then welcome to the big. francis prize then so-long this accused family and another major blow to his reputation as thousands marched against all supports and same sex marriage. fractured ukraine and western governments put together in a plan for the protests play country ball energy giants crave some of the shell gas prospects. and how to take a piece of home with you we look at the unique souvenirs on all for the guests of the winter games.

washing our to international with me marina call survive it's a pleasure to have you with us. over one hundred thousand protesters have rallied in paris queues in price then so long as governments of what they call family phobia they want to scrap the bills legalizing gay marriage and procedures to help same sex couples have children it's seen as another blow to france's embattled leadership peter all over now reports. paris saw the latest wave of discontent to sweep across france as we saw thousands upon thousands of people come out onto the streets to vent their anger at what they see as the erosion of traditional family values in the country is being particularly anger toward suggestions that france could legalize homosexual marriage also that it could do laws could be brought in that would see we could see gay and lesbian couples either adopt or conceive children to i.d.f.

treatment they say that that's well isn't what the traditional family is about and that's why they've been coming out here and telling me that they want to get the french government in particular france warland the president to hear their anger their government is very fair since this matter i mean they don't want to consider but there are many many people who just want to hold back the right of children and they just don't care and that's is this is even more so use for a long time his personal popularity well that is it an all time low and he's currently seems the the most unpopular french president in recent memory and what that seeing is more remore people coming out onto the streets to vent their anger against all and against the rules that he's trying to impose on them that they say infringes upon traditional family values here. r.t. spoke to one french activist who is someone happy with president alliance performance that she's gone hunger strike so if it don't reach him it's been

a day since i've been fast today i only drink water because there are many people demanding the resignation of francois hollande because he's unworthy of representing france more and more countries including germany england and russia and making fun of france we are many french people who think that own land is not legitimate to govern this country he's ruining france. president allen's approval rating remains low with just twenty two percent in france satisfied with him as their leader has become record breaking really unpopular amid mounting frustration over broken promises he pledged to cause unemployment by the end of twenty third scenes but the number out of work in france rose above three million now and that's the largest since records began a long promised to restore growth but it's hardly left that above zero region about zero point one percent last year for ensuring the us robert her nays believes

a launch focus on sexual orientation issues is a smokescreen to distract the public from his failures. this is an issue to use deliberately raised to distract attention from his unpopular to want to get the ministry of the interior is actually looking into these issues but he clearly it's true there is i suppose about one says the population who do feel very strongly about this we talked about this a year ago at that time i said there is the settlement of the population who will not go on this subject all the government issues it all they will go back to the background there is the new pope which is it's going to try argue or if you like this she's not. in favor of a family or children. for. brussels and washington are putting together a significant short term assistance for ukraine which is gripped by mass protests

in a standoff between the government and the opposition in foreign policy chief catherine ashton said the package is supposed to help the country through a transition period now the money will be dependent on the new ukrainian government approving political and economic reforms the west's aid plan comes after opposition leaders calls for greater involvement and more than just vocal support to protests in ukraine the assistance may be more than just cash with help for investment also on the cards waiting in the way things are the energy giants who are keen to explore it the country's shell gas potential and that's got locals warry policy or explains. western ukraine a beleaguered battleground for american oil giants two months ago kiev signed an agreement with chevron to use this area for fracking. it's

plentiful tap water toxic chemicals pumped into the earth contaminated environments just some of the risks that have sparked protests against fracking in the united states and europe. thank you now it's ukrainian farmers that orlick will buy milk who are left in the cold. with time our lakes and rivers will get dirty sporadic protests have fallen on deaf ears unable to match the might of the fuel lobby if america comes to ukraine we can lose our position and america will control ukrainian money and business meanwhile countries like france switzerland and the netherlands are worried enough to have banned the technology the ten billion dollars deal allows chevron to operate in the country for fifty years it has the right to sell the gas it up tains with quotas to other countries so all claims that ukraine will make a lot of money are in fact nonces and in

a place where unemployment is rife cubes promise of thousands of new jobs is enough bait for people next an asian forty four years old and employed and trying to care for his sick mother. i hope will get a job people in ukraine are not scared of work we must just learn what to do the carrot for kiev is energy independence and cheap fuel for a country struggling to pay the bills even though russia dropped the cost of its gas by almost a third to calculate the shale spoils industry experts look at precedents in neighboring poland where companies promise the earth only to significantly scale back which is where it's a risk as bush because after the five years of export. brutus bodies may decide to stop their activities because they do not find some places where it will be their disability to prove use of the gas pressure on p.f.

to keep these firms out is growing but not fast enough it seems to quell the government's desire to have its own gas whatever the cost or concerns of the people policy on our team have live coverage western ukraine. and russia out to chevron and shell ukrainian authorities say the firms will help the country achieve self-sufficiency and even enable its own energy exports the oil and gas giants and says fracking is safe but american environments are less vigorous strong goings begs to differ. the process itself is you cannot or millions of gallons of liquid laced with sand and with chemicals under super high pressures down into all these drilled holes without having a consequence this whole fracking. madness is spreading all over the planet they want to frack as many countries as possible and so more people are getting aware of

it and i'm getting people here from all over in your book north america africa to come here to see for themselves the science what they hear from the gas company because the gas company will admit to no problems everything is hunky dory everything is covered all the bases are covered we have nothing to worry about folks we know what we are doing. stay with our to internationalize where reports on the viral video that's caught out the cops and. i was being charged with assaulting a police officer obstructed and resisting arrest i could have been six months in prison and that would have completely revoked probably changed my life a student tells us how a video on the you tube proves that police took at c four with an unfair arrest that's up next.

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welcome back you're watching the art scene ensor national with some more world news for you right now the iraqi army has stepped up its bombardments all for new job reports of ahead of a full on ground offensive. the city was seized by militants connected to al qaida in early january and has been under intense shelling for days the government's been holding off from sending in troops to give local tribesmen time to oust the insurgents and security in the rock has been gets in worse with almost eight thousand people killed in sectarian violence last year. explosions in pakistan have killed at least five people eyewitnesses claim a man sets in the back row of the auditorium threw grenades dozens of people were hurt some critically during the incidents in peshawar. clashes

in kenya have seen seen people killed after police opened fire and a mosque in the city of mumbai it's after youths wielded daggers when some warship words raise the flag of the jihad this al-shabaab group police say they wanted to thwart the meets an aim that's recruiting extremists and say they made over one hundred arrests. they go us will continue enforcing existence sanctions on their on if talks on the permanent nuclear deal fail that was made clear between the country's top diplomats at a closed door meeting in munich meanwhile former secretary of state hillary clinton wants congress to refrain from new restrictions saying it's time to give diplomacy a chance to work iran and cigs global powers are due for fresh talks in mid february that are hope to bring a solution to a decade long nuclear standoff the interim deal initially known as the joints plan

of action the reason is iran's nuclear work for six months in exchange for seven billion dollars in sanctions relief a former adviser to iran's negotiations seems says washington's words do more harm than good. mr kerry's pressure tactics which is part of these two prong coercive diplomacy the other prying being rising military threats and this very dangerous. threat that we saw in prison obama's state of the union address is really can't to put duct here and it poisons the environment for the coming talks they brought iran to the table by pressure and they need to escalate that pressure you need it to gain maximum concessions and secretary kerry has been referring to dismantling aspects of the renia nuclear program which is contrary to the content of the geneva agreement and flatly rejected by the really

and four minutes that. well that's your word against a major protest police force you need some mighty strong evidence on your side that something students are shot camorra knows all too well when an officer rounded on him at a rally tests are silly or has his story. i was being charged with assaulting a police officer obstruction arrest and six months in prison and that would have completely irrevocably changed my life and. i couldn't make a more had intended to attend a talk by the education minister in june two thousand and eleven and found himself in a crowd of protesting students and just outside this university who was later arrested and the police officer said that a shop had pushed him twice before running away. i'm not going to leave this video appeared on you tube or a shock is later seen and it offers

a different version of events. thanks to this video the charges were dropped scotland yard agreed to pay a shocked twenty thousand pounds in damages after he launched legal action for wrongful arrest as a result of video evidence produced as part of a civil claim against the metropolitan police service three offices are the subjects of the i.p.c.c. supervised investigation but such outcomes may not always be so easy to come by it's very often the case. people have been wrongly accused by police often committed an offense but the evidence of the courts is give more credence to notch off the accused individual they just have. to try and give his best accounts as they can to gather as much evidence as that possibly can and once again the conduct of the police is put firmly under the spotlight in the twenty eleven two thousand and twelve period at the independent police complaints commission saw

a decrease in complaints but an increase in appeals made about the handling of complaints by police compared to the year before where it's found. the expected. behavior the public would want to see accountability that. police misconduct she is a socialite specific to be individuals. for someone who's been on the receiving end of this misconduct a shock says there's something he'll now keep in mind we need to videotape the police whenever we can because it's their word against ours the only way we're going to win is if we actually proved to a court without a shadow over doubt that they were lying. to us or sylvia r.t. london. now if you want to see what happens when you mix a skyscraper with a ton of explosives then take a look at this. the

frankfurt skylines now a little clearer after this huge blow was raised in seconds in one of the largest ever controlled building explosions in europe it's captured on camera so if you want to see it again had art seen. also why new york's one star bouncing gets a ten that last call is flying over claims that these elegant clear churches are a danger to people and passenger jets. but. everybody told us. that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of

our government and across several we've been hijacked by handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one still just my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identify. the problem. the rational debate and the real discussion critical issues facing them are you ready to join the movement and welcome the.

right to see. her street. and i think you're. on a reporter's. instrument. to be in the. welcome back this is artsy international serious leadership as a valance who rejects face to face talks with the opposition when the geneva peace conference restarts that is unless american secretary of state john kerry

apologizes for same president assad has no future and syria let's go activists them are walk off told artie's cavanagh and that such talk could hijack the next round of negotiations. u.s. congress is looted during negotiations to arm the rebels so there is a lot to answer for and from the language really really americans they don't seem to be you know having any shima that is what about the threat from washington that would use force of syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some political reasons why this is happening you know i knew from from friends and family that whoever travels along that route between damascus and other newer southwood there are certain segments of the where they have to drive closer to like a hundred miles an hour or hundred sixty can or has an hour because of fear of sniper fire power or shots from a moderate opposition so if you want to move military grade equipment and vehicles through they have to be moved you know much lower than that and they would be

vulnerable especially if they're carrying you know chemical. warfare material language that was used also questions the commitment and you know the american position whether they went into this agreement in good faith or because they might seem to be using this agreement to punish is serious rather than using this agreement to get rid of the chemical warfare twenty fourteen mark said tragics and tannery for one of mankind's worst catastrophes the starts of the first world war so there is cross-talk locks up the global or there as it is now and it's the billets a across the century. we've seen the world shift instead of the various major capitals powers vying with each other they've been pulled together as a united front under the leadership germany of the united states first to do war against the socialist bloc countries but now to sort of recount eyes those

countries that have become independent so the nature of the conflict has shifted fundamentally since world war one which doesn't mean it's a stable world the chinese would say they are being encircled ok and they're borrowing money. money from united states for the american saran their country militarily it's interesting scenario there's a seem to be any real evidence that the chinese are really interested in becoming one of the great powers in the in the sense of the a colonial power of dominating other countries or other continents i think the parallel between. imperial germany and the united states i think is much more apparent. for the world's top athlete skald silver and bronze medals are the most valuable mementos of their time and some change that doesn't mean everyone else has to leave empty handed and

a farmer looks at how visitors can take a piece of the olympic spirits with. well if you're looking to buy a souvenir during the olympics you probably want to get your hands on one of the mascots either the snow leopard or the polar bear and if you want to go to the high end of the market you could try one of these porcelaine figurines these have all been made in a very famous village just outside moscow this workshop english has produced russia's famous blue and white china for the last two centuries but it's not played some parts of the taking up it shelf enough in space at the moment smiling mascots for the sochi games are being produced in abundance crafted a molded from the region special clay sixty kilometers southeast of moscow that's poured into special molds made for the hair lettered back then factories forty crafts women get to work carefree having painting each one on average it takes fifteen minutes to load the letter it is a bit tricky and takes

a little longer and is a whole day spent in the oven during which the black ink turns into that trademark blue after that they are left to chill boxed and sent to the show you see it is an intricate process that even mirrors the slogan for the easy lympics cool yours andrew farmer to r.t. and make sure you stay with us on our team for our special coverage from russia's black sea coast where of course on air through outsourcing its one hundred fourteen .

now i'll be back in half an hour but up next we'll look at big city life on the watch of thousands of electronic eyes. the first recreational marijuana shops are now open in colorado finally the question of what effect legal marijuana will have on the american public can be answered with real world experience you know there are a lot of people out there with strong arguments as to why we should legalize this controversial play it firstly there are plenty of things just as bad for us as marijuana or worse like beer cigarettes anti-depressants and mystery fast food meats which are totally legal secondly young men are often thrown in jail for the absolutely victimless crime of smoking marijuana i can see punishing someone for drugs like crystal meth which can and do turn people into maniacs but have any of

you out there ever heard of someone breaking into people's houses on a we ramp age no no you haven't the downside to all of this is that across america the world people are looking for change and they want a massive storm rise but when the masses are stoned out of their minds it makes things in life that we shouldn't tolerate become very tolerable we now call allow us to make it through another day of our miserable lives so that we can live without going through all that effort of trying to make things better or challenge the system legalizing weed will just pacify the masses even more but that's just my opinion. pushes the perpetrator is

a real do that is driven by the hatred of the government. as a religious fanatics. this is science he protect itself against the. how should it react to attacks with retaliation. or like the citizens of norway and spain who opted for freedom openness and. london two thousand and five. on july the seventh full bombs explode three in underground trains one in a double decker bus the result fifty six deaths and seven hundred injuries the attack is not from the outside nor from the end. the four young assassins of muslims three of them born in the u.k. . a traumatic experience for the metropolis in the blink of an

eye the entire city fell out of step it's about her ability visible tool. these things live on in the collective memory they become sources of mourning and more and they have formal memorials and so on but this is nothing actually new you know london has a two thousand year history of disaster of plague of wall of strife so there is a pragmatic culture to this city as with many other cities that you know you grief you move on you go through trauma and shock and then life goes on and what is the alternative to have on just stay at home. and bunker themselves off from the future of the world and their life in the city it's not an option. the police quickly identify the perpetrators and their accomplices naturally with the help of

surveillance cameras. in a second series of attacks fourteen days later an innocent man was shot george sheldon s.s. he had dark skin and was reportedly wearing a thick jacket with wires hanging from it as he fled. but the video shows he did not flee. the cameras could prevent neither the bomb attacks nor the death of an innocent man. the bombs of two thousand and five and more than twenty years of ira threats have led to an all pervasive architecture of security diverse obstructions guard against trucks laden with explosives reinforced kong.