your biggest worry to the heart of moscow. right is in the ukrainian capital opened fire on police in the city center just an hour before a promise crisis deal between the government and the opposition is expected to be signed. says the number of people killed in clashes between radical protesters and police it reaches almost eighty and heavy smoke and barricades remain in the city center. the rioters may be using lethal force but the e.u. and the who are as lays the blame solely on the authorities we ask analysts of why the axle the opposition are overlooked that. this has nothing to do about job market receivers they keep talking about this is all the biz.

hello and welcome to r.t. international twenty four hour news a live from moscow i'm cute actual power to our main story now and we'll start with the breaking news from ukraine this hour radical protesters have reportedly again opened fire on police and one of caves main streets it comes just an hour before some kind of peace deal is expected to be signed between the president and opposition and this is what the historic center of the ukrainian capital looks like today following beaks week's deadly clashes and almost eighty lives have been lost since the unrest started on tuesday that's just the official figure the opposition claims the number of casualties is much higher than i witness reports and numerous videos showed dozens of bodies lying openly in the streets covered only by thin blankets the number of those injured is in the many hundreds of his crew has been at the very epicenter of the violence in kiev

and alex figure our correspondent will join us live shortly for now he says his report on the violence in kiev has suffered so far. druce it did not seem like that at all in the early hours of thursday morning despite a 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 radical elements that we have ready. many times there which is somehow here and driven by especially as we see using snipers and so on which is not controlled neither by the opposition there by the west directly so everything went out of control beyond the opposition as it is now they want 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 it's absolutely appalling it's intolerable he it 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 our day started in kiev or we're trying to do a live shot for one of our live positions were getting ready when somebody fired a sniper 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 our crew we found this seven sixty two bullet for some time 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 turned into something else altogether 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 you begin is going to. this gem which you were just out of is that we've dealt with a lot of wounded people mostly gunshot wounds many of them died snipers were operating a shoot to kill policy. when the sun set on kiev after another day of bitter violence more dead and injured littered the streets and the truce lay in tatters radicals continue to demand a revolution and fight to the end which is for now nowhere in sight. from. the ukrainian parliament has passed a resolution that would see on to terrorist operations put on hold and government forces was drawn from kiev more than a dozen policemen have been captured by rises and you can see them being escorted to one of the protests headquarters so far sixteen officers have been killed and

more than a hundred enjoyed she spoke tofor one member of london's metropolitan police force on response unit and he gave us his take on the actions of both rioters and the authorities and. what we're seeing is a situation that's moved from from protests and conflict into wally's really have was turned on a little earlier commentator into the revolution so i think it's gone beyond that you know if the place were of in this situation now then i think we would be coming militarized very wide so we are not talking about the usual policing of protests but we are talking of something are much oil 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 wide repercussions concerning the democracy in the. under our website aussie dot com we've been following the dramatic change in caves

landscape the once picturesque independence square in kiev in contrast to what is look it looks like now a wasteland planted with debris and rubble as people pick their way through a raging fires but it wasn't like when they protest first started out he is going to check alex now and how a once peaceful say ten evolved into an armed conflict on the streets of here before there was blood there was peace november 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's center the result half a million descend on my don protesters bilberry kates clashes with police intensifying. rioters seize buildings including the city council thousands of ultra nationalists march on new year's day to call for action the

government hits back with anti-protons loss 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. feb 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 new your 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 reigned in kiev. from the chaos quickly spread to western ukraine the region is traditionally critical of the pro eastern government and people there showing support for the nationwide riots extremists in some of the larger cities that two government buildings by force in the city of lutes rioters drunk the governor onto a stage and handcuffed him to

a metal pole after he refused to step down and he is now live all but where riot is the times the local administration with molotov cocktails and sticks that looted some of the military equipment including hundreds of firearms and batons only to give it away to people protesting against the government the same happened in other year by city's homemade volves stroh's and guns roll used to take control of government offices. but it was not only western ukraine out on the streets of sorties have been losing control of cities a one by one in the pro-government east including even the crimea and he is hardik of now which i says are blocking city hall and police headquarters and even here with the support for the current president is historically high rioters have attacked security forces government offices were also blocked in one of the biggest cities new proper troughs and the crimean supreme court the council despite people expressing support for the authorities is now saying it could break away from

ukraine in the event of a revolution some officers from the crimea were wounded while on duty in kiev have now returned home and this is what they told about all they saw. you know we've taken this from protesters they came to a peaceful demonstration with axes put on stones they provoke and throw things at us people catch fire i was put out four times yesterday i came home and i had no uniform and i just peeled off people are very aggressive there many drug addicts drunks all those in the front line are under the influence we were not given any weapons or too we were like chickens. and the head of russia's institute of foreign policy things the president himself is partially responsible for how far things have gone. part of the responsibility lies also on president. couldn't not know about this danger growing in ukraine and still until now he

hasn't been using they can stick. to preserve the constitutional or their. president of the country has the duty to defend the citizens to preserve the constitutional order until now president you know polish has been even. given all this to what we can for some has not given them all the necessary means to protect themselves and to protect victims for the. citizens of ukraine so part of the responsibility is on him as well. rises in central kiev have all sorts of weapons and there are still the following footage showing how the opposition has become an armed force speaks for itself stones and mortar of cocktails have become a common sight in the hands of rioters medieval weapons like cars of poles and have also made a comeback there rapidly growing death toll surged with radicals got when radicals got their hands on real firearms snipers and gunmen now have the scent of the

council 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 girl thora she's imposing travel ban sanctions on some officials 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 deals like when they agreed to free those detained during the riots if the protesters vacated the administrative buildings they captured the government filled its obligations all the opposition venture lead disrupted the process western countries are seeking to weaken the government and by blaming it for violence and imposing sanctions that is the view of brian becker director of the antiwar answer coalition the united states

and the nato powers have been using all kinds of pressure on the ukraine government with the effort to bring the ukraine into b. which means to bring it into nato right on russia's. what they did is they gave an ultimatum to the ukraine government you either make a decision no deal with russia or b. with the e.u. no other 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 as the government is trying to maintain order the u.s. and the e.u. say 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. the death toll and keeps climbing officials now say at least eighty people were killed in clashes over the last few days and now we can go live to kiev and talk to alex a good about the latest developments that hi there looks a so the interior ministry reports that shooting started again despite all hopes for peace deal. yes indeed despite what seems to be a very calm morning and rather standstill situation now the interior ministry reports that the cease fire has been broken by the riot says that they have fired live rounds at the police in front of the parliament building and attempted to storm it as far as we've heard from the interior ministry the attack has been repelled but now several unconfirmed reports twitter reports are suggesting that the attack is still going on the people are trying to get inside the parliament the

parliament where a session is still continuing and it's just taken an hour recess probably because of security concerns but this is the situation at the moment i just passed the independence square which is right behind me and the ward there that the people would not accept and you the streets either one of which we expect to be announced shortly here in ukraine after almost nine hours of negotiations between the representatives of the e.u. russia and ukraine here in kiev the talks which ended at seven o'clock in the morning we already have several leaks that this peace treaty would provide early elections this year have basically a month earlier that they were supposed to be held in general trying to fifty now the president would offer to hold the elections in december twenty fourth scene as well as returning to the constitution of two thousand and four giving more authorities to the parliament than the president but the people here would not take it they're saying that they would only start any kind of peaceful process on the

one condition the resignation of young and some are even calling for him to. immediately on trial after that several other reports are suggesting that a group of at least a hundred very heavily armed men have just been dispatched to the independence square on several buses they have right here i can't confirm it i haven't seen with my own eyes but what i can confirm is the previous report by the interior ministry of the possible attack on the police i did indeed hear several loud pops several loud banging sounds about half an hour ago so the situation still remains very we don't know where it goes and it's definitely far from being a truce here and you. are told that excluded from the center of the ukrainian capital x a thank you very much indeed and stay safe say it is a war zone blazing barricades people on fire as well as the dead and wounded being carried away from the streets. home you'll find some of the most apocalyptic images

from kiev that have shown the wall. and we'll continue to work here all the way because from the ukrainian capital stay without saying to national and still to come later this saw a historic victory. and now the sensation for russia of the social winter games as a young athlete claims the country's first ever big gold in the individual women's figure skating. a luxury that no one wants a dozen mansions what hundreds of millions of pounds stand and take in the heart of london that's after the break.

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to find out more visit our big teeth. this is also international life are most welcome back. russia is celebrating another olympic for us to the twenty four soon salcha games. perhaps surprisingly a gold medal for a delay in a sort of a in the women's individual figure skating has become russia's first ever in the band and now the breakthrough in games which have seen success in unexpected places for the host nation andrew fowler has all the details. it was a stunning victory but also a major upset because if they could ever manage to defeat south korea's favorite yuna kim but also stepped in to save the day for russia after you 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. and 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 but child has got up and she found her 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 in the 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 shocked to stardom after that fabulous performance in the team event but then after that the media scrutiny was so intent she 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 that 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 russia victor and bloody me going to go with. it all now to the winter olympics a road show rolls out of town sochi while still how lot to offer. visitors although some of that transitions will involve one mighty leap of faith as i say is not hanjour is found out. hold on to your hats this is such as you've never seen before. a.j.

hackett bungee has been stretching mind since nine hundred eighty six starting out with too many 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 boasting the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge and the world's highest swing facilities are aimed to impress this is by far the most ambitious project with. the most interesting in the most beautiful we've already done some jumps from the sixty major germ that feels wonderful. and we normally opening opening to the public sometime later in june this year. so it will be. an adventure park 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 two giant flying foxes that will catapult white knuckled guests across the gigantic gorge. and what a shame it is closed i really would have liked to have jumped off yes. 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 old ritual has changed dramatically from the days of jumping off trees at. which the 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 further. once open this summer this new addition to the world of adrenaline

junkies and extreme sports will only have to start she spotlights of the international match it just might not be for the faint hearted martin andrews party such. as our it's a new day of competition and sultry giving more are creates a chance to ride then they win history and without a special coverage will be telling you all about it throughout the day. the g twenty four dean promises the goal to make it in exhilarating winter in our eight year journey and it's now a make over an hour on the bus from our located news team to sochi twenty four take . on r.t. . empty houses with no line solid standing abandoned while solong that while live has moved day in this post apocalyptic picture is a reality in the heart of the british capital some munchkins in london so cold

billionaires row have not been lived in for quarter of a century point by god 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 tycoons 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 wreck 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 buzz bishops ticks a lot of books but away from the leafy avenue the u.k. is in the midst of a housing crisis homeless charity shelter of warmth 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 were on waiting lists for social housing against this backdrop critics say this so-called house hoarding shouldn't be allowed to take place

a lot of these things are actually people are borrowing 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 maire 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 the 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. a prankster to kill a job dave to stay with us here an aussie international.

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and welcome to technology updates this month we left the hustle and bustle of moscow i went to top stunt which is one of the country's innovation hot spots on today's show we meet some of cousins young scientists. we find out that making plane parts is a bit like baking a cake. and we can face to face with a modern day viking. but first has been pegged to become capsule so it was the perfect place to kick off our trip. to sun is the capital of the republic of tatarstan the city's historic sites running back centuries of very modern metropolis and this innovation friendly environment makes it the ideal place to start. on our first evening in the city we were met by a pair of young intrapreneur as keen to give us a demonstration of their bodog. as well as providing all the features of

a traditional dash cam the op also uses computer vision technology to identify road signs and display them on screen it's also remembers the speed limits of the road you're on and politely reminds you gets a bit heavy on the accelerator the following day we went to i.t.v. parked right in the hearts of cars on this business district builds in two thousand and nine with the sole purpose of boosting bushes i can see industry the parks business incubator is a hive of activity it provides all the infrastructure and supports in. serry help putting business men and women in the idea it's a fully fledged company so it was the perfect venue for the bush and starts approach shows stopping cars on the event organized in parts by skolkovo will pass through twenty seven cities by april this year giving a total of around three thousand stocks hopes the chance to pitch their ideas to about five hundred investors and we arrived just in time to see the guys from bodog say to the stage.