in ukraine takes the forefront of the security conference in munich. incitement to. violence street protests have to do with democracy and russia's foreign minister also hits out of the. view of the right sort of split the country down the middle. there's no food nothing to drink the militants are inside. of the prophet to stop visits of starving rebel held palestinian refugee camp in syria that's received its first food aid in months after dozens of people have died from hunger. and as the olympic flame goes to the top of europe's highest peak just a stone's throw from its final destination we taught

a brand new course where cross country ski by athletes will be racing for gold in a matter of days. this is r t two national not from a studio center here in moscow which is past nine pm and six pm in munich where europe's been taking a one sided view of the turmoil plaguing ukraine that's the point russia's foreign minister has been hammering home as he addressed a global security forum in the city. is there. crain the situation there is definitely one of the key issues on the table here in the eunuch and one of the first things that russia's foreign minister lavrov talked about was of the situation in fact he criticized the way the european union and the worse 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 the police torture the police use racist semitic and nazi slogans why many prominent european politicians actually encouraging such actions will back home 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 enugu and to the german president and even though the president's post here in germany is a somewhat of a formal position and 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 missile lab 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 world 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 in 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 team of the us you can do state john kerry has reiterated that washington stands with the people of ukraine but the latest poll shows only a third of them are in favor of the havoc that's been plagued he had the country's western regions and listen examine the public believes the support shown by the us by the riots is all about jihad polity. 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 geo political prize par excellence if you're moving east toward russia and obviously nato has been moving east since the end of the cold war

more than twenty years ago the thing is it seems like the end justifies the means 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 unfortunately. and as discussions continue in munich we'll be bringing you the latest updates on an online at all don't call. 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 eight hundred thousand people in the palestinian camps south of damascus remain the siege by rebels food aid was finally able to reach the area yesterday to months of waiting but at least fifty five people have died from hunger . visited the site. another battleground of the brutal syrian war and

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 are controlling situation here on the ground told us that the us 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 gone there's no food nothing to eat or drink the militants are inside i swear on the cell 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 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 an old man behind us 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 tremaine trapped their. sieges serve well to weaken an army has capabilities keeping large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to. your door. 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 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 meanwhile the u.s. is challenge the syrian government over its commitment to chemical disarmament us secretary of state warned the massacres of possible military action if it misses the deadlines to destroy its arsenal moscow responded by insisting such rhetoric only hampers the process and mr britain gordon is 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. there always been great difficulties doing this is a hugely ambitious plan and without the lead of the russian federation and us we just wouldn't be here the majority of these chemicals and precursors pretty much stopped 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 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. coming up here on international a shoplifting epidemic. of people in the soap live to split up with their kids what with the small fifth from shops climbed to a nine year holiday last year in britain as many on the poverty line decide ted rall the steal what they really need instead of going without. also off the breakup facebook could bring about a change of policy facts in israel where the government's taken to social networks to find out exactly what people want. to know the playing. field in big spirit travels with the flame from its birthplace

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another one the more. we see. a false is mobilized against. the city the city the more people trust electronic devices. look. it's been to outer space the north pole and the bottom of lake baikal of course we're talking about the flame making its way to sochi but surely the record

breaking torch relay would have been complete without a visit to the top of europe's highest mountain which is close to the host city. on its journey across the world's largest country the olympic torch was always going to experience some hard and some lows and 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 the head 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 and biathlon center.

this. legend is that mauro 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 who is 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 by feel and twenty minutes will take place from laura organizes a hoping the low end venue stage of the onto the scylla tees will put sochi firmly on the world's biafra long map i took control of the grounds on a snowy 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 this. well to bring everybody together and we are none place and not just for us but for everybody even this little guy here. the course is a very demanding it has few places where athletes can blind and save energy and at a height of one thousand five hundred metres 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 avalon's olympic and paralympic games will be held will be filled with spectators as well as sports men and sports women who idea is where the starting point omen for that gold will begin mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the old issued is perfect now all that's missing is the stocks of the whistle. parties to buy more safe keeping up to date with everything that's

happening in sochi from our coverage right here this weekend here. how do you operate doing but again i'm going to rehearse for a sports such. as roof rose i'm not an olympic hockey player is on the. way i live in my son. website that's where we also explain just why the gold up for grabs at the olympics on february fifteenth could be much more precious than any other date because it's literally out of this world. plus a proposed bill police to get their hands on journalists notebooks photos and computer files without consent more about the law that critics say could bury press freedom in britain and.

search for. foreigners. so how can one of the shalt not steal when your wallet is taking a hit when you can't shoplifting is no longer the de main of bored kids and petty criminals many are resorting to the practice for the 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 grab the bar 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. if you can see on the ceiling to here. for over the one over there. if you keep looking further down the. government critics say that it's cuts to welfare payments that are pushing

previously or abiding citizens into so-called 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. work with. 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 over five hundred million pounds as a result they say that shops like this one go bust and communities. news from around the world now we're getting reports from lebanon of a suicide car bomb explosion near a school in the country's northeast close to the border with syria at least three

people were killed and fifteen others injured in the town of hermel which is a stronghold of the militant group hezbollah militants have often targeted shiite parts of lebanon in retaliation for has been sending its fighters into syria we'll bring you more on this developing story as we get it. i discovered 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 as supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with opponents incident happened after demonstrators blockaded the building where ballot papers were being stored spiralling ahead of sunday's general election which the opposition's veld to boycott and this front. this hour at least fourteen people being killed and three others injured on indonesia's western island of sumatra after a volcano erupted again mount cinnabon unleashed clouds of thick gray hair searing gas and engulf nearby homes just one day after authorities allowed files of

villages to return to their land saying it was safe officials now for the death toll will rise volcano has been active with small eruptions since september after being dormant for three years. in our world update of egypt's ousted president has resumed the current one hundred morsi along with fourteen others from the muslim brotherhood charged with inciting the killing of protesters back in two thousand and twelve the trial comes a day 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 unrest ever since morsi was deposed last july with a subsequent all round government crackdown on his party. israeli democracy is one trillion bracing cyberspace last year the government admitted it paid some students to defend its policies on social networks well now it's using facebook rather than direct face to face meetings to ask the public 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 his 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 made her more fines 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 in 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 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. i'll be back with a news team with wolf or you can just have a half an hour from now the meantime what it's like to be homeless in the concrete jungle of manhattan we explore that in our special report coming up shortly after this break.

take me out to the ballgame 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 other teams for twenty fifteen are setting up metal detectors to screen all fans entering their stadium for get visions of hot dogs 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'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 well these security measures really stop a psychotic terrorist murder nope but that's just my opinion. the. economic downturn in the final. day. sank night and the rest. it's going be cool be everything on the loop. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse

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