e.u. china free trade agreement many of us would agree with that at least in principle but actually less than ten days ago there was an e.u. china summit one this is very firmly ruled out. trade competencies. at the moment line tare with the european union to nothing david cameron can do or unless he's actually saying to china that we're certain to leave. to bring it up to date for the moment more news in just over half an hour from now in the meantime do stay with us for sophie and co when sophie shevardnadze speaks to the prime minister of georgia that's coming up after the break. ukraine is in a tough spot right now trying to figure out whether to join the e.u. or the arrangements custom union it would be nice if they would you know maybe allow the populace to vote for their future via referendum but sadly it looks like the politicians will be making a historic decision i can see why some people want to look west and some people want to look east but i don't understand why so-called ukrainian nationalists want so desperately to join the e.u. first off any nationalist groups in the e.u. are

e.u. china free trade agreement many of us would agree with that at least in principle but actually less than ten days ago there was an e.u. china summit one this was very firmly ruled out. trade competencies. at the moment like entirely with the european union the assumption nothing david cameron can do or unless he's actually saying to china that were certain to leave. young israelis are streaming out of their home country to start a life in greener economic pastures and as paula slim reports this is ratcheting up the tension between those who stay and those yugo. their ancestors may have called it the promise land but more and more young israelis are seeking their fortunes far from its golden shaws a former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin once branded those who immigrated from israel cowards but these days most of the people who are leaving are young educated smart and successful many don't come back there's a word in hebrew for those israelis who leave your dream which means descending until recently it was attributed to misfits lower class and people who couldn't find their place in

and it's not so much to do with a possible e.u. trade deal just briefly of course hardly any time on here here at the international jazz very very briefly though the it scanned missile system came of the european missile defense system of one reporter saying there's a bit of an outcry in europe that russia is putting this will be putting this disc on the missiles in kaliningrad and president putin saying look this is a deterrent it's in defense of russia's national security and interests as this european missile defense shield is not essentially going off to iran or north korea but is in in any way shape or form it's ultimately pointing at russia finally one last moment here on r.t. international mr putin president putin was asked you are the number one politician in russia who is number two in terms of influence and perhaps have you found a successor a lot of good in saying well that's a very tricky question prime minister medvedev is a very hands on prime minister he's been very good for russia but there are lots of new people on the r

politician to walk with respect to china and human rights rights and finally the free trade deal is stalled by the e.u. would have been another reason for the u.k. to. to leave the. well well. i guess the answer might be yes but of course we are currently in the european union discussing trade deals with the united states which and with a series of other countries if we left the e.u. we wouldn't the u.k. wouldn't have the benefit of that so i just thought overall in terms of trade it's better to stay rather than leave even if you could get a deal with china and frankly china is looking to the european union for its future not to any member state the twenty eight together are important any of the member states on their own really are second class going forward former member of the european parliament mr going forward thank you very much indeed for your time. bahrain's most famous human rights defend the builder a job to stay behind bars for six more months authorities are in no rush to set him free despite being eligible for release was jailed in twenty twelve for taking part in antigovernment process

of course i spoke to middle early he says the opposition jumped very quickly from demanding an e.u. trade deal to trying to overthrow the government it's quite clear now that what what is being demanded is the overthrow of the government the overthrow of a democratically elected legitimate government and president the president made a decision and the government made a decision about twelve days ago that they were not going to go ahead with a trade agreement with the european union now there are forty entitle to do that if people don't agree don't agree with that decision then the right way to deal with that is to campaign it in in an election which is only about fourteen months away for the government to be changed democratically called into the law and the constitution and for the new president whether he has to then go ahead with this proposal with this agreement what is what we're looking at now is only completely different we're looking at a demand for the president and the prime minister and the government to be removed from power by people in the streets. ukraine said it needed tim

while the e.u. trade continues to divide public opinion politicians raise doubts over the blocks ability to cope should an agreement ever be reached with ukraine let's take a look at why well over twenty percent of europe's population is at risk of poverty level gary it is one of the most impoverished countries with nearly half its population living close to the bread line romania is not far behind where four out of ten find it hard to make ends meet and agrees slightly over thirty percent of the population struggle to meet financial demands and about the same percentage of people in spain and italy are under pressure from harshest parity measures are going off went to a food bank in rome where essential provisions are handed out to the city's poorest . marco used to work as a pizza your many italians used to call it the golden skill which would always get you work in rome but it didn't hold true for marco one day he was sacked and has not been fired since he's been living on the street for about four yea

of ukraine there are some analysts that are already you saying it's not about having an e.u. tradedeal it's about western powers getting a foothold in ukraine what do you think about that. oh well indeed. they say greenland although it has von thousand pages long it doesn't give. you crane any guarantees it doesn't leave the visa system with ukraine he doesn't give a near economic benefits to the brain in terms of law and sense financial support so indeed what we have here is just the european union who wants to or green with its own goods who wants to do is thanks to this free trade zone the european union doesn't care much about ukraine and saw her into the political or the economics over into ukraine suggested the middle ground you know that president bush suggested that trial a true meeting russia ukraine and the you to find out the best form. for this program you rejected it yesterday. of the european commission the head of the european commission mr barroso said that this is going to be only between us and your great political analyst live in moscow thanks for joining us toda

saying that it should be you trying to free trade agreement many of us would agree with that at least in principle but actually less than ten days ago there was an e.u. trying to summit one this is very firmly ruled out. trade competencies. at the moment lloyd tardy with your opinion the assumption nothing david cameron can do a lot she's actually saying to china that we're certain to leave. and then our website is the all seeing eyes of australia for a few weeks the germans they really signed up member of the anglosphere global spy network was keeping its own citizens under close watch to r.t. dot com for the details. and the international delegation says migrant workers used to build the infrastructure needed for. the world cup a little modern and modern day slaves were all about that on our website. barry's government has released a list of twenty six points it sees as milestones and efforts to reform the rights and freedoms of citizens but human rights groups and the opposition have dismissed it as smoke and mirrors and there's already been international outrage over bahrain's decision to keep opposition leader in the billboard job in jail despi

while the e.u. trade deal continues to divide public opinion and you crane and the e.u. european politicians are sounding the alarm over whether the bloc will be able to cope should an agreement eventually be signed let's take a look at why over twenty percent of europe's population at this point is a risk of poverty belgariad is one of the most impoverished countries with nearly half its population living close to the bread line romania is not far behind with almost one in three find hard to make ends meet in the bailed out greenies slightly over thirty percent of the population is struggling with financial burdens and about the same percentage of people in italy and spain are experiencing financial distress due to harsh austerity measures are going off went to a food bank in rome where essential provisions are handed out to the city's poorest . marco used to work as a pizza your many talents used to call it the golden skill which would always get you work in rome but it didn't hold true for marco one day he was sacked and has not been fired since he's been living on th

returned to kiev almost a decade after the aren't revolution because ukraine dropped out of an e.u. trade deal and plenty of politicians from around the world joined in the us in the e.u. talk a lot about european values and western values but is it a western value to allow a foreign country to come in an influential electoral process to influence politics on the streets of course it's not the east once to go east the west wants to look west and everyone in between wants to say what about the look at the rhetoric that was emanating from brussels in washington when ukraine failed to sign it became clear that it was very much directed against russia and that it was good for the ukrainian people. space rocks pack a punch a flaming meteor streaked across the sky and slammed into two lab and skin central russia with a shockwave equal to twenty nuclear bombs though so many rumors from a jet down to a satellite and even to the start of the end of the world it damaged dozens of buildings injured hundreds of people but took everyone by surprise no one saw it coming. viral videos of its final momen

them police demonstrators and demanding the president's resignation following his snubbing of an e.u. trade integration deal and she's i mean i'm going to have been following the turmoil in care for a number of people out here on the independence square in the center of kiev has actually grown in just over the past hour and we are getting reports from local people do local residents who are staying in kiev that actually there are more people coming in from various different regions so we're bound to see these numbers these crowds grow of course is at this point it's hard to compare them to the hundreds of thousands that were here over the weekend but there are very large numbers over by the government buildings and this is what the opposition leaders have been calling on people to do to take over all the government buildings in kiev and that is also the places that the government buildings are also the places where mass confrontations between the police and the protesters have taken place over the weekend with some of the most severe brutality that has ever been witnessed that has been witn

around the demonstrators are demanding the president's resignation following his snubbing of an e.u. trade integration deal. the latest. it is still pretty tense in the ukrainian capital the this not as many people now as it used to be at the beginning of the protest the protesters have managed to overtake the city administration building and they now describe it as the headquarters of the new revolution and several hours ago in fact the administration of president of ukraine building looked like a battlefield the future kalash a rupture between the protesters and the riot police and the protesters even used a bulldozer to break the police lines short while ago i went to the administration of president ukraine building to see everything with my own ice the building of the administration of ukraine's president now under siege with several hundred a riot policemen protecting the building to set a buses so that the protesters cannot reach inside and these few few meters basically maybe twenty meters between them and the protesters we walked here we saw literally maybe several hundred of them

international affairs analysts and the peace importing the failed economic deal between ukraine and the e.u. traded their arguments right here with me in the studio. when you were there reporting in kiev what did you make of the way the authorities handled situation you know bill i've been covering ukraine and its politics and its protests for almost a decade now since the so-called orange revolution and never in my life have expected that i'll be breathing pepper and tear gas in the heart of this is that this was the case no one expected such brutal violence from both sides from both the police and the protesters we did see scenes of protesters looking fairly organized in the way they were protesting this week or yes indeed especially the takeover of the city hall building they looked like a very well prepared army because the way there was storming the building this looks like like a hollywood movie they knew what they were doing exactly and i have been i spent several nights in my down on the independence square talking to the people there was a huge part of crowds who were just spreading these

demonstrators are set with the president for not signing an e.u. trade deal. >> smartphones and tablets are thought to have driven a third of traffic in cyber monday. >> those are the headlines. seen in more than a century. >> they're standing there ripping open that little package of sugar and filling that wound. >> yes. >> how much is too much? the death of a mentally ill homeless man raises questions how much force police needed to stop him. >>> and one thanksgiving, a pastor and his prayers. >> they want prayer but that's the last thing they're looking for . >> and good evening. thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. we have been of course for weeks focused now on the grate health care debate this this country. about access to quality health care and the cost of it. many americans of course have been weighing in but what about those who have very little say in the health care they receive and no recourse to demand better? over the past few years most states have turned over the health care in prisons to private for profit systems. but america tonight

opposition to the president after a month of mass rallies began following his decision to reject an e.u. trade deal and following russia. >> reporter: from ukraine's east and south supporters from the orthodox church came to pray for solidarity with russia. >> western culture is not orthodox. western values, so-called euro standards, they're not acceptable to us. >> nobody went against us because god is with us. we are an united people blessed by god. >> reporter: they say the orthodox church is one nation and should stay that way. >> these marchers represent the divide in ukraine. they say their country should be aligned with russia, not europe. it's not part of ukrainian culture. >> they march where supporters have been gathered for days. many were bussed in the city. al jazeera has seen some of them being paid to be here. they came out in full force. promise to go tear down barricades at independent square came to nothing. and in the square itself the demands remain the same. that the government embrace european values. >> reporter: we see how they look at russia and how they look in europe

hungs of thousands have been demonstrating for a month, calling for an e.u. trade deal, instead ukraine sign add deal with russia. turkey's prime minister is in the middle of a growing scandal that is rocking the government. the aim is to destabilize his administration. the prosecutors are questioning dozens of officials about numerous charges including brinery. three of the ministers resigned after their sons were detained by authorities. and a former ally has called for the resignation. the prime minister replacing ten ministers. >> china issues some hard works. the shrine honors japanese who died in world war ii, including war criminals. the chinese and the south korean see it as a symbol of wartime corruption. >> but he certainly had to know it would anger his country's neighbors. china in particular. it will be lucked by more conservative and nationalistic no, sirs in japan, who advocate being tough we japan's neighbors. many of them are the same peel that voted him into power. >> i feel that it was unnecessary. he didn't really need to go to this extreme exte

there was fierce opposition to the president a month after rallies began after he rejected the e.u. tradeeal in favor of russia. we're live in kiev now. jennifer, neither side appears to be backing down. what is the latest. >> reporter: that's right. behind me you can see hundreds of people gathered, and the crowds gathered, this is part protest and part pop concert going ton for four weeks now. despite concerns there might be clashes. we saw some anti-european protesters come into the city from quite far away. >> reporter: from ukraine's east and south supporters of the orthodox church came to pray for solidarity with russia. >> western culture is not orthodox. western standards are not acceptable for us. >> nobody will win against us because with us. we're an united people blessed by god. >> they say the orthodox church is one nation and should stay that way. >> these marchers represent the divide in ukraine. they say their country should be aligned with russia not europe. they're turning to the west is not part of the ukrainian culture. >> reporter: they marched peacefully outside of g

already has a free trade agreement with russia granting them increased exports and other advantages to the east associate professor of political economy jeffrey summers says the e.u.'s trade relations with ukraine may hurt their economy if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has in the past produced dnd us realisation in the east. labor migration really east to the west and so we've also seen west european consumer products dumped in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing of course of the past four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems in the west here. some of the same e.u. politicians who blame russia for stalling and you know have been cheering on the protestors in the ukrainian capital moscow state university international relations professor mark sloboda says what these officials are doing violates international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheer leading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tenth amount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspapers earlier

e.u. free trade zone continues meanwhile the economic state of the country faces collapse if the situation does not stabilize. when he craney and bond yields soaring the price of insuring against a default on government debt. as it will say the threat of strikes which could further damage the already fragile economy so let's speak to david brunei from first national innovation cause i knew what i want to know ways how bad is ukraine's financial situation right now is the economy we heading for a d felt. well this situation is really is serious ukraine is running a current account deficit of eight percent of g.d.p. . and it's june twenty fourth thousand dollar bonds are paying nineteen percent interest and what that means is that the markets are expecting it again dissipating it evolved by ukraine so it is a very serious situation the ukrainian central bank. is almost broke and doesn't have any money and won't be able to support the ukrainian currency going forward unless you train gets credit mediately why it's you kind of right to not join the legions with the e.u. that how has that econo

from smile still hold startles after kiev said last week would not be signing a free trade pact with europe e.u. officials were jumping out of their skin to persuade president going to call the church. think or. you could see repeated politicians were not too happy to hear the great in president citing economic troubles and as it became clear kiev was not going to sign the deal at this point with a violent dispersal of growth just in the capital that's when europe assumed a different tone where you set aside short term political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia such tactics from europe which have been accusing russia of pressure in ukraine not to sign the free trade bank raised some eyebrows they should really really stop using the methods of the caldwell they're blackmailing ukraine add that to the e.u. offering no compensations to going to potential economic losses which could have been catastrophic in practical terms it would be a disaster for the ukrainian people it would mean gas prices going up the prices going up unemployment going up th

including a free trade zone a shed business landscape and also an increased exports aimed to pull the states together well associate professor of political economy jeffrey someone says that the e.u. is trade relations with ukraine of the country if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has. produced the industrialization in the east. labor migration released to the west and so we've also seen west european consumers don't in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing a course that has four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems here. some senior politicians have been blaming russia for the events taking place in kiev saying it was pressure from moscow that sunk the deal with the e.u. and some of those politicians as we said earlier have been seen in central kiev cheering the protesters on international relations professor mark sloboda told us that it's unacceptable under international law. the fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheer leading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tantamount to the regime change that has b

and closing the door to trade the e.u. could soon lose a big chunk of its attractiveness to brussels plans to define how open borders can be for different businesses will show the break. i play is street cleaner who's in love with a waitress i go on stage managing that there's an audience you should take drugs and drink like a fish the police told me about the circus but i was such a punk i was like well what circus. circus are clearly kids gonna. break down stereotypes about kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. do we speak your language was anybody will or not a day in. the news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn to angles stories. where you hear. the spanish find out more visit. again this is all seem to national welcome by leasing and violence have now left eleven people dead. cross argentina as police continue and nationwide strike for better pay so she's blamed the ransacking on agitators who they say are trying to disrupt the thirteenth anniversary of the country's

to ukraine washington made no secret that it wanted this deal to happen of free trade agreement between ukraine and the e.u. could later fit into a much larger free trade agreement that is now being negotiated between the e.u. and the us but of course in its statements the u.s. state department focuses on the right and asked for a sions of ukrainian protesters that support comes not just in words but also in actions the state department is deploying the assistant secretary of state dorian only to the streets of kiev to cheer up the protesters as well as told meetings with the opposition and government officials in order to push this deal forward and it seems the stakes are high for washington in ukraine at the moment the strong words from washington were echoed by the use foreign affairs chief who is in care of right now meeting with the opposition under storage fees but alexander mercury's a legal expert on blogger says nonstop visits by high profile foreign politicians is more a case of meddling in internal affairs than trying to find peace that. i cannot actually imagine such a thing i trying to imagine

are quite beneficial giving them a free trade zone increased exports and some other perks and so as a professor of political economy jeffrey summers thinks the e.u. is trade relations with ukraine of hurt the economy. if we take a look at eastward expansion of the e.u. we can see that it has in the past produced dnd us realisation in the east labor migration from the east to the west and so we've also seen west european consumer products but i don't in the east and i think that the e.u. is again experiencing of course of the past four or five years economic crisis and it sees further eastward expansion as a way to resolve their own problems in the west europe. some of the same ego politicians who blame russia for a stalling here have been cheering the protesters on in the ukrainian capital international relations professor mark sloboda of moscow state university says that what the officials are doing is a violation of international law. fact that they are essentially on the ground in kiev cheerleading the protesters on calling for a revolution in the country this is a tenth amount to the regime change that has been called for in german newspaper

for a month and the commotion was a direct response to the country's leadership rejecting a trade deal with the e.u. . the reporting now on why ukrainian officials got cold feet. from smiles to host styles after keep said last week would not be signing a free trade pact with europe officials were jumping out of their skin to persuade president got a call that i think it was a right if. it. was. you could see repeated politicians were not too happy to see a decrease in president citing economic troubles and as it became clear key of was not going to sign the deal at this point paired with a violent dispersal of protests in the capital that's when humor of assuming a different tone we have to set aside short political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure know the least from russia. such tactics from europe which have been accusing russia of pressure in ukraine not to sign the free trade bank raised some eyebrows they should really really stop using the methods of the caldwell they're blackmailing ukraine add that to the e.u. offering no compensation for potential economic losses

e.u. china free trade agreement many of us would agree with that at least in principle but actually less than ten days ago there was an e.u. china summit one this is very firmly ruled out. trade competencies. at the moment line tare with the european union there's absolutely nothing david cameron can do for a less he's actually saying to china that we're certain to leave. and still ahead figure this out leaving the promised land for good. in israel for me at least life was like every day going towards. ambitious israelis a line up the head of the seas the struggling economy at home pushing them to seek money and prospects abroad. and then controllable for one corsica again is threatening to leave the whole nation short of water and the country's capital has almost chewed itself dry already as art has less account for half an hour reports. it's midday in sun not like clockwork each afternoon these now means fill up with people behind cut oh my god is the essence of nature if we don't chew we're not. banned in many countries but legal in yemen the leaves contain a mild narcotic and almost every

that's after viktor yanukovych suspended a trade deal with the e.u. that would have increased trade and opened borders. tens of thousands in ukraine protested against the decision. many accused viktor yanukovych of bending to pressure from russia to pass on the deal >> missing, bob levinson vanished in iran in 2007. reports from that he was on a business trip. the associated press reported in the with "the washington post" that he was an agent for the c.i.a. randall pinkston has more. >> it's almost seven years since bob levinson disappeared whilst in iran. he's the lodgest-held hostage in history. his family received a video. >> i'm not in perfect health. i have been treated well. i'm running out of diabetes medicine. i need the help of the united states government. >> in the past three years there's nothing to confirm that he's still alive. he was on a business trip to an iranian island. associated press is reporting that bob levinson was in iran on an unapproved mission for the c.i.a. when asked secretary of state john kerry wouldn't confirm that he

e.u. was concerned. to make signals over ukraine's possible trade deal with the e.u. tonight which has been the source of massive protests for the past month a senior year official stated that all talks and i want to hold while you crazy authorities say they're progressing that in this hesitant and confused atmosphere the u.s. seems eager to assume the role of decision maker to. report. trauma care. bremer oh there are few americans with you right john mccain's media conference in kiev was rich in loud statements simply veiled warnings to moscow we need to make it clear. to the russian government but i'm here putin that interference in the affairs of ukraine is not acceptable to the united states of america or to any other free country in the world followed by explicit threats to kiev if the movement membership in the e.u. is not achieved that is going to have very serious effects here in ukraine and in u.s. craned the relations he accused russia of interfering but many question twice he was there in the first place it's not the first time john mccain has been seen pl