rioters have taken over the ukrainian justice ministry in kiev as unrest continues after the opposition rejects offers from the president the protests are continuing far beyond the capital as well. taking over a local government buildings across the country with western ukraine the riot movement. syrian police the peace talks in geneva bear for their first fruits the warring sides have agreed to to evacuate civilians from the city of poems which has seen some of the worst fighting during the almost three year long conflict. and dozens are killed in the street violence and a wave of deadly bombings in egypt as the divided nation reaches the third anniversary of its revolution meanwhile the interim leader says the country's next

step will be a presidential election. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is our. ukrainian writers have taken over the justice ministry in kiev and a local administration buildings have been the target of protesters elsewhere in the country all this after the opposition turned down the president's offer to change the constitution and make one of their leaders prime minister. with the latest peter thank you very much for being with us in the middle of the night there in kiev now another government billing has been targeted by writing crowds tell us what's happening at the justice ministry there in kiev. right now what we're seeing is that the justice ministry has been occupied by the opposition group

calling themselves common cause no we are hearing that they are the same group that it occupied both the energy and the agricultural ministry previously they have been driven out of some of the areas that they had previously occupied before and they're now moving into this new location now according to the a.f.p. news agency they entered the building without any resistance and they're currently building a system of barricades just outside of that right now now this all comes after this is what's happening on sunday night on saturday night we saw at the convention center just near to independence square which is right behind me right now. we're told that stormed by riot police and by. we saw the the convention center which is just near to independence square stormed by rioters

and. some quite ugly scenes at times we saw. tails rocks burning tires and apparently even a hunger an aid in one instance during standoff there was going on there that whole area now belongs to the the opposition demonstrators they have surrounding not area as much as they have done independence square behind me all the area just me and by in between these those two situations where we've seen the largest flashpoints mia to the stadium now all of the. seem to show that they these calls for more talks from the opposition working in when it comes to the guys on the streets we're seeing more and more people wanting to take part in acts of violence and not just here in kiev in the capital across

the whole country of ukraine now you talk about the whole country of ukraine unrest is not necessarily limited to there in the capital in kiev what's happening in the rest of the country. no the violence that started here in kiev originally spread to initially spread to the the west of the country to start off with. it then has emerged that we've seen other cities across the country see their government buildings now it's government buildings that are have been targeted they've been. subject to sieges by rioters and in many cases they've just been simply overrun by the numbers that have come out on the streets in the city. put or shia we have heard that riot police have retaken the main government building there however as they take one well they lose another because in.

the. we've seen that building fall to the. into the opposition rioters is there a wave of violence sweeps across the country some of the scenes that we've seen coming out of the these clashes these sieges take place have been extremely vicious some quite disturbing images that time to at times as rioters move against the the riot police and that's the situation we have right now so what we're seeing is that here in kiev another government building is fall and around the country one has been retaken but many more are still under siege and many more still remain under the occupation of anti government rioters alright artie's peter all of our forces there in kiev thank you very being with us through this constantly developing story here now one radical gang of protesters in kiev allegedly had

these weapons in their possession police seized assault rifles pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the group authorities claim the gang supplied arms to other rioters and there were attacks on security forces during the week one. police officer was wounded and two others were taken hostage reportedly tortured and then later released. but they tills woodroof my head and bound my legs with musk tape and taped up my eyes as well the little kid in the hospital more than yes we were attacked by a group of masked wearing youngsters they surrounded us to scream and the cops terrorists hands up sort of really took everything from us our wallets ourselves of almost everything when the we had done nothing to them because we were just coming out of a cafe after lunch with the mob surrounded in the with the u.s. has imposed sanctions on some ukrainian officials which it believes instigated violence against the protesters and the european union has discussed similar

actions as well however legal expert and political blogger alexander mccurry believes it is a long shot because of divisions within the e.u. i don't think it's actually a close as it makes out one important change that's happened is that the presidency of the european union they were taking presidency his calls to greece and greece has made it absolutely clear that it's not frankly sympathetic to sanctions so there are divisions within the european union itself there are some hardliners like mr shultz but i'm not convinced that everybody in the european union agrees to this i think the next week may be very important we will see what happens at the parliamentary session on tuesday if there is a political breakthrough there then by haps we could see the end and into the violence. the takeover of government buildings and riots are mostly happening in kiev and the western half of the country as this map shows you as the authorities

struggle to control the situation western governments are urging them to secure democracy parties alexy looks at how the unrest is unfolding. those young people into streets of ukraine by seizing temperatures are writing the new data to for europe. ever since the first rocks and molotov cocktails were hurled at the police in kiev march sunday officials in europe and the united states have started a pressure wave of accusations aimed at the actions of the authorities against what they called peaceful protesters. but you know some of that we expect from the ukrainian government then these should democratic freedom in particular the opportunity for peaceful demonstrations then they protect life and that the use of violence does not take place. but people

beating police on the ground bombarding the lines with explosive project tiles and even taking them hostage can hardly be classified as peaceful even pictures of rioters carrying far arms are surfacing quite skeptical of the riots we'll be. dealt with effectively in the near future but a nation of. neo nazi. therefore i don't think that everyone will follow the opposition leader as tool of what a peaceful resolution of these of these some of these deals hellbound on the islands and they will continue for some time. over the past two months they're you know my done has changed in form and meaning what started as a peaceful approach. has turned into a display of violence on both sides it has now grown in size to with almost half of the country's regional administration stake in over spawning serious concerns that

country could fall apart any sort of splits in the area we could happen within the next two weeks must be described as quite possible because guess. around wouldn't have enough forces so ukraine will be split it probably in two parts. we have different times and the opposition is still looking horns with those in power trying to get a better deal with the president. but the protestors storming a police base and doing the people who are acting as their leaders suggest they no longer want to listen to anyone and care little about eighty agreed truth. reporting from key if you crane. unlike their western neighbors eastern ukraine is mostly in support of president viktor yushchenko which people there are getting worried about what is going on in the country fairing that the protesters could be pulling ukraine in the wrong direction archy's a policy there are reports. the industrial heart of the ukraine is

a place where the majority has been silent until now the violent pictures from kiev are spring people here into action but not in support of the anti-government rioters no but i watch the bus not beat up but i cannot sit at home when there are such things happening in ukraine the protests in kiev are horrible we are brothers we're all ukrainians in the east and south of the country support for president general cough which is high while tolerance for whiting is low these demonstrators blame opposition parties for using hot headed students to destabilize the country years young people are like zombies they 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. gregory green is a correspondent with the local newspaper he wants order and for as long as the government provides it he says he'll supporters were 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 or three or this region so that is the main reason why. people. don't. want to injure. your premises 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 end to the demonstration and a deal to join the russian customs union this they say will give them the stability and security that the key of protests are threatening. ukraine things are developing rapidly in ukraine but you can keep track of it all of our live updates timeline on r.t. dot com after the break we will take a look at other stories including the latest from the geneva two syrian peace talks . as a new physician i swear to abide by the hippocratic oath. to the best of my ability and judgment. i will prescribe for the good of

my patients. i will not give deadly doses to anybody. or advise of those to do so. i will never do harm to. doctors of the dogs. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. faces change rights now. full picture of today's news. from around the globe.

and welcome back you're watching the weekly here on r t the syrian government and the opposition have struck a deal that will let civilians leave the city of homes parts of which are held by rebels in an instant came after two days of talks mediated by international envoy lakhdar brahimi at the peace conference in geneva a joint statement is expected to be made on monday. is in damascus with details. if you're in government and you're in a position agreed on sunday in geneva to allow the civilians outside that if you keep your columns in central syria we can expect things to happen as soon as on monday the horse has been clashes between here an army and the rebel forces for almost two years now last year we looked at the weekend we saw the presence of pictures at least two districts were badly destroyed in two others it was shelling

many residents fled of course they didn't touch hands tied they were trapped in the fight and today up to roll this time of course they face a severe shortage and of food and medical supplies and it's the so large a city in syria and we're talking about thousands of people here mr bremer it was engine the un it never blinked at geneva two peace talks also told press that women children as well as a number of adult male civilians conferred as you know militants and this is very important will be evacuated from the city of homs but it's still not clear exactly how it will be organized as the fight in the every still continues of course we can consider it as a serious achievement in the talks between the syrian rival sides of the first iraq they have in almost three years devastating war and a very positive one but still a lot has to be done as other areas here in syria remain besieged and even here in damascus and in the community tearing situation is hot my colleague igor peace

cannot has been following the talks in geneva they face one another let's talk to one another a former 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 that i don't think the promote any solution without us are going our separate go it became clear both sides had a completely different understanding of the talks goals the rebels pressed for a son to step down officials seem to be ready to talk about almost anything except the president's future but at least outside players agreed to this is strictly up to the syrians to decide. the seriousness of themselves had the primary responsibility to end the country determine their particular 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 we came here to truong and they are not ready finally when it seemed the negotiations were completely bust special envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi announced he did manage to get both sides to meet and so they finally did negotiating through him but 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 got this going off r.t. geneva switzerland in just a few minutes we take it to the slopes of sochi for some practice on the peaks.

and later and i'm still intact nobody is broken and i can tell you this it is absolutely magical out here. it's a sample of the olympic high life that's coming up later in the program. chasing after democracy in egypt interim government has decided to alter the political roadmap adopted after the july coup now the nation will hold presidential elections before parliamentary polls you know it's been it comes after days of violence across the country at least forty nine people were killed and hundreds were injured in street clashes marking the two thousand and eleven uprising anniversary most deaths were reported in cairo where police crackdown on anti-government protest rallies also this week a wave of deadly bombings shook the capital claiming six lives journalist mohammad sabri says both sides are at fault for the current situation. what's happening is

we have we have a major ground for the pro-government media in inciting violence against anyone who is not inducing because we have the muslim brotherhood who are definitely guilty for a lot of things they have they have done or not they have done through their year empowered the keep talking of conspiracy theories they keep blaming the government for staging those bombings in it's the portman's which is absolutely nonsense but at the same time the opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists and the pro or z. media or protesters are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as the muslim got it is what what 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 a worker at a japanese food factory has made about three thousand people sick the man poisoned

the pizzas and the chicken nuggets with pesticides and triggered the recall of six million products we've got the whole story on our team. at the in the motion section of our website we have footage of a mudslide sweeping through northwest argentina it has killed four people with at least eight still missing and has led to a mass evacuation. a snowy russian winter occurs even a few kilometers away from the sub tropical black sea coast the resort city of sochi located there is said to provide superbly white slopes for the winter olympics artes to say visited the mountain venue for the upcoming games. if like me you enjoy a little bit of extreme sport then hang onto your helmet for the best skiing track

in the black sea resort snowboarding and freeze diving competitions at this twenty fourteen olympic winter games will be held to the was on the rose a fucked up top job also known as the hot extreme was. just seven years against this regime but also for good was on top day that's quite a different scene designed and build by french experts it's now a picture postcard see not all prime style hotels and chalets at over five thousand feet it's one of the highest lifts of mountains in the world the mountain towers over provides axes. and professionals in the alpine and freestyle as well

as snowboarding as for those going for winter gold a difficult terrain is available. i wasn't going to be left behind so i hired some speed headed up. drive so way out all the hot tub and i'm definitely going to be tossing all the snow. the rain has been faced by professionals he is he's been testing the slopes over the last year and for those still worried about the weather busy enough of it all the knives have promised. having a monster ice machine on standby. ok

so we've made it down the slopes and i'm still intact no bones broken and i can tell you this it is absolutely magical out here on the mountains are why i kept it in the snow it's just absolutely beautiful and i think i might have almost all the new spots i might take up seeing next time so indeed for everyone who's coming out here to the new ski resort an alpine ski resort of the black sea is going to be one you'll always remember for now i may just sign up get some hot chocolate on the day on the ski slopes of rather far to forty. to get familiar with the venues which will make or break of the olympic dreams of the world's premier winter sports athletes you can follow our coverage on our t.v. and online at r.t.e. dot com over the coming days. how do you operate. such

. as i'm not an olympic hockey mom which is on. my phone. so take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour demonstrators have set up barricades and started fires in western bahrain as they clashed with police protests that followed the funeral of a twenty year old who they say was shot by officers and later died in police custody earlier this month anti-government rallies were held throughout the country in response to the funeral with police using tear gas to disperse them. over twenty people have been found dead as the rescuers continue to search for survivors after a tourist boat capsized in the bay of bengal thirteen people have been rescued while nine more are still missing all of the vacationers are believed to be indian nationals because of the incident remains unknown.

about seventeen thousand demonstrators have marched through central paris that protesting against president francois hollande and his policies a struggling economy soaring unemployment high taxes and housing needs were at the center of the protests fifty organizations mostly right wing groups planned the rally. coming up after the break a look at the controversial work of some physicians at u.s. military prisons you're watching our international stay with us. i've always had mixed feelings about speed traps it seems like it's a waste of the police officers time but on the other hand they sure do make people paranoid and drive more slowly one man from texas is completely sure of his opinion about speed traps and he set out to save his felt texans from being fined for

speeding and much more importantly from potential traffic accidents caused by the hidden police and now he is the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating frisk texas sign ordinance that says that you may only stand around holding a sign on private property martin claims that he was doing the exact same thing as a speed limit sign reminding people to slow down and i think ultimately he is right you should be able to tell other people where the police are setting up speed traps because that will cause them to drive more slowly which is the real goal of speed traps in the first place the only reason local authorities would be against this is because they love the income that comes from a nice big pile of speeding tickets i hope that mr martin finds a way to go right back to holding his sign but this time on private property but that's just my opinion. after seven years in prison. it was finally released eric months kept his promise

to be in kabul when the young man arrived and his mother couldn't even recognize him because he is a creature 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 whatever and she. was in total disbelief until she felt the shape of his head and. 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 from 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 like right now they're going to treat their family. reacted or 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 or. the diagnosis we see are the same ones we see in the state the main or most problem diagnosis diagnosis here are personality disorders. do you see any signs of disparate but in some of these highways.

not really. make that a few of them have may be. 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 set. but there are many reports of doctors in the medical services supporting the programs of the intelligence command. released detainee adel al goes over one day i remember i was crying terribly from the pain.