more than a dozen people have reportedly been killed in the ukrainian capital today as break a truce with the authorities and a tech police crew was caught up in a hotel at the very epicenter of the violence also. to be a. result the hostage taking stealing weapons and conducting kangaroo courts as a crisis starts to resemble a war authorities say they could launch a full counterterrorism response. fairly. make. dealing with peaceful protesters in an appropriate way but the u.s. in turn a blind eye to the haven't been reached by the right is 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 r.t. to national with the twenty four hours a day live from all studious and to hear moscow which is ten nine pm and seven pm in kiev from where we bring you breaking news this hour rushes in the capital are trying to force their way towards the president's administration gunfire and explosions are being heard in the city center meanwhile officials are demanding the militants hand in their weapons and return to protesting peacefully as a team of reporters and cameramen in the city. the frontline of the fighting has now moved further away from our hotel which is in the very center of the city right next to independence square. aiming to control the government of buildings here in

kiev they have this hotel under full control and there's a makeshift hospital downstairs where the injured are being treated by medics and now we also know that ukrainian authorities have given the green light for police to use. the grounds in order to protect themselves from the riders who are now heavily armed with different types of weapons and while a similar situation is happening in other parts of the country where rioters are storming various types of government buildings for more about what was happening here in specialty of just a few hours ago when the intense fighting between the writers and the police took place. downstairs and managed to film basically the start of the today's violence this does not look like a truce at all last night the opposition of president managed to agree on a cease fire but in the morning the right wing sect the core of the protest 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 bus no 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 molotov cocktails being thrown the situation is very very tense we do know that the government or you. implemented the so-called counterterrorism operation mode which would mean tougher security across the country but right now this is pure mayhem it isn't clear where it's going to go the right wing sector the core of the protests their leaders said last night that they

knew nothing about the true is that there 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 at the institute's 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 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 truth the street battles in the capital kiev have reportedly claimed more than a dozen lives health officials now say that more than sixty have died since the start of the week however opposition activists claim at least seventy of their ranks have been killed today alone witnesses say bodies are strewn around the area the bloodshed erupted when rogers broke

a shaky truce with the government which had only been established hours before well a video agency ruptly sent 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 more than ten policemen to being killed since the clashes broke out a couple of days ago several hundred officers of being injured. or political analysts alexander sort of on of police at this point some of the protesters must be really classified. we are now talking about militants rather than peaceful protesters and we found no longer a qualifying classify those people as peaceful protesters this is actually criminal activity and those on 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 governments and they are not going to. obey orders of fries or the leaders of the incumbent governments their president of the country or klitschko yatsenyuk or targeted they are out of control. well more than a dozen policeman have reportedly being taken captive by the russes they're seen being lined up and taken to the militants camp and some of them were wounded where we obtained footage said to show one man needing an ambulance but the rajah's apparently refusing when they realize he's a special forces officer in life on the following video disturbing. the beer. could be a. bit of. amid

the ongoing mayhem the foreign ministers of france germany and poland have wrapped up their talks with the ukrainian government and off he says the city has more on the reaction from europe. the ministers are in the middle of discussing whether or not to impose sanctions on ukraine everybody is here now i say for distillery foreign ministers of germany france of poland who are in kiev and they will be giving feedback to the ministers who were here in brussels and in order to decide how to move forward now there are initial reports of some sort of a compromise has been reached with the summer suggested that it could possibly involve. stopping down at the end of the year although if you remember a previously it said that he is open to holding a snap election if this is the only diplomatic and democratic way of resolving the

ongoing conflict in the country now was far as comments here are concerned by the general consensus is that the government ukrainian government has to take the lead to whether there are a few of the ministers in diplomats who are saying that they like the dutch foreign minister who was saying that they could possibly consider imposing sanctions as well on some of the protesters not what those sanctions are there could be asset freezes travel bad possibly some sort of an arms embargo so we have yet to see where they are headed as some have been very vocal about imposition of sanctions while others have been very measured there are also reactions coming from the russian side where sanctions are concerned russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had said that this move because up until now the e.u. has not made such a move at this move today is a form of bullying he said that this he likened the sanctions to some form of blackmail and he also said that the trade and government has already delivered some of the concessions let's listen to what he had to say on this matter the ukrainian

government has repeatedly shown its goodwill they offered compromises in deals like when they greet to free those detained during the riots if the protest is vacated the administrative buildings that camp should the government fulfill its obligations while the opposition eventually disrupted the process isn't large a condemnation here. did hear from. it is not right to call the protesters terrorists are simply people who are looking for a better life but. all sides. did put responsibility squarely on the ukrainian government to take this. magazine. to discuss this. as we've been hearing so many concessions with truce and nothing seems to be

stopping these protests as the ultimate course is for the government to step down if it did we still see the radicals leave the streets. absolutely we would but if i can just take it one back take it one step back the ukrainian government has given numerous concessions over the last few weeks to the opposition the prime minister has resigned a new government is to be formed a somewhat controversial law concerning protests was repealed what else can you craning government do ultimately the opposition and the armed opposition have this is now they want power they want to take power from a democratically elected government and for a new foreign ministers to not be condemning what we have seen this week in kiev it's absolutely appalling it's intolerable but it's not a surprise because these are there people on the ground in kiev these are they are people that will achieve

a geo strategic objective and the geo strategic objective of the united states and the european union is to tear ukraine or way from russia to bring it into the west so be it in order to complete the encirclement of russia on its western borders or right apart from the wider picture what should happen to end this violence sanctions from the e.u. the us will a push the ukrainian government to find a solution. well what rights does a government have to impose sanctions on another country to impose sanctions on a government that happens to believe that its economic power of way lies with russia as opposed to the european union who gives them up but that's not in accordance with the internet with international law it's not in in accordance with the mechanisms of the united nations the only way that further bloodshed and civil war could be can be averted in ukraine is for washington and brussels to firstly

categorically and unequivocally condemn the violent protests what with what we've seen in kiev to violently condemn the militants what they've been doing in the last forty eight hours are killin injuring and capturing police officers and then the next step of washington brussels would be to leave ukraine an independent sovereign country to deal with its own affairs for the ukrainian government ukrainian parliament to sit down and discuss which is the best option for ukraine to join the european union or to join the customs union of russia has it stand and bella bruce ukraine is an independent and sovereign country and unfortunately the americans and the europeans they only pay lip service to the concept of democracy what's the evidence of that the late conversation from victoria nuland from a couple weeks ago and also american politicians and e.u. officials like john mccain and catherine ashton flying into care of late last year

join in the process this in calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government anyone who argues that the west led by the united states is genuinely committed to democracy and the rule of law is severely misguided because that argument is completely untenable marcus thank you fills in this market papadopoulos said it is all politics versus what is russian balkans commentator live from london thanks very much indeed for joining us here in our international where you can witness the ukrainian drama on. hold on a website don't call them the once picture arrest independence square and flourishing kiev has been turned into a wasteland plotted with a brilliant. people picked their way between raging fire to the it should have gotten shot screaming in clashes as bosses battled with security forces at what you don't come from or footage. of it back in just a moment with more news for you from ukraine this is the internet.

transit. your best way to the heart of most. of the journalists have the specific tendency of seeking out negative stories about russia and what could be more negative than the possibility of a major terror attack when it comes to the western media there's a tendency to look at the caucasus emirate through the prism of what the russians do that is don't look at the idiology don't look at the actions of the caucasus

emirate mujahideen instead look at the way the russians on occasion violate political civil and human rights in combat in their job is to. continue. the breaking news story this hour the rioting in ukraine the situation in kiev has been further aggravated by reports that radicals have got hold of more than a frozen firearms reports and footage from the scene suggest they now have access to pistols assault rifles and grenades if the oldies are looking for ways to prevent the opposition from becoming a fully armed force to the rioters and police aren't the only one in danger of being hit by bullets artie's crew got caught in a crossfire earlier in the day even to this can often tell us more about that live

there from kiev you go tell us what exactly happened. well bill right now i can stand here next to this open window and phil feel relatively safe even wearing the. horse and the helmets but just a few hours ago the situation was completely different since this whole tell was in the very epicenter of the fighting the frontline has now moved far away from independence square where we are located as. are trying to take control of government buildings but for a few hours today we really couldn't even exit the building because firing was going on all around this area and. basically bullets were flying in from the windows i just show you this one we found this bullet in one of the rooms one of our rooms basically inside this hotel but in windows could be seen pretty

much. all the floors one of our cameramen was trying to film what was happening outside and a bullet hit just below the camera shedding off the wall so thankfully he didn't he wasn't hit and wasn't injured but two more shots were fired he just dropped to the ground my colleague. was doing a live report just right here in the same exact room and shortly after they were finished another bullet just flew. into the window. and the cameraman of the news agency another bullets flew in. the wall and just sort of slid his bulletproof vest thankfully he was uninjured and everyone is ok now we're just waiting for to see basically what the situation is going to what's going to happen next how it's going to develop. from the protests and the politics is there any sign of

a reconciliation. well. the opposition and. the leadership. they're going to take this.

should remove. the u.s. may only one side of the story. president obama knows what the ukrainian leaders should do we hold the bringing together by merilee responsible for making sure. it's dealing with fees for protesters in the freed 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 of forages 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. washington and brussels are considering sanctions against ukraine the u.s. has already barred a number of the 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 told she new 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 words or 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 her not going into the government just let him sort of stay out in doofus critical homework and stuff. it makes me wonder if i'm barking the police with molotov cocktails and shooting at them is also part of the opposition's quote unquote own work in the name of democracy. can party. but of course we'll be following the ongoing turmoil in ukraine and bring you the latest from kiev as soon as we get it happen at international.

three years ago france banned a fracking saying the environmental risks are simply too high the french gas an energy giant to tell is getting down to business in the u.k. apparently brushing off the concerns of locals aussie sarah first put those wires to the head of the company's gas and power division. police think it's fair to the public in the u.k. who are concerned about shared gas exploration and fracking. that france has banned this and our government pushing ahead with this clearly but to different countries of different different views. we. have yet to give you a new cue. striking. we

have been speaking of an earthquake. and. of course you saw the speech in fact but . with people you do it like you can sure thing the problem for a lot of people who live in the communities where fracking could take place if their plans are already sort of going forward so the decisions being made essentially whether they like it or not. you know of what has been the city to do exploration but we really need to have the proper permits you know to start the exploration successfully so. we're far from being a situation where we are going to put dismissive. of the commuter six more closely held in that entity there are no guarantees when it comes to sale gas despite the u.k. government pushing ahead with exploration plans far from being questions gold and gas when it comes to shell gas exploration the consequences long term remain extremely unclear from international petroleum week and sarah first before sing for

us. it was a bitter pill to swallow for many russians to watch the red machine stall and lose in the men's hockey to finland but there's hope for the home audience the ladies solo figure skating has begun and scott told us russia's going all out for a spot on the podium. well it's been a relatively comparatively quiet day here at the twenty fourteen winter olympics but russia do have hopes for a medal possibly two in the figure skating competition which is just concluding this evening all eyes are on the ice skating concludes with the free program in the women's individual competition and going into the final round. of all of russia is in a silver medal positions he's currently in second place. points behind the leader so there are real hopes that she could secure the gold medal. the fifteen year old of course she's going into tonight's program in fifth place after the disappointment

in the short program yesterday. on the job of collecting a medal slightly trickier she actually scored seven less points than she did in the team event when she helped russia win gold on the first weekend of these games so all eyes are on those two russian competitors who are taking to the ice a little bit later as you say that competition is underway there has been a comparatively quiet day here. at the latest medals table and you can see that it's norway who lead the way germany the usa and russia not far behind russia up into fourth place now norway have ten volts to their name eight for germany seven for the usa and the host nation of six. and we'll have full updates from the games as yet another day of medal hopes begins to draw to a close a special coverage from sochi continues throughout the day.

exhilarating winter sports and he. joins us now. on. so more coverage from the olympics later and indeed coverage from ukraine as those developments unfold next it's worlds apart with oksana boyko and the evolution of fin mongering in the media.

recently swiss voters nearly passed a referendum to put a strict quota of 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 this was population's democratic choice to restrict immigration is next with being blasted by the e.u. brass with threats to cancel bilateral agreements how dare you have a different version of democracy than we in the 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.

oh and welcome to worlds apart telling picks are supposed to bring people together but the sochi games provided for some very odd bedfellows western media and

terrorist in the north caucasus both claim the competition should have been held in russia and both with probably like to see it turn into a major embarrassment is it a case of the enemy of my anime being my friend want to discuss that i'm now joined by gordon hahn a counterterrorism expert from the jews to teach it forecasting corporation mr han thank you very much for taking time to talk to us here thank you now russia is of course no stranger to terrorist attacks and there's always a possibility of something like that happening like for example in munich and nineteen seventy two or in atlanta nine hundred ninety six but whenever an attack happens on a friendly territory the narrative that's we get from western media is that of resilience you know we regret the loss of life but we should never allow terrorists dictate our lives but when it comes to this so much a games for some reason the line that's been most often hear here in russia from western media is.