and the rest of our. twenty four take. on. this once again. independence square which twenty four hours ago witnessed the country's deadliest clashes in decades these are live pictures coming to you directly from kiev. all this is. stolen from the authorities including machine guns raising fears of an escalation of violence. russia's foreign minister points the finger at the west for encouraging lawlessness and violence in ukraine and siding with the extremists. in other news. to talk him into backing a plan to create a separate european internet free from the n.s.a. spying. and insult your gold silver and bronze for russia on day twelve but huge

disappointment for hockey fans as the home side crashes out of the quarter finals. this is r.t. international with the twenty four hours a day nine from our studio center here in moscow which just turned nine pm and seven pm in kiev where there is news of a development causing concern it's reported more than a thousand weapons have been stolen from the authorities just a day after clashes left twenty six dead but hundreds needing hospital treatment for injuries well let's get the latest now from. who is live there in kiev so alexy tell us more about this development and what is the atmosphere like now that nightfall is set in there in the city. well bill i have just managed to sneak

inside the other side of the barricade the police part of the standoff and then i can tell you it's very very nervous here the police men are not particularly aggressive but i've talked to them and made you can be pretty concerned about everything that's happening the protesters and once again that science on fire the whole area is covered with black smoke it's really hard to see anything to breathe in fact just the literally seconds ago i saw from the building from the burnt building on the revolution about quarter to only the labor union office in kiev several molotov cocktails were thrown at the police and the police responded by firing non-lethal shotguns weapons at them but police presence here it's huge and i would say maybe up to a thousand maybe even more policemen and interior minutes troops are around this area so it's unclear what is happening next because they're on the other side of the barricades with the protesters on that there might be another attempt to storm the in a dependence crippled that but right now is that because the policeman withdrawing from the from that particular spot so it's very unpredictable but nobody knows

what's going to go at the moment the biggest concern right now and its formation came from the security service b. and b. you had that protesters reportedly though at least three hundred handgun several machine guns and at least fifty thousand bullets from the s.b.u. that coated in the city of havana from coal going to what the crane the one with the on the building they stormed overnight and reportedly this ammunition and these weaponry is being delivered to kiev to add these to the ammunition and that was the weapon which the protesters already have here we have documented over that they've been using live rounds as well as the police. that's why the as the u.n. the government of ukraine decided to implement a so-called counterterrorist operation known in the country but still not quite sure what it is but that's what essentially needs help for security measures all across the country airports train stations and obviously the forecourt on and well as we can see right now and we can feel right now heavier police. going to carry troops pregnant in

a potential career builder. their work around all week back to back big might develop overnight out there but maybe going to make it a biography warlock. or ride for the moment thanks very much indeed shifty reporting from the center of canberra more from him throughout the night will graham phillips is a british journalist based in western ukraine and he told me earlier that this current is effectively ripping the country into. war you go down my dad box full of thousand fighters that is zero point zero one to saying the ukrainian population all they're asking for is my often quoted asking for an election which will see any code which ousted but the majority of the country still back down economy who suddenly showed action plain water presidential election to be held so what they're asking for ways is diametrically opposed to what they purport to be told which is of course democracy what you see is the absolute opposite of what you see is terrorism we need to look at the fascist symbols need

to look at the logos and you also need to look at the at the fine tunes and these are going to certainly show to finally from the west of ukraine they've come to kiev and they perhaps came to kiev a couple months ago as comparatively normally cranes but they've been logical on lines they'd be militarized and mounted it's going to transcend it even terrorism a guerrilla assault it's so i remember i was there twenty one months ago and there were two thousand and twelve that was a joyous with the trial for a moment for a country which is still very young but this is what we see and today let's be quite clear this is the end of the crank as we know it there isn't any way after this you completely crane back in the bottle meanwhile russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has lashed out at the west for fueling the unrest in the country. undoubtedly the blame is on the extremists who've been for weeks and months trying

to bring the situation to this exact scenario but i cannot fail to mention the responsibility of many western states who have been trying to meddle with the events encouraging the opposition to acts unlawfully and sometimes openly courting the extremists drawing out ultimatums and threatening sanctions meanwhile they in fact invaded any real assessment of the extremists and often nationalist action on my down and that russia systematically warned against burying heads in the sand over this. meanwhile has been a wave of voices from the west all of them yet again mentioning sanctions on the embattled state it's now get more live from is gonna chicken from our washington studios so once again some strong opinions coming from western politicians. right bill we hear reports that u.s. secretary of state john kerry may raise the possibility of imposing sanctions on ukraine there are already sanctions in place against a number of ukrainian officials barring them entrance into the u.s.

and it's not clear what new sanctions john kerry may talk about the sanctions are presumably in response to the violence in kiev but in the footage that we've seen so far you have protesters attacking the police with guns are the sanctions going to target those forces on the streets of kiev as well we hear european leaders considering what no barroso described as targeted sanctions against those instigating violence in ukraine and the german leader angle merkel said sanctions would be applied against those responsible for the violence e.u. foreign ministers have only to decide which sanctions should be applied she said the leaders have not specified who they mean when they say those responsible for the violence if it's the radical protestors how are they going to target them with sanctions and are they so lots of questions at this point. thanks very much indeed for not gonna gonna check on that from washington will set a code which is the foreign affairs editor for the chronicles magazine and he

believes that western politicians are one hundred percent culpable over the some rest. we have witnessed brazen hypocrisy from the european union ever since the beginning of this crisis and from the face of the most creations 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 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 self-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 where we're

closely watching those developments in the craning capital and will be keeping up to date on all the latest news from there are online team is providing a live minute by minute timeline of the events at twenty dot com for those updates . the german chancellor angela merkel is taking a project of creating an e.u. only internet to france in the hope of getting president land to back the idea the european communications network is designed to prevent user data from leaking across the atlantic with kevin off reports the task could prove far more difficult than it seems. keeping european online communications within europe it's an idea that's gained traction amid revelations of widespread u.s. buying and now the german chancellor is on board. talk of european

providers that offer security for our citizens for 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 that's. the size and scope of american surveillance has outraged european leaders especially on glimmered hold his 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 give her all the fury merkel's initiative may have want to do with anger at whom 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 merkel has been pushing the us 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. international life here in moscow with twenty four hours

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with. such technology innovation called the least developed around russia we've got the future covered. russian ice hockey star alexander ovechkin and his team mates canel forget about their dreams of olympic gold the one winter games in fact the entire squad won't be able to compete for any medal after a dramatic loss to finland in the quarterfinals ever talk correspond for scott who is in sochi so pull over then for team russia and the ice hockey. yes there's an air of disappointment that's for sure in and around sochi the saving

of probably in and around russia as well the red machine have been eliminated at the quarter final stage of the men's ice hockey competition after the second winter olympics in a row in this defeat even more painful as it came on home ice they actually took the lead inside the bolshoi which you can probably just make out behind me over my left shoulder the other side of the olympic flame and set them on their way and it all seemed to be going to plan however finland then scored three on set goals to secure a three one victory and secure their place in the last four down now face sweden in the semifinals off to sweden with five nil winners over slovenia but that will still reason to celebrate they for local fans today wasn't. yes a number of medals for russia today a gold a silver and a bronze bronze it was a case of keeping it in the family in the snowboard parallel giant slalom now that wild is actually an american but he became

a russian citizen in two thousand and eleven after he married his russian girlfriend alina zada zina and today but couple have double reason to celebrate because he secured a gold medal in the men's competition while she won bronze in the female event and before the games while spoke to r.t. and explained exactly why he swapped allegiances i didn't have any good for the united states and i wasn't going to reach the goals that i wanted. it was an opportunity to get to both. you know 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 in life to do it one hundred percent. so that is the gold

and bronze the silver medal came in the cross country skiing in the men's team sprint event elsewhere ole i know bjorn dahl and he celebrated six six successes norway won the by athlone relay event he was part of that successful team that won gold and that makes him the most decorated winter olympians of all time he now has thirteen medals to his name and eight of them are gold elsewhere one of the stars of the game so far has been fifteen year old. skier she was of course. flawless in her performance in the team event in the figure skating that helped russia to win the figure skating team gold and she's just about to take to the ice in the women's individual competition paul thanks very much indeed for that mentality for scott live there from sochi more from paul throughout the evening here on out international well let's see what a busy day twelve has done to the medals tally russia's gains on wednesday put it in fourth position we have a six goals and with more silverware in the bag the hosts are above the netherlands

as you can see there no way is currently ahead of all with nine golds and the germans are hot on norway's heels rocketing down an icy track at speeds of more than one hundred kilometers per hour with their head out in front that's just routine stuff for athletes in the sport of skeleton events in this discipline already over at the sochi olympics but we have the honor to talk with a woman who won silver for team usa in this world when sport. just. so pleased to think you are very excited yes been a long journey for not just me but for my husband my kids my family and so many people that have made this possible it's just a fairytale and even more so to present to retell it. my husband he just said you know no regrets we're going to do this if we can do it as a family would you want to do and it was about time that we said yeah if we can

raise enough money will make it happen and we were able to and we came on this journey and now here i am in sochi with the gold and i don't. think it is go all the you know this is just a very well ok just told me to slow do you say you're talking about the reality of we've been involved in that was built by your husband that was then you know in two thousand it was right before the two thousand and ten olympics i had some troubles with my slider my husband said you know i'm going to build you a slab and i said people don't just fill the flat and he said no i'm going to do it so he designed it using three d. modeling solid works and was able to design and build the sled that's absolutely incredible and i've ended up using it what was it like going down it's crazy i mean you're running your spirit as fast as you can forty fifty meters jump head first onto a little cookie sheet looking thing you go eighty nine miles an hour if your chain just in talking ice it's it's it's great you have a skid there's times i guess once in a while i get a little nervous i guess i don't think i'd use the word scared you know when i

first started i did i would get scared but not anymore. throughout the evening you know in all t. imprisoned us all me whistle blow chills manning formerly known as bradley is being audited absent for revelations of us will crimes and has been handed the twenty four teams out of award for. intelligence where the prize is given out a newly bought group of former cia officers to whoever they think is champion the truth even if it meant breaking and running on the. board for leaking secret u.s. military documents detailing atrocities committed by americans in iraq and afghanistan last year's prize went to it but snowden for his revelations on washington's the tory a spy network but we now speak with a retired cia analyst ray mcgovern is among the group handing out the prestigious award at a ceremony in oxford in the u.k. the saving rate manning's revelations they do actually date back by to twenty ten days so why is he being ordered just now. well he was honored in the

sense in twenty ten as well because our nominee and awardee that year it was julian of signage actually it's rather mysterious and rather forever amazing that fully three of our last six i wore d's are not free bradley manning or chelsea manning in federal prison julian assan scooped up in the ecuadorian embassy in london and of course edward snowden in russia unable to travel because the united states withdrew his passport making him stateless so we're beginning to wonder whether the same out of surprises is all that good a thing to have when fully three of our fully fifty percent of our six are find themselves in some kind of confinement what do you say to those you say exactly where they deserve to be when after all they seem by many as traitors and lawbreakers. well you know i really have to say that i need to amend your

introductory remark because you said even though he broke an oath he broke you know the reason we are honoring him is he kept his oath the supervening are superseding oath that he took that i took as an army officer that so many millions of americans took was to support. the tuition in the united states against all enemies foreign and the net. his little contracts to sign a secrecy pledge not to reveal things that would endangered the national security those didn't cover things that would in danger or leaders as war criminals or as perpetrators of felonies so he was able at the age of twenty two to put this all together and say my supervening value here my duty under my oath to the constitution of the united states is to reveal what is going on and of course you saw the injustice you saw the the murder that that happened as were key leaks

release these terrible films so you know as i was thinking coming up here to oxford you mentioned also some people say say traitor or research terrorists even or research a saint or as a hero is none of those he's a patriot and you know what else he is he's a prophet in the best of traditions and the reason i say that is because dr martin luther king jr one of my favorite prophets who was similarly killed a similarly put away when he was demonstrating for garbage collectors in in the city of memphis and what he said the pit of my says it all he said you know like a boil that can never be cured unless it is opened up and exposed to the natural medicines of air and light so to injustice and lies will never be exposed unless they are held up to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion only then can the be solved can they be addressed can they be can they be resolved

and that's what we have here we have not only hero in my view in the view of my colleagues we have a prophet and let's not shy before that label not hero not not hero not traitor but patriot to the constitution and profit and the best of the biblical tradition but just funny martin luther king made a difference. do you think the likes of manning snowden really will make a difference to the future. well snowden has already made an incredible difference there is a major debate going on in the united states and i daresay in western europe as to whether our constitution our prerogatives to be safe and secure from and reasonable searches and seizures under our fourth amendment well those that kressley violated big scale industrial scale and the europeans who know they have no constitution most of them person doesn't have

a kind of started taking our privacy or privy to see as you say things that need to be respected right those things are up in the air they need to be addressed ray mcgovern live in oxford thank you very much indeed for joining us here in the most this is off the international live in moscow and more from kiev and a half an hour from now in the meantime a special program financial revelations in boom bust after the break.

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a turn of the century british economic policy i'll tell you all about it coming up and then we have david stockman live on today show all be asking him about the policy debt and laissez faire capitalism you won't want to miss that and finally in today's big deal i'm joined by boom bust favorite rachel perseus will talk about a new book that's making waves the financial industry little crafts be where soft coming up and all starts right now. mr crabtree this is much use to the can to succumbs. maggie smith what a wonderful way to just love that was downton abbey and i'd truly do love that show

now downton depicts the lives in a room in a risk to credit family and their servants and post a warning in error in the end. and before i get started i want to make it very very clear that this is a fictional television show about the lives of upper class crawley family and the british social hierarchy that surrounds them now just yesterday former treasury secretary larry summers wrote an editorial in the financial times a british publication. warning that the u.s. is headed the way of downton abbey with the economy and social inequalities to match now some are says the solution to avoid this must involve raising incomes of the middle class and the poor and reforming tax codes tax codes that let a big share of the wealthy income escape taxation now summers writes quote a current tax code the current tax code is so badly designed that it is very likely to be having the effect of reducing economic growth and also allows the rich to shield a far greater portion of their income from taxation than the poor for example last

year's increase in the stock market represented an increase in wealth of about six trillion dollars of which the lion's share went to the very wealthy now here's the thing if somebody anybody besides larry summers were to write this editorial it probably would have landed better now summers is the guy who pushed for the repeal of glass steagall who deregulated the derivatives market and who sheila bair wrote quote was part of the deregulatory cobol that got us into the two thousand and eight financial crisis now this is the same financial crisis that increased the gap between the haves and the have nots summers is one of the haves with a fortune estimated to be between seventeen and thirty nine million dollars amassed by consulting for financial firm financial firms like city now summers went on to write that president barack obama is right to be concerned those who condemn him for tearing down the wealthy and engaging in un-american populism are to put it politely lacking in historical perspective now.