fire and mayhem in the ukrainian capital the number of killed in clashes between a radical processes and police a reaches almost eighty as rioters capture more ground in central kiev. extremists armed with assault weapons are firing live ammunition but the ukrainian parliament decides to withdraw all police from its trades and stop the un to terrill peroration. the rioters may be using lethal saws but the e.u. and us plays the blame for deaths early on the authorities when asked analysts why the opposition are overlooked. this has nothing to do about democracy as they keep talking about this is our only business.

hello and welcome to our teens and national twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you know our thanks for joining us. heavy black smoke burning barricades and bodies the historic center one of europe's most beautiful cities now resembles a medieval wall so this is key here during our we spied following days of deadly clashes between radical protesters and police in the ukrainian capital now control the area around independence square have captured a number of buildings and these are the latest pictures from kiev right now you can see and it's believed they used the roofs of some buildings to target police with gunfire and we're know that almost eighty lines have been lost since the unrest

started on cheese day just there fishel figure at the opposition claims the number of casualties as much higher eyewitness reports and numerous videos show dozens of bodies lying openly in the streets covered only by sane blankets the number of those injured is in the many hundreds and crew there has been at the very epicenter of the violence and alexei the chefs' kaye joins us now live from the kiev. seems like it's a quieter start to the day so fire at least. yes it's actually a chance for me to say good morning from key if it's been really calm so far the night has been relatively peaceful there's been no gunfire or anything of the current right now i just passed through the independence square the protesters there are peaceful basically and they're just in the waiting for something we know that during the night nine hour long negotiations between representatives of the e.u. russia and ukraine were held in key of the rounded up at seven o'clock in the morning and we're expecting according to the ruling party that some sort of peace treaty

bisa greenland will be signed later during the day the question is certainly the biggest question now is whether this will be the peaceful agreement the real truth because we've been at this point before on wednesday night of the opposition and the government managed to agree some sort of a compromise some sort of a truce but we all know what followed literally twenty four hours ago. i was standing just about at the same position where i'm standing right now at a hotel ukraine and all hell was breaking loose gunfire grenades the genuine attack by the so-called right wing sector on the police which already. as we know lets to almost eighty lives lost just to give you a feeling on the recap of what was happening twenty four hours ago how one of the oldest hotels in the central city of in the central part of the of turned into a fortress let's have a look at my report. truce it did not seem like that at all in the early hours of thursday morning despite the ceasefire

agreed during the night by politicians right wing rioters made it clear they will not listen to anyone and will not lay down their arms what we have now is that you have a radical elements that we have already called. many times there which is somehow here and driven by especially as we see using snipers and so on and which is not controlled neither by the the opposition the there by the west directly so everything went out of control beyond the opposition as it is now they want how what 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 is absolutely appalling it's intolerable kiev was consumed as the raging ground and police trying to hold them back exchanged fire crew even got caught in the middle

of it at one point so this is how our day started in kiev we were trying to do a live shot for one of our live positions were getting ready when somebody fired i snipe or shot from the window breaking the glass and hitting the wall you can see for yourself this is definite suggesting a live round was fired here and later in one of the rooms of aa we found this seven sixty two bullet for some. the hotel located next to independence square became a fortress under siege windows and walls were riddled with bullet holes and snipers from the protest movement occupy the top floor while the lobby was started to do something else all together and this is not your typical hotel lobby now its reception desk is a makeshift hospital where the injured and the dead have been brought here all throughout the day i'll ask one of the doctors what exactly had to deal with here during the day your game is going to put out this gym with you i just don't get it we've dealt with a lot of wounded people. many of them died snipers were killed

. when the sun set on gear after another day of bitter violence more dead and injured littered the streets and the tatars radicals continued to demand a revolution and fight to the end and which is for now nowhere in sight. from kiev ukraine. the ukrainian parliament has passed a resolution that would see on to terrorist operations put on hold and the government forces was drawn from kiev more than a dozen policemen have been captured by rioters and you can see them being escorted to one of the protests headquarters that many other officers have been a danger and sound were denied medical help after falling into the hands of the protestors he spoke to a former member of london's metropolitan police force on diverse spalls here in it and he gave us his take on the actions of both rioters and their. what we're seeing is a situation that's moved from from protests and conflict into what is really

a was turned on a little earlier commentator into the revolution so i think it's gone beyond that you know if it's the place we'll all be in the situation now then i think we would be coming militarized very wired so we are not talking about the usual policing of protests but we're talking of somebody a much higher level so i think it's probably unavoidable it's going beyond that point on both sides this is because i struggle between greater forces of minorities are on the street there are great political issues here there are void repercussions concerning the democracy in the foreign aid etc. on our website dot com we've been following the dramatic change in kiev as landscape the once picturesque independent square in kiev is shown in contrast to what it looks like now a wasteland cluttered with debris and rubble as people pick their way through a raging fire is but it wasn't like that when the protests first started in that church account looks now at how a once peaceful said ten involved into armed conflict on the streets of. before

there was blood there was peace nov twenty first fifteen hundred people gathered to protest the government's decision to hold off on an integration deal with the e.u. marchers hopes are high on independence square november thirtieth riot police try to clear the city center the result half a million descend on my don protesters build barricades clashes with police intensify. rioters seize buildings see including the city council thousands of ultra nationalists march on new year's day to call for action the government hits back with anti protest laws slandering government officials is now a crime and putting up tents without official permission is banned there is a surge in opposition violence weeks of clashes follow. february sixteenth hope emerges of a peaceful end to the crisis as the president orders the release of detained

protesters but the next day the head of a neo nazi group calls for activists to storm parliament rioters torched parts of the city the first dead bodies begin to appear many more were to follow in the coming days in the span of just a few days death and chaos reigning king live. and from keogh chaos quickly spread to western ukraine the region is traditionally critical to the pro eastern government and people there showing support for the nationwide riots extremists in some of the largest cities to government buildings by fools in the city of lutes rioters drug big gov stage and handcuffed him to a metal pole after he refused to step down he is a little off now where right at the time the local administration with molotov cocktails and sticks they then looted some of the military equipment including hundreds of firearms and bottles only to give it away to people protesting against the government the same happened in other nearby cities homemade bombs strains and guns rolls used to take control of government offices but it is not only western

ukraine out on the streets authorities have been losing control of cities on one one by one in the pro-government east as well including even in crimea there and here is how to kidnap our protesters are blocking city hall and police headquarters and even here where they support for the current president historically high rises excuse me have a target security forces government offices were also blocked in one of the the biggest cities in the appropriate troughs and the crimean supreme council despite people expressing support for the authorities is now saying it could break away from ukraine in the event of a revolution the head of russia's institute of foreign policy things the president himself is partially responsible for how far things have gone there. bruce is not what they're looking for looking for the national revolution as the lead do of the extreme. right wing or right sector says the

have been dreaming the ball at this moment for a long time they have been giving forces and actually hard to have the responsibility of lysol so on president. couldn't more about these the intrude in ukraine and still until now he has a. using the constitutional means to preserve the constitutional order and. the president of the country has the duty to defend the citizens to preserve the constitutional order until now president you know for this has been evading giving all this to what we need for something has not given them or all the necessary means to protect themselves and to prepare victories for seated in cities and so few cranes so part of the responsibility is on him as well right as essential care of all sorts or weapons in their arsenal the following footage showing how the opposition has become an armed force speaks for itself stones and miles of

cocktails have become a common sight in the hands of rioters medieval weapons like counter poles and bows have also made a comeback there rapidly growing death toll surged one radicals got their hands on real firearms snipers and gunmen now have the center of the capital in their sights but all this evidence of violence by the rioters is not enough to sway western politicians the u.s. state department puts all the responsibility on the authorities imposing travel ban sanctions on some officials there and this follows similar statements from the e.u.'s high ranking officials however russia's foreign minister lavrov says the authorities have done all they can to prevent bloodshed. the ukrainian government has repeatedly shown its goodwill they offered compromises in the deal that night when they agreed to free those detained during the riots if the protest is very key to the administrative buildings they captured the government filled its obligations

with all the opposition venture leave disrupted the process western countries are seeking to weaken the government in kiev by blaming it for violence and imposing sanctions brian becker director of the antiwar answer coalition. the united states and the e.u. the nato powers have been using all kinds of pressure on the ukrainian government with the effort to bring the ukraine into the e.u. which means to bring it into nato right on russia's border and in november what they did is they gave an ultimatum to the ukraine government you either make a decision no deal with russia or be with the e.u. no whether choice then they outlined the plan which was to impose extreme austerity measures on the ukrainian people as part of the admission policy to get into the e.u. then of course they helped castigate or create these protests and now as the protesters are using extreme violence as the government is using violence and is the government is trying to maintain order you would be us in the e.u.

saying now we will impose sanctions for the use of violence so this is a full court press this is pressure what's the real purpose i think it's to break up the ukrainian government with the hopefully we can in that government toppling that government and getting a government that will take the country into the e.u. into the western sphere of influence and this has to be seen by russia as a great threat. blazing barricades people on fire as well as dead and wounded being carried away from the streets. home you'll find some of the most apocalyptic images from kiev that have shocked the. well continue of course to bring you all the latest from the ukrainian capital stay with us international and so to come for you this hour as well as historic victory

. another sensation for russia of the sochi winter games as a young athlete claims the country's first ever olympic gold in the individual women's figure skating. and a luxury that no one wants over a dozen mansions worth hundreds of millions of pounds stand empty in the heart of london stay with us for the. belmont told him aligned with what i will only react to situations i have read the reports for unlike the pollution and no i will leave it to the state department to comment on your latter point to say due to the security of a car is on the job here no gonna. take you no more weasel words when you need a direct question be prepared for

a change when you run you should be ready for a. freedom of speech and little doubt the freedom to question. dramas they're trying to be ignored. stories others to use in those. places change the world right now. to picture a day. from around the globe. look you don't. want to run your life these. days it's like you know.

pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i roll researcher. this is all saying to national calming to live from moscow welcome back russia is celebrating and not the olympics fast and the twenty fourth game. perhaps surprisingly i gold medal in the women's individual figure skating has become russia's fast ever in the band another breakthrough or in the games which

have since success in expected places for the host nation and her family has the details far. it was a stunning victory but also a major upset because think of a managed to defeat south korea's favorite yuna kim but also stepped in to save the day for russia after union lipsky fell for a second night in a row but certainly giver managed to stay as cool as the ice under her blades to claim that historic gold and afterwards we spoke to each. player every coach wants his effort to be the best especially in special competitions like the olympics had a long hard journey for her to find herself there were tears and false child has got up and she found a way because she has real fighting spirit and that gold medal does count remarkable olympic games russian figure skaters but it has to be said they have gone through more twists and turns than a hollywood script both on and off the ice if you remember it all started with the

early gold medals in the pairs and same events but then we saw you get the play shank of the veteran having to pull out of his individual event with a bad back and then we saw the rising star fifteen year old sky fall during her individual event and many people are saying that was because she was buckling under media pressure she shopped to stardom after that fabulous performance in the team event but then after that the media scrutiny to say the intention felt that she had to leave sochi and train in moscow before returning to try and get a medal in the individual event which of course did not happen now on twitter many people have been speculating look simply you've been putting too much pressure on young shoulders and that's why she filed and of course while we're talking about this it does reassert russia as a powerhouse in figure skating but there have been other breakthrough sports at these games for russia to particularly short track speed skating where they got their first gold medal in that just a few days to go and going for more medals in that sport today for russia victor

and bloody me going to go already. long after the winter olympics roadshow rolls out of town salcha will still have. a lot to offer visitors although some of that rations will involve one mightn't leap of faith as our season martin jurors found out. hold on to your hats this is such as you've never seen before. a.j. that bungee has been stretching mine since one thousand eight hundred sixty starting out with new zealand in pursuit of the ultimate adrenaline buzz almost three decades and two point five million bungee jumps later the company has set up shop in russia facing the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge and the world's highest swing facilities are aimed to impress this is by far the most inversion project was. the most interesting in the most beautiful we've already done

some privateers jumps from the sixty major germ that feels wonderful. and we're normally opening opening to the public sometime later in june this year. so it will be. an adventure in the trees here and so it becomes really the world's biggest adventure playground. with spectacular views of the black sea in the caucasus mountains the park will also have russia's highest bungee jump at two hundred meters as well as chief giant flying foxes that will catapult white knuckled guests across the gigantic goal which. is what a shame it is closed i really would have liked to have jumped off yes really i just look at the view absolutely incredible and this is the flying fox station where thrill seekers will be catapulted across the valley here at

a staggering one hundred and sixty kilometers per hour. the centuries. the old ritual has changed dramatically from the days of jumping off trees attached to a vine leaves the technology is different now but the process of leap of faith stays the same taking people right out of their comfort zones and a bit. this summer this new addition to the world of adrenaline junkies and extreme sports will only have to sucky spotlight on the international mouse it just might not be for the faint hearted martha andrews party. so it's a new day of competition a sultry giving more slaves a chance to ride a bad name in history and without a special coverage we'll be telling you all about it throughout the day. the g. twenty and fourteen promises we call to make an exhilarating winter in our team

a team join me and it's now a make over now and the rest of our located news team for sochi twenty four take. on our team. now look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour demonstrators mostly students of violent tires and food police across venezuela throughout thursday one opposition leader has called president might do are to design illegal groups that often are tied to anti-government rallies so far six people have died in process to demand the government resign over their mishandling of the country's oil rich but the struggling economy. you have been given the international community to stand three thousand more troops to the central african republic christian militias that continue at times and muslims trying to leave the capital by and gooey peacekeepers from france on the african union so far failed to tackle sectarian tensions in the country which some fear

could slide into genocide. empty houses was no lights all standing abandoned full so long that wildlife has moved in this post apocalyptic picture is a reality in the heart of the british capital some mansions in london so-called billion years a row have not been lived in for quarter of a century point boyko takes a look at why. the bishop's avenue in north london is one of the most expensive streets in europe it's been home to saudi royalty film stars and media tycoon use this mansion is on the market for sixty five million pounds but some of the other properties here tell a different story an investigation by the guardian newspaper has revealed that large swathes of the most expensive part of the street have fallen into disrepair because no one is living in them that's about three hundred fifty million pounds

worth of property boarded up and standing vacant but even as they stand derelict these houses are getting more expensive a former pakistani minister bought this house back in two thousand and seven for twelve million pounds it's now back on the market and expected to sell for thirty million pounds and it's a read there's nothing wrong with the road it is quite normal to have. maybe title twenty percent of the properties as we call it in the state of flux bishops avenue is off the wall and iconic road which is one of the best known names in the world and therefore it protects your investment it's a status symbol so for most people coming into this country i'm for local as bishops i took some of the books is but away from the leafy average new the u.k. is in the midst of a housing crisis homeless charity shelter have warned that house prices are

spiraling out of control because of a shortage of affordable housing last year in london alone over one hundred eighty thousand people on waiting lists for social housing against this backdrop critics say this so-called house supporting shouldn't be allowed to take place a lot of these things are actually people bowing to leave all their land banking they're just buying property in london because they think it's a good investment it's not actually a home it's just an investment and that they're just doing it to money and housing should be the people not just about investing in making money the problem is spreading to other affluent areas of london such as kensington and chelsea even the mare of london has waded in saying that london properties on blocks of bullion which rich often overseas investors can just park their money and councils now have the right to charge an extra hundred fifty percent in tax on homes that are being

lived in or rented out but local authorities complain that for the people that are invested in these houses that's just loose change polly boy you are seeing london. news from the news team in the us special minutes time but coming up next it's called stop with peace and about the terrible. now the.

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chaos on the streets of kiev after a short truce rioters are again wrecking havoc the so-called opposition appears to have no interest in the legally elected government force is being met with force where ukraine goes from here is anyone's guess. to cross-talk developments in ukraine i'm joined by my guest marcus papadopoulos in london he's the editor of politics first magazine also in london we have robert oulds he used to director of the british group and in washington we cross to ariel cohen he is a senior fellow in russian and eurasian studies and international energy security at the heritage foundation or a gentleman cross-talk roles in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it marcus if i go to you first in london i've been watching the pictures coming out of care for the last day and a half this looks like a armed insurrection this looks like an organized coup against the government in kiev and we haue and we have to point out here that the government in kiev mr eunuch over.