e.u. foreign affairs chief catherine ashton talking to us here on r.t. . and online that we've got the story of how israel is using the twitter tag stop charm offensive to put across the message that iran's diplomatic efforts are merely after assad. and. is the trial over an acid attack on the bolshoi theater as artistic director continues the victim speaks about the assault and demands almost one hundred thousand dollars in compensation had to r.t. dot com for that story and more. a russian so you spacecraft carrying the sochi two thousand and fourteen olympic torch has now a dog where the international space station the rocket took off this morning from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakstan spotted martin andrus was there for liftoff and he brings us more on what's in store for the iconic symbol of the olympics after it's taken on board the isis. back you. see the mechanical capture and contact and capture confirmed docking confirmed for twenty seven am central time and now the crew and symbol of the upcoming winter games have met on the international spa

e.u. foreign affairs committee. well i mean the situation in the e.u. is a bit of a mess because frankly with the lisbon changes the european parliament will have to approve any deal and it's very clear that there would be no majority in the european parliament for any deal in the current circumstances so the alternative is if you want the ukraine breaks down or this is put off into the into the middle future at best but there are people in. eastern europe who would like to see a growth towards ukraine that they see the european union as christendom if you want it's a christian community and would prefer moving to with ukraine raffling turkey which is why if you want to go on turkey's membership down as well i suspect the reality is at least in the next quarter century you neither would join a quick look now at some other news the number of people killed by the typhoon that ravaged the philippines last week has risen to two thousand three hundred military planes in the u.s. aircraft carrier have arrived with food and emergency supplies but crippled infr

e.u. foreign affairs chief catherine ashton who chairs the nuclear talks told r.t. there is a promise but it's ultimately up to iran to end the standoff the signs are good in the fact that we all getting into the detail in a way that's really never happened before under the previous iranian government we have come here to do serious business to make concrete progress the iranians have expressed the wish to do the same so what we hope is that they will follow up was that good words with good deeds in the negotiation room they have to make a certain number of undertaking isn't guaranteed this is a prout's the iranian nuclear program where the international community has justified concerns so they have to make and and really you know agree to do certain things that the international community is demanding for example it's all about the enrichment of uranium which is currently being and reached in iran to a level which is not necessary for a peaceful nuclear program therefore there are some things that they have to do of course this is the negotiations that both sides h

e.u. official in charge of foreign affairs, catherine ashton - an interim deal on iran's program seemed close. pressures, constraints on both sides have been growing since

e.u. official in charge of foreign affairs, catherine ashton - an interim deal on iran's program seemed close. pressures, constraints on both sides have been growing since they were last here. in tehran, in a tell voiced address the man in charge supports the talks. there are red lines he will not allow negotiators to cross. >> translation: i insist that the rights of the nation be preserved, including the nuclear rights. >> last time around the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and his counterparts from germany, france, the u.k., china and russia were negotiating until late into the night. this time the talks are handled at a lower level than senior officials. all are aware of strong opposition from deals from israel, gulf countries and inside u.s. congris. they must overcome differences in their own ranks. >> we know why a deal failed. france was unhappy that it couldn't keep its stockpile enriched to 20%. and a water plant under construction. they want all work halteded once active that reacto will be hard to shut down. a military strike would release harmful radiation. those who followed