crain takes the forefront at a security conference in munich. inside from an interview recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy meanwhile russia's foreign minister hits out of the e.u. over its view of the riots that have split the country right down the middle. east no food nothing to eat or drink so militants are inside a spin on the soul of the prophet who won this. rebel held palestinian refugee camp in syria that's received his first food aid in months though often dozens died from hunger. and the flame goes to the top of europe's highest peak just

a stone's throw from his final destination of soft cheek we tour the brand new course where cross-country ski. racing for gold in just a matter of days. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the international. headlines live from moscow europe's been taking a one sided view of the turmoil plaguing ukraine that's the point that the russian foreign minister has been hammering home as he addressed a global security forum in munich that's exactly where you go to pissing off has been stationed. 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 why so far have been dealing with the situation there and their approach what does inside them and of christian li 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's a 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 conflict 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 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 return 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. is going on right there and as the panel discussions continue in munich we will be bringing you the very latest updates both on air and online you know the website 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 food aid was finally able to reach the area yesterday after months of waiting during that time fifty

five died of starvation investigating the side. 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 the military people who are controlling situation here on the ground told us that the ras now i 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 gun cannot return it is 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

we just want to go out they want to go out but they can't they're trapped those hold in 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 un their families remain inside so they have to return to the besieged camp and rest that much so that while we're talking to one of my crescent and old men behind those collapses to the ground. no one could tell us exactly why. those of. my guards 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 three main 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 go to do 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 hit the regime. accusations over the next 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 the us 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 stop north of device curious 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 for 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 chemicals moved out of syria. to come here and. shop lifting. people and the. kids what to do small theft from shops to a nine year high last year in britain as many on the poverty line rather steal what they really need instead of going without. a very short break here on the program how facebook could bring about a change of policy in israel where the government's taken to social networks to find out exactly what the people want. to see. first street. and i think you're.

going to. be in the. ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital it has been to outer space the north pole on the bottom of lake of course we're talking about the olympic flame currently on route 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 closed to the host venue scott has more. on its journey across the world's largest country the olympic torch was always going to experience some highs and some lows and it has now completed one of those highs 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 it 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 purpose built state of the art cross country skiing. is . legend is that laura was an urban legend hair away and now she decided to choose death by getting married to an older prince of course it's not just about this

mindset of as a reminder that to win gold you might have to dive for it figurative enough pools this could be a metaphor for all the athletes that determination to pass in and perseverance to whatever you want but. that's it for sochi twenty fourteen the cross-country skiing and biathlon tournament will take place from lauren organizers are hoping the lower venue stage of the art facility will put sochi firmly on the world's biathlon map i took a tour of the grounds on a snowy to see the massive complex without getting my feet when it includes two stadiums a shooting area and a warm up zone so it's true what they say their fourth brings everybody together and they are limping i'm not just for us but for everybody even this little guy here because it is a very demanding it has few places where athletes can glide and say their 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 some of their days a visitor venue whether by avalon's olympic and paralympic games will be held or will be filled with spectators as well as sportsmen and sportswomen why dear is where the starting point omen for the gold will be given mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the old issued 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 our team throughout the week. ok . how do you operate. i'm going to win was sports such. as i'm not an olympic hockey player. to.

eat my fly. well plenty more so after twenty fourteen trivia waiting for you on our website. where we also explain just why the gold up for grabs. for the fifteenth could be much more precious than any other date because it's literally out of this world. plus a proposed sale could allow u.k. police to get their hands on journalists notebooks photos and computer files without consent more about a lot of critics say could bury press freedom. also online for you marijuana cultivation from a to z. you're a special training courses on how to grow the plant so there's no getting high without the proper education.

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greece. james brown for an elemental and epic journey around russia and beyond. where i.

live very soon it will be. international for all though how long can one abide by not steal when your wallet is taking a hit in the u.k. shoplifting is no longer the domain of bold kids and petty criminals many and all resorting to the practice for their basic needs as has been investigating. 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 but what they do they just grow up. and they will go 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 lifestyle on diminishing budgets and police forces approve actively targeting shoplifting we have a sixteen this if you can see on the ceiling to here. for over the one over there. and if you keep looking further down the. government critics say that it's cuts to welfare payments that are pushing previously more abiding citizens into poverty crime over the past several months semple police forces have been criticized for being too lenient on women especially mothers who are caught shoplifting items that they simply can't afford to buy essential items like nappies and baby food life is so hard to.

live just. what to do. but the boredom it speaks to retailers here in the u.k. says the fact is a victimless crime last year alone the losses to industry were over five hundred million pounds as a result they say that shops like this one go bust and communities. god save lives and our time for global stopped short in brief into the world update we go will start with northern yemen fighting between pro-government tribes and shia rebels has left around sixty dead while at least fifteen soldiers were killed by militants east of the capital in an ambush on an army checkpoint and yemen which is one of the poorest states in the arab world has been trying to restore stability since president saleh was toppled in twenty eleven all amid the arab spring. anti-government protests are heating up in the thai capital with at least two blasts and dozens of gunshots fired at least six people have been wounded

supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with her opponents at the incident happened after demonstrators blockaded a building where ballot papers were being stored and the violence was spiralling out of sunday's general election which the opposition's vowed to boy called 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 firing tear gas to disperse the mobs egypt's seen unrest ever since morsi was deposed last july and the subsequent all round government crackdown on his party. and hundreds of protesters squared up to police overview of fiction of a man in the spanish capital madrid three people were arrested after activists accused officers of siding with bailiffs in order to make

a sick man homeless spain's strict repossession the lives of hundreds of thousands being affected during the ongoing debt crisis. now twenty fourteen could herald the end of direct u.s. military involvement in afghanistan but that doesn't necessarily translate to peace a private security contractors are still likely to be left behind one company formerly the notorious blackwater that was operating in iraq until accusations their employees had killed unarmed civilians back in two thousand and seven. sophie cope program spoke to erik prince he's the man who founded 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 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 on the international israeli 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 watch the public exactly what it wants fall asleep or 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 that is there is suitable to that. issue we are doing a lobby a lobby for the citizens with its ears to the ground this user generated democracy is turning citizens into politicians for a long time not a real hive 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 to the government and they're actually listening and in there doing things 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 too in politics this will be a mini revolution in everything to do 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 i will bring with us today here in r.t. international up next the life stories of the homeless in the big apple that's continuing on r.t. international but if you're watching in the u.k. it's abby martin.

yes. 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 his opinion

about speed traps and he set out to save his felt texans from being fined for speeding and much more importantly from potential traffic accidents caused by the hidden police and now he's the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news runner 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 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 bio speeding tickets i hope that mr martin finds a way to go right back to holding his sign but this time on private property but that's just my opinion.

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