this is why you should care only. blazing barricades again in kiev despite opposition leader calls to maintain a truce. if there is violence there will be no mercy for anyone neither women nor children but intensifying nationalist attacks. could leave the country. in a series of deadly explosions strike egypt's capital. of the two thousand and eleven revolution. peace talks in geneva between the syrian government and the opposition is now entering a crucial stage as both sides begin their direct negotiations since the start of the.

international with me. straight to cairo we go it's where three explosions struck on friday morning the first blast killed at least four people and dozens outside the police headquarters in the center of the capital and the explosion severely damaged the front of the building and the museum of islamic just across the street and the second blast struck near a metro station in a different part of the city reportedly killing a policeman and injuring fifteen others our attacks on security and police locations have stepped up since the military overthrew the regime of islamist president mohammed morsi and launched a crackdown on his supporters last summer international we will bring you a live report from. hiero just

a bit later in the promo. for the meantime though calls from opposition leaders to maintain a truce with the riot police 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 have broken to government buildings in several cities in fact over there live off one of the largest cities 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 alexia chefs reports kiev 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 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 what hardly surprised anyone in today's hearing 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 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 not social divisions. now that ultra wing activists have become the core of the protest some analysts say dispense bleak picture for the country it. is 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. alexey rush of ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. the head of a russian political thing tying a vote on the kalashnikov she says the leaders of the unrest are no longer in control of these ongoing demonstrations what we see happening today in my done on my done looks more and more as the events unfolding in on the square in cairo and we know what followed the events the ultra nationalists and 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 peace violence or 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 off ukrainian fascism was open. and i made angry mobs refusing to back down the opposition frontman have been booed at by the crowds at independence square one leader's calls to maintain a truce were met by the crowds calls for revolution. all of a look at what's further fueling the unrest. the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad seems like they saw police attacking protesters the talent to protest is 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 will and he was ready to take action if the situation didn't

change these type of statements of led to accusations of encouraging the rioters in a way that's been seen 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 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 directed 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 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 wall. and 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 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 the r.t. . and we are closely following the developments in ukraine online also there

a report on the lethal weapons being used by the rioters to find all the details are right now for this hour at r.t. dot com. good to have you with us here on r.t. international long awaited direct talks between the syrian government and the opposition getting underway friday in geneva though few think they'll be a meeting of minds with the government saying it will not discuss removing president assad or the rebels insisting that it's the only way forward. to piss going off reports from switzerland 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 earlier the rebels 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 the stories passing over information and thus making this dialogue possible the opposition also said last night that they may pull out of these talks 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 us 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 lavrov 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 and i'll be bringing you all the latest details on these talks and he will activist brian

baca he believes the syrian rebels are not prepared to hold meaningful talks on peace in 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 the see the syrian opposition is a real partner for negotiations when there are two wings two armed wings fighting each other in 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. the diplomatic wrangling goes on national we take a look at the conflict on the ground in just a few moments for you we report from one of the most stricken places in syria the city of aleppo as we follow the infighting between rebel groups. also for you. last time around we shocked everybody by coming second because they're not taking the lead because believe that he would i was a bit surprised but now we've got a prospect where there is actually a possibility that you could talk national elections that's what everybody thinks and you poll claiming the u.k. independence party is now the nation's favorite later this hour we report on how a growing number of people like getting behind the idea of the country. you.

know the better. we will be to say the majority to people. of choice to. join. the only thing we need. these government and opposition. necessary understanding and especially. to define the. right to see. first street. and i think that you're. on a reporter's. instrument. it's

all to international life from moscow let's get back now to the series of explosions in cairo three blasts striking in the egyptian capital this morning the first happened just outside the police headquarters and was the deadliest attack killing at least four people let's get details now from journalist tong dail standing by live now to thomas rory in moscow i understand it's very noisy where you walk and you bring us up to date please the latest information on the explosions. a sure thing you can see behind me the scene of an explosion which took place in the early hours of this morning as well as killing four people four police officers it tore the face you're off a museum of islamic all opposite and shattered windows one hundred fifty meters

down the road a second explosion outside a. metro station in the west of the camp to look at history killed one report say that a bomb was placed under uk police truck and then in the last three quarters of an hour we have reports of i. an explosion in the heart of area of the of the capital near the pyramids so egyptians waking up today on the day before the third anniversary of their revolution to find a series of bombs strike you know their capital and tom what i want you as well as i already told you i was just going to jump in i do i do apologize i know it's a very fluid situation right now the police are sick hearing the city what is the security presence right now. sorry please could you repeat the question what is the security situation right now i'd imagine the police are out on the streets of course. police already on the streets that's right certainly in the area around the blast there's a kind of

a palpable sense of nervousness. and really this is the latest in the series of bombings which have hit egypt in particular this. duty forces over the month since president mohamed morsi was deposed by the military following mass protest against his rule and the security services so far really seem to be unable to contain the militancy of one or two islamic militant groups which have been told from their attacks on the security forces trying they say to disrupt the military declared road map and return president mohammed morsi to power the muslim brotherhood for their own part have denied any involvement in these attacks and have condemned them however behind me i've seen a crowd of people walking up and down calling for the blood of the muslim brotherhood so the idea propagated by the state of the muslim brotherhood is a terrorist organization behind these attacks very powerful here on the ground by journalist tom bell for us live in cairo in the wake of three blasts in the

egyptian capital thank you very much about all right now a cairo based journalist hugh miles he says the government won't be able to stay in denial over the growing pressure from a slimmest supporters what it unfortunately shows us to the islamist movement who presumably responsible for this bombing 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. groups inside or who claimed responsibility for previous attacks. they are not going to go away it's not going to be possible for the government just to pretend that it is mists did not win five election was fair and square. kicked out of power they can't just carry on business as usual and if they try to carry on business as usual then there's a scene we can see there's going to be efforts to strike that. now as diplomats

push for geneva two on the syrian battlefield a radical islamist fighters and al-qaeda linked rebels continue to turn against each other for control of major cities for national now 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 davis to 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. did it or a loss of god the moderates free syrian army an umbrella military organization uniting anti assad forces since the beginning of the conflict is bettle in numerous radical jihadist groups who they say hijacked their revolution in order to

establish an islamic caliphate in syria don't stand do not stand up he had up to the roof of one of the highest buildings in the city of aleppo but the syrian army's line ends at the who's a from 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 we hear clashes nearby but the syrian army is not even involved just about got the confrontation is now between the free syrian army and the jihad as 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 spro cult is january among the dead hundreds of moderate rebels and nearly two hundred civilians in an audio message posted online on thursday the al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri called on his militants to immediately hold the fight in between brothers let's go. exit q chanson tool between those who were once come rates continue. and with the syrian government and opposition now starting their first dialogue and three years the question is now how this internal rebel fight will affect syria as a home some say it would most likely weaken the. movement others fear the rebels would be completely taken over by the jihadists that's a scenario that could harm and even potentially undermine the prospect of peace that's been perceived at the current talks in geneva. from syria

well there's one battle that's bound to rage on no matter what peace efforts are made about the war on the line on our website we report on how a group known as the syrian electronic army took control of the twitter and facebook accounts of c.n.n. you can find out if the hackers managed to take full advantage of that. plus an 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 a battle of an emphatic ships disease. and foul in the program two weeks before the winter olympic games in sochi kick off all the trains the buses and the cable cars as well they're all running like clockwork but if you decide to head to the ice dome for a top class hockey match right after watching some speed skating event you'll find it's right on your doorstep as artists by march say explains. twenty four.

comics who have dubbed that 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 plaster this coastal cluster over serbia in a one a circular area. spectators who move from one stadium to the next but how easy or very well let's go find out. why 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 skating 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 client to the olympics 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. meanwhile the longest probably the most diverse torch relay in history now drawing to a close. flame is touring cities in russia getting very near to its final destination of course you can follow all the stages of the relay via our website our sweet dog or. your ear. how do you operate deliberate.

sports such. as ruth. and i limp a copy. of my fine. now the u.k. independence party has managed to win over the hearts of the majority of the british public according to a recent poll. reporting on the sweeping popularity of the form a dog horse of the country's political scene. europe finds itself at a crucial juncture in the european parliament elections is only four months away amid economic turbulence high unemployment and some say that's the stuff for crisis and europeans have been increasingly directed their anger at the european union euro skeptic parties have rallied countries like france germany greece and other once a day with you and here in the u.k. the u.k. independence party or you can find itself being voted as the people of the most

favorite political party in recent polls now you can see a leader nigel farage he's adamant that the party is a winner in last year's 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 know about the debate on europe's changed you know we're not just talking about treaties we're talking about cost we're talking about open door immigration we're talking about control of our businesses so things have changed i don't. you've seen the emergence of ukip now has benefited from the fact that european elections are about europe has benefitted from the fact that european elections are contested on the basis of proportional representation so last time around we shocked everybody by coming second across the united kingdom that you could believe that he would i was a bit surprised at how we got a prospect where there is actually a possibility that you could could topple a national election so that's got everybody thinking but david cameron's already promised referendum if the conservatives when if i were somebody who would vote yes

get out of the e.u. why wouldn't i just vote for the conservatives because david cameron has promised a referendum before in fact he gave a cost. that if he became prime minister would be a referendum and it has been treated and if you do it so he's broken his promise once only some people don't trust him i don't believe them they don't think is going to win the next general election anyway what he's trying to do in effect is to kick this into the long grass four years down the road we've got to bring together the right and left the politics together under a banner of independence freedom and democracy. on the other hand some of the pro have say that the surge in support for parties in the upcoming elections is exaggerated and that it will not quote unquote moderate majority for moving ahead with integration however one issue that 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 i'm tess or sylvia. it's been a pleasure having you with us here at aussie international today i'm signing off to make room for sophie shevardnadze just a moment here on the program another in-depth one on one with sophie live from moscow. recently facebook was ablaze 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 and such a 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've been created by some people with a pretty decadent lifestyle because how could you would think of organizing people for the goal of spreading joy a lot of us can't even afford to put dinner on the table in the future could you please try some paint was food donating or pencils recycling or maybe best of all and hardest of all pencils. job creating wackiness is foreign born you have the power of thousands of trouser was volunteers please use it responsibly and productively but that's just my opinion.

welcome to sit here and go on sophie shevardnadze brussels is striving to integrate more states into its union but some europeans who are already in want out but here are skepticism on the rise the upcoming parliamentary polls may bring some unexpected upsets what can be done to reverse the blocs fortunes well we asked the vice president of the european parliament to get this madness here in our program. to move closer to the european union the watching of the streets of kiev we've molotov cocktails. but the europeans don't share the enthusiasm of the ukrainian protesters and the union has seen better days. with a record unemployment just charity and rise of the far right brussels is losing public support so can the e.u.

even afford to expand will it survive the consequences of its economic decline and how bright is the united sure its future let me get back to is my fitness vice president of the european parliament welcome to the program it's really great to have you with us so we're going to go out and start with the latest news. so canvassing fighting on the streets a legal crackdown on demonstrations deaths have been warnings of a civil war all over the rejection of an association treaty with the e.u. now as a man who is directly in charge of relations with candidate countries could you all about a year presenting have done anything differently. well you know what. the other fact you know what we are doing and what we might do is to treat. the ukrainian people with the highest respect. personally by have the understanding that.