riders have taken over the ukrainian justice ministry in kiev unrest continues after the opposition rejects offers from the president the protests continuing far beyond the capital as well. crowds are taking over local government buildings across the country with western ukraine the hub of the riot movement. syrian peace talks in geneva bear their first fruit of the warring sides have agreed to evacuate civilians from the city which has seen some of the worst fighting during the almost three year long conflict. wave of deadly bombings in the divided nation reaches the first anniversary of its revolution meanwhile the interim leader says the country's that next step will be

presidential elections. broadcasting live in moscow this is our t.v. recapping the week's top stories with the weekly now ukrainian opposition leader new book says taking over the justice ministry in kiev was not planned because it could hurt tuesday's negotiations with the government a group of rioters is occupying that building right now while a local administration headquarters have been the target of protesters elsewhere in the country. the justice ministry has been occupied by the opposition group calling themselves common cause no we're hearing that they are the same group did it occupy both the energy and the agricultural ministry here 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 they painted the building without any resistance and they're currently building a system of barricades this is what's happening on sunday night on saturday night we saw at the convention center just near to independence square stormed by rioters some quite ugly scenes at times we saw molotov cocktails rocks burning tires and apparently even a hunger in aid in one instance during nazi standoff that was going on there now the violence that started here in kiev initially spread to the the west of the country to start off with now it's government buildings that are have been targeted they've been the subject is 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 of.

we have heard that riot police have retaken the main government building there and also in the city you. have seen the government buildings there coming under siege by rioters the police were able to drive them off they are now. cheering up their position to prepare for perhaps a further assault there by rioters it's a scene we've seen across the west of the country something that's spreading into the central and southern areas of ukraine so what we are seeing right now across ukraine is despite concessions that have been made by the by the honor code which are in the government here that they would try and change the constitution. trying to give opposition leaders positions in the government that they would offer an amnesty to anybody who would being detained by police on the condition that rice is

left government buildings we are seeing any movement from those riots is in any way that they would voluntarily remove themselves from any of the barricades in fact and what we are seeing is that that building more of those barricades archies peter oliver there for us now another local administration building in ukraine is being cleared out by special forces right now in the northeastern city of sumi it was a besieged a after a mass rally which reportedly drew thousands of people meanwhile back in kiev one radical gang of protesters 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 taken hostage reportedly tortured and then later released. they timms

woodroof my head and bound my legs with tape and taped up my eyes as well he. was privy to all of that yes we were attacked by a group of masked youngsters they surrounded us to scream and the cops nearest hamzawy could really take everything from us our wallets ourselves along with everything when the we had nothing to them because we were just coming out of a cafe after lunch with a mob surrounded. 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 however legal expert and political blogger alexander macoris believes it is a long shot because of the 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 taken presidency has passed 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 here the end of the western half of the country as this map shows you as the authority struggle to control the situation western governments are urging them to secure democracy parties alexy or shafiq he looks at how the unrest is unfolding. those young people into streets of ukraine by seizing temperatures are writing the new go to for europe.

ever since the first rocks and molotov cocktails were hurled at the police in kiev mar sunday the fishes 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. we have all been fun there will be in addition to the good will we expect from the ukrainian government then these should democratic freedom in particular the opportunity for peaceful demonstrations they protect life and that the use of the 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 i'm quite skeptical of the riots will be. dealt with effectively in the near future but a nation of. neo nazi. therefore i do not think that

everyone will follow the call of opposition leaders to all of what a peaceful resolution of these of these some of these deals hellbent on the islands and they will continue for some time. over the past two months there 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 too with almost half of the country's regional administration stake in over spawning serious concerns the country could fall apart any sort of splits in the area. could happen within the next two weeks must be described as quite possible because get. and what they have on our forces will be split it probably in two parts. we are for the two different that is the opposition is still working horns with those in power trying to get a better deal with the president. but the protesters 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 any agreed truth alexi russia asking r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. unlike their western neighbors eastern ukraine is mostly in support of president vitriolic coverage 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 party's policy or reports the industrial heart of the ukraine is a place where the majority has been silent until now divided pictures from kiev are spurring 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 sit at home when there are such things happening in ukraine the protests in kiev a horrible we are brothers we're all ukrainians in the east and south of the

country support for president general cough it 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 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 will open up much of 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 approach. 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 saw that is the main reason why. people. don't. want to injure. european association protest just complain the queue of rioters and 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 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 key of protests are threatening to unravel policia r.t. donates ukraine things are developing rapidly in ukraine it but you can keep track of all of it via our live updates timeline on r.t. dot com.

the syrian government and the opposition have struck a deal that will let civilians leave the city of homs parts of which are held by the rebels. 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 and he's written is in damascus with the details of the syrian government as you're in a position agreed on sunday in geneva to allow the civilians outside if your homes in central syria and we can expect things to happen as soon as on monday holmes has been injured we are clashes between here. an army in the rebel forces for almost two years now last year we can resort the present picture at least two districts were badly destroyed in two others it was shelling many residents fled of course

but those who didn't touch hands were 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 third largest city in syria and we're talking about thousands of people here mr bremer of resenting the u.n. have 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 area still continues of course we can consider it as a serious achievement in the talks between this year and rival sites 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 the city the communitarian situation is hot my colleague 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 problem of any solution without us agoraphobe our stepping down 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 rebuilding 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 talk 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 a few minutes we take it to the sochi slopes for some practice on the peaks. we've

made it down the slopes and i'm still in tags no bones broken and i can tell you this it is absolutely magical out. samples the olympic high life that is coming up later in the program. the n.s.a. spy scandal could be gaining momentum once again in an interview with a german t.v. channel edward snowden claimed that the agency is involved in industrial espionage it was a blower said that the n.s.a. snooped on major german companies that were in competition with u.s. firms the new allegations could weaken to be already damaged ties between washington and berlin previous leaks caused outrage when it emerged that angle of merkel's phone had been bugged she then accused the us of an unacceptable breach of trust. is a member of the snowden campaign team which is working to shed light on the extent

of the n.s.a. spying. we know that he is a hero here's a brave man who risked a lot of things to let us that people know the extent of us media surveillance and intrusion into our private lives and we just want to show him that we appreciate what he's done and it is a clear message sent out to those who are monitoring us that we will not stand for this and that we do not this we do not accept this kind of criminality i think the only people who are accusing at what's known of anything other than a brave man who informed the people of what they should be knowing is that those will be the people who are profiting from this kind of mass surveillance and intrusion into our private lives. a worker at a japanese food factory has made about three thousand people sick the man the poison the pizzas and chicken nuggets with pesticides and then triggered the recall of six million products we have got the story for you either to the dot com. bust

in the motion section of our website we've got footage of a mudslide sweeping through northwest argentina it is killed four people with at least eight still missing and has led to a mass evacuation. chasing after democracy egypt's interim government has decided to alter the political roadmap adopted after the july coup now the nation will hold a presidential elections before parliamentary polls you know it's mccombs 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's not endorsing the country we have the muslim brotherhood who are definitely guilty for a lot of things they have they have done or did not have done through their year in power the 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 of the same time the opposite the opposite side which is the regime and the regime loyalists and the proliferation media what protestors are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as the muslim got it is what we 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 now for a bit of a change of pace a snowy russian winter occurs even

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chocolate on the day on the ski slopes of rather hard 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 doing but i'm going to was. so track speed skating. i'm not an olympic athlete. my fine. now take a look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour demonstrators have set up barricades and started fires in western bahrain as they clash with police the protests follow 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 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 the cause of the incident remains unknown at this time. about seventeen thousand demonstrators have marched through central paris protesting against president francois hollande and his policies a struggling economy soaring unemployment high taxes and housing needs at the center of the protests fifty organizations mostly right wing groups planned the rally. at least eight people have been killed in a mob attack with guns and machetes as

a muslim rebel leaders fled the central african republic capital bangui two thousand people have died and another one million have been displaced by violence between muslim and christian groups in the country it is not yet clear why the rebels were leaving the city though many others have fled the capital since the arrival of french troops in recent months. coming up after the break it's worlds apart with host oksana boyko right here on our two international stay with us. but. i would like to know that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of

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hello and welcome to worlds apart of data mining is crucial for doing business these days but should the same tools that companies use to influence our choice of consumer goods be applied to electing a president well to discuss that i'm now joined by harper lee who served as the chief technology officer for president obama two thousand election campaign thank you very much for your time sir now i know that before joining the obama campaign you're worked as the chief technology officer for a clothing company and you seem to have made a very smooth transition but some people would fill a beat and lazy about applying some of the tag gimmicks and marketing tools to

politics because some of us still sort of feel that politics should be conducted in the same way as commerce is that too idealistic yes it was that well i think it i mean i think ultimately when you're talking about a politician you're talking about something i mean it's been marketing forever yes i mean it's all about going in knocking on the door talking i mean in the. ages of go it was very community based but it was all about marketing you know what this politician is the best for this reason and so i think it's what we're seeing now is instead of us you know the digital technologies that hope like the president we didn't all we did is kind of hope distribute his authenticity and the genuineness that he brought to more people but at the same time in the united states as far as i know the every turn policy on goods is very liberal you can always bring the product that you don't like back and get your money but unfortunately if.