if you care about humans. this is why you should care what you only dog call. on the rest of ukraine spreads to other cities where crowds are beseeching local administrations while in the capital a temporary truce is holding as the opposition and the government of valor to continue talks. with manny protesters dismissing and give their regime we will gather radical elements amid the trouble who are fueling the violence. and other news no face to face meeting for the syrian government and the opposition as the warring sides agree to topple only through un mediators in different rooms at different times. and cairo is rocked by a series of deadly blasts claiming at least four lives and injuring dozens of

others and of the anniversary of the twenty one an uprising. we're watching our athena national coming here live from moscow with memory and josh. unrest is an golfing more cities across western ukraine while in kiev government concessions have failed to a few days the opposition the two sides plan to hold another round of talks amid the fragile truce well in many other places of the country though the situation isn't so peaceful and these are all the main regional cities and in all of them protesters have tried to seize a local administrations police only managed to repel the crowds and just one of those are all over in the capital for us. around

a dozen ukrainian cities are under siege by rioters these people are targeting local authority building the said local government buildings police stations in the likes of barricading roads no three of the worst affected cities which has seen the worst violence. looks in the toilet city of china sea where we're hearing that right now we're around one thousand rioters are besieging local government buildings there with around one hundred riot police trying to keep them away but of course they are they are outnumbered ten to one in the situation in evolve which was one of the first cities outside of kiev to see violence biloba into it. right is how the occupied government buildings there. they blocked roads and also barricading the police barricade and the police headquarters so that certainly say they seem to have the upper hand in that situation and in that which was also one of the first cities to to see violence outside of kiev but we're seeing similar

scenes there as well as large groups of riotous take over the government buildings and try to barricade make barricades there to form defensive positions now in response to this news prime minister as out of the ukrainian prime minister has called these actions the an attempt at a coup d'etat so he's certainly taking missed the very seriously the the violence that we're seeing spreading away from kiev and into western ukraine where say around a dozen cities currently under siege there right now in the ukrainian capital we have a tentative uneasy peace one bit of news that is just coming out that is quite worrying from here in kiev is coming from the the authorities here is that they have information that some groups could be planning what they're calling a provocation killing to attempt to kill somebody blaming it on the authorities in an attempt to him. reignites the violence now it seems that we've seen here of

drawing attention from around the world but some of the comments that are being coming out have caused people to say that it's well you know that they were there trying to encourage these riots is to go back on the offensive and to see more violence we can see my report now what the european union and the united states ought to say about what's happening here and. the violent scenes in ukraine triggered a strong reaction from abroad seems like they saw police attacking protesters. telecine 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 the way it's being seen previous conflicts very similar scenario to what

was happening in. the beginning of the ninety's. we had people clamoring for democracy which was completely illegitimate 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 way you did on the ukrainian crisis the united states canceled visas for officials who believes were involved in the crackdown on demonstrators 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 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 janet covert she is warning to 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 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 hearts of the capital peter all of a. germany and france have someone to ukraine's ambassador is over the protest in kiev and other cities meanwhile at the davos economic forum in switzerland police have detained demonstrators at a rally to support the unrest in ukraine although that's triggered no response from

brussels the foreign affairs adviser for the french national front says it's another sign of inconsistency. it's typically you a situation of double standards but we are used. if we are talking about you with you because i give you an example if you are talking about what happening friends we've managed to. birth a station that was right against gay marriage and could you imagine that the russian government being interfere into the situation could be in the position of the oficial french government so this is something we have to say russia is not interfering into country's affairs which is not the case for the western world there are protests there are backing this station and at the same time don't respect the right of their own protest.

opposition leader of a tally was booed as he publicly and now the results of talks with the government the boxer turned politician hasn't exactly been getting universal support from the protesters earlier this week he was sprayed by a fire extinguisher while trying to calm the rioting the opposition appears deeply fractured with many protesters being firmly against talks and calling for revolution radical groups have been at the core of the protests in ukraine's capital invested gate under arrest far right contingent. convulsed by violence. molotov cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spiraling out of control. and amid all it's the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this foreign lands. and is ready

teacher in a key of synagogue dog glickman is following it all from his hospital bed twenty four hours before the violence erupted she was beaten and stabbed by the defied 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 control of the surrounding his role in history in many countries this would hardly surprise anyone in today's kiev 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 nine hundred forty s. it was used by some of the nazi should divisions. now that ultra wing activists have become the core of the protest some analysts say dispense bleak picture for the country. 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 right they know how to handle themselves and it's not only unsafe for the public but also for the few. alexi research ski on sea reporting

from kiev ukraine. can have almost a sow's and people who took part in the riots earlier this week are being investigated for links with radical groups so i had to r.t. to com to find out more about that also online today we are providing minute by minute updates on the situation and reporting on the improvised weaponry being used by street mobs against felice officers. elsewhere in the world negotiations between syria's warring factions have been postponed with a report saying the opposition delegation is refusing direct dialogue with the regime it is demanding a written commitment to the geneva one communique calling for a transitional government now meanwhile the un mediator in syria has met with a government delegation and its warning data will leave switzerland on saturday

unless progress is made you know if it's going off has the latest from the geneva two peace conference. the talks were supposed to officially start at eleven am with both the authorities and the opposition sitting down at the same table and formally greeting each other with the u.n. special envoy on syria president as well and it was planned that after that he was going to hold separate meetings with both sides passing on information and thus making this dialogue possible but since the rebels refused to sit down at the same table with the of tory's formally the talks haven't started informally they have been postponed one of the main sticking points is that the opposition continues pressing on their demands for president assad to step down while the authorities are saying that first they have to stop the violence defeat the terror threat in the country and then hold nationwide elections with anyone willing to take important for the syrian people to decide who the country's political future so clearly they're not on the same page when it comes to that the talks are going to

continue at least with mr brahimi at the end of the day hopefully we'll find out if they'll bring any results united nations mediator lakhdar brahimi is meeting with the opposition is set to take place in a few hours time but anti-war activists brian backer believes the syrian rebels are now willing to make any compromises. 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 at geneva 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 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 while diplomatic volumes are exchanged and switzerland there is more trouble on the home front as rival rebel groups a last chance and a gruesome battle for supremacy with no unity in sight for the anti asa camp our report from inside syria is coming right out. of the sooner the better the majority. of them and we will be to say the majority

to the people makes a clear choice to. join their group in union the only thing we may expect is that the ukrainians and. parties government and opposition. necessary understanding and especially necessary primate to define the but i do. dramas that try to be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. places change the world rights. to picture. from around the.

globe to. welcome back you're watching r t international and as international mediators here to hurdle against syrian unity and geneva two there's fresh in finding among the opposition in the war zone itself activists say fourteen hundred people have been killed this month alone during clashes between rival rebel factions more even on the floor front lines and just to warn you that some of the images in her report are graphic. yes the mission in the world in syria one of the richest and most developed before three divest eighteen years or more 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 qaida affiliated groups but now a different sort of who is raging on the same battlefield that they're. in it or

a lesser gosh the moderates free syrian army an umbrella military organization united and to assad's 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 dogs and 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 say from alaska after that i mean they know control the militants are only fifteen others beyond the mosque and the area is just full of militants five hundred meters from here and beyond that it's just full of them and it's not efficient we're here 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 we're darkness comes we'll join the fight but for now we are on standby let her know that we don't have any troops there we are fighting between themselves for

control and. 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 hondas broke out these january among the dead hundreds of moderate rebels and nearly two hundred civilians in an orgy a message posted online on thursday. over here leave called on his militants to immediately hold the fighting between the brothers who are most clashes exit q sions and to choose between those who were once come rates. and with the syrian government and opposition now starting their first dialogue and three years the question is now how this internal rebel falling it 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 even potentially undermine the prospects of peace that's been at the current talks in geneva. from syria. the syrian turmoil is also behind an escalation and cyber warfare on our website where we poor to how a pro-government group of syria now curse targeted c.n.n. as for twitter and facebook accounts find out what sort of confusion the hackers were able to sell. plus facebook facing the end research likening their websites rise to an epidemic says users are recovering read about the study which predicts one of the social network could collapse. supporters of egypt ousted president mohamed morsy are clashing with security forces and cairo

and other cities across the country two people have reportedly been killed in the end arrest and that comes just hours after a series of deadly explosions shook the gyptian capital killing at least five people and injuring dozens more tom dale reports from the scene. 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 or off a museum of islamic off the 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 say that it almost makes them under a police truck and then we have reports of i. an explosion in the. area of the of the cop to the pyramids certainly in the area around the blast that'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 the security forces over the months

since president mohamed morsy was deposed by the military following mass protest against his rule. as lawmaking stream his group has admitted to carrying out the attack on the police building the carnage comes just before the third anniversary of egypt's twenty one revolution that toppled the country's longtime you're hosni mubarak firebase journalist hugh miles says the government faces a huge challenge to islam as ropes and. one of the unfortunate 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 jihadi groups inside or who claimed responsibility for the previous attacks. they are not going to go away it's not going to be possible for the government just to pretend that he has the mists did not when i thought it was election was fair and square. kicked out of power they call it just carry

on business as usual and if they try and carry on business as usual then there's a scene we can see there's going to be efforts to destruct. let's check out some other world news making headlines this hour a blaze has a strong in a care home for the elderly in quebec in canada five people are known to have died while at least thirty one residents are missing although firefighters arrived immediately the only the only managed to rescue a third of the people trapped inside the building it took several hours to put out the blaze as crews were hampered by freezing temperatures. all one may have received fifteen million dollars to host a secret cia prisons a media investigation there says boxes containing the cash were delivered to or so through the diplomatic post system a decade ago the jails allegedly were active in two thousand and two and used to interrogate al qaida suspects including

a self declared nine eleven mastermind who was apparently you water boarded there hundreds of times which is the worries are refusing to comment on the reports. thailand's constitutional court has ruled out the elections scheduled for february the second can be legally the stone although there is no decision yet on whether that will happen the suggestion to delay came from the election commission because there's currently a state of emergency i mean long running street protests against the prime minister . hold a vote in december in the hope of curbing the unrest. north korea sent an open letter to the south calling for an end to hostile military acts but it's been dismissed by so as deceptive propaganda in a few weeks south korea is due to conduct its annual joint military drills with the united states last year north korea threatened to launch nuclear strikes in response to american stealth bombers flying over the peninsula during the exercises

. much has been spent to get such as transport up to speed for the winter olympics which started in just over a couple of weeks' time but there's actually a simple way for visitors to commute between the clusters esteban would say now explains. the twenty fourth olympics 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 club tropical environment it's also because for the very first time in on the big history they've been created into the last of this coastal cluster all of us are dems in one a circular area. spectators who move from one stadium to the next but how easy edwards well let's go find out. right behind me is that the iceberg a stadium no we're going to take a walk from here to the other side 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 olympic 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 walking and we've now made it to gate b. of the adler stadium and they go ladies and gentlemen it took me two minutes in high heels but one venue will be. well the symbol of the

games is nearing its final destination the olympic flames and gravel journey has sent via the north pole and into space right now the torch is touring cities in southern russia remind yourself of its incredible voyage at r.t. dot com. syria. how do you operate dylan but i'm going to the president supports such experts. and i live. with. my. i had a couple of minutes the european parliament's vice president shares his view on ukraine reaching boiling point that's with social announcing here.

recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares about the two thousand and 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 a 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 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 paint was food donating or pencils recycling or maybe best of all and artist of all pencils job creating wackiness was 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 survey and go on sophie shevardnadze brussels is striving to integrate more states into its union but some europeans who are already in want out of 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. calls to move closer to the european union though 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 a street. it's a legal crackdown on demonstrations deaths seven warnings of a civil war although the rejection of an association treaty with the e.u. now is a man who is directly in charge of relations with candidate countries could you all about a year present have done anything differently well you know what. other folks you know what we are doing and what we might do is to treat. the ukrainian people with the highest respect. personally by of the understanding that. a potential member country of the european.