lots of. it will be the motion will take place. live pictures there from central kiev blazing barricades in kiev set the country on fire rioters control seven local governments and western regions while ukraine's east stands behind the president. cairo meets the third anniversary of the two thousand and eleven revolution in grief after the city was hit by a series of bloody bombings on the eve of the landmark date. and thousands protest against a social gathering of far right politicians in vienna as nationalist movements gained popularity across russia across europe.

from our moscow studios you're watching r.t. international i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. rioters in ukraine's capital kiev are reportedly holding two policemen hostage stories also say an officer was found shot dead in the city center with another in hospital was stabbed once and made burning the barricades protesters and riot police showered the streets with molotov cocktails and rubber bullets overnight and the fury in kiev is spreading to ukraine's west as artist reports. these are the scenes playing out across western ukraine one by one thirteen region so far have been overcome by protest grange rioters have stormed regional administration buildings it turned violent in some cases as angry crowds clashed with the police and over not occurring to the west of the river which breaks the country into but on the other side there's hardly any disturbance at all if we're

talking about people from cellphone east and boss the e.u. to participate in any sort of military action in the southern region of the crimea authorities have had enough of the national wide uprising they are ready to defend peace and order although they seem confident they won't have to. this wave would never reach us but if it does our party is ready to provide help to law enforcers we would set up road blocks and not let anyone get inside crimea our party a lotus capable of mobilizing up to five thousand people. we're not talking about seceding from ukraine yet we're talking about restoring constitutional order but we would never accept any orders from the legitimate bodies of power created as the mind on for a better understanding of what exactly happening in ukraine in terms of its territory we have this map over here the parts of the country marked in yellow the ones where the local administrations have already been overthrown the red ones the

contest the territories the pink ones where riots and mass uprisings are still taking place and the blue ones where nothing is happening at all there is no revolt no uprising. at all and you can see for yourself this is pretty much a fifty fifty division strong and dragon is in between the two sides of the country have great concerns which had previously seemed unthinkable that ukraine might follow yugoslavia scenario and break apart all enforcement friends have been more. control all the situation invest in regions in ukraine is very weak these days the any sort of splits in the area we could happen within the next two weeks must be described as quite possible because government would have on our forces. probably in two parts. we have two different cars on thursday the opposition declared a truce with the government for seventy two hours but with rioters in kiev again burning tires and hurling burning projectiles at the police hardly anyone in

ukraine feel that the crowds are listening to anyone right now alexey version of ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. meanwhile president has agreed to several concessions for a shuffle in his cabinet and pledging to review recent laws that introduced harsher punishments for rioters however opposition leaders have called for citizens across ukraine to form militias and take control into their own hands party's policy player travelled east of the capital to see if those calls are being heard there. here in eastern ukraine there's a lot of support for the president many did not support violence many do not support revolution they've been and number of rallies held in support of the government and we've been talking to people who do not want to see a change in power yes and look what i stand for unocal which the only thing i wish is that he would have declared a state of emergency in the country but he didn't because he's such

a gentle hearted person. when we said we're here to support our president viktor yushchenko bitch to support the constitutional order we want to see the calls for coup de tat to stop as well as the violence to end people on my done should not be lied to anymore. if we want to live in a year we in the country well let's behave in a civilized manner and that's the opposite from what is happening right now this is anarchy and this is wrong the western media has been depicting the story as if the whole of ukraine is against the government but this is simply untrue you have a half the country here in eastern ukraine where people support the president and they've been gathering themselves in almost vigilante type groups to protect the government in the case of violence for now though they have been holding pro-government rallies and these will continue throughout the day here at places like october square rallies have been held in the past against association with the

european union r.t. donetsk ukraine. well the rioting that's been engulfing care of has seen many western politicians wash their support with the u.s. also imposing sanctions against ukraine's politicians ukrainian affairs analyst. says that's exactly what the protesters have been aiming for. they're trying to force the issue this is this is your typical extortion tactic the whole point is to force the government to react the whole point is to force another police forces to confront the protesters and then scream bloody murder oh my god they're killing us they're oppressing us please help look what's happening help us foreign intervention and so on and so forth it is a very basic tactic from the rebellion playbook being implemented throughout the world in georgia and elsewhere in the ukraine in two thousand and four of all things so i think the protesters are trying to make a point that verda ones that decide what gets done and who initiates the violence as evidenced by mr klitschko statement that we will hold him to live until the

negotiations are over but we have the power to actually go on strike and initiate attack and he's he's directly gainsaying his foreign supporters are saying the government is responsible for this it's not it's a protesters. meanwhile ukrainian placed say they've seized a range of weapons when they detained a gang in kiev their arsenal included to assault rifles for pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition authorities say they have evidence that the gang was involved in kidnappings and supplied arms to the protesters in ukrainian capital. we've been following the riots in ukraine since they kicked off last november here you're seeing live pictures in central kiev right now and you can head to of course to our to dot com for a timeline but the latest of updates and footage from kiev and of course much more .

strong condemnation of friday's terrorist attacks in cairo have come from around the world as well as from the u.n. throughout the day the egyptian capital suffered for bomb blast which killed six people and wounded many more. now this is security footage of the first and most powerful explosion outside the city's police headquarters which left four officers dead as you can see it was a car bomb the attack hyped up public hatred of the muslim brotherhood their supporters in turn continue to defy protest bouncer and face off against police in various parts of egypt authorities say those outbreaks claimed at least twelve lives our correspondent held true reports from the epicenter of the unrest. three years on from the two thousand and eleven revolution in egypt was supposed to be celebrating instead deadly bomb blasts rocked cairo targeting police offices as the country descends into chaos gyptian

a dangerously split between those who backed the military and those who support ousted muslim brotherhood president mohamed morsi crowds of people gathered at the site of the bomb blast which ripped open the facade of egypt's main police headquarters in cairo the people here like many in government the main them is above the heads and say this intervention attack on the states after the ousted islamist president mohamed morsi with anger mounting there is likely to be a harsher crackdown on the islamist group. exit the brotherhood they are to blame for this the terrorists want to break the country in half some are afraid to leave their homes but most are more determined than ever to go to the streets against the brotherhood for the revolution anniversary the military installed government accuses the brotherhood of being behind a rising insurgency and the spike in terror attacks the media has observed the scheme announced by the brotherhood at the meetings abroad we want to disable the country's political roadmap and disturb the referendum on the constitution the muslim brotherhood is just a tool our enemies the foreign element that controls these tools all egyptian

people know about this but hundreds of brotherhood supporters are in jail and they say they are under attack from the power hungry military this month the majority of the population approved a new constitution that broaden the army's power as it shields the military budget from cuts. gives the armed forces the right to approve defense ministers and choice of billions in military courts the military coup the always career these kind of. explosions just to. get the justification again it's the people. and we believe that these two three bombing this morning these three losers this morning. just to. have more on the more my circles again is there. in the street three years after the uprising which saw the country unite against a dictatorship egypt is now increasingly divided rather than celebrating

a new democracy and much needed change egyptians steeling themselves ahead of more violence. for r.t. cairo. the two thousand and eleven revolution eventually led to the toppling of longstanding dictator hosni mubarak following more than a year of transitional military rule the islamist backed leader mohammed morsi was elected president his government tried to push through a constitution criticized for being over influence by shari'a law last july he was thrown out of office by the army command after months of popular uprising this signalled a return to an era of crackdowns by the military backed government the muslim brotherhood was choked and later declared a terrorist organization editor of the pan african newswire yeah but. kiwi says egypt's government is asking for more trouble by completely turning its back on the opposition. the army cannot guarantee security and sat of egypt as long as

there's no political solution to this split that exists between the brotherhood as well as the military and those who are aligned with the egyptian military it's a very tense atmosphere inside of the country there are many opponents to the military backed regime there was a significant boycott of the referendum elections are just last week and i believe that the tensions are going to grow and as long as the current interim government remains intransigent and wants to continue the requestion of the muslim brotherhood and other forces inside the country who disagree with their rule there's potential for more conflict both in the streets as well as the type of attacks that we saw earlier yesterday. and so had this hour in the bolshoi with the difference. this is very new if you like and it's ready for the hockey. game

as for me. i think i need a little bit more practice in the ring our correspondent tries out the stadium that will host all of the ice hockey action at the softer winter olympics next month don't miss that shortly plus. confidentiality being maintained concerned about public awareness we don't think people really know yet what's going on u.k.'s national health service moves to make patient's medical records public sparking a nationwide privacy debate. to china for example growing exactly the way the west grew they're creating more credit in the system they're creating more debt in the system the rich are getting richer and the foresting poor eight hundred million people live below less than fifteen dollars a day in china and that doesn't seem to be changing it's the number one problem the chinese government has right now you know it seems to me that what the rich have

done is that you know they made themselves so comfortable but in the process of destroying the entire process of where they got their wealth from in the first place the government stood me to look at people's wealth to worry about these generational dynasties that created today i mean if you're a billionaire as i say this is a real danger to society that these people were going to be sort of like sitting there at the top of the. majority want to believe. i. i. thousands have rallied in vienna against

a ball where some of europe's leading right wing politicians had gathered for the social event marches polly boycott reports now the movement despite numerous protests sweeping across the continent. academic a ball courts protest and courts of see every here because of the names on its guest list it's become a gathering of far right political leaders from across europe it's hosted by our serious freedom party and for my guests include marine le pen francaise national front leader as well as far right wing politicians from belgium germany and italy several thousand protesters hit the city streets demanding that the ball is once and for all not acceptable to the right wing people who are in the council who we are not dancing celebrating. mashes not cabos it's a closing bridge between our right to extrude mission in austria a. little of the society it's

a cry to me to be in mystic movement today the crowd gathered here is dying to have left wing groups representatives she didn't organize ations members of the jewish community holocaust survivors and to africa she says it is just simply don't like the fact that the gathering is taking place in the city's main palace where people with bots extremist and anti semitic views are gathering but the reality is that these right wing groups all gaining popularity across europe it's very very scary just that these parties are growing so much the crisis in europe the socialist or the social democratic parties they did not have to ride on susanto crisis and along comes right or right wing extremist parties and they have very easy on this is protest organizers say it's far right political leaders

said to be holding secret meetings planning on how to build on not surgeon calculus support but they have been uniting ahead of. european parliamentary elections in may but while they're inside the palace as the saying goes they're only going to be waltzing to the right and the diverse crowd that's represented here this evening is determined to show you that it's not happy about the sound quality boycott see vienna. the syrian government and the opposition are again hoping to hold a joint meeting later on saturday that's after negotiations almost collapsed amid mutual condemnation before they even began the delegates are reportedly still not prepared to talk to each other directly instead communicating through the u.n. mediator lakhdar brahimi with a broad political solution now looking to be too far off the sides will spend the next two days focusing on humanitarian issues the syrian civil war has killed over one hundred thirty thousand people in nearly three years political analyst phyllis

bennis is skeptical than reading will resolve major issues with some of the key players absent from negotiations i think if this is in the same room even if they don't speak directly to each other ironically enough that will be a step forward it's critical all major players have said there is no military solution to this crisis i think that the leaders of both sides although it's hard to even say both sides given that there are so many sides right now but i think that all sides recognize that to be true the question is how long is it going to take and how many more people have to die before a real agreement that would include an arms embargo as well as a temporary cease fire can come into effect we can't afford failure but i'm afraid that without iran and without some of the crucial parts of the opposition that a ceasefire will only be partial that. an arms embargo is probably right

now out of reach. on our t. dot com when news of fracking joy instead of anger companies scrapped its plans for shale gas extraction at a controversial site in south england southeast england that is but the u. turn appears to have nothing to do with the protests that engulfed the area last year find out what really prompted the move. plus space cops u.s. scientists have developed a series of mini satellites to patrol the earth's orbit and protect other satellites from collisions with space junk on our website we've got all the details . and i was talking there is no other international competition that can be more exciting than the olympic tournament well only once every four years the very best players from both sides of the atlantic get a chance to go head to head as part of their national teams and before these superstar blades begin carving the ice at the event's main arena and saatchi archies to ben let's say you want to check it out for herself.

the bowl sure ice palace is a twelve thousand multi-purpose arena now this is going to be home to the most anticipated all the events of the winter games hockey now bolshoi is rice anonymous with the russia and the words it means big in english so it's only fair to say that this stadium is the big ice palace but does it live up to its main the ice storm is located by the black sea coastline and is designed to resemble a giant frozen water droplet inside the traditional bowl shaped seating also some textural flare with glazed glass on the campus. the ice rink is equipped with large screens cameras and a sound system so powerful spectators will be able to hear every one of the puck on the ice. those with disabilities or also have easy access to

the new cheering on their favorite team now here's a taste of what to expect at this olympic venue oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. i wanted to test the ice rink felt like beneath my feet and take a shot of being a hockey player on the limpid rina. now may have ended up looking impressive in our film but i found the keeping the hockey stick in place across the prague while trying to balance on my skates was a job i was happy to be to the professionals ok so i'm not an olympic hockey player but one thing that's for sure is that this venue is click and it's ready for the hockey a limping games as for me i think i need

a little bit more practice in the ring go on my play inside of the ball so i stay employed to r.t. . stay with us for more reports from where the athletes will be going for the gold we've got plenty to share with you in the run up to the opening of the games that's on our t.v. the best place to gear up for your winter olympics here you. do you operate do it because i'm going to most produce sports that's short track speed skating is not as easy as resale is i'm not an olympic hockey. league. my son. britain's national health service has announced that patient's medical records will be shared with the public for research purposes and despite promises of anonymity for those whose illnesses are exposed the move has sparked fear e.-s. debate tests are sillier reports some twenty six million households in england will

be receiving leaflets like this one from the national health service or the n.h.s. explaining whole medical records and some confidential information may be shared with third parties which they still use in order to improve. will be kept under a new giant database called care and everyone's n.h.s. information will be included unless people choose to opt out via the family doctor now mental health illness serious the seasons and even smoking and drinking habits will be made available to research but also insurers and private medical companies and pharmaceutical companies now the n.h.s. has said that they do have measures in place to make sure that identities are kept private but i debate has been reignited between advocates of the benefits of such a database and campaigners we spoke with julia manning from twenty twenty health an independent think tank on the issue the first time it would bring together states or from the hospital sector from the community sector so that's what's really

revolutionary about it's. about. confidentiality being maintained concerned about public awareness we don't think people really know yet what's going on and also the accuracy of our records you might not mind a research or having access to your information to be able to inform clinical research but you might be very concerned that private information about you is publicly available and we really feel it should be an opt in system and so the debate continues a massive drive for patient care improvement or a gross violation of patient privacy or the n.h.s. constitution does set out that individuals have the right to object to disclosures of their personal confidential data and that they also have the right for these objections to be respected just r t. some news in brief now. in canada police and firefighters have suspended their search for the victims of a massive fire that destroyed

a nursing home confirmed eight people died in the blaze in a small town in quebec province most of their residents were over seventy five years old thirty people are still missing with rescue efforts being hampered by subzero temperatures. armed clashes have erupted in the central african republic between christian militias and former muslim rebels who seized power last year at least sixteen people were killed on thursday and made calls by the authorities and both groups to stop the interreligious violence two thousand people have died there since march with french troops and african peacekeepers failing to bring stability . cross border shooting in gaza by israeli forces has led to one palestinian man being killed another wounded the israeli military says the incident happened after palestinians threw rocks and rolled burning tires and soldiers tensions are rising on the border this week israel said it killed a key gaza militant blamed for a wave of rocket attacks. i'll be back in about half an hour with more

international news stay tuned up next for abby martin is back in the set. recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares of up to twenty fourteen no pants subway ride this is a yearly event that has grown in popularity and spread way beyond its native new york to cities across the globe according to fox news so if you 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 was 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 all those thousands of participants all you do is walk around at your pants on this idea must've been created by some people with a pretty decadent lifestyle because how can you even think of organizing people for the goal of spreading joy when a lot of us can't even afford to put dinner on the table in the future could you guys please try some pantless food donating or pencils recycling or maybe best of all and artist of all pencils job creating wackiness is fine but when you have the power of thousands of trouser was volunteers please use it responsibly and productively but that's just my opinion. and. how do you operate dylan but i'm going to the most good sports such experts to. be copied.

by fire. been videos like a bit on the ellis sets so i figure you martine a serious health crisis unfolded in west virginia that left three hundred residents seeking medical attention and over three hundred thousand on able to drink their tap water so it all went down after the company freedom industries admitted that a storage tank of the chemical for metho hexane methanol leaked into the water supply of charleston first of all great job putting corrosive chemicals into seventy plus year old storage tank just a mere mile and a half upstream from the city's main water supply guys but that's not it now we're finding out after all was said and done but there was a second chemical that was mixing of the toxic compound that no one knew about until just two days ago it's called paul the glycol or ph the other one they

already knew about is called cleaning chemical called and c h. and don't worry according to reports experts think that maybe it's not any more dangerous than the first chemical not that we would really know considering how little information there is about what these chemicals actually do. but if you think that's bad check this out according to business insider these exact chemicals have been poured into the water supply for decades joe stanley a west virginia minor told the site quote i watched the coal industry poison our water for years and c.h.m. was just one of the chemicals we're told was highly toxic but that we dumped an old mine shafts and slurry ponds and it's been seeping into the groundwater for years. these sums up his statement with one simple but grave warning don't drink the water while understandable when you take into account almost three quarters of all coal mines in the u.s. haven't been inspected and at least five years according to a.p.

so if this story doesn't convince you that we should and our addiction to coal once and for all and i don't know what will let's break the set. the the look the table they are looking very hard to take out early what have you ever had sex with the target they're looking. through the media. to the to. the to sleep.