hand of the e.u. parliament has ukraine's president should call snap elections while in kid of an hours long truce between protesters and security forces takes away. u.s. preparing the ground for syria's rival delegations to meet face to face on monday after a day one of the long awaited peace talks was marred by bitter exchanges. at a whistle blower's worries and word snowden is reportedly planning to ask russia for personal protection after getting death threats.

what you are hearing national coming to you live from moscow i'm marina. easynews and during re in ukraine was a hand of the european parliament saying the country's president should call an early election protesters and police in kiev have declared a truce. four hours are despair all over is live for us in the ukrainian capital so peter tell us what's the atmosphere like where you are as far as we know the pressure is growing on the ukrainian leadership and it's just it's not just from the inside. well what we're seeing right now here is the fighting between riots as a riot police is has stopped and we're seeing the talking starting to to begin i mean this is only a temporary pause in those violent clashes it's going to last until. until six pm g.m.t. but in terms of what we're seeing from pressure. people taking speaking about what's

going on here in ukraine from the outside well we have seen some movement with regards to the european union martin scholtz the head of the e.u. parliament has said that ukraine must call snap elections that came on the back of the of a phone call between the president of ukraine. the president of the european union but also which was to put also expressed his deep concern about the situation there was unfolding here in ukraine and said apparently this well if action wasn't taken to rectify this then the e.u. would be looking to try and step in and see what they could do he didn't elaborate on what he meant by than what he what he thinks that the e.u. could do in this situation in regards to the response from for misty on a covert she said that a state of emergency wouldn't be declared here in ukraine and that we wouldn't be

seeing the military becoming involved in this now he went on further to say that a special session of the ukrainian parliament would be scheduled for next week in which they would be discussing the possibility of new elections they would also be discussing the. the repealing of how they would go about repeal. new laws new measures that were brought in to try and tackle the violence that we've seen on the streets here so that's all going to be up for discussion in the in the parliament. now with regards to those elections with regard to the. degree with the that's all going to be discussed in the ukrainian parliament now with regards to snap elections what we're hearing from the ukrainian prime minister mr assad of is that well in his opinion that's just funds the fold that they just not possible it's not plausible to hold elections search short notice now he also was talking about those

that have been involved in the clashes these rioters that have been involved in clashes with police describing them as militants not as day saying they're not demonstrators they're not protesters that the fight in his words militants now. we spoke to we went along over just behind me where the main flash point has been as it's all quite know due to the cease fire but we went along there to find out what would be going on if no solution can be found what will happen here in kiev if they can talk things out. war war we've just see vitaly klitschko one of the leaders of the opposition here of course the former world heavyweight boxing champion delivering a speech to the writers here on the front line the very front line of the barricades here just in front of the arts say this wall of fire that exists between the the riots and the riot police right now. he's been talking to to to his

supporters and giving their messages here's what we have heard is that this after this twenty four hours of this ultimatum that was delivered to the the victory on the corporations ukrainian president. that there could be potentially more violence and we would expect to see that if those if their demands are met. that was our correspondent peter oliver there reporting earlier live from ukrainian capital kiev well the center of kiev has turned into a battlefield and this is independence square right here on the map where you can see known as mind john which has become the main hub of the protests that's where the opposition camp is but some of the most fierce clashes on wednesday broke out nearby as street tires were set alight there and you just heard our

correspondent peter reporting from the scene there and two people were killed both reportedly with bullet wounds the authorities however say police on the streets do not have a live ammunition and there do appear to have been vigilantes with firearms among the protesters as you can see in this picture well british journalist graham phillips who returned from kiev just recently says the protesters have been resorting to very aggressive tactics. i was on sunday and i saw guys lining up with fuse the laws of missiles and cocktails and noise and weapons of every single man attacking police in every way they codes and i return from that i was then on the internet checking the news and it was being reported immediately that the us has introduced sanctions against the ukrainian government. police and government are being criticized but to be there on the ground it's it's absurd to reconcile that with what you see which is highly military lines that in

fact i've been in city hall just proceeding events these guys were getting militarized were getting mobilize they were getting ready to go into war they knew exactly they were receiving briefings they were receiving instructions on that basis of going into war they went in on that basis and they went to that end to effectively instigate a civil war in ukraine and i think it would really be too dangerous to say that we have a moment isn't a degree of civil war in ukraine far right groups are gaining momentum in ukraine as those anti-government protests continue to rage and they're making it clear that they do not favor peaceful resistance nationalist factions are insisting that the government will only listen to your language of force meanwhile washington has responded to ukraine street violence by revoking the visas of several individuals and threatening sanctions from the u.s. point of view only one side is to blame in all of this as of now reports. the obama

administration had upped its rhetoric against ukraine on wednesday warning of possible sanctions that the government continues its crackdown on protesters there the state department spokesperson here in washington said all policy options are on the table but did not offer any more specifics now the u.s. meanwhile has revoked the visas of several ukrainian officials who are allegedly implicated in the violence against peaceful protesters no members of the opposition however have their views was revoked by the united states this is something that did come under some scrutiny at the state department press conference when a journalist or raise the issue of a double standard the united states has already revoked visas of several people responsible for violence. several officials ukrainian officials several. so there's no position protesters nothing like this ukrainian official. now we also heard from the state department referencing two protesters that had

been shot saying that they had been shot by members of the police despite the fact that the investigation on the ground in kiev had not yet concluded president obama himself stayed silent on the recent developments a state department spokeswoman did call on the ukrainian government to abide by the protesters calls for the country to sign a trade deal with the european union instead of turning towards russia the state department's top your of europe official victoria nuland has visited the country several times recently to argue the case vice president biden had also called the ukrainian president to express his deep concerns now the united states isn't alone in pointing the finger of blame on the ukrainian government when it comes to the recent violence in kenya of we did also hear from the e.u. budget commissioner who said that sanctions were not being discussed at the moment but that the body will go beyond simply condemning the violence one possible option going after the bank accounts of certain all of arks on the ruling party in ukraine

. now the russian president's spokesman has reacted to western condemnation of what's happening in kiev the major bischoff's as moscow considers an interference in ukraine's domestic affairs is absolutely unacceptable adding that russia never has and never would do such a thing the actions of ukrainian police officers have triggered a much criticism and we asked a former british police officer with experience of crowd control to analyze their tactics the minute it starts becoming violent way that it's meant they have no option than to react sometimes in the way they did because once that situation does get out of control like that both in those two primary and the first they can still police quickly in whatever way you can get the demonstrators moved to broke. and then problem out of there the second part will be just to do so as safely as possible for the public so decided then so the officers second so i think you know in some ways when you get back to be nice against police officers in many

ways it's not surprising that they haven't reacted as dignity as they have i mean it's not very nice as he looks very good and indeed a lot of his colleagues and give a very insulting we've been injured as well about human beings at the end of the day you know by all strive however well equipped they are all well trained they are you know this is i mean it's a horrible no manager but it's sort of combat in the field face to face with some dangerous people many of whom are actually intent on causing the bomb. we are closely following what's happening in kiev with people all over in the midst of the trouble they're across in western ukraine the nationalists have captured the regional administration building in the city of live off where the head of the region was forced to sign his resignation get more details on ukraine's turmoil on r.t. dot com with men by minute updates. now

the international mediator for syria will hold separate meetings with the government and the opposition after the warring sides failed to find an a common ground during the first day of the geneva two peace conference diplomats hope to bring syria's bitter rivals together for their first face to face talks on friday europe is going off reports from switzerland but prime minister i'm sorry to . can you just read. you live in new york i live in syria i have. to give you the c.v. envision here in this forum the first day of the conference was expected to be spent listening to formal statements instead it was the scene of bitter exchanges as the syrian opposition pressed on with its calls for president assad to step down and i think that i said is the problem and i said i don't think the promote any

solution without us a goal of stepping down as change of power in damascus is something that washington is pushing for as well bashar will not be part of that transition government but according to the u.n. secretary general of this is neither up to washington nor any other outside players to be signed the seriousness of themselves had the primary responsibility team to end the conflict determine their party to a system and future and start repeating their country while democracy is willing to discuss anything from commenting terror to partial cease fire anything that is except assad's resignation it seems the parties have a different understanding of the goals of the talks indeed the only agree on the one thing that a political solution is the only way no one should. know one's trying to gloss this over. that this is the beginning of a tough and complicated process more than forty countries and organizations

and all suggest together how this must end that it has to have an inclusive syria but it's still the statements were indeed emotional and there was new to us. but what's most important is that all the parties involved want direct talks to start as soon as. if there is the because of the first round of negotiations b.d.d. by the u.n. arab league special envoy on syria is expected to last one week after nearly three years of extreme violence it isn't a surprise the two sides of the syrian conflict aren't getting along very well frankly just getting them in the same building may already be considered a diplomatic breakthrough not to mention the talks which are scheduled to continue on friday europe is going off r t montreaux switzerland while the spine mutual has still the diplomats say that both syria's government and opposition forces have

signaled their willingness to discuss these fires prisoner swaps and the delivery of humanitarian aid analysts say help in breaking the deadlock rests with the international mediators appart. they must understand that neither one of them is able to really sort of the game military victory over the other in the battlefield so they need to reach some sort of accommodation for what the opposition cannot dictate and say that said cannot be a part of any. future syria and the syrian government cannot sort of lump everybody into sort of the basket of terrorists so each one of them must reach out and i believe that they will ultimately they can't this is going to take a great deal of time a great deal of attention and a great deal of goodwill on part of those who are advocating both sides. we'll stay in touch with developments in the peace talks as our team brings you in-depth coverage from geneva to. always

stay in switzerland to bring you another key global event that's underway there as business and political leaders address the world economic forum and dabbles among down iran's president rouhani has pledged cooperation with his neighbors and the rest of the world the details are coming up. the media leave us so we leave the media by the same motions to. play your party there's a big. issues that no one is that stand with to get that you deserve answers from. politics only on our team.

welcome back to watching r t international live from moscow and edward snowden's been getting an increasing number of death threats and is expected to ask russian authorities to help protect him the whistleblowers were about here in russia are kept secret marine organize details of the vindictive hunt for the former n.s.a.

contractor. despite his temporary residency in russia it's fair to assume that n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden follows what's reported about him throughout the world however it's the recent death threats and robberies descriptive ones published in the us media that is causing the thirty year old to request extra security and protection from russian law enforcement the website but speed quoted an anonymous u.s. intelligence officer describing how he would have assassinated snowden if he had the chance another unnamed pentagon official has been quoted saying he would have simply love to put a bullet in snowden's head work he not restricted from killing an american snowden's lawyer says the former contractor is constantly accompanied by private guards but that may no longer be enough to ensure his security. we

clearly understand that there is a serious danger for the life and health with edward snowden and n.s.a. intelligence officer says that it's easy to imagine a situation where he walks around for example after doing his groceries and he accidentally bumps into someone then he suddenly. goes home and dies in the shower in his situation he has to think about his security snowden's attorney stresses that according to russian law does. criminal liability he also says the former contractors refugee status makes him only entitled to ask the police for help in the meantime a new poll by pew research shows that while americans are still divided over the benefits of snowden's n.s.a. leaks when it comes to just young americans ages eighteen to twenty nine years old the majority believe that snowden's leaks served the public's interest reporting from new york. r.t. even though the white house and the u.k.

. government considers snowden to be almost an anime for some people he's a hero worthy of being on earth students are glasgow university have nominated him to be their reactor which would make him a representative on the university's governing body we caught up with one of the people spearheading the bit the reason which shows edward snowden is because we know that he is a hero here's a brave man who rist a lot of things to us that people know the extent of hewas media surveillance and intrusion into our private lives and we just want to show him that we appreciate what he has done and it is a clear message sent out to those who are monitoring us that we will not stand for this and that we do not this we do not accept this kind of criminality it would be more symbolic than anything because he will be able to actually physically come to class go it will choose a representative. for him in situations where he cannot personally attend but his

duties will be to hold the title of the rector of the university of glasgow we've had an overwhelmingly positive response of course we will do everything we can to make sure that this actually happens. on a family dinner date for tony blair saw the former prime minister served with more than food and wine and when a barman tried to conduct a citizens arrest to meet him face justice over the invasion of iraq had to argue dot com to see how that worked out. plus details on how the tory attacker suspected of breaking into the computers of george w. bush and the secretary of state has reportedly been caught by remaining in police details on that story just a few clicks away on our t.v. . in iran says it's ready to engage with neighboring countries and other world powers president rouhani has pledged came of the world economic forum in davos or just gave him is there. he is taking full advantage the president

of the country has all of the devil's economic forum because it's incredibly timely for him we know that the six month interim deal struck between the six major powers has taken effect this week and the message from him is around is open for business and as i say explicitly timely because in the audience you've got two hundred fifty people the protests of some of the richest people in the world eighty billion as hey we got forty heads of state so he's speaking to the right people and it's the first time in twenty years the iranian leader has come to this of that and he is basically opening up the country to international investment he's worrying the likes of any tell you tell shell as well as exxon mobil throughout the day he wants to really drum up support for the oil industry that has been really suffering

in the last two years because as they sanctions which will now be partially lifted thanks that interim deal that has been struck now he's got great expectations for his economy let's listen to the man himself. iran's economy has the potential to be among the world's top ten in the next three decades that's our long term goal which we're planning to achieve through our social economic as well as domestic and foreign policy my government is pursuing ideals and economic development democracy and the improvement of iran's foreign relations and that's impossible without our international engagement now considering a run has one of the biggest if not the biggest oil and gas reserves in the world that is a feasible goal for the country what the relationship between iran and the west are now warming up thanks the sanctions being partially lifted and investors are keen to get involved as well. for world news for you now from r.t.

international a mask. motorcycles have killed five policemen and wounded two others in egypt it happened at a checkpoint south of cairo the attackers a scape from the scene over two hundred fifty security forces personnel have been killed since the military toppled islamist president mohamed morsi last july. fresh rally in thailand's capital has seen thousands of people defied a government imposed ban marches there's a state of emergency right now and the sixty day to create was an act of drawing keep the peace until february is the action but angry crowds have been demanding the government goes now and have been trying to bring government business to stand still all the crippling bangkok. there's been no walkouts at the pentagon in the united states is not the general's though it's a leading indicator it's down to say they're fed up with low wages and hope and strive to get president obama to put an end to the poverty wages to attract loans

at federal facilities and some are paid less than nine dollars an hour around twenty percent less than what you search and seizure of basic living wage and. the general business partner a former oil tycoon miata kosky has been granted an early release by russia's supreme court but tell me a bit of have been due to walk free in may but will now do so in a matter of hours. as the details. basically the decision was made in both cases we're going to put on the video but seeing as we hope that that was actually released after receiving presidential pardon as part of the nationwide amnesty and left prison ad that time but it was remaining in the colony in his sentence was reduced to just. over a ten and a half years but seeing as he's already served and said he is free to go as soon as being in the prison that he's serving his sentence and in the north of russia received the official papers it could be as early as today it could be tomorrow

basically now we're just waiting for the papers to be delivered to the prison officials now when it comes to the other part of the case that the supreme court was looking at it has upheld the earlier ruling that her father must reimburse the state just over seventeen billion rubles in taxes which he owes and that actually is part of the case because both of course the negative have been serving their prison sentences on charges of tax evasion as well as money laundering and embezzlement basically the case for the two men now is closed and the supreme court has also left an opportunity for judicial rehabilitation for. well on the way here in atlanta national disturbing allegations about doctors who break their primary oath of caring for the sake and instead of in torture.

recently facebook was a blaze with likes and shares about the twenty fourteen no pants subway ride this is a yearly event that has grown in popularity and spread way beyond its native new york to cities across the globe according to fox news a century thousands of people ride the subway in their underwear as if it were a normal day what you're going to say is a prank collective the cause of scenes of chaos and joy in public places yeah i guess this is kind of funny i mean hey i like wackiness but think about the effort and propaganda takes to get thousands of people the world over to simultaneously do something and then with all that effort and all those thousands of participants all you do is walk around such a pants on this idea must've been created by some people with a pretty decadent lifestyle because how can you even think of organizing people for the goal of spreading joy when a lot of us can't even afford to put dinner on the table in the future could you please try some pantless food donating or pencils recycling or maybe best of all

and artist of all pencils job creating wackiness is fine but when you have the power of thousands of trousers volunteers please use it responsibly and productively but that's just my opinion. the abu ghraib pictures raise the question where were the doctors while this was going on either they directly witnessed they've been this or they witnessed the consequences of it why hadn't they protested.

here the doctors were complicit they were the center piece of torture they were enablers they were to select eight years they would authorize years. from a poverty is to now the standard for the killing professions has been simple that obligation is first and foremost to the patients interest while being torture satyrs that cover. 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. i. less than three weeks later u.s. forces invaded afghanistan in retaliation to the september eleventh terrorist attacks on the united states. in a radical new policy the bush administration declared f.