transit routes to report your best way to the heart of moscow. ukraine's ousted president dismisses the country's interim leadership in the jet summits and asks moscow for protection. while for russia occupying a parliament building in southern ukraine with hundreds of supporters gathering outside to protest the rise of ultra nationalists in kiev. the real experiment showed over. the words of the new u.s. ambassador to china barack obama's latest round of diplomatic nominees are accused of being the most clueless ever and allegedly buying their jobs for two million dollars. and another day of violence in venezuela and west spreads further outside the capital with fear street battles of crime and poverty breaking out in the north

. and welcome to our international twenty four hour news a live from moscow i mean you know a lot on one story now and ukraine's ousted president viktor yanukovych has surfaced with a public statement which suggests he's a no mood to give up in the fight to hold on to power because again the competition says he remains the country's only legitimate leader and he also appealed for russia to guarantee his personal safety. now reports. he's been on the run for almost a week now and it's actually the first time that he openly came up with a statement it's been certainly unknown about his whereabouts it's been pretty much speculated that he's still in ukraine now it looks he apparently may be in russia

several of these in russia reported his statement that he still considers himself to be a legitimate president of ukraine elected in a constitutional matter and everything according to happening now inside the ukrainian parliament all the decisions made by the new the so-called new power here in kiev is illegitimate he said that he himself and his compatriots are receiving death threats and that's why he's urged to ask the russian federation to provide security for himself in the time zone extremists according to misty on the college running the show in ukraine he also said that all the agreements which he and the opposition have reached on february twenty first year in kiev along with officials from russia and europe are not being fulfilled and he will continue his fight to bring constitutional order back to ukraine certainly those are very interesting developments it is interesting to see how the ukrainian parliament will react to

that because right now they're holding a very important session and they even suspended the election of a new government with the developments about. the situation in the crimea. with a society more polarized than ever there's no better time for the president to speak out according to international relations expert. while technically still the having rights as the president of the ukraine after being driven out by this putsch in kiev he's released a rather powerful statement we have seen a complete deterioration of the situation in kiev this putsch has shown that they really have no power. to control what is going on certainly not in the entirety of the ukraine but even more locally the ultra nationalist mobs

which which they cynically made an attempt to ride the tiger of their violence into power are now in control of the streets so. i guess at this point must feel he has no alternative except to try to restore order to the country. and if the rise of ultra nationalists that's leading to trouble in ukraine founds with the forefront of an raf now in big capital of the autonomous region of crimea and that's where a group of local activists has entered the regional parliament building and raised a russian flag over it up to a thousand people have now gathered outside and support protesting against the new leadership in kiev and. is that for us right now and joins me now live from simferopol hugo what's going on where you are right now. overnight as you've said correctly a group of pro russian activists entered the local parliament and raised the

russian flag on top of it the this part of the town is now blocked for traffic by the police but inside that perimeter a crowd of their supporters is gathered in front of the palm and as well also carrying russian flags and we just spoke with some of them and mainly people are saying they are greatly concerned about what's been happening especially about more and more nationalists coming to power there and they're saying that will stand here to protect their national identity just to explain that. east of ukraine and the southeast of the country where we are now are heavily populated by ethnic russians now all of this is happening after wednesday's clashes between pro russian sporters and pro ukrainian ones mainly crimean taught ours and it started as a rally but then political tensions quickly grew into ethnic ones. i am well a group of unidentified people entered the local administration buildings in the capital of the crimea and raised russian flag on top of them and reportedly they

are allowing no local deputies inside but nevertheless the new also he's 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 do what they say will be preventing any violence from erupting and keeping safety here all of this happens after clashes erupt it's a very in the center of scenes that operated in the same town between the pro russian supporters and those supporting political change in kiev with political tensions turning into ethnic once was a lie how far more rain here in the crimea national 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 whistle model we all came out today to show that with no with our approval no decisions will be maint we see the crimea as a part of the series 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. he transferred 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. the crimea always used to be russian and was passed over to ukraine unlawfully it's time for justice to prevail the square in front of the local administration building here in secret all we had was a. division i. was a political changes and if you are the ukrainian and gulf war pro russian with the

russian flags there for ukraine works here and the tensions are reaching the boiling point. even though i knew several effects their own emotions of the crimean tatars have been siding with the ukrainian nationalist but they were never able to agree on the march i was opposing titles one of our own crimean tartar government as it was but the idea is too far fetched under way at this point however nationalism is far more important than logic of the majority here are expecting the local premier authorities to exercise the political will and not oh well a new ethnic offered in europe to break out. you go to school of reporting from the frame you. and in a bid to gain ground the local muslim tatar community has been holding rallies for the new leadership in the region however they group is a minority most of the area's populated by ethnic russians and over seventy percent of the people consider russian that native language meanwhile the future of ukraine's new government is up in the air as interim leaders try to appease all the

different interests of the mind on protest as the handing out of top ministerial jobs was while the fire stocks and in serious with a hint of the medieval every candidates name was read out to the root of the crowd . but all were universally popular one key figure of defensive opposition arsenius in ukraine was booed after being suggested as prime minister even he then labeled this address a cabinet as a county council government. headlines across america and europe as well as in ukraine are speculating russia is on the brink of getting involved in crimea someone directly linking russia's snap military drills with the tense situation on the peninsula however russian military officials have denied there is any connection saying the maneuvers are being held hundreds or even

thousands of kilometers away and are simply routine there have also been alarming reports of the russian military removing its troops around crimea moscow explanation is that they are non regular forces so they are at the local russian naval base that has been permanently stationed in sevastopol for decades. months of turmoil have pushed ukraine further toward a default both e.u. and the i.m.f. have so far to offer financial support there but that's likely to come with some painful conditions and here are some of the reforms the i.m.f. was demanding from the previous administration so first 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 schoolchildren and the elderly electricity and gas prices needed to be pushed up both for businesses and the private sector with households facing up to

a two fold increase state owned called mines coal mines located primarily in the east were said to be privatized and on top of that agricultural lands had to be put up for sale just political analyst william engdahl believes the west has been taking advantage of ukraine's french politics the conditions that the u.s. it wants to hold is simply a lean in planning one of the prime economic areas that are integral e linked since the soviet union era to the russian economy the united states government is making. money the u.s. treasury is not in any political shape to give billions of dollars to the ukrainian economy estimates are thirty five billion required this is a manipulation from the outside. stay without international eyes were closely following all the latest developments in ukraine more expert opinion is also available for your online at and he does kong. there's

growing discontent in america's diplomatic community after bronco obama nominated several of his big election to be ambassadors especially after a grilling at the senate showed the nominees to be more or less clueless about their future postings and his critics say about was simply returning the favor for they finding that so he returns to office as reports confirmation hearings ever deal that a number of president obama's nominees for a bass of their ships have little or no knowledge of the countries they 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 party his party now expect 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 that you know what a guy 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 what kind of diplomacy can you expect from such diplomats in washington i'm going to check out our team. why would

one of the wilds most powerful oil executives join a lawsuit against the shale gas drilling industry insists it's safe to axles chavis heading to the polls to get it stopped anyway we'll tell you why you may sell an international after the break. fly a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. this

is also international it's great to have you with us let's move on now britain has warmly greeted the leader of the most powerful nation showering the german chancellor with all the trappings of a head of states remaining in angola merkel's good books is seen as essential for

prime minister david cameron who has any chance of renegotiation of the u.k.'s relationship with the european union although it remains extremely unclear whether she will be. how far should be won over its tests i see there are reports. 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 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 for 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 u.k. savers three point five billion pounds you have.

it's actually the long term strategy seems to be very different. 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 for of it. just there are still your r t. the biotech giant proclaimed by some the most evil company in the world is once again drawing fire new studies suggest small sometimes round up of lead killer could be links to highly toxic and deadly kidney disease read more of our the dangers a link to the drowned fruits producer online. and also on our website nasa astronomers discover seven hundred and fifty new planets outside our solar system always doubling the number of planets known to humanity details on this story and

much more is available for you on our. unrest in venezuela is now spreading beyond the capital caracas there have been street battles between antigovernment protesters and police in the northern city of the n.c.a.a. over 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 and mark a city near the campus so there have been two weeks of rioting in venezuela involving thousands of people angry at living conditions and why sixteen people have 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 both artificial shortages hoarding 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 the recall in office 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. and otherworld in breve this hour world news in brief i should say this hour police in peru fight tear gas to disperse protesters on with sticks and rocks angry about government cuts at least five people were reportedly injured and several arrests were made the clashes broke out of business and transport style stole them west began after the president was shuffled his cabinet while announcing salary hikes for his ministers.

around two hundred people gathered outside london central criminal court to demand the execution of the murderers of british soldier lee rigby last may police arrested several demonstrators after crunches between far right groups and the police were slaughtered in broad daylight as he returns to his barracks in southeast london one of his killers will spend the rest of his life in prison the other one will serve a minimum of forty five years in jail. hundreds of people marched in western mexico in support of a powerful drug cartel boss kakemono guzman also known as short he was arrested by police last week suspicion of drug trafficking and murder of demonstrators assist to help provide much needed employment in one of the country's poorest areas the u.s. at a five million dollars bounty on guzman's head for allegedly smuggling tons of cocaine and marijuana across the border. the plight

of low paid migrant workers in qatar stretches far beyond those building infrastructure for the twenty twenty two world cup foreign maids cleaners and other domestic staff are also reportedly being subjected to slave like conditions often complaining of physical even sexual abuse and which talks to the german filmmaker who was detained in the country while investigating their ledge suffering. all we did was basically collecting food for a big documentary on the human rights situation on the workers in the migrant workers' situations their pedals 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 daytime we're talking to human rights activists but we were far from spotting any kind of ride but it shows after all the exile of the fear they obviously have there.

for 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 the system the chief executive of america's largest energy company has joined a lawsuit to oppose the construction of a new water tower near his home that could be used for fracking the head of exxon mobil was quick to say he doesn't oppose the training technique he's just warned about the view from his home being burned his excuse is that some environmental activists be nice though. ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who

were there to beg this the town of barton ville to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about an unsightly water tower that might disrupt his view when these people sitting in the audience had water that would phone like fish wash dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic free leases of gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one relief is in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night and evacuated in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases. and coming up next this hour inside a day ukraine's unfolding crisis with the former american ambassador to the country's stand that.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart ukraine literally means a country a line on the adj and while this may be refers to geography it is also a pretty accurate description of its current political situation whereas ukraine having to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by john hirst the former us ambassador to the country ambassador herbst thank you very much for talking to us my pleasure now russia and the united states perhaps not surprisingly different great deal in how they characterize the events unfolding in the ukraine for russia it's a coup d'etat for the united states it's a democratic uprising or a democratic revolution and the images that are being broadcast from kiev are also

strikingly different the russians see swastikas being painted all over central kiev and man armed man in balaklava storming government buildings while i think many americans have been shown those inspired faces of. protesters who are living and breathing democracy why do you think the contrast is so stark well first of all there are many swastikas being painted in kiev so perhaps who are paid for laws of the government to no longer power to steal coal which is a government well that's not exactly true because our reporters are on the ground in kiev and they actually like you can see swastikas all over central kiev i mean. we don't know who actually is behind that but the sheer number is pretty is pretty staggering there's a good old old point of analysis which says cui bono who benefits the only people

who benefit by swastikas are those who want to try to discredit the protesters so the idea that the protestors are busy putting up the symbols of hitler i think proposed. what about the men in balaclavas because they're like reno for for a fact that they're behind the siege of the government buildings and by now government institutions city halls have been taken over by protesters and in a lot of for ukrainian minister politics what about down while the true this is happened it's also true this is a reaction to for use of oppressive government by micio to coach the seattle coverts was the beneficiary of misty using those democratic aspirations so you know which would be free and fair election in two thousand and ten and unfortunately since that time as president he has put increasing authoritarian strictures on the opposition so that led opposition to take up arms to continue with to enforce that democratic aspirations mischaracterizing the situation we.