turmoil in ukraine takes the forefront of the security conference in munich. inside of. protests have to do with promoting democracy and russia's foreign minister also hits out at the. view of the riots for the split the country down the middle we go live to munich shortly an international. there's no food nothing to eat or drink the militants are inside. the prophet. visits a starving rebel held palestinian refugee camp in syria that 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 toured a brand new course where cross-country ski biathletes will be racing for gold in a matter of days. this is art international live from a studio center here in moscow which is past ten pm and seven pm in munich where the second day of the security conference is now drawing to a close and it's the two months of turmoil in ukraine that have been in the spotlight and. is there ukraine's foreign minister along with the opposition poster boy vitale klitschko have had their say was it a bit like one of klitschko boxing matches. well we have heard from both ukraine officials and the opposition here at the conference in

munich and first thought these were saying that they have complied with the demands of the protesters they're canceling the so-called war which basically triggered the latest wave of mass protests in the country and freeing all of the all of those who've been detained during the protest including the far right radicals but judging by what we've heard from one of the leaders of the opposition and former boxer vitaly klitschko he's not ready to stop this fight perhaps like in a boxing match since he said this is not enough what they want to see are complete reforms of the financial and the political system in the country and they want to see preliminary elections and clearly and many western countries have been on of their side it was heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will said the time for here for scum to decide whether it's with one country or with the rest of the world adding that washington supports the ukrainian people but many have criticized this

a one sided approach including russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov. it is the new google if one has to answer some fundamental questions it's a rising in connection with the situation in ukraine and bromeliads question which one does inside them and. recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy why don't we hear the condemnation of those who sees and hold government buildings and the police to which the police use racist semitic and. many prominent politicians actually encouraging suggestions to go back home but it could mean to should really punish any violations. that you know sybil. some strong words there from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov also made a joke commenting on mr kerry's statement saying that the next time the meet he is

going to ask him about his math grades in school saying it's not really clear how many countries are in that group which he called the rest of the world but frankly from the start of the conference room unit it became clear that ukraine was going to be taking up a lot of time here a lot of the talks since one of the first meetings that took place here was between another leader of the ukrainian opposition are sunni. and the german president even though in germany this is more of a formal position the president many were saying that the same hence that a lot of attention was going to be paid to ukraine and then we found out about the scheduled meeting with the u.s. secretary of state and also i want to add that none of the ukrainian officials had any separate meetings with any western partners on this issue but other are the other things of course have also been discussed here like the anti missile defense system which has been one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the relations between the west and russia and of course the conflict in syria you go to thanks very much

indeed for that live report from munich. there will meanwhile the u.s. secret state john kerry has retreated to washington stands with the people of ukraine but the latest poll shows two thirds of them are against the havoc that's been plaguing the country's western regions political analyst alexander public believes the support shown by the us for the riots is all about geopolitics 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 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 worse 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 will be bring you the latest updates on air and online at r.t. dot com. 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 besieged by rebels food aid was finally able to reach the area yesterday after months of waiting but at least fifty five people have died from hunger. visited 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 move for this to end 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 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 cannot be done 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 u.n. their families remain inside so they have to return to the besieged camp and arrest

that well we're talking to one of my crescent and old men behind those collapses to the ground level no one could tell us exactly why. those of the. bodyguard who are dying from hunger we can't take this anymore. oh 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 and three main trap 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 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 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 only 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 way to indeed rif notional r.t. from syria meanwhile the u.s. is challenge the syrian government over its commitment to chemical disarmament and u.s. secretary of state want to damascus of possible military action if it misses the

deadlines to destroy its arsenal moscow responded by insisting such rhetoric only hampers the process amish the briton gordon he's a former officer in the british army chemical defense regiment says chemical the solomons in a war zone such as syria is a formidable task. there's always been great since a hugely ambitious plan and with. the russian federation and us we just wouldn't be the majority of these chemicals i'm. pretty much stopped north of damascus we know the sort of point that's going on the air it's has to go through and there's a. just twenty five. from the time there are many so i don't position to be. realized that un resolution which has the chemicals moved out of syria. or to international life here in moscow coming up with

a shoplifting epidemic. people in the loop to supposed to put their kids. to. climb to a nine year high last year in britain as many on the poverty line decide to rob a steal what they really need instead of going without. the break how facebook could bring about a change of policy that's in israel where the government's taken to social networks to find out exactly what people want. the whole economy is jumping around like. a global financial flashback to two thousand and seven when the bankers first drop the acid trip called the liquidity crisis which led to the financial crash and burn which led to the dopes and their central banks dropping wads of cash while astral plane from their imaginary helicopter and saying one bridge makes you larger and one makes you

smile and the money that china gives you doesn't do anything at all go away and just. when she's ten feet tall yes it's been a whole. trip. what is the truth who is writing it and where was it leading to seeking to bearings we seem to turn to the news take heat for the medium is the message and this most by will mean the planet is now the method to define a collective reality each night if it's not on the news it didn't happen right. to . the interview.

i know c.n.n. m.s.n. b c news have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the truth from the might think. it's because one full attention and the mainstream media works side by side with

you is actually on here. at the pentagon. and our teen years we have a different price for the because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not going. to the jokes well handled it makes sense that. it's been to outer space the north pole and the bottom of the world's deepest lake bike of course i'm talking about the olympic flame making its way to sochi but surely the record breaking torch relay wouldn't be complete without a visit to the top of europe's highest mountain which is close to the host city. has more. on its journey across the world's largest country the olympic torch was

always going to experience some high is on some lives 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 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 laura was an urban legend caraway now she decided to choose death over getting married to an older prince of course that's not just about this mind serve as a reminder that when going do 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 i can only that gold you can get it for sochi twenty fourteen the cross-country skiing and by feeling twenty minutes will take place from laura organizes a hoop in the long run venue stage of the on to the scylla tees will put sochi firmly on the world's biafra long man 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 few months a so it's true what they say that sports brings everybody together and there 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 see their 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 biafra lawns are limp and paralympic games will be held will be filled with spectators as well as sportsmen and sportswomen why do is where the starting point owning so that gold will be give mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the older shoot is perfect now all that's missing is the start of the whistle and we'll be keeping you up to date with everything that's happening in sochi you can follow our coverage right here on this weekend.

how do you operate. such. an olympic hockey. league. fire. twenty fourteen trivia is where do you feel on our website right now that's where we also explain just why the gold up for grabs at the olympics. could be much more precious than any date because it's literally out of this world. to get the. books photos and computer files without consent. that critics say could bury press freedom in britain. the. right to see. first strike. i think the church.

doors. how can one abide by the shalt not steal when your wallet is taking a hit when in the u.k. shoplifting is no longer the domain of bored kids and petty criminals many are resorting to the practice for their basic needs is what he 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 ding 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 lifestyle and 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 one would be. 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 sampled 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. do. but the boredom that speaks to retailers here in the u.k. says that fact is 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 bullyboy tale. more news from around the world now in lebanon a car bomb exploded near a school in the country's northeast close to the border with syria at least four people were killed and eighteen others injured in the town of which is a stronghold of the militant group hezbollah the country's interior ministry says it may have been a suicide attack so the militants have often targeted shiite parts of lebanon in

retaliation for has been are sending its fighters into syria. antigovernment protests are heating up in the thai capital with at least two blasts dozens of gunshots fired at least six people to be wounded as supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with their opponents incident happened after demonstrators blockaded the building where ballot papers were being stored the violence is spiraling ahead of sunday's general election which the opposition has vowed to boycott and disrupt. these fourteen people have been killed and three others injured on indonesia's western island of sumatra after a volcano erupted again months in a clouds of fit graham nash and searing gas at a golf nearby homes just one day after authorities and other villages to return to their lands saying it was safe officials now fear the death toll will rise the vulcan has been active with small eruptions since september after being dormant for three years. and finally according karl rove has adjourned the trial of egypt's

ousted president until tuesday after the proceedings resumed earlier in the day morsi along with fourteen others from the muslim brotherhood charged with inciting the killing of protesters back in twenty two 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. 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 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 the page what they want to change. 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. 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 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 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 the public should be a partner in creating policy in legislation social media is a very very powerful to 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 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 policy are our t. tell of of. well just ahead here a naughty international abby martin looks at the weirdest income nations of the n.s.a.'s operations but if you're watching in the u.k. george galloway is flying in on his knees. 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 of 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 is the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating fiscal 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 pile of speeding tickets i hope that mr martin finds a way to go right back to holding his sign but this time on private property precious my opinion.

choose your language. make it with the infidels some. choose to. choose. the great. choose the stories but if you. choose. to. the 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 it's been living in 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 first and by seeking execution the trial could drag on for months 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 but continue the cycle of horrific violence and brutality that this attack first started and let's break the set.

of the. it was a. very hard to make. sure. that i never had sex with that there. between tracking people's porn habits to spy on our next lovers you would think that the n.s.a. leaks couldn't get any weirder revelation from earlier this week shows that the

agency is also watching you play angry birds to data mine everything from a user's political affiliation to their sexual orientation great i won't be playing candy crush any time soon but with all the flak that the n.s.a. has been getting over the past year it's easy to forget that our neighbor to the north how exactly been a huge advocate for civil liberties either so all the corporate media attention has been soley focused on uncle peeping tom the most recent snowden leaks show that a johnny come knock who's also been sticking his hockey puck or doesn't belong today c.b.c. news reported that canada is owned by an agency called c sec used the airport why fight attract travelers movements but the agency didn't stop there second continue tracking individuals long after they left the airport by monitoring when their wireless devices showed up at other wife i hotspots in cities across canada and the u.s. according to leave power point presentation in two thousand and twelve the program was a trial run for a joint n.s.a. program to track quote.