turmoil in ukraine takes the forefront of the security conference in munich. which does a new job inside. the recently violent street protests have to do with democracy. russia's foreign minister also hits out to be a bias over its view of the riots that have split the country in the middle. east no food nothing to eat or drink the militants are inside i spend the soul of the prophet we want this to stop as 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 the olympic flame goes to the top of europe's highest peak just

a stone's throw from its final destination we told the brand new course where cross-country skiers and biathletes will be racing for gold in a matter of days. not its national life from a studio center here in moscow which just past midnight and nine pm in munich where the second day old 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 with both the country's foreign minister and opposition front man vitaly klitschko having this. is that the authorities were saying that they have complied with the demands of the protesters are canceling the so-called law which basically triggered the latest wave of mass protests in the country. three.

during the protests 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 political system in the country and they want to see her win the elections and clearly the many western countries have been on the other side that we've heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will said of the time for kiev has come 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 you have to do what it is then you can pull it from the new one has to answer some fundamental questions these thoughts arising in connection with the situation in ukraine and remember little 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 it and hold government buildings and the police to watch the police use racist as it is anti semitic and. many prominent you that the politicians actually encouraging suggestions to go back home but it could mean to should really punish people any violations. some strong words there from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov who also made a joke commenting on mr kerry's statement saying that the next time we meet he is going to ask him about his math grades in school saying that we would clear how many countries are in that group which he called the rest of the world. so the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has researched it that washington stands with the people of ukraine but the latest polls show two thirds of them are against the havoc that's been plaguing kiev and the country's western regions and many fear

civil war political analysts 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 it says 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. 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 a palestinian camp 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 what is meant for a notion that 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 probably sit in 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 roll but gun shot is no food nothing to eat or drink the militants are inside i swear on the soul of the prophet we want this to stop whatever guilty of 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 arrest that well we're talking to one of my questions an old man behind those collapses to the ground at all no one could tell us exactly why was there 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 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 hit 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 as to 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 refreshen r.t. from syria. international live here in moscow with twenty four hours a day still to come in the program a shoplifting epidemic. some people in their lives to split so for their kids what would they do petty theft from shops climbed to a nine year high last year in britain as many on the poverty line decide they'd rather steal what they really need instead of going without. also how facebook could bring about a change of policies that sin israel where the governments take into social networks to find out exactly what people want.

to see. first. and i think the church. can still. be and. it's been to outer space the north pole and the bottom of the world's deepest lake baikal of course we're talking about the olympic flame making its way to but short of the record breaking torch relay wouldn't have been complete without a visit to the top of europe's highest mountain which is close to the host city for these poor scott has more. on its journey across the world's largest country the olympic torch was always going to experience some high 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 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 same 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 hair away now she decided to choose death

by getting married to an older prince of course it's not just about this mindset as a reminder that you might have to die for it figuratively 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 twenty fourteen to cross country skiing and find twenty minutes will take place from long organizers not keeping the lower the venue stage of the silly tease to put sochi firmly on the world's biathlon map i took a tour of the grounds in a state 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 this. holds brings everybody together and we're number 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 ride 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 bring home a few days of this the venue where the by alpha lawns olympic and paralympic games will be held will be filled with spectators as well as both men and sports women why do is where the starting point omens of love golden rule began mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the altitude is perfect all that's missing is the stock of the whistle. and is keeping up to date with everything that's happening in sochi for. this we can hear you ok. how do you operate. i'm going to rehearse for a sports event such. as roof road rules i'm not an olympic hockey player

is on the move. a little closer into my son. plenty more such a twenty fourteen trivia is waiting for you on our 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 could allow u.k. 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 we'll have more stories for you after the break.

we got a lot of housing the homeless people but the government. funding it and then a lot of the shelter today be having people down the street because people begin to shelter. right now ironically ironically i'm worth more to the city of new york he told me. personally. 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 they're out of the bag. this is see the country is doing the restraints were. in this city. bridges city in the world what people. need to do is give you. clues. to make you feel good you know.

need to board the lawn more than. a hundred children often. and they also found that child abusers convicted child abusers got access to those kids. already common phenomena and what i'm saying is overall it's an amazingly rosy 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. i know c.n.n. the most. news. but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be. that was funny

but it's closer to the truth than might think. it's because one full attention in the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on you look. at our team we have a different approach. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not going. to the jokes i will handle the stuff that i've got to. call on can one abide by. steel when your wallet is taking a hit when in the u.k.

shoplifting is no longer the domain of but would kids and petty criminals many you know resorting to the practice for that basic needs is pretty boy has been finding out. some people do it for a dare others might have a physical compulsion but 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 grow up. 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 stone diminishing budgets police forces approve actively targeting. we have

a sixteen this if you can see on the ceiling to here. for over the 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 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. live to see. what to do. with the boredom it speaks to retailers here in the u.k. says the fact is far 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. more news from around the world now on our world update and in lebanon a car bomb has 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 hermel which is a stronghold of the militant group has been on the country's interior ministry says it may have been a suicide attack sunni militants have often targeted shia areas of lebanon lebanon in retaliation for hezbollah are sending its fighters into syria. to government protests are heating up in the thai capital with at least two blasts and dozens of gunshots fired at least six people being wounded as supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with her opponent incident happened after demonstrators blockaded the building web ballot papers were being stored the violence is spiralling ahead of sunday's general election the opposition's vowed to

boycott and disrupt. according karo has adjourned the trial of egypt's ousted president until tuesday after the proceedings resumed earlier in the day and i haven't morsi along with fourteen others from the muslim brotherhood are charged with inciting the killing of protesters back in twenty twelve the trial comes a day after supporters and opponents of the former is misleading clashed in a number of cities across egypt the police firing tear gas to disperse the mobs. and at least fourteen people have been killed and three others injured on indonesia's western island of sumatra after a volcano erupted again months in a boon clouds of thick gray searing gas and engulf nearby homes just one day after authorities allowed thousands of villagers to return to their land saying it was safe officials now fear the death toll will rise the volcano has been active with small eruptions since september after being dormant for three years.

israeli democracy is well and truly embracing cyberspace last year the government admitted it paid some students to defend its policies and social networks now it's using facebook rather than direct face to face meetings to ask the public what it wants a slow 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 to 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 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 we think 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 it paul asli r.t. tell of of. the list of locations on our planet where human beings can be sure their privacy is secure has just become shorter after another leak from edward snowden as of the morton tells us in her latest programme it's canada's air transport hubs that have turned into hubs of spying. that is owned spine agency called the sec used to airport why fight attract travelers movements but the agency didn't stop there the 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 leak powerpoint presentation in two thousand and twelve the program was a trial run for a joint see sec n.s.a. program to track quote any target that makes occasional forays into other cities because we all know that for rain equals terrorism.

of course he didn't hesitate to request comments from the agency and you can find out what their reaction was and check out the full show in about it from now this is off the international nexus homeless in new york called special report but if you're watching from the u.k. you'll be going underground with afshin rattansi then we will join up together in half an hour from now with movies. 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 that 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's in deep trouble according to fox news ron martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating for 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 . 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 fascist my opinion. right to see. first street. and i would think that you're.

on a reporter's. instrument. to be in the. all news group with the very reason some people. some problems with sick you know so little incentive. to really crazy so bad loser. is many reasons why players sold them to sleep. spots bill it's a dirty word deal responsibility. this is many reasons as was the first song.

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know. it's not i'm from cuba. ready to come from europe i've been in different states of the united states. and this is the best this is the top that everything you know what i mean don't make it. he will make it in no way. you know what i mean so i report to here in new york. mayor you know i don't mean i just get out enough money thrown from work and you never see what close. so thank you very much to me if you're to forget. that. you. know. when you're when you're young you have a lot of energy and had

a big car and i went around painting beggars in the street and i went to the bowery i painted a bunch of sorry. i'm not a political i'm not that. you know to me it's more about. the. statics you know if i paint black people it's not because i love them or don't love them i find it beautiful i find it easy to paint. it's political i mean it's the city is so close to you know. to me. it's like the rich get rich in a plug. it's not too much. how do you full so far down so most. from me unemployment. and half expected me plus my friends.

and tell police where your answer it is usually if. you live on a street you know something on the last day on a chain station sometime other than a chain station when you get cold you know but on city got a lot of house and phone list people but the government is not really funding it. no and then a lot of the shelter today be having people relish down the street because people begin to rate didn't shelter to get a dog you got to sleep with one eye open and one out close i was in a shelter in one town and a gal like right next to me being john a rabid dog jumped in a no stop you know live in shelters is no good that's why you see a lot of homeless people on the street to feel safe. in c.d.o. you know to make a few i'll die here and pay somebody to let you stay and made it seem that way you know you say i see by about myself you know because i'm in an area you know that it's not that much about.