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 r t international live from our moscow studios i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me the latest pictures here from independence square in central kiev where molotov cocktails homemade bombs and cold steel have been prevalent over the last several hours in the capital even during the last two weeks and this is how it looks course right now sunday night so rioters captured the justice ministry in the ukrainian capital and even the opposite the political opposition who are 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 built more barricades and. reports this is not the first time they have simply ignored party orders. yes you know if i have to take a hole in the head i'll take a hole in the head of the opposition speech is ours fiery as ever but not all of

the protesters are buying it. i not even the commanding presence if you don't you can check or is enough to bring them in line. kiev's independence square still adorned with different color flashes 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 here but if we are running the show they are forced to listen to us. and now their movements leaders have tossed off the president's invitation to leave the government but what pumping up when you thought of the only say one revolution now you offered them to control government to fight corruption and change the law there with you isn't it their actions are deprived of

any you object on the way they could not even agree on whether to accept a presidential amnesty for the jailed protesters yesterday you were. president and of course said he'll release the detained protesters if there is no for the resistance in central kiev and our position is the same it provided prospers that us masri i asked will only agree with you on a call that just turns on the release of the protestors if the interior minister orders police not to arrest our people anymore rob except with i decided to get the shots but i just stood there not politicians who simply wants a result i'm fast and that is a snap reorganization of the country they're like children you see soldiers marching and trying to jump in front of the formation of the field like generals. a country in revolt is now holding its breath until tuesday when big decisions are. from parliament you could in the review of an anti protest more but judging by the mood of it seems there are no compromises that the crowds are not ready to listen

to. reporting from kiev 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 rioters are breaking into government buildings and city halls across the country while opposition leaders say the president's concessions aren't enough they're losing control on the street parties peter all 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 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 the square you've seen the government buildings there 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's 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. 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 decisions. i don't think it's actually a close is it breaks 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 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. part international is keeping you up to date with the events from kiev twenty four seven on air and through our website r.t. dot com.

talks between the syrian government and the external opposition in geneva seem to be finally bringing about some results the signs of reach an agreement that will allow humanitarian aid to enter the besieged city of on's and allow women and children to leave its warhead areas meanwhile syria's other major embattled city aleppo people are actually returning there to their homes after government forces recaptured a large part of the town from militants parties with a national report on this a billion struggle to bring their life back to normal. we learned at aleppo international airport on what is believed to be the first civil airplane 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 this flight means the return of life to this airport and the syrian army 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 that helpful peace is slowly coming back this village elder signed a letter 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 are the 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. rather coffee we need more and more residents here sharing these optimists. 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. we 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 city. 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 remain in the biggest challenge to the ceasefire plan

pushed forward by syrian and russian foreign ministers we syrians are ready to reconcile with each other and the liquor 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 they 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 rule torn country residents say they're not dreaded to give up their fight for their country to be at peace rich nationality from syria. and so remains to be seen how the first step agreements reached mentioning kony that will be implemented the talks are ongoing but middle east expert paolo refound says no major deal should be anticipated unless other key players in the region are involved in the process. true or no the opposition in syria is fragmented urns are is not at all sure that those who have been convened into iraq but these talks will be able to transform decisions into action on the

ground it is clear that the c.p.a. should look in iraq as being a step forward. conference the collapse but on the other hand. experts all agree to find do you roll to see the solution in syria it is necessary to start a dialogue other tool parties which is iran and saudi arabia which are in fact influencing the facts on the ground the uranium the soul the dialogue is necessary to find a solution for syria otherwise we would continue with small agreements which probably on the ground we do not need to implement. coming up on our to international unstoppable spirit. was more these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the entire society and that they are not people with disabilities

people with unlimited abilities we were apart from russia sledge hockey team. the. gentlemen i guess you all know. that i. could hear. the few hundred a day coming through here so you think. i'm going to go for. it we've got people coming in with criminals we've got people from here who knows where in the world this is the united states i'm very tough by the way you know sure i was worried that they may not know what they live on mars you know mars.

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twelve percent of young voters in the u.k. say they plan to cast their ballot in the twenty fifteen general election according to one study many say they no longer want to take part in politics artists are silly i found out what's behind the growing apathy among british voters. there's nobody worth fighting for i would have voted for i want you to point corrupt sorry i'm not really sure what 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.

case twenty fifteen 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 to. peaceful protest good into anger because they're not being listened to and people go to stop taking direct action many men have turned their backs on the ballot boxes but there are those who continue their moment of society and politics by taking to the street feeling that this alternative may be more than they're both. young people are interested in politics politicians and the responsible political parties for not appealing. people young people getting involved in a very diverse range of political participation sides from titian's to boycotts to

demonstrations doing stuff online gauging the occupied. 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 wage the anger that just keeps boiling over onto the streets right. dosar sure 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 t. dot com. we've got the story on

a japanese man believed to be behind the poisoning of hundreds of people by selling pizzas and chicken nuggets with pesticide. with less than two weeks left before the winter olympics kick off and saatchi athletes across the globe are putting in extra training artie's to bang let's say want to long to a practice session of russia's sledge hockey team which will take part in the paralympics for the first time this year. behind me is a shy 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 real don't be surprised to hear the crowd chanting shy but the name means punk in russian the only question left to be on stood which teams winning would receive

the olympic gold medal now here's some of the sportsmanship to expect that went to limp previous 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 moved to be on the firm ground something that the russian coach moves will change perceptions with disability in the grammars over what a few numbers are going to newton was more of these guys managed to prove to themselves their relatives and the entire society that they are 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 are to. stay with our to international for a series of reports from the olympic city will have a new one for you each day this week you can also catch them on our website r.t. dot com. you know you. do it again rumors good sports. speak is it as easy as russo. an olympic. athlete. my son. and in other world news now demonstrators in several cities in bahrain of clashed with security forces following the funeral of a protester who died in police custody adel abbas 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 this content 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 capital of the central african republic bad day meanwhile leaders of the muslim rebels have fled the city as tensions in the country showed 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 tried to restore order. the virtual cash bit coin continues to impress in the global financial arena for the first time a university in the u.k. has decided to accept the digital currency for tuition fees that's is the future of the crypto currency is being discussed at a conference in miami our correspondent perry on boring listen to some of the

forecast for the virtual money. and i'm here at these twenty fourteen north american point conference i went to the first ever big conference about a year ago and in one year the amount of growth and the big point to me is 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's he is the c.e.o. of block chain which is the world's biggest they coined a website decline has been growing at an astronomical rate we say there's an unbelievable migration of human talent and capital moving into big claims i expect more volatility but all possibly even afford trajectory 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 vaults and the community 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 to big coin businesses the regulatory environment is unclear and predictable and is 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 safe. but it's not all rosy for bitcoin the virtual currency has been criticized for being the perfect platform for black market trading experts have warned it may be a bubble about to burst gen bendo 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 on our own way many people are into it for that reason so i think it for some people it's 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 to protest against the global financial system and wastes a killing blow to any quality it's a day's topic on peter crosstalk the number one global risk going into two thousand and fourteen is social unrest and 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 a real drag your business side to get these people are going to be sort of like sitting there at the top of the table telling the false majority what to do that no one really wants to help and the more you know about how the rich make their money the more it makes you angry. i'll be back with more news about thirty minutes but coming up on our to international personal stories of suffering and survival during the siege of leningrad during world war two. 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 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 ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating frisco 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 speeding tickets i hope that mr martin finds a way to go right back to holding his sign but this time on private property my opinion.

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can't something sad for some reason maybe it's because i'm leaving the city for the whole summer and won't see him until lot of people was still. drawing the picture making jam nobody expected it to end that way through a good note. that

just doesn't exist there were no passenger trains so we walked to let a grat. we couldn't recognize that the. tape was crisscrossed over all the windows all the shop windows were were blocked. the sandbags stick down but they left some of the statues like the bronze horseman that is in the middle east but even that was also covered with sand bags with double. office so we could recognize our own city in a day the whole city was locked down. the streets emptied my last friend left leningrad.