know reconciliation on ukraine's unity day. shows with police try passers by. with militant radicals taking on an increasingly leading role in the unrest in the capital. diplomatic delegations descend on the town of montreaux as the syrian government and the opposition get their first real chance of dialogue. and as the country itself is being torn apart by the conflict doesn't stop some from looking to the future preparing to live as one nation again. u.s. court ruled that a former guantanamo bay prison cannot sue the state of the torture claims dozens of former american officers make a public call for the president to honor his promise and shut down.

a very warm welcome for you from all of us here at all to international. headlines from all around the world it is a unity day in ukraine the festivities include billowing smoke bombs and burned police cars and government riots with militants at the forefront now into the fourth day in kiev random people are reportedly being stopped in the streets and being tried in makeshift courts are all about brings us this report from kiev. i'm here on what has essentially become the front line between them and safe is the place here in central kiev these barricades are being set up all barricades to be

made from the well be the police vehicles that have been taken in the previous to the night of violence. would achieve tonight we saw molotov cocktails that a whole lot of fireworks thrown at police who are around thirty feet just behind me here just in front of the of the government as it's being called when many important government buildings are well it's really resulted in a standoff between police and demonstrators you county of fireworks in the lights going off just behind me no what we have seen over the past twenty four hours is allegations that some of the demonstrators have held well what can only be called from guru colts and which they've rounded up groups that they claiming all instigators and putting them on some form of trial and forcing them to apologize for what they've done now this is just one of the things that's going on around

here in kiev at the moment says both this this just this standoff continues and what we are really seeing right now is something of the you of the storm sunday and monday so horrific violence here tuesday night has seen something of a calming but that's only expected to pick up later in the week because it's unity day here in ukraine on wednesday and that's expected to see many more people come from outside of the capital here in sick a.f. to take part in these demonstrations now we could only hope that they stay with some semblance of peace however what we've seen over the the previous few days what we're seeing going on right now doesn't really suggest that it's going to be the case of course we'll keep you updated on what's going on here in here on i'll take . that. reporting right now the riots in kiev of highlighted the rise in nationalist movements and extremism in the country at the forefront of the violence

is believed to be an ultra right movement known as the right wing sector it's made up of mostly radical young people a statement has emerged on the internet allegedly from the organization and essentially it's a calling for a revolution political commentator alexander in a cross off he believes the unrest is pushing ukraine to the brink. all the signs are pointing to the to a carrier as basically emerging in key of and i think what is more worrying is that the so-called nationalists basically extremists who are trying to create there were more killers and more miss these extremists basically same with terrorists the more that the position is itself or acknowledge that the situation is getting out of control and how can we call khamenei why they say that these people for example are protesting against the government's decision to join the e.u.

after we see them attacking police with more of course the bricks and mortar and so on and basically breaking all the rules of the civil society to to to an extent that these are criminal gangs basically. the two months of protests in kiev turned into outright rioting over the weekend the first day of clashes left over seventy police wounded that number though has since increased to fold the most suffered from head injuries stabbings and poisoning from gas for the u.s. and the e.u. just to find a whole lot of rest by simply saying it was provoked by the ukrainian authorities on international affairs analyst says violence is actually the main goal at least for some of the protesters. we're talking about permanent barricades being set up by people we're talking about people who are taking the law into their own hands preventing people from walking along the street and going about their will reap

business and above all we're talking about demonstrators who have time and again showed their propensity to violence we've seen in these latest clashes as we saw in december when the whole issue first erupted how the demonstrators have initiated violence against the police and how the police in ukraine have seemed to be almost powerless to. resistance we can see that the violence has been initiated in large measure by the demonstrators themselves new self respecting state no state whose duty it is to uphold law and order can allow such things to continue to clean out in its capital city and in the tension in the ukrainian capital r.t. international will keep you up to date with events throughout the day also log on to r.t. dot com for live updates from kiev. it's our international live from moscow thank you for joining us no justice for the son

of a pakistani drone victim he's been told by a british court he's not allowed to find out if you came intelligence contributed to the american strike that killed dozens of locals that's just coming up for you here on the program. also amid a ring of steel and a world of privilege multi-billionaires and celebrities from all around the globe gather for the davos economic summit in another attempt to put every year to put an end to the world's poverty. but it seems that everyone is descending on switzerland today on the shores of lake geneva political heavyweights are trying to put syria back on a path to peace. and a heavy artillery and heavy diplomatic artillery i should say has been deployed to the picture of montreaux in an attempt to broker a deal between the assad government and the syrian opposition parties are reports

for us. for the first time after years of intense fighting and unimaginable violence the syrian authorities are going to sit down at the same table with parts of the syrian opposition and negotiate peacefully the conference is being organized by washington and moscow and to the united nations and is being held here in this picturesque down of montreaux on the shores of the lake in switzerland now if the syrian authorities confirmed that they were going to take part in the conference a long time ago the same can be said about the opposition have been constantly changing their minds even in the last twenty four hours prior to the start of the talks here in montreal and finally it was because of iran keep power in the region which is also supposed to take part that was supported by the u.n. and by moscow but the opposition was strongly against it and washington didn't help the situation either constantly changing its stance on the issue as well first being against the idea then supporting iran's participation and then finally asking

the u.n. to cancel the invitation for terror and to come here to switzerland even though washington and moscow both have been saying that the success of this conference and why we depend on the participation of anyone would influence on the situation there in syria and is that really that sort of power russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that while the fact that iran is not taking part in the conference is not a catastrophe but it surely won't help unite the muslim community in the fight against terror since that's also one of the main issues on the table here in montreaux besides the political opposition in syria it is widely known that terrorists including al qaeda linked groups are fighting there as well as the chief diplomats have gathered here in montreaux of course we will be covering extensively this whole conference and i'll be bringing you the latest details as it goes on. going on location for us right now our national lead foreign affairs expert richard

becker he weighed in on the diplomatic hustle over iran's participation in the peace meeting the things there's no objective reason to deny this right. it's hard to explain i think to anyone who isn't anyway objective why iran would have to be excluded from the top the opposition is demanding as is the united states and britain and france the they're demanding regime change as the price that syria has to pay for a solution in other words they want to bring about a whole new system inside syria a system that would be answerable to the dictates of washington why would iran be excluded because it supports the government in syria when all those who are supporting the opposition are invited to come to these talks and shows that they're really a. phoney miss about this whole process. meanwhile on the ground syrian

simply added fuel to the fire of conflict now declaring autonomy in the country's north but if the civil conflict drags the divided parts of syrian society further away from each other some though already preparing for a future reunion. explains. even in this dangerously divided country one place the differences don't matter is this children's hospital in damascus. a tiny relative of a government minister chose a room here whose babies belong to fighters of the free syrian army. who have patients from all over syria including areas had by the rebels because this is the only hospital of its kind in the country where babies born think can be treated and we treat them all the same they are all syrian children after all we all belong to one country and have to learn how to live together again. in three years of conflict neither men or women or children were spared according to the un more than

one hundred thousand people have died in fact the number is so high they've officially stopped counting. the anger and pain on both sides kind the measure. but still it's peace that people want more than five ange an idea who's married to a syrian government soldier has just fallen pregnant and the tough lives this is a beacon of hope this kidman salata mean my husband it's a connection between us while we are away from each other which is often for me this baby means life itself i live through this baby. comes one and a half year old daughter was born during the fear is to attack damascus has ever seen. she says her fight has nothing to do with her. i don't want to thing that war means there and i have to leave and we have to fight for peace and life we can't give up now. it's

a side of war that not many think about in the midst of violence and devastation babies are still being born in their thousands new parents who run away from atrocities in their hometowns often end up in camps which like the basics of sanitation and security. between death all around day choosing life grief notion otty from damascus and i throughout the day r.t. international will be bringing you all the very latest from the diplomatic battlefield for syria's future try not to miss our special coverage. after three years of. over one hundred. c. and common sense come to live there with one. war is not the answer. does

the savage chance. and coming your way a bit later today here on r.t. international one step forward two steps back it lavelle's crosstalk guests are at polar opposites when it comes to the whole iranian nuclear deal i think with the most congressmen realize that they might make noises but they are contrary to sabotage this thing and you have to keep in mind another issue is that if the u.s. president agrees to a deal which iran excepts and the senate that says says no how what does the rest of the wall going to do is the wrestler while going to listen to the senators are they going to listen to the u.s. president i think the whole the sanctions system will on ravel if there is an agreement to and even if the senate doesn't approve of it.

a former inmate at guantanamo bay cannot sue over the torture claims of the person despite being released without charge and the ruling by a u.s. court comes as thirty one former american army officials call for barack obama to keep his word and close the site there's a caffein off now reporting on the facility that critics say blemish is a whole nation's reputation. will be closed no later than one year from now it might be president obama's biggest unfulfilled promise closing gitmo the detention facility at guantanamo bay cuba that's where we put people in prison forever without charging them with any crime i can imagine where you could put these people that wouldn't endanger the community political bickering has kept detainees in limbo for years nearly eight hundred prisoners have been sent to

guantanamo bay since two thousand to one hundred fifty five detainees remain there today most without charge or trial but i don't think the u.s. has a nuff evidence to support holding. most of these men the burden is on the united states to justify it and the united states can't simply say oh well you know we think these are bad guys but we can't really prove it it's a view the us president seems to agree with the idea that we would still maintain forever. a group of individuals who have not been tried that is pont true to who we are it is contrary to our interests and it needs to stop so why hasn't it one of the problems opposition on capitol hill congressional restrictions have made it more difficult to relocate or transfer detainees for years republicans in particular have insisted the prison stay open in the name of national security

simply stated the american people don't want to close guantanamo bay which is an isolated military control facility to bring these crazy bastards that want to kill us all to the united states but some civil rights advocates say the white house could be doing more it's only a president who can do it and the idea that it's you know that it's congress's fault is just not correct right the president is the commander in chief it is the president that holding these men in detention the prison has been mired in controversy amid allegations of brutal interrogations and torture last year one hundred three detainees went on a hunger strike in a desperate protest against their indefinite detention there have been dozens of suicide attempts at least nine guantanamo detainees have died while in custody prompting some lawmakers to wonder whether keeping the prison open is doing more harm than good the reality is that every day it remains open guantanamo prison

weakens our alliances inspires our enemies and calls into question our commitment to human rights but after years of setbacks the tide seems to be turning a provision in a defense spending bill signed into law. law by the president last month lifts the restrictions on detainees who have been cleared to leave and never charged with a crime the bill basically takes half of what we did in the senate and passes and that is to give flexibility to the president to transfer detainees from guantanamo to third countries it maintains the prohibition on transferring detainees here for trial and detention and that according to attorney david remes is a big problem i don't think kuantan him a will ever be closed as long as the u.s. doesn't allow detainees into the u.s. you've got the problem of where are you going to put the men who are convicted by

military commissions where are you going to put the men that obama can't transfer for one reason or another but for most of the prisoners and their families one question remains just how much longer will they have to wait whatever answers politicians may offer meaningful change could still be a long ways off reporting in washington for our team and to see catherine of one lawyer for an intimate one carlos want to he says the people locked up without charge and not the tough criminals that officials say they are. hopefully these numbers are going to do window but the ministration still wants to hold some people indefinitely and what we do in the united states is we charge people or we release them we do not hold people indefinitely obviously we know that the people who are being held in guantanamo are not the worst of the worst they are mostly political problems they you know many of the men are from yemen the situation is still unstable and you haven't but certainly the idea that these are hard terrorists and

this is not the case in fact collin powell and his staff said many years ago that they knew the majority of the men being brought to guantanamo were innocent and in fact it's our belief that the people there now are innocent. you can catch our special documentary on the murky role of doctors involved in torture either with us here or on air later today all right now if you like at r.t. dot com. for the meantime an artsy international top billionaires from all over the globe have immersed themselves in a world of luxury in the swiss ski resort of davos why it's a concentrate on poverty income inequality and tax evasion of the main targets of this year's annual economic forum kitty pilgrim has the story. double's twenty fourteen the most anticipated financial it's all day yeah it's now kicked off with two thousand five hundred participants including the biggest names in business the business and money movers including j.p.

morgan's jamie diamond the british data david cameron air we've also got the finest there's always celebs as well i've got daughter the lead singer of you to your remember that he famously branded this event fact cats in the snow well he's back with a visa get a bit more complementary they share so what all these people are going to talk about in the next four days then in this while on the agenda is income inequality that's one of the biggest things they share and we recently found out that three point five billion people the paris parts of the walls they actually have the same amount of wealth as the eighty five richest people quite startling ready and rather ironic when you consider the fact that the richest people will be eighty try and deal with that problem got eighty billion as expected this as well as that topic we've also got the facts of play should know what risk that poses at the moment as well as europe still troubled banks with surveillance as well as the

issue of the chinese economy and how it's developing as well as janet yellen what that will look like and also the tensions in the middle east to who got the most anticipated person that will be making an appearance here will be mr rouhani iran's leader will be here to woo investors in a potential post in bargo economies to see how he gets on with that was that there's plenty on the agenda and don't forget that we've also got a few tags of void is here that are going to be talking about tax evasion again another irony there for you but aside from that the fuck but there are so many big names in davos it's difficult not to appreciate the fact that they're made. big agenda policies. are going to be keeping an eye on the agenda i'm going to be trying to get in a secret job and getting ahold of those people who are enjoying a bit of pain a break in my. heart

a snapshot of some global headlines now the israeli military says it's killed a senior palestinian militant in a missile strike in gaza services say two men died in the attack it's thought they were part of a group called islamic jihad that israel blames for carrying out a rocket types in its territory in the past few weeks. the thai government has put in place a state of emergency in bangkok in an apparent attempt to control protests the sixty day decree allows the security services to impose curfews and detain people without charge but already say they are trying to keep the peace ahead of new elections planned for early february nine people have died so far during protests that have bored parts of the capital to a standstill. i'm police used tear gas to break up a rally in the indian controlled part of kashmir hundreds took to the streets to mark the anniversary of the deaths of schools of people killed by security forces in one thousand nine hundred protesters chanted indian slogans and hold stones of

police. i. to be a snow storms are raging across the northeast of the u.s. with three states declaring a state of emergency about seven thousand flights mainly from washington and boston have been delayed or cancelled according to the national weather service the intensity of storms is likely to increase with more than thirty centimeters of snow expected in certain areas. now you could call has ruled that a pakistani whose father was killed in a u.s. drone strike won't be allowed to find out of the british government helped in the attack and the victim's son argued that sharing information on where to a bomb was the same was encouraging murder. has more on this controversial case. court of appeal here in the u.k. essentially blocked a non-person dented case relating to a u.s. drone strike ruling that it could not be heard because that will be asking a u.k.

court to pass judgement on the united states now the man behind the case is more con his father was a tribal elder from pakistan's northwest or tribal region and he was killed along with some forty others in a u.s. cia drone strike in march two thousand and eleven but the summing to his father was not connected to terrorism or militancy and even opposed to the lever on the other hand the cia reportedly still claims that it had cornered court killed no noncombatants in that strike over two years nor khan has been is seeking clarification on the policies and practices of the british government who is trying to get a judicial review asking the courts to examine whether officials at the british intelligence agency g c h q what in fact shared information about targets in pakistan with the cia and whether this in turn could make the british in murder or war crimes as the law here states so here we are today with the court of appeal ruling essentially deciding against a review it's understood as not wanting to damage the u.k.'s relations with the

united states a confluence of noted that the government in the form of foreign secretary william hague who is responsible for g c h q he had launched a public interest a unity application in order to stop consequence for being heard which the lawyers . maybe things. that he does not wish to disclose and there lies a source really of public anger this lack of transparency to what is a very controversial and increasingly unpopular practice but as it stands today the appeal here is lawsuit it seems we won't be finding out this time if the u.k. was indeed helping the cia. reporting that all right next here on the program a look at the role of doctors in prison of torture however if you're in the u.k. you know going on the ground without.

the interim agreement with the rent is now in effect what are its prospects can't israel and its congressional i want specifically the senate killed the deal and if for some miraculous reason all sides agree to keep to the agreement what can we expect next. after three years of. the death toll of over one hundred thousand. see and common sense come together with one message. war is not. does peace have a chance. the abu ghraib pictures raise the question where were the doctors while this was going on either they directly witness they've given us or they witnessed the consequences

of it why hadn't they protested. here the doctors were complicit they were the centerpiece of the torture they were enablers they were facilitators they would authorize years. from apocrypha used to now the standard for the killing professions has been simple that obligation is first and foremost to the patient's interest while being torture satyrs back up. how have american physicians and psychologists come to sanction and implement torture in our military prisons and why haven't they been held accountable for their actions. on.

tonight we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to your enemies. justice will be done. in less than three weeks later u.s. forces invaded afghanistan in retaliation to the september eleventh terrorist attacks on the united states.