demonstrators in ukraine south defy the country's new leadership pushing for greater autonomy and protesting against the neo nazi groups that are gaining momentum there. but i would read that it would take a closer look at one of the main forces of the former opposition the hardline right sector which may soon become part of ukraine's new interior ministry. a diplomatic route with the u.s. has fueled two weeks of anti-corruption protests in venezuela with america now expelling three diplomats in retaliation for the same move by caracas. plus religious tension runs high in london with the local community organizing christian street patrols in response to a muslim initiative set up earlier. you're

watching r t international live from moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. crowds in ukraine's southeastern region of crimea have rallied against the new leadership insisting it's illegitimate and condemning the power change as a coup d'etat several hundred people gathered outside the council headquarters calling on the local government to disobey the interim authorities now so demanded a referendum on giving greater autonomy to the crimean region the rally follows similar protests in another crimean city where thousands took to the streets in protest against ukraine's new leadership meanwhile pro russian politician igor markov has been freed from detention in the southwestern city of odessa. earlier markov was stripped of his parliamentary. and arrested over the alleged

involvement in the beating of a group of strikers he claimed it was due to his anti e.u. position markov enjoyed the support of both the former ruling party and ex prime minister yulia tymoshenko who held him as the new leader of pro russian ukrainian. meanwhile resisting the rise of neo nazi ism has become one of the main goals of protests against ukraine's new leadership that's due to right wing hardliners placing themselves the core of the people which toppled the old administration as alike as artie's alexy or chefs explains. we lead ukraine's and europe's biggest battle in a vibrantly edited clip of the right sector movement of ukraine states its mission and well something that the revolution here ended with the ousting of the president of the college its leader dmitri jarosz has a different view. you see fortune this is just the beginning ukraine's resurrection

europe's resurrection they started our my down. but does this resurrection require the storming of political party offices the torching of politicians houses and the manhunt for journalists in the new government of this recently the offer of your award for the whereabouts of a russian journalist from the r.t.r. channel for what they call providing false information so you can see where we are heading now the jewish community in southeastern ukraine thought calm had returned but on tuesday an identified man tried to set the town synagogue ablaze with molotov cocktails pushed leach before masked men started throwing explosives at our synagogue and around eleven pm our security tried to catch the perpetrators but they failed. to follow. the right sector is the core and the voice of the uprising but the extent of its involvement in the acts of vandalism and violence walking ukraine now is hard to verify the attacks are often thought to trajan by

unidentified masked men finding who exactly they represent is difficult the word on the street is that there are several armed factions operating under the my done banner now raising serious concerns about the rise of extremism just as the symbols of the tragic past resurface on ukraine streets we witness right now. a very hypocritical approach to politics especially by the european union and by the european states they say they fight against extremism inside the european union. they fund extremists and support extremists and also i think opinion. despite what is widely seen as a victory over the regime might done remains intact with that right sector standing firm some of its members may leave independence square soon though possibly landing jobs in the revamped interior ministry one parliament forms a unity government on thursday

a looksee were set ski on the boards in from kiev in ukraine. plagued by un rast ukraine faces the danger of financial default and is in desperate need of help from donors the twenty billion euros the e.u. has promised to have is actually the amount needed by greece as it struggles to get back on track but brussels has so far kept asons waiting for a third bailout installment it's also about four billion more than the e.u. plans to spend on supporting growth and fighting soaring unemployment the share analyst gordon hahn says it will be very difficult for the e.u. to deliver aid for ukraine european union is going to going to going to have to come up with. twenty billion and there's some serious doubt whether they can do that given the state of some of the economies in europe. some are doing it everybody chippin and i obviously there are some countries that have difficulty doing that like greece and portugal so it's going to be a bit of

a problem to reach that figure. perhaps the i.m.f. can come in to fill in the gap you know where we're at the point where basically the government the. economy in a state of austerity basically or on the verge of one already just simply by dint of circumstances ukraine may welcome european money but within the block the lending program is facing growing criticism over how the loans become more of a headache than a relief for debt laden countries. as the trio of international lenders known as the troika faces an e.u. probe we look at how confidence in the institution has waned in recent years that's coming up later in the program. as venezuela continues to be plunged into a wave of protests the u.s. has expelled three of the country's diplomats this comes after president majeure ordered the expulsion of three american diplomats accused of inciting the unrest at least thirteen people have been killed in the protests that started two weeks ago

with demonstrators demanding that material resign over high levels of crime and a poor economy meanwhile some experts believe there is foreign influence in what's going on in the country. the united states was supposed to. try this for a very long time and so has a conservative government both governments have in various ways whether it is by. paramilitaries going into going to sway law from colombia or also the us government supporting opposition groups with funding. statements that for example kerry recently gave secretary of state kerry which essentially gave. our position a shot in the arm because he. made their protests even though it's quite clear that most of the protests are are are being violent and are seeking common protections. with the british government under increasing pressure to curb immigration divides

and u.k. communities are reaching breaking point and east london tensions are being stoked by vigilante patrols formed by both muslim and christian groups are chaser a fourth reports. the activists on the side of the big goals given the christian it's only six there's any patrolling town also in the hills the small but nato it's muslim patrols a new political group calling themselves britain first have responded by filming what they've dubbed christi and patrols and this patrol comes complete with. proof that bullet proof the whole thing is. he joined the they took to the streets in east london where we had in full heading down the road why the area take. to happen so what was the make fun of the group is being described as far right many of the members a full moon. but they really get to differentiate themselves from these grapes and

insist they don't want to be associated with violence but tactics such as baiting when members stand with big cans to try and lure out the muslim to try. those have proven controversial and some members of the creep have already faced the rest. problems for anyone to be. sure you're trying. to confront them do you think be. intimidating. now about this point having a plea condemn the muslim patrols at the time the east london mosque has been singled out by the christian patrol for criticism the mosque say they feel caught in the middle and are worried the patrol could inflame fragile community relations our community certainly feels threatened by his antics turning up to any

part of the country. is. putting across the state. a strong message what the public needs to understand is that none of these groups represent the mainstream community or wider society out on london streets and well there's not much support to be found here either. first limited to sort of half a century. i'm sorry. i don't think. they've been shot. down yeah yeah yeah i mean you could not patrol yeah and then just leave these members of the public to be harassed part of shari'a patrols. patrols have been operating at the front line but that's not what we've been told since a number of arrests last year the muslim patrols have gone to ground it's unclear if that patrols are actually still operating that will likely come as some relief

to policing community relations work is in this diverse area of london despite the christian patrol activity the muslim patrols have safe. taken the bait so let's see london. you're watching our team for national we have more stories coming up for you right after the break putting how israel has become a weapon superpower developing some of the world's most advanced arms and testing them in its neighboring territories. oh. hello. hello hello. hello. to the. legislators are they are looking very

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back you're watching r.t. international live from moscow despite being a relatively small country israel is the world's sixth largest arms exporter the industry is one of television's biggest sources of income it's come under scrutiny recently with a report revealing that it's using the palestinian territory as a testing ground for new weapons are just parsley or has a details i think there is a very big elephant in the room in israel very big fact in all reality which is seldom spoken about and that's as far as most people go on israel's arms industry but how has a country the size of the american state of new jersey become the world's sixth largest exporter people don't really ask why is it why the hell this small country became such of super power of weapons your time feldman is a journalist and filmmaker he recently released his award winning documentary the lab in which he argues that israel's occupation of palestine and also to have such a prosperous weapons industry what armies all over the world want are weapons which

were tested on real so to say guinea pigs in a real car we have this live quote which we have an availability of and availability of conflict and availability of war it starts with the drones for decades israeli drones have been hunting for palestinian militants and the hidden arms caches making is well the go to country for unmanned aerial vehicles soon to become the world's largest exporter on the defense front the iron dome system proved its capabilities in the last gaza war lining the pockets of these really military industrial complex nobody wants to talk about. because everybody is there peter. industry is very appealing it's a lot of money the politicians over we have a solution the idea of his appeal we have a solution years of fighting in close combat in gaza in the west bank have also given israelis the edge first weapons like the gun and to avoid assault rifles and

now something that even hollywood is copping a gun that shoots around corners and as controversial as israel's with bank barrier is its state of the art security system is being copied along america's borders with canada and mexico i think israel is the most exciting in the country because they are developing something distinct immediately in the field so the engineering. goes directly to the army and can see if they all day develop with good or not after three years of working on his documentary is adamant there is no weapon israel has successfully exporting which the israeli army is not using in gaza in the with bad but it leaves the country with a lot to answer for it's doubtful the hugely influential arms industry has an interest in peace because for as long as israel's holds onto the west bank and gaza

it has a tree for finding testing and showcasing a weapon systems and industrial military front that remain secure policy r.t. tel aviv. leaks from edward snowden keep revealing just how far government spying can go to cover the british united aims to disrupt deceive and discredit enemies by finding viruses and messing with social media accounts you'll find that story on our website r.t. dot com. also there are record levels of radiation found in mexico after a leak at a nuclear waste a positive or a there details online for you. right to see. sir st louis and i think the church. on our reporters twitter. and instagram.

would be in the little. little rights. to the. lives. of the young girls. all for the future harder. between two and three hundred million guns united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the positive is they lard you know i mean this teaches them a lot of rote sponsibility and simply come to pay through the eyes of children if we can't do it for our children for our future home country will save.

some news and grief for you now police in turkey's capital and car have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-government protests the demonstrations were spurred by the real. nor did the recording of an alleged phone call between the country's prime minister and his son discussing how to dispose of hidden funds was released the country's opposition has also demanded that pm resign he denies the allegations and says they aim to undermine his party before next month's local

elections. in south korea tens of thousands of workers and civic activists have staged a protest in this sick capital seoul they say the government is oppressing workers and unilaterally pushing to privatized public firms sporadic clashes of demonstrators with police were reported. a crowd of around three thousand people in iceland have gathered outside the parliament building in the country's capital today protests followed a parliament vote supporting the withdrawal from membership the decisions for widespread criticism across the nation with around twelve thousand people already signing a petition for the issue to be put to a public vote. at least twenty seven people have been killed in the latest surge of terror attacks across iraq the deadliest in the shia district of baghdad left at least fourteen dead and dozens injured iraq is currently involved in the worst cycle of violence since two thousand and eight with

almost eight hundred people killed in sectarian bloodshed this month alone. the group of lenders known as the troika are back in greece to discuss terms of yet another bailout loan harsh austerity measures imposed in the country in exchange for previous credits has failed to stabilize the economy and as artie's peter all of our reports this is his credibility to plummet. their hands on the purse strings of europe's cash strapped. with confidence in the euro zone's three biggest lenders known as the troika is wavering in terms of public debt in terms of potential rolph in terms of unemployment there is. worse now than before the troika intervention in the country like greece made up of the international monetary fund the e.u. and the european central bank the idea behind the troika was to get the most indebted eurozone nations back on an even keel through bailouts and at times crippling austerity measures ireland became the first to leave the bailout program

at the end of last year not before cutting thirty billion euro from the budget and seeing salary squeeze by twenty percent in southern europe in hopes of a light at the end of the tunnel and high especially for the generation growing up under the troika unemployment is not trivial to fall so we are going to be facing a. a large number of young people in countries like greece or spain youth unemployment is over fifty percent and these people have little prospect of getting a job and achieving some sort of economic security this is seen european lawmakers call into question the ability of the troika to deal with the scale of the crisis and to attack its methods the troika acts like a acts like a governor. and visits its colonies in the south though here event tells you what to do the measures they come up with are not they're not always very effective the

credibility of its economic forecast has caused most unease particularly concerning greece which is received two hundred forty billion euro in loans so far in twenty eleven the troika predicted economic growth in greece of one percent however the reality was a seven percent shrink just a one off you might think then in twenty twelve they predicted two percent growth which ended up as a further four percent downturn those running for election to the european parliament this year say that the current systems in place for trying to deal with the crippling debts in some parts of the eurozone just aren't working and that a new solution other than the troika will have to be found in the next parliament with some accusing the troika of trying to cover up its mistakes but there is quite a bit of propaganda going on right now trying to make people believe that there is an improvement in those southern european countries in fact there's no improvement that i can see because the debt situation is verse than ever the banking crisis is

still not resolved an inquiry into detroit his handling of the crisis could publish its findings in late april a month before europeans vote in the next e.u. parliament. r.t. germany. up next abby martin is coming from the mainstream media in britain to set it here in britain we have more analysis on the unrest in ukraine coming up for you in south a couple. well know polder my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports to let you know for sure no i will leave them to stay current a comment on your latter point of the month to say get it looser k.l.a. car is on the docket no god there they go no more weasel words when you made a direct question simply prepared for a change when you troll

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the field picture of today's lives most pundits and from around the globe. dropped. to fifty. todos martin and this is breaking the set you know sometimes there's a story that just defines hypocrisy one is how facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg bought out his neighbor in mansions so he could have some privacy nevermind the millions of facebook users his personal data is sold off to vulture businesses another is a story that broke just a few days ago the exxon is the largest natural gas producer in the u.s. and if you've been following the downward spiral of u.s. energy consumption you know that the government and big energy are pushing hard for fracking all across the country but don't you dare frack on exxon c.e.o.'s rex

tillerson the yard see this million or scumbag things it's perfectly ok to poison the planet with toxic pollution at the hands of his precious business but as soon as his pristine landscape it scarred well that's just not acceptable to tell a person as rich neighbors have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to shut down a fracking project that's just a little too close to his texas mansion and the petition in the town to block a tower that would provide water for fracking because of how much of an eyesore it would be in the suit they actually go as far as claiming it's illegal it would create a noise nuisance and traffic hazards interestingly enough mr tillerson sday job is literally to debunk the same claims he's making in the lawsuit and to promote hydraulic fracturing a practice is already been proven to cause earthquakes and birth defects in the very least in fact tellers and as even garren as far as saying that those who oppose and try to regulate fracking are quote holding back the american economic recovery growth and global competitiveness wow i find it absolutely fascinating

that c.e.o.'s and politicians find it perfectly acceptable to completely stripped the environment toxify the land and poison the air as long as it's someone else's land someone else's family. someone else's life i'm just waiting for tellers and the set his own p.r. machine against himself after all he would want to be accused of holding back the growth of america what do you now let's break the set. of the book please please. please very hard to take a. look. at that or how exactly would that hurt me there are those.

surveillance in the post nine eleven world are for the course but when news broke in two thousand and twelve the new york police department going outside of its jurisdiction to spy on large swathes of new jersey's muslim community people were a little surprised the n.y.p.d. is violation of civil liberties by indiscriminately spine another state's religious population seemed obvious and in two thousand and twelve eight muslims filed a lawsuit against the city for targeting a community for its religion but last week a federal judge threw out the case altogether alleging that the surveillance was not a violation of civil liberties because it can be ducted to prevent terrorism even though no acts of terrorism are actually prevented from the spine and while there's a similar case pending in brooklyn this ruling could have set

a dangerous precedent for the future well earlier i was joined by deepa kumar professor at rutgers university and author of the book is lama phobia and the politics of empire i first asked her to break down why the judge justified the constitutionality of the program. if you look at the background of this case this case was brought by the center for constitutional rights and it's on behalf of new jersey muslims who have been the surveillance for the last twelve years since two thousand and two so mosques and schools and community centers and student groups and even grade school does finally have months and they are and the idea behind this lawsuit was to say that this is unconstitutional and this program should be suspended. but what the judge ruled was that actually no harm was done by civilians you know never mind psychological trauma that new jersey muslims are faced how do we treat as you know in all of their institutions and so what. was

done under the how harm that was done was by the associated press which broke the story the associated press did some amazing investigative journalism for which they won the pulitzer prize the judge decided that they were the ones who caused harm not the actual savan and so you know you have it in one fell swoop you have not only the justification for racial and religious profiling but it impacts on the press right in fact on the associated press and the idea that the press should be watchdogs of the government it is shocking that they would actually go as far as claiming that the harm was in the surveillance system itself it was just the press of the fact that surveillance was happening i mean what do you think about that claim well i think this is a completely specious claim i think that it's this ruling absolutely sends the wrong message it sends a green light not only to the n.y.p.d. to continue these practices of surveillance but to police agencies all over the country this week and you would absolutely you.