it'll be good to see. a little. live pictures there from the central the center of key of where protesters are still holding strong their rioters take over the justice ministry in the capital and refuse to obey the opposition leadership or 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 a 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.

to international live from moscow studios i'm lindsey french thanks for joining me . cocktails homemade bombs and cold steel seen it all in the last two weeks and this is how it looks right now you're seeing pictures live from the center of the city sunday night so rioters captured the justice ministry in the ukrainian capital even 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 occupy the building in the city center an opposition leader vitaly klitschko tried to talk them out but instead the protesters called for backup and built more barricades and as alexie reports this is not the first time they have simply ignored party orders. yes. if i have to take a bullet in the head i'll take a hole 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 a doll you 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 putting we are running the show they are forced to listen to us. and now the movements leaders have tossed out the president's invitation to leave the government but when you throw the 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 any new objects that only they could not even agree on whether to accept a presidential amnesty for the jailed protesters yes the new board or if they are

new 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 began a call that just terms on the release of the protesters if the interior minister orders police not to arrest our people anymore rob except i decided to get the shots but i just stood there not politicians who simply wants a result and 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 to feel like generals. a country in revolt is now holding its breath until tuesday when big decisions are expected from parliament you could hear the repeal of an anti protest law but judging by the mood of my it seems there are no compromises that the crowds are 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 opposition leaders say the president's concessions aren't enough they are losing control on the street artist 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 aide in one instance thrown during nazi 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. seen the government buildings there coming under siege by rioters the police were able to drive them off but 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 because 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 you say more political restrictions might be used to restrain the authorities in kiev and legal expert and political blogger alexander a chorus says europe is too out of tune to make such an. 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 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 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 haps we could see the end and into the violence. are to internationals keeping you up to date with the events and care of 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 results the sides have reached an agreement that will allow humanitarian aid to enter the besieged city of arms and allow women and children to leave its war hit areas meanwhile in syria's other major embattled city of aleppo people are returning to their homes after government forces recaptured large parts of the town from militants parties maria financial reports on the civilian struggle to bring their life back to normal. we lend a little 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 syria. 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 we can see there is left hers is destroyed but while that is a common picture here it seems that help for 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 them and it all depends on how lucky you are our home was almost untagged but they stole everything and i mean. 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 to start 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 coffee to play out how's life 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 hasn't moved to 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 look 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 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 news for 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 rule 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 agreement reached in geneva will then be implemented the talks are ongoing but middle east expert paolo refound says no major deal should be a test appétit unless the other key players in the region are involved in the process. true or no the opposition in syria is from aged learned 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 such are the if you should look in iraq as being a step forward in the sense that the conference the

a collapse but on the other hand. experts most all agree to find a europe whole and sustainable 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 rain in the soul the dialogue is necessary to find a solution for syria otherwise we would continue with such small agreements which probably in the ground will not be difficult to be implemented. coming up on our to international unstoppable spirit. these guys managed to prove to themselves that their relatives and the entire society and the people with disabilities to them with limited ability to report from soft russia sledge hockey team.

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so picture. from around the globe. 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 artist has our sylvia found out what's behind the growing apathy among british voters. there's nobody worth fighting for i would have voted for i don't see the point corrupted 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 i have voted for 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 gave to this particular system no i don't regret by regret having a system in which i don't have and 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 us all peaceful protest goes into anger because they're not being listened to and people are then go to stop taking direct action many may 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 effective than them both. young people are interested in politics and politicians and the responsible political parties

for the painting. people young people getting involved in a very diverse range of political participation says from the petition instant boycotts demonstrations doing stuff on live in gauging the occupy 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 processions are extremely aware of this problem and so they should be. back. but it seems not enough to us wage the anger that just keeps boiling over onto the streets right here to us or so you are to 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 it also showed a great appetite for the industrial secrets of foreign companies for the sake of

america's economy read more on our to dot com. plus we've got the story on a japanese man believed to be behind the poisoning of hundreds of people by killing pizzas and chicken nuggets with pesticide. with less than two weeks left before the winter olympics kick off and saucy athletes across the globe are putting in extra training parties to bang with say went along to a practice session of russia's sledge hockey team it will take part in the paralympics for the first time this year. behind me is a shy but a rena 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 read out 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 what's teams winning who received the olympic gold medal now here's some of the sportsmanship to expect at the winter olympics previous intense and fast just the way ice hockey should be. thanks. thank you. and for the first time since the introduction of the sports in the olympics the russian team will be on the firm ground something that the russian coach hopes will change perceptions for those with disabilities and none of them are sober but a few moments ago newton was more of 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 mock insult. to mom with a limp dick stadium are to. 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 arche dot com. you know you ok. how do you operate do it again i'm going to ring was good sports so to speak steve it is not as easy as russo. and olympic hockey player. my son. and some other world news happening now demonstrators in several cities in bahrain of clashed with security forces following the funeral of a protester who died in police custody dela boss was shot and detained during an anti-government rally on the eighth of january police used tear gas against the

crowds who attacked police and 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 and scuffles president francois along recently announced spending cuts of fifty billion euro to two thousand and seventeen. eight people have been killed by a mob using guns and machetes 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 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 and boring has been listening listening to some of the forecasts. and i'm here at these twenty four team north american bitcoin conference i went to the first ever becoming conference about a year ago and in a one year the amount of growth and the big claim to be is huge we've seen 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 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 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 volves in the community 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 to big coin businesses 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 bitcoin has been criticized for being the perfect platform for black market trade and experts warn it may be a bubble that's about to burst jam bendo from the institute for leadership and

sustainability says many people use the virtual currency in protest against the world banking system was think young people many of them are getting into big coin of the types of complementary euro cryptographic currency on. it's like an expression of. annoyance with the current banking system and all these scandals and 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 for some people as a protest for other people they're nice actually just really helpful and is in 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 ways to deal a killing blow to inequality is today's topic of people of cross talk the number

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 a real drag your business side to get these people were 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 the help and the more you know about how the rich make their money the more it makes you angry. russia is marking seventy years since one of its largest cities was liberated from a nazi siege during the second world war people in st petersburg which was known as leningrad back then spent over two years cut off from the rest of the country unable to get food supplies and military support these are the pictures from a reenactment of the battle which helped end the siege that took the lives of more than a million people are showing a special documentary today featuring firsthand accounts from those who survived the intense bombing starvation and the extreme cold you can watch it here in about

two hours from now but coming right up it's a lovely kate partridge with this week's more highlights. it's. beyond the one to reach an agreement with with the israelis as israelis have to accept the fact that you know the patient has to. put your money over to police to lock on to future just folks and they have to realize that you know they have to let it go the commission on the notion of hittleman it and to allow the palestinians to have feet in old life to plant it on the future i still have so bring it here over the onto region but you know to add conditions and vicious conditions to me you know goes to a state this and this so it is under the control of the of stimulus this is looking

to i'm just not going to have good us nor the israelis nor the american to force all of the possibility daughter arrived at this addition to the sweep of the complete. sundance technology innovation and all the least developed mints from around russia we've got the future covered. hello welcome to the r.t.e. sports show the pick of the week sanction from russia and around the globe coming up with me kate partridge and these other top stories. staying on fabio capello signs a new four year contract to relate his russia as head coach until the end of the world cup in twenty eighteen. plus maiden glory to switzerland stanislaw

survive rinker beat injury hit rafael nadal in four sets to win his first grand slam of the australian open after leno took the women's title. around court draw not here and he fired back to clinch a thrilling last second ninety points to eighty seven victory over giants so it's got to stay top of the view to be. all the tennis balls the ball and such he olympic build up to come but first football and head coach fabio capello has committed his future to russia until the end of the twenty eighteen world cup the sixty seven year old italian replaced dick advocaat in july two thousand and twelve on a two year deal and led the team to qualify for this summer's world cup finals in brazil finishing top of group as a point ahead of portugal the former melana event is underway on madrid coach had been linked with a return to club management but will now lead russia's quest to qualify for the

twenty sixth the european championships in france before preparing to host the twenty eighteen world cup. while colombia start rationale falcao is a big doubt for this summer's tournament after picking up a serious knee injury in monaco three no french cup win a fourth tier shas lay the twenty seven year old striker opened after half an hour but was later caught by defendant. and suffered ligament damage in his left knee though after on the go. surgery falco's doctor says there's still a chance he'll go to brazil the striker has scored twenty goals in fifty one international matches. meanwhile with the transfer window set to shut on friday not just united have signed chelsea midfielder one mata on a reported four and a half year deal for a club record sixty one million dollars with the blues the twenty five year old won the champions league europa league and f.a. cup was twice club player of the year and scored twenty goals last season but has

made limited apparent says since return of coach joe is a marine yo the thirty two caps spain star is set to make his united debut at home to cardiff on tuesday. while in germany i'm beaten by in munich each to a two no women receiving from glad back to go ten points clear with a game in hand at the top of the bundesliga the visitors open after just six minutes thomas merely approvable back and mario gets a top at home seven minutes after the break it was two nil the goalkeeper saved twice before the ball struck granite jackers forearm and byron were finally given a penalty which mueller converted before his men wrapped up their fifteenth win in seventeen games. one struggling freiburg twice came from behind to snatch a last minute a three two win over second place by late accusing last venda opened after four

minutes for someone who appears men and admire met many levelled ten minutes before half time someone wrote those but later cruisin back in front yonathan sure it equalized the room the second half and as both sides pushed for a winner felix perhaps found it three two to see the hosts out of the bottom three . brazil don't win when third on goal difference despite trying to speak back to draw two two at home to abse berg you know don't cops my. and went ahead after six minutes thanks to spend better who fifty minutes later the truth is i met one one shot him then put the hosts back in front of the seventy third minute you don't want he was banned for dortmund in the summer leveled for the visitors. blush he got skinny is also out for the rest of the season after tearing a crucial ligament june again. ten is now in switzerland stanislaw surviving to has won his first grand slam try.