ukraine's lawmakers roll back most anti protest laws while the country's prime minister hands in his resignation but the opposition protesters stay put in their camps and valen to carry on into the president goes. european union is working very childish on the question will be. some of the split over ukraine sees brussels scaling back and russia's summit to a meeting of just a few hours some political analysts say europe should grow up. at saatchi's olympic park is about to throw open its doors for the games a flow of allegations from the world's media continue to flood the host city. for sure to say good things for you create good be great proceed in the international media for what the user mode most north

a senior member of the international olympic committee claims the media used his remarks on corruption in softly out of context to cause a sensation. you're watching r t international live from our moscow studios islands in france thanks for joining me. ukraine's parliament has voted to cancel most of the anti protest laws that triggered two weeks of rioting in kiev that's as the country's prime minister submitted his resignation to the president saying it's a sacrifice to peacefully resolve the political crisis party's election is in care for us on down to me this is the biggest political day in the history of modern ukraine with the parliament voting on very crucial steps and i was just seen scenes of jubilation here at the independence square when the news broke that the parliament voted to revoke most of the laws described as draconian here by those

protesting the anti-riot laws which were passed on january sixteenth we also expecting the parliaments to. vote for releasing all prisoners all those who were detained during the mass of violent uprisings in ukraine and this comes after the ukrainian prime minister announced that the very start of the session that he is willing to step down from his position as the country's prime minister one of the leaders of the opposition who was offered prime minister's job a little earlier by the president refused to take this position this is definitely a big news because we heard from this so-called right wing sect on monday the nationalist hardcore basically and june of this riots and protests that they would withdraw from the governmental quarter that would dismantle their barricades if a compromise is reached between the opposition and the government particularly about those detained in particular about those laws we're seeing that these laws

are now being mostly abolished and this would mean that we could see the protest move to its original stage the independence square the three january nineteenth position although we do understand of course that the people of the opposition would not stop the protests at all they would continue protesting until until they get what they want which is essentially the resignation of the president and early elections to be held in the country we also do know that the e.u. foreign affairs chief catherine ashton is flying urgently to kiev to be here tonight to hold talks with the country's opposition and the country's government we do know that she was supposed to come at the end of the week but we still unclear as to why she's coming here earlier but of course we'll be monitoring that as well . even if the opposition manages to force early elections now the outcome is far from clear because the protests have consolidated the supporters of both sides in ukraine that's the view of nicholai petro professor professor of political science at the university of rhode island who is currently in the south of ukraine. if the

president resigns and under article one the way the constitution new elections have to be held within ninety days. i guess the answer just whether or not that will happen depend on whether the opposition think he would actually win those elections i'm not sure they would because positions on both sides here have hardened those who want unocal which removed and the government of all cost and those who think the entire process has been one of. the most as the former now prime minister has said an attempted coup d'etat. ben r s editor and publisher of business new europe says it will take much more effort to contain the protests now that they've spread all over ukraine. in his government are an increasingly difficult position and they're trying to cool tempers but the opposition has said time and time again that they will stop short of nothing except new elections and yes

a new one of the troika leaders has already refused the job of prime ministers so the question is who's going to take over the mines open and pretty sure none of the opposition leaders will step into the role if they will for the job that's very much up until now it's been a clash between principles on the one side the opposition saying we have the right to protest on the other side the government is saying we are the elected government and therefore we have the rights of these two times three things one to a new level that the weak and the opposition supporters started taking over regional governments i mean it is outside the law or outside the constitution in effect you have the strength. to do it in so much as you know ultimately people taking over the regional governments. mark international has all the latest from ukraine on air and online is on our website r.t. dot com prostates on this and all our different calibers stories.

well the ukrainian crisis has cast a dark cloud over a russia e.u. summit forcing b. event to be scaled back from a two day program to a meeting of just a few hours the sides fired accusations at each other of twisting the arm of kiev in pursuit of political gain parties tests are cilia explains. the twice yearly russia e.u. summit is taking place today it has been consistently billed as a summit that furthers the strategic partnership of russia and the e.u. however there is one big issue that's hanging over this meeting and that is the issue of ukraine the relations have been strained ever since the ukrainian president viktor yet of course the decision to not go ahead with signing traded political deals with the e.u. would favor of closer ties with russia or the russian ambassador to the e.u. and says that this is not a summit on ukraine however did acknowledge that in light of the recent dramatic

developments it is a source of serious concern for both parties. it also said that there are quote a number of differences that have to be fired and discussed at the summit though the other topics that will be discussed include of course energy trade talks with russia being the third largest partner of the e.u. after the u.s. and china as well as the syrian conflict negotiations with iran on its nuclear program reporting from brussels on tests or so. geo political analyst william and all thanks by curtailing the event the e.u. is automatically slashing the chances of finding ways to resolve political differences. i think the european union is acting very childish on this whole question of the u. russia summit downgraded to the lunch discussion instead of a formal series of talks with an agenda and i think the reason for that is the european union is playing with a double face right now in terms of the ukraine question. certain countries are

essentially following a new york conservative agenda being drafted over washington by victoria nuland at the state department and others to punish russia to punish ukraine to punish russia for making an economic agreement that they invited ukraine to join obviously some people in the european union are not at all interested in a peaceful resolution that's why i call the behavior of the e.u. and downgrading the e.u. russia some a very very childish behavior on the part of the e.u. so again we don't need that in this world today was so much danger and so much potential for things careening out of control in syria in the middle east. and now and ukraine we don't need this childish behavior we need of don't responsible diplomatic negotiation. its data protection day in europe and edward snowden celebrated by leaking yet more damning information about the british and u.s. spy services looks like they're actually scraping information from from you by

tracking your found out after coming up. and the american president is set to lay out his vision for the coming year and a key political address and he may just be hoping he'll get a little approval rating picked up in the process. why do you think we need to satisfy our lives on other planets when the real truth is such disregard on this but one of the things i think that's a human mission to mars will accomplish is to make humans here on earth. more sensible about life or about life on this planet about the planet itself about the environment so one of the one of the key benefits of you mr march will be a better earth.

i. think. it seems a huge amount of personal information is being scooped up by u.s. and british spy agencies from popular mobile phone apps like angry birds had word to snowden's latest leak has got the public in a flap even as the e.u. attempts to educated citizens about the importance of online security artist polly

boyko reports happy data protection day you might not know it but january twenty eighth marks the day when governments try to raise awareness about how to protect yourself online the european commission has even made this video warning that what we reveal on the net could strip us of our privacy. and yet over the past eight months revelations by edward snowden have exposed must global surveillance conducted by the u.s.a.'s national security agency and often in conjunction with its european partners makes them look a bit stupid if they don't actually tackle the larger problem if there's. data protection is important by the way i'm not them stop people spying on you i mean it's just absurd according to the snowden leaks the n.s.a. is prism program collects the data directly from the servers of u.s. companies like google microsoft yahoo and apple and i'm trying to think of an individual household or a business that's not a customer wants more spy agencies in britain germany france and spain and taking

all the data that they hoover up domestically and posting it on to the n.s.a. for processing as the story on ravelled it's been revealed that emails text messages phone calls and internet activity of citizens across the globe have been hoovered up the year ago most people have agree the european union's data protection rules are the best in the world the most rigorous the spy agency the n.s.a. and q. in the u.k. basically just mean ignoring all those rules and just taking everything they want after it was revealed that the n.s.a. had intercepted angela merkel's phone calls it became clear that even the german chancellor is immune obviously our data is not very protected other or otherwise those scandals would not have occurred whether it was germany whether it was in brussels in the know in france according to edward snowden's latest leak the

national security agency isn't just gathering intelligence for national security purposes but indulging in industrial espionage as well he cited germany's engineering firm siemens as one target and still no admission from the top i can give assurances to the. publics in europe and around the world that we're not going around snooping at people's emails or listening to their phone calls so on the eve of data protection day we are asked some europeans if they felt like celebrating do you know anyone who is happy about it that his private sphere is controlled by governments or n.s.a. does anyone like that i think it's dangerous and they should protect us this development goes on and on and on and then have to stop nobody knows they shouldn't be celebrating to one day do it it should be something normal to have our very firm

ation secure. london. an activist from the crypto crypto party movement. says the data protection day is worthwhile but not as effective as the e.u. might like. snowden leaks have done a lot more to educate people than any governmental action day of that up protection is about privacy but it is also. the other way to deal with you that you give willingly to. to organization company institutions and so on and what are your rights about that we always say that technology low and politics are going all together that we need to acknowledge each to make civilians more costly we need political or werner's for people to care about it and to use dissolutions technology brings a needle and we're for example to see. more stories for mind a low blow in the thirst for fuel controversial fracking techniques might soon be

used to write under the homes of british people without their permission being required that says the u.k. government considers amending key laws. a lot mind the milk had to argy dot com to find out the threat to humans posed by this feed approved for farm animals. as the opening ceremony of the winter olympics is coming closer the russian city of soccer is already giving a warm welcome to athletes and spectators from all over the world the organization committee share shared with artie's pos got the final touches before the grand opening. the final stages of preparations the busiest stages yes we will learn and learn and then to train and train in now it's a fine old chair of everything and i can conclude that everson in the perfect. ever since read it our purpose built state of the venue this will be open for the athletes to perform the best i have to aussie i'm afraid about these these

allegations of corruption that they won't go away there's some in the russian media and international press as well it's well documented that the budget his ex exceeded initial expectations was the money gone i will repeat that this is not correct that duration the budget for the games which i am personally as a manager in charge of roughly two billion dollars same late for the previous winter games the geysers and investment into the olympic in for a social a competition non-competition venues and also this around in infrastructure to support these free and just like power station then some rules which is dedicated fall in pick needs is provided by private investor from the private funds but i have to also mention you're chomping at the bit to get the sport started how are you feeling personally you excited are you nervous you confident. not over

confident we're just confident because we're working hard days in for the seven previous years and. construction thank you very much for joining us so there you have it it's almost time for the talking to stop and in ten days time it'll be time for the sport to take center stage. like his actions of corruption have always followed the games and saatchi about two weeks ago the media's headlines were filled with quotes by senior international olympic committee members alleging allegedly claiming that corruption had taken a third of the money spent on the games however. franco kasper told r.t. his words have been used by the media to purposely create a bad picture. well i for sure didn't say this way and not at all or say there are rumors or people are saying that i wouldn't have any figures anyhow but it will create the debate grave in the international media for what two years and i do not know and don't forget the interview was in germany and the article about the thing

came from an american journalist so i don't think that he understood the wonder of space to it never came from my it was just asked by a journalist there is so deep percent of corruption and they said well i've heard rumors we had no reason whatsoever to bring to the thing we've had. several effects we would have done this but to tell you honestly we didn't have any effect and this was never an item for discussion back to you now where the olympic venues are ready to open their doors among the highlights of any winter games are always the events on ice and saw the figure and short track skating events will take place in the beautiful spring palace so we sent to ben let's say to take a look. for those who love a little drama a little bit of show off in winter sports all those wonderfully jeweled costumes

then you have to make your way to the eye catching twelfth falls in seed venue the iceberg the iceberg skating palace which will be home full sega skating and short track speed skating joining the twenty four d. a limping winter games figure skating has long been one of the most captivating and exciting sports at the winter olympics and the twenty four team games will see more action on the ice never. will be back flips. was butterfly effects and the returns to. the u.s. also guess about the every event that will take place in the same arena the speed skating way olympic skaters will be competing to get gold in the battle of the

blades full glory and. i. i hear in the games it will take just two hours to adjust the ice at the ice big skating palace when switching from figure skating to shot track so we're looking forward to all those costumes and all the staging routines and the choreography that will be hosted in that there's plenty come plenty fourteen winter olympics. forget our series of reports from saatchi with a bang let's say it's available whenever you want an arcade accompli. you know you ok. how do you operate bill in the game i'm going to rumors that sports and celtic speedskating use it as resold i'm not an olympic hockey.

league. my son. the state of the union address due later today is a chance for the u.s. president to take stock and set the agenda but it comes at a time when americans are increasingly negative about how they view their own country bird to describe the u.s. many citizens chose divided or troubled some think these situations getting worst while just a small number think things are changing for the better as artie's lucic half an opera for its previous promises made in barack obama's key political address have not always been promises kept. looking to put the toughest year of his presidency behind him for rock obama will deliver his sixth state of the union address to congress and the american people here in washington on tuesday yet again till mystic issues are expected to take center stage as a president tries to pivot away from the controversies that marked twenty thirty

and now as the past few years have shown promises made are not always promises kept nearly every proposal to credit the president made last year from gun control to a minimum wage hike to immigration reform they all fell short sward by an uncle whopper of congress in last year's speech the president called for legislation to address gun violence a year later those proposals remain firmly stalled this says lock down schools and public violence grow ever more familiar another broken promise no climate change bill and the twentieth time address obama called on congress to act on climate change that never happens legislation debated in the senate in the spring faltered after infighting over oil taxes and that never came up for an actual vote now comprehensive immigration reform bill that hasn't happened either despite pushing for an immigration overhaul in two thousand and eleven and again in two thousand and twelve that effort has largely languished in congress up until now

a tax overhaul that obama called for in two thousand and eleven and two thousand and twelve also never came to be same goes for infrastructure spending that was supposed to help. work. making major legislation difficult if not impossible obama is expected to outline what he hopes to do using his executive powers his executive power in office expanding economic opportunity for middle class workers is expected to be the centerpiece of tuesday's speech but what obama is unlikely to say that income inequality has increased balanced or under his watch than it did under any of the three previous presidents on foreign policy the main message that twenty fourteen will mark the end of the war in afghanistan but this pronouncement will come with a better irony and even after a dozen years more than a trillion dollars spent on the loss of thousands of lives the basic danger that had prompted president george bush to invade not only remains but experts say is more alarming than ever president obama's state of the union addresses do tell quite a story there's obama care wall street reform gun violence the wars in iraq and

afghanistan economic inequality immigration reform the list goes on and it's all there and gory details a permanent reminder of where the president secured victory and where he fell short reporting in washington for r.t.e. i'm lucy catherine. there's some other news now making headlines around the globe egypt deposed president have gone on trial over his escape from jail in two thousand and eleven security was high in the country's capital as mohamed morsi arrived at the court morsi was toppled by the military in july last year and is currently facing four separate criminal trials on various charges. former bosnian serb army commander ratko lot of church has called v un's yugoslav war crimes tribunal a satanic court if you refused to testify as a defense witness for a former bosnian serb leader radovan church during his testimony could harm his own case the two men deny the charges against them which include genocide and crimes

against humanity. the vice chairman of the bitcoin foundation has been arrested in the us charlie shrem one of the key advocates of the crypto currency has been charged with trying to launder one million dollars worth of bitcoins using outlawed website the silk road if found guilty he is facing thirty years behind bars. is following the story. u.s. federal prosecutors are accusing self-proclaimed bitcoin evangelist charlie shrem of selling one million dollars in bitcoin to users of the website silk road prosecutors say those same users then to use the digital currency to anonymously purchase drugs in the deep web black market the twenty four year old c.e.o. of instant and co owner of the manhattan bar ever was arrested at j.f.k. airport on sunday he's being charged with operating an unlicensed money

transmitting business money laundering conspiracy and failure to file suspicious activity report no according to a release from the u.s. attorney general's office shrum allegedly conspired with an underground exchanger who's also been arrested in connection to this case this arrest instantly made headlines particularly because shrum is known as the bitcoin wonder boy determined to help the digital currency go mainstream back in june i interviewed after his bar became the first new york city establishment to accept because he struck me as someone passionate and proud about the expanding cryptocurrency community came into the space. and i was the only person new york city had heard even heard of the coin that was left out of every received firm in the city and now fast forward to two years there are so many startups that i start to meet ups now bit point is a virtual currency for you from banks or government regulation proponents say that

the currencies ability to exist without any centralization is what makes it so appealing last year the use of bitcoin became so prevalent that its value surged from thirteen dollars to over one thousand by the end of twenty thirteen now of course this doesn't make everyone happy j.p. morgan chase c.e.o. jamie diamond recently called because terra. store of value in part because international governments bankers and other officials are unsure whether they can trust the digital currency in the aftermath of rahm's arrest securing confidence in big point may prove even more challenging reporting from new york marina r.t. . coming up our special report on the final frontier between the u.s. and mexico's drug money is right after the break.

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 is the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating fiscal 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 the precious my opinion. london. the whole world is. the true hero of the original one the one on the n. . and there are a funny kind of the quote that they link at the end of the street another one of the more transparent society gets the money or the tears become we say military and study and police falsus mobilized against the evil of blending into the city to inhabit the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless they are. there that has a thousand eyes are our key.