more than a dozen people have reportedly been killed in the ukrainian capital today as on the rioters break a truce with the authorities and attack police officers curry was caught up in sniper fire in a hotel at the very epicenter of the violence and also. if you. look at. militants resort to hostage taking stealing weapons aren't conducting kangaroo courts and the crisis starts to resemble the sources say they could launch a full counterterrorism response. dealing with stress appropriately. but the u.s. and they view turn

a blind eye to the habit being awakened by the rioters calling on the government to end the bloodshed that's despite opposition leaders admitting they have no control over the radicals in the streets. this is all seeing to national life. and we start with breaking news from ukraine this hour rioters in the camps who are trying to force their way towards the president's administration gunfire and explosions are being heard in the city center now meanwhile officials are demanding the militants hound in their weapons and return to protesting peacefully the interior ministry has issued a warning saying the police have been given live weapons and are now also rise to use them if the tox radicals are now in control of several buildings in kiev

including the place where our correspondents have been staying. reports now from the hotel. 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 by the protesters 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 riotous 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 is taking them and they're saying all the roads are blocked at the moment so this is not true said 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 the any

kind of laws they're not debating any orders from any sides they want the revolution to go on until the very end i went down there in the thick of the action on our file. of this report for you to see. this does not look like a truce at all last night the opposition and the president managed to agree on a ceasefire but in the morning the right wing sector the core of the protests the hardcore radicals decided to go on the offensive from the independence square which generally looks like a battle zone right now almost seventy two hours of fighting burning everything in its path now right now we saw that the police have been pushed away from this barricade they have been occupying for the last forty eight hours last night i took a walk here it was all covered with the police now you can see for yourself the right wing's are again reinforcing their barricades we literally had to dodge bullets during several of our attempted live broadcasts because it was very very unsafe here right now the police are pushed back we can switch is still here flash

bangs exploded and we can still see most of cocktails being thrown the situation is very very tense we do know that the government of ukraine of ukraine has implemented the so-called cancer terrorism operation mode which would mean tougher security across the country but right now this is your mayhem if it isn't clear way it's going to go the right wing sector the core of the protests their leader said last night that they knew nothing about the truce that they would not listen to anyone not the opposition not the politicians on the government they said that the revolution must continue until the very end we also saw already saw several wounded being carried from this this stand off point here at the barricade and at the institute street. what i saw i think it was a gunshot wound the man was bleeding heavily but it's really unclear whether this was caused by by a live round or and anything else maybe it was a flash bang or anything of the kind so the situation remains still very tense and

it's definitely far from being a truce. three battles in the capital kiev have reportedly claimed more than a dozen lives on says day bringing the death toll to at least forty since the start of the week witnesses say dead bodies are strewn around the area the bloodshed erupted when rioters broke a shaky truce with the government which had only been established hours before and these are agencies this footage of two police officers trying to help an injured colleague and here you can see them being caught in an explosion of some sort movement ten policemen have been killed since the clashes broke out a couple of days ago several hundred officers have also been injured. and political analyst and xander cinnabon of believes that this at this point some of the protesters 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 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 criminal actions so we can no longer qualifying 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 have any talks with the government they haven't signed any agreements with the government and they are not going to. obey orders of. the little result of the incumbent governments their president of the country or. 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 riots is they've seen that being lined up and taken to the militants camp come probably some of that were wounded and we have tamed footage said to show one month needing an ambulance but the right is refusing when they realize he is a special forces officer and you might find the following video disturbing. the beer will. be our. new. video. of the ongoing mayhem the foreign ministers of france germany and poland have put

on hold the talks with the ukrainian government they are reportedly trying to convince president jiang to college to study down on the end of this yet. there has more now on the reaction from europe. emergency meeting has been called here in brussels where the twenty eight four and a ministers of the e.u. bloc will be meeting but they are waiting for their colleagues the a german a french and the 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 as sanctions 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 bay they may include asset freezes or travel bags 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 up some of the diplomats and

ministers have been asked whether you have a covert should be included in any of the list such as should sanctions be imposed they said on likely 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 a 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 somewhat 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. 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 ground there in kiev might be a different story. and more perspective now on the rest of ukraine with someone who's been following the politics of eastern europe for many years so joining me now is mark allman professor of history at oxford university mr mark almond a very warm welcome to our very nice to see you so every time the opposition manages to strike a deal with the government it gets lost in another round of escalation as we're seeing here in the ukraine now do you have saying that the opposition really controls protesters on the streets of the ukrainian capital. will

move klitschko and yet so new york feel that they can ride this tiger to par certainly i hope that they've tried to use it to in a sense their western backers have to every time the article which is made concessions far from calming the situation that is a prelude to a revival of violence and i think what we're seeing is an attempt by inch by inch to force a change of regime the problem is that it's taken longer than perhaps the opposition hoped for and at the same time this is imposed and imposed by the radical right wing paramilitary groups and so we have to offer ourselves whether even if president of the code which was to step down this rush would lead to a peaceful solution would we not then see infighting amongst the opposition we saw this after all in similar circumstances in georgia twenty years ago when there was a kind of porch like this took place and it took four or five use for the political situation settle and then eight years later there was another similar so-called people power but rather by the top people so i think the danger now even if. the

opposition is successful in toppling the government of that sort of course still not clear it's not clear that there is a coherent opposition that would take power on the contrary i suspect we would see a cycle of internal violence amongst different elements of the opposition. the far right say one stop protesting and rioting until they get that nationalists revolution or do you make of it. well of course they themselves face this problem or they were able to be a small group perhaps nine or ten percent of people voted for the far right party in the last elections i suspect that the real core activists support is low but we're talking perhaps several tens of thousands of people who are organizing paramilitary groups across washington and if there is a peaceful solution then of course they will be dissolved at the local power billeted swagger around as we've seen in cities like the ball from the other prosperous new crane humiliating government officials and engaging in been appointed themselves to be the local government that could all come to an end so

now we have this problem as i say that even if. formally come to pass we'll be able to exercise the authority of a normal civilised society over regions in the country which have been taken over in practice by small groups a part of the trees one of us on a quote used to be able to disarm the local police who were in fact see another kind of civil war within your position. is now threatening the ukrainian government where sanctions of course do you a saying that will make the government or think that policies that tactics. well i guess i think to some extent the you and partly because person and a covert contra to leverage that he's completely production has wanted to join you associate want to be agreement is simply the terms were too difficult for him to accept without committing political and economic suicide and so now faces the problem does he say that all of my efforts over the last five years or wasted or is

he still in a sense to do so by the dream somehow or other he can rescue something out of cooperation with the e.u. i think myself the e.u. policy is to get rid of him and to replace him the problem out of the e.u. is that instead of a graceful by letting exercise of top with government stalling people who can work with we face the problem that in order to achieve the change you've got. the change of regime we've had to accept a very violent sorrow and now of course on the other side there are police there are people who have supported president rich who will say if the opposition come to power with a not continue to use violence against me the polarization is such that you begin to get two dynamics the radical since that they can come to power even push aside so-called democratic opposition but people they wish to seize power from say power in my family be safe of such people come to power when you such force all be better off souls now to arm ourselves and use force so that we have now a very dangerous to america and i think the european union's. at the very least we

could see a complete towards for violence coming from the opposition has fueled a situation which could well explode in everybody's face marco werman professor of history at oxford university professor armand thank you very much indeed for your time and for sharing your perspective with us. and of course we're back in a minute as was more news from ukraine.

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box how breaking news story the violence on the streets of kiev the situation clear the husband father could by reports that francisco ryan says have got hold of more than a thousand firearms reports and footage from the scene. access to pistols rifles assault rifles and when they. had. having a fully armed force. has gone out and this is where. we're situated in the hotel which just stands right on my down square on the independence square where most of the action was happening the last couple of days even at this life position just a few hours ago one of the bullets just went through the window right here that's why i'm still staying behind this behind this wall right now and we're forced to wear bulletproof vests and helmets while inside the building at all times like now

the front line moved past well beyond the hotel and now there is speculation that the riders have got their hands on a large amount of ammunition which is being used in the fighting we've heard from the leaders of the ukraine opposition who have called on president bush to stop distributing firearms to this spot teams who've been basically fighting these all rioters and really this is like a war zone right in central kiev we also know about one hundred injured. rooms from firearms among the police who are also being treated by doctors also we know that the riots are continuing you know other ukrainian cities including. in the south. and married to the chief. economist of the independent says despite all measures being taken violence a spinning out of control in ukraine. it 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 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 it's impossible to tell at the moment and so whether the government is actually able to keep control not just of kiev but of the country that's a big question. and let's now take control of the chain of events in ukraine over the last few days it all began when opposition leaders urged protesters to march on parliament clouds of demonstrators that attempted to block of takeover 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's center and three people were killed the first of many victims their police attempted to despise the rioters but were met with rocks and molotov cocktails several policemen died in the clashes and let's now take a look at where the protesters and police have been taking up position by the time the truce was agreed security forces had managed to clear european square and push demonstrators away from government buildings however the situation now is unstable to say the least the protesters are currently trying to force their way from independence square towards the parliament and other administrative buildings they have also been reports of a radical shooting and police from the music academy building and a german journalist manual oxer writer believes ukraine's opposition has now lost control of the crisis it helped create. well we should remember that for example germany's number one opposition to dr vitali klitschko was already attacked

by his own protesters weeks ago when he delivered a speech so they of course they choose their leaders as the leaders say what they want to hear and we shouldn't forget that they are different protest groups and they are of course here in the meanwhile elements who don't listen anymore to anybody who just want to violence and trust on the riots and who will push that so if i'm deeply pessimistic that somebody of the opposition could stop this even if you want to. you know our washington the response to the situation has been to a bar on twenty senior ukrainian officials from traveling to america but as aussies going there to shake our reports the u.s. may only be seeing one side of the story. president obama knows what the ukrainian leaders should do we're told going to go by fairly responsible for making sure. it's stealing which fuse fulfill gestures in an

appropriate 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 then 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 authorities in ukraine need to make space for a transitional government of national unity and early elections in order to bring back the legitimacy of national authorities. was washington and brussels

are considering sanctions against ukraine the u.s. has already barred a number of ukrainian officials from entering the country shouldn't there be sanctions against the opposition because they're the ones who are obviously define democracy by torching the capital as opposed to accept the results of a legitimate election and we're going to challenge them next next time around washington may stand up for democracy in 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 in doofus tradable hallmark and stuff. it makes me wonder if bombarding the police with molotov cocktails and shooting at them is also part of the

opposition's quote unquote work in the name of democracy ganesh second party. and press corps k a political scientists from the european ascent of her political analysis things radicals in the streets deserve to be called to terrorists. or at least his advisers. what movies from from radio recordings from ukraine and from the streets of ukraine just to see that militant opposition activists running away with weapons and and so on so it's it's just ridiculous to say about to tell about the peaceful opposition now in kiev because as we see now there is no one representing the peaceful opposition in taking part in the in the in what is happening now on the streets of kiev and the government does not control anymore the situation in the center of the ukrainian capital on the streets of kiev

we now have the minute under a position which would be called in every civilized country. terrorists are kind of close to terrorism an opposition. to of course be following the ten all in ukraine and to bring you the latest from kiev as we get it. stay with us for the kaiser report up next on house international. 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 naturally 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

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