ukraine's capital is once again and gulped in violence as protesters clashed with police a day after a government amnesty came into force. the kansas house of representatives in legislation that would legalize discrimination of gays on the grounds of people's religious beliefs plus. it will survive it all with only my son came home leaving the family members and lawyer of a russian jailed in the blood say he's still not receiving medical help despite claiming he's close to

a heart attack. this is all saying to national coming to you live from moscow and i mean you know a lot thanks for joining us and on the run as has reignited in kiev just a day after the government's honesty this came into force of its clash with police on the streets of the ukrainian capital with reports of injuries on both sides and as you can see on this video it's increasingly difficult to understand who's fighting whom the food it shows ukrainian riot police being attacked by an unknown men in uniforms has got the latest from. highway reynoso tell us what's going on over there while they can see that all hell is breaking loose in the ukrainian capital at the moment it has been going on for. couple of hours at this point there

is talk of several wounded on the side of protesters they said that at least three women have been have sustained injuries from rubber bullets however according to the ukrainian police chiefs they have at least twelve policemen hospitalized as a result off the clashes with protesters again we're seeing cars and trucks being burned in the very center of the city nearby near to the rada the ukrainian parliament building where the session which was to vote on whether or not to go back to the council off two thousand or was to take place today that was proposed by the opposition. but majority of the parliamentary did not support that move that is when the opposition has blocked rada and that is coincidentally the time when protesters began what they called a peaceful march towards the country's parliament which soon broke out into severe clashes with with molotov cocktails being bones of cocktails and rocks being tossed

by protesters again really hard to say who is who because the protesters do outfit themselves rather well a lot of them actually come from former military or militarized units which are active in the west of ukraine so when always said and done it's hard to say where the police are and where the protesters are in the pictures that you are seeing also there are also the protesters have stormed the headquarters of the ruling party the party of the regions in ukraine they have burned to the building people we're hearing from there but the building is being burned the protesters also. sets with smoke and the smoke is affecting those who are who work in the buildings near the scene of the clashes there are reports coming from the police in kiev that people are actually jumping out from their office buildings in order to escape the small that's per minute. the area that has

been in the area for the past several months it only seems to be getting worse now just one everybody seems to have thought that this is finally boiling down to some sort of logic and. there was relative calm in this issue before today how was it how was it reached how was it achieved well there was the on the government has announced a nationwide amnesty in fact just over the past couple of days more than two hundred are arrested those who were arrested during the classes and during the protest over the last couple of months those people have been released from prison also there has seemed to have been some agreement between the opposition and the government that the the president has repealed the rada as a matter of fact voted against. putting forth the laws which have brought about the latest. one of the most severe confrontations between the protesters and the police in january of this year those laws have been repealed so they're no longer in place

so really the government has made quite a few concessions but the opposition leaders seem to be calling for more and more concessions there i mean call right now is for the president to step down and a call to call for early presidential and parliamentary elections. thank you very much indeed for that. you are some basuto ukraine has been quick to react to the latest outbreak of unrest he said he's sorry to see move and political matters to be resolved in the ukrainian parliament but international relations x.p. moxley boda feel such statements conned by washington's religion in ukraine. we have previously seen american politicians coming to the protesters. come rioters in the streets of kiev cheer leading them on and promising them american

support we have also all heard the leaked phone calls the intercepted phone calls between the u.s. ambassador to the ukraine and the u.s. assistant secretary of state for european and in your asian affairs victoria nuland where they were. basically stage managing the opposition leaders and declaring who they would like to see take position in government and who are not i'm not sure that the opposition leadership the three main seekers representing the mainstream opposition parties how's ever been sacked i would argue that if you speak to the protestors on the euro my dime they will say that very few of them are actually represented by these opposition leaders and they have actually accused in the past the opposition leaders of attempting to hijack their revolution . so i don't think that these opposition leaders klitschko yet so new york and the

neo nazi tian bach have ever actually been in control of the protests and to stay with the latest on dates from the ukraine. excitement days hazing up in sochi with less than often now before russia's fast ok olympic playoff clash against no way earlier this morning a member of russia's snowboarding team wowed the public with a silver medal finish a title race and as a fan now i reports it was a surprise podium position for that. russian fans certainly celebrating this tuesday russia wasn't tipped to take any medals in the snowboarding but there you go that's the magic of the olympics nicholai noonan finished second in the cross the country's first ever medal in that sport he was put by his french rival but stayed ahead of us in third noonan is the twenty ten

world junior champion and before the sochi games said he was planning to retire well if he does at least tell now go out on a high now for a wider look at the winter games so far i'm now glad to welcome to our sochi studio craig reedy the i.o.c. vice president thank you so much for finding time to come and talk to us are you happy with how the games have gone so far in sochi. particularly for the off switch because if you give the competition. if you give. it you could be full of really good fun and you're going to get great support so we're very happy what do you think makes sochi special as opposed to other olympic host cities other games that you've been i worked at a while i can't remember. any of the we've there's been here before winter games the only thing to do for you are building

a winter. when you go up the motor you end up with the reno for the zero five and she was. trying all finishing in the shape of a nun makes a great deal of change but it has to be people we have to teach people get used to right craig reedie vice president of the i.o.c. joining us here in our sochi studio thank you so much for your time here on r t. well it is a day packed with action here in sochi tonight all eyes will be on hockey with russia needing a win against norway as artie's farmer now reports. so there's only one place to start of the moment that's the men's ice hockey because russia take on norway for a place in the quarter finals the pressure is mounting on the how you saw off they failed to reach the last eight automatically but they really should beat this norwegian side who have lost their great opening games and also many have something like one player in the n.h.l.

compared to something like russia's sixteen however there's been no word of caution from one soviet legend. i think it's going to be a. little bit of. one thing for the team because you have played against norway but it's you have to or understand you know there's no. picks so you have to be aware i have to respect we played against you know that's the same time you have a chance like city from. nations and to see what. what you have today and. what you planned for the next trial to a quarter finals well many people are predicting a russian win but what about the norwegians there are plenty of them here and we caught up so i. started with. a national response expect to be very interesting and i hope norway will do good but i think the russian beer for us unfortunately for us and

we'll see whether those predictions come true at the bolshoi ice time for the sochi games have been full of examples of a limpet persis students number more so than canadian snowboarder. the thirty three year old won silver in the woman snowboard cross taking some revenge for her heartbreaking defeat in vancouver four years ago back then mateus suffered a bad crash in training before the race started injured and in pain she finished twentieth and failed to pass the qualification round so a great comeback for her here and sochi and she told us she was happy with the slopes too as well as getting a chance to meet. people you know it's my third time in racing in sochi last year to get this new commission wasn't easy for sure but this year it's it's only spring commission and we used to race in those kind of snow mills going up on the show and then they would add pay to be there many moons course was really good and they did a great job in the course it was there for sure they could be bigger and we used to

ride but it was really fun and good speed and a good show it is. just good like a favorite. to see off and say i had a great experience with everyone and i would like to see them for sure now we've seen some real breakthroughs here at the winter games we mention that snowboard cross medal for russia quite historic here is what will go down in olympic history u.s. ice dancing pair meryl davis and charlie white skated away from their rivals being awarded a record one hundred and ninety five point fifty two points and here's another hero of the day belorussian athlete daria she won her third gold in the by awful on mass start race becoming the first woman to win three buyouts along gold medals in one olympics now the olympic games can be a thrill ride for the fans just as much as the athletes by the if the emotional roller coaster isn't enough for visitors maybe they would be interested in a real want. explains.

hold on tight cheap park is here will almost the official opening is this some of the guests of the talk to come late get a taste of what's going to be on located next to the fish stadium it's taken an international team months to design and prepare the attraction estimated to cost over three hundred seventy million dollars this year on the. supermarket for sure it will push it further proves. we won't have to see the. trencher experience the adventure park will feature thirty five rides and attractions based on mission total to continue as a year round for the. medical five three and lance the highlight for many will be the adrenaline filled rights including russia's tallest and fastest roller coaster . for

a different thrill seeking activity i head inland located near dillon pit cluster of crystal a pollyanna energetic visitors here must be prepared to climb zip swing balance and jump through the forest the tree obstacle course blends the mountain views with a variety of elements ranging from easy to well extremely challenging i feel like i'm a member of the moscow state circus and so far so good so if you include this. will keep you up to date with everything that's happening here at the olympics but for now back to you in moscow. and it's in our that our such a winter olympics too dear and. the g. twenty four team promised to be cultivated in exhilarating winter in our team eight here in germany and it's now a make the rest of our local news team for sochi twenty four take. on.

a former member of the punk band pussy riot a digital a cornucopia has announced on twitter that she's been detained in seoul chair along with fellow band member maria the pair had recently been released from jail under an amnesty by the russian government they have been convicted of hooliganism after at the foreman's in moscow's main cathedral police have confirmed that both of them along with a current member of the band are being questioned on suspicion of theft at a local hotel authorities say all the other hotel guests are also being interviewed over the allegations and this is the police station where the women are said to be held. keeping up to date on the story as it develops right here on our international and of course online. featuring for more of today's headlines right after this short break.

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interviews intriguing story are you. trying. to find out because it's. called. this is also international welcome by the house of representatives in the u.s. state of kansas has come under fire after overwhelmingly approving a bill which would need a life of discrimination again to be trolls however they state senate now plans to kill the proposal also he's gay and that chick and went to see people in the u.s. capitol frankel gave me just like. kansas lawmakers have outraged the gay community here in the u.s. says you know last year the u.s. supreme court ruled that the ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional so you have states that have embrace this ruling and you have states that are trying to shield themselves from that ruling and here's how kansas is doing it kansas

lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow businesses and state government employees to deny services to same sex couples if quote it would be contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs so according to these lawmakers forcing businesses or state employees to deliver services to same sex couples is a violation of their freedom of religion and speech gay rights advocates are of course outraged over this some say it could be worse than put it simply not allowing gay marriage because we're talking about services that could include medical care so state hospitals can potentially turn away gay couples at the door and deny treatment and this bill would protect them from discrimination lawsuits if a gay couple calls the police an officer may refuse to help them on religious grounds that's how broad the language of this kansas bill is we're asking residents of washington d.c. one of the most gay friendly cities in the u.s.

what they think about this bill. i think it's really terrible i think that employers should not be able to just like not let same sex couples have the same benefits as regular married couples based on their religious beliefs that's a fundamental contradiction of separation of church and state. that's why. why why do you think that. i don't think that the state. should be able to force people to do things that go against their religious beliefs kansas's not alone so-called religious example law so be. proposing idaho mississippi or high your oklahoma and oregon twenty states have laws protecting residents from discrimination based on their sexual orientation but most states do not and it seems last year's supreme court's decision and we are all trying toward

equal rights for gay couples have prompted some of these conservative states to take an even more aggressive stance against the gay community in washington i'm going to check on our. legislation aids us states carry our schools were headbutting pro gay provisions in utah for example schools are banned from advocating for homosexuality while in texas sex education classes must include lessons that homosexuality isn't an acceptable why style and its conduct is a criminal offense one rights activist told us he same sex couples and counselors are discriminated against on a daily basis despite have there been no official and to gay statute. in kansas we have no anti-discrimination statute which includes sexual orientation or gender identity even if the supreme court tomorrow were to declare that the kansas. discrimination bans are unconstitutional residents of kansas could go right ahead

and discriminate as they do today so it's kind of a smokescreen that a lot of people are drawing up that this is really about cakes and wearing your tourist and people already will have the ability to turn that down because there's no connection to sexual orientation the main thing that this bill will do that will upset the oatley community is it will enable the government of government employees to continue to pick and choose what marriages they deem are valid by the statute so even after cyclone constitutional they're trying to give employees and the government the right to go ahead and turn down citizens and i could be any employee of any government agency. the lawyer of a russian jailed in the u.s. says his client has still not received the medical help promised by the american authorities constantini irish claims to be suffering from severe chest pains but so far his only receiving a medical scandal everything except his hot he's serving

a twenty year sentence on charges of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. but his mother maintains his innocence i sometimes look at his picture and think to myself what let me take your pain away i will survive it all is only my son came home. i only get to talk to him once a week it's too expensive to call you know when you see a lawyer he's not guilty why are they driving him to his death what did he do wrong i keep asking what evil did he cause to the united states what did he do did he kill somebody did he rob somebody no he's not guilty of any crime. u.s. authorities promise to help but only out and most demanded action from washington russia now owns its own doctors to be granted access to the inmate he's in a sissy trick and takes a look back at the case of the axe planted who was entrapped by american agents in twenty ten detained in liberia in a sting operation brought on to u.s.

soil and twenty eleven sentenced to twenty years behind bars for conspiring to internationally smuggle drugs the case of russian pilot constantin your show stirring relations between moscow and washington returns to the headlines yet again a man with no previous criminal background anywhere in the world someone who has never even stepped foot on u.s. soil prior to his being snatched up by u.s. officials became the first russian citizen to be sentenced in the u.s. for an intent to participate in a crime that was built by special agents posing as drug dealers arrested in a third country after the imprisoned pilots numerous cries for medical help remain unanswered in the u.s. his lawyer after visiting the man in jail recent alarm saying his client needs urgent medical care if he is still live seeing your sham go seems to be on the brink of a heart attack moscow is demanding that the russian citizen being held in a new jersey prison be allowed a proper visit from russian diplomats as well as russian and american doctors for a full examination of his health human rights advocate and edward snowden's lawyer

jesselyn rather to show was subjected to all style questioning a point arrival at london's heathrow airport she told you it was a line of questioning that went beyond the usual that went into who i represent as an attorney in the kind of line of questioning into my into the details of my work and specific clients is beyond the ambit of what any normal customs official would ask i've never been asked these kinds of questions and found it to be very intimidating and hostile. david miranda the partner of journalist to be in green world was detained in a similar fashion at london's heathrow airport last summer he was questioned for nine hours and all these electronics were seized on the grounds of his indirect affiliation with adult snowden just one rhotic says it's a trend i feel like lawyers and journalists are now beginning to be targeted at

the borders of countries in the western hemisphere in so-called democratic countries and it's a threat to press freedom when journalists are questioned and it's a threat to the integrity of the judicial system when attorneys who are working on someone's case are being harassed or intimidated on the basis of who they represent. now no top story the fresh round of violence that has flared up in kiev. opposition demonstrators have broken through the police lines there are four of the twelve protest those have been injured some seriously with thirty seven law enforcement officers also heard rioters are burning tires and attempted to make their way to parliament there were also reports of grenades being thrown at the headquarters of the ruling party in retaliation for police firing rubber bullets

and the interior ministry claims there have been firearms used it comes just a day after an amnesty for opposition protesters came into force after dave mckay to administrative buildings that have been occupied for two months of course we'll bring you more as we get it at the top of next hour. and latest cries of reporters coming up shortly.

transit through to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. i just first state of the city address new york mayor bill de blasio said that he would put forward legislation for the city to issue special municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants he summed up his view. by saying to all my fellow new yorkers who are undocumented i say new york city is your home too and we will not force any of our residents to live their lives in the shadows yeah that sounds nice but the reason these illegal immigrants live their lives in the shadows is because they immigrated illegally why should new yorkers bend over backwards for illegal criminal immigrants this is the same logic that if i catch a guy breaking into my house as a gracious host i should offer him a pizza because it's his home too this is not just

a slap in the face to rule of law but also to the immigrants who do go through the bureaucracy and headaches to become u.s. citizens the right way the legal way so the blasio if you're going to provide these illegal immigrants with some sort of document it should be a plane ticket back home with instructions on how to apply for a green card the legit proper way just like everyone else has to fashion just my opinion. twenty four promises and exhilarating winter. to. make heaven and the rest of our lives for sochi twenty four take. on.

the kaiser report i'm max kaiser you remember girls got aarons me me moving. the president of france swallow whole long has been starring in a really cheesy b. movie not only is he performing tacky cliched sex scenes on the back of a moped up the show's a laissez he's been sent to california the birthplace of the ray gun and the bee movie turning to america for economic advisors a classic trope of the b. financial horror movie for what has happened is that in the past twenty years that it down to a day bill scott and jack in your mind and the past twenty years america has changed from the producer to consumer and all consumers know that when the producer names the tune the consumer has got to dance dance through swallow. oh that's right

frenchman can't dance and the directors will then banks are in this be moony don't know if they want to be matt dillon or bob dylan ben bernanke your man of a thousand helicopters janet yellen does a tapering special effects from abacus two thousand and seven a c. one intel and crazy glue no worries francoise law it won't be too long before the director cuts the scene yeah it's all like that in a b. movie would be a little go scott it all this morning well if the director doesn't call cut the people of france might because you know there's a headline that reads francois hollande approval rating says new anti record. so apparently seventy nine percent of the french people hate. this beautiful music yet but their revolution of course is being televised you see a lot of their days of rage all over the news but i want to look at some other b. movie sort of headlines in the headlines in the past few weeks and some of them were.