it was. a day off to kiev's deadliest clashes in the twenty six dead rises season all of the sounds and weapons from the authorities including machine guns. while russia's foreign minister points the finger at the west for encouraging a lawless notice on violence in ukraine the yuan who asked say that once again considering sanctions on the in bottle with state. and i'll use on good luck who is said to meet with france all along to talk him into the boquet heartland of greatest separate european internet free from the n.s.a. spying. did such a gold so the rules for russia only date while but disappointment for bucky finds

the home side crashers out of the quarterfinal. this is all seem to national life from moscow my name is you know volatile main story now and news of a concerning development is coming in from ukraine more than a thousand weapons have been stolen from the all source is just a day after a violent clashes left twenty six dead with hundreds in needing hospital treatment for injuries let's get the latest from. is in care right now that it say so how does she ation unfolding was the latest you are witnessing right now. well i can you describe the current situation simmering tension it's not

a full scale violence at the moment the police line is pretty calm the protest the line is pretty calm nothing's exploding at the moment the thais are burning though but there's a serious concerns judging by the statements coming from the security officials in the country which already as they say to implement a counterterrorist operation on the territory of ukraine we don't know for sure what that main but that will definitely mean loss of cordons by the police which are already existing and in the central cities of of the country but definitely this may more this may mean more strict security measures across the country this decision by the authorities to implement this counterterrorist operation mode came off a rather disturbing information from one of the security officials in the country the chief deputy chief of the security service the s.b. you who said that during the takeover of the s.b.u. office in the city if you want to from cost in the west of ukraine which happened overnight the rioters in protests have managed to seize lots of weapons that is namely two hundred sixty eight ten pistols two two guns three. three machine guns

ninety two grenades and about fifteen thousand bullets the security service has every reason to believe that this weaponry this ammunition may be delivered to kiev because there's only been documented proof that a live rounds are used in this protest by both sides particularly the protest as we've seen shields of the policeman struck by by real bullets as well as seeing gunshot wounds on the protesters so this is a very concerning information and i can see with my own eyes at the independence square how the protesters are gathering pieces of pavement large rock to prepare themselves for a possible police assault which is something which being speculated at the moment that the police might assault the protest the barricades any time soon so they're getting ready there a reef a refueling of cocktail cocktails on the ground and this is definitely a very concerning situation at the same time to some. rather harsh statements coming from the country's officials we. earlier heard from the country's president

who said that the riot on eighteenth of february was very well planned by the opposition that he wants the opposition some of the opposition politicians to go on trial under that at the same time be on the call which underlined that there is still time to find a peaceful solution and that he's hoping that the sides manage to agree on something in the near time course we following the situation to you from see what happens this evening whether there will be another violence just as it happened overnight hours he's alexei here have still live from kiev alexei thank you very much indeed for that and you can get updates from the embattled ukrainian capital by following twitter where he's been posting videos from the center hold their protests go up today and get updates reporting and first hand images from the frontline can all be found on his twitter feed and check them out and look back at how the situation unfolded in kiev on tuesday when the violence returned to the ukrainian capital far as the opposition

a run of the crowds and them to march on the parliament. trouble began when radical protesters broke through police lines and the situation escalated even further one rioters tried to storm the office of ukraine's reading policy setting it on fire police struggle to contain the thousands of protesters throwing rocks and molotov cocktails some even using trucks to break through the security cordon three people were killed becoming the first victims of the street violence which continued to escalate and less than two hours later a police officer died about a protest as attacked security forces. and while the e.u.'s been holding an emergency session on the violence in ukraine russia's foreign ministry minister sergei lavrov has criticised the west for feuding than rest of the blame is undoubtedly on the extremists who have been for weeks and months trying to bring

the situation to this exact scenario but the foreign minister also stressed the responsibility of many western states he said have been trying to meddle with the brands encouraging the opposition to act unlawfully and sometimes openly cozying up to the extreme it. such a trip is the foreign affairs editor for the chronicles magazine he also says western politicians are culpable all that they have breast. we have witnessed brazen hypocrisy from the european union ever since the beginning of this crisis and from the phase of demonstrations early on the protests had degenerated into hooliganism in mid december and into terrorism since january nineteenth and we can no longer use the term demonstrators i would rather use the term rebels because we are looking at de facto armed rebellion for you on a cause which to continue listening to the clarion calls from the west and he has

also been called by biden and by kerry for restraint would be simply sell defeating because all of these people are up to no good they want regime change they are interested in a geo political control over the key country in central eastern europe. well the developments in the ukrainian capital and will pick will be keeping you up to date on all the latest news from here our online team is providing a live minute by minute timeline of the events had to r.t. dot com for the update. the german chancellor angela merkel is taking her project of creating an e.u. only internet to france in the hope of getting present along to box idea the european communications network is designed to prevent he's

a data from leaking across the atlantic but as aussies lisa catherine of her falls the task could prove far more difficult than it seems. keeping european online communications within here are up it's an idea that's gained traction amid revelations of widespread u.s. buying and now the german chancellor is on board. with talk of european providers that offer security for our citizens so that one shouldn't have to send e-mails and other information across the atlantic rather one could build up a communication network inside europe because that's. the size and scope of american surveillance has outraged european leaders especially on glimmer cole who a cell phone was allegedly tapped although germany is one of america's closest allies documents leaked by the former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden show it was treated as a third class partner spied on at levels similar to china and saudi arabia to put

that in perspective the n.s.a. watched twenty million german phone connections and ten million internet data sets on an average day tapping only two million connections in france during the same time yet for all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at home the government has been seen as lax on u.s. spying and snowden revealed cooperation between countries may have been closer than german indignation would indicate. america doesn't really. believe a plan. it doesn't seem that the conservative party is concerned with protection of the data of citizens at all it seems to be a point of pressure. put forward to the united states. but it's unclear what the actual purpose of this idea is marco has been pushing the u.s. for a relationship similar to the so-called five eyes agreement reached after the second world war i deal between english speaking countries not to spy on one another but

the white house isn't playing ball there's no country where we have a no spy ring now it appears that germany is going on the offensive with plans for counter espionage against western allies as for merkel's internet proposal while the devil is in the details currently a message sent from one online user to another could have a long journey before it reaches its destination although the german government hasn't released specifics the european networks could potentially allow data to bypass that route but is that realistic well for one the internet is a global network walling it off in europe goes against the concept of a world wide web what's more different european countries have different laws on privacy so a shared policy would need to be adopted for a europe wide scheme to work and there's a bigger issue it's not going to stop the n.s.a. let's put it that way. the n.s.a. go where the data is is the n.s.a.

compiled text messages that a telecommunications networks in china they can probably manage to get facebook messages out of germany moving the data isn't fixing the problem securing the data is the problem a problem that will take more than tough talk to fix reporting in berlin for r t m d c catherine of. edward snowden the man responsible for leaking the n.s.a. is revelations that sent shock waves around the globe has been huge. well. the whistle blower has been elected and ornery recto glossed again of us to the u.k. find out what it means for him and for the students and i'll report later this hour . the interview. below. to.

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this is our senior national welcome back alexander ovechkin and company can now forget about their dreams of an impact gold and the home winter games in fact the russian ice hockey squad won't be able to compete for any medal after a dramatic loss to finland in the quarterfinals correspondent this is such a right now so call all over to russia and ice hockey then. yes i think there's going to be so much soul searching in and around russia this evening the red machine have been eliminated at the quarter final stages for the second winter games in a row and this time even more painfully on home ice they actually took the lead against finland in the bolshoi stone that you can see behind me set them on their way but finland responded with three unanswered goals to put their place in the last four they're going to be looking to improve on the bronze medal that they won

in vancouver four years ago in two thousand and ten but as you say disappointment all around for a veteran in cairo and the russian fans in and around sochi. there was still reason to celebrate for fun today is that right. yes russia how about a couple of medals to that it was a case of keeping it in the family in the snowboard snowboard parallel giant slalom for russia now vic wilde was actually born an american but he became a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after he married his russian girlfriend. was enough now today they have a double reason to celebrate because he secured gold in the men's competition while she won the bronze in the female event before the games wild explained to r.t. why he decided to switch allegiances. i didn't have any good funding in the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity

to get people. to be able to do what i wanted to do to me he brought then you say because he's away he's way more aggressive than i am maybe a little more aggressive more like a more of a more of a boss if you if you will and. he made me engage in whatever i'm doing and do it one hundred percent russia also i won a silver medal today that came in the cross country skiing in the men's team sprint elsewhere one of the stars of the game so far has been fifteen year old guy she put in a display to help russia win team gold in the figure skating competition well this evening in a few moments time she starts her program in the women's individual competition and she says that she's a lot calmer going into tonight's competition. well sure i was very nervous and scared and of my singles event i'm more calm to be honest i've got used to it and

singles is a completely different event. while also competing for russia in the competition is adelina sotnikova who's only actually a couple of years older than lee nice guy and she says she's trying to ignore the size of the occasion. the most it is the first adult competition for me in my coach told me not to think about it as an olympic competition but just an ordinary start there will be a lot of russian fans who are very loud and energetic i'll have to focus and just do my job now one mix male and female a russian team who already tasted success here in sochi today and another mix team will be hoping to do so that's in the mixed relay which is underway in the biathlon center up in the mountains of polly and i can tell you at the moment it's norway who currently lead. the. line there in such a poll thank you very much indeed and we all have to rush home now torch our

beautiful figure skaters now and now see what a busy day twelve has done to the medals turly russia's games on wednesday put it in position for six goals and with a more civil way in the final. of the winds right now norway is currently ahead of or as paul just sat with eight goals and four so and right for silver this friday germans are hot on. well being are not huge to whistleblower edward snowden may be in limbo where his future lie is but one of the u.k.'s most venerable institutions is happy to give him a position of trust students at glasgow university and scotland have nominated him as rector explaining. former u.s. national security agency contractor edward snowden has been elected as a student rector of glasgow university one of the oldest universities in the u.k. the role of the rector is to represent student issues do senior management at the

university but previous incumbents have been elected as political statement so the group that had nominated edward snowden said that they did so because he stood for democracy and that voted for him would have showed support for his flight as a wanted man after revealing the extent of global surveillance by the n.s.a. as well as other spy agencies and they said that this would also serve a message to governments their opposition to the intrusive nature of state security now as far as edward snowden is concerned this isn't his first award in october two thousand and thirteen you received the sam adams integrity in intelligence award and also just this week he's one of the recipients of the year two thousand and thirteen and george polk award in journalism in new york. reaction to snowden is latest revelations on how the n.s.a. targeted we could leaks was quick and coming from a fellow whistleblower juden assad expressed his outrage at the leak and or need his calls for an investigation into the spying agency's activities that are just

a click away. and also and you john chav wrong decided the best way to compensate for a huge explosion at a fracking well and a fine day in fine. locals a free pizza check out how the community welcome to that online. farmer's fed out with their government's tax policies are attempting to bring grease to a stunt by blocking the roads years of us territory have seen const of their salaries and pensions and mass run is becoming something of an annual tradition. they left their fields and abandoned their tractors again greek farmers young and old took to the streets calling for revolution for the third time in just two weeks farmers of this region that's four hundred kilometers from the capital as things go to the blog this state highway and attempted border authorities are telling friends

and they will do it again and again they say until their voice is heard their demands are nothing new in greece the country that's been hit the hardest by the economic crisis and has now been recession for six years but we want the government to reduce taxes and to cut prices for equipment and petrol we already pay too much to do to produce or goods well the same time we have to pay for electricity or water bills along with education and medical treatment who pay for everything and we pay too much cost as has three grown up children and all three of them are we don't toric part of the twenty seven percent of greeks who are unemployed. or politicians don't care about us there is no good infrastructure we sell our products at very low prices and while the european union gives greece money it never reaches us farmers opposed to us survived the second world war but says he

can barely endure the current economic situation. because they were under the e.u. all our problems started the life of farmers was never easy now it's hell i could to a tobacco but the boy my bore young people leave this country why i was supposed to become easier but it never happened he's not alone feeling let down and people who seem to have no doubt about what went wrong. when we entered the new things changed dramatically it was stuff but now it's even worse at that time they made golden promises and told us we're gonna eat from golden spoon but they never kept to their word. the farmers are not optimistic they say things will only get worse and prices are rising and we can't afford this the government promised to reduce prices for the truth to night time but they never did the broughton call for action what else we can do will fight until then but despite such calls this demonstration is little

more than a symbolic act right police were at the scene but they never stepped in and the highway patrol simply opened old told to groups so that the traffic was unaffected greece faced the wave of violent protests spec'ing two thousand and ten two thousand and twelve. that left at least five dead and hundreds of others injured no one here wants a repetition of those events and mocked many assured belief it will change anything . now these farmers who abandoned their tractors to make their voice heard feel that they have reaped what the politicians in athens have sown race nationality from greece. some other international news stories and brief now i must date here police have clashed with hundreds of jobless people outside the car into the central government building a peaceful march turned ugly one officials refused to talk to the protesters who

were demanding and paid bonuses iranis organizer was the rest of many of the demonstrators lost their jobs after state funds went bankrupt during the country's transition to a free market economy. all kinds i mean groups as it was behind twin blasts in the suburbs of the lebanese capital beirut security sources believe at least seven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded it all happened not far from the kuwaiti embassy and the iranian cultural center and was carried out by suicide bombers in a car and on a motorcycle a stronghold of the political and militant movement has by law the areas. is often the target of attacks. iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki is vowing to defeat al qaida while defending his government's counterterrorism strategy this after a bomb explosions in the capital baghdad and another six a coordinated fifty people on tuesday last year was the bloodiest in iraq since two thousand and eight are sectarian violence began to fall on

a list on iraq airfares sesh one spain's why the country's leader is that failing to stop the increasing that. this is all happening in a backdrop obviously over the next in the next in iraq election it happening in april is the talk of the prime minister maliki will be running for the although according to iraqi or nor where it was far years ago that he's allowed to run for the if you look at the spillover from syria al-qaeda groups i mean for training iraqi borders they have joined in with the sunni insurgency within iraq and they have joined forces and they temporarily took control of few cities in the west of the country and unbar province interludes area and the fight is still ongoing the iraqi prime minister is adamant that these are terrorists and they need to be dealt with him by force and he has used all the force he has and he he got new. military

equipment from the u.s. apache helicopters will be delivered soon and this will only sort of inflame the rest than inflame the violence and i don't see any end to the kind of violence any time soon. crosstalk is next here without international but if you're watching us in the u.k. it's over to action returns a phone call and the ground. transit

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. is a. low in welcome to cross talk for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle not surprisingly the geneva negotiations to end the civil war in syria have floundered all sides talk to each other to date there hasn't been much listening particularly since the u.s. keeps demanding a transitional government be installed to replace assad can peace be brought to syria if washington's only real goal is regime change. to cross the developments in syria i'm joined by my guest daniel serwer in

washington he is a professor at the school of advanced international studies and a scholar at the middle east institute also in washington we have richard rubenstein he is an. a university professor of conflict resolution and public affairs at george mason university and in berlin we crossed to christophe horsetail he is a government consultant and publicist or a gentleman cross-talk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it richard if i go to you first in washington you know coming out of the geneva conference there looks like it was a planned failure because no one was that on the same page the u.s. went there demanding regime change and the assad people said hey we showed up who are we going to talk to there was no one to talk to this was a planned failure. well i don't know if i would call it a plan failure but i think it was i think it was fated to fail. because it was so focused on issues of power.