick off on wednesday there remain

those who wants no part in a political solution and are resolved to stay away from the negotiations and side they how to expand their. original not see from damascus syria. while the u.s. has repeatedly come under fierce criticism for the fight. to washington and its allies sent to the rebels sometimes ends up right in the wrong hands. explains how the west could be helping terror to fester. when the enemy of your enemy is your enemy things can get complicated it's a conundrum the us faces in syria where political financial and military support to the rebels has subsequently served to create a new hotbed for al-qaeda if bush are as did not. stay in power or if he's weakened then syria could become that base another base

like pakistan and afghanistan before it too just to be used as a springboard to go into these other countries 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 fundamentalist capacity we've almost come full circle after afghanistan where nine eleven were 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 star gathering in geneva to map out a peace plan for syria they are being asked to pull the plug on terrorism. ship which is clear results with regard to the fight 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. organizations no one ever imagined america would in any way support marina port r.t.

new york and it will be monitoring the build up to wednesday's syrian peace conference if it can stay with us for the very latest developments on this story. after three years of. just one hundred. common sense come to live with one. war. does peace have a chance. this is aussie international law from moscow thank you for joining us today we are getting reports at this very moment according to lebanese television. has exploded in the district where hezbollah offices are in beirut lebanon according to lebanese television as a result of some sort of car explosion it's just in the south of beirut details to

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twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow it's r.t. international it is also the ninetieth anniversary of the death of a man who changed the entire course of russian history margaret how it looks back at 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 those statues were removed from their plants his image had passed all the way from revolutionary hero to mastermind of the bolshevik movement to claim to 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 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 a society that needs completely transforming one of many in central ideas with those people to get together in an organization toby. 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. . so for more insight on the socialist aspirations of modern society when i was joined live by fry of reading book an editor of the danish newspaper by thank you very much for joining us here are to international today from being a idolise to severely criticized and now heading back to positive just how does the world see the image of lenin today thank you for having me on the show well naturally the ideas of socialism where we can die after the fall of the soviet

union but i think this is changing now after nine years of the crisis in the capitalist system with more and more people experiencing the consequences of the crisis these ideas they never really disappeared and now they're coming back people and actually looking for alternatives and i think when you look at europe today the figures speak for themselves with one out of every four european at the risk of poverty and twenty five million unemployed europeans people are looking for alternatives as i said and even though the world is different than it was at the time of lenin it's not fundamentally changed so i think his ideas are still relevant and appealing to a lot of people to it's interesting is interesting for how you bring in the concept of your very very quickly into this conversation europeans for years now crushed by austerity the bankers continue to skim the cream off the top but why do you think we're not actually seeing a larger swelling all of. aspirations do you think. we are seeing large mass demonstrations strikes millions of people taking to the

streets in protest of these are stirred to policies but the problem is that they have elected governments or call themselves socialist or call themselves social democrats and even though there might be minor differences in the policies they all seem unwilling to break with the fundamental new liberal consensus of the european union and this leads to a massive frustration disappointment and pass it has its among the population but roy do you think that a socialist approach could actually really work to solve existing problems of the world or is it all it's all one big dream. well i think when you look at the world today it definitely shows that the capitalism doesn't work to solve the basic problems of the world we have eight hundred million people starving even though there's food enough to feed the world we have millions dying of diseases that could be cured suggest a few dollars not to talk about the climate changes so i think that that capitalism definitely doesn't seem to be able to solve the problems and when you

look at the world today millions of people seem to find socialism a very very much a possibility look at cuba for example has a well functioning health care system well functioning education system and all over latin america you see governments with a massive support of the population experimenting with new forms of socialism in the twenty first century. remembered the editor of the danish newspaper baron thank you very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. international today thank you thank you for having me. we are coming to you live from moscow staff at the british home office are being offered cash bonuses if they manage to kick more failed asylum seekers out of the country than expected the incentive scheme has been lambasted by critics who say it's just putting people's lives at stake. has 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 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 this being repeated instances of other pressures for management coming down to those making these thought two 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 to brave enough against that backdrop to make

a decision to grant someone saw a limb on their application the home office says that no vouchers are issued purely for winning cases they say that other factors are 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 on so reveals that since july twenty twelve eleven high street shopping vouchers have been awarded to staff in asylum cases for one off recognition of individual performances caught wholly boyko artsy london. the concert report is next.

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 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 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. thank you.