more than a dozen people have reportedly been killed in big ukrainian capital today as arm drive has break a truce with the authorities and a tank police crew was caught up in survive a fire in a hotel at the very at the sun dr violence also. if you. look. medicines in ukraine resort to hostage taking stealing weapons and conducting kangaroo courts as the crisis town stores and bowl of water sources say they could launch a full counterterrorism response. to stress. by the u.i. sunday turn a blind eye to the harvard being

a week by the rioters calling on the government to end the bloodshed despite opposition leaders admitting they have no control over the radicals in the streets . this is our senior national coming to you live from moscow and was start with breaking news from ukraine this hour street battles in the capital kiev have reportedly claimed more than a dozen lives on thursday bringing the death toll to at least forty since the start of the week weaknesses say dead bodies strewn around the city center the bloodshed erupted again after a riot as a broker shake a truce with the government which had only been established hours before radicals have since taken control of the several buildings in kiev including the hotel where our correspondents have been staying while the front line of the fighting has now

shifted to the governmental area of the city the hotel remains open. pined and fall from safe as well seems an excess cash asking now reports i am in a hotel in a european city in the capital in the very heart of it and i have to wear a bulletproof vest and a helmet simply because it's unsafe moreover i can tell you that i cannot give you a good view of the independence square which is just over there because it's unsafe to be in front of the windows just couple of hours ago we were getting ready for our live shot and someone fired at us the bullet hit the gloss and hit the wall literally centimeters from where we were standing we don't know where that bullet came from who fired it but we do know that that side right now this side of the square is occupied by the protesters moreover the hotel where i'm standing right now is ok by the by they protest as by the rioters they have set up something of a sniper point at the fourteenth floor of this hotel we managed to capture these shots our guys from roughly t.v. video agency that managed to film those rioters firing their sniper weapons from

the windows of the fourteenth floor of this hotel in fact this hotel now is the front line looks pretty much like a wartime garrison makeshift hospital was made on the first floor with the dead and the wounded carried inside i've seen scores of protesters dozens of protesters carrying firearms controlling the law be on several of the floors the talk of the town right now when you just heard it from the stage at the independence square that the emergency situation stay the emergency state in the country is now back on the table it may be implemented within the next several hours we also heard that most of the roads leading into the city of kiev have been blocked one of our crews cannot get into the city of the just arrived to the airport there nobody's taking them and they're saying all the roads are blocked at the moment so this is known to set all despite what the government and the opposition managed to agree last night of the cease fire the right wing radicals say that it's they're not obeying any

kind of laws they're not debating any orders from any sides they want the. to go until the very end and this is pretty much what we're seeing in the streets of kiev at the moment. are the dangers here rob please send this footage of two police officers trying to help and injured khan leg and him can see them being course in an explosion of some sort more than ten policemen have been killed since the contras broke out a couple of days ago several hundred officers have also been injured. and this is an exam the center of on of believes at this point saw the protests as must be reclassified as militants we are now talking about militants rather than peaceful protesters because you know they have been using they have been murdering people and this is not the means to achieve consensus this is not the means to achieve any peaceful resolution so whenever there is a threat to lives of ordinary people in the street this is

a considerate of criminal actions so we can no longer qualify and classify those people as peaceful protesters this is actually criminal activity and those are militants that's what we should call them some of the leaders of the radical groups for example nationalists i've already said that they don't want to have any talks with the government they haven't signed any agreements with the government and they are not going to. obey orders of fries or the little result of the incumbent governments their president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk. they are out of control of those leaders of the opposition who claim they have control. more than a dozen policemen have reportedly been taken captive by the rioters they're seen being lined up and taken to the militants count some of them were wounded and where tain footage a one man who needed an ambulance but the right has apparently refused to call one

when they recognized he was a special forces officer and you might find the following be easier to step. forward. because the fear. disappears. when you. live. and for more perspective now on the clashes and how it came to this point mary did rescue she is the is it our chief editorial writer on the columnist at the independent and also a commentator on russia mr jeffs welcome to all see very nice to see you here so nationalists as well as the right has that far right they say that they will be no

d.d. whatsoever with the government so what do you go from here. well it's very difficult to say because there was some hope last night that with a truce apparently agreed both by the president advertised on his website and by leaders of the opposition that things could still be held under control today that's no longer true the truce fell to pieces in the early hours of the morning and the feeling that more people killed today it seems even more dangerous on the streets today than it was yesterday in the day before because there's simply no order everything seems to be out of control. of course and the people we're seeing in the streets of kiev right now many of them are just nationalists and they can't be ignored because there's so many of them from your point of you want your government. well i think the government and everybody really is an

extremely different difficult situation what you always want to see with this sort of desperate situation is to look at it almost with hindsight what we don't know is whether we're looking at something like say paris one nine hundred sixty eight we've got a sort of revolt of certain groups of people against government and maybe the government will fall but the established order will survive or whether you're looking at petrograd nine hundred seventy it's impossible to tell at the moment and so whether the government is actually able to keep control not just of here but of the country that's a big question and as with all conflicts drag on there's the danger of increasing radicalise ation that has a bigger happening in ukraine. well again it's very difficult to

see so it's difficult to see from outside but i think it's probably equally difficult at the moment to see from if you're inside ukraine i mean you hear that the local government has been toppled in leave in the west of the country but then you know because of the the politics of ukraine and the ethnic makeup that to the west of ukraine is a bit different from the east of ukraine and different from the central or south of ukraine so what happens in the view if it's not necessarily what's going to happen elsewhere. but it doesn't bode well for a country that can be kind of the government any longer or at least in the short term from the center. the west is pressing ahead with sanctions against officials they deem out of line when similar measures were aimed at bellerive all russia they only drove those nations further from the west could that happen here. yes i think it could i think the discussion of. sanctions against the british

government in kiev is it's very divided there isn't any agreement in the european union or even between the european union and the united states for the very reasons that you say that one group of people says we've got to do something we've got to do something superior we've got to do it now and the only thing we can we can think about doing is to impose sanctions by which they're talking to travel to confiscation of assets abroad that sort of thing which actually are quite limited rather personalized sanctions but then again you've got a lot of people and it's unclear in the european union whether they're in the majority or not you say well so actions just no use of the situation not just because you're going to alienate people and make any sort of resolution later more difficult but because they'll simply be ineffective and of course also many

opinions here on the program that the west overwhelming support for the protests is actually emboldening them to violence what's your opinion. well i think that's a very very difficult question because the origins of this you know if we go back to november the origins of the of the divisions in ukraine and the start of disturbances was because of the offer from the european union of associate relationship with the new to ukraine and the fact that it was presented in a particular sort of all or nothing now or never a way to present an accord which he took the decision that ukraine's interests as he judged them as the government judge them late with not siding to agreement with signing up to a sort of economic rescue package that was on offer from russia. and back in

november you had the first demonstrations which were in favor of the e.u. in favor of the e.u. example in favor of eventually membership which divided the country but i think that things have gone very very far from for i think in november we were in a completely different place this argument that's going on that this is that these battles which are going on in the streets of kiev these are not about eventual membership or even. ukraine's east or west orientation these are about the immediate problems facing these are about corruption mismanagement in the not just the attitudes of your record which to alter his neighbors these are about what is going on in ukraine and how this minute i think we're in a very different place from where we were in november absolutely i ask you to

finish our writer and columnist at the independent mr jesca thank you very much indeed for your time webber shared it and i may be ongoing mayhem the foreign ministers of france germany and poland are reportedly remaining in kiev to meet with president xi on a cause which. has more now on the reaction from europe or. the emergency meeting has been called here in brussels where the twenty eight four and a ministers of the new block will be meeting but they are waiting for their colleagues the a german a french and polish foreign ministers there were earlier reports that they had actually flown out and cancel the meeting because of security reasons. they had actually stayed and they had witnessed some of the chaos and violence that's been going on on the ground over there as far sasha's are concerned that is a main goal of the meeting here in brussels that they want to decide whether or not to go ahead with imposing sanctions on ukraine they they may include asset freezes or travel bans of certain individuals that they deem responsible for the violence

that's going on the ground right now over there now the e.u. has refrained so far from doing that for making such a move but there is a growing consensus that sanctions are indeed coming off some of the diplomats and ministers have been asked whether you have a call that should be included in any of the lists which should sanctions be imposed they said unlikely because they want to keep open communication lines but as it stands right now they're waiting for for their colleagues to come back here get some feedback and see how they can move forward if you leaders here insist that the goal of imposing sanctions in ukraine is to see an end to the violence on the streets we're seeing in kids as well as hold those responsible for starting those violent to scenes ever be also have reaction from russia where the foreign minister sergey lavrov had said that he likened sanctions to some form of blackmail and the foreign ministry of russia had also said that this seems like the move from of europe to make the to make the country grade move closer to their side we don't how do these clashes on the street have started the government protesters versus. and

his government also we have seen as some of the leaders of some of the opposition groups have said that they actually don't have control over some of what's happening on the streets and far right opposition group also said they want nothing to do with any form of truce and that there is nothing to negotiate so while the e.u. here they do insist that what they want to see is an end to any form of violence there however what we see on the on the ground there in kiev might be a different story. and journalist neil clark has been closely following the crisis in ukraine and feels the protesters are nothing but tools in a game of regime change that. is quite outrageous that we've got the u.s. which has been bankrolling the these writers to be funding them all of them into an orchestrated whole thing they're encouraging them to set fire to kiev and to try to take power and yet they're literally ukrainian government saying oh no account must

you actually fight back or try to restore order this is fascism let's call it what it is if this it had to be in washington if people are writing in washington government buildings setting fire to a political party headquarters all over trade you the airport for example then i think you have thousands killed by the u.s. will cover it if we look at the violent ways they broke up the occupy wall street peace camp which was a peaceful protest and so the caucus is actually going to have no doubt in my mind that the rioters get involved because they know the books court of the most powerful nation on the planet the u.s. and the e.u. they're not and he's violent writers they're not condemning the violence from the right is only condemning the government response to it and so i think that they are the people who are fueling the situation and they've got blood around here because it's only because the rioters know they have the support from the u.s. knew that that was embolden them to to to to stand up this and to try to topple the government of the ukraine and to will go back in a minute as well as more needs from the crane for you stay with us.

yes i feel it when i close my eyes i see people. you know sometimes i think that europe itself is a face covered by. people in moscow on both sides of the barricades with you. sometimes it feels as if all of ukraine.

this is also international on the box all breaking news story this hour the violence on the streets of kiev the situation has been father aggravated by reports that radical rises have got hold of more than a thousand firearms reports and further from the scene suggest they now have access to pistoles of rifles assault rifles and grenades just so his. looking at ways to

prevent the opposition becoming a fully armed force. there are reports that. the rioters rather have. got their hands on firearms different types of weapons in large amounts and well with her from the leaders of the ukraine opposition to president putin the police to stop distributing firearms to swat teams been basically fighting these are rioters really this is like a war zone right in central kiev we also know about one hundred injured with bullet wounds from firearms among the police were also being treated by doctors even though it's calmed down at this minute no one knows what it could restart again also we know that riots are continuing you know other ukrainian

cities including. in the south this particular hotel where we are based has been the fully occupied by the rioters and the first floors have been turned into a makeshift hospital where the injured are being brought and they're treated there and this course a political scientist from the. political analysis things radicals industries deserve to be called terrorists. or at least. movies from. video recordings from your pride and from the streets of your brain just to see that. opposition activists running away with weapons and so on is just ridiculous. to talk about peaceful opposition now in kiev because as we see now no one representing the peaceful opposition taking part. in.

yes the government does not control anymore the situation in the central ukrainian capital on the streets of kiev we now have the militant opposition which would be called in every civilized country. terrorists are tired of close to terrorism opposition and the town take a look at the train of events in ukraine over the last few days it all began when opposition leaders protesters to march from parliament crowds of demonstrators then attempted to block or take over the building the situation quickly escalated as rioters also tried to storm the office of ukraine's ruling party setting it on fire violence spread across the city center three people were killed the first of many victims that police attempted to despise the rioters but were met with rocks and molotov cocktails several policemen died in the clashes let's now take a look at whether protesters and police have been taking up position and by the time the truce was agreed security forces have managed to clear european squad and

push down strangers away from governmental buildings however this iteration now is unstable to say the least the protesters are trying to push the police bank from independence square and reach the parliament and some reports suggest rioters are shooting at the security forces from the music academy building while washington's response to the situation has been to bond twenty senior ukrainian officials from traveling to america but as aussies again can now reports the u.s. may only be seeing one side of the story. president obama knows what the ukrainian leaders should do we told the reigning government by merilee responsible for making sure. it's dealing with peaceful protesters in the free of way. president obama has however made no suggestions on how ukrainian authorities should deal with rioters torching the city shooting beating

and sowing molotov cocktails at police. neither has he called to the so-called peaceful protesters to wait for elections to express their aspirations as he would at home under different circumstances you don't like a particular policy or a particular president than argue for your position go out there and win an election. european leaders don't seem to want to wait for elections either all but calling for the ukrainian president to step down. the ukrainian authorities are by to lose all legitimacy the kind of authorities in ukraine need to make space for a transitional government of national unity and early elections in order to bring back the missi of national authorities was washington and brussels are considering sanctions against ukraine the u.s. has already barred a number of he korean officials from entering the country shouldn't there be sanctions against the opposition because they're the ones who are obviously defying

democracy by torching the capital as opposed to accepting the results of a legitimate election and working to challenge the next next time around washington may stand up for democracy in the words that it is the people themselves that make those decisions and that's what the united states will continue to strive. to achieve. but behind the scenes u.s. officials are apparently trying to decide who should be in the ukrainian government and who should not go i don't think leetch should go into the government i don't think it's necessary i don't think it's a good idea in terms of they're not going into the government just let him sort of stay out and do fast food or homework and stuff. it makes me wonder if paul martin the police with molotov cocktails and shooting at them is also part of the oppositions quote unquote homework in the name of democracy going to shut down party. stephen cohen professor emeritus of russian studies at princeton university believes the west disputing the crisis but almost as many have publicly. we get

this incredible statement by the european union and washington that they're going to sanction people who resort to violence now of course that's meant to be a threat at the president of ukraine but how about the guys wearing masks in the streets and hurling them or two of cocteau's. them all in the molotov cocktail to somebody from the state department going to go on the street and get their names phone numbers and addresses it's provocateurs it's a profoundly divided country but that's what this is about what precipitated it was in my judgment not the president of ukraine in not putin as the media is playing here but good but in your opinion williams alternate back by russia and you don't have to be highly educated to understand that if that happens this new cold war divide between two cranes on russia's borders that you're going to have decades of instability in the for general for hot war this could be the worst kind of history

unfolding. and there are people who made this happen and we are taking their responsibility and of course all befalling that time all in ukraine and bring you the latest from cave on what god has so stay with us here and also international. and up next it sounds like a mantra mosques of the revolution of all down rats that oil to the surface in the .

transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. recently swiss voters nearly passed a referendum to put a strict quota back on immigration switzerland is a relatively small country and some estimate that almost a quarter of the population is made up of immigrants from e.u. countries that is a lot of people and the swiss are worried that the increased foreigners will also mean increased crime rent prices burd the state and erode traditional local culture as modern immigration almost always does the swiss population's democratic choice to restrict immigration is now actually being blasted by the e.u.

brass what threats to cancel bilateral agreements how dare you have a different version of democracy than we in the you have switzerland how dare you i don't think this event will have much effect on the e.u. bureaucratic machine nothing could make them change their hyper liberal minds but i think the swiss anti immigration. referendum will have a huge effect on local populations of countries like germany and the u.k. which are seeing horrible effects of open borders and growing anti e.u. sentiment as i speak i don't like to make predictions by i think a lot of disenfranchised people across the e.u. are going to become quite jealous of the swiss move and demand the same type of changes at home but that's just my opinion. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the. reporting from the world talks about seven v.o.i.p.

interviews intriguing stories for you to. see in trying. to find out more visit. when i close my eyes i see people in mosques. the people i remember best of all of the combatants and they're all wearing masks. sometimes i think that you are my gun itself is a face covered by a mosque. just that there are people in both sides of the barricades and sometimes you said it feels as if all of ukraine is no must.

my life i have two children and a wife that i love very much yet interesting i want to say it because it's real history taking shape right before my own eyes what's happening now will remain in history for. but only time will tell that it's a black or white page in history. i was done in two thousand and four i remember the environment. people treated each other with. i was looking for the same people who are my down hoping to meet the same attitude the same wall. for some reason the people are getting ready to fight. can you achieve in my done if opposition leaders aren't popular. and there's no real alternative to going to go over.