turmoil in ukraine it takes the forefront at a security conference in munich. does incitement own. protests have to do with democracy meanwhile russia's foreign minister hits out of the e.u. . for its view of the riots that have split the country right in the middle. east no food nothing to eat or drink the militants are inside. the soul of the prophet who want this to stop. being a rebel held palestinian refugee camp in syria has received its first aid in months often dozens of people died from starvation. and the flame goes to the very top of europe's highest peak just a stone's throw from his final destination of such. international brand new course

where cross country ski. will be racing for gold in just now a matter of days. headlines live on our international thanks for joining us today on. europe's taking a one sided view of the turmoil plaguing ukraine that's the point that russia's foreign minister has been hammering home as he addressed a global security forum in munich. crain the situation there is definitely one of the key issues on the table here in the unit and one of the first things that russia's foreign minister lavrov talked about was the situation in fact he criticized the way the european union and the west so far

have been dealing with the situation there and their approach what does inside them and of recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy why don't we hear condemnation of those who seize and hold government buildings and the police torture the police use racist semitic and nazi slogans why many prominent european politicians actually encouraging such actions although back home they are quick to surely punish any violations of the law now one of the first meetings that took place here in munich last night was the one between one of the leaders of the queen opposition arsenius a new and to the german president and even though the president's post here in germany is to somewhat of a formal position many still saw it as a hint that ukraine would take up much of the talks here and we know that mr yates a nuke is also scheduled to meet separately with u.s. secretary of state john kerry while ukrainian officials who are also taking part in

the conference they're not scheduled to meet with any of these people individually and many are criticizing these countries for perhaps conducting this one sided approach to the situation clearly syria is one of the most important issues talked about right now since so well the first attempt to get both sides of the car for to sit down and negotiate peacefully has just happened to an engineer and mr weber of commented on the latest statements coming out of washington that syria after all these are so far in the feeling with the agreements on the chemical arms deal he said this is really right now no time for a. all to made also the foreign minister remind you that this year the world is going to mark one hundred years since the start of the first walled war and said that everyone has to remember what policies of national exceptionalism could lead

to and called on europe and on the united states to a real cern to the policy of building one joint one joint world peace and collaboration once again saying that until russia receives guarantees from of the u.s. it's still going to see its plans for the anti missile defense system in europe as a potential threat to its national security. and as panel discussions continue in munich we'll bring you the very latest updates both on air and online at r.t. dot com. and with the government and the opposition failing to reach a consensus on the syrian crisis there's no letup in the miserable plight of refugees around eighteen thousand people in a palestinian camp south of damascus remain besieged by rebels a food aid was finally able to reach the area just that was yesterday after months of waiting there during that time fifty five people died of starvation. went to

investigate. another battleground of the brutal syrian war in the very heart of the country and at the edge of the regime stronghold this is your new cullison and camp here in damascus that has been held by the militants for more than a year now we are not allowed to go any further because their military people who are controlling situation here on the ground told us that the ras now a person and the raw armed man you are and this building but it's not only from bullets that people here are dying when we visit dozens already said to have died from starvation a year after the siege began food and water supplies a role but gone and there's no food nothing to eat or drink the militants are inside as well and the soul of the prophet we want this to stop whatever guilty are we just want to go out they want to go out but they can't they're trapped those

holding the camp only allow women and elderly men to go out briefly to bring in food a distributed by the syrian and palestinian officials together with the u.n. their families remain inside so they have to return to the besieged camp and rest that much that well we are talking to one of my crescent and old men behind those collapses to the ground level no one could tell us exactly why. they of. my god who are dying from hunger we can't take this anymore. humanitarian aid is the only achievement so far i ask those responsible how they know that the food they deliver will not fall into the militants hands they say no one can give any going t. . siege has become a popular tactic among rebel forces here in syria just recently we went to the industrial city of outside damascus according to army generals at least five

thousand tremaine trapped there sieges serve well to weaken an army his capabilities keeping large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to. your own they claim the syrian government is besieging the palestinians in the camp they want to invert the truth by saying the syrian government is part of the killing force as they don't do anything to protect the people they want the people to hate the regime. accusations over the next year of the syrian authorities allowed indeed government officials blame the militants for infiltrating into the cities in the first place and complain they can do little to fight back now lisa villains could be heard and thousands of ordinary people all over syria remain hostage inside their own homes waiting for help already three

years into this conflict that could prove very long wait indeed refreshing r.t. from syria. in the meantime the u.s. has challenge the syrian government over its commitment to chemical disarmament and u.s. secretary of state warned damascus of possible military action if it misses the deadline to destroy its arsenal a moscow responded by insisting such rhetoric only hampers the process hey mr breckon gordon a former officer in the british army's chemical defense regiment he says chemical disarmament in a war zone such as syria is a formidable task there are always been great for doing this is a hugely ambitious plan and with the lead of the russian federation and us we just wouldn't be here the majority of these chemicals and precursors pretty much stock north of damascus we know the sort of fighting that's going on in the contested areas has to go through and there's a big you know i still battle going on just twenty five provinces from an attack

here there are many sides to this and the opposition do not appear to be helping. realize that u.n. resolution which has the chemicals moved out of syria. are still to come here on the international shoplifting. people in the loop to see. what. small theft from shops climbed to a nine year high last year in britain as many on the poverty line. steal what they really need instead of going without. also after a very short break here on r t international how facebook can bring about a change of policies in israel but the government's taken to social networks to find out exactly what the people want. to see. first rate. and i think that your.

orders. are ten minutes past the hour here in moscow it's r.t. international it has been space the north pole and the very bottom of lake baikal of course we're talking about the olympic flame currently making its way to sochi but surely the record breaking torch relay wouldn't have been complete without a visit to the top of europe's highest mountain which is tantalizingly close to the host venue. on its journey across the world's largest country the olympic torch was always going to experience some high as some lives on it has now completed one of those hoist the olympic flame has been lit at the top of mt elbrus which is the highest peak in europe a team of five experienced mountaineers took it to the summit which is more than

five and a half thousand meters above sea level but it is now in the final stages of its relay that will arrive here in sochi in a few days time ahead of the opening ceremony which is now less than a week away attention is slowly beginning to turn to the sport and one sport that russia has traditionally had success in is by athlone a my colleague to bon mots i had a look around the new path was built state of the art cross country skiing and biathlon center. this. legend is that laura was an urban legend caraway now she decided to choose death by getting married to an old friends of course it's not just about this mind serve as a reminder that you might have to die for figurative who was this could be

a metaphor for the athletes that determination passion and perseverance to whatever you want but likely that gold you can get it for sochi twenty fourteen the cross country skiing and bible in twenty minutes will take place from laura organizes a hoop in the lower end venue stage of the on to the silly tees. firmly on the welsh by after a long match i took control of the grounds on a snowy to see the massive complex getting my feet when it includes two stadiums a shooting area and if you want to say so it's true what they say that. well to bring everybody together and there are none please i meant just for us but for everybody even this little guy here. the course is a very demanding it has few places where athletes can. energy and at a height of one thousand five hundred meters above sea level the lack of oxygen

also makes it much harder for the competitors to breed come a few days a visit the venue where the by alpha lawns olympic and paralympic games will be held will be filled with spectators as well as sports men and sports women idea is where the starting point owning so that gold will be given mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the older chute is perfect now all that's missing is the start of the whistle. keeping all of us up to date with everything that's happening in sochi you can follow our coverage right here on r.t. or throughout the weekend at odds you don. you know you. how do you operate dylan piggy i'm going to him was pretty sports such. as it has room for a rose i'm not an olympic hockey player bong much as it is on the line we. eat

my fly. on our website right now we explain just why the gold up for grabs in sochi on the fifteenth could be much more precious than any of it because well it's literally from out of this world. today got a lot of housing the homeless people but the government is not funding it and then a lot of the shelter today be having people brothers down the street because people begin raped and sheltered to get involved right now ironically ironically i'm worth more to the city of new york he told me. personally. and. when you paid regular people like someone like a lawyer or doctor or some other madison avenue it's boring and sometimes the homeless people deliberately look like relative by. the sea because could you let

them stay there would be restored or as you need to be in this city or region city in the world what people live a minute to do you. lose anybody could make you feel good you know get up. a community board alone more than a way around two hundred children for all for them they also found that child abusers convicted child abusers got access to those kids. always calming phenomena and what i'm saying is overall it's an amazingly well see picture in that. adopted kids international as well as domestic are treated better than regular kids growing up in untroubled biological families in the united states.

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lead. the. little. it's all the international live from moscow thank you for joining us how long can one abide by shalt not steal when your wallet is taking a hit in the u.k. shoplifting is no longer the domain of bored kids and petty criminals many are now resorting to the practice for their basic needs as has been finding out. some people do it for a dad others might have a physical compulsion when i could be part of a larger crime network but up until now few people in britain were doing it out of

necessity i'm talking about shoplifting. people they don't even a small going big thing even expensive or cheap or what they do they just put in the back and they walk out according to the british retail consortium theft from shops is not a nine year high and the biggest increase has been food theft the police say there's a link between welfare cuts unemployment and shoplifting we're seeing people choosing to shoplift to maintain their previous life still on diminishing budgets and police forces approve actively targeting shoplifters we have a sixteen this if you can see on the ceiling to here. for over there one over there. would be. if you keep looking further down the. government critics say that it's cuts to welfare payments that are pushing previously nor abiding citizens into so-called poverty crime over the past several

months police forces have been criticized for being too lenient on women especially mothers who are caught shoplifting items that they say. essential items like nappies and baby food life is so hard that the moment. people in the shop live to special for their kids what would they do. but the boredom it speaks to retailers here in the u.k. says that that is far from a victimless crime last year in learning the industry well over five hundred million pounds as a result they say that shops like this one go bust and communities. see lungs and. more into the r.v. will the we go starting with northern yemen the fighting between pro-government tribes and shia rebels has left around sixty people dead while at least fifteen soldiers were killed by militants east of the capital in an ambush on checkpoint

again which is one of the poorest states in the arab world has been trying to restore stability since president saleh was toppled in twenty year levon. anti-government protests are heating up in the thai capital with the least two blasts and dozens of gunshots fired six people have been wounded as supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with her opponents even as the incident happened after demonstrators blockaded a building where ballot papers were being stored and the violence is spiralling ahead of sunday's general election which the opposition has vowed to boycott and disrupt. the trial of egypt's ousted president has resumed in cairo mohamed morsi along with fourteen others from the muslim brotherhood charged with inciting the killing of protesters back in twenty twelve that's after supporters and opponents of the former islamist leader clashed in a number of cities across egypt with police using tear gas to disperse the mobs egypt's seen unrest ever since morsi was deposed last july the subsequent all round

government crackdown on his party. under the protesters squared up to police overview of fiction of a chronically ill man in the spanish capital madrid three people arrested off the activists accused offices of siding with bailiffs in order to make a six man homeless explains strict repossession most of the hundreds of thousands being evicted during that process. twenty fourteen could herald the end of direct u.s. military involvement in afghanistan but that doesn't necessarily mean peace private security contractors are still likely to be left behind one company formerly the notorious blackwater operated in iraq and told accusations their employees killed civilians back in two thousand and seven auntie's so fico program spoke to erik prince he's the one that found that company you said that your men were guards not investigators stationed to kill and on check the policy and that's from your book

that said direct quote what gave you the right to behave in that way. well look there is there are there performing a defensive mission so you know every day between iraq and afghanistan the company did more than one hundred thousand missions protective missions and no one under our care was ever killed or injured and each time there was a and event where our men had to use their weapons it was documented in of all those times it to use the weapons it still comes out to less than one half of one percent. of those of those incidents so the idea that they were trigger happy is just it's not accurate. it's the international it's really democracy is well and truly embracing cyberspace

last year the government admitted that it paid some students to defend its policies on social networks now it's using facebook rather than direct face to face meetings to last the public what it once told its leader explains. there's a new kind of politics blowing through cyberspace the parliaments on facebook and its users are the legislators it's very simple citizens right in the page what they want to change and sometimes even better if they write how and we take the commons and choose and pick a member of parliament but this deal is suitable to that. issue we are doing a lot before the citizens with its ears to the ground this user generated democracy is turning citizens into politicians for a long time not everyone have was fed up with the high cost of renting in tel aviv she posted about it her suggestions metamorphosed into

a bull to regulate real estate agents fees it's now a vote away from becoming law i think it's definitely a more direct way it's up to the government and they're actually listening and they're doing things with it which is amazing rather than feeling threatened by this new brand of cyber activists more and more politicians are seeing the potential of partnering with their constituents online within that the public should be a partner in creating policy in legislation social media is a very very powerful tool in politics this will be a mini revolution in everything. to the connections between us and the public which right now is not enough is not good enough the next bill's already in the making granting single mothers cheaper life insurance the social media i think will be the next platform of the politics all over the world it might have been the ancient greeks who introduced the world to democracy but today's generation is one click away from perfecting us policy r.t.

ten of of so coming up here on the program on r.t. international what's it like to be homeless in the concrete jungle of manhattan we explore our special report just a few. take me out to the ballgame take me through the metal detector wait that's not how the song goes well as the country changes sadly so must the national pastime they said the mariners released a statement that they like all other teams for twenty fifteen are setting up metal detectors to screen all fans entering their stadium for getting visions of hot dogs in home runs now everyone will be able to tell their grandkids about how their bags got searched because they had metal buttons at company name stadium baseball memories the team's management is also continuing their ban on bags larger than

forty by forty by twenty centimeters because if you're going to stick an explosive device it had better be compact their body maybe i'm jumping the gun metal detectors can't touch your genitals or do a naked body scan they're probably the least intrusive coming form of security scan then again think about it they want to prevent some terrorist from blowing up a densely packed crowd of people in the stadium so the m l b wants teams to create densely packed lines of people outside the stadium before the game starts when these security measures really stop a psychotic terrorist murder nope but that's just my opinion. or london. the whole world is. to you the original one the one on the end there are further to the point that believe at the end of the street another one the more true society gets the money or the pot

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