as unity day dawns on ukraine police dismantled part of the barricades in the capital but have to because rioters threw rocks and molotov cocktails at a. diplomatic delegations cakehole the long anticipated syrian peace talks exposing councils between big grand schemes for the country's future envisioned by the participants that. under our t.v. new mothers in damascus forced to give balance amidst fears but violence and now striving for their children to leave and they're reunited syria. last the u.s. court rules that a full grown tunneled a prison guard can see this state over torture claims as dozens of former american officers make a public call for the president to honor his promise to shun the son to die.

international news and comment live from moscow you're watching r.t. international with me. and welcome to the program and it's you know today in ukraine but it hardly looks fast to with burnt out cars and rocks and molotov cocktails flying violence and capital kiev loaded into its fourth day running as police and anti-government rioters battled in a barricaded a street and the owner is there for us right now looks like the front line has been shifting what does it look like right now please tell us more. well the situation in kiev right now is this essentially two groups of of demonstrators one of them

just behind me on my down square is is completely peaceful as there's not a lot going on there but just a little bit well round the corner literally over to my left there is essentially a war of attrition going on between rioters and the riot police we've seen barricades built up from. from burnt out police vehicles being used by by demonstrators and police trying to force them back away from there and they've they've been giving ground and gaining ground in an equal measures both sides we've seen rubber bullets being fired by the police as they try to this disperse them also wave after wave of molotov cocktails rocks and the likes being thrown. about what it was like in knots but war of attrition basically that standoff that's going on i was there just a little while ago and here's what i was saw. well this is the scene in central kiev on wednesday we saw nothing nice a good night of stop off between police and riot says in the sense of the ukrainian

capital what you can see just going on behind me over there a riot is still throwing molotov cocktails huge pieces of masonry we're talking about rocks about twice the size of my fist that are being killed from the barricades of the police set up by rioters these barricades goes to the made up of good tell the police vehicles that some of the said rights have been taken away by the ambulance service here but only after they dropped by in pas the set piece these people have could certainly very well we're just moving away from the situation it's going on just over my left shoulder there where volatile cocktails go to me a book of coke has appeared to have. gone off in amongst those rioters that was throwing the police say i do hope nobody is caught up in not in the hoods. yes we have seen people taken away by the ambulance services we have seen groups just over

behind by the cameras basically getting ready set up like platoons in the military . getting old is these people all come but they all come with helmets that will come with must of old quite heavily armed with three big metal bost sticks shields everything like that some of those shields we come around to you can see some of those shields once belonged to the police it seems that they've come and did some of those shields that had been being used against them these rights is here in central kiev in order to. to use them again against the police it is independence it is national unity day here in kiev that mean here in ukraine that's a national holiday and that means that we've seen many many more people turn out here into the center of the ukrainian capital in order to to take parts into what is descending into. really a five very violent scene in

a continuous violent standoff between scientists and demonstrators here in kiev. and right now we are showing some pictures tell here is that the ra and police are moving and that right now in k.l. but also we're getting reports that the numbers of people are swelling that is anything special planned for today. will today is a public holiday in ukraine and people are off work so it's much easier for people who would want to come into the city to do so in the olden ises of these riots and behind me said the demonstrations of. could be encouraging people to to come out here to the streets of the capital and take part in it what's going on now there's a march planned for a little later on the softer noon because we're bringing you all of that as it as it happens but there's also been. we've seen what's happened in the over the last few nights we're hearing that well as many at least two people have been killed it

could have be more people have died at least over the previous two nights one of those it seems falling from the top of the column the of the dynamics stadium way he may have been throwing attempting to sew rocks or most of cocktails at police eventually who slipped in and then fall into his death it seems another man has died from gunshot wounds now we are hearing from the the authorities that it's none of the police have been issued with with live rounds so they're saying that there's no way it could have it could have come from a live bullet being fired from from authorities in that maybe we are hearing reports that somebody else may of have died as well cheering these these riots and demonstrations now. in terms of the those groups behind what's going on here we're hearing that they're planning to set up a people's parliament their own form of opposition to try and tackle leap to try to take on the current seven ball to rival the current ukrainian government will be

hearing what happens with that as it goes on also some some rather disturbed. being information coming out from the general prosecutor's office here in ukraine suggesting that as many as fifty people being kidnapped taken off the streets by beaten and taken off the streets and caused by groups there is no more information but not certainly worry if people are being kidnapped from this the streets of the ukrainian capital in terms of international well it certainly seems that some countries have already picked their side in this in this ongoing. incident here and in ukraine the united states has said that they will suspend visas for those that they deemed were involved in the in a crackdown on demonstrators at the end of last year in december so not directly linked to what's going on right now but certainly related and also the. united states some people in united states suggesting that sanctions could be should be placed upon ukraine so some side certainly some people certainly having picked

their side here we'll bring you all the latest about what's happening here in ukraine as it develops as i say a pretty much a standoff between police and riot is still ongoing and we bring you all the latest on that as it happens here sean payton of a very close eye on the situation in kiev right now and we're also bringing you live pictures where we're bringing you live pictures from kiev as well peter thank you very much indeed for that report. the writing here of how highlighted the rise in ash has movements and extremism in the country at the forefront of the violence is believed to be an ultra right movement known as the right sector made up mostly of radical young people a statement has a national on the internet that allegedly from their own eyes aisha and essentially calls for a revolution there and political commentator alexander cross and believes the unrest is pushing ukraine to. all the signs are pointing to the two a k s

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 are 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 can then you 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. bricks and mortar and so on and basically breaking all the rules of civil society 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 please wounded

and that number has since increased twofold most separate from head injuries stabbings and poisoning from gas. justified down by saying it was provoked by the ukrainian authorities one 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 ordinary 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 resist what 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 particular not in its capital city. i made the tension in the ukrainian capital all seem to national will keep you up to date with events robin day and you can always always log on to r.t. dot com for live updates from kiev. coming up later in the program made a ring of steel and world of privilege multi-billionaire villian arrays and celebrities from around the globe gathered for the doubles economic summit and another annual attempts to put the end to the wilds of poverty. it seems everyone is descending on switzerland today on the shores of lake geneva

political heavyweights are trying to put syria by on a path to peace. they dry and so international diplomacy have the future of syria under a magnifying glass as the long awaited peace talks have started in the picturesque town of montrose. kind of wraps up the latest statements beginning though the main agreement for this conference was to be for it to be held without any preconditions first the syrian opposition to import were saying that they're going to push for president assad to step down and now u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the syrian president has no future in his country once again despite the fact that washington and moscow they've been organizing this conference. no preconditions was sort of the main condition for this whole event to be helt we've heard from the russian foreign minister

sergei lavrov also in his opening statement earlier today and he's been saying that he hopes all outside players will keep themselves from the distorting the course of this conference and from making any predictions on its outcome bunky moon u.n. secretary general was saying how that he hopes both sides of the conflict. and the opposition will finally allow humanitarian aid to get inside so clearly there are still sticking points here we're seeing at the conference in montreaux the other sticking point is that iran is not taking part it was supposed to but opposition was completely against that and while this position was supported by washington which ended up asking the united nations to cancel duran's invitation and according to. this is not a catastrophe that iran is not taking part but it is a key power in that region is definitely with

a lot of influence on the situation in syria and while not having it participating in the conference would definitely not help uniting the muslim community in the fight against terror which is also one of the key issues on the table here for more i'm joined by a german journalist kareen. thank you very much for joining me so you are based in syria they're now talking about terrorism being one of the key threats and that is being agreed by all sides present here in this conference how how real is that threat did you feel it yourself can you tell us more about that. it's definitely to be felt inside syria and i'm based in damascus but i travel around a lot as much as possible. you can feel it on a daily basis grenada spy explosion. inside the city you never know where the grenade might explode or where it can hit you you know pupils and

civilians. are hit by these grenades also you can feel it by kidnapping you know been killing and you never know who's doing it people are disappearing. the friends of mine who have been kidnapped they disappeared so yes you can feel the threat of terror on the ground very much. meanwhile on the ground syrian kurds have used the security vacuum to declare their own autonomy in the country's north but as the civil conflict drags the divided parts of society away from each other some are already preparing for a future reunion. travel to damascus and talk to those ready to reconcile. 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 belonging to fighters of the free syrian army. who have

patients from all over syria including areas held 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're 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 can't be measured. but still it's peace that people want more than view of ange an idea who is 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 east attack damascus has ever seen. she says her fight has nothing to do with her. event want to thing that war means there and we have to leave and we have to fight for peace and life we can't give up that. it's a side of war that not many think about in the midst of violence and devastation babies are still being born in the thousands of new parents who run away from atrocities in their hometowns often end up in camps which like the basics of sanitation is security. between death all the wrong and they choosing life. not tea from damascus stay with us after the break for more encouraging the broken gong tunnel by promises of the us president.

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a little turn to bangalore stories. here. altie spanish find out more visit actuality. you're watching all seem to nationals great to have you with us let's move on now a former inmate a gun tunnel day kind of torture claims at the prison despite being released without charge they were going by a u.s. court comes five days after the u.s. president promised to close decides all season this account for enough now reports . well talk about it 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 i don't think the u.s. has a no 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 u.s. president seems to agree with the idea that we would still maintain forever. a group of individuals who have not been tried that is pon true to who we are it is contrary 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 the top 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 if 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 by the president last month lifts there were strict sions 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 it 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 want 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 you're 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 seek out and of to begin to as from all over the globe have a most themselves in a wild over luxury in this sort of scale result of doubles to concentrate on poverty income inequality and talks of asian are the main targets and they see as annual economic forum. will be reports now from this now alps. but doubles twenty fourteen the most anticipated financial to all the 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 got british data david cameron air we've also got the finance cheese 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 so what all these people are going to be told about in the next four days than in the us while on the agenda is income inequality that's one of the biggest things they share and we recently found out that a 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 t. try and deal with that problem got eighty billion as expected this vent and also the tensions in the mideast to get 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 put aside from not the fat but there are so many big names in davos is difficult not to appreciate the fact that there may be some big agenda policies pushed through we certainly hope so i'm going to be keeping an eye on the agenda i'm going to be trying to get in a secret toes and getting a hold of those people who are no doubt enjoying a bit of champagne breakfast at the my friends cage if they're up next to look at a curious culture is siberia but if you're in the u.k. stay with us for guarding underground. after three years of. the death toll of over one hundred thousand.

homeless am common sense come together with one mention of war is not the answer. does peace have a chance. the interim agreement with the rent is now in effect what are its prospects can't israel and its congressional i specifically the senate kill the deal and if for some miraculous reason all sides agree to keep to the agreement what can we expect next . we'll go into the future. so we hit the road to focus on new technology. on this month's show no policy is complete without school shootings. and we learn about the next until struve evolution this has the potential to save lives. noisy update here. we've got the future of coverage.

after seven years in prison mohammed jawad was finally released eric montell though kept his promise to be in kabul when the young man arrived. his mother couldn't even recognize him because he had physically changed so much because he was just a boy and he apparently had a certain shape to the back of his head from either a fall what have you and she. was in total disbelief until she felt the shape of his head and then at that point she collapsed on the floor.

in the case of involvement of health professionals when does it rise to the level of national scandal. how many more revelations about physician involvement about research about approval of interrogations from people who are clearly injured to be injured again. how much more. the american public does not hear much about dr involvement in detainee abuse since the abu ghraib scandal both administrations have gone to great lengths to present detainee treatment as humane. we are going to try that like right now we're going to treat them humanely and. get it. to their

circles. the press is giving tours of modern medical facilities in guantanamo and army psychologist who report on the condition of detainees make no mention of symptoms of trauma. diagnosis we see are the same ones we see in the state the main or most problem diagnosis diagnosis here are personality disorders. do you see any signs of desperation but in some type it is. not really. make that a few of them have maybe. maybe a few of them. i can't i don't know really any specific details though where they have done anything. out of desperation. doctors that detention sites are divided between those who work in treatment services and those who work under the intelligent.