this is why you should care only. dozens of people reportedly killed in ukraine's capital today. attack. breaking a truce with the authorities. as a resorting to hostage taking kangaroo courts and stealing weapons seized around. cruz being stranded in a hotel caught in the crossfire between the militants and police. fairly. making sure. dealing with the peaceful protesters in an appropriate way. rejoices that. targeting ukrainian police. and equipment. they have no control over the radicals in the streets.

this is national with the twenty four hours a day life center here in moscow where just ten midnight and ten pm in kiev from where we bring you breaking news fighting still continues in the capital with anti-government seizing control of two police stations and a district administration building explosions have been heard in the city throughout the day meanwhile officials are demanding the militants hand in their weapons and return to protesting peacefully welty has a team of reporters and cameraman 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 and 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. given the green light for police to use. rounds in order to protect themselves from of the rioters. now are heavily armed with different types of weapons and a similar situation is happening in other parts of the country where riders are storming of 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 and the president managed to agree on a cease fire but in the morning the rightwing 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 path 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 still hear 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 or your great has. implemented the so-called counterterrorism operation mode which would mean tougher security across the country but right now this is you are made it is unclear 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 health officials now say seventy five people from both sides of the conflict have been killed since the start of the week over opposition activists claim many more than that have died within their ranks today alone witnesses say bodies are strewn around the area of the bloodshed erupted when russia's broke a shaky truce with the government which had only been established as before when

our video agency ruptly sent this footage of two police officers tried to help an injured colleague and he can see them being caught in an explosion of some sold more than ten policemen have been killed since the clashes broke out a couple of days ago and several hundred officers have been injured. also a score of policemen have been taken captive by the raj has seen being lined up and taken to the militants camp with some of the moon did and we've tamed footage said to show one man leading an ambulance but the rioters apparently refusing when they realize he's from the special forces a former u.k. officer shared his thoughts with me on the police response in ukraine. what we're seeing is a situation that from moved from from protests and conflict into really really of was turned or a little earlier commentator into the revolution so i think it's gone beyond that you know if the police were not of to this situation now do not think we would be

coming militarized any wide so we are not talking about the usual policing of protests but we are talking of something a much higher level so i think it's probably unavoidable it's gone beyond that point on both sides this is because i struggle between greater forces and minorities are on the street there are great political issues here there are wider implications concerning the democracy and of etc well you can see for yourself how the crisis has changed the very landscape of the capital on r.t. dot com our web site the once picturesque independent square in flourishing kiev is contrasted with what it has now become a waste and started with a brain rubble as people pick their way between raging fires all that to the tune of gunfire screaming and clashes as writers battle with security forces reports and footage from the scene suggest the rajah's now have access to pistols assault rifles and grenades thor is looking for ways to prevent the opposition from becoming

a fully armed force but the rioters and police aren't the only ones in danger of being hit by bullets or are you going to skin of is part of the r t crew that caught up in the crossfire. 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 to show you we found this bullet in the rooms one of our rooms basically inside this hotel. 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 ricocheting off the wall thankfully he wasn't hit and wasn't injured but shots were fired just dropped to the ground. a live report just right here in the same exact shortly after they were finished another just flew. into the window cracking it and the cameraman

of the news agency another bullet. in. the wall. thankfully he was uninjured and everyone is ok now we're just waiting to see what's going to happen next how it's going to develop. international players are calling for both sides of the fighting here to stop at. the opposition and even the authorities say that they're ready to negotiate with the thing is the leadership of the right wing radicals who have been active off of this protest of the fighting they have been saying that they haven't been taking part in any negotiation is and they're ready to take it to be end they say until. ukraine step down have been continuing. and

have been attacking and trying to gain control. of the country they have gained. role of. ministry of buildings. well as you have said some of the rioting is going on all across the country now in this footage we can see the governor of one of ukraine's regions being tried in a kangaroo court handcuffed to a fence in front of a crown to try to calm them down but was heavily beaten and drenched in cold water and in the western ukrainian city of devolve local police say at least a thousand forums have been seized from a local army base security forces now fear the guns will be used against them. while the president does share responsibility for this chaos for not acting sooner but this is exactly what the radical opposition wanted that's a view of the head of a major russian foreign affairs think tank truth is not what they're looking for they are looking for their national revolution as they lead their all of the

extreme. right wing right sector says they they have been dreaming about this moment for a long time they have been gathering forces and actually part of the responsibility lies also on president felipe in the shit he couldn't not know about these danger grown in ukraine and still until now he hasn't been using the constitutional means to preserve the constitutional order and. the president of the country has the duty to defend the cities and to preserve the constitutional order until now president you know polish has been evading keeping all this to what we can for something has not given them or all the necessary means to protect themselves and to prepare victories for. citizens of ukraine so part of the responsibility is on him as well martin sci fi's chief global economist at the globalist research center says the

rioters at the heart of the unrest are a threat across the whole of europe. the forces that are breaking up ukraine are seeking to break up ukraine are the same forces that are seeking to the stabilize western european nations there are major secessionist movements within western european nations we see scotland very peacefully about to become independent with its referendum vote scheduled for later this year spain has acted very successfully to prevent the disintegration of his country especially the barcelona catalonia region the northern league is a very powerful force in a very relatively moderate responsible for its its constitutional but if rioting was taking place on the streets in the city nations of spain france italy. britain with the express purpose of toppling the government and splitting the states europe would not be founding those forces of destruction on they would be

reigning live in. the back in a minute with more reaction for you from europe this ongoing violence in ukraine. transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow.

of. science technology innovation and all the rest of elements from around the shop we've got the future covered. president has once again reiterated his readiness to hold snap elections if this does help contain the mayhem that's according to the punish prime minister meanwhile the diplomats in brussels of come up with a solution of their own to force peace with sanctions silly has more on the reaction from europe now the e.u. foreign ministers here in brussels have agreed to impose targeted sanctions on individual states think all responsible for instigating the violence in the country

now those sanctions would come in the form of asset freezes travel a visa bans and ols so a ban on export of materials that could be used they say for internal repression this could include it's about to riot gear or military hardware as well however no names were mentioned and the details were scarce on the actual implementation of these sanctions about and action catherine ashton the foreign policy chief in making this statement had put the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the ukrainian government in taking the lead in ending the violence on the streets but prior to this decision there have been several foreign ministers who would like a foreign minister who had said that some members of the protest leaders should also be included in that list and that's what we're hearing some of the corridors here in brussels now it seems also that the e.u. is waiting to see what happens as the continuing discussions happen in kiev between the german french polish foreign ministers on the ground there speaking to both sides they want to see how that develops and it seems that they're positive that

there's some sort of compromise that could come out of that possibly a transitional government possibly ethical that stepping down by the end of the year but if you remember that victory at a president of ukraine says. he is opening open it to holding the snap elections the action first of all from russia has been very strong on this foreign minister sergey lavrov has likened the sanctions to blackmail and he said this is a form of bullying in the foreign ministry it said this is a way that the e.u. tried to get ukraine back into its into its fall and here's what else the foreign minister sergei lavrov had to say and that's the ukrainian government has repeatedly shown its goodwill they offered compromises in deals like when they agreed to free those detained during the riots if the protesters vacated the administrative buildings they captured the government filled it so big ations well the opposition eventually disrupted the process on the other hand british foreign minister william hague said that it is wrong to call the protesters terrorists because they are simply people who are seeking

a better future for themselves however he said all sides should turn away from violence but again like catherine ashton he put the blame and the leader squarely on the a shoulders of the ukrainian government when they talk about the west reaction to the situation there in ukraine with gerald celente he's transformed koester and publisher of the trends journal and he thinks the u.s. is trying to mosque its purely economic interests behind smooth words i would like to read you a quote by senator john mccain who is in ukraine in mid december so i put this all into perspective this has nothing to do about democracy as they queue talking about this is our only business and he makes it very clear here this is this is about the future you deserve a future in europe a future of peace with all of your neighbors the free world is with america is with you i'm with you so we're talking about business deals here and that's all

this is about. well the white house has suggested the ukrainian government should remove its security forces from the center of kiev in a bid to hold the bloodshed it wants comes off to washington band twenty senior at ukrainian officials from traveling to america but as well it is going to come 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 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 of authorities in ukraine need to make space for a transitional government of national unity and early elections in order to bring back rigid mysie 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 defying democracy by torching the capital as opposed to accepting the results of a legitimate election and working 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 homework and stuff. it makes me wonder if paul martin the police with molotov cocktails and shooting at them is also part of the opposition's quote unquote homework in the name of democracy going to check on party. marcus papadopoulos who's a commentator on russia in the balkans thinks the e.u. is violating international law by threatening ukraine with these sanctions. 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 pathway lies with russia as opposed to the european union who gives them that lives that's not in accordance of the internet with international law it's not him 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 in unequivocal condemn the violent protests what with what we're seeing 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 vent the next step of washington and brussels would be to leave ukraine an independent sovereign country to deal with its own affairs well of course we'll be following the ongoing turmoil in ukraine in bringing you the latest from kiev a soon as we get it here on r.t. international.

three years ago france banned fracking saying the environmental risks were simply too high but the french gas an energy giant to tell is getting down to business in the u.k. apparently brushing off the concerns of locals. put those worries to the head of the company's gas and power division. we 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 government fishing ahead what is clear even to different countries of different different views of the we. we've yet to give you a new q well. fracking you. have some good we have been speaking about this quakes and. of course to. be

compact but. with people you do it like you can treat 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. though of course what has been this really has to do exploration but we really need to have the proper permits you know to stop production if the explosions exist. we are far from really should you should know where we are going to put. the commuter six more. than that into the there are no guarantees when it comes to sell 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. when anti fracking activist george brought a told me earlier that people are far more willing to accept environmental danger when there's the promise of jobs. remember that you know somebody dying of thirst in the desert will take pretty much whatever water they're given however contaminate and that's what we need to understand about how many of the regions in the u.k. have been starved increasingly of investment over the last thirty forty years as the political weight is going more mobile high in the city so of course when people are desperate and they hear that this is going to bring jobs to some people about that so you will them but what we've actually seen with the slightly massive propaganda push. frame fracking is the economic solution going forward we've seen increased resistance to fracking in the polls and that's because people understand that the arguments given by government are simply false you know these are these a short term profit. not a catch up on all the very latest from sochi and the winter olympics where russia has one gold in the ladies' free skating program scott was watching the competition

. adelina sotnikova has claimed russia's first ever gold medal in figure skating in the women's individual competition she put in a foolish display in the free program to move from second place at the halfway stage after the short program now it was an emotional moment inside the iceberg skating palace in a moment that many russians had been hoping for but perhaps in some ways not expecting because before the competition all eyes were on fifteen year old skier who put in that wonderful display to help russia win team gold in the figure skating but she stumbled fell to the ice in both the short and the free programs which really damaged her chances of competing for a medal she ended up finishing in fifth place but there is no doubt that her time will come again as for tonight though the moment really belongs to seventeen year old russian adelina sotnikova who claimed the gold well let's see how that gold medal and all of today's medals affect the very latest medals table overnight and

you can see that it is norway who still lead the way they have ten gold medals to their name it's the usa who have now moved into second place they and germany both have eight gold medals were russia in fourth place with seven. to stay with us for your olympic updates throughout the day here in our international. the g. twenty fourteen promised the recall to make an exhilarating winter in our team a team in germany and it's in no way i'm a clever know it on the rest of our lives take new strain for sochi twenty four take. all odds. more news with the developments of course in ukraine in just over half an hour from now the meantime worlds apart with thoughts on a boycott on the evolution of fear mongering in the media not salsa. 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 next with 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.

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 shouldn't have been held in russia and both would probably like to see 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 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 against for some reason the line that's been most often hear here in russia from western media is why was russia ever allowed to host those games and i wonder if this reflects the nature of the threat posed by terrorism or rather the nature of the coverage. i think it's a combination of both the one hand. one can argue that you know holding the games so close to a region where. considerably strong terrorist group has its base was high risk it probably seemed like less of a risk back in two thousand and five two thousand and six when they were deciding whether to hold hold in sochi because at that time the number of attacks was down quite a bit but the the movement was about to regenerate as it did in two thousand and seven when they declared the caucasus emirate and became

a more jihad is the organization on the other hand there is a certain tendency in the west to on the one hand ignore this issue to a large extent certainly when it when it comes to looking at the terrorists themselves and instead focus on russian failure to guarantee security and so forth . and that's in part due to a certain bias in the western media if i will take your eye couple of years back to you i think it was in two thousand and seven when the announcement of london as a host city for the two thousand and twelve summer olympic games came less than twenty four hours prior to that major attack on the city's transportation system into which you know dozens of people were killed hundreds of them were injured but i don't remember a single expert either from russia or from the west questioning the wisdom of holding those gains in london in fact it was presented as a way for the city to recover and defy those terrorists and yet when it comes to so much of the.