russia summit in brussels president putin stating the existing economic agreements with ukraine will be revised. not to put additional divisive lines on the map we go live to brussels shortly here on our international. president accepts the resignation of the prime minister and the entire cabinet while lawmakers roll back most of the new anti protests laws the opposition protesters say stay put in their camps and carry on until the president. has such as a limpy park is about to open its doors for the games the flow of allegations from the world's media continue to flood the host city. and say did you create the debate. in the international media for what reason. a senior member of

the international olympic committee claims the media used his remarks on corruption and out of context to cause a sensation. this is r.t. international live from our studio center here in moscow where just past nine pm differences over the political crisis in ukraine a been towering above the e.u. russia summit in brussels the event was scaled back by the block from two days to just a few hours over the rail. who's been following the meeting there so what's come out of this summit has it managed to achieve anything. when all this russian. it has been consistently billed in the past as

a platform for furthering the street strategic cooperation between russia and the e.u. went to great extent it was in terms of the topics that they did touch upon however we know that coming into this summit there was this huge issue that of ukraine that was hanging over the meeting and the relations were strained after the decision of . not to go ahead to sign that agreement with the e.u. in favor of closer ties with russia so that was one of the sticking points of this is what came out of it basically all of the representatives. of the european commission report of the european council all condemning the violence also for also saying that violence is not the answer to this and the e.u. urging that those who are guilty of this violence be tried in the country however moving forward together russia and the e.u. says that they will go on with the consultation on the eastern partnership program with ukraine being a part of it now there were

a lot of questions as to russia's position politically if in case of the opposition in ukraine does indeed take power and this is what putin had to say on that matter . russia went voice any credit agreements with the ukrainian government no matter who's heading it we've never had any problems talking with political powers in ukraine this has never been a subaru what is important for us though is we want kiev's economy to be credit worthy we want it to be able to successfully restructure and develop. and he's also taking a very pragmatic approach that's what he says as far as the economic policies of ukraine is concerned and also urged the international community that for those who were urging. to act in a civilized way to act to ask the same of his opponents now as we speak of the e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton is visiting a kid. as well as if we've had

a visit before from other e.u. officials and on this this is what happened to have to say. russia is not going to interfere with ukraine's affairs i can imagine how our european partners would have reacted if in the midst of the crisis in greece or sign perhaps russia's foreign minister turned up at one of the n.t.e.u. rallies and addressed the people urging them to do something we believe it's not right and considering relations between russia and ukraine it is totally unacceptable to me which. now terrorism is a consistent topic of these meetings and they said that they will continue cooperation and this is a russia saying that the sochi anti terror base was built on the partnership with the e.u. they've also touched on afghanistan as well as common concerns on the syria and iran discussions are going to continue in the next russia e.u. summit on june the third in sochi thanks very much for that as i said i live in

brussels. well ukraine's president has now accepted the resignation of the country's prime minister and the entire cabinet they remain in their posts until a new government is formed that says the country's normally has voted in an emergency session to repeal most of the protest laws that triggered two weeks of violence in kiev but the discussions are far from over all of the reports of the ukrainian president viktor yanukovych has accepted the resignation of prime minister mccaul as out of his cabinet they will remain in their positions for the time being until replacement saw put in place in fact they can stay in those positions for as much as as long as sixty days according to the law here but tuesday also seeing a much anticipated emergency session of parliament there's been plenty to discuss there by lawmakers and they have made some changes to the laws one of the the major changes that's taken place and it was voted for unanimously. by m.p.'s here by the

the duma by the rather deputies here and that was to repeal the emergency anti demonstration laws that were put came into force on the fourteenth of this month they've now been torn away and repealed now also all the major issues that were up for discussion is going to be a lot more discussion to come was the talks of amnesty for anybody that is being detained by police now and the session that was taking place on tuesday ended with them saying that the session tuesday they said that they would continue long and tough negotiations about what form that amnesty would take if there was going to be any kind of amnesty before they could put it to a vote we're expecting to hear a vote on that on wednesday morning know another bit of news coming to us on tuesday is that a string from a guy who's pretty much the mayor of independence square he set him up as the same

sort of as the commander of the area independence square being just over there that's where the the. body of this demonstration has been taking place he said that the only way the demonstrators will leave that opposition supporters will leave occupied government buildings is when victory on a covert leaves power so despite decisions and concessions merely being tried to make decisions in middle ground be trying to be found by lawmakers this still numbers here on the streets of kiev saying that they are not willing to budge on their demands that's how it looks right now all eyes now looking towards wednesday to see what comes when lawmakers vote on how what form or whether they will have any kind of amnesty for those detained by police on his people over there will between these splinter radical groups and the the mentum the riots have gathered outside kiev it's unlikely the current political agreements will appease the opposition quickly that's the view of a lisa lockwood she's the head of europe and c.i.s. analysis at i.h.s.

country risk. this is not sufficient to appease the entirety of the opposition and this is one of the major challenges that ukraine is facing right now because clearly yes the new for one continues to call for the resignation of going to college in itself and turn down the initial offer to take up the prime minister's position also currently the opposition has quite a lot of momentum in the regions we've seen a certain region administrations falling to the opposition and it's likely to want to capitalize on the momentum that it has and the radical wing of the opposition which is been largely involved in some of the violent incidents that we've seen is likely to continue as long as it feels that it has an advantage over again a curve which. international has all the latest from ukraine on air and online visit our website r.t. dot com for updates on this and all our developing stories.

it seems huge amounts of personal information being scooped up by u.s. and british spy agencies from popular mobile phone apps such as angry birds edward 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. 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 you.

opinion partners makes them look a bit stupid if they don't actually tackle the larger problem is they saying data protection is important or by the way many of 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 a poll now 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 have 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 that 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 not 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 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 it shouldn't be celebrating to one day to which it should be something normal to have our already from aisha's secure. london. and activists from the crypto party movement lucile 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 then and the governmental action today of the top protection is about privacy but it's also but other way to do with you that

you gave willingly to. to organization company institutions and so on and what are your rights about that we always say that technology you know and politics are going all together that we need to acknowledge way to make civilians more costly we need political our warnings for people to care about it and to use the solutions technology brings a new deal and we're fighting for the free. guard dog might not be enough for u.k. citizens protecting their homes still ahead this hour the british government is looking to change trespass laws that would let because drill for gas right on the people's houses and without that position. the. general and i guess your mother you. are. going to. be

a few hundred a day coming down the sleeve if you. think. we've got. 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 why they live on mars you know mars and so we pick up things like. turbans prayer rugs and we know that if they're coming from the middle east concentration a concentration. she. doesn't. even want to spill the fact that she is a stranger. the

u.k. government is looking to change trespass laws to make it easier for fracking companies to look for gas even on the people's houses as it stands they have to get permission from homeowners before they start drilling and could be asked to pay compensation the former secretary of state for energy and climate change christian says fracking might work for the u.s. but that doesn't mean it works for britain. now the u.k. situation is quite different until very recently and in t. indeed until two thousand and four we were actually exporting gas and we have substantial pipeline connections with the rest of europe and so even when we were a major producer and exporting gas the gas sold in the united kingdom was not cheap then the gas which was available in the rest of the european union i don't have any problems about fracking per se what i do have problems about is the hype that

surrounds fracking the view that this is going to be a major force any time soon it just isn't it's going to be much slower and it is going to have much less effect on the economy than people think. all stories for online right now including deadly statistics alarming research shows that at least one under aged american dies every hour due to injuries from firearms it's called for the full story. plus mind the milk head to the website to find out the threat to humans posed by the feet are approved for farm animals. athletes and spectators from around the world have begun descending on the russian city of sochi ahead of the winter olympics and all these poor scott spoke to the organizing committee about the final touches being applied before the grand opening. of the

final stages of preparations the busiest stages yes we will learn and learn and then we will train in training now it's a final check of everything and can conclude that ever send in the perfect olympic ever seems ready for our purpose build state of the. world be open for the athletes to perform the best i have to aussie i'm afraid about these these allegations of corruption that it 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 where's the money gone i will repeat that this is not correct their parish no budget to host the games which i am personally as a manager in charge of roughly two billion dollars same late for the previous winter games again as there's an investment into the olympic infrastructure like competition on completion venues and also this around in infrastructure to support

this just like power station and some rules which is dedicated fall in pick needs is provided by private investor from private funds and i have to ask mention your champing at the bit to get the sport started how are you feeling personally excited are you nervous you confident. not over confident we're just confident because we're working hard days in for this seven previous years and we're fully ready construction thank you very much for joining us 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. at their one of the most expensive games in aleppo history accusations of corruptions we had there have been hot on the skis of sochi recently senior i.o.c. member franco kasper hit the headlines when he allegedly came to a third of the money had disappeared into people's pockets but he since told us his words were twisted. well i for sure didn't say that 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 a big waves in india international media for what reason i do not know and don't forget the interview was in swiss german and the article about the tank 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 the percent of corruption in the said rooms to be had no reason whatsoever to bring that in you think the people have fed. really fact we would have done this but to tell you honestly we didn't have any effect and this was never an item for discussion well the olympic venues are ready to open their doors among the highlights of anyone to games are always the events on ice in sochi the figure and short track skating competitions will take place in the beautiful

iceberg so we sent by what say to take a look at. for those who love a little drama a little bit of show off in winter sports all those wonderfully jeweled costumes then you'll have to make your way to the eye catching twelve thousand seed venue the iceberg. the iceberg skating palace which will be home full cygnus gating and short track speed skating during the sochi twenty fourteen olympic 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 i never.

will be back flips. was butterfly effects and the returns. but let's also guess about the other 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. was during the games it will take just two hours to adjust the ice at the ice big skating palace when switching from figure skating to shut track. all those costs and all those. that will be. plenty fourteen winter olympics. if we get our series of reports from sort she

would say is available whenever you want on our website at r.t. dot com. how do you operate. sports such. as. an olympic hockey. league. my final. state of the union address 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 when asked in one word to describe the u.s. many citizens choose divided or troubled and some think that the situation is getting worse well just a small number think things are changing for the better. reports 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 hamburger rock obama will deliver his sixth state of the union address to congress and the american people here in washington on tuesday yet again joe mystic issues are expected to take center stage as the president tries to pivot away from the controversies that march twenty thirty and now as the past few years have shown promises made are not always promises kept nearly every proposal the problem the president made last year from gun control to a minimum wage hike to immigration reform they all fell short warded by an uncooperative congress in last year's speech the president called for legislation to address gun violence a year later those proposals remain firmly stalled this as locked down schools and public violence row ever more familiar another broken promise no climate change bill and his twentieth time address obama called on congress to act on climate change that never happened legislation debated in the senate in the spring faltered

after infighting over taxes and that never came up for an actual vote now comprehensive immigration reform well 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 in two thousand and twelve also never came to be same goes for infrastructure spending that was supposed to help put more americans to work now with opposition in congress 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 faster 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 in. the better irony

even after i 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 the war alarming number of president obama's state of the union addresses do tell quite a story there's obamacare wall street reform gun violence the wars in iraq and afghanistan economic inequality immigration reform the list goes on it's all there and gory details are permanent reminder of where the president secured victory and where he fell short reporting in washington for our team you know. some of the news making headlines around the world this is the trial of egypt's topos president and his escape from jail in two thousand and eleven has been adjourned until the twenty second february. he was defiant and shows its security was high in the country's capital as you arrived at the court which he was toppled by the military in july last year and is currently facing four separate criminal trials on various

charges. government has announced a general election will take place despite calls for its proponent testers an earlier attempt to make their way to the compound in bangkok where the talks are under way but were pushed back by security forces two people were reportedly injured during a shooting in the latest foreigners join in the ongoing government protest. so that's a result of a war with me in the news team in just over half an hour from now in the meantime a special report on the final from between the u.s. mexico's drug money is coming your way 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 try. and he set out to save us fell 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's 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 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. is finally over but have you paid your bill yet oh i see you didn't realize you had

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