i know what's really happening to the global economy is kinds of reports. blazing barricades go up again in kiev despite opposition leader calls to maintain a truce amid the spreading west across the country. if there is violence there will be no mercy for anyone or women or children intensifying nationalist attacks we look at where further division could end up leading the country. fragile peace talks in geneva between the syrian government and the opposition now entering a crucial stage as both sides begin their first direct negotiations since the start of the uprising of twenty. edward snowden the whole. thing he'd already be behind bars if you congress with the n.s.a.

leaks in the first place. headlines its national with me rule thank you for joining us we start with the news coming in from cairo where two explosions went off on friday morning the first blast killed at least four people and dozens just outside the police headquarters in the center of the egyptian capital at the explosion severely damaged the front of a building of the attack also caused extensive damage to the museum of islamic art just across the street witnesses report following the bombing and a second blast struck near a metro station in a different part of cairo at least fifteen people reportedly injured there these are live pictures for you right now and attacks on security. and police locations

of course have stepped up since the gyptian military overthrew the regime of islam as president mohamed morsy and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer as we show you these live pictures from cairo right right now we will get a live reaction and analysis from the capital later in the program. for the meantime here without international 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 is where protesters broke into government buildings in several cities one of the largest over there is live off a riot has managed to force the governor to resign effectively handing over power to nationalist parties as the unrest spreads further it's becoming more and more extremist as artie's aleksey got to shift the reports. kiev convinced by

violence. molotov cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spirally out of control. and emitted all it's the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this violence. in his ready teacher in a key of synagogue dog glickman is following it all from his hospital bed twenty four hours before the violence erupted he was beaten and stabbed by unidentified man 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 what. 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 kiev's 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 kiev but that the other scene of the protest beside what seems to be future molotov cocktails we see a peculiar graffiti on the wall an old eric groom which is unlikely to have any double meanings in european countries because back in the one nine hundred forty s. it was used by some of the nazi issue of divisions. now that altering activists have become the core of the protest some analysts say the sprains bleak picture for the country. is most of those rioting do not take orders from our legal opposition

forces there 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 rights they know how to handle themselves it's not only unsafe for the public but also for the future. alexi russia of ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. the head of a russian political thing tank veronica crush on the cover she says the leaders of the unrest are no longer in control of the demonstrators. we see happening today in my done on my done looks more and more as the events unfolding in. the square in cairo and we know what followed the events the ultranationalists fascists who are driving the 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's box of ukrainian fascism was open. and it made angry mobs refusing to back down the opposition front men have been booed by the crowds of independence square one leader's calls to maintain a truce were met by the crowds calls for revolution. looks at what's further fueling the unrest. the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad scenes like they saw of police attacking protesters the 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 the type of statements of led to accusations of encouraging the rioters in a way that's been 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 wings 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 canceled 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 at the ukrainian government now this increasing tension in ukraine is a direct consequence of the government failing to acknowledge that legitimate grievances of its people instead it is 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 for. and 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 kid and we will decide our fate independently the government and opposition have entered into tentative negotiations just as violence spreads to other cities with local government offices attacks in the west of the country while throughout it all thousands of

demonstrators and police remain caught in a tense standoff right in the heart of the capital peter all of it on t.v. here. of course we are closely following developments in ukraine online also there a report on the lethal weapons being used by rioters you'll find all the details right now with dot com. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international let's return to the bombing tragedies in cairo and discuss them with award winning journalist who miles who actually is in the city for us right now thank you very much for joining us so quickly here on r.t. international at least two blasts in the egyptian capital dozens are injured have you managed to speak to any witnesses. i haven't spoken to any witnesses but i've seen the reporting on the national t.v.

they. have been quite recently situation is still becoming clear here what do you know right now about just the mood in cairo up and people must be concerned at this point. well people were really concerned i mean this is the country's. very tight security at the moment tomorrow is the third anniversary of the uprising that overthrew the long standing president mubarak said that was always looked like it was going to be a major event and could see more civil destruction and disturbances various groups of promise that they're going to demonstrate including me is the mists and the liberals what they call the six movement so that the country is already get up for that and there's many more soldiers on the streets neighborhoods all over karo there are tanks on many street corners and police stations have

a very fortified now with barbed wire outside and many many soldiers all looking very well longside very much a feeling that this country is under a really tight military governance. as you as you were saying there has been speculation that the whole timing of the attacks is linked to the anniversary of the twentieth and revolution what does this say about the state of the crisis in egypt right now do you think. what it unfortunately shows us to the islamist movement who presumably responsible for this bombing although no one has no evidence has been produced but i mean this looks like it could well be the work of the one of these jihadi groups inside who sponsibility for the previous attack. on the day not going to go away it's not going to be possible for the government just to pretend that he is the mists did not win five stars

were. kicked out of power they can't just carry on business as usual and if they try to carry on business as usual there's not a seat we can see there's going to be efforts to strike that so so we're on this as as you were saying here that we have at least one car bomb blast another explosion as well reports of gunfire after the initial blast what message do you think this the terror send to egypt's interim government that has just now celebrated the yes vote in a referendum on a brand new constitution. well i think you know we don't know who's behind these bombings and i don't think anyone has claimed responsibility yet but i mean what it seems like this is a part of a pattern of bombings carried out by just how the militants with links to the regime side of it and the message to the interim government is that we leave the islamist movement all the be extremist we do not accept your constitution we don't

accept your government we see them as traitors and we want to bring the bring the whole house crashing down that's the message i don't journalist hugh miles a live for us in cairo in the wake of at least two explosions there in the egyptian capital thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. international. we have more news to come your way here on the program in just a moment. well the future. is hit 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 intil suv revolution this has the potential to save lives. noisy update. we've got the future of coverage.

wealthy british. it's time. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. because a report on. that is just one quarter past the hour here in moscow it's international long awaited direct between the syrian government and the opposition getting underway in geneva

in just a few hours though few think there will be a meeting of minds with the government saying it will not discuss removing president assad while the rebels and the only way to go forward. when you go to school off now is joining us live from switzerland give us the latest on this could go to you and i think covering this since the all the geneva two talks kicked off on wednesday they didn't get off to the best of starts certainly some accusations flying in the main delegates room how about today any high hopes. well surely there are sticking points but many say even having the syrian authorities and the rebels in the same building is already quite an achievement and while of course the main goal is to get them to sit down at the same negotiations stable but earlier the rebels a did say they weren't ready to hold direct talks but however they are ready to negotiate using un special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi as the mediator so he's going to be meeting separately with the rebels and with. passing all the information and making of this dialogue possible the opposition also said last

night that the me pull out of these talks at any moment but really this isn't the first time that we've been hearing conditions from then from them and. sending a signal since unlike the syrian authorities who confirm that they were doing what and where it was a long time ago the rebels constantly were changing their mind even twenty four hours prior to the opening day of the conference in montreaux with the positive thing here is that both sides say that they see only a political solution possible here the sticking point is that judging by the opening day in montreaux and what what was said there it seems that the two sides of the conflict have a different understanding of the goals of this political process and see if the authorities are saying that they're ready to discuss anything from commenting terrorism to a localized ceasefires except for president assad's future the rebels say they came

here only to speak about his resignation and the change of power in syria and this is supported by some western states including the united states but. both sides also say they understand that this is the beginning of a long process this is just the first out of many many steps and this for the first round of talks is scheduled to go on for around a week but the idea is that more rounds will follow. earlier russia's foreign minister and u.s. secretary general. ban ki moon they were saying that they hoped iran would join the talks later on as well since it's a key power in the region with definite influence on the situation there so even though there are sticking points like i said even having these two sides of the conflict with ongoing violence in syria is already a diplomatic breakthrough and of course we will be here throughout the day is going to be ringing you all the latest details on these talks and it was quite

interesting on wednesday when the talks kicked off and they are making their opening statements the syrian foreign minister. many of the delegates in attendance blaming them a regional delegates and global delegates for having a hand and having blood on their hands from a further creating an instability in syria ultimately playing with a sovereign nation so good luck to all of those in attendance for the continuation of the geneva two peace talks on syria you've got this going off we'll see you soon . well thank you for joining us here at r.t. international as i depart about to push for talk to the geneva two on the syrian battlefield radical islamist fighters and al-qaeda linked rebels continue to turn against each other for control of major cities are days where if and often are reporting from the front line in the northern city of aleppo the aleppo region in northern syria one of the richest and most developed before three divest eighteen years of war has been the scene of some of the fiercest clashes between government

troops and the rebels fighting shoulder to shoulder with a number of different al-qaeda affiliated groups but now a different sort of war is raging on the same battlefield that. in the or or lesser gosh the moderates free syrian army an umbrella military organization uniting anti assad forces since the beginning of the conflict is beslan numerous radical jihadist groups who they say hijacked the revolution in order to establish an islamic caliphate in syria don't stand do not stand up we had up to the roof of one of the highest buildings in the city of aleppo with the syrian army's line and at the who's a from a mosque after that we have no control the militants are only fifty meters beyond the mosque and the area is just food of militants five hundred meters from here and beyond it's just full of them and it's not a question we hear clashes nearby but the syrian army is not even involved just

about got the confrontation is now between the free syrian army in the jihad is of isis when darkness comes will join the fight but for now we are on standby let her know we don't have any troops there we are fighting between themselves for control . according to the syrian observatory for human rights the london based opposition group relying on activists in the field for their data around fourteen hundred people have been killed in the country since hostilities between the rebels and the hardest. calkins january. among the dead hundreds of moderate rebels and nearly two hundred civilians what did the letter oh dear me are you in an audio message posted online on thursday i don't need a man of the hour he lead called on his militants to immediately hold the fighting between brothers but clashes exit q sions and torture between those who were once calm rates continue. and with the syrian government and opposition now starting

their first dialogue and for years the question is now how this internal rebel fight will affect syria as a whole some say it would most likely weaken the whole n.t.'s movement others fear the rebels would be completely taken over by the jihadists that's a scenario that could harm him and potentially undermine the prospects of peace that's been pursued at the current talks in geneva. raif notion r.t. from syria. there is one bottle the. group known as the syrian. twitter facebook account. to take full advantage of. the world social network research has claimed the days of facebook could be.

infectious disease. international. correspondent. for the. n.s.a. leaker edward snowden has held his first live q. and a session on questions online about the agency. snowden said that he has no chance. in the united states it pointed out that if congress with his information in the first place they would have charged him with a crime. and that was. the bulk collection of personal data. and that it violates the u.s.

constitution in effect when it comes to. the also highlighted the challenges that american whistleblowers face when they try to expose wrongdoing. has more on 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 without 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 . before we go to technology update for now two weeks before the winter olympic games kick off in sochi all the trains buses and cable cars are running like clockwork if you design to head to the ice for a. drop off to watching some breathtaking speed skating you'll find it soldiers to step away from your doorstep to find more explains. the twenty fourth olympics comics who have dubbed did these the olympics 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 plaster this coastal cluster almost thirty m. in a one a circular area. spectators who move from one stadium to the next but how is the air good well let's go find out. right behind me is that the iceberg a stadium now we're going to take a walk from here to the others line to where the atlas ring is let's take a walk now let's see how five going to take us to get from this site to the next level in the meantime a quick line to. 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 to be. at the stadium and there you go ladies and gentlemen it took me two minutes anyhow you. one venue will be. meanwhile the longest and probably the most diverse torch relay in history now drawing to a close right now the olympic flame is touring cities in russia getting nearer and nearer to his final destination of course you can follow all the stages of the relay on our website should all be willingness to do so from. today's politics to tomorrow's gadgets technology update is just around the clock.

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 who have a pretty decadent lifestyle because how could 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. hello. welcome to technology updates on today's show. we listen some pretty cool

chuen. russia gets caught up in the next industrial revolution. miracle materials make the medical marvels. and we hold our very own my tea party. but first into day's fast paced world the race is on to get more done in less time but the old saying more haste less speed was never true and then on the road to the world's megacities where crippling congestion slows progress to a snail's pace so perhaps a dose of high tech decongestion will help cities breathe easier. second when. moskos traffic jams are legendary in fact the capital was awarded the jew title of the world's most congested city last year by g.p.s. make it tom tom with the average muscovite driver spending over five full days a year sticking tailbacks which altogether can stretch up to two thousand kilometers. high tech gadgets like the head up display from

a sadie's show collision and lane departure warnings making for a safer driver reducing accidents and helping keep the city moving while certainly an improvement over traditional dashboards they do still require the driver to focus on the windscreen leaving the rest of the road a blur once again skolkovo lived up to its reputation. this contraption in the foyer may look like an arcade machine but under the bonnet it has more uses than just entertaining visitors the way you are a navigation system put mentored reality into the driving seat by projecting the route onto the road ahead so the driver's eyes are kept firmly focused on the road this simulation of the device also display speed fuel and red counter information rendering car does boards a thing of the past as well as helping drivers get about town or number gates treacherous cliff holding roads the finished product will just.