the notion homeless will take place. live pictures for you right here on r.t. international is blazing barricades are up again in. spite opposition leaders calls to maintain troops. cross the country if there is anti-semitic violence there will be no mercy for anyone either women or children amid intensifying nationalist attacks we look at where further division could lead the country. peace talks in geneva between the syrian government and the opposition entering a crucial stage as both sides begin direct negotiations since the start of the uprising. and whistleblower edward snowden holds his first live q. and a session saying he had already be behind bars if you congress with the n.s.a.

leaks in the first place. a very good morning to you from all of us here at r.t. international. we did latest world news headlines we begin this hour here with the bombing in cairo at least three people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected car bomb blast outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and this all according to officials and local television explosions severely damaged the front of the building. to the museum of islamic just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the

regime of president mohamed morsy and of course they launched a crackdown on his supporters last. we'll bring you more on this story as soon as more details come in here on r.t. international. for now here on the program calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot police have failed to prevent protesters in kiev from building new barricades and burning tires on the embattled independence square meanwhile the riots have spilled over into ukraine's west and swear protesters broke into government buildings in several cities in fact in one of the larger ones the town over off of off of the rioters there managed to force the governor to resign effectively handing over power to nationalist parties and as the unrest spreads further it's becoming more and more extremist as artie's alexy to shift reports he have convulsed by violence. molotov

cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spiraling out of control. and emitted all it's the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this violence. and is ready teacher in a key of synagogue glickman is following it all from his hospital bed twenty four hours before the violence erupted he was beaten and stabbed by unidentified men it was the second attack on a jew in his many days we asked the local jewish community to comment on the matter but they refused hearing retribution from far right groups those watching on from abroad are also deeply disturbed by recent developments. of course we're worried about jews in ukraine at the moment because if there is anti-semitic violence there will be no mercy for anyone neither women nor children. with nazi off fascist images clearly on display the concern is that even the nationalist leaders are no longer in control of their supporters and the evidence of support for ukrainian

wartime leaders who lead death squads against the jews is apparent on the streets of kiev right beside the stage of kids independence square the heart of the protest there is a big banner with step on going down on it the 1940's insurgent leader in ukraine but despite there's lots of controversy surrounding his role in history in many countries this would hardly surprise anyone in today's here but that the other scene of the protests beside what seems to be future molotov cocktails we see a peculiar graffiti on the wall an old eric room which is unlikely to have any double meanings in european countries because back in the one hundred forty s. it was used by some of the nazi divisions. now that ultra wing activists have become the core of the protest some analysts say the spain's bleak picture for the country. most of those rioting do not take orders from our legal opposition forces they are radical nationalists football fans revolutionary romanticists and

inadequate people it's a mixed mob but radical nationalists are the only ones with knowledge and skill when it comes to mass riots they know how to handle themselves it's not only unsafe for the public but also for the future. ski artsy reporting from kiev in ukraine amid angry mobs refusing to back down talks between the government and the opposition are set to go on as the fragile truce in the capital holds just for now artie's part of all of it looks at what's further fueling the conflict. the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad seems like they serve police attacking protest as equals brutality of the protesters against the police has prompted the head of the e.u. parliament martin scholtz to call for immediate elections in the country while jose manuel barroso the e.u. commission president warned that he was ready to take action if the situation

didn't change these type of statements of led to accusations of encouraging the riot is in a way it's being seen in previous conflicts it's a very similar scenario to what was happening in. the beginning of the ninety's. we had people clamoring for democracy which was completely legitimate and then. outside western support pretty much gave way to the extremist who started calling not just for democracy but for the breakup of the country it's not just european leaders that have weighed in on the ukrainian crisis the united states council visas for officials who it believes were involved in the crackdown on demonstrators the end of last year and all the time they've pointed the finger of blame for the riots directly to the ukrainian government now this increasing tension in ukraine is a direct consequence of the government failing to acknowledge the legitimate grievances

of its people instead it has moved to weaken the foundations of ukraine's democracy by criminalizing peaceful protest and stripping civil society and political opponents of key democratic protections under the law determined not to see his country ripped apart president geonic overtures warned foreign politicians against trying to influence which direction the country will take care and politicians from the west and east really help us let's be frank they are fighting for their influence over ukraine or state is independent we can and we will decide. independently the government and opposition have entered into tentative negotiations just as violence spreads to other cities with local government offices attacked in the west of the country while throughout it all thousands of demonstrators and police remain caught in a tense standoff right in the hearts of the capital peter all of the r.t. here. and while the leaders of the unrest have been urging against the violence

they are no longer in control of the demonstrators and that's what we've been hearing from the head of a russian political think tank clash in the. what we see happening today in my down on my done looks more and more as the events unfolding in. that either square in cairo and we know what they'll see vence the ultra nationalist fascists are driving. violence cannot be controlled and the so-called ukrainian opposition actually. gave them a lot to them to allow them to participate in this violence and what we see today the answer seems to me to semitic. statements of those people this is a typical typical fascist behavior it will be very difficult to stop

the pandora box. fascism open. we have closely following developments in ukraine online more expert analysis and opinion just a couple of clicks away for you you know the website. it is ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital welcome to the program a long awaited direct talks between the syrian government and the opposition getting underway friday in geneva but if you think there will be a meeting of minds the government saying it will not discuss removing president assad as the rebels insist the only way forward you've got to piskun off this report from switzerland the syrian opposition says that it's not ready to sit down at the same table to talk with the syrian authorities but they are nevertheless

ready to continue the negotiations using un special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi as the mediator so basically he'll be meeting separately with the rebels and with the syrian authorities and passing on information from one to another thus making this dialogue possible it's not coming as a surprise because. after all these years of violence and so much show mutual accusations even having them in the same building is already quite an achievement but on the positive signal coming from the rebels is that they also say that only a political solution is possible and that is going to take a long time and this is only the first step but they also say that they made back out of the talks at any moment but this is really not the first time that we're hearing conditions or possibly mixed signals from the rebels since unlike the syrian authorities who confirmed that they were going to take part of this conference a long time ago the rebels who are constantly changing their minds even twenty four

hours prior to the start of the opening day of the conference in montreaux. activist brownback he believes the syrian rebels are not prepared to hold meaningful peace talks regarding that country. syrian opposition has come to the conference kicking and screaming in the first place they don't really want to be there because there's nothing that they think that they can get from the conference the syrian opposition only wants one thing which is to replace the assad government with their own government and clearly the assad government edge and even is prepared for a political settlement but won't agree in advance that the assad government will disappear or no longer be present in syria there are forces within the syrian armed opposition those affiliated with al qaida those who are getting the bulk of their arms from saudi arabia and from other regimes in the in the middle east they don't look for a negotiated settlement they're not going to agree to a negotiated settlement so it's not possible for the syrian government to see the

syrian opposition is a real partner for negotiations when there are two wings two armed wings fighting each other and fighting the assad government and one wing is determined in advance that they will never agree to some sort of transition that allows the bath this party to remain in power in any shape or form. and there is one battle that's bound to rage on no matter what peace efforts are made the war on line on our website we report on how well a group known as the syrian electronic army took control of the twitter and facebook accounts of c.n.n. find out if the hackers managed to take full advantage of the. apocalypse for the world's top social network such as claimed the days of facebook could be numbered comparing a slump in his popularity to an infectious disease and as to the head for you this hour here on r.t. international olympic park logistics. they go ladies and gentlemen it took me two

minutes and i. wonder if they need a. tour of. the fold the athletes get down to business that is coming your way short. ukraine or at least the country's capital kiev has descended into chaos protests have turned extremely violent and the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people what are these protesters believe in and what do they really want is ukraine on the path to nowhere. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's when you hear. reports from the world talks about six of your piece interviews intriguing stories are you.

troy arabic for a visit or a big old. it's r.t. international time now for a quick update on the bombing in cairo at least four people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected a car bomb blast outside the police headquarters right in the center of the egyptian capital and this is coming in from local officials and regional television as well of the explosion severely damage the front of

a building there at the attack also cause extensive damage to the museum of islamic art just across the street witnesses have reported gun fire following the bombing attacks on security and police locations have stepped up since the gyptian military overthrew the regime of islamist president mohammed morsi and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer we will bring you the latest details as soon as we get them here on our the internet. are just quarter past the hour here in moscow now on the program n.s.a. leaker edward snowden has held his first live q. and a session on certain questions online about the agency whistleblowing and america's mass surveillance now snowden has said that he has no chance at a fair trial in the united states in fact pointed out that if he had turned to congress with his information in the first place well they would have charged him with a crime on the spot and the whistleblower stressed that the bulk of the collection

of personal data must come to an end that it violates the u.s. constitution and remains in effect if when it comes to tackling terrorism he also highlighted the challenges american whistleblowers face when they try to expose wrongdoing. in a port and i are now having more on exactly what snowden had to say. during the live q. and a student was asked by one person if america's democracy could recover from the damage the n.s.a. spying has done on liberties snowden's answer yes but only if laws are corrected overreach of agencies are restrained and senior officials are held accountable for abusing and i say program so that he made it clear that there's a lot of work that needs to be done now during his back and forth in his exchange with various citizens he mr snowden underscore the fact that he believes that not all spying is bad some spying is necessary but he says that the biggest problem citizens now face is the technique of indiscriminate mass surveillance where

governments are seizing communications from billions upon billions of innocent people every day he believes that people should be able to dial a number make a purchase send an s.m.s. write an e-mail or visit a website with out thinking that it's going to be on their permanent record in another thing he kept on pointing out over and over again in various answers that he says that this phrase bulk collection is a euphemism for mass surveillance and he says there is simply no justification for continuing what he calls an unconstitutional policy with zero percent success rate . so two weeks before the winter olympic games in sochi kickoff all the trains buses and cable cars are running like clockwork but if you decide to head to the ice for a top class hockey match right off to watching some speed skating you'll find it's all right on your doorstep as aunties to find explains. twenty four

limpy comics who have dubbed these are live pictures to be very unique and it's not only because they're being hosted in a subtropical environment it's also because for the very first time in on the big history they've been created into this coastal cluster almost thirty m. in a one a circular area. spectators to move from one stadium to the next but how easy is red well let's go find out. right right behind me is that the iceberg a stadium now we're going to take a walk from here to the other side to where the atlas ring is let's take a walk now let's see how far it's going to take us to get from this site to the next one in the meantime a quick line to the olympics on the coastal cluster with all the five indoor ice stadiums will also be next to the opening and closing ceremonies stadium the fish

also in the coastal cluster is the main international broadcasting and press center now the beauty of this design is that it shouldn't take you more than five minutes between venue right so where were we are our experiment how long does it take to get from one venue to the next and the verdict. right so it's two minutes. and we've made it to gate b. b at the stadium and there you go ladies and gentlemen it took me two minutes entitles one venue. for me to all the longest and probably the most diverse torch relay in history is now drawing to a close right now clay was touring cities in russia nearing its final destination of course you can follow all the stages of the relay on our website it's our to talk go. to liberty. it's on an epic journey to.

one hundred twenty three days. through two hundred cities of russia. really fourteen thousand people or sixty thousand. in a record setting trip by land air. space. torch relay. m r t v dot com. a phenomenon international the u.k. independence party has managed to win over the hearts of the majority of the british public that's according to a recent poll. reporting now in a sweeping popularity of the form of dog costs of the country's political scene. euro finds itself at a crucial juncture the european parliament elections is only four months away amid economic turbulence high unemployment and some would say and that's the stuff for

crisis and europeans have been increasingly directing their anger after the european union euro skeptic parties have good ground in countries like france germany greece and other ones today with you and here in the u.k. the u.k. independence party or ukip have finds itself being voted as the people's most favorite political party in recent polls are you keeps a leader not. a member of the parties or women in the last two years local elections about five percent of the vote is what he calls quote unquote a game changer and he's determined to repeat the success on the european stage europe doesn't. the debate on europe is changed you know we don't just talk about treaties we're talking about cost we're talking about gratian we're talking about control of our businesses so things have changed i don't. see the emergence of ukip now has benefited from the european elections or about europe has benefited from the european elections or contested on the basis of proportional representation so

last time around we shocked everybody by coming second across the united kingdom but you could believe it even i was a bit surprised at how we got a prospect where there is actually a possibility that you could. elections that's got everybody thinking on the other hand some of the pro say that the surge in support for parties in the upcoming elections is exaggerated and that it will not prevent be quote unquote moderate majority for moving ahead with the new integration however one issue the does need to be addressed is that of voter turnout only forty three percent voted in two thousand and nine the last elections which is the lowest turnout since election started in one nine hundred seventy nine potentially opening it up to questions of democratic legitimacy reporting from london. global for you know with north. korea apparently reaching out to its southern neighbor in an act of reconciliation jonghyun has sent an open letter to the south calling for an end to hostile military acts

a gesture dismissed by seoul as quote deceptive propaganda the move comes weeks ahead of south korea's annual joint military drills with the u.s. last year north korea threatened to launch nuclear strikes in response to american stealth bombers flying over the peninsula during the exercises. the government of south sudan has signed a cease fire agreement with rebels following peace talks and. according to the pact the fighting must come to an end within twenty four hours the u.n. says over a thousand people have been killed during the month long conflict half a million displaced. is said to determine whether elections are the second could be postponed a suggestion to delay the poll came from the election commission amid calls for the removal of the current prime minister and massive protests just since the end of last year the prime minister called the vote in december in hopes of curbing the

unrest. now a quick update on the bombing in cairo at least four people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suspected car bomb blast outside the police h.q. in the center of the egyptian capital this according to officials on local television and the explosion severely damaged the front of a building in the attack also caused extensive damage to the museum of islam a car just across the street witnesses have reported gunfire following the bombing attacks on security and police have stepped up since the egyptian military overthrew the regime of the president mohamed morsi launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer more details on this to come on r.t. international. now would such just a few minutes before the crisis in ukraine goes under the spotlight in crosstalk as promised. that is coming your way next here on the program.

recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares of up to 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 and such and 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 of 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 without your pants on this idea must have 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

guys 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 trouser with volunteers please use it responsibly and productively but that's just my opinion. i know. tanya well a day well tell me how you are my little grandson. i know. i delayed. except it isn't. that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous that she had to leave it was

a story she had lost her mind. you know you she will come back i know it was and i will wait even if it means i must wait until my dying day. the sooner the better the majority. will be to say the majority to people. clear the choice to. rejoinder bridou opinion meanwhile the only thing we may. use government and opposition. necessary understandings specially necessary. to define.

the future. economic down in the final. days the down to the all sang and the rest because it's going to be if we. hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine or at least the country's capital care has descended into chaos protests of turns

extremely violent and the social order is on the verge of collapse to what degree do protesters in kiev represent the ukrainian people what do these protesters believe in and what do they really want also there are accusations of outside meddling is ukraine on the path to nowhere. to cross talk of events in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander me curious in london he is a legal writer and an analyst in moscow we have mark sloboda he is a senior lecturer and we search or at moscow state university and in washington we cross to anders auslan he is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it mark if i can go to you first here and looking at some of the dreadful pictures over the last few days coming out of care it looks like an attempted coup of some sort and i don't understand why people are calling them protesters they when they look more like rioters well i think that could be exactly

what has been characterized as happening in the ukraine in kiev for the last week i have family in laws in kiev and they're afraid to leave their houses right now because of what is happening it should be said that this is limited to the downtown section of the city and what we have are several thousand ultra nationalist. rioters because we can call them raw it's hers we can call them terrorists we call them insurgents at this point but one thing is sure it's not their. says nothing to do with democratic protest these people are attacking police with chain weapons molotov cocktails. bombs pyrotechnics there have been stabbings of police. they have been building trebuchets and using bosun arrows and morningstar as we see in absolute medieval.