transit routes. you'll best way to the heart of most. of the breaking news here on the national unidentified men government and parliament buildings in southern ukraine where demonstrators who refused to recognize the country's new leaders earlier clashed with a probe a rally meantime in kiev itself. it's years instead of cheers for even the replacement leaders protesters pledge to stay warning the opposition against letting them down. if there's one thing you don't want to potential ambassador to china to admit it would be this. china but it's just one of the diplomatic surrounding president obama's choices for

foreign service where it seems campaign contributions qualify for global statesmanship. venezuela unrest spreads from the capital fear street battles breaking out in the north all over continued crime and poverty. with the headlines from. the international with me it's good to have you with us today. straight to the breaking news the standoff between supporters and opponents so if you cranes new leadership is flaring up a group of unidentified men both the cabinet and the parliament building let's cross live now to go to piss me off following the events for us in the region you go to good to see you can you give us the very latest on the situation in crimea

right now. well a group of unidentified people entered the local administration buildings in the capital of the crimea and raised a russian flag on top of them and reportedly they are allowing local deputies inside but nevertheless the new authority is in kiev for specifically the acting president has named the situation an attempt at the crimean independence and said that they are sending some sort of security forces to the crimea to what they say will be preventing any violence from erupting and keeping safety here all of this happens after clashes erupted to a very in the center of scenes are operating in the same town between a pro russian supporters and those supporting political change in kiev with political tensions turning into ethnic ones.

a lot how far more into ukraine sheer in the crimea nationalist slogans are being shouted alongside pro russian ones they share the same lens but definitely not the same political views i. i. you would know it's all we all came out today to show that without our approval no decisions will be made we see the crimea is a part of ukraine the majority of people here support russia in the u.s.s.r. the crimea belong to the russian soviet republic until nine hundred fifty four when the then soviet leadership decided to transfer it to the administration off so he did 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. the crimea. he always used to be

a russian and was passed over to ukraine unlawfully it's time for justice to prevail the square in front of the a local administration building here in secret all we have was. division was a political changes and it was slowly swinging and gulf war pro russian with the russian flags there for ukraine wags here and the tensions are we seeing the boiling point. even though i knew several lesser extent most of the crimean tartars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalist but they were never able to agree on much i was opposed to 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 of 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 crimea. we're coming to you live from moscow it's aussie international let's delve deeper into this ongoing crisis international relations expert mark slope of the now are joining us here live on the program it's great to see you thanks for coming on so quickly we now have reports of thousands of russian troops and military hardware down south on the border very near the border with ukraine can you see why the timing of these so-called drills has raised a few eyebrows of course it's not unusual in the deployment of military forces to begin them with a pretense of using military drills as a cover for using military forces this is been the routine in military operations and over the year for a number of years but now the russian defense ministry allegedly saying that russian jets on the western border are on a combat alert status the u.s. secretary of state john kerry strongly warning against any type of military intervention there so quick quick reaction from washington on this yeah obviously

this is the way one of course washington is going to object to any russian military action the russian foreign ministry has made statements about the large scale human rights violations that are now occurring because of the strong ultra nationalist elements within. elements of the putsch that has taken control in kiev that are threatening the safety and security of large numbers of people within the ukraine what is behind the rioting in front of the parliament they've become very active now have really yes the voters are in elements primarily of local crimean politics they have historical grievances against the russian people. and have only returned to what was can. they consider their first storch homeland in

the crimea with the right before the dissolution of the soviet union. they support the putsch that has taken control in kiev they see it as a guarantor of their minority rights in the crimea and they were protesting yesterday in front of the crimean rada in sindh for opel out of fears that the crimean rada was about to vote on secession and would call it what you think this visit a great ptolemy as an option for that area as we say a sizable number in crimea refusing to recognize ukraine's new latest could greater autonomy be a next step perhaps. the. crimea already has a fairly significant degree of autonomy the next step away from the autonomy that they already have would seem to either be independence or as many of the cheering crowds are calling the russian ethnic crowds in the crimea or calling crimea the

russians would seem to indicate that there is a popular sentiment actually not only toward separating from the ukraine but. a desire to rejoin russia how do you how do you tell the difference between for example democracy freedom fighters freedom fighters or the out of radicals rebels and even in some terminology terrorists as well we've got we've got different labels here being used by let's say certain media networks around the world how do you tell the difference this is of course completely subjective out of national and foreign policy interests if we seen a habit among the western mainstream media that if we see armed insurgents that are anti russian they are identified as legitimate or peaceful protesters or the like whereas if we have. protesters or people taking norms as it appears that some

groups of people within the crimea have done with a pro russian orientation it is obviously the fault of lattimer putin personally. so there is a degree of the show we say subjective narrative being formed then demonization which is entirely understandable from a national interest point of view well what about before that you go what do you expect those who are in control in key what you expect them to do about the situation in crimea tough call and they they barely have control of kiev at this point and at this point the putsch government that was just. declared last night doesn't even have a wide approval from the. ultra nationalist mobs on the my done particularly the right sector. and so on that have the real power right now so in fact in order to approve their governments they had to take it to

them i don to this mob of people for approval so i'm not quite what you would normally consider a legitimate scenario for forming a government so how will they react will they will see seek to activate the military and the intelligence services of the ukraine which have so far throughout this crisis remained dormant in their barracks but we saw just earlier in the week when this putsch government tried to request that the ukrainian intelligence service the s.b.u. display arm. that have returned to the crimea of weapons as they join militias the s.b.u. refused. partly because they have really no ability to go to and we're reducing some reports out there one of our packages a gun salesman he was saying they're up to upwards of four million undocumented

guns floating around ukraine right now and you know this is a conversation that requires mold time but we don't have it right now but international affairs analyst a box labeled i thank you very much for joining us here at the international. thank you for joining us here on the program some media outlets are raising the specter of russian troops getting involved in crimea linking it to the turmoil all across ukraine but local officials deny the reports explain that the personnel who are being seen there are the regular forces serving of the russian navy base which has been there for many years. now the candidates for ukraine's top jobs have been chosen by activists in my done one of the key figures of the form opposition in the yatsenyuk was booed after being suggested as prime minister. i know even he then labeled a suggested cabinet as a social the coming karzai government the whole process of putting together the

ministers a list as appeared as a struggling with the shouting crowd cheering and jeering the suggested candidates many protesters are already unhappy with who's on the list. we used. as a quote on their sprawl and reduce she's a. little. bit of diplomat you brought your mother. i am afraid of you to tell you now the name of the leader of a radical far right group did not appear on the list dimitri yet office was on the list of suggested candidates but was crossed off at the very last moment sees alexia chefs' he has been assessing the shifting moods for us in the ukrainian capital. i on saturday she was met with an ovation on my. dreamt of seen you in the forests that changed everything your heroes here is the best of this country has i. twenty four hours later it was

a protest within a protest some openly voiced their refusal to having yulia timoshenko return to power in your book or when they lived immunity of themselves that's when they will be responsible for what they're doing. the people who are now at my dad and all the others across ukraine they all can survive on very little the opposition has shown young a cause which is richest to us now the lead yet see new technique and that nash who is running around with a pitchfork let them show their own mansion to the people show them to us and then give them away. to my down feels it has won the battle by alice the president going to college but see who replaced the ruling elite many feel the struggle may not be over what you see at the moment is a complete restructuring of a country which is close to default say i'm on the new system what the new structure is going to be is uncertain given what you can have in challenges in experienced administrator is politicians and officials with no real lives with no

real knowledge of lots of managing the 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. with this euro he says the only thing that can help now is a proper gun law to regulate or to shoot and prevent future violence. the use of 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 banner and still stationary 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 refer based with so much distrust of those running the show at the moment this date seems to be quite vague. reporting from kiev in ukraine and months of turmoil 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 aid but that is likely to come with some very painful conditions in fact here are some of the reforms the i.m.f. was demanding from the previous administration first off the idea 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 electricity and gas prices need to be pushed up both for business and the private sector with households facing a two fold increase and the state own coal mines mostly in the east set to be privatized as well and on top of all that agricultural lands had to be put up for sale with the existing moratorium eventually lifted. worlds apart program spoke to a former american ambassador to ukraine who told us what he thinks ukraine should do next. we really don't know how much money ukraine would need to get through this crisis now we've heard various figures the latest is thirty five billion i'm skeptical that that much money is needed but i don't claim to do 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. of donors maybe the parent to give ukraine a financial lifeline but perhaps a little diligence is required as to who exactly gets the money radical hardliners among the former opposition and seeking more control of ukraine's new administration with some of them attending a local parliament session while armed to the teeth get more on that side of a story right now at r.t. dot com. now on the program very well to be an ambassador you need patience tact and a solid dose of statesmanship or perhaps if you want to be a top envoy for barack obama just fund his campaign embarrassingly enough for the u.s. president has

a lection bankrollers now outnumber career diplomats but some have never even set foot in the countries they're supposed to serve in his guy in a church you can't. confirmation hearings ever deal that a number of president obama's nominees for a masochist ships have little or no knowledge of the countries they're assigned 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 progress party now expects an apology from president obama after the future 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 part of the coalition and the government but i would say you know what a day i am corrected but what george sunis 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 report had 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 your 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 am going to have to get back to. work with ministers not i do not know the history of 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 what kind of diplomacy can you expect from such diplomats in washington i'm going to check out our team are back in a moment with more of the walls top news headlines also an update at the very latest from ukraine to stay with us here on r.t. international.

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it will be joining us very shortly but for now in the program on r.t. international britain's prime minister will launch a charm offensive in the leader of europe's most powerful country. change the terms of the u.k.'s membership of the e.u. but also to reform the. there was this point. his test. 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 in redrawing love 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 that naturally germany won't do anything against its own interests or weak. financial transactions tax once again which could cost u.k. savers three point five. you have certain 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. 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 silvia r t. r to venezuela now where unrest is continuing to spread beyond the capital caracas there have been street

battles between anti-government protesters and police in the northern city of valencia is a crime levels in 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 is very near to the capital and there's been two weeks of rioting in venezuela involving thousands of people language living conditions and soaring crime sixteen of died. which are some threat the violence is actually at this point 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 the 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 country after country but in venezuela in a very sharp way right now. let's get a bit of a head scratcher for you here on r.t. international why would one of the world's most powerful oil executives join a lawsuit against shale gas drilling by its cars it will tell you all about it in just a moment. a

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choose the stories that in life choose access to your office. welcome to the car as a report imax keyser you know a lot of housing is so expensive that even clinger can afford to buy here. for max not the from star trek these are called middle class cling on the headline reads middle class cling ons squeezed out of london property market so the financial times looked at all the recent data from savile's housing market and what they found was that the f.t. findings show how the purchasing power of

a wealthy or middle is increasingly pushing the most desirable neighborhoods out of the reach of middle class cling ons whose salaries have failed to keep pace over the past forty years well the government's going to put them all into the transporter room and beam them onto another planet where you don't need a job to work you don't need food you don't need water you don't need air you just got to get out of there because the policies have created this enormous gulf this enormous split so these cling on just seems like. they're trying to cling on to having some modicum of middle class existence are being beamed out of out of out of the players gold well the clean ons are what i guess you would call the lower middle class and they're the sort of people who could afford to live and say camden town which is not too far from central london but now those very people who only twenty years ago could have afforded to buy there based on their

average salary at the time now that average salary today would only get you to like further out on the commuter lines in places like red bridge well i mean it's not really middle class at all it's just being split right down the middle so you've got the tops at the upper end and then you've got the. everyone else the losers are being forced out of this immediate london area code where all of the easy money being printed by the central bank is available for terms undisclosed and nontransparent yeah and of course it proves once again that working for a living is a chump game because if you have to work for a salary. you have nowhere to live and you might have a commute that's two or three hours long to get into that job that can afford to pay for the house that you have way out in redbridge i miss the british working class you know these guys that come and eat their beans on toast and there's little to.