the spanish. american and european politicians pledge their support for the ukrainian opposition at a major munich security conference raising some eyebrows. but the question is where there's a new book that's all just fueling street riots that are becoming more and more violent promote democracy russia's foreign minister hits out at the west with accusations of double standards when it comes to the kiev protests. syria demands an apology from an american from america's top diplomat threatening to pull out of direct talks with the opposition if they do not get one that's as the situation for those fleeing the conflict. is no food nothing to drink the militants are inside. of the prophet we want this to stop our t.

visits a star but rebel held a 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 tour the brand new course where cross-country skiers and biathletes will be racing for gold in a matter of days. and live from our studios in moscow this is our team thomas glad to have you with us. the ukrainian opposition has secured the political support of the west at a security conference currently underway in munich top u.s. and e.u. diplomats said they back what they have called the country's fight for democracy

but russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov accused them of double standards parties you've got to be going off explains clearly the west has already taken the side of the protests or so u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the time has come for to you have to decide whether it's one country or what the rest of the world and he added that washington supports the people of ukraine but some have been calling this a one sided approach and criticizing it including russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov you know. there are some fundamental questions that need to be answered in particular about the situation in ukraine how does fuelling street riots that are becoming more and more violent promote democracy why is there no condemnation of the e.c.g. even still occupying government buildings were those who burned police officers show racist anti-semitic and nazi slogans why do many leading european politicians and current such actions while any violations of the law and home are dealt with

harshly. some strong words there from russia's chief diplomat also added joking that next time we meet was with mr kerry is going to ask him what. he had in school asking how many countries do you think are in that group that he calls the rest of the world's the us secretary of state john kerry has reiterated 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 now fear civil war 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 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. on our website r.t. dot com there's more expert analysis on america's role in ukraine's latest turmoil and much much more on. the syrian government has rejected it direct talks with the opposition at the next round of the geneva two peace talks that is unless the us secretary of state says sorry for declaring that president assad has no future in syria kerry later continued his verbal attack on damascus accusing the regime of delaying the removal of its toxic arsenal the chemical disarmament in the country

started after the u.n. . russia and the u.s. helped broker a deal in september last year and with no workable diplomatic solution to conflict currently on the table there's no respite for refugees fleeing the war parties or if moshe visited one camp south of damascus where thousands of civilians remain besieged by rebels. 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 the military people who are controlling situation here on the ground told us that the us now i person and the raw armed man 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 nothing and 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 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 man 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 so that while we're talking to one is like resident and old man behind us collapses to the ground zero no one could tell us exactly why oh. 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 his capabilities keeping large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to euro 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 one 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 is 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 coming up a shoplifting spree. some people in the soap live to supposed to put their kids to the do you cake variances a nine year peak infests as essential items can sometimes be simply too expensive for many people's budgets. also in israel people can now improve democracy with just one quick as legislators it now sometimes even submit bills based on angry facebook posts or reports on the online way of lawmaking after the break.

the whole economy is tripping around like you yes it's a global financial flies back in 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 planing from their imaginary helicopter and singing one print makes you larger and one paper makes you smile and the money that china gives you doesn't do anything at all go away as janet when she's ten feet tall yes it's been a whole. trip to nowhere. choose your language. of choice we can we know if you.

choose to use the consensus you. choose you have to use that to great to. choose to stories to. choose peace. officers. and welcome back you're watching our team international the two thousand and fourteen olympic torch has seen tremendous ups and downs during its record breaking relay it has traveled from outer space to the bottom of the world's deepest lake and on to the north pole and one of the stops on the way to such he was the highest mountain in era parties paul scott reports. on its journey across the world's largest country the olympic torch was always going to experience some high is on

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 that 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. these. legends is that mauro was an urban legend caraway 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 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 twenty fourteen the cross country skiing and bible and twenty minutes will take place from laura organizes a hooping the lower venue stage of the on to the sill of these will put sochi firmly on the world's biafra long man i took control of the grounds on a stage 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. holds brings everybody together and we're limping 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 of this a venue where the by alpha lawns olympic and paralympic games will be held will be filled with spectators as well as sports men and sports women one is where the starting point owning so that gold will be given mother nature has dissolved the snow is ready the altitude is perfect now all that's missing is the stocks of the whistle. well such is up and ready for the start of the winter games and in the coming days we will be bringing you more reports from the olympic city don't miss the coverage on air and online at r.t. dot com here ok. how do you operate do it again i'm going to

rehearse could you get a sports such. as roof rose i'm not an olympic hockey player bomb which is on the. way i moved into my son. it canadian metal band hits the guantanamo bay play list but the musicians not happy about that and the band is now setting the u.s. government an invoice for allegedly using its music as a means of psychological torture you can head online for more details. plus a proposed bill could allow u.k. police to get their hands on journalists notebooks photos and computer files without consent or more about the law that critics say could bury press freedom in britain at r.t. dot com. right to see. her street. and i think you're.

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community board alone more than a way around two hundred children all for them they also found that child abusers convicted child abusers got access to those kids. already calling phenomenal 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. for moscow twenty four hours a day this is our international. in the u.k. shoplifting is no longer the domain of bored kids and petty criminals the country has seen a nine year high in the amount of goods stolen from stores and many are now resorting

to the practice for their basic needs as artie's paula boyko 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 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 fetched from shops is that 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 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 or abiding citizens into so-called poverty crime over the past several months semple police forces have been criticized for being too lenient on women especially 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 that the more. people. with. the boredom that speaks to retailers here in the u.k. says that 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 fully boito. azzi lungs and. now take a swing around the globe to look at some other stories making headlines around the world today first in pain where thousands of people have rallied against government plans to cope abortion in the capital madrid the bill proposed by the ruling party would permit a woman to terminate a pregnancy only if she were raped or her health was in danger the protesters are accusing the legislation's backers of violating human rights of women while calling on the country's justice minister to resign. in lebanon a car bomb has exploded near a school in the country's north east close to the border with syria at least four people were killed and eighteen others injured in the town of her mel which is a stronghold of the militant group hezbollah the country's interior ministry says it may have been a suicide attack sunni militants have often targeted shia areas of lebanon in that

retaliation for hezbollah sending its fighters into syria. 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 and supporters of the country's prime minister clashed with her opponents incident happened after demonstrators blockaded a building where ballot papers will be stored the violence is spiraling ahead of sunday's general election which the opposition has vowed to boycott and disrupt. at least fourteen people have been killed and three others injured on indonesia's western island of sumatra after a volcano erupted again mount cinnabon unleashed clouds of gray ash and searing gas and engulfed nearby homes just one day after authorities allowed thousands of villagers to return to their lands saying it was safe officials now fear the death

toll will rise the volcano has been active with smaller options 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 on social networks now it's using facebook rather than direct face to face meetings to ask the public what it wants or his public's fear 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 write the page what they want to change. sometimes even better if they write how and we take the commons choose and pick a member of parliament but 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 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 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 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 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 are our t. tell of of. more international news in around thirty minutes from now but before that some straight talking about the world of finance for max and stacy on the cars report you're watching our to international. take me out to the ball gain take me through the metal detector so wait that's not how the song goes well as the country changes sadly so must the national pastime

they settle 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 hot dogs in 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 well these security measures really stop a psychotic terrorist murder nope but that's just my opinion.

welcome to the kaiser report imax guys are. the whole economy is tipping around tipping yes it global financial flows back 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 person their central banks dropping wads of cash while astral plane ing from their imaginary helicopter and saying one print makes you larger and one paper makes you smile and the money that china gives you doesn't do anything at all go away as just. when she's ten feet tall yes it's been a whole round trip to nowhere. yes max

a lot of. thing is going on the first headline here china trade possible revived as hong kong data diverged china's trade numbers distorted by fake exports last year are set to come under renewed scrutiny after discrepancy between hong kong and chinese figures for bilateral trade widened to the largest in eight months so hong kong's december imports from china fell one point nine percent from last year and yet china's data shows that it grew by two point three percent so there's a huge divergence there so manage on an on going on our plan this round trip game where they're doing all kinds of accounting fraud sounds like you know lehman brothers and in the federal reserve bank of yes has like repo one of five crashed lehman brothers now they do say that there were maybe a lot of faith invoices that were used to conjure up these data but the other thing

where they talk about the round tripping they say another possible explanation for the discrepancy is round shipping of goods that are export from china to hong kong and then back to the mainland australia and new zealand banking group ltd said in a report yesterday the round shipping trade has become an avenue to fuel china's cap. well inflows as the current account may have been quote improperly used as an alternative way of liquidity injection economist lulay gang and raymond young wrote so they're using this as a kind of quantitative easing of fake trade they're actually putting things on boats maybe and sending it to australia and sending it back in order to make things look like their stuff is happening accounting fraud is the new opium. they go into accounting fraud and stoke up a ball of. accounting fraud yeah baby let's get on that's accounting fraud crouching accounting for leaping tiger of. pork.

so you know it also is a reminds me of the round trip to two thousand and seven when the liquidity crisis began we're seeing this over and over and notice in the news as you look around this notion of liquidity there's a liquidity problem around the world and that's what you first saw in two thousand and seven before the giant crash of two thousand and eight of the financial markets in the banks collapsing in the u.k. they're reporting growth ok we don't know if the figures are based on a round trip in from china we don't know but what part of the growth from last year and you know mark carney and george osborne have been celebrating the fact that the economy is growing but i want to remind people that it's a lot of round tripping of our own cash that was stolen from us because this first headline is from august of two thousand and thirteen last year p.p.i. compensation spurs a car to me through spending booze banks have inadvertently provided to boost the economy through the vast compensation payments made to customers who are missile payment protection insurance so last year they gave ten billion pounds to the

economy which was promptly spent because people felt it was free money hey you guys still one hundred billion for me and now you're giving me ten billion back i feel rich it's kind of like a casino model well right now today this headline from this week bank customers the missile duff packets of accounts winning thousands of pounds in compensation so account holders were paying up to three hundred pounds in bogus charges of various things they didn't even know they had on like payment protection insurance sort of stuff and now there's going to be a new wave of round shipping your cash that they stole from me they're going to give it back and it's going to boost the economy so recycling us fraud recycling. the bank commits fraud on the customers to customers try to sue the banks and create the g.d.p. growth. keep in mind that there's g.d.p. growth in the u.k. no matter what the number is that they say the level of debt is growing faster so i mean that's the that's the big joke i mean i was born in carney or you know the mainstream media will tell you that yeah it's growing but the debt is growing

faster so it's completely unsustainable and there's a bubble being built on the old crust yet and what is death of bringing forward you know future consumption so that's why we're always around because we get to the future tomorrow and we're already spent yesterday it makes more sense to just. stay home in a chinese porpoise because there's nothing for you out there just rain marmite and fraud. but again you know it's you often mentioned this casino gulag model and what happens at a casino first of all the house always wins and in some sucker wins some money there at the at the slot machine here we don't know how much it's been stolen from lie or are stolen from for it's market rigging or gold market raking or all these p.p.i. sort of schemes and they decide to give us some of the money back that they stole from us and for some reason it makes you feel good just like when you lose a.