turmoil in ukraine takes the forefront at a security conference in munich. this is. inside. protests have to do with promoting democracy meanwhile russia's foreign minister. over its view of the riots that have split the country right down the middle. is no food nothing to drink so militants are inside. the soul of the prophet who want this to stop. rebel held refugee camp in syria that has now received its first food aid in months dozens of people died of starvation. and if you go to the very top of europe's highest peak just

a stone's throw from its final destination of. international. cross country ski. will be racing for gold in just a matter of day. it's international with me rule research welcome to the program europe's been taking a one sided view of the turmoil plaguing ukraine the point russia's foreign minister has been hammering home as he addressed a global security forum in munich and that's exactly where this going off has been stationed. crain the situation there is definitely one of the key issues on the table here in munich 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 the 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 are actually encouraging such actions although back home they're 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 in the middle lab or off 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 him. 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. if you go to peace going on right there and as the panel discussions continue with munich we will bring you the very latest updates both on air and online dot com. and with the government and the opposition so far failing to reach any consensus on the syrian crisis there's been no letup in the miserable plight of refugees around eighteen thousand people in a palestinian camp south of damascus remain received by rebels food aid was finally able to reach the area yesterday after months of waiting during that time fifty

five people have died of starvation refiner went to visit the site. 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 there are military people who up and troll in 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 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 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 u.n. their families remain inside so they have to return to the besieged camp and rest that much that well we're talking to one year like resident and old men behind those collapses to the ground level no one could tell us exactly why was there 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 three main trapped there. sieges serve well to weaken an army his capabilities keeping large forces tied up for long periods of time that they have another go to go to do yet their 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 no least civilians could be hurt 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 rif notional r.t. from syria. meanwhile 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 indeed it misses the deadline to destroy its arsenal a moscow responded by insisting such rhetoric only hampers the process hey mr depression gordon a former officer in the british army's chemical defense regiment says chemical disarmament in a war zone such as syria is a formidable task. they're always been great for doing this is a hugely ambitious plan and with the leaders of the russian federation and us we just wouldn't be here the majority of these chemicals and precursors pretty much stuck north of device could this we know the sort of fighting that's going on the

contested areas has to go through and there's a big battle going on just twenty five provinces. 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. just about to our top story here on r.t. international as riots in ukraine are being mulled over at the munich security conference with russia once again criticizing western bias towards the unrest life not alexander a political analyst joining us live here from belgrade good to see you today rioters seizing government buildings attacking police anti semitic attacks as well why is brussels and why is washington not condemning these acts of violence. they're not condemning it because this is this is a standard tool they've been using this is nothing new people may have forgotten about this but going back about twenty years both brussels and washington actually

used nazis in the former yugoslavia to start breaking that country apart it's nothing new they used neo nazis in croatia in boston and now in costs so this is just a continuation it's just that some years of facile people have forgotten about it the thing is it seems like the end justifies the means in the west calculus and this is just a way of destabilizing things of turning ukraine into syria but if we can if we can bring up some of the latest numbers from very recent polls in ukraine about seventy one percent admit the possibility the country is now sliding towards a civil war do you think that's a scenario the e.u. wants unveiling in its own backyard well we must remember. again yugoslavia we i must keep making this parallel the maastricht treaty which formed the european union as we know it today was practically built on the blood

and the disintegration of yugoslavia. they had to practically agree to german terms germany wanted to recognize the session of states as a result everyone else went along so this is again not anything new for the west they're playing real politics and it has nothing to do very little to do with democracy it has much to do with pragmatic geo political interests and people are just being used as pawns well mr private eubank in ukraine and the issue of geo political interests can you go a bit deeper into that for us some people are saying that they that you brussels wants a nato foothold right on the front doorstep of russia what's your what's your take on that. well absolutely i mean now we have the nato general secretary. making more and more comments in this regard again favoring the protesters of course the ukraine is is

a geo political prize par excellence if you are moving east toward russia and obviously nato has been moving east since the end of the cold war more than twenty years ago the berlin wall since its fall and instead of both the war warsaw pact and nato being this bad then we have nato move eastward and everyone else trying to punish also sort of knowledge were received here almost you know i'm sorry sort of jump in here we have i don't know my dental issues a lot with the audio coming through your microphone now i'm going to have to cut this off just for a moment i do apologize we'll reestablish the connection here and get back to you soon as possible i do apologize for this backing him up. for the meantime here in our international to apologize for that coming up in just a moment here a shoplifting epidemic. sometimes i let people in the shop lift a special for their kids what would they do small theft from shops climb to a nine year high last year in britain as many on the poverty line decide they would

rather steal what they really need instead of going without. also offer the break here on r.t. international how facebook could bring about a change of policies that's an israel but the government's taken to startle networks to find out exactly what people want. to. be. gentle and i guess you'll mostly. it will begin to see if you've got a few hundred a day coming across the sleeve i'm going to face i'm going to go to the members of the we've got people coming in that are littered with criminals we've got people from the 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'd been on the way to live on mars you know mars. so we picked up things like. turbans prayer rugs so when we know they do they're coming from the middle east a concentration camp. concentration camp. study as if the wind is not even one in school or the fact that. a stranger. totty international live from moscow thank you for joining us for just a wrist operation in the connection here with a political analyst alexander private i do apologize for a technical difficulty there talking about the ongoing violence in ukraine europe's been taking a one sided view of the turmoil that's according to russia's foreign minister

sergei lavrov if europe still wants to bring in kiev to a certain degree why is europe now threatening sanctions on kiev well it's just means of exerting pressure on a government it doesn't like and why doesn't like the nuclear rich government well because they refused to sign an agreement in unfavorable agreement with the e.u. and signed a favorable agreement with russia and all of a sudden there and then a b. and b. are undemocratic had they signed an agreement with the e.u. they would have been very democratic that's what it comes down to do you think what about the majority in ukraine obviously all the media networks around the world they show that they show the rioters attacking police because but what would it what do you think the majority in ukraine want when it comes to a relationship with the e.u. .

is the passage i do believe we've lost the connection here again on the international we do apologize political analyst alexander private thank you for joining us today sorry about that i do apologize to you as well for the meantime here on the program it's been to outer space the north pole and the bottom of lake by cow of course we're talking about the olympic flame making its way to salty but surely though 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 a venue of full scale has. on its journey across the world's largest country in 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 it will arrive here in sochi in

a few days time ahead of the opening ceremony which is now less than a week away and 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 and biathlon center. this. legend is that laurel was an urban legend herald where now she decided to choose death over getting married to an older prince of course it's not just about this mind serve as a reminder that to win gold you might have to dive for it figuratively of who was this could be a metaphor for the athletes that determination passion and perseverance to

whatever you want but i can only that gold you can get it for sochi twenty fourteen the cross country skiing and by flynn twenty minutes will take place from laura organizes a hoop in the lower venue state of the on to the scylla tees will put sochi firmly on the world's biafra long map i took control of the grounds on a snowy jeep to see the massive complex without 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. sports brings everybody together and we are numb things and 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 come a few days of this the venue where the biafra lawns are limp and paralympic games

will be held will be filled with spectators as well as sportsmen and sportswomen why dear is where the starting point aiming for the gold will be give mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the old issued is perfect now all that's missing is the stop of the whistle. keeping all of us up to date on everything that's happening and you can follow our coverage right here on r.t. throughout the week. and. how do you operate. and olympic hockey. league. my fine. waiting for you on our website it's also. why the gold up for grabs at the

olympics. could be much more precious than any other date because it's. a proposed bill. without. critics a press freedom in britain. also one. cultivation . special training courses on how to. getting high education. for now in the program how long. shalt not steal when your wallet is taking such 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 day 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 being big thing even expensive but cheaper 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 life still on diminishing budgets and police forces approve actively targeting shoplifters we have a sixteen. if you can see on the ceiling to here. or 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 police forces have been criticized for being too lenient on women especially in mothers who of course shoplifting items that they simply can't afford to buy essential items like nappies and baby food life is so hard to. do. but the boredom that speaks to retailers here in the u.k. says that back to install from 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. i see.

global headlines in brief for you here on r.t. international antigovernment protests are heating up in the thai capital with at least two blasts and dozens of gunshots fired at least six people to be supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with her opponents the incident happened off the demonstrators blockaded a building where ballot papers were being stored and the violence was spiralling out of sunday's general election the opposition's vowed to boycott and disrupt and at least fourteen people have been killed and three others injured on the indonesia's western island of sumatra after a volcano erupted again amount sinnott bug unleashed fresh clouds of thick gray ash and searing gas engulfing nearby homes just one day after villagers returned thinking it was safe and the volcano has been active with small eruptions for months it began to rumble late last year with authorities raising the alert status to its highest level in november. the trial of egypt's ousted president has resumed

in cairo mohammed 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 is the misleader clashed in a number of cities across egypt with the 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 part. for afghan soldiers have been killed in an insurgent bush in the country's western province another four troops have been wounded after the foot patrol came under attack along the region's main highway and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the taliban's escalating its attacks ahead of a planned security handover from nato later this year. now israeli democracy is well and truly embracing cyberspace last year the government admitted it paid some students to defend its policies on social networks now it's using facebook rather

than direct face to face meetings to ask the public exactly what it wants. 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 this deal 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 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 too in politics this will be a mini revolution in everything to do the connections between us and the public which right now is not enough is not good enough the next bills 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 it paul asli r.t. tell of of. oh my colleague bill daughters here in half an hour's time but for now

why does the n.s.a. spy on people playing angry birds i mean martin takes it up and tasked with breaking the set that's coming your way unless you're in the u.k. if you're there you're going on the ground with. thanks. take me to the ball game take me through the metal detectors so 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 of the teams for twenty fifteen are setting up metal detectors to screen all fans entering their stadium for get visions of hotdogs and 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 are 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 with these security measures really stop a psychotic terrorist murder nope but that's just my opinion. or london. the whole world is. free to you the original one the one on the end. of the court that believe that the. and the street another one the more transparent society gets the money or the part the

tears become we see military and state police forces to mobilize against people who blend into the city who know how great the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless the. fear that it is a thousand days on our t.v. . the the. happy friday folks i'm out at martin and this is a break in the set so yesterday the governor of massachusetts announced that federal prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty for a show cars of one of the alleged boston marathon bombers yes after shooting dozens of rounds of bullets at sarnath in lebanon near death he was a nurse back to health only to face execution all over again make sense now of

course justice needs to be served for the perpetrators of this despicable act in which four people tragically lost their lives and dozens more were left wounded and hopefully a trial will indeed prove that was responsible for the death penalty is banned under massachusetts state law which means he's the only third the only the third person in the state's history to face federal capital punishment furthermore a september poll found that only thirty three percent of massachusetts residents support the death penalty for it and by seeking execution the trial could drag on for months three traumatizing america for much longer than necessary but beyond just these reasons not to allow the state sponsored execution of the twenty year old capital punishment is just flat out wrong there is no humane way to kill someone and seeking the death penalty does nothing i continue the cycle of horrific violence and brutality that this attack first started and let's break the set. of the.