ukraine's president vows to do everything in his power to stop the turmoil sweeping his country announcing an amnesty for those detained in the. other cities. official buildings. and as many protesters reject any negotiations with the leadership we look at the radical elements in the midst of the chaos seeking to escalate the situation. syria's warring factions agree for the first time to hold face to face talks meetings with the united nations mediator at the geneva two peace conference . for bringing the. dozens more injured ahead of the anniversary of the. uprising.

this is. eleven pm nine pm in kiev where the government is offering further concessions to rest with the president pledging to free those arrested during the riots earlier this week meanwhile protests are engulfing cities across the west of the country. the reports from the capital. but been hearing from president dick the on a covert chaffed of the latest rounds of talks between the government and the opposition now he's announced what's been achieved so far he said the january sixteenth laws that were brought in to clamp down on demonstrations that they would be changes to those laws and now the opposition and governments have agreed that there will be an amnesty for all people who are being detained by police during the

riots that we've seen here in kiev we're expecting to see a reshuffle of at the on a cold which is government now in terms of the violence that's been going on here that the on a covert you said that he points the finger towards a groups all foreigners who be responsible for the majority of the worst violence we're looking at about a dozen cities in the west of the country where police and rioters have clashed it's government buildings official buildings that have been the targets for these these new riots in the west of the country the worst affected cities where we're looking at the cities of ivanova their friend gulf where writers had tried to take government buildings on thursday night we now see after a vicious standoff that they have succeeded in breaking their way into government buildings in that city in the elsewhere in chad north sea. what we've seen there is around one thousand riot is facing off against around one hundred riot

police in one of the main government buildings there it's been some quite thick scenes coming from from that standoff the police there of course outnumbered ten to one in that situation and in laval which was one of the first cities outside of kiev to see violence there they have occupied the government buildings also major roads in the city have been barricaded similar ways to what we've seen here in kiev this well the ukrainian prime minister mr is out of has said that there will. the negotiations they'll be talking to the e.u. and switzerland about. trying to ease tensions here in ukraine and see if they can help to perhaps broker some kind of peace between opposition right is. the government here earlier i spoke with former e.u. foreign policy chief javier solana who was involved in mediating a deal to end the crisis in ukraine ten years ago and he insists that the growing

pressure from the e.u. is in no way aggravating the situation but i don't see that the european union deceived framing the situation i don't think so i mean i'm not doing enough is now and i i don't know exactly what has happened they have just a good minute we also understand that the e.u. in some ways it has been encouraging in effect a change of government they're saying there should be a snap election immediately in other words compromising any code which is democrat only. elected position. i don't think anybody would be carful you would be i do not have said that a change in the presidents had to take place i have stated i keep on saying as the same thing did the government has said a while ago that it would be if you know the road to do their capital in the coming days if there may be a reshuffle of the government is that this it is true to finish reman between government and noble she shouldn't do it presidio bullshit i think you'll do better

. well meanwhile the u.s. secret state john kerry had some more strong words for the ukrainian government he was speaking at the doubles world economic forum in switzerland let's get more now on the american reaction from lottie's. she joins me live from washington d.c. lucy we've seen the ukrainian government making some concessions now so why is the u.s. still condemning the way that it's handling the crisis and putting yet more rhetorical pressure on it. well the u.s. secretary of state did call for an end to the violence but it shouldn't interestingly worded statements actually take a listen to the secretary of state's remarks john kerry at the moment let's take a listen. to your. we are working with our partners the government of ukraine. drift the concerns.

that i literally just. the efforts. working with president. to try to achieve you know move in this direction in the next days we will stand with the people of ukraine. so there you heard john kerry saying the u.s. will stand with the people of ukraine similar in fact more strongly worded a reaction here in washington on capitol hill we saw a joint statement from a bipartisan group of senators led by john mccain also pinning the blame directly on the government of ukraine now in that statement they had expressed what they called regret that some protesters have resorted to violent measures but said that and i quote the responsibility for the growing political crisis lies squarely with the governments quote heavy handed tactics and undemocratic actions that was the joint statement from lawmakers here now the white house this week again threatened sanctions it does seem that washington is hoping not to actually resort to taking

that step quite yet really waiting to see what steps the government of president between the code which will take first but it's not all empty threats we did see earlier this week the u.s. announcing that it had revoked the visas of several top ukrainian officials who were allegedly implicated in ordering police violence against protesters not the latest round of violence but the clashes that took place in november and december meanwhile germany and france and several other european countries also said on friday they had summoned the ukrainian ambassador in their respective capitals this was to protest kiev response to the unrest which activists it which pardon me activists say at least five people have died from a washington studio thanks very much indeed for that update. while ukrainian police claim they've arrested an armed gang involved in the worst of the rioting in kiev police also say they've seized two assault rifles four pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition authorities claim to have evidence that the gang supplied arms to the protesters. has more on the extremist ambitions overshadowing the events in

ukraine. convulsed by violence. molotov cocktails pitched battles between protesters and police a capital city spiraling out of control. and amid all its the radicals and extremists who are spearheading this violence. 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 another 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 protest beside what seems to be future molotov cocktails was 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 not social 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. ski r.t. reports from. the leader in ukraine has said he's ready for further talks with the opposition you can head to r.t. dot com to find out more about that and also online we're providing minute by minute updates on the situation and reporting on the improvised weaponry being used by street mobs against police officers. locked up in the mv united nations mediator for the syrian peace talks says

government and opposition delegations have agreed to hold direct negotiations quote in the same room you got to pick an obvious following the developments for us in geneva. it began frankly seem like the negotiations were turning into a complete disaster until your special envoy on syria lakhdar brahimi came out at the end of day and said that he did manage to get both the soon afterwards and the opposition present here in geneva to get in the same room and talk that's going to that's going to happen on saturday and he didn't really provide a lot of details about what they're going to talk about he said that even the ways that he managed to talk them into it are his diplomatic secrets which he's not ready to share with the journalist but he did say that right now the most important thing is for both sides of this conflict to understand what they're here for in geneva and what these talks are all about because the negotiations were supposed to start at eleven am this friday and. they were supposed to sit down at the same

table and formally greet each other with mr brahimi present there as well but since the opposition said they were not ready to sit down at the same table with the of tory's formally the talks never started so throughout the entire day u.s. special envoy was meeting separately both with the authorities and with the opposition and their representatives had been coming out to journalists and accusing each other basically of sabotaging the integral seizures and it became clear to us that both see the only way out of this crisis is through negotiations based on the agreements reached at geneva one the opposition says that they want to talk about forming a transition transitional government in syria without president assad there while the authorities are saying they're ready to talk about cease fires they're ready to talk about joint efforts and when it comes to president assad a future you know political future that has to be decided by a nationwide election with anyone willing taking part and the people of syria

deciding that the talks now are going to start really on saturday we don't really know what exactly they're going to be talking about but really getting even them in the same room is already quite a diplomatic success. what despite the differences the government and opposition agreed to discuss localized ceasefires deliveries of humanitarian aid and prisoner swaps of antiwar activists brownback i believe the syrian rebels are willing to make any major compromises he six and 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 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. well diplomatic volleys or exchange in switzerland has more trouble on the home front as rival rebel groups in a gruesome battle for supremacy with no unity in sight for the camera a report from inside syria coming up shortly. 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 which of these protesters believe in and what do they really want is ukraine on the path to nowhere. right to see. her street. and i think picture. reporters. can still. be in the.

fourth explosion has rocked the egyptian capital killing one person that comes just hours after a series of deadly blast leaving five people dead and injuring dozens more. reports from the scene. the first and deadliest of these bombings killed four people outside a security building in the north of the capital and shattered windows hundreds of meters away from the site of the explosion and this latest bombing appeared to target a police convoy outside a cinema in the west of the capital and today's bombings are the most dramatic but the latest in this series which have hit egypt over the past few months as part of unrest which has followed the ouster of former president mohammed morsi of the

muslim brotherhood back in the summer last year and also today three people have been killed in clashes around the country the clashes again have become commonplace every week we're seeing supporters of mr morsy and supporters of the government are clashing often with police officers involved as well exchanging take gas rocks bombs and really on the eve of egypt's revolution on the third anniversary which is taking place tomorrow a very uncertain feeling across cairo. and islamic extremist group has admitted to carrying out the attack on the police building kora based journalist hugh miles says the government faces a huge challenge to keep islam a scripts a play. one of the unfortunate shows us that 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.

groups in sinai 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 islam is did not win five elections fair and square. and work it out of power they can't just carry on business as usual and if they try and carry on business as usual then there's obviously we can see there's going to be efforts to disrupt that. in syria there's been a fresh surge of infighting between rival opposition forces activists say fourteen hundred people have been killed this month alone in clashes between rebels and if a notion is there for r.t. just to warn you that some images in her report are graphic. in the film 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 qaida affiliated groups but now a different sort of noise raging on the same battlefield that. did it or a loss of gosh the moderates free syrian army an umbrella military organization united ninety assad forces since the beginning of the conflict is battling numerous radical jihadist groups who they say hijacked the revolution in order to establish an islamic a fate in syria don't you sometimes 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 a who's a from a mosque after that and have no 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 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 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 jihadists broke out these january among the dead hundreds of moderate rebels and nearly two hundred civilians in an audio message posted online on thursday carden leader ayman al-zawahiri called on his militants to immediately hold the fighting between the 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 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 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 perceived at the current talks in geneva. raif notion after he from syria. the syrian turmoil is also behind an escalation inside about warfare on our website we report how a pro-government group of syrian hackers targeted cnn's twitter and facebook accounts for what sort of confusion the hackers were able to cause. plus is facebook facing the end research likening the website's roys to a disease epidemic but users are apparently getting cured read about the study which predicts when the social network could collapse.

what has been spent to get such is transport up to speed for the winter olympics which start in just over a couple of weeks from now but there's actually a simple way for visitors to commute between the clusters is that i would say explains. the twenty four green a military olympic comics who have dubbed the 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 have been created into the last of this coastal cluster all 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. 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 i've got to take us to get from this site to the next

one in the meantime a quick line to the olympics the coastal cluster with all the five in july 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 yes 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 to be of the adler stadium and they go ladies and gentlemen it took me two minutes in high heels in one venue will be. well the symbol of the games is nearing its final destination the olympic flame is incredible journey has sent via the north pole and into space

right now the torch is touring cities in southern russia this is incredible voyage of altie. your ear. how do you operate. such. a lengthy copy. of. my fire. time to check out some other world news making headlines this blaze is destroyed. back in front of the people of these thirty one residents on this day for fighters arrived immediately they 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. poland may have received

fifteen million dollars to host secret cia prisons and media investigation this as boxes containing the cash were delivered to warsaw through the diplomatic post system a decade ago the joes allegedly were active in two thousand and two and used to interrogate all qaeda suspects including a self declared nine eleven mastermind was apparently waterboarding hundreds of times british authorities are refusing to comment on the reports. thailand's constitutional court has ruled that the election should go for february the second can be legally although there's no decision yet on whether that will happen the suggestion to delay came from the election commission because it's current state of emergency amid long running street protests against the prime minister election of what is called the vote in december in the hope of curbing the wrist. and funneling north korea has sent an open letter to the self calling for an end to hostile military acts but has been dismissed by soldiers deceptive propaganda and a few weeks south korea is due to conduct its annual joint military drills with the

united states and north korea threaten to launch nuclear strikes in response to american still flying over the peninsula during the exercises. but to bring it up to date for the moment i'll be back with more for you in just over half an hour with the news team in the meantime the crisis in ukraine is up for debate in cross talk with peter lavelle and his guests. 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 call. as 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 who have a pretty decadent lifestyle because how can you even 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 guys please try some pantless food donating or pencils recycling or maybe best of all an 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. as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability

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hello and welcome to crossfire all things are considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine or at least the country's capital care 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 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 ensign 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 or a gentleman 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 will look more like rioters well i think that can 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.