it's. not. the leadership concessions are followed by fresh violence as rioters in kiev ignore the agreement with the opposition to clear the sure eats. while western ukraine is rocked by more protests as the local administration buildings are stormed or taken over by crowds in over a dozen regional centers. also this week face to face for the first time the syrian government and the rebels are now discussing prisoner releases and humanitarian aid at the peace talks in switzerland but have so far avoided the toughest issues. the thing that will mean stand to have to leave and we have to find for peace and

life we can't give up amid the bombs and bullets in syria itself we visited a maternity unit there to find out how mothers and doctors battle through the horrors of the war. and dozens are killed in street violence and a wave of deadly bombings in egypt as a poly rise nation reaches the third anniversary of its revolution meanwhile the interim leader says the country's next step will be a presidential election. what you are to international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina josh. ukraine's security forces say two policemen were injured last night after angry crowds stormed kiev's convention center with about two hundred officers inside they were later allowed to leave the siege came despite the president's offer to change the

constitution and give the prime minister's job to one of the opposition leaders but that wasn't enough and they are demanding further concessions as peter oliver now reports. the opposition said they couldn't accept those concessions but they were willing to negotiate further they put forward what they wanted in speeches from the main stage in independence square here just behind me they want to continue negotiations they want elections this year they want a new government and a total amnesty without any conditions for anybody who has being detained in fatah the coach go speaking from the stage just behind me said there's no way would anybody be clearing the streets right now he said that they'd come here they would stay here until they finish what they started well after those speeches that set off a large crowd of people marching towards conference and they marched right as they

see that building thinking there was molotov cocktails being thrown bricks thrown into windows even burning tires and. and fireworks hold in there as right as trying to get into that building and towards a group of police who were stationed there it is thinking after a standoff lasting a little while we saw the ministry give the orders to the riot police to to pull out of the building now also one of the opposition leaders former heavyweight champion vitaly klitschko was on the scene as well trying to negotiate a deal that would allow those rights police to leave the building safely but we're seeing here in kiev right now is a large group of people surrounding a conference hall just over to my left from where i am here on independence square basically a standoff still going on the opposition saying that they're willing to negotiate

but they have knocked back those saying concessions that were put forward by the government. while these pictures show the weapons allegedly used by hardline protesters in kiev assault rifles pistols and hundreds of rounds of live ammunition were seized by police. they arrested an armed gang thought to be involved in a violent clashes in ukraine's capital authorities claim it was supplying arms to rioters police say three security personnel were attacked by radical protesters earlier this week one of them was wounded two others taken hostage allegedly tortured and later released also we are now being treated in hospital. but the beatles would sort of lay ahead and bound my arms and legs with tape and tape to my eyes as well he. was more of a yes we were attacked by a group of masked youngsters they surrounded us cream of the cops a terrorist hands because of the take everything from us our wallets ourselves and everything. we had done nothing to them because we were just coming out of

a cafe after lunch with the mob surrounded. now the actions of riot police in key of throughout this turbulent week sparked much concern we asked a retired commander from the los angeles sheriff's department what he thinks about the air tactics and how american security forces would have handled a similar situation. from what i've seen of the video so far though showing a lot more restraint than i think you could expect in most places nine states the use of the ball at all octo it's throwing rocks and bottles and striking him with clothes would all be considered lethal force in the united states. that's a lethal situation in the united states you could very quickly be shot with lethal force the thought of first of all the dragging of the police officer and that quote we can while you can now could very easily result in some type of what we are

forced to quickly saw from the unrest has been spreading from the capital to other cities across ukraine targeting regional centers these pictures are from the city of turning up where a crowd of around two thousand stormed the local administration building similar events are happening across half of the country with local governments either being stormed or have already been taken over by protesters as these stories lose control western governments are urging them to secure democracy and i say looks at how the unrest is unfolding. those young people in the streets of ukraine by seizing temperatures are writing the new data to for europe. three zero. zero ever since the first rocks and molotov cocktails were hurled at the police in kiev ma sunday officials in europe and the united states have started a precious wave of accusations aimed at the actions of your origins against what they called peaceful protesters. thank you

thank you the album from the unison of the good will we expect from the ukrainian government then the should democratic free to in particular the opportunity for peaceful demonstrations that they protect life and that the use of the violence does not take place. but people beating police on the ground somebody aligned with exploded project tiles and even taking them hostage can hardly be classified as peaceful even pictures of rioters carrying far arms are surfacing i'm quite skeptical that these riots will be. dealt with effectively in the near future of the nation of this. neo nazi. therefore i do not think that everyone will follow the opposition leader is still of what a peaceful resolution of these of these conflicts some of these deals. go down for a while and so they will continue for some time. that i was. over the past two

months there you know my done has changed in form and meaning what started as a peaceful protest broadcast has turned into a display of violence on both sides it has now grown in size too with almost half of the country's regional administration stake in over spawning serious concerns the country could fall apart any sort of scenario which could happen within the next weeks must be described as quite possible because gather. around wouldn't have enough forces there will be split it probably in two parts. we have two different causes the opposition is still working borns with those in power trying to get a better deal with the president. but the protestors storming a police base and doing the people's work for a few years their leaders suggest they no longer want to listen to anyone and care little about eighty agreed truth. reporting from kiev in ukraine.

while ukraine's capital and western regions are rocked by anti-government riots the east of the country remains supportive of the current leadership people there are getting increasingly worried by the unrest fearing that the protestors could be pulling ukraine and the wrong direction as policy here has been finding out. the industrial heart of the ukraine is a place where the majority has been silent until now the violent pictures from kiev are spewing people here into action but not in support of the anti government riot has not but the most of us not beat up but i cannot see that when there are such things happening in ukraine the protests in kiev horrible we are brothers we are all ukrainians in the east and south of the country support for president general cough which is high tolerance for why it is low these demonstrators blame opposition parties for using hot headed students to destabilize the country. young people are like zombies to get information from the internet and this information

is only one side the usa in the west are paying for this information to be put out of. gregory greene is a correspondent with the local newspaper he once order and for as long as the government provides it he says he'll supporters who are buying up much or the message of the protesters regularly changes their main idea in the beginning was to join the european union the next week and it was political change and they wanted the president to go now i think even the protesters cannot say why they're demonstrating unlike the demonstrators in kiev most of the more than four million people who live in the country's most populous region don't believe ukraine's future lies in europe losing off. russian market is war three all this region so that is the main reason why. people. don't. want to. give us

a siege in protests just complain the kids rioters on wasting time on the streets while it's the country's east that keeps the economy alive and if you crane was to join europe now its factories would be turned into scrap people here in a vision a different future to the antigovernment protests. what they want is a quick into the demonstration and a deal to join the russian customs union this they say will give them the stability and security that the queue of protests are threatening to unravel policia auti. you crave. now protesters occupying administrative building in the northeastern city of so many have for claimed their own original parliament you can get more details and out at our t.v. dot com as well as following our minute by minute updates of what's happening in the country and by the way these are live pictures coming out of ukraine.

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welcome back to watching our team the national a syrian government officials and their main political rivals are discussing prisoner release terms during their second day of face to face talks and geneva two on saturday the edged closer towards negotiating the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged city of holmes but the toughest discussions at the summit are still had as a group is going off now reports they face one another lets talk to one another a format simply impossible to imagine even at the beginning of the week just twenty four hours before the start of the conference the opposition couldn't decide whether to go to switzerland or not and when they finally did arrive i think that is the problem and i said i don't think the promote any solution without us it going our stepping down it became clear both sides had a completely different understanding of the talks goals the rebels pressed for assad to step down officials seem to be ready to talk about almost anything except

the president's future but at least outside players agreed this is strictly up to the syrians to decide. the seriousness of themselves had the primary responsibility to end the country determine their party to their system and future and start repeating their country but one world powers left and direct talks were supposed to begin the opposition refused to sit down at the same table with the other side and i know we came here to talk and they are not ready finally when it seems the negotiations were complete way special envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi announced he did manage to get both sides to meet and so they finally did negotiate in through him with still in the same room and face to face prisoners and kidnappings humanitarian aid and localized ceasefires were the first issues on the table with more pressing topics awaiting discussion despite all the emotions accusations and preconditions were heard this week these talks are the first real chance for

a diplomatic solution in syria and after nearly three years of bloodshed and ongoing violence it will be a bumpy road and there is a long way to go but the first steps in the right direction have definitely been made you go it's going to forty geneva switzerland while the diplomats try and trash out their differences in geneva and syria itself is still succumbing to ever more lives being lost by the hour but even amid the rapid pace of killing there is hope for some as marie finished their reports from damascus. even in this dangerously divided country one place the differences don't matter is this children's hospital. a tiny relative of a government minister chose a room here whose babies are belonging to fighters of the free syrian army. who have patients from all over syria including areas how to buy the rebels because this is the only hospital of its kind in the country where babies born see can be

treated and we treat them all the same they're all syrian children after all we all belong to one country and have to learn how to live together again. in three years of conflict neither men or women or children were spared according to the un more than one hundred thousand people have died all in fact the number is so high they've officially stopped counting. the anger and paving a sides can't be measured. but still it's peace that people want more than giving an idea who's married to a syrian government soldier has just fallen pregnant and the tough lives this is a beacon of hope this kidman so like to me my husband it's a connection between us while we are away from a child there which is often for me this baby means life itself i live through this baby. comes one and a half year old daughter was born during the fear is to attack damascus has ever

seen. she says her fight has nothing to do with her. or not want to think that war means there and that we have to leave and we have to fight for peace and life we can't give up now. it's a side of war that not many think about in the midst of violence and devastation babies are still be borne in their thousands of new parents who run away from atrocities in their hometowns often end up in camps which like the basics of sanitation is security. but was death all around there choosing life. from damascus. russia how to geneva two conference come about now moscow's keeping a close eye on it holding together foreign minister sergei lavrov says he's seen no bickering between the rival syrian factions but does stress that diplomatic efforts are not progressing fast enough or details from geneva two on our website.

also on r.t. dot com as millions of cash strapped americans struggle to recover from recession one banking giant is giving its c.e.o. a whopping reward we tell you all about it online. egypt's interim leader says he is ready to hold an early presidential election as a step towards forming a democratically elected government the vote is expected to take place by mid april president monsoor is announcement follows days of violence across egypt as a country notched up three years since the uprising forty nine people were killed in street clashes security forces used tear gas to disperse and go to chester's in several parts of cairo while on to free or square thousands rallied in support of the military also this week wave of deadly bombings ship the capital claiming six a lives ok it inspired militants admitted responsibility but the authorities are blaming the muslim brotherhood the attacks highlights the threat of an islamist

insurgency taking root in egypt cairo based journalist monarchs abrasives both the muslim brotherhood and the army are at fault for the current situation. what's happening is we have we have a major ground for the pro-government rip through regime media inciting violence against anyone who's not induce in the call enthusiasm we have the muslim brotherhood who are definitely guilty for a lot of things that you have done or not to have done to their your empowered. of conspiracy theories they keep blaming the government. and for staging those bombings in it's the corpulent which is absolutely lunsford's but at the same time the opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists in the program what protestors are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as the reason we got out is what we want should be stopped now and what the government

should be working tirelessly to stop is inciting violence you know why didn't those gaps between sectors of the community and moving the country forward towards a phase of civil strife. and a look now at some other stories from around the world more than twenty people are feared dead following the capsizing of a tourist boat near the andaman islands in the bay of bengal thirteen people have been rescued all of the holidaymakers are believed to be indian nationals the cause of the incident remains unclear. street riots have swept through brazil's largest city of some power with mobs smashing store windows and setting lie to cars the unrest began as a peaceful protest against the global world cup which the country will be hosting this summer opponents say vast amounts of public money have been wasted on the event leaving public service is underfunded meanwhile similar protests were held in rio de janeiro and brazilian resulted in hundreds of arrests.

suicide bomber has blown himself up near a bus carrying soldiers in the afghan capital killing at least four people the taliban says it carried out the attack the victims included one civilian woman twenty two other people were wounded the taliban has stepped up its campaign ahead of the pullout of nato combat troops at the end of the year. one of the main leaders of thailand's anti-government protests has been shot dead and he was reportedly gunned down while addressing a crowd and died later in hospital the violence coming as demonstrators try to disrupt next general election. polls stations. without advanced voting from taking place. the snow must go on and it seems the subtropical black sea coast is up to the task of providing so perfect slopes for the winter olympics of course you won't spot and flurries in

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after seven years in prison mohammed jawad was finally released eric montel though kept his promise to be in kabul when the young man arrived and his mother couldn't even recognize him because he had physically changed so much because he was just a boy and he apparently had a certain shape to the back of his head from either a fall or what have you and she. was in total disbelief until she felt the shape of his head and then at that point she knew when the collapsed on the floor.

in the case of involvement of health professionals when does it rise to the level of national scandal. how many more revelations about physician involvement about research about approval of interrogations for people who are clearly injured to be injured again. how much more. the american public does not hear much about dr involvement in detainee abuse since the abu ghraib scandal both administrations have gone to great lengths to present detainee treatment as humane. we're going to try that on my right now we're going to treat them mainly. reacted and certainly. the press is giving tours of modern medical facilities in guantanamo and

army psychologist who report on the condition of detainees make no mention of symptoms of trauma. diagnosis you see i the same ones you see in the state the main or most problem diagnosis diagnosis here are personality disorders. do you see any signs of desperation in some of these high is. not really well. made that a few of them have maybe. maybe a few of them. i can't i don't know really any specific details though where they have done anything. out of desperation. doctors that detention sites are divided between those who work in treatment services and those who work under the intelligence command although the two are officially separate there are many rip.