ukraine's president agrees to make concessions to the opposition including early elections and constitutional reform the parliament even approves a law that would allow former prime minister yulia timoshenko to walk free from prison. meanwhile western powers thank russia for helping mediate the talks and reach the crucial deal raising hopes that mayhem could be over soon. then again maybe not because the radicals that have been rioting in kiev for the past few days of buying the concessions saying they'll storm the parliament on saturday morning unless the president steps down immediately we go live to kiev shortly here on r.t. international. this

is our international within twenty four hours a day live from our studio center here in moscow and that we start with the latest news then 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 now that's amid a number of other concessions but radical anti-government rioters don't seem convinced let's get more live now from auntie's and he had to share ski alexy so what sort of reaction are you hearing about this from the rioters there in independence square where you are. well if you look at this could easily be described as the biggest political day in the history of modern ukraine at least in the last several years with the government and the opposition finding some sort of consensus signing a peace deal and the parliament was very busy today agreeing so many crucial laws returning to the constitution of two thousand and four providing amnesty and

support for all those who were detained and injured during the protests from both sides but also as well as calling on an early presidential ballot it's still unclear what day it will be held but still if the initiative came from the parliament and most importantly even setting almost basically releasing you later machine for the former prime minister from prison decriminalizing the criminal code the criminal article of the code that she's been spending time in prison seven years of the term and two years she's already spent there but the right wing radicals the so-called right wing sacked dos to be seem to be happy with those concessions when the opposition leaders who are the ones basically who trashed out this deal within the parliament who trashed out those laws and made those initiatives were speaking from the stage at the independence square they were booed and jeered by some part of the crowd and then the leader of the right wing radicals took over the microphone and said that if you want to call that the president of

ukraine does not step down now by ten o'clock in the morning on saturday they will attack with fire arms they will storm the governmental buildings and it will be back to square one we see where how it goes but it's been interesting to witness here at the independence square how leaders of the opposition literally leading the crowds to agree with those concessions to agree with this peace treaty they made this is definitely was a very strong and very well negotiated effort with several parts sticking taking several sides taking part in it the e.u. representatives the one from russia and in fact some some some sort of praise came from. the united states from john carney as well as from the foreign minister of poland. sikorski who said that they actually praised russia for taking part in this only goes seating effort but whether this negotiating african actually bring the violence to a hold or to an end to complete and is still a big question will have to wait until ten o'clock in the morning on saturday to

see whether the right wing sector will keep their promise or up to the moment thanks very much indeed for that live update from kiev artie's alexy to share ski there well police have been withdrawn from the administrative area of ukraine's capital of the government fulfilled its part of the peace deal the rest that's been raging in the country since tuesday has claimed at least eighteen lives and that's the official figure the opposition says the number is much higher eyewitness reports and numerous videos show dozens of bodies lying openly in the streets covered only by in blankets hundreds have also been injured well from the capital chaos quickly spread to the west of ukraine now that's a region which is traditionally critical of the government of the city of laval of there that's been left virtually without any police force that's because most officers including many high ranking ones have joined the antigovernment protesters on kiev's independence square and at the moment it's impossible to even call the police or report a crime in laval little surprise then that hundreds of firearms battens and other

riot and military equipment have been looted from a local base and given away to the government writers and throughout the west of ukraine radicals have been using guns homemade bombs and improvised weapons to take over government offices or such behavior has been causing outrage amid some in the east now this is the part of the country which is traditionally more pro russian and has greater support for president. and his government and locals have been organizing against anti-government rioters have been emerging here to his heart of where the radicals of the city hall and police headquarters government offices were also surrounded in one of the biggest cities and their property but people's militia squads have been joining forces with the police there 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

kept to one region after another when they attack ordinary citizens people organize unite and create a structure of self-defense when in the past week rioters in kiev have managed to heavily armed themselves getting a molotov cocktail in the capital doesn't seem to be a problem at all it's become the weapon of choice their homemade catapult some also giving the violence and bloodshed a medieval appearance and rogers of got their hands on them for arms as well with snipers keeping the center of kiev well within their sights and of forcing up the death toll well on our web site 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 de bruijn rubble as people pick their way through raging fires and the people most suffering from the arrest of those who attempt to protest

peacefully so 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 a difference 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 major to the position parties so it's basically a state of flux if it weren't individual party or faction where it slowed where there is a still less for a long drawn out war where that might be for their own interests or over mission on command control and to be severally are doing whatever they feel it's necessary for them to achieve their own goals which out of it is point i'm not even sure what the goals really are because it seems to be changing from hour to hour minute to minute .

and of course we'll keep you updated with those developments in ukraine over the coming hours here on international more news more international news coming your way off to this short break. there's a media leave us so we leave that maybe privacy potions to cure the play your party there's a goal in questions that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our t.v. . cholesterol. depression. you. do prove your lies. are you that.

those. on the. grid laboratory. was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything to him submission to teach creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only on the r.-g. dot com. just two days now remain of the twenty second winter olympic games though dozens of medal medals are still up for grabs so let's run our policy over to our studio now where kevin and the crew have all the latest integrators from the resort today. yeah hi there what a night it has been a simply gunning for russia three olympic medals two of them gold the country

catapulted itself therefore into second place now in the overall rankings with the highest medal haul in its modern history those two gold medals in fact came from the short track speed skating event where yet he did it again victor and won the five hundred meter sprint and then a mere hour later that is team to victory in the five thousand meter men's relay he's been such a star here for russia four medals for him three of them gold these games what a performance that two just after the home side won silver in the women's six kilometer biathlon relay and event in which the ukrainian team despite all the turmoil back home one gold so our very best congratulations to them. and another first for usher is also one of limpid gold in the ladies figure skating the prize going to seventeen year old adelina sotnikova she really fought the odds on beating very strong competition including that of a teammate the olympic sweetheart skier which of our poor fleet caught up with the 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. it was very hard i've had some very tough moments in my life but i prepared really well for the start and it everything i was supposed to feel so. helpless 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 as opposed to mange doubling of all of us 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. rather well just two days goes without saying but still dozens of medals up for grabs not out of steam yet far from it let's look at the standings as they know that russia is now in second place is mentioned on the leaderboard been largely unchanged with norway heading the goal count followed them by canada the u.s.

and germany. that was going to being so far the sochi games will soon draw to a close in the series authorities are very busy thinking about what to do next the black sea resort is on its way to becoming a capital of entertainment tailoring not just of families but also to the dead devils amongst us to martin andrews one of them he's been out the fire 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. that bungee has been stretching mind so it's not some way to six starting out to bed new zealand in pursuit of the ultimate adrenaline buzz most 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 boys. the most ambitious project

was vivid done and by far the most interesting in the most beautiful we've already done some privateers jumps from the sixty major germ that feels wonderful. and we normally opening opening to the public sometime later in june this year and so will be will also have 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 close 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 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. in this summer this new addition to the world of adrenaline junkies and extreme sports will only have to sochi spotlight on the international map it just might not be for the faint hearted martin andrews party. can you just imagine. no way ok for flying foxes crying wolf a new video from such has gone viral in a very big way it's not every day you see a wolf wandering the hallways of

a limping very. sounds unbelievable probably that's because it is unbelievable it didn't happen in the first place but take a look at the way the video purports to show us athlete our door while filming the said wild beast now actually the footage spread like wildfire those major us news channels loved it the picked it up broadcast this fact. turns out it was all prank by an american talk show host and filmed the package in studio a good prank made in what you believe in you see it on telly. now another big headline that came out from the bolshoi eyestrain over the shoulder you can still see it now that you just changed at the last couple of minutes it was a little up in the canadian u.s. colors earlier on you may have missed it if you did canada beat the u.s. one nail in the semifinals of the ice hockey congratulations to them from us so is the olympic flame burns bright into the night sky once again we're already looking forward to another great there competitions because stay with us as our coverage of all those highlights continues here on r.t. international. the g.

twenty fourteen promises we told them that in the exhilarating of winter for not. joining us in our make over now and the rest of our local news team for such a twenty four take. on r.t. . continues here in r.t. international almost three quarters of a million hells in the u.k. are standing empty and this sort of time when there's a serious shortage of residential buildings. or went to one of london's 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 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 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 i'm for local bars bishops ticks a lot of books and but away from the leafy avenue the u.k.

is in the midst of a housing crisis homeless charity shelter of warm 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 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 earn 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 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 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 eight protesters being found guilty of inciting mass unrest in moscow and assaulting police during rides back in two thousand and twelve the defendants refute the charges and a crowd of supporters has formed outside the courthouse already done a prescribed report 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 the 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 courts and the judge said they will continue reading the verdict on monday at ten thirty.

now for some more global headlines as suicide bombers attacked a police compound near the afghan capital killing at least one police officer and wounding two more is thought the armed gunmen were disguised in burkas and detonated the device outside the building before three of them went inside the taliban has claimed responsibility for the raid. on al shabaab militants have died after they attacked the presidential palace in the somali capital to government officials were also killed a fierce gun fire raged near the building after militants blew a hole in the perimeter fence with two car bombs seven were killed last week when the explosion targeting u.n. officials ripped through a busy street near the airport. and finally in a world of faith. to venezuela where protests against the government have entered their ninth day with activists burning day bring the capital that part of rallies dominated by students that has spread to several cities across the country

demonstrations turned violent just over a week ago leaving two people dead and dozens injured. mourners with me in the team in just over half an hour from now in the meantime larry king and his cast look at the rumors swirling around eerie clinton in politicking coming up after the break here on out international.

flight transit road to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. i just first state of the city address new york mayor bill de blasio said that he would put forward legislation for the city to issue special municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants he summed up his feelings by saying to all my fellow new yorkers who are undocumented i say new york city is your home too and we will not force any of our residents to live their lives in the shadows yeah that sounds nice but the reason these illegal immigrants live their lives in the shadows is because they immigrated illegally why should new yorkers bend over backwards for illegal criminal immigrants this is the same logic that if i catch a guy breaking into my house as a gracious host i should offer him

a pizza because it's his home to this is not just a slap in the face to rule of law but also to the immigrants who do go through the bureaucracy and headaches to become u.s. citizens the right way the legal way so the blasio if you're going to provide these illegal immigrants with some sort of document it should be a plane ticket back home with instructions on how to apply for a green card the legit proper way just like everyone else has to fashion just my opinion. first of all victoria nuland did not make a five billion dollar investment in ukraine that's rubbish second of all let's talk about russia's russia's investment russia cuts gas prices to support you in a cold rich russia is buying ukrainian show bogs of the ukrainian government with serious very here you're here you're so serious you know get your facts straight ok they're eurobonds russia wants all the facts straight very much so i'm saying is

that russia is expanding billions and billions of dollars to bring ukraine into the ration union and the majority of ukrainian people don't want to do the. you made your point it's russia's fault was i really said just now that russia could russia's actions could result in the breakup of ukraine is absolute. nonsense victoria nuland scumming demonstrates america's lip service to the concepts of freedom and democracy. you know there's a new game in town it's called the hunger games housing games plus congar equals the hunger games while a user on my website named andy perry coined the phrase it was david cameron who invented the brutal game in which there are no housing games without hunger pains.

here we couldn't have a hit list and will she use it in a possible two thousand and sixteen white house bid inside the revealing new book about the former secretary of state and first lady with the all close jonathan allen and amy pond's plus new a hillary clinton journos unveiled coming up next on politicking with larry king. live politicking on larry king it's a pleasure to welcome from washington the authors of the new book eight charge sea state secrets and the rebirth of the. bloomberg white house reporter jonathan allen and amy parnes the white house correspondent for the hill newspaper john how did

this book come about. well larry we thought voters were going to be interested in heading into two thousand and sixteen and what hillary clinton had been doing for the last four or five years as secretary of state of course she got some attention but not in real depth and we thought going back and looking at the record starting at the end of the two thousand and eight campaign and following that rise back to political problems we give them an idea of how she makes decisions who she puts around her and of course how she might govern if she was present in the united states so we went about reporting that we talked to more the two hundred people for this book and we believe we've got a revealing and intimate portrait of a woman who may well be the next president of the united states great friend of a picture to amy what do you mean by rebirth well you know this is her comeback story in a way and we think that we're trying to tell a narrative there were she has had to file for a few fall for the course of her career the first being when she was pushing health

care under her husband's administration then following the monica lewinsky scandal and then the two thousand and eight the brutal two thousand a primary campaign we thought she had a really interesting story to tell how she kind of rises she fall from the bench she rises higher than ever very phoenix like you well in a sense john along with i guess george h.w. bush the best qualified person if you run for the presidency forgetting your politics is the most qualifications to run based on through the job. certainly in a long time as you point out george h.w. bush had a lot of jobs in government cia director of an embassador to china but for the most part the country has been electing governors people who come from outside the political process senator obama had only been in washington for a few years not the kinds of qualifications of being an eight year senator secretary of state first lady this sort of harkens back to the early days of the republican terms of the types of experiences that leaders have of course none of

them were first lady unimaginable at that point that you would have a woman so close to running for the presidency and so close potentially to being a major party nominee or actually within the presidency amy how much access did she give you. we got quite a bit of access we're not comfortable really discussing the people we talk to but we are very happy with the access we've got all across the board we've talked to people very low level on her campaign all the way up to the top people who like her are people who don't like her and all of that is reflected in how much time amy with her. we're not really discussing here if back to you larry for the centers for the senate john the book is about her you know going to tell me what they had access to that don't make any sense to me. let me do it this way we had access from the very low wrong to the very top wrong and you can see in the book there are plenty of fresh quotes from hillary clinton about various stages over the last four

or five years including her thinking on whether or not to run for president so we might guess those quotes were given to you. you can guess as you would like larry and i certainly wouldn't deny it ok amy the biggest revelation book is getting a lot of attention as this book deserves maybe the hit list she and her staff made ranking supporters after not getting the nomination in two thousand and eight these jihad did she had a list of people she liked and people she didn't like true. true what she did was a couple of people on her campaign staff in two thousand a put together a microsoft excel spreadsheet and they kind of ranks the people who were friendliest to them a one and the people who were seen as traitors as a seven and some of those names you might be familiar with larry like ted kennedy for instance john kerry there were claire mccaskill their list goes on and on but.