ukraine's president agrees to make concessions to the opposition including early elections and constitutional reform the parliament even approved a law that would allow the former prime minister yulia timoshenko to walk free from prison. as another but that's another day of explosions and street fights right kiev government rioters reportedly been shooting at police and blocking traffic the death toll from the recent violence has reached at least eighty with hundreds more injured. western powers seem to be ignoring the past and now in the hands of the protesters as the e.u. in washington slap a large part of the blame on the government. this

is r.t. international with twenty four hours a day live from our studio center here in moscow and we start with the latest news from ukraine where a peace deal has been signed between the president and the opposition its terms include an early presidential election which is to be held between september and december the parliament has now also voted in favor of a bill allowing the country's jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko to walk free but the radical anti-government right to keep up their fight as artie's election got a fifty now reports but we keep hearing from this stage over here the independence square is that they want the immediate resignation of the president and some are even saying that the president must go on trial for everything which has been happening in the ukrainian capital in the past several months they laid the blame directly on the country's president the deal which the opposition and the president has just managed to sign is essentially the largest concessions coming from the earth or. towards the opposition which includes early presidential ballots which

include a return to the two thousand and four constitution which essentially gives more power to the parliament than the president the date of the early election has not yet been set and this is probably causing the biggest concern because that the early election could be held in december twenty fourth in which is just a month earlier than they were supposed to be held anyway in january twenty fifteen and this is something which the protesting people here at the my down at independence square up at sea clearly unhappy with and also the biggest intrigue right now is whether the so-called right wing sect the hardcore core of the hard core part of the protests the guys who were essentially on the front line shooting at the policemen and driving this whole pavement here whether they will accept this deal because from what we've been hearing from the movement's lead me to the goddess over the past several days that they will not accept any kind of peace treaties with the government and the opposition furthering the concerns that they're no longer controlled by the opposition that their own their own and there

have been please clear statements coming from them that they wanted the revolution to continue until the very end something i will tell you in my report. in the early hours of thursday morning despite the ceasefire agreed during the night by politicians right wing right he's 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 regular elements that we have already come up many times from up 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 opposition the there by the west directly so everything went out of control beyond opposition isis now they want 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 crowd and police trying to hold them back exchanged fire yeah our crew even got caught in the middle of it at one point so this is our day started in kiev who were 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 definitely suggesting a live round was fired here and later in one of the rooms of our crew we found this a 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 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 mostly gunshot wounds many of them died snipers were operating shoot to kill policy. when the sun set on the day of bits of violence more dead and injured littered the streets and the truce lay in taxes radicals continued to demand a revolution and fight to the end. from kiev in ukraine. well if the last several days have been sensational in terms of the level of violence we have seen in the streets of kiev today is certainly sensational in terms of political things happening inside the parliament in the latest move the ukrainian parliament has decriminalized the article of the country's criminal code which landed if you get too much shank of the former prime minister into jail for seven years she's already spent two years of all the abuse of power now effectively she

may go free some people are saying here on the ground that the defendant square that the future president of ukraine is now will now be released back from brazen and also there are many important laws have been boss why the rada by the bottom and today such as aiding the families of those who were injured in those protests from both sides from the side of the police and the side of the protesters it's also a meeting that things are looking really grim call the ruling party because we have already had reports that many deputies several dozen deputies have defected from the ruling party to the opposition. well police have been withdrawn from the ministry of area of ukraine's capital as the government fulfilled its end of the peace deal the unrest that's been raging in the country since tuesday has claimed at least eighty lives now that's the official figure the opposition says the number is much higher than that witness reports and numerous videos showed dozens of bodies lying openly in the streets covered only by thin blankets hundreds of also

been injured and more than a dozen police officers have been captured by rioters and you can see them being escorted to one of the protest headquarters so far sixteen officers have been killed and more than one hundred injured and r.t. spoke to a former member of the armed response unit of london's metropolitan police force he gave us his take on the actions of both the rioters and the authorities in kiev. what we're seeing is a situation that's moved from from protests and conflict into raleigh's really of was turned on a local commentator into the revolution so i think it's gone beyond you know if the police will armed in this situation now they're not think we would be coming militarized any wide so we are not talking about the usual policing of protests but we're talking of something are 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 searcher well from the capital chaos quickly spread to western ukraine a region traditionally critical of the government the city of laval has been left virtually without a police force that's because most officers including many high ranking ones have joined the anti-government protesters on kiev's independence square at the moment it's impossible to even call the police to report a crime in the valve little surprise then that hundreds of firearms backings and other rod to military equipment have been looted from a local base and given away to anti-government rockets and throughout the west of ukraine radicals have been using guns homemade bombs and in provides weapons to take over government force offices well such behavior has been causing outrage amid some in the east now this part of the country is traditionally more pro russian and has greater support for president in

a coach and his government and locals have been organizing against anti-government rot is the merging here too is kharkov where the radicals are blocked the city hall and police headquarters government offices were also surrounded in one of the biggest cities and their property the people's militia squads have been joining forces with the police and they seem determined to fight off the spreading radical threat. this idea originated in the minds of our petri it's when there is a difficult situation where nationalist contagion spreads across ukraine when they keep to one region after another when they attack ordinary citizens people organize unite and create a structure of self-defense well in the past week writers in kiev managed to heavily armed themselves getting a molotov cocktail in the capital doesn't seem to be all that difficult with a weapon becoming a popular choice homemade catapults and bowser adding to a mediæval appearance to the bloodshed and writers who got their hands on modern

forums as well with snipers keeping the center of kiev well and truly in their sights forcing up the death toll. all this evidence of violence by the rioters is not enough to sway western politicians the u.s. state department is placing all responsibility on the authorities imposing travel bans sanctions on some officials now this follows similar statements from high ranking e.u. officials they claim it's peaceful protesters who have been taking a battering from the government and urging those in power to take action and curb the violence but russia's foreign minister said the west had added its fuel to the conflict often encouraging extremists in the streets while on our website at the moment r.t. dot com we've been following the dramatic change in the landscape of the ukrainian capital the once picturesque independence square is shown in contrast to what it looks like now a wasteland cluttered with daybreak and rubble as people pick their way through raging fires and the people most suffering from the unrest of those who attempt to

protest peacefully says derek munro he's from the foreign policy in focus think tank. it is very troubling specific from a political standpoint were the current two different factions which are probably the most aggressive in an overall fraidy are really beyond any control the only control of the people who are really protesting peacefully also people control the nature of the position parties so it's basically a state of flux if it weren't individual party or faction where it's slow to where there is a stimulus for a song growing out of where that might be for their own interests or oath mission command control and to be serve really are doing whatever they feel it's necessary for them to achieve their own goals which of it is point i'm not even sure what the goals really are because it seems to be the change from hour to hour minute to minute.

with the twenty four hours a day life from moscow stay with us now for more international news after the break . well all told you my language as well but i will only react to situations as i have read the reports and like the pollution you know i will leave them to the state planning to comment on your latter point i'm going to say it's secure yeah they call it is on the docket well god i. hope they get no more weasel words. when you vade a direct question and the prepared for a chase when you throw a punch be ready for a battle freedom of speech means little doubt the freedom to question.

dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others to a few still notice. this is changing the world right now. the picture of the day's news. from around the globe. looked. to me. only three days now remain of the twenty second winter olympic games dozens of medals are still up for grabs that's now passed over to the studio where kevin and the crew have all the latest and greatest for us from the result. yeah hi bill hi all again nice to see

a great night russia has just taken gold in the men's five hundred meter speedskating thanks to victor and again he's been such a star now who now has therefore two of those lovely gold medals on the wrist belt in just these olympics alone well done to head that to just after the home side one server the women six kilometer biathlon relay an event in which the ukrainian team despite all the turmoil at home one gold so congratulations to them as well because all of this out into the already high spirits already here in sochi where euphoria from yesterday still in the air what we're talking about well where you've been if you didn't know russia for the first time in its history of course won olympic gold in the ladies' figure skating the prize going to seventeen year old. nick of a she really fought the odds on that one beating very strong competition including that of a teammate the olympics skier how did richard port fleet caught up with a champion to hear her impressions. i corrected you on the russian championship in twenty twelve then you had to wait for two years for you short of the olympics it

was it hard for most of us. it was very hard i've had some very tough moments in my life but i prepared really well for the start and everything i was supposed to. know prince was also an agreement where you've been the leader of the russian skating team now he's also you know we had one of your all your championships and what he means or titian did this will take some pressure off him most because that was the means doubling of all of us that you know i didn't feel any pressure at all because i didn't read anything i also wanted to perform in the team competition but eventually i had set a goal to win a medal in the individual program and it cost. were three days ago there are still dozens of medals up for grabs of course let's take a quick look now at the general standings as they stand at the moment at quarter past ten at night here in sochi russia now they're not positioned three on the leaderboard has been largely unchanged with norway having the gold count followed closely by canada the united states and germany. as good as

the being so far the such a games will suit of course draw to a close in the city's authorities were busy thinking ahead what to do next for the black sea resort is on its way to becoming a capital of entertainment tailored not just to families but also to the dead devils about just to what is more they don't disappear not about to find out what's on offer for said thrill seekers. hold on to your hats this is such as you've never seen before. a.j. hackett bungee has been stretching mine since nine hundred eighty six starting out with two men in 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 and 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 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 old ritual has changed dramatically from the days of jumping off trees attached to violate the technology is different now but the process of leap of faith stays the same taking people right. of their comfort zones and a bit further. open this summer this new addition to the world of adrenaline junkies and extreme sports will only have to suck she spotlights on the international map it just might not be for the faint hearted martin andrews party such. well for flying foxes to a story about maybe somebody crying wolf what will a new video from sochi is gone viral in a very big way it's not every day you see a wolf here right wandering the hallways of

a limb pick venue's shock value sounds unbelievable well it is unbelievable this video here you're seeing purports to show a u.s. outlaid hiding behind a door while filming this wild beast and actually for the spread like wildfire imagine us news channels loved it there picked up on it broadcast it as fact turns out it was all a prank by an american talk show host in the front of the back of a studio could call that one amazing what people believe of course when you see it on telly now just finally as we speak team usa facing off right now of the shoulder against canada in their highly anticipated ice hockey much i'll bring you up to speed on that in my next live update from sochi here just about an hour's time. the team twenty four team promised the goal to meet in the exhilarating winter or not to be here so join me and use an hour and make over now and the rest of our local news team for such a twenty four take. on our team. more from sochi in about an

hour from now almost three quarters of a million houses in the u.k. are standing empty and this at a time when there's a serious shortage of residential buildings. or went to one of the most prestigious streets that's become a symbol for britain's bricks and mortar crisis. 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 ten or twenty percent of the properties as we call it in the state of flux bishops avenue is after all an 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 and for local bars 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 warm but 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 of hoarding shouldn't be allowed to take place a lot of these things are actually people are borrowing to leave 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's homes 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.

protests is being found guilty of inciting mass unrest in moscow and assaulting police during riots back in twenty two while the defendants refute the charges and a crowd of supporters is formed outside the courthouse of reports on what the judge had to say. the courts found eight people guilty of inciting mass riots and using force against the law enforcers the prosecution had been asking for between five to six years in prison while all of these suspects pleaded not guilty the defense was actually saying that the protests could not be classified as mass riots however some of the convicted were actually videotaped while fighting with the police and throwing rocks at them and just to remind you that the big demonstration into place on the sixth of may two thousand and twelve when thousands of people took into the streets protesting against the violations in the parliamentary elections and the

protest that was authorized and peaceful initially turned into violent clashes with police dozens of people were injured over four hundred people were detained and a criminal case was opened and twenty nine people were charged now eight of the suspects were released in december as part of a wide amnesty as they didn't use any force against the police and the three other people that have been amnesty only this week the case has really resonated across russia a crowd of supporters gathered on friday in front of the board but the chords and the judge said they will continue reading the verdict on monday at ten thirty. time now for some more global headlines here in r.t. international suicide bombers attacked a police compound near the afghan capital killing at least one policeman and wounding two more it's thought the armed gunmen were disguised in burkas and

detonated a device outside the building before three of them went inside the taliban has claimed responsibility for the raid. knowing that al shabaab militants have died after they attacked the presidential palace in the somali capital to government officials were also killed and his gun fight rage near the building after militants blew a hole in the perimeter fence with two car bombs seven were killed last week when an explosion targeting u.n. officials ripped through a busy street near the airport. and finally to venezuela in all the world update this is where protests against a government event today a ninth day with activists burning de brézé in the capital part of rallies dominated by students that are spread to several cities across the country demonstrations turned violent just over a week ago leaving two dead and dozens injured. well that's it for the moment i'll be back with the news team with more from just over half an hour from now the meantime sophy and co next with our host so if you have a nuts. transit

route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. 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 this was populations democratic choice to restrict immigration is naturally 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 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.

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venezuela his sproul and out of control with every side blaming the other for the house of the government cope with this serious political crisis when i ask somebody who has a view from the inside i'm just is that as a member of president majoris cabinet is our guest today. street fighting is raging on the streets of the venezuelan capital with comandante shah is gone his rivals are taking a shot at his successor and the white house has already voiced its support for regime change how will caracas stop the violence does washington times do it for the country's economic woes to play does venezuela's socialist dream of a future. and understands our eyes so our guests today a member of president maduro cabin that thanks very much for being with us he's joining us.