e.u. capital what we actually be from the west of the cape having a water cannons i think there was quitea big part of ukraine in the country or people. do you think do you think rioters will eventually bond down and what can make them do. what i think you know it's the people who from the outside who are kind of inciting the situation it's the e.u. leaders it's the e.u. politicians i think we've got to take a role in they've shown quite clearly they're critical but if we can. do so in the region is that. similar to the situation in syria really where you've got the western powers again in control they can to topple the government present a sad and make showing here and there should be a new crowd that they are really extremists they will go to any steps and so i think what's your question it's really up to those foreign powers who are backing these demonstrations these rioters in ukraine to actually change their course and say to the book sit down talk the government didn't work if. you could play smear get his would you. expect a very every twenty minutes an equal to the time. so and th

it will allow them to do work outside the capital, leaving the airport in the care of the e.u. force. >> you wonder who would be leading the e.u. mission considering the french experience in africa, particularly in mali, and success there. >> it's understood the french will take part. it's believed that there will be a french element within the e.u. peace-keeping force. >> the europe peens - it's difficult for the governments of european countries to sell to the citizens of their country, the idea of taking part in a peace-keeping force, in a country many have not heard of. they have heard of other countries, it will be difficult for them to think "why are we getting involved in this." the argument that is being put forward is what we are facing in the central african republic, and seeing such as those in barnaby's report brings it to life, the idea, the spectre of going back 20 years to the rwandan genocide, and we see the elements of an interethnic, interreligious conflict which is feared could result in massive widescale killings. we've been looking at hundreds up to thousan

e.u. now we're seeing a completely different picture radicals destroying the capital and calling for revolution how did it come to that. you're absolutely right and let me tell you that it is an extremely difficult for me to comment on that because i am not only a russian citizen but made to be ukrainian and believe me for me what happened in the last three days. surprise i could have never imagined that such things can ever happen in ukraine which proves that it's all or it's compression. compromise so deal this week they was a belief and i share the belief that your great improve just north that violent the very phrase that character what we've seen these days is. this is really suffering we would have very very to do this really is a subject of very big concern for all of us yeah of course and sergei of course we all sharing your believes a nonviolent. come out of this situation but for some time actually ukraine's authorities have been accused of corruption but don't you think that people have a right to push them out. the corruption is one of the process is one of the just going to stand f

e.u. and united states have refused to send [indiscernible] >> the mood is tense in the capital.he opposition is outraged. it wants a neutral caretaker to oversee the election as in previous years, but the government is refusing. >> the government has created the current problem. they have taken advantage of their parliamentary majority to amend the constitution by getting rid of the caretaker government system. they have created this crisis. protests broke out after the prime minister refused to appoint the normal caretaker administration. the opposition says the election farce. more than 20 opposition parties are boycotting the polls, meaning most of the candidates are from the governing league. >> i am a candidate of this constituency. us, thatou to vote for th will allow me to support you. i have come to receive your blessing for that. >> the run-up to sunday's election has been dominated i bloody street clashes. 270 five, at least people were killed in clinical violence in bangladesh. the boycott of this weekend's polls threatens to plunge the country into an even deeper cri

up for the deep divide within the country protests continued in the capital kiev as the opposition calls for closer ties with the e.u. . has been following the dissent. this is a political protest this is the anger at the country's government and the president president something which has been going on for more than six weeks now is rather turbulent six weeks for ukraine as i mentioned my report. first they wanted to be in europe was then they wanted a revolution was that was ukraine's leaders feared that a free trade zone with the e.u. would cause industry to collapse the crowds never bought that but when the police used force against peaceful bro e.u. protesters. they stopped caring altogether the. government building stormed barricades built and top western politicians dropping by the german and dutch foreign ministers and a deputy u.s. secretary of state before u.s. senator john mccain weighed in taking a swipe at russia stalks while stirring up the key of crowds himself premier others with a few american is where you find me but none of them dug ukraine out of its mess mosco later agreed to help with a discoun

e.u. as the. rest of western regions. lethal drugs to change the face of capital punishment in some us states the return of. firing squads. only partly. leading we hear from the experts who describe prisoners will face when the old methods. together with our allies we will complete our mission by the end of this year. and a future. government of afghanistan facing a looming threat. in washington post pull out security deal following thirteen years. early friday evening here in moscow international with me. and welcome to the program ukraine's president has signed a law that grants amnesty to all demonstrators detained during the riots in the country but on the condition the protesters leave the streets and government buildings they've been occupying meanwhile the opposition leaders are to meet the u.s. secretary of state and the e.u. foreign policy chief on the sidelines of a security conference in munich over the riots now spreading wide across ukraine's west it seems unlikely more talks will bring any solutions. reports from one of the hotbeds of the unrest. this is the regional administration building ev

e.u. as the. western regions. lethal drugs is set to change the face of capital punishment u.s. states. leading we hear from the experts who describe what condemned prisoners will face when the old methods. and washington is pressing the. security agreement. as fears mount over the growing strength in the country despite thirteen years.

killing twenty people in the capital as an al qaida offshoot exploited the dire situation to gain control over the city of fallujah. and britain's pm threatens to take on the e.u. over a cutting welfare team in grants but critics say it's a cynical move to lure voters back from the right. which in our state or national coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina josh welcome to the program and greenland has decided to open up one of the world's most pristine and dangerous environments to oil drilling and environment so on forgiving in fact that many international oil giants have shied away from getting involved because of the potential risks but not b.p. the company responsible for turning the gulf of mexico into nickel logical catastrophe nearly four years ago has been given drilling rights in eastern greenland greenpeace says a bagger is believed that a firm with such a patchy history could be allowed to work in such a fragile region reports on why the country shifted its environment first stance. british petroleum has been denied any drilling licenses in the united states for more than a year now the deepwater horizon spill taking its toll on the

capital. statistics show the world is watching ukraine's unrest especially in the us and e.u. the latest wave of public anger kicked off in the ninety's the general and you can see here on this map how tweets with the hash tag. spreading each red flash represents one tweet and there's almost as many flashes over american europe as the roll over ukraine itself. up to date with events there in ukraine twenty four seven on our website r.t. dot com where you'll find a timeline with photos from kiev as well as the latest reports from our correspondent. the british prime minister has been facing a barrage of questions about key threats to u.k. national security and how he intends to deal with them britons who'd been radicalized was fighting in syria and the flood of leaks from edward snowden wrong the main discussion points r.t. texas it is with us now live from our london studios. well david cameron asking questions answering questions that is today he was talking about the a changing risk that the u.k. has to face and how where security is headed he wasn't so much his challenge wh

bill banning similar rallies demonstrations have gripped the capital for nearly two months after the rejection of a trade agreement with the e.u. . live you may be europe's fastest growing economy but it's also the e.u.'s youngest and poorest member and if there are quote sharp bends on the road to prosperity have proven too much for thousands of professionals who are leaving the country artie's paul scott met one who says the government negligence is to blame the surrogate is one of thousands of workers who will leave latvia this year but his destination is perhaps surprising to be leaving this state to work in azerbaijan and this is the. life is always hard but in this country it's harder as the government is much more concerned by politics not economics and the life of the common man so that he isn't the only one the world bank says not because population is shrinking by almost sixty thousand people per year i feel i'm not alone the governments are squeezing everybody wants and more and more from us for less money between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve not because population fell by around ten percent in

e.u. protest which it was at the beginning of this whole protest story here this is a purely anti governmental movement we're starting following all the developments of what's happening in the ukrainian capital here. dozens of policemen remain hospitalized with head injuries from cheers and poisoning by unknown substances the interior ministry is claiming the opposition is now arming the protesters with clubs but despite the e.u. is sticking to its positional blaming the local authorities there and as a rino going to reports it appears this scene is being set for the final act. as rocks went flying and police buses went up in flames the opposition leaders very quickly found the man responsible for the mayhem ukraine's president if they're going to forage for it is that if we demand that you stop the escalation of the situation get the police off the streets dissolve the parliament and calling for early parliamentary and presidential elections are going to not repeat the fate of child cesco and get aberrated the fact that the riots were started by several hundred protesters hailing from the ultra nationalist camp on the independence square seems to have been swept under the carpet the police

capital. and twitter statistics show the world is watching ukraine's unrest especially in the us and e.u. the latest wave of public anger kicked off on the nineteenth of january and you can see here on this map how tweets with the hash tag euro my dan spreading each red flash represents one tweet and there's almost as many flashes over america and europe as the ra over ukraine itself will do stuff to date with events in ukraine twenty four seventh's on our website r.t. dot com where you'll find a timeline with photos from kiev as well as the latest reports from our correspondents. at international live here moscow i'll be back with more knees after a short break. the . economic down in the final. days. and the rest. take a little bit if we. want to. play. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today. britain france and looking to join forces and invest in building military drones together the two governments are expected to sign an agreement that will pave the way for two years of joint research into building the unmanned planes activists and political analyst chris bambery believes

capital. twitter statistics show the world is watching ukraine's unrest especially in the us and the e.u. the latest wave of public anger kicked off on the nineteenth of general and you can see here on this map how tweets with the hash tag down are spreading each red flash represents a tweet and it's almost as many flashes over america and europe as there are over ukraine itself will stop to date with events there in the country twenty four seventh's a web site r.t. dot com where you'll find a timeline with photos from kiev as well as the latest reports from a correspondence. the international chemical weapons watchdog is meeting to bolster the drive to eliminate syria's toxic all spot on the eve of the gathering the u.s. national intelligence chief kick started a new wave of scaremongering saying the assad government remains capable of producing biological arms or james clapper also warned that thousands of foreigners have joint the rebels in syria where al qaeda linked groups are inspiring them to bring the jihad back with them even establish special training camps to teach foreign recr

capital. twitter statistics show the world is watching ukraine's on rest especially in the u.s. and e.u. the latest wave of public anger kicked off on the nineteenth of january and you can see here on this map our tweets with the hash tag euro my data are spreading each red flash represents one tweet and there's almost as many flashes over america and europe as there are over ukraine itself will stay up to date with events there in the country twenty four seven on our website r.t. dot com you'll find a timeline with photos from kiev as well as the latest reports from our correspondents. the british prime minister has been facing a barrage of questions about key threats to u.k. national security and how he intends to deal with them britons had been radicalized while fighting in syria and the flood of leaks from edward snowden were among the main discussion points cilia reports. the prime minister david cameron talked about the changing risks of the u.k. is facing he faced a lot of questions although not really challenge was basically the way the security services functioned and where the

e.u. as the country remains split by the. lack of lethal drugs is set to change the face of capital punishment in some us states seeing the return of the gas chambers and the firing squad. leader we hear from experts who describe what condemned prisoners will face when the old methods could be back in action. and washington is pressing the afghan government to security agreement before april's elections as fears mount over the taliban's growing strength in the country despite years of a costly war. a very warm welcome to you from everybody here at r.t. international. headlines for now with ukraine's president he may have gone on sick leave but he is still set to sign the law to amnesty all those detained during riots in the country meanwhile opposition leaders are to meet the u.s. secretary of state and the e.u. foreign policy chief on the sidelines of a security conference in munich but with riots now spread wide across ukraine's west it seems unlikely more talks will bring any solutions. now reports from one of the hotbeds of the unrest. this is the regional administration building event notes on cards skin western ukraine whe

what comes out of the two day meeting in the french capital that might just decide the fate of a long awaited syrian peace talks. support for the e.u. and some of the worst austerity hit european countries has plunged drastically in the last five years the data comes from a new regional poll the study suggests the tumbling approval rating is linked directly to the budget cuts and economic woes take spain for instance where public support is at a record low or ireland which was just successfully exited its bailout program despite that the after taste of the austerity dictate is still driving the numbers down the euro skeptic u.k. used to top the critics list with only around a third actually back in brussels now it's even lower than that dropping to less than thirty percent. and if money makes the world go round then so it seems do vouchers where for national reports from paris on the system evading the cowboy bankers. these colorful rectangular notes and not money but they have a real value you can go shopping with these bills in your wallet pay for dinner at a restaurant the idea of alternative also called complimentary currencies

on what comes of the two day meeting in the french capital that might just decide the fate of the long awaited syria peace talks. support for the e.u. and some of the worst austerity hit european countries has plunged drastically in the past five years the data comes from a new regional poll the study suggests the tumbling approval rating is linked directly to the budget cuts and economic woes take spain for instance where public support is at a record low or ireland which has just successfully executed its bailout program and despite that the aftertaste of the e.u.'s austerity dictate is still driving the numbers down the euro skeptic u.k. used to top the critics list with only around a third actually backing brussels now it's even lower than that dropping down to less than thirty percent. the rating decline however has not changed the belt tightening policies of struggling countries in fact the governments are putting some of their most valuable assets up for sale just to stay afloat. of reports. it's been dubbed the great european fire sale in a bid for cash these are just some of what's been up for grabs but even funds raised f

capital here. dozens of policemen remain hospitalized with head injuries fractures and. substances but despite this the e.u. is sticking to its position of blaming the local authorities and i mean the commission reports it appears the scene is being set for the final act. as rocks went flying and police buses went up in flames the opposition leaders really quickly found the man responsible for the mayhem ukraine's president get together for the earthquake is what we demand is stop the escalation of the situation get the police off the streets dissolve the parliament and call for early parliamentary and presidential elections do not repeat the fate of ceausescu and get after. the fact that the riots were started by several hundred protesters hailing from the ultra nationalist camp on the independence square seems to have been swept under the carpet the police had to withstand a shower of rocks and molotov cocktails the government and abolition of criticism for using water cannons and rubber bullets to contain the raging crowd think recent tension in ukraine is a direct consequence of the government failing

what comes out of the two day meeting in the french capital that might just decide the fate of the long awaited syria peace talks. no support for the e.u. and some of the worse austerity hit european countries has plunged drastically in the past five years the data comes from a new regional poll the study suggests tumbling approval ratings are linked directly to the budget cuts and economic woes take spain for instance where public support is that a record low or ireland which has just successfully exited its bailout program now despite that the aftertaste of the e.u.'s austerity dictate is still driving the numbers way down the euro skeptic the u.k. used to top the critics list with only around a third actually back in brussels now it's even lower than that dropping down to less than thirty percent the rating declined however has not changed the belt tightening policies of struggling countries in fact the governments are putting some of their most valuable assets up for sale just to stay afloat as artie's tests are cilia reports. it's been dubbed the great european fire sale in a bid for cash these are just some of what's been up for

e.u. as the country remains split by the on the rest now playing its western region. lack of lethal drugs is set to change the face of capital punishment in some us states seeing the return of the gas chambers and the firing squads you know something stumbling in only partly you know not quite bleeding we hear from experts who describe what condemned prisoners will face when the old methods could be back in action. and washington is pressing the afghan government of kindness security agreement before april's elections as fears mount over the taliban's growing strength in the country despite years of a costly war.

bombings killing twenty people in the capital as an al qaeda offshoot exploits the dire situation to gain control over the city. and britain's pm threatens to take on the e.u. over cutting welfare to immigrants critics say it's a cynical move to lure voters back from the right. my from our studios in moscow you're with r t international on these to now with our top story this monday and greenland has decided to open up one of the world's most pristine environments to oil drilling and b.p. is already rubbing its hands the company responsible for turning the gulf of mexico into an ecological catastrophe nearly four years ago has been given exploration rights in eastern greenland greenpeace says it beggars belief that a firm with such a patchy history could be allowed to work in such a fragile region let's say yourselves keep reports now on why the country shifted its environment first. british petroleum has been denied any drilling licenses in the united states for more than a year now the deepwater horizon spill taking its toll on the company's reputation but this mattered little. to the new government in greenland drilling an oil exploration off the wester

capital. exploits the dire situation to control over the city of fallujah. and britain pm threatens to take on the e.u. over cutting welfare to immigrants but critics say it's a cynical move to lower voters back from the right.

killing twenty people in the capital as al qaeda offshoot exploits the dire situation to gain control over the city of pollution. and britain's pm threatens to take on the e.u. over cutting welfare to immigrants but critics say it's a cynical move toward the lure of voters back from the right.

capital now. the president has arrived at those talks he's taking part in the ongoing discussions he had been in a meeting with the e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton we heard earlier from catherine ashton she called in a news conference she called on both sides to work hard to stop the conflict and encouraging them to to continue in dialogue one thing that the ukrainian politicians have voted on is that they say to extend the parliamentary session in order to continue these debates and we may expect to see that go on through the night perhaps even into the morning to see a vote tomorrow morning on this bill now what we have seen in the main stumbling point is that the government put forward this amnesty bill as part of concessions made to opposition leaders now they said that it's only amnesty for those detained if demonstrators dismantle these barricades and leave buildings that they had occupied the opposition leaders saying that they just wanted conditional on the city so that's what they're trying to hammer out at the moment in terms of what the guys who are on the front lines of these barricades have bee

and security forces in ukraine's capital as the city waits for the results of crisis talks between the opposition and the government which is facing calls from the e.u. to hold an early election. un prepares the ground for syria's rival delegations to meet face to face on friday after a day one of the long awaited peace talks was marred by bitter exchanges. and a whistle blows water is edward snowden is reportedly planning to ask russia for personal protection after receiving death threats our top stories this hour. this is r.t. international live from our studios today here in moscow where it's just turned ten pm and eight pm in kiev where a truce between protesters and police has just expired now the opposition and government are expected to announce very shortly the results of these talks he also getting involved with the head of the european parliament saying the country's president should call an early election. is there gauging the mood on the streets and following international reaction. well as the situation continues to unfold here in ukraine we have heard comment from the leaders in the european union first of the e.u. president jose manue

protests in the ukrainian capital gives independence square has been the scene of anti-government rallies for weeks now the country's opposition wants closer trade ties with the e.u . has been following the demonstrations from the beginning. this is a political protest this is the anger at the country's government and the president president something which has been going on for more than six weeks now it's rather turbulent six weeks for ukraine as i mentioned my report. first they wanted to be in europe was then they wanted a revolution. that was was the ukraine's leaders feared that a free trade zone with the e.u. would cause industry to collapse the crowds never bought that but when the police used force against peaceful bro e.u. protesters. they stopped caring altogether. the government building stormed barricades built and top western politicians dropping by the german and dutch foreign ministers and a deputy u.s. secretary of state before u.s. senator john mccain weighed in taking a swipe at russia stalks while stirring up the key of crowds himself premier others with a few american is where you find me but none of them dug grain out of its mess mosco later

bombings killing twenty people in the capital as an al qaeda offshoot exploits the dire situation to gain control over the city. and britain's pm threatens to take on the e.u. over cutting welfare to immigrants critics say it's a cynical move to lure voters back from the right.

capital. in kiev a brief truce between security forces and as the government shows it is willing to make concessions to the opposition amid calls from the e.u. to hold an early election. also the international the u.n. prepares the ground for syria's rival delegations to meet face to face on friday after a day one of the long awaited peace talks was mobbed by bitter exchanges. and it was too close water is edward snowden is reportedly planning to ask russia for personal protection after receiving that.

killing twenty people in the capital as an al qaida offshoot exploit the dire situation to gain control over the city of fallujah. and britain's pm threatens to take on the e.u. over a cutting welfare team in grants but critics say it's a cynical move to lure voters back from the right.

e.u. as you are aware, hassan rouhani brought a new energy and light to iranian positioning. he's a beloved person, and maybe recep tayyip erdogan is trying to put a cap on that capital too. so i guess that's -- >> so do you expect anything concrete to come out of this meeting or is it the beginning of the warming of relations between the two countries. >> well, so far, despite what has happened in syria, turkey and iran never formally cut their relations. i mean, both sides need each other. turkey is buying natural gas from here. it doesn't increase the natural gas. iran is selling turkey at a high rate. much expensive than russia and other sources. i don't think it's natural gases at stake here. for me it's more like a symbolic visit to iran to show the domestic international communities is that turkey is a power that has places to go. because ins turkish criticism in the papers that we don't have friends in the region, recep tayyip erdogan cannot visit middle eastern countries because we have so many troubles. he is trying to address the criticism by going to iran. i don't think there'll be concrete things to come out of it. >> thank you. >> still ahead on al jaze