arabic for visit arabic. called. today's news and the week's top stories from our to international and ukraine's opposition secure support from the west at a security form in munich despite russia's foreign minister asking politicians to open their eyes to the violence in the protest. caught in the syrian crossfire r.t. travels to address near the capital damascus to meet the survivors of the tapped by hardline rebels who are still occupied parts of the stricken city. also this week bitcoins breaking bad one of the digital currencies main advocates is arrested over money laundering connected to the silk road drug trafficking website.

which multinational coming to live from moscow with me maureen and joshua welcome to the program leaders from the grains opposition won pledges of support from the united states and the european union and when they appeared out of munich security for him appealing for greater involvement from the west russia's foreign minister called on politicians to look closer at the violence being used by protesters and to question whether that really has anything to do with democracy group is going off reports from germany. clearly the west has already taken the side of the professors so u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the time has come for you have to decide whether it's what 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. when you get that from 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 to promote democracy why is there no condemnation of the siege still occupying government buildings for those who burned police officers shot racist anti-semitic and nazi slogans why do many leading european politicians and courage such actions while any violations of the load hold are dealt with harshly some strong words there from russia's chief diplomat also added joking that next time they meet was mr kerry is going to ask him what grades he had in school asking how many countries this you think are in that group that he called the rest of the world. and there were some fiery exchanges between the two sides in the ukrainian stand

off to one boxer turned opposition leader of tommy was seated next to the country's foreign minister are you with the extremists groups who were some. looks like. nazi style some of them are you with them. if you will leave let's go argue down at super testers are defending their european ambitions against repressive measures and he used the opportunity to meet the ukrainian foreign minister face to face to show him an album which he said contained photographs of police brutality law enforcement consultant chuck joiner and he used to work for cia and f.b.i. gave us his thoughts on the ukrainian securities handling of the situation. if you are in the situation where i've seen videos of police officers on fire and that's a deadly situation and they certainly in the united states would have the legal

right to use deadly force in response to that so if a police officer perceives that there's a threat to themselves or somebody else they can respond with pepper spray but tons person a weapon strikes electronic control devices if the threat rises to the level where they think either they or somebody else are being threatened with death or serious bodily harm then they can respond with deadly force i think throughout the history of variety you see if there's not a strong police presence then the the tag and eyes of the agitators they become emboldened and they become more violent and more aggressive so there needs to be a strong police presence in those circumstances to control the violence. now the latest polls show two thirds of ukrainians are dance they have a case that's been plaguing the country's regions and over a dozen cities local administration offices were either seized or stormed

a man i feel the country is under the threat of civil war policy or has more on the ukrainian divide. the regional administration building even notes on cards skin western ukraine where at the till a week ago the regional governor had his office but as you can see just like in kiev's there is now a giant barricade surrounding the building with snow tires and planks of wood radical and and he russian this is the heartland of nationalism where anti on a common sentiment runs deep and that's the way natalia and her comrades want to keep it the twenty nine year old entrepreneur has been here since the building was overthrown she says work can wait this is more important moolah which is supposed to have no president bush is going to have you know call which but what the opposition as fragmented as it is that tully is the first to admit no yanna coverage could well mean an alkie whitney bishop along with the problem is that we

don't have any person to replace him and we will need to take someone from their position which won't be easy the sentiments blown across central and western ukraine we regional offices are being picketed and seized by protesters i believe that a group of writing radicals some wearing marks stormed the municipal building trying to leave have the power they used fire extinguishers and wooden sticks again i intend to guard the demonstrators set up barricades made a vehicle pass and sacks of snow they demanded police in the building was similar scenes played out in chicago where protesters tried to set night to furniture they smashed windows and threw stones at security forces. the anger has moved even further west with. intern of ski protests and ukrainian hymns while ignoring the governor's attempts to disperse them. in

a van or from coffs those now laying siege to the municipality building half of britain in symbols or sentiments of the ruling party they claim. it goes against the will of the ukrainian people no one knows where the head of the administration is there are parts of this building that are still functioning for example the day to day running of the city but on a political level everything is come to a standstill all this process might. lead to talk. of the country of course i also result in some arab spring high ups in the long term perspective. despite the criticism of family coverage these protesters have nothing better to offer. r t even a front costs western ukraine. well it's been more than a month since al qaida sympathizers partly captured syria's industrial town of

north of damascus dozens of civilians were allegedly slaughtered there and hundreds displaced the rabble still occupy major parts of the city but our team out of to make it inside and speak to some of the survivors. is just a twenty minute drive from damascus but the highway runs through an area firmly under rebel control so instead we take a newly created pass driving through high mounds of sand and piles of old tires the army uses to shoot its convoys from attacks it may be longer but it's a safer route pocket on my part where the first foray into recruit to get this close to our dry after the siege began a month ago it's still not clear exactly what happened in this industrial city last december back then reports emerged of limerick's killings and violence after alger was attacked by militants belonging to al-qaeda linked groups and the free syrian army. they stormed into the city and they kept the civilians in their buildings

using them as human shields which made our mission very difficult this is why it takes so long we want to avoid civilian losses. to reported allegations the dozens of civilians had been executed that people were beheaded and burned in over ends and one claimed the doctors and patients were killed in a clinic we travelled to address hoping to verify these reports but there is still no way of getting into the besieged areas of the town to confirm if any of that actually happened we got as close as the army can there actually to address the old town admiral blurred and the workers house in complex nearby a drama lier. both are now besieged and i could go looking for love another one maybe some bankers here to separate other out by law and out room earlier and to prevent the militants uniting because of. these corridors go all around the

besieged cities with the army watch in the area day and night this is one of the checkpoints of the syrian army behind this wall is territory held by militants and the soldiers strategy and mission right now is just to watch this area and to shoot if they see the enemy approaching. and this is actually all they can do any military operation could threaten the lives of those who remain hostage and with no access inside it's impossible to tell just how many the are but luckily most of the residents managed to escape address we meet some of them two kilometers away a shelter around what used to be a large sum and factory but in this hotel's me he doesn't go to school any more than my displaced because terrorist attack the seat and we had to skip the occupied and we can't go there they're on top blocked. he says his father is a government employee this is why it was dangerous for his family to stay we ask

where they live now. the hours mother appear from the darkness of a room barely ten square meters and a silence and everything what is happening is wrong there was no need for any of this see where we are now to what degree we have reached now it's a question that many here are asking but at least children haven't seen their mother for a month already seriously ill she couldn't get her medicine due to the siege with her condition deteriorating she was sent to hospital far from her family. we were living in peace and now where are we i wish peace would come back to all of syria. a month later it's still not clear exactly what happened another drug most of those we talked to here in this camp fled before the militants arrived but occasionally some who didn't escape so quickly and then add up they were looking for anybody

serving in the syrian army and also the virus of the syrian soldiers beheaded at the sewage system. we were in a group of about twenty people they were beating us three at a time and killing us and i saw with my own eyes people stone i still see them in my nightmares. unlike the shot of a cut drinking water and they prevented the bakery from working for a sitter and young children were about to die from a lack of water and they threatened us with machine guns. are drawn once an important industrial and peaceful city has become yet another syrian battleground for weary forces whose three year long confrontation has left well in excess of one hundred thousand dead and millions displaced and yet it's another place where no side looks able to win and it's the ordinary syrian people left to pay the price roof national t.v. from our drive in syria. i've also got a program here at the international begun by

a bit coin one of the key advocates of digital currency is arrested suspected of laundering money through a minute or use drug trafficking website plus. made super hobo a brand new type of superhero who lives on the streets while quitting a mob of criminals that more so have. the nine hundred fourteen though scenario is a flick of will today because the united states is insistent on becoming the dominant force with you on every continent but brian when it when we look at about the calculation and strategy i have to go back to iraq afghanistan libya and you came in that's all recklessness in my opinion about you know the the u.s. policy resembles those what the caricature of those western movies where they put the drunken cowboys come into town and shoot the place up just because they can.

dramas they're trying to be ignored. stories others who refuse to notice. the faces change the world right now. to picture of today's you know own designs from around the globe. don't. welcome back you're watching r.t. international from the highs of being a lot of the bitcoin millionaire to signifying the darker side of a digital currency the vice chairman of the bitcoin foundation charlie shrem was arrested in the u.s. earlier this week has been charged in connection was laundering

a million dollars worth of big koreans using the infamous outlaw the website socorro and found guilty the twenty four year old faces more than a decade behind bars sram is out on bail but remains under house arrest financial analyst mark sorenson thinks that actual legal issues a very little to do with his case the u.s. dollar is actually the major facilitator of the illegal transactions of drugs human trafficking all sorts of nasty businesses most of that trade is done with the u.s. dollar not a big one big point is a small player it is a small percentage of its transactions are illegal that's true but the majority are for illegal goods whereas the u.s. dollar is the primary player in international trade in illicit items but this was a political event not a legal or judicial event this arrest it was a political event meant to intimidate people in the big points space and it was

a perfectly foreseeable event as well. canadiana rob group has made it into the guantanamo prison play was. they're not happy about not getting paid for it they're planning to build a u.s. government which is allegedly using their songs as a means of psychological torture had a line for more details. lost in translation r t a column reports on how britain is having to hire interpreters for pupils as it's revealed that english is no longer the first language in seventeen hundred schools. right seems. first rate. and i think the true. on our reporters were there in.

the end. of ghana stands preparing to kick off its election campaign on sunday while american troops are pulling out of the country but the security pact which is supposed to map out zero supportive role is still in limbo lisa catherine reports on how the taliban can be the ones benefiting from the friction between washington and kabul. just thirteen years in afghanistan washington is counting down together with our allies we will complete our mission bare by the end of this year and america's longest war will finally be over. but ending a war isn't the same as winning one when it comes to afghanistan peace is far from certain actually the security situation is worsening in the country and.

that americans. will be able to stop the war in afghanistan and. the activities of. the future and the taliban have been active in the past two weeks alone the group has staged numerous attacks in kabul kandahar nimrods helmont and nangarhar are in fact ministry of interior incident reports reveal clashes with the taliban in a most of the eleven provinces bordering pakistan the group also controls several districts in parwan just a short drive from the country's capital some provinces are believed to be controlled by shadow governments that answer directly to the taliban be the one that's any work night the taliban run their area the district government is just there but there is no real security. and it could get worse a classified american intelligence assessment warns that the initial objective in afghanistan removing the taliban and disabling al qaeda as operations in the

country could fail and that the taliban could return in full swing by twenty seventeen the u.s. wants some troops to remain in the country by the pentagon's logic the pursuit of terrorists is best based in the region same goes for u.s. drones and without american help the afghan army could collapse but the u.s. first needs the afghan president to sign off on a key security pact something he has been refusing to do so far. now our position continues to be that if we cannot conclude a bilateral security agreement promptly then we will be forced to initiate planning for a post twenty fourteen future in which there would be no u.s. or nato troop presence in afghanistan there's also the issue of talking with the enemy the consensus seems to be that the afghan war could only end in a negotiated settlement with the taliban not a military victory but that's proven elusive the taliban are internally divided and the rift between kabul and washington has reportedly empowered hardline commanders

who want to keep on fighting at the expense of those who support peace talks the u.s. war has succeeded in toppling the taliban regime and many afghans have seen their lives improve but those gains could easily be lost depending on who wins control over afghanistan a country that's once again could be up for grabs reporting in washington for our team i'm lucy catherine. now snapshot of some of today's world news scuffles in athens have broken out between riot police and anti-fascist protesters who were enraged by gathering of right wing golden dawn party supporters officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the troublemakers there were several arrests after a leftist riot or spot of an attacked a man carrying a green flag the gold on the railway was commemorating the deaths of three navy officers which brought greece and turkey to the brink of war in one thousand nine hundred ninety six. protesters in thailand are making is there a presence felt of

a general election that's already been beset by months of anti-government violence they forced the closure of polling stations and more than a third of its constituencies by disrupting the delivery of ballots and directing blockades anti-government demonstrators have been calling for the prime minister to quit to enable widespread political reforms and grass was sparked by fears she was forcing through an amnesty to latter exiled brother back into the country. indonesia's mount cinnabon the has erupted again killing at least sixteen people in the western island of sumatra clouds of thick gray ash and searing gas and golf nearby homes just a day after authorities allowed thousands of villagers to return saying it was safe and will cain has been active with smaller options since september having been dormant for three years time now to get our skates on for

another a look at what sort she's got to offer for some of the finest winter sports athletes to bob would say has been checking out the ice on the inside. we've just arrived here at the adler skate to center this is where the speed skating competitions during the twenty fourteen winter olympic games is going to be taking place now we've been invited inside to actually take a look at the four hundred meters in length the skating rink it's very important that this rink be maintained properly particularly for the skaters and they going to show us how they do that so let's go and see it. as you can see it's spectacular on the outside but the real beauty is how we did works on the inside no expense was spared in the creation of the venue at the olympic park and you can certainly see where the money went a crystal face is reflected by and you know walls and triangular stained glass

windows the gray and white color of the building in hans's this impression even the facade is transparent so that spectators inside the arena can see out the focus of the arena doesn't disappoint with leading sports men and women coming forward to trace the circuit it features two competition tracks and one training track all designed to provide the best possible performance for athletes the quality of ice can make a huge difference in winning that goal and edler quality is the main priority with optimal michael climatic conditions to a world class on the surface so it's generally a limp. every forty five minutes we'll have to bring. machines and bring them on the circuit for. the floor one hundred meter. is very important because they'll be lovely lovely ice rink as well as making pasta

all week a limb pins will be skating. close on the machine feeds. the well the hope to do that everybody five minutes during the games so that the libyans was beaten like can have a much smoother last. it's going to be all about speed speed and more speed and the atlas stadium and sochi is ready to bomb a thing. or two. all next his not your usual handsome comic book hero but he's here to help burress down announced back on their feet this craggy face superhero dreams of being here while the people he rescues gaghan he is wreaking brass a german fans can get enough of him as boy boy has been discovering. his muscles affair but he has no fixed abode it's super hobo the unlikely superhero

inherited his super powers accidentally after savoring some discarded beer. normally like bettman or iron man they are very very rich playboys who rescue all the world no it's the guy from the on the ground who rescues which gets to the city because it's very attractive for people all over the world not because it saw correct or clean city but because of his heavy charm so it's logical that the glorious superhero of. so bomb super hobos creators says the idea was spawned while watching a homeless man trying and failing to sell a newspaper on a train. so stefan went to the stratton fagen newspaper which is sold by the homeless and unemployed and offer to launch the charity supplement in order to boost its sales for sure it's

a little bit political incorrect but that is the only way to get more people into the subject homelessness and so we decided to do it the newspapers distributed through chaos such as this one so the city's homeless can come here and buy in copies for sixty cents apiece which they then sell on for one year a fifty and they're able to make a profit but certainly in the time that we've been here several people have come up trying to buy in more copies of that super hoboes supplement that has been selling so well super hobos breath stinks he dreams of oceans of beer and yet the homeless vendors don't take offense it's a very good idea it should have been thought of earlier the comic supplement makes it heavier and i can't carry as many copies but it's not too bad you just don't carry on. now the customers are asking for this comic it would be good to have super hard to. the document publication aims to brighten the fortunes of its

fellows the soup kitchen at. station has an increasing number of hungry mouths to feed the cries is. doing and or bringing in bring much more people into difficult situations a lot of foreigners you foreign law to come and people are telling them germany is a rich country and please come and you will have a good life but in fact it's very difficult to get jobs here and it's very difficult to get flats i'm thinking that's the number of people and germany and especially in the balloon is increasing in the next years enormously but there is trying to shift the papers daily say the comic strip has at the very least added that little bit of comic relief. and after the break personal stories of suffering and survival during the siege of

leningrad and world war two. take me out to the ballgame and 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 getting 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. i am so happy. this is the best summer is my life. i am a student now and i am going to the village where. we will have strong breeze and on the terrace and taking my favorite guitar. good in summer what

a wonderful life these. waiting for me. the chinese friends made me a guitar on the stimulus that is so i started playing the seven string guitar i played it quite well he played it well too. i started when i was about ten years old. the some in the park it was a sunny day he was too shy to approach me i saw him in the corner of my eye there was some sentimental song playing in my mind i'm trying to remember it now but i can't something sad for some reason maybe it's because i'm leaving the city for the whole summer and won't see him until lot of people. drawing the picture. nobody expects me to in that way through a good note.