we're clearly not the safest. biting the hand that feeds ukraine's opposition rotches refused to vacate seized government buildings a precondition for an amnesty put forward by the government in a bid to alleviate the crisis that's gripping the country. is the first foreign channel to reach the syrian town of. early morning attack by islamist radicals. displaced and claims. and is here to save the day. in the streets of. down in the dumps to get back on their feet.

this is our international live from our studios sent to him moscow which just past nine pm antigovernment protesters in ukraine are varying to stay put and demand the president's resignation refusing to accept the conditions for an amnesty the bill passed by parliament in a late night emergency session says the protesters won't be prosecuted if they leave the two dozen administrative buildings they've seized all over the country and the reports now from kiev. last night on wednesday the parliament stayed almost until midnight to find a solution they managed to pass and then an animist a law which provided those conditions but the opposition says they are not willing to take these to meet his demands they are not willing to make concessions of their own the opposition wants all those detained in the protests to be released from prison sandy criminalised the government the ruling party says they are ready for it only on one condition that other protesters d.-o. keep by all the administrative buildings they have captured over the past several

weeks and dismantle the barricade in the governmental quarter in kiev and this is the sticking point right now here is what leaders of the opposition said regarding the new amnesty law which almost unfortunately their doctor could deal with you know abuse is not the best solution to the crisis on the contrary it's clearly deteriorating the situation heats up tensions in society because. of the breaking how can we discuss negotiations today they're pursuing their own goals they pay no attention to the people they ignore the people's representatives in parliament they decided to go their own way we'll see where it leads. so it seems that the compromised which everyone thought was almost reached between the opposition and the ruling party hasn't been achieved particularly from the side of the opposition which is not willing to make any concessions the president last night warned that if a compromise is not reached between the sides of the parliament then the parliament may be just solved so the tension is now in the political sphere and it's really

hard to say where this will all go. ukraine's president has issued a statement while now on sick leave saying he's done all he promised to do to alleviate the crisis published on his website the statement stresses that it's now up to the protesters to take a step forward well the president made a number of concessions after meeting with opposition leaders earlier this week first he lifted the anti running laws that enraged protesters shortly after that he accepted the resignation of the country's prime minister and dismissed the cabinet and now the amnesty bill which the opposition says is not good enough because it requires they leave central kiev well senator truth kovac she's the foreign affairs editor of the chronicle magazine believes the even natural concessions only encourage protesters to step up the pressure on the president you know coverage finds himself in a tricky position because we know from experience that a regime in trouble which starts making unilateral concessions actually does not

strengthen its position but weakens it because it displays unsureness of touch which the opposition then invariably uses to strengthen it's in transit agencies and it's maximalist demands are reasonably the next step for your coverage would have to be told you're certain the authority of the state and the rule of law because let's face it the scenes that we've witnessing we've been steam kia of over the past few weeks would never have been allowed in washington d.c. in london or in brussels or in any democratic european union capital. statistics show the world is watching ukraine's unrest especially in the us and e.u. the latest wave of public anger kicked off in the ninety's the general and you can see here on this map how tweets with the hash tag. spreading each red

flash represents one tweet and there's almost as many flashes over american europe as the roll over ukraine itself. up to date with events there in ukraine twenty four seven on our website r.t. dot com where you'll find a timeline with photos from kiev as well as the latest reports from our correspondent. the british prime minister has been facing a barrage of questions about key threats to u.k. national security and how he intends to deal with them britons who'd been radicalized was fighting in syria and the flood of leaks from edward snowden wrong the main discussion points r.t. texas it is with us now live from our london studios. well david cameron asking questions answering questions that is today he was talking about the a changing risk that the u.k. has to face and how where security is headed he wasn't so much his challenge when

he was basically asked on how operations worked and where exactly the security strategy is heading now he didn't deviate from any of the past made on several of the points in a couple of things did stand out on the middle east he said that the arab spring is a quote good thing in the long term for security but acknowledges that there will be some bumps on the road and he may face some challenges on that in light of the ongoing instability in the region and whether these can be classified merely on the road now in terms of syria he did it confirms that it is still a major concern for national security especially the potential for radicalization of british citizens as well as the just ongoing regional instability over there now of course one of the things that he was questioned on of was the n.s.a. edward snowden revelations albeit if he didn't spend that much time on the topic of

going back to the general strategy set of security you said one of the things is that he wanted to enhance alliances in terms of security but what's interesting is just a day ago. again criticized the spying activities of the u.s. and the u.k. one of its strongest allies she said that this the end result is not a more security but in fact less now the prime minister here had stood behind the activities of its intelligence agencies and in fact had a message for the media saying that newspapers should should spend less time in this and should think before they act he said that he's worried that they are in danger of becoming less safe because of the revelations of edward snowden now what's interesting though that in the beginning he says that there must also be legislation then that intelligence officers must be acting within the law but as an example. to stand by his argument on the activities of intelligence agencies he said that in every t.v. crime story that he's watched the used mobile phone data to kratz catch the

criminal so that was one of his justifications to why the activities of the intelligence services should be backed made a distinction also between the reaction of the public and the media. thanks for that as a silly alive in our london studios the international chemical weapons watchdog is meeting to bolster the drive to eliminate syria's toxic but on the eve of the gathering the us national intelligence chief kick started a new wave of scaremongering saying the assad government remains capable of producing biological arms james clapper warned of thousands of foreigners have joined the rebels in syria where al-qaeda linked groups are inspiring them to bring the jihad back home with them and even establish special training camps to teach foreign recruits how to attack targets in the u.s. and other western nations german journalist roger i spoke to him earlier he says washington brought this threat upon itself who shall know better about the

military capabilities of the syrian or of the rebels in syria better than the us intelligence chief because he has two mil he was arming them or the west was arming these people sold they would have to know how many arms they have i was in damascus when security sources where saying that the united states delivered one hundred stinger rockets to the f.s.a. to the free syrian army which is known as so-called moderate army and a couple of days later the. terrorist group claimed that they trust god one hundred stinger rockets from the so-called moderate rebels so you see those arms whoever you sell them in that region will end up in the head of the worst people. they snuck in through a sewer during a december snowstorm catching the army off guard both soldiers and civilians were

allegedly massacred that early morning in syria's town of address as it fell into the hands of islamist extremists are those claims have been impossible to verify because of the chaotic situation there or it is the first foreign channel to get to the area for national reports. is just a twenty minute drive from damascus but the highway runs through an area firmly under rebel control so instead we take a newly created pass driving through high mounds of sand and piles of old tires the army uses to shoot its convoys from attacks it's maybe longer but it's a safer route. where the first foray into recruit to get this close to address after the siege began a month ago it's still not clear exactly what happened in this industrial city last december back then reports emerged of numerous killings and violence after alger was attacked by militants belonging to al-qaeda linked groups and the free syrian

army. they stormed into the city and they kept the civilians in their buildings using them as human shields which made our mission very difficult this is why it takes so long we want to avoid civilian losses or to reported allegations the dozens of civilians had been executed that people were be hadad and burned in over ins and one claimed the doctors and patients were killed in a clinic we travelled to address hoping to verify these reports but there is still no way of getting into the besieged areas of the town to confirm if any of that actually happened we got as close as the army can there actually to address the old town are very blood and the work is house and complex nearby a drum a lear. both are now besieged by people other well maybe some bankers here to separate other out by law and out room earlier and to prevent the militants uniting . these corridors go all around the besieged cities with the army watching the

area day and night this is one of the checkpoints of the syrian army behind this wall is territory held by militants and the soldiers strategy and mission right now is just to watch this area and to shoot if they see the enemy approach change. and this is actually all they can do and a military operation could threaten the lives of those who remain hostage and with no access inside it's impossible to tell just how many the are but luckily most of the residents managed to escape address we meet some of them two kilometers away they shelter around what used to be a large sum and factory life in this hotel's me he doesn't go to school anymore but this place because a terrorist attack this weekend we had to skate they occupied and we cannot go there their only job locked he says his father is

a government employee this is why it is dangerous for his family to stay we ask where they live now. the as mother peer from the darkness of a room barely ten square meters and a silence and everything what is happening is wrong there was no need for any of this see where we are now what degree we have reached now it's a question that many here are asking these children haven't seen their mother for a month already seriously ill she couldn't get her medicine due to the siege with her condition deteriorating she was sent to hospital far from her family. we were living in peace and now where are we i wish peace would come back to all of syria. a month later it's still not clear exactly what happened and not drug most of those we talked to here in this camp fled before the militants arrived but occasionally we meet some who didn't escape so quickly and the loner they were looking for

anybody serving in the syrian army and also the vita so the syrian soldiers beheaded at the sewage system. we were in a group of about twenty people they were beating us three at a time and killing us and i saw with my own nice people stole and i still see them in my nightmares. that i'm like this sort of a cut drinking water and they prevented the bakery from working for us and young children are about to die from a lack of water and they threatened us with machine guns. once an important industrial and peaceful city has become yet another syrian battleground for weary forces whose three alone confrontation has left well in excess of one hundred thousand dead and millions displaced and yet it's another place where no side looks able to win and it's the ordinary syrian people left to pay the price. from our drive in syria. to international law here in moscow still to come in the

program this hour britain france get serious about making military drones together european neighbors approving their resources to produce the deadly planes but questions remain over just how they hope to avoid civilian casualties that's another story coming up shortly. as the media. so we leave that maybe. by the sea potion security for your party there's a. clear shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from . politicking. to.

choose your language. killer though if you're going to. choose the kids the consensus. choose to opinions the. choose the stories get him to. choose the excess to offer to. britain france and i can join forces in investing building minute treat drawings together the two governments are expected to sign an agreement will pave the way for two years of joint research into building the unmanned planes activist and political analyst chris bambery believes where the u.s. goes militarily its european allies are sure to go as well. americans gore the

british and french need to fall because the british and french are essentially american attack dogs in europe they're the only two european powers that have the military capability the americans can sometimes use so if the americans are investing in drones inevitably britain and france are also going to do the same britain is more open about it france is more about the fight there has to it's a military alliance of the states but inevitably they're going to go there and i think it's our warning actually in terms of europe because drugs are not just simply attack weapons they're also surveillance weapons as we know and i think it also highlights the fact that there is in europe potential instability that those drones could well be used for surveillance in the east. of the clock ticks down towards a grand opening reveal some of the secrets of sorts a limb pick park coming up in our in the big series it's chess on ice a report that seems too complex to many. first now

it's not a bird or a plane it's super hobo and he's here to get burnings homeless back on their feet shore with his last for a beer and reeking breath he's far from politically correct but as our tea party barca reports from the german capital his readership is up up and away. his muscles affair but he has no fixed abode it's super hobo the unlikely superhero inherited his super powers accidentally after savoring some discarded beer. normally like bettman or iron man they are very very rich playboys who rescued the world no it's the guy from the on the ground who rescues which gets to the city because it's very attractive for people all over the world not because it saw correct or clean city but because of his shabby charm so it's

logical that the glorious superhero of. the so bomb super hoboes creators says the idea was spawned while watching a homeless man trying and failing to sell a newspaper on a train. so stefan went to the stratum fagen newspaper which is sold by the homeless and unemployed and offer to launch the charity supplement in order to boost its sales for sure it's a little bit political incorrect but this is the only way to get more people into the subject homelessness and so we decided to do it the newspapers distributed through chaos such as this one said the city's homeless can come here and buy in copies for sixty cents apiece which they then sell on for one year and fifty and they're able to make a profit but certainly in the time that we've been his several people have come up trying to buy in more copies of that super hoboes supplement that has been selling

so well super hobos breath stinks he dreams of oceans of beer and yet the homeless vendors don't take offense. it's a very good idea it should have been fooled overtly or the comic supplement makes it heavy and i can't carry as many copies but it's not see bad you just don't carry on. now the customers are asking for this comic because they have super hard to the document publication aims to brighten the fortunes of it says the soup kitchen . station has an increasing number of hungry mouths to feed the crisis is doing and or bringing in bring much more people into difficult situations a lot of foreigners you foreigners are law to come and people are telling them only as a rich country and please come and you will have a good life but in fact it's very difficult to get jobs here and it's very

difficult to get flats i'm thinking that the number of people. especially and believe is increasing in the next years enormously but those trying to shift the papers daily say the comic strip has at the very least added that little bit of comic relief. of all the winter sports to the outside a kerning can seem like one of the most complex games been chess on ice due to the strategic moves involved and at these sorts of winter olympics it has its very own veni. it's curling up in sochi for the winter games and at the curling lympics stadium at least will be affecting this sweeping slide and ultimately the quest for gold the ice cube curling center is a three thousand multi-purpose arena it's one of the smaller centers here at the

olympic park it will be hosting the wheelchair curling competitions to come the paralympic games now it's quite a spacious small center and those with disabilities will be able to enjoy the center so what it is proving you made one point have seen this all this weekend this to some it looks like a sweeping match but it's more than that physics and strategy play a role. the idea is to push the stone from one end of the ice to the other aiming for the center of the house which looks like a. sports car comes when the sweeping begins sweepers with what looks like a mop the head of the stones melting the ice ever so slightly with the friction of the sweeping this is done to make the rock go farther they can straighten out the top that the rock is traveling on. now the team with the rock closest to the center

of the oldest throws in the end knocking the opposition out of the house of blocking it's possible a key parts of the game this involves intense strategy sessions and this is where curling really turns into chess on i. know you know so curled up at the curling stadium this winter olympics would say sochi olympics our team. through the. otty international.

wave of bombings have shaken iraq's capital baghdad claiming at least twenty new groups have claimed responsibility for the attacks linked fighters have mounted similar assaults and the past the most six suicide bombers stormed an iraqi ministry building killing at least eighteen before security forces regained control . people have a joint lawsuit against the companies that manufacture japan's fukushima nuclear plant they claim the first should take responsibility for the facilities two thousand and eleven caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami the accident is one of the worst nuclear disasters in history according to experts it may take decades to finish cleaning up

operations around the crippled facility which is still spewing radiation. in bangladesh fourteen people including the head of the country's main opposition party have been sentenced to death they were charge of smuggling weapons and ammunition to a rebel group in neighboring india after their cargo was intercepted by about three hundred victims of the political violence plaguing the country since last year. so that brings up. with morphine just.

down. to build a. mission to teach me. why you should care. hello and welcome to worlds apart is there life on mars it used to be a million dollar question than a billion now it looks like it may soon become

a trillion dollar question but will it ever produce announcer well to discuss that i'm now joined by a co-founder of the marsh one mission. mr thank you very much for the time i know that you've been a very passionate advocate of sending a manned mission to mars and do you believe that you can do that by circumventing governments and space agencies and you don't even need so much money for that you claim that it may only cost around six billion dollars but i wonder how much of that money have you already raised. we don't disclose the mother's money that we've raised but i can tell you that's we've we've not teresa significant portion of those six billion us dollars but we are talking to the right people we're talking to the right people in the media industry we're talking to the right potential partners and sponsors for our mission and we're very confident that we can raise that level of money well correct me if i'm wrong but they're courting to some media reports as of november first this year you received slightly less than two hundred

thousand dollars in donations which seems to be a little bit short of the six billion dollars why do you think people haven't responded to your pleas more generally maybe it space exploration is no longer as appealing as it used to be so the nation says one of the ways that we will finance this mission but it's only a small part of what we what we seek to to collect and the larger amounts of money will come from investments from from investors who are interested in the media outreach that we will do and from big partner senseful. that will contribute to this mission because they want to attach share name to such an exciting events now the main reason why your price tag seems to be relatively low is because you don't really factor in every turn journey you believe that those valid volunteers have to stay on mars for the rest of their lives and i know that

in your first round of selection you receive more than two hundred thousand applications from all over the world but i wonder if it's even realistic to ask for an informed consent on something like that can you really ask people for something like that because they they simply don't know what it entails but we will prepare them very carefully for what it does until they will we will hire them in about six groups of four people in about two years time and they will train significantly for this mission full time. eight years and they will they will learn what it's like to be alone they will be in an isolated environment on earth by the copy of the march outpost and they will get to experience all the things that they will experience and not experience will march before they leave but of course it's still a very very big deal and that's why selecting those people and keeping track of what they do is so important it's one of the most difficult things for our mission

it's not the technology it's not the money it's finding the first crew that can do this how could do you make sure that those people who commit to this down chair you know through all of these training process will not regret that decision later on anyone who applies for the marshal mission is selected to come into our astronauts corp's they can always regret regret the decision and step out and that's why we will select multiple crucial for people and train all of them as if they were the first crew to go and only if a year or so before the actual departure will we decide which crews are ready and only the crew will only know if they fly the moment they are invited to step into the rockets and we're very confident that that there are groups as will drop out and we're also very confident that there are groups that will finish the program and this will have a group that's qualified to go to mars but i'm asking about people who may change that decision once they're out.