live pictures now from central kiev where protesters are holding strong rioters take over the justice ministry in kiev and refuse to obey the opposition leadership who are trying to oust the country's government and refuse to take no for an answer . syria peace talks in geneva give hope to the residents of aleppo as they return to their devastated homes the city has seen some of the heaviest fighting during the civil conflict. and young voters in the u.k. become increasingly disenchanted with politics and politicians sparking concerns of a low turnout for next year's general election.

you're watching are to international life more moscow headquarters i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. molotov cocktails homemade bombs and cold steel kid has seen it all during the last two weeks and this is how it looks right now you're seeing live pictures here from the center of the capital and a sunday night saw rioters captured the justice ministry in the ukrainian capital and even the political opposition who were supposed to be on the same side could not force them out around fifty radical activists armed with metal bars and clubs occupied the building in the city center opposition leader vitaly klitschko tried to talk them out but instead the protesters called for backup and build more barricades and as luck reports this is not the first time they have simply ignored party orders. yes. if i have to take a hole in the head i'll take

a bullet in the head the opposition speeches are as fiery as ever but not all of the protesters are buying it. not even the commanding presence of the tally can check or is enough to bring them in line. kiev's independence square still adorned with different color flags of opposition parties but the biggest question right now is whether they actually controlling anything at all there's a widespread opinion now in ukraine is that their inability to provide crucial decisions let's to the violence uprising by using islam i'm not even listening to them everything is already been done by us or they are put where on the show they are forced to listen to us. and now the movements leaders have tossed off the president's invitation to leave the government but what if we only say one revolution now we offered them to control government to fight corruption and change

the law but they're refusing it their actions are deprived of annual objects on the way they could not even agree on whether to accept a presidential amnesty for the jailed protesters yes the new board. president yanukovych said he will release detained protesters there's no food or assistance in central kiev and no position is the same. he provided prospers that us marshals i asked will only agreed to terms on the release of the protesters if the interior minister orders police not to arrest our people anymore robert said i decided to go to shows but i just do it they're not politicians who simply wants a result and fast and that is a snap reorganization of the country my children you see soldiers marching and trying to jump in front of the formation to feel like generals. a country in revolt is now holding its breath until tuesday when big decisions are expected from parliament recruiting the repeal of an anti protest law but judging by the mood or

might done it seems there are no compromises that the crowds are ready to listen to alexi russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. and just as authorities are trying to bring a political solution to the table the most impatient protesters are taking matters into their own hands they're breaking into government buildings and city halls across the country while opposition leaders say the president's concessions aren't enough they are losing control on the street artist peter all of our reports. we saw at the convention center just near to independence square which is right behind me stormed by rioters some quite ugly scenes at times we saw molotov cocktails rocks burning tires and apparently even a hunger an aid in one instance thrown during a standoff that was going on there no 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 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 to nip of but through all of this we've seen the government buildings they're coming under siege by rioters the police were able to drive them off but they are now well cheering up their position to prepare for perhaps a further assault there by writers it's a scene we've seen across the west of the country something that spreading into the central and southern areas of ukraine as we are seeing any movement from those rioters in any way that they would voluntarily remove themselves from any of their

barricades in fact and what we are seeing is that they're building more of those. in the u.s. and the e.u. say more political restrictions might be used to restrain the authorities in kiev but legal expert and political blogger alexander macoris says europe is too out of tune to make such a decision. 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 the rotating presidency has passed to greece and greece has made it absolutely clear that it's not frankly sympathetic to sections 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 and 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 hats we could see the end and into the violence. are to internationals keeping you up today with the events in kiev twenty

four seven on air and through our web site r.t. dot com. talks between the syrian government and external opposition in geneva seem to be finally bringing about some result the sides have reached an agreement that will allow humanitarian aid to enter the bee siege city of homs and allow women and children to leave its war hit areas meanwhile syria's other major in battled city aleppo people people are actually returning to their homes there after government forces recaptured large parts of the town from militants arches reify national reports on the civilian struggle to bring their life back to normal. we learned at a little international airport on what is believed to be the first civil air plane to touch down here in the last year it's a special government flight but authorities say regular ones are due to start in

a month's time but i know this flight means the return of life to this airport and the syria yani this northern syrian region has seen the most violent clashes during the almost three year long conflict leaving death and devastation behind it used to be four billion dollar factory where two thousand people were working now you can see there is left person is destroyed but while that is a common picture here it seems it helpful peace is slowly coming back this village outside aleppo has just come back under government control out of fourteen thousand residents who fled it after the rebels a tag one third the government says is now back to discover the houses either destroyed or looted in the middle of it all depends on how lucky you are our home was almost untag but they stole everything i mean just this pregnant woman says she

and her husband have been waiting for this baby for twelve years and they're happy to finally have it now instead of our home was destroyed we now have nothing but god gave us a baby and that's will give us power to build everything from scratch wherever it. rather coffee we need more and more residents here sharing these optimists have like some coffee to play out how's life full of life is good things god. family is returned with their kids muhammad twelve years old couldn't go to school for months but he still thinks of his school days i have three friends and him how much and how many there my cousins. while we are talking to many terran aid arrived people are in desperate need of simply everything and most importantly security measures did what we do now is we get locals involved in patrolling and helping the

army secure the area and protecting the village and we call on all of us to come back soon he has interviewed who leave the village to drive to the c.-t. . what used to take some fifteen minutes by highway takes an hour today roads are not yet safe enough but parts of aleppo loop secure at least at first glance we are a little bit surprised to see what used to be syria's biggest business center still so vibrant time to actually say we even took off like jackets with us expecting to see clashes in the middle of a completely destroyed city but don't be mistaken this is the western part of the six. more to the east you will see a completely different picture moderate free syrian army factions fighting radical al qaida affiliated groups there for control with the government forces trying to fight them both.

but militants still control half of the city and a big part of northern syria remaining the biggest challenge to the cease fire plan pushed forward by syrian and russian foreign ministers we syrians are ready to reconcile with each other and the letter was a good place to start with so we can give an example to other regions but these guys from the newsroom front from al qaeda the don't know what they want but it's certainly not peace but while this force is large enough to threaten a carefully forged peace to this world torn country residents say they're not dreaded to give up their fight for their country to be at peace rif nationality from syria. it still remains to be seen how the first step agreements reached in geneva will be implemented the talks are ongoing but middle east expert pallor afar says no major deal should be anticipated unless other key players in the region are involved in the process. true well no the opposition in syria is for many.

is not at all sure that those who are being convened to iraq but these talks should be able to transform decisions into action on the ground it is clear that so much of the if you should look in iraq as being a step forward in the sense that we compromise you collapse but on the other hand our experts all agree to find do you recall the story that will solution in syria it is necessary to start a dialogue other two parties which is iran and saudi arabia which are in fact influencing the facts on the ground be renewed in the soul the dialogue is necessary to find a solution for syria otherwise we would continue with small agreements which probably on the ground will not need to be implemented. coming up on our to international unstoppable spirit. world more these guys managed to prove to

themselves and their relatives and the entire society that they are not people with disabilities people with unlimited ability. we report from saatchi on russia's hockey team. to china for example they're growing exactly the way the west could equating not credit in the system they're creating more debt in the system the rich are getting richer and the poor are staying poorer 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 with what the rich have done is that you know they made themselves so comfortable but in the process they're destroying the entire process of where they got their wealth from in the first place the government still need to look at people's welfare levels that do. to worry about these sort of into generational dynasties that i am creating today i

mean if you are a billionaire as i meant to say this is a real danger to society that these people were going to be sort of light sitting there at the top of the table telling the false majority what to. say right on the scene. first for you and i would think that you're. on a reformist twitter. and instagram. to be in the middle. on. it's going to reach an agreement with with the israelis israelis have to accept the fact that you know patience mr littlejohn eat loads of books to log onto to

post photos they have to be a lot of us that's you know do you have to let it go that could be should the notion of digital and i don't allow them to see me and still have feet you know lied to me planted all the future that i still have so pretty loaded on to region but you know chill out conditions and vicious conditions to meet those to state this and this so that it under the control of the stimulus this is something i'm just not going to help. us notice what these north american that force all of us a bit he daughter right distribution for the for the pope least some. wealthy british style sign some time to practice my. height.

markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's conjure the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. only twelve percent of young voters in the u.k. say they plan to cast their ballot in the two thousand and fifteen general election according to one study many say they no longer want to take part in politics artists are silly a found out what's behind the growing apathy among british voters. there's nobody worth fighting for i wouldn't vote i want you to point out ted sorry i'm not really sure what state sentiments that don't bode well for democratic legitimacy and british politicians as electoral engagement continues to decline and the public's emotions turn sour anger is the chief reaction to politicians across all sections

of the electorate a recent poll found followed by boredom particularly among the youth with one study showing that only one in ten are definitely planning to vote in the u.k. has twenty fifteen in the general elections have voted before i regret doing it i don't want to be involved with it and i don't want to give it legitimacy i think going to the ballot box gives to this particular system no i don't regret by regret having a system in which i don't have run i don't have a choice you have how many people were protesting against was government never even showed an interest in what it what happens there is that that sort of peaceful protest build into anger because they're not being listened to and people have been going to stop taking direct action many of them have turned their backs on the ballot boxes but there are those who continue their moment of society and politics by taking to the streets feeling that this alternative may be more than. young

people are interested in politics politicians and the responsible political parties for. people young people getting involved in a very diverse range of political parts from the titians to boycotts demonstrations doing stuff on live gauging the occupied movement. what we have to accept is that our traditional politics is no longer the only game in town i think there is a genuine the existential problem for traditional british democracy if turned were to continue straight me where this problem and so they should be. brought it seems not enough to us rage the anger that just keeps boiling over onto the streets right. dose or should you are london. and over on our website edward snowden says that during his time there the n.s.a. had its eyes not only on people's private data but also showed

a great appetite for the industrial secrets of foreign companies all for the sake of america's economy read more on our to dot com. plus we've also got the story of a japanese man believed to be behind the poisoning of hundreds of people by filling pizzas and chicken nuggets with pesticide. well with less than two weeks to go before the winter olympics kick off and saatchi athletes across the globe are putting in extra training parties to ban let's say went along to a practice session of russia's sled hockey team which will take part in the paralympics for the first time this year. behind me is of the sign but a read out this is where the paralympics will hold their eyes a sledge hockey tournament now the women's a little pig hockey teams will also be playing raiatea in this arena this is

a seven thousand multi-polar poses see to a readout don't be surprised to hear the crowd chanting side but the name means punch in russian the only question left to be on stood what's teams winning who received the olympic gold medal now here's some of the sportsmanship to expect at the winter olympics oh yes intense and fast just the way ice hockey should be. thankful. and for the first time since the introduction of the sports in the olympics the russian team will debut on the firm ground something that the russian coach hopes will change perceptions for those with disabilities in the bombers over what if in the second huge new world more these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the entire society that they're not people with disabilities but

people with limited abilities these men and women will be showcasing their skills at the cyber stadium come this february and march in sochi. to mom with a limp dick stadium our team. stay with our to international for a series of reports from the olympic city we'll have a new one for you each day this week you can also catch them on our website. you know you. do it again in most sports it still takes years that as. an olympic athlete. my son. and some other world news now that means traders in several cities in bahrain of clashed with security forces following the funeral of a protester who died in police custody last was shot and detained during an anti-government rally on the eighth of january police used tear gas against the

crowds who attacked police with molotov cocktails reports say around ninety people have died since the beginning of the uprising in two thousand and eleven. and more public discontent in france as at least seventeen thousand people marched through central paris protesting budget cuts soaring unemployment and high taxes one hundred fifty people were arrested and twelve officers injured after the rally ended in scuffles president francois along recently announced spending cuts of fifty billion euro till two thousand and seventeen. eight people have been killed by a mob using guns and machetes in the central in the capital of the central african republic. meanwhile leaders of the muslim rebels have fled the city as tensions in the country show no sign of easing so far two thousand people have died in violence between muslims and christians as troops from france and the african union try to restore order. the virtual cash big coin continues to

impress and to go before a natural arena for the first time a university in the u.k. is even decided to accept the digital currency for tuition fees that's is the future of the cryptocurrency is being discussed at a conference in miami our correspondent perry and boring listen to some of the forecast for the virtual money. and i'm here at these twenty fourteen north american bitcoin conference i went to the first ever big conference about a year ago and in one me here the amount of growth and the decline to me if you we see the number of big points in circulation increase fourteen percent and the number of bitcoin transactions per day have increased twenty five percent in just one year i spoke with nicholas carey he is the c.e.o. of block chain which is the world's biggest corina website decline has been growing at an astronomical rate we say there's an unbelievable migration of human talent and capital moving into big i expect more volatility but all possibly even

a portrait rectory this will be a good thing for everybody though more money moving into the space more attention to it and greater adoption of decline twenty fourteen is all going to be about making that point more user friendly and having more start up companies to get more consumers and dollars and that the community now i also spoke with nick just set the a bit pay which was the first big point payment processing company asked about the kind of growth that he saw within the last year or so about this time last year we had maybe two thousand merchants on our platform accepting that going now we have over twenty one thousand so about ten times more in the course of the year and so i think the trend is going to continue more and more merchants are seeing the value that bitcoin can bring to their business government regulation is a big threat because business is the regulatory environment is unclear and predictable and has already put a lot of businesses out of business regulating big point however it would essentially be endorsing and so there are a lot of governments that are using a hands off approach despite this the rads everyone here seems to agree that the

decline floodgates have been opened and that decline is here to stay and miami beach florida kerry and boring are too. but it's not all rosy for but quite the virtual currency has been criticized for being the perfect platform for black market trade experts have warned it may be a bubble about to burst from the institute for leadership and sustainability says many people use the virtual currency in protest against the world's banking system . well i think young people many of them are getting into big coin and other types of complementary cryptographic currency almost like an expression of their annoyance with the current banking system and that all these scandals a perception that not enough being done and so it's almost like a protest vote and saying well if you're going to change things we can do something our own way many people are into it for that reason so i think it for some people as a protest for other people they're nice actually just really helpful and is it the future it's certainly part of the future i call them complementary currencies that

i think it will bring down national currencies but it will certainly make us think again about what is money and how to make money useful to us in the way it's designed. protest against the global financial system and ways to deal a killing blow to any quality is today's topic on cross talk well one global risk going into two thousand and fourteen is social unrest a most of it stems from the understanding and awareness about the inequity between the rich and the poor i mean if you're a billionaire as i say this is that your business side to get these people were going to be sort of like sitting there at the top of the table telling that false majority what to do that no one really wants that to happen the more you know about how the rich make their money the more it makes you angry. i'll be back with you in about thirty minutes with more international news but the latest cross talk edition is coming up in just a few minutes here with r.t. international.

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's the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news runner martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating 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 precious my opinion. hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered on 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 train quality is it time to start broadly sharing prospect.

crosstalk income disparity i'm joined by my guest cher 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 magazine 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 that if i go to you if i can read a short passage from the oxfam report it is 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 political solutions or instituted to curb the influence of wealth on politics governments will work for the interests of the rich that's

a pretty damning paragraph from that report and i'd like to point out to our viewers the whole report sounds that way what's your reaction to that. well i don't think anyone who's in this business would find it surprising and as that was going on it's no surprise that the pope opened up with his remarks the way he did and there is a rethink and a reset button on how countries develop and grow and especially with large economies like china and india and russia on how to have a fairer way to move forward now that doesn't mean you tax the wealthy and the world to do and people who are doing well but you just have to find a different solution and we need a reset button on this ok in london in the whole report it basically says one thing if i put it in a paraphrase it is that the super rich the super rich the one percent big control politics now on a global basis almost everywhere there are some exceptions but you know once the.