writers 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. crowds are taking over local government buildings across the country with western ukraine and the riot movement. syrian peace talks in geneva bear their first fruit the warring sides have agreed to evacuate civilians from the city of homes which is seen as some of the worst fighting during the almost three year long conflict. and dozens are killed in 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. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping our week's top stories with the weekly program this is r t now ukrainian opposition leader new book says taking over the justice ministry in kiev it was not the plan because it could hurt tuesday's negotiations with the government the justice minister herself is demanding that headquarters be cleared out immediately otherwise she will push for a state of emergency in the country a group of writers remain inside while local administration headquarters have been the target of protesters elsewhere in the country peter oliver is in kiev for us. the justice ministry has been occupied by the opposition group calling themselves common cause no we're hearing that they are the same group that it occupied 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 entered 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. cocktails rocks burning tires and apparently even a hunger an aide in one instance during 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 you know it's government buildings that 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 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 but they are now. shearing up their position to prepare for perhaps a further assault by rioters it's a scene we've seen across the west of the country something that spreading into the central and southern areas of ukraine to what we are seeing right now across ukraine is despite concessions that have been made by the. code which are in the government here that they would try and change the constitution to do. trying to give opposition leaders positions in the government that they would offer and 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 as 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 artie's have put it all over for us there in care of now another local administration building in ukraine is being cleared out by special forces right now in the north eastern city of sumi it was a besieged 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 writers and there were attacks on security forces during the week one police officer was wounded and two others to get a hostage reportedly tortured and later released. today to his will to read from my

head and bound my legs with mosque tape and tape to my knees as well he. was privy to all of that yes we were attacked by a group of masked youngsters they surrounded us cream of the cops in their wrists hands could really take everything from us our wallets ourselves along with everything. in the. 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 mcqueen race believes it is a long shot because of divisions within the e.u. . i don't think it's actually it's close as it makes out one important change that's happened is that the presidency of the european union has 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 than perhaps we could see the end and into the violence. now the takeover of government buildings and riots are mostly happening in kiev and in the western half of the country as this map shows you can see the red shows where the areas of unrest are as the authorities struggle to control the situation western governments are urging them to secure democracy. looks at how the unrest is unfolding. those young people into streets of ukraine by

seizing temperatures are writing didn't you get it before europe. ever since the first rocks and molotov cocktails were hurled at the police in kiev my son officials in europe and the united states have started approaching wave of accusations aimed at the actions of the authorities against what they called peaceful protesters. we have all been for that unison that 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 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 and quite skeptical of the riots will be. dealt with effectively in the near future nation of the.

neo nazi. therefore i do not saying that everyone will follow the opposition leader as tool of what a peaceful resolution of these of these qualities led to some of these deals. on the islands and they will continue for some time. over the past two months there you know my don 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 that country could fall apart any sort of scenario we could happen within the next two weeks must be described as quite possible because guess. around wouldn't have enough forces will be speeded probably in two parts. we have two

different times 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 any agreed truth. reporting from key if. well unlike their western neighbors eastern ukraine is mostly in support of president viktor yushchenko bitch people there are getting worried about what is going on in the country fearing that the protestors could be pulling ukraine in the wrong direction artie's policy or reports. the industrial heart of the ukraine is a place where the majority has been silent until now the vine and pictures from kiev are spring people here into action but not in support of the anti-government rioters 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 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 a local newspaper he once order and for as long as the government provides it he says he'll supporters were buying 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 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 all this region so that is the main reason why. people. don't. want to injure. your previous protests just complain the king of 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 key of protests are threatening to unravel policia r.t. donates ukraine if things are developing rapidly in ukraine and you can keep track

of all of it via our live updates timeline on our. 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 the announcement came after two days of talks mediated by international envoy lakhdar brahimi of the peace conference in geneva a joint statement as expected it to be made on monday and his briefing arsenal is in damascus with details the syrian government and two in a position agreed on sunday in geneva to allow a disability our side that if you keep your columns in central syria we can expect things to happen as soon as on monday the whole of it has been clashes between syrian army and the rebel forces for almost two years now but last year we took it

because you can be so oppressive picture at least two districts were badly destroyed in two others they were boys shelling many residents fled of course they didn't touch hands tied they were attracted to fight and today up to roll this time of course they face a severe shortage and for 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 presenting the u.n. had 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 on militants and this is very important will be evacuated from the city of port 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 syringe right outside of the first dialogue 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 it is the committee. sharing situation is hard my colleague or peace cannot has the following talks in geneva they face one another lets talk to one another 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 that i don't think the problem old any solution without the support of 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 official seemed 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 conflict 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 and 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 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've got this kind of arty geneva switzerland. in

a few minutes we take you to the sochi slopes for some practice on the peaks. we've made. and i'm still in tags no bones broken and i can tell you this it is absolutely magical out yeah archies the samples of the olympic high life that's coming up later in the program. the n.s.a. spying scandal could be gaining momentum but once again in an interview with the german t.v. channel edward snowden claimed that the agency is involved in industrial espionage the whistleblower said that the n.s.a. snooping on major german companies that were in competition with us for the new allegations could weaken the already damaged ties between washington and berlin previous leaks caused outrage when it emerged that uncle of merkel's phone had been bugged has been accused of us of an unacceptable breach of trust. is

a member of the snowden that 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 the 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 hurting the power over a worker at a japanese food factory has made about three thousand people sick and poisoned pizzas and chicken nuggets with pesticides and triggered the recall of success.

million products got the whole story for you at r.t. dot com. in the in the motion section of our website we've got footage of a mudslide sweeping through northwest argentina it has killed four people with 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 presidential elections before parliamentary polls 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 inciting violence against anyone who is not endorsing the current regime 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 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 asian media or protesters are not peaceful themselves and are as hostile as them is and 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

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chocolate on the day on the kids' lives over all the hearts are far too well to get for mil you're with the venues which will make or break the olympic dreams of the world's premier winter sports athletes you can follow our coverage on our t.v. and online at our two dot com over the coming days. and. how do you operate doing but i'm going to was good sports such. as resold i'm not an olympic hockey player but mostly. my fine. now to some other stories making headlines around the globe this hour demonstrators have set up barricades and started fires in western bahrain as they clash with police the protests follow a 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. 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 the vacationers are believed to be indian nationals the cause of the incident remains unknown. 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 were 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 muslim rebel leaders fled the central

african republic the 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. well coming up after the break it's across talk with host peter lavelle and his guests are watching our two international stay with us. on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out.

the shops were always full of goods. but in september leningrad was blocked. one day mom went to europe saw that all the shelves were empty. in november they bombed the dive ski warehouses it was the main storage place for all the food in the city people eating the earth because it had small traces of sugar in it i tried to eat it as well but i couldn't. look at it was incredibly heavy bombing. it was a direct hit on that very shelter and everyone was buried underneath. all of them with dead.

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it's going to reach an agreement with what the israelis israelis have to accept the fact that you know patient has to. put your money people good looks to. you to just focus and they have to realize that you know you have to let it go. the notion of hittleman it and to allow the palestinians to have feet in old life to plant it all the future and still have so primitive over the long to reach him but you know i had conditions of the ships from visions to me you know those ten

states and this and this so that it under the control of the of the stimulus this is look i'm i'm just not going to help. us nor the israelis nor the american to force all of us a bit the daughter i disagree with up to the complete. hello and welcome to crossfire where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle according to a new oxfam report the rich are getting richer at an alarming pace middle classes all over the world are under pressure and the poor well are only getting poorer with growing income inequality how can we expect democratic institutions to survive not to speak of maintaining social tranquility is it time to start broadly sharing

prosperity. cross-talk income disparity i'm joined by my guest share is our brand in washington she is the steve ross professor oriel fellow of international finance at the george washington university in london we have keith pilbeam he is a professor of international economics and finance at city university london and in sofia we cross the maksim he is a global p.r. expert and chairman of the board at the world communications form in davos all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it shares if i go to you if i can read a short passage from the oxfam report it's quite damning when wealth captures government policy making the rules bend to favor the rich often to the detriment of everyone else the consequences include the erosion of democratic governance the pulling apart of social cohesion and the vanishing of equal opportunities for all unless bold.