the russia. of the existing economic agreements with. additional divisive lines on the map. great presidents accept the resignation of the prime minister and. most of the. opposition protesters say stay put. carry on until the president. is about to open its doors for the games from the world media continue to flood the host city. create a. reason. a senior member of the international olympic

committee claims the media used on corruption out of context to cause a sensation. this is. center here in moscow where it's just turned ten pm. different political crisis in ukraine have been towering above the e.u. russia summit in brussels the event was scaled back by the blog from two days to just a few hours over the raul let's now talk to our correspondent we talked to our correspondent who's been following the meeting this is what she had to say. this russia e.u. summit 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 out of ukraine that was hanging over the meeting and the relations were strained after the decision of . which 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 skosh and what came out of it basically all of the representatives. of the european commission report of the european council all condemning the violence also but 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 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

. when they were boys and he credits 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 what is important for us that is we want kiev's economy to be credit worthy if we wanted to be able to successfully restructure to develop to put him want to take a very pragmatic approach of where ukraine is concerned especially in terms of economic policy now there are also concerns about some e.u. officials appearing in a protest sites or joining protesters in front of barricades for instance and this is what he had to say on the matter 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. this in greece will sign russia's foreign minister turned up at one of the anti 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 now putin also said that creating divisive lines won't be in the interest of both parties and he even suggested creating a zone of free trade zone between the e.u. and eurasia basically just suggesting a strategy somehow the two really can't move forward the next summit between russia and the e.u. will take place in sochi on june the third. joined by professor mark almond he's at oxford university in the u.k. the leaders managed to cover the most pressing issues during this short summit do you think despite the amount of time they had much was achieved. only the results can show that over time the basic problem is that there are two issues being discussed here which in some ways are contradictory one is the huge amount of economic contact and cooperation between russia and the countries particularly between russia and certainly you countries like germany others play a bit lesser role and then the political dynamics where the e.u.

and the other nato states of america the elephant in the room in these discussions are pursuing a kind of strategic policy that really goes to rubbing up russia the wrong way so trying to have good economic relations with the same time playing a game of arm wrestling over the ukraine is i think really a way in which this makes it very difficult to have a positive outcome and talking of robbing rush up the wrong way do you think the was right to scale back this meeting it was shut up for two days and then it was cut back for a couple of hours that's fairly provocative isn't it. yes i think one of the most extraordinary things is his reach which the e.u. feels able to snub people and yet gets very touchy if the slightest hint that these various unaffected people that barroso oil catherine ashton are not treated as if they are the democratic dignitaries coming from so people at the president of france or whatever but i think this is unwise of the yorkers will sooner or later the patience of russia might snap after all we have to ask our souls who gets more

from this relationship european soon to get used to the idea that the russian side will always take every insult who will be willing to pick up the bill if you will as we see with ukraine and it may be that eventually this will good because one of the striking things of the moment is in history a political conflict personally putin says russia is paying money into the funds of ukraine to benefit the people who crane worst europeans and americans are in practice putting a small small amount of money tens of millions into the political class in the ukraine into the foundations and n.g.o.s school demonstrators but not the billions that are needed to pay the pensions to subsidize if it has to do. the occurrence is coming from the russian taxpayer and i would have thought in russia this may become a question because it was forced yeah sure that was ukraine issue is really inflammatory isn't it you'd have thought the spirit of the talks could be that will strain that ukraine isa prize that bearing in mind of course both have been accusing each other of interfering in ukraine you surprised the talks did actually

sound quite co-operative. well yes i think again the issue would seem to be that russia has actually not obviously interfered yes russia didn't want ukraine to sign association agreement because as president putin pointed out he would open the way for a flood of european union imports not just into grain but because of the common customs space into russia itself but on the other hand it will get me to say this is the end of it to be. yes sorry carol so. all the if you like the political interests come from europe the russian economy. is in a free trade area with ukraine so if you have free trade with european union but only goes one way your opinion states can export to the ukraine and also for russia then this is known bonus relationship that's what the russian state side was concerned about the european union leaders have also wished to aggregate ukraine

into block watching french state television so afternoon and its analyst had a nice map showing latvia estonia lithuania poland and then in the same color ukraine also possibly moldova door dromio saying this will give europe it's new sphere further east and making the point that russian the russian capital moscow will be less than four hundred kilometers from the border so there is a geo political aspect but it seems that your politics are being played only in brussels worst in a century seems an economic issue and of course it is an economic issue but i'm not sure that you can have a level playing field if one side is playing geopolitics and the other side is playing trade negotiations and the junior stations i'm really interested get your perspective professor mark almond live there in oxford. university thank you very much indeed for being with us. thank you. or ukraine's president has now accepted the resignation of the country's prime minister and the entire cabinet will remain in their post until a new government is formed that says the country lawmakers voted in an emergency

session to repeal most of the anti protest laws that triggered two weeks of violence in kiev but the discussions are far from over as artist peter oliver reports. the ukrainian president viktor yanukovych has accepted the resignation of prime minister mccaul as out of hand 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 rada 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 and there's going to be a lot more discussion to come was the talks over 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 on 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 coming from a guy who's pretty much the mayor of independence square he set him up as the same self as the commander of the area independence square being just over there that's where the the main 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 partly being tried to make decisions in middle ground being try. 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 misty for those detained by police between these two into radical groups and the momentum the roots of gathered outside kiev it's unlikely the current political agreements will appease the opposition quickly and that's the view of a lisa lockwood she's head of european c.i.s. analysis that 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 from one continues to call for the resignation of the

commission 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 certainly from administrations falling to the opposition and it's likely to want to capitalize on the momentum that it has the radical wing of the opposition which has 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 coverage. of international has all the latest from ukraine on air and online you can visit our website updated all of this and all our developing story.

it seems huge amounts of personal information of being scooped up by u.s. and british spy agencies from popular mobile phone apps like angry birds it would snowden's latest leak has got the public in a flap even as the e.u. attempts to educate its citizens about the importance of online security already has this report 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 is that data

protection is important by the way 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 pole 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 have up domestically and posting it on and then say 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 agree the european union's data protection rules were 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 engine. merkel's phone calls it became clear that even the german chancellor is immune because the data is not very protected 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 these are protectors this development goes on and on and on and then have to stop nobody knows it shouldn't be celebrating one day to which it should be something normal to have our very from a show secure. london. a gold dog might not be enough for u.k. citizens protecting their homes still ahead the british government looking to change. right on the people. without their permission. or london. the whole world is.

the one on the end. of the court building at the end of the street another one a more transparent society gets the money or the tears become we see military and police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city to the city the more people trust electronic devices the more. fear that as a. hierarchy. speak your language. will program documentaries in arabic it's. reporting from the world talks about six of the interviews intriguing story. says the. visit.

the u.k. government is looking to change trespass laws to make it easier for fracking companies to look for gas even out of people's houses as it stands they have to get permission from home and is before they start drilling and could be else to pay compensation. for energy and climate change chris hughton 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 and so 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 cheaper than 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 move 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 and there are more stories online for the moment including deadly statistics alarming research shows that at least one under-age american dies every due to injuries from firearms at the website support the full story at r.t. dot com plus. the mil find out the kind of threat to humans posed by the meat approved for farm animals exist. for. athletes and spectators from around the world to begin descending on the russian city of sochi ahead of the winter olympics ati's paul scott spoke to the organizing committee about the final touches being applied before the grand opening.

well the countdown officially began in two thousand and seven when she was first awarded the winter olympics since then a lot of work has been completed and a lot of rewards have been spent to ensure that this place and the surrounding area is ready to welcome the sporting world come february seventh and this clock reminds us what was once a distant prospect is slowly encroaching upon us now the final ten days promised to be extremely busy for the organizers and in particular for the chairman of the organizing committee dimitri chamish and i caught up with him earlier at the final stages of preparations the busiest stages yes we ever learn and learn and then we train in training and now it's a final check of everything and i can conclude that everson in the perfect. ever seems ready to have to aussie i'm afraid about these these allegations of

corruption they won't go away there's some in the russian media an international press as well it's well documented that the budget his ex exceeded initial expectations was the money gone i will repeat this is not correct their parish no budget to host the games of which i am personally as a manager in charge of roughly two billion dollars same late for the previous winter games again eyes there's an investment into the olympic infrastructure like competition non-competition venues and also this around in infrastructure to support this like power station then some rules which is dedicated fall in pick needs is provided by private investor from the private funds 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. well as mentioned accusations of corruption to be in hold on the skees of sochi recently senior

i.o.c. members young franco kasper hit the headlines when he allegedly claimed a third of the money had disappeared into people's pockets when he told us that his words were twisted. well i for sure didn't say that in 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 wave seen in the international media for what reason i do not know and don't forget the interview. and the article about the thing came from an american journalist so i don't think that he understood the wonder of it never came from my . i was just asked by a journalist there is so the percent of corruption and i said well i have heard rumors to we had no reason whatsoever to bring in the. really facts we would have to put a ten year on the sleeve we didn't have any effect and this was never an item for

discussion or don't forget our series of reports from sochi would i would say is available when ever you want it r.t. dot com. how do you operate. i'm going to present it to sports such. as. an olympic hockey. league. final. states of the union address to later today it's 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 country when asked in one word to describe the u.s. many citizens divided or troubled and some think the situation is getting worse while just a small number think that things are actually changing for the better well as a couple of 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 marks 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 has locked down schools and public violence grow 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 the opposition in congress making a 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 remained but experts say is more alarming than ever president obama's state of the union address is quite a story there is 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 a permanent reminder of where the president secured victory and where he felt short reporting in washington for our team. this is all to international coming up the second part of our special report on the final frontier between the u.s. and mexico's drug money that's after this break i'll be back with a news team with more disturbing.

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 that 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's in deep trouble according to fox news ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating texas sign ordinance that says that you may only stand around holding a sign on private property martin claims that he was doing the exact same thing as a speed limit sign reminding people to slow down and i think ultimately he is right you should be able to tell other people where the police are setting up speed traps because that will cause them to drive more slowly which is the real goal of speed traps in the first place the only reason local authorities would be against this is because they love the income that comes from a nice big pile of speeding tickets i hope that mr martin finds

a way to go right back to holding his sign but this time on private property the fascist. my opinion. why do you think we need to search for life for all the other planets why the truth interests such disregard on this one one of the things i think that's our human mission to mars will accomplish is to make humans here on earth more sensible about life about life on this planet about the planet itself about the environment so one of the one of the key benefits of your mission to mars will be a better earth. that fact is the place they take you to and detain you. if they're really root races and an educated they are racist so racist and root they check out

in reply to you they even look in your shoes. they also examine you in places that they shouldn't they treat you worse than a dog. they say that they got takes his time but he never forgets. almost them and i hope that one day they will also have to go through this. so. i will turn to god and ask to give you hope and protection and that he protects all migrants because they have seen how much they suffer. gentlemen i guess you all know why you're here today. i guess at this point in time america is going through some sad times and unfortunately we feel. sure we all share the same same feelings about what's going on with law enforcement

border patrol v.h.s. highway patrol the list goes on at the mention our friend. it's quite obvious that our borders are not secure as he'd like to make us believe secure all the time with obama and his bunch in office because they've got seem to have an agenda where this open borders thing is exactly what they're looking to it's a foregone conclusion all these illegals are a future democratic vote no white why would the poddy not want them in here. this goes on all these people are so well organized states set up networks. in them are also liberating with hamas and hezbollah and they've been doing so for. decades we figured that out against the united states of america. we have life our culture our flag.