i believe the people of. ukraine demonstrators who refused to recognize the new leader the clash with a rival rally meanwhile in kiev. it is instead of cheers for even the replacement leaders the protesters. warning the opposition against letting them down. if there's one thing you don't want a potential ambassador to china to admit it is this. is just one of the diplomatic gaffes surrounding president obama's choices for foreign service. paying contributions qualify you for global statesmanship.

in venezuela unrest spreads from the capital with street battles breaking out in the north all of this of a continued crime and poverty. worldwide headlines twenty four seven it's all a team international with me will receive from the entire news team here welcome to the program. crimea in southern ukraine has now become the scene of the most polarized standoff between those supporting and denouncing the ongoing country's. protests against the new leadership a gathering steam in the mainly russian speaking region the people deeply fearful that laws will marginalize their language and. ban a russian t.v.

channels two people have already died at least thirty injured in violent rallies meantime it's largely the muslim ta-ta community which is backing the former opposition as r.t.s. i got a press going off in our ports was a lie how far more grey cheer in the crimea nationalist slogans are being shouted alongside pro russian ones. to the crimea always used to be russian and was passed over to the crane unlawfully it's time for justice to prevail in the u.s.s.r. the crimea belongs to the russian soviet republic until nine hundred fifty four when the then soviet leadership decided to transfer it to the administration of soviet the crane and when the u.s.s.r. collapsed in one thousand nine hundred one the crimea was left as a part of independent ukraine but for the last few centuries mainly ethnic russians have been living on these lands alongside minorities including the muslim crimean tatars they share the same went but definitely not the same political views i

was. there were there was role model we all came out today to show that without our approval no decisions will be made we see the crimea is a part of our grains this is the majority of people here support russia local authorities were planning to decide which way the autonomy sweep public should move forward closer to kiev or to moscow the clashes on the streets prevented any decisions from being made because square in front of the a local administration building here in secret all we had was. division was a political changes and even for the ukrainian and gulf war pro russian with the russian flags there for you right away here and the tensions reaching the boiling point i. even though i knew several lesser extent what you most of the crimean

tartars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalists but they were never able to agree on the march i was about tatars want their own crimean tartar government as it was but the idea is too far fetched to me at this point however nationalism is far more important than logic and the majority here are expecting the local crimean authorities to exercise the political will and not allow a new ethnic conflict in europe to break out. you go to school for reporting from the grey me. now the candidates for ukraine's top jobs have been presented at the people's assembly in kiev the lineup of the new cabinet put together by my down leaders has been met with a mixed reaction but many protesters are already unhappy with who's on that list. oh. yeah one of the key figures of the former opposition out of sending jets and york was booed off to being suggested as prime minister even he then labeled the suggested cabinet as a kamikaze government the interim parliament is expected to approve the list later

on thursday demonstrators are warning the new leadership that it will face the same fate as the old one if it doesn't meet my guy who's been my. chef he now gauging the mood inside the capital for us i on saturday she was met with an ovation on my done and. i dreamt of seeing you in the forest they changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has i. twenty four hours later it was a protest within a protest as some openly voiced their refusal to having you later i'm ashamed to return to power with you it's in your book when they lift immunity of themselves that's when they will be responsible for what they're doing but people who are now at my don and all the others across ukraine they all can survive on very little the opposition has shown yun a cause which is richest to us now to lead yet see new technique and that lush core

who is running around with a pitchfork let them show their own mansions to the people show them to us and then give them away. to my done feels it has won the battle by ousting president going to college but seeing who replaced the ruling elite many feel the struggle may not be over what you're seeing at the moment is a complete restructuring of a country which is close to him. well say the new system what the new structure is going to be is uncertain given what you can have in challenges inexperienced. administrative politicians and officials with no real or no real knowledge you are to manage an economy but it's one thing to be concerned over who takes the reins and another to openly prepare for the worst again ukraine's gun owners association chairman says the illegal firearms market is now thriving. the previous government closed all gun shops thinking it would keep people from buying firearms it only

made the black market stronger according to our estimates around four million illegal guns are now circulating in ukraine. he says the only thing that can help now is a proper gun law to regulate or should and prevent future violence. knowing the people who own guns legitimately those in power would treat them in a different way fearing action. to a number of radical groups operating under the my don banner and still stationed there such an action could be unthinkably severe. however any influx of firearms into the protest movement with all the radical groups operating under the might done banner and still stationed there could make for an explosive situation and put the new authorities in the crosshairs the my downs ultimate goal was to oust president bush now that he is no longer in power people are still here with their barricades and the bottom line is that they will not go anywhere until the

political life in the country is completely based with so much distrust of those running the show at the moment this date seems to be quite vague let's see russia. from kiev in ukraine. months of tom all have done nothing to prevent ukraine from balancing on the edge of default the e.u. is preparing a plan to provide urgent financial support the i.m.f. as well is expected to offer eight of us likely to come with some rather painful conditions and found here are some of the reforms the i.m.f. was demanding from the previous administration first off the issue of pension reform the government had to increase the retirement age also a number of benefits and welfare payments should have been counseled including those for school children and the elderly also electricity and gas prices need to be pushed up both of a business and the private sector with households facing up to a two fold increase and the state own mines located in the east were set to be

privatized as well on top of that i've heard cultural lands had to be put up for sale with the existing moratorium eventually lifted now a former american ambassador to ukraine he told oddities worlds apart program that any financial help for ukraine will require conducting a major overhaul we really don't know how much money ukraine would need to get through this crisis though we've heard various figures the latest a thirty five billion i'm skeptical that that much money is needed but i don't cling to a little more important than the amount of money or the reforms that must accompany any loan. because if the current system continues the current system where corruption is rife. any assistance whether it came from the west from the i.m.f. from russia would disappear to corruption anil's and no one in ukraine should want that to happen. there may be preparing to give you create a financial support in

a possible lifeline but perhaps a little diligence is required as to who exactly gets the money radical hardliners among the former opposition seeking more control of ukraine's you have ministration with some of them attending a local parliament session while armed to the teeth more about sort of a story right now if you don't come. on the program to be an ambassador you need patience tact and a solid dose of statesmanship or if you want to be a top envoy for barack obama just fund his campaign embarrassingly for the u.s. president his election bankrollers now outnumber career diplomats and some have even never set foot in the countries they're supposed to serve in as guy nature can reports. confirmation hearings ever deal that a number of president obama's nominees for of ships have little or no knowledge of the countries there are signs to serve in. the real expert on china but said the

man who is confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china one of norway's major political parties partners party now expects an apology from president obama after the future of bassa to norway apparently did know about their existence norway has been very quick to denounce. them. we're going to continue to work with norway to make sure government has denounced them the coalition government a part of the coalition of the government but i would say you know what a day i already i think corrected but what george tunis does know is how to run motels and how to raise money he has reportedly bundler contributed more than one point three million dollars for president obama's election campaign he's not alone more than half of the president's political appointees are his sponsors and or fundraisers the reported quote unquote price paid by his donors for ambassadorships

stands at nearly two million dollars. to those concerned about the qualifications of its nominees the white house has a diplomatic answer being a donor to the president's campaign does not guarantee you a job in the ministration but it does not prevent you from getting many are worried about the message that some of these appointments send to the world the structure reinforces the perception that. the americans are not listening to their counterparts because the policies are made in washington and the people who are delivering that policy really are instructed to deliver and what they're getting back isn't going to have any input whatsoever into the decision making process that is of course if they know what washington's policies are do you agree that the u.s. embassy in china should be an island of freedom that's a question i going to have to get back to. work with ministration i do not know the

destruction policy precisely on that point career diplomats and some lawmakers here are now worried not just about some of the current nominations but about the standards for future diplomats they don't want the message to be oh you don't have to be an expert on the country where you are going to serve on behalf of your government and then there is the broader question well kind of diplomacy can you expect from such diplomats in washington i'm going to our team. or here's a bit of a head scratcher for you why would one of the world's most powerful oil executives join a lawsuit against shale gas drilling but says the industry suggests songs chief be heading to the courts to get it stopped. here on. this. very hard to take a. quick break

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good to have you with us here on r.t. international britain's prime minister will launch a charm offensive later to welcome the leader of europe's most powerful country to london behind it is a desire not only to change the terms of the u.k.'s membership of the e.u. but to reform the bloc itself now it's not clear how far exactly marco will be won over that's or australia the story. for german chancellor angela merkel's visit to london it's a red carpet welcome fit for queen dubbed by foreign secretary william hague as britain's most important partner on seeking e.u. reform and the first german chancellor to address both houses of parliament starkly different to british prime minister david cameron's low key pub lunch with his french counterpart last month all that seemed to be placed on getting the backing

of europe's economic powerhouse it redrawing loved his relationship with brussels after all. if not of course in this europe incentives on both sides to find a suitable agreement so what exactly does cameron want for the u.k. curbing immigration by possibly putting a cap on workers from europe entering the u.k. at restrictions of benefits claims for migrants castes aren't protections from financial regulations on britain and repatriation of certain powers back to westminster to name a few but the question is what he wants in return but would be some wins for the u.k. but you could imagine it's a tit for tat. they would have to accept something in return amid all the fuss summer of lowering the excitement of the british foreign office has repeatedly advised ten downing street to bear in mind that any reform will require the

agreement of all other states and that naturally germany won't do anything against its own interests or weak. financial transactions tax once again which could cost you. three point five billion pounds you have. current it's actually the long term strategy seems to be very different the u.k. has many more friends around the world should really be focusing on. the world is there. and in the end it still boils down to this one who wants a little less europe while the other wants a whole lot more of it. tesser sylvia r.t. london. so david cameron promises a referendum on britain's e.u. membership if indeed he's reelected as prime minister next year one of his fellow conservative party m.p.'s told us here at r.t.

international that brussels will offer some concessions to make sure the u.k. stays inside the bloc. i certainly think that the case for reform of the european union is overwhelming i believe the german government and chancellor merkel also accept that view as well their priority will be to sustain and secure the euro that's what their priority will be german parliamentarian's have told me that i think therefore if they can see britain playing a strong role in britain even though we are outside the euro zone which is what i think we can do they would rather have us in europe than out of europe and i think that they will work constructively to try and meet some of britain's concerns which as i say i think many people in germany agree with. well at all. as if the polemic over genetically modified products wasn't enough for the bio chemical

giant monsanto a new study suggesting that side produced by the company which is used for soil cultivation may indeed cause fatal kidney disease stories on the web site for you right now. this one stocks of the tried and tested lethal injection drugs run out of judges full states resorting to cheaper controversial replacements with job blamed for causing agonizing and torturous executions. right to see. first rate. and i think that your. instrument.

unrest in venezuela is now spreading beyond the capital caracas there have been street battles between anti-government protesters and police in the northern city of valencia all of this of a crime levels and the struggling economy security forces were attacked with rocks and homemade explosives they responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. protesters also looted a large supermarket in america a city that's very topical there's been two weeks of rioting in venezuela involving people angry at living conditions and soaring crime sixteen of died in the violence which some suspect is being fueled from outside. the major force driving the opposition is really u.s. support venezuela is crucial to a block of countries in latin america that have broken free of total u.s. domination venezuela is key to this and the u.s. is making an all out effort through creating artificial shortages courting

speculation and it's used in particular ways in the media to try to connect it to the occupy wall street movement but these are occupiers who are fighting for wall street at every at every single point they want to connect re colonise and control a whole number of countries that have broken free and that's really what is going on in in country after country but in venezuela in a very sharp way right now i will get to the r.t. world update soon from now on the program campaigners against fracking in the united states are getting some well some unexpected support from one of the world's biggest oil producers the head of exxon mobil has joined a lawsuit against the construction of a water tower near his home which is planned to be used for hydraulic fracturing although some of his arguments left one environmental activist who attended one of the hearings a somewhat bewildered. ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were

there to bag this the town of barton vale to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about and unsightly watertower that my disrupt his view when these people sitting in the audience had water that would phone like dishwasher dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic release of gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one release in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night any vacuum wait in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases. are some of the global headlines for you to peru where the police are fired tear gas to disperse protesters who are rallying against budget cuts people reportedly injured several arrests were made

clashes broke out on the first day of a strike that was ready for business and transport to a standstill and rest began after the president reshuffle his cabinet and announced a budget cuts but also salary hikes for his new cabinet members. i. hundreds gathering outside london the central criminal court demanding the execution of the murderers of british soldier lee rigby last may there were several arrests in clashes between far right groups and the police a few rigby was slaughtered as he returned was barracks in southeast london one of his killers will spend the rest of his life in prison the other will serve a minimum forty five. and egyptian court has sentenced twenty six people to death for organizing a terror plot local media reports the group was preparing missiles and bombs to strike ships in the suez canal waterway is one of the world's main transport hubs

for global shipping in the mediterranean and red sea. the suffering of foreign low paid workers in qatar stretches far beyond those building the infrastructure for the twenty twenty two world cup for inmates cleaners and other domestic staff are also reportedly being subjected to slave like conditions as well as complaints of physical and sexual abuse it's intensifying concerns around the country suitability to host football's most prestigious event here on r.t. international we spoke to a german filmmaker who was detained in when he investigated the plight of workers he describes them as prisoners of circumstance. all we did was basically collecting food for a big documentary on the human rights situation on the workers and the migrant workers situations there they a pedal so you know track down for more than two days we didn't even know film

a single site we were talking to obviously workers there at night time at day time we're talking to human rights activists but we were far from spotting any kind of right but it shows after all the exile at the end they feel they obviously have their. phobia of foreign press and film people over there reporting on the problem the reality is that obviously nepalese indian workers as we're reading these days are being taken their passports away first they're not able to really file cases in court against the company that work and for there is a major lack of medical care for these people they are trapped within that system. a pleasure having you with us here on r.t. international up next in just a second going off for the mainstream media of course breaking the sat in just a. moment.

silence on a. child a little rights. to the head. pain of the young girls cam all for of a future hunger. 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 pass' that is they learn you know i mean this teaches them a lot of are a responsibility and since the gun debate through the eyes of children if we can do it for our children love for our future what is the country will say for.

me speak your language. programs in documentaries in arabic in school here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p. interviews intriguing stories for you to. see in troy arabic to find out more visit arabic don't all teach dogs called. a. hello welcome to break in this. i'm mad martin where the show for you today i'll be talking about religious persecution of the military government trolls and patrolling the net threats that undermine u.s. democracy and a tribute to comedian bill hicks and stick around we have a lot of stats to break. the book.

seems a little very hard to take a. look at you ever had sex with her right there. it's no secret that islamophobia is bred in the u.s. military in fact some would argue that it's a necessary tool to humanize the enemy in order to carry out operations in the middle east but extremist islam is not the only radical ideology influencing how

the military functions in fact one root called the officers christian fellowship is made up of over fifteen thousand five hundred fundamentalist christian military officers who don't think their oath is to the constitution but in fact to the bible or the organizations own website it's purpose is to quote glorify god by uniting christian officers for biblical fellowship and outreach equipping and encouraging them to minister effectively in the military society sounds innocuous enough but according to some of the military there's a brutal culture of bowling and harassment for those who just aren't christian enough so here to discuss this unreported issue i'm joined now by our team correspondent ana stasia churkin a thanks so much for researching as nazia what did you learn from your in bed. about the prevalence of religious extremism in the military well i'll be one of the first things was certainly the fact that it's definitely something that's hugely under reported and not really talked about i mean we did see concerns about extremist christianity make headlines in the meets

some of the outlets during the peaks of the iraq and afghan war but this topic has certainly kind of disappeared and been brushed aside and not discussed as opposed to you know the role of islam like you just mentioned and as it turns out this issue is certainly still around and it's a very serious one because it's not only affecting as it turned out and we've discovered you know the enemy but it's also affecting our soldiers at home because of in some cases very severe pressure that is being imposed on them of being either of a different religion or not being christian enough like you said and another shocking thing to discover was that we were told that apparently this kind of understanding that extremist christianity exists in the u.s. military goes up quite high in the ranks and that people even addressing this issue with the high ranking officials are just basically told to stop talking about it or else and what sort of tangible.