for that reason our embassy personnel live on the embassy compound in beirut. and, mr. president, guess what kind of personal life they have. they are allowed six hours a week, personal time, to be off the embassy compound. and they have to be escorted by security and they describe what it's like. they might want to go to the beach and traffic is horrible. so in that six hours a week it's an hour and a half to get to where you want to go and then an hour and a half to get back from where you want to go so what you really get is about three hours a week of personal time. that's what these wonderful american publicker is servants -- public servants do. i then went to egypt and had a visit with a young first-tour foreign service officer there who was talking about needing to finish a meeting's we were having because of the skype date with her husband. now, i was not familiar with that terminology. well, she serves in a capacity where for safety and other reasons not ideal for him to be there with her. so friday night 1993 both dress up and with a glass of wine then fire up

there's a siege at the embassy the british police have that embassy under a kind of seeds but that's what you know that's what you see when you when you go to the embassy and what this is about is the punishment of julian assange and wiki leaks for revealing the whole landscape of war crimes committed by the united states and all its conspiracies against so many of the governments that's why all this it's sweden is is a sort of almost a grotesque red herring if the term is understood but it's a distraction. because that is the main game as they say the main game is that they want to get their hands on the silence and that has been that has been demonstrated last month under afraid of been formation released the f.b.i. admitted that there was a major investigation. for prosecution of us and under an act that has no relevance to the espionage act in one thousand nine hundred seventeen so this is a which charmed against basically a truth teller when the desire do you think to apprehend the sonship be a strong and say ten years do you think that things will calm down. well i don't know i

lash out at the russian embassy in kiev with police doing little to stop the mass radicals ukraine's top diplomat in attendance rallying the crowd by swearing at russia's president. less than ten hours to go to ukraine has to pay at least half its debt to russia or face switching to a pre-pay system is another round of last minute talks wraps up in kiev without an agreement. the u.s. sends an aircraft carrier group to the persian gulf as iraq's government struggles to deter a jihad its fighters are threatening to advance on baghdad after seizing control of several major cities in the country's north. korea and in moscow were bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news masked men attacked the russian embassy in the ukrainian capital with stones and petrol bombs authorities did little to stop them ukraine's interim foreign minister also showed up and drew cheers from the crowd after shouting an obscenity about russia's president putin artie's paul scott has the details. despite the fact that there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is

russia's embassy in kiev was attacked by rioters ukraine's top diplomat is seen siding with the vandals and directing some of his own foul language at the russian president. less than half a day remain snowfield craned want to all be put on a pre-pay system and europe's worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage on kiev when. the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as a country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs still. on the scotland's historic independence referendum no less than one hundred days away r.t. here is this some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no campaign. or. hello it's midnight here in moscow when i was kevin zero in this is r.t. international you're watching our weekly or rather the big stories that help shape the last seven days from us and first one dominating russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and do not see symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister also showed up he was s

at the moment are blocked meaning that the embassy staff are holed up in the embassy still as we speak but r.t. has managed to speak to one of the people inside. the situation this gets more tense protesters have turned over embassy cars parked outside the perimeter is blocked with tires in the driveways of block looking protesters own cars they've torn down the russian flag from the pole ukrainian police are supposed to guard the embassy they are preventing the harm being done to russian property. so the star of are still holed up inside the embassy heading in to the evening and events outside of the embassy we're all at the moment they're peaceful they are certainly tense ok paul thanks for the update. on the ukrainian army says own forty nine people on board the plane shot down on friday night in the school killed these videos emerged showing the moment of the attack and its aftermath as well the plane was coming in to land at lugansk airport carrying troops weapons and supplies have officials say they consider this now a terror attack you can soldiers aboard the plane the biggest s

starting first of all with a story very much in the news right now russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls the russian foreign ministers filed an official protest with kiev he also said members of the national guard were at the forefront of the assault and that ukraine must compensate the damage done is ukrainian counterpart was one of those in the crowd outside the embassy shown to have seen slogans together with the vandals all scots got the details from kiev. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassy should be protected from attack by the host nation despite this lack of police presence one official did turn up that was ukraine's interim foreign minister he was there siding with the demonstrators now he expressed his concern for the safety of the ukrainian stuff inside the embassy and he also called for the closure of the border between russia and ukraine but

at the moment are brought to making that the embassy staff all holed up in the embassy still a hottie has managed to speak to one of the people inside. the situation is gets more tense protesters have turned over embassy cars parked outside the perimeter is blocked with tires in the driveways a block to the protesters own cars they've torn down the russian flag from the pole the ukrainian police are supposed to guard the embassy they on preventing the harm being done to russian property so the staff are still holed up inside the embassy heading to the evening and events outside of the embassy will go at the moment they're peaceful they are certainly tense. radicals in kiev also blaming russia for the crash of a military transport jet that was shot down by anti-government forces in eastern ukraine friday investigative journalist and filmmaker danny schechter speculates this embassy attack could be purposely trying to bait russia into a harsh response there's an urgency to it now i think from a cranium point of your research in the viewpoint of the ukrainian government suddenly with the

at the moment i'll drop to meeting with the embassy staff all holed up . in the empty store a party has managed to speak to one of the people inside. the situation it's gets more tense protesters have turned over embassy cars parked outside the perimeter is blocked with tires in the driveways a block to the protesters own cars they've torn down the russian flag from the pole the ukrainian police are supposed to guard the embassy there on preventing the harm being done to russian property so the staff are still holed up inside the embassy heading to the evening and events outside of the embassy will go at the moment they're peaceful they are certainly tense here officials say they've arrested several people who are provoking tension at the russian embassy and they have reiterated that they are doing everything possible to restore and maintain security of the diplomatic staff investigative journalist and filmmaker danny schechter though speculates the embassy attack could be key of purposely trying to bait russia into a harsh response this is an urgency to i

i russia's embassy in kiev is attacked by rioters while ukraine's foreign minister arrives with some remarks for the cameras we've got the details. plus it's the last chance for ukraine to settle its gas agreement with russia the head of gazprom accuses kiev of deliberately disrupting the talks. of a country at stake iraq's army being backed by ruthless al-qaeda splinter group is spreading through the country with a plan to seize baghdad and create a new islamic state. and later when we take a look back at the week's top stories rival camps step up their campaigns of scotland's independence referendum now less than one hundred days away r.t. is the hopes and fears from both sides. could have a company you're watching international. i rush is embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and molotov cocktails andrey nazi symbols on the walls interim foreign minister turned up to you siding with the rioters and making some decidedly undiplomatic comments let's go live now to our paul scott who in is in kiev for us paul do we know exactly what was sai

russia's embassy in kiev is attacked by rioters ukraine's top diplomat is seen siding with the vandals and directing some of his own foul language at the russian president. just today remains for ukraine to honor its gas debt else be put on a prepaid system and europe's worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage gives women. and the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as a country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. plus with scotland to store it in a pan its referendum campaign passing hundred days to go mark this week r.t. hears some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no campaigns. which aren't international coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie russia's am a senior cray has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and patio bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister turned up to and his diplomacy consisted of shouting of seeing slogans together with the vandals all scott has the details from. despite the fact that there

embassy in tehran you know went on for years there were hostages there was a way. organized an incredible amount of hatred against iran and finally it was ended through negotiations but you know here nothing like that has happened here at least not yet but of course the response is to condemn the russians pretty much because we're on the verge of you know a new cold war at least that some in washington want the neo cons even some in the . obama administration want to be able to blame russia and incidents that they can either provoke or stage or report on in a distorted way in we'd to that outcome including you know more hostility towards russia among american it's a warning investigative journalist citadel of filmmaker indeed producer danny schechter thank you for your thoughts tonight r.t. international. well let's talk now about the ukrainian army that plane ukrainian army saying all forty nine people on board the plane shot down on friday night in lugansk were killed videos emerged showing the moment of the attack and its aftermath the plane was coming in to lan

the embassy. let's talk about this developing situation with retired marine major general james williams, also eli lake for the daily beast. also joining us on the phone cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, i want to start with you first. what can you tell us about this effort we're learning about to protect the embassy there in baghdad. >> reporter: good evening, ana. what we're learning from the state department and other administration officials including the pentagon that somewhat less than a hundred u.s. troops, somewhere between 50 and 100 u.s. troops have arrived at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. either a mix of marines and army soldiers. they are going to go and stay put there. they are going to be there to reinforce protection at the embassy. at this point, they are not going to be involved in any evacuation of american employees or american civilians from baghdad or from iraq. they are simply going to the embassy to reinforce security there, but, of course, this comes, as we

embassy in the world, the american embassy in baghdad sits along the tigris river, and it costs u.s. taxpayers nearly a billion dollars to build. the fortress was designed to sustain a massive long-term u.s. presence. >> the embassy is very, very heavily fortified. the embassy is set up to be self-sufficient and the embassy can take a lot and it has. >> reporter: the 104 acre compound is bigger than the vatican, with 22 buildings, apartments and even an olympic sized swimming pool. about 200 marines and u.s. army personnel with diplomatic security agents and contractors now guard the complex. but that's a far cry from the thousands of u.s. troops that once patrolled the secure green zone. officials say for now, most of the americans will stay put. but acknowledge security could deteriorate very quickly. >> they do have to consider what would happen if not that the city were overwhelmed by 800 or 1200 or 1500 isil, but rather what if they're able to cut all of the roads, lines of communication, lines of supply into the city and essentially besiege it. >> and senior state department of

and swedish embassy now in the ecuadorian embassy he's made every off of possible the whole idea that he's of aiding. being questioned by the swedish authorities is just absurd it's absurd because that has really nothing to do with this this is about wiki leaks and it's about the threat that has sunk and that someone that he helped in wiki leaks helped to escape to get to russia and that's edward snowden we know last month under a freedom of information that the f.b.i. has opened a full prosecution case a massive case with probably fifty thousand pages of of files in us. by which they intend if they can get his hands on him to prosecute. this and prosecute him under under under a law of nine hundred seventeen that doesn't even apply he's committed no crime in the united states and what they're trying to do is a crime actually against the american constitution and the thing that scientists say is putting whistleblower was awful from speaking out. yes well i mean whistle blowing has always been a very dangerous occupation. but often you're very unloved for telling the truth. but journal

must say embassy in kiev is a touch. crane's top diplomat seeing siding with the vandals and directing some of his own foul language of the russian president. today remains ukraine to wonder it's gas debt or else be put on a pre-pay system and europe's worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage when. the u.s. proposal military launchpad for possible help for iraq now has the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in their crosshairs. on the scotland historic independence referendum no less than a hundred days away this see here is some of the hope some fears feeling the yes no campaign. with you here not international this is the weekly or rather the big stories of the last seven days and one story dominating over the last seven days and still tonight russia's embassy in ukraine now has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister also showed up he was shouting o

rioters lash out at the russian embassy in kiev with police doing nothing to stop the mass radicals of ukraine's top diplomat there to rallying the crowds by swearing at russia's president. ukraine is less than ten hours to go to pay at least half its debt to russia or face switching to a pre-payment system is another round of last minute talks wraps up in kiev without an agreement. the u.s. sends an aircraft carrier group to the persian gulf as iraq's government struggles to deter jihadi fighters threatening to advance on baghdad after seizing control of several major cities in the country's north. korea am in moscow bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news masked men attacked the russian embassy in the ukrainian capital with stones and petrol bombs with authorities doing little to stop them ukraine's interim foreign minister also showed up injured cheers from the crowd after shouting an obscenity about russia's president putin or he's paul scott has the details. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in brea

embassy in the world, the embassy in baghdad sits along the tigres river and cost taxpayers nearly aed for a massive u.s. long-term presence. >> the embassy is very, very heavily fortified. we have extremely good security personnel and a lot of them. the embassy is set up to be self sufficient and the embassy can take a lot and it has. >> reporter: the 104-acre compound is bigger than the vatican with 22 buildings, pardon mes and olympic-sized swimming pool. less than 100 marines along with diplomat security agents and contractors guard the complex but that's a far cry from the thousands of troops that once patrolled the secure green zone. officials say for now, the americans will stand put. but acknowledge security could deteriorate quickly. >> you have to consider what would happen if not that the city were overwhelmed by 800 or 1,200 or 1,500 isil but cut the roads, the lines of communication, the lines of supply into the city and essentially besiege it. >> reporter: officials say the embassy has plenty of food and waters to hunker down and ride the crisis out if the situation on

the embassy was closed as was the iranian one in london. now they say the time is right to put the the footing on a new situation. there are a range of practical issues we need to resolve first says william hague. it is our intention to reopen the embassy in teheran with a small presence as soon as practical arrangements have been made. president obama also considers ways to work with iranians on stabilizes iraq. his team says there will be no military operation but other steps are possible. >> we're open to discussions if something constructive can be contributed by iran if iran does something to protect and respect the sovereignty of iraq and government of reform. >> discussions with the iranian delegation have taken place on the sidelines of the vienna sideline talks. the pragtown captured by the militants has left the iraqi government reeling. >> this is a terrorist organization of such brutality that has destabilize iraq and will stabilize the whole region. therefore the u.s. has a duty of care to protect and support iraq and keep it s

our top story russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls the russian foreign minister has filed an official complaint with kiev no demanding compensation for the damage done he says the rioters were trying to storm the embassy and could have been intending to shed blood is ukrainian counterpart was indeed one of those in the crowd outside the embassy he was shouting obscene slogans together with the vandals for scott has the details from kiev despite the fact that there was no up police presence to stop events unfolding on. on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassy should be protected from attack by the host nation despite this lack of police presence one official did turn up that was ukraine's interim foreign minister he was there siding with the demonstrators now he expressed his concern for the safety of the ukrainian stuff inside the embassy and he also called for the closure of the border between russia and ukraine but the diploma

russia's embassy in kiev is attacked by rioters ukraine's top diplomat is seen siding with the vandals and directing some of his own foul language at the russian president. less than half of a day remains no for ukraine to honor its gas debt or else be put on a pre pay system and europe's worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage on kiev's when. the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in their cross. and with scotland historic independence referendum no less than one hundred days away r.t. here is this some of the hopes and fears feeling the yes and no campaign. all over good morning choose one i am here in moscow my name is kevin here at the international this morning it's the weekly roundup of the big stories of the last seven days and one dominating russia's embassy now in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people in the last twenty four hours who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign min

i but his steady he was handed a stone and urged to throw it at the embassy being egged on here as you can see they tried to protest that seemed to be they succumbed to the pressure of need she is from the rioters but he did learn a hard lesson in how crowds can turn as you're about to see just a minute or two later it was then pulled to the green staying by a protest of the go apparently took exception to the deputy turning up in a luxury car the deputy was sent to want to bus after the crowd punctured the tires of said car the russian foreign minister's father official complaint with kiev now demanding compensation for the damage done he says the rioters were trying to storm the embassy and could have been intending to shed blood he also had a word for his ukrainian counterpart to. seville i was particularly offended that the so-called protesters were joined by the interim parliament appointed foreign minister of ukraine who took the liberty of making statements that transgress the bounds of decency i realize he's learned from someone else those in washington who support the current

security council to condemn the assault on its embassy in kiev. it's the last chance for ukraine to settle his gas agreement with russia ahead of gazprom accuses kiev of deliberately disrupting the talks. fate of a country at stake iraq's army is beaten back by really this al qaida splinter group it's spreading through the country with a pound to seize baghdad and create a new islamic caliphate and later when we look at the week's top stories rival camps step up their campaigns with scotland's independence referendum now less than one hundred days away r.t. is the hopes and fears on both sides. hello there the latest developments and a look back at the stories of the last seven days you are watching the weekly here on our take you now russia's resolution to condemn the attack on its embassy in the ukrainian capital has been blocked in the u.n. security council by western nations crowds vandalized the building throwing stones and molotov cocktails and drawing nazi symbols on the walls they accuse russia of supplying weapons to antigovernment protes

there you go coming up on r t international marks two years in embassy limbo. we take a look back out of the chief of the wiki leaks reveal why british authorities spend thousands of pounds on the clock surveillance of the small building he's holed up and. security in spain's capital is on the highest alert in years with the new monarch being crowned today now you're watching live pictures all of the festivities taking place in madrid in just a moment people have been pouring into the streets to view a military parade the new king philippe the sixth being driven through the city center in a rolls royce the incoming king takes over the throne from his father on this application marks the end of an era of colorful people at the helm one carlos was one of them who represented the to its fullest and here's why to get the seal or he enjoyed his moment of glory in the one nine hundred seventy two olympic games where he shot him in the mix three person keelboat to survive a military coup back in the eighty's he went on t.v. in full army uniform and ordered troops back

it's now get more analysis of the attack on the russian embassy from michael j. carley is a professor of history and twentieth century international relations focusing his studies on soviet and russian relations with the west and his most recent book is silent conflict a hidden history of early saw western relations thank you so much michael for joining us here are international to discuss the recent events in ukraine well you know the attack is on the russian amber c. . caused russia's resolution the u.n. but it was blocked by western nations there. what does it mean essentially i mean does it mean that the drive against russia is so strong that no western nations can even condemn a blatant act of vandalism that took place in a capital. well i'd have to say it certainly looks. courting to. the press this morning both the united states you know kingdom and france. blocked or are going to block the russian. opposition. in fact they may block they seem to block all of russia's propositions on the ukraine and i don't really know why. why must bother to go through th

personnel and the embassy in baghdad which president obama said has been secured now the u.s. leader says that. american troops will be increasing their diplomatic and surveillance efforts in iraq but forces will not be returning to combat he says the crisis must be solved by the iraqis. we have to devise ors in iraq through our embassy and we're prepared to send a small number of additional american military advisers up to three hundred to assess how we can best train at vies and support iraqi security forces going forward american forces will not be returning to combat in iraq assessing and training i mean will the u.s. just stop the excuse me i didn't hear that well the u.s. stopped to where president said they're only going to be there for the training for the assisting they we're just going to stop it right bay they're not going to go further into another war with iraq not necessarily president obama is leaving the door open for further action saying that the u.s. is prepared to take targeted military action if the violence in iraq spirals further out of control. because

i had on the program the wiki leaks editor julian a fun job to yes trapped in an embassy find out what the whistleblower has been up to during that time in my british authorities are spending brought songs on around the clock surveillance of the building he's holed up in all of that. it's a. very take a. quick break here. the day before. i. welcome back this is our t. international the leader of better news has offered political asylum to the else did you mean president and his family well at least that's what alexander lukashenko what he was doing during a phone chat with a man posing as the son of ukraine's former leader of the prankster even offered an extravagant reward in return nice guy and should you can report. a russian prankster who goes by the name of von braun rang up the administration of the president of bellows and introduced himself as the son of victor young a call which the ousted president of ukraine got to talk to the bell russian president alexander lukashenko himself during the conversation the princes suggested that his father may have to move to bellows because

embassy in london. but six months into construction, cbs news has learned the project is already at least $100 million more expensive than the initial cost estimate, partly due to manufacturing challenges with the design's unique six-inch-thick blast-proof glass. where is this glass made? >> i'm not sure. >> reporter: patrick kennedy is the state department's under secretary for management. we understand that it's made in europe, which means that it then has to be shipped to the u.s. with guards, brought here framed and then shipped back to europe which seems like a waste of money. >> sometimes you move things, sometimes you don't move things. all this is based upon best value. >> reporter: in 2009, the state department overhauled its approach to embassy design, moving from one standard design for buildings like the rewand an embassy to a variety of more elegant structures like the embassy in brunei. >> they changed the formula and it's been a disaster. >> reporter: republican congressman jason chaffetz

embassy. the chaos today bringing back memories of iran 1979 -- the u.s. embassy siege.and, of course, benghazi. it is why america's diplomatic security agents train like this -- a mock attack on a consulate. which we recently witnessed we are taking increased i.d.f. fire. they are zeroing us in. how copy? >> reporter: a simulated scramble to hold off the attackers. >> stay down. stay away from the windows. >> reporter: a battle -- >> embassy t.o.c., embassy t.o.c., this is consulate t.o.c., permission to evac. >> reporter: that america hopes it will not have to wage to protect the embassy here in baghdad. preparations for a possible evacuation of the embassy here have been intense. the big fear is that baghdad international airport might be overrun. if that happens, osprey aircraft would likely land on embassy grounds all to get the americans out. >> martha, thank you. >>> back here at home now and to dr. oz this evening in the hot seat in washington, answering questions before congress and all of this centers on the companies and their so-called weight loss remedies, m

embassy in baghdad. extra security personnel being sent to protect the embassy. some embassy staffers are going to be relocated out of baghdad to what are considered safer areas of the country. but most people are staying put, we're told. it is the largest u.s. embassy in the world. purpose built, it took years to build. several thousand employees work there. why the new precautions? we'll discuss that. isis militants continue the advance towards baghdad. it is a campaign, of course, started just a few days ago. already reaching tantalizing close to the capital. senior international correspondent nic robertson is in baghdad and elise labott in washington. nic, first of all, let's start with you. the militants in baquba? is that right? that's a short drive from baghdad. >> reporter: 45-minute drive from baghdad, michael. iraqi army forces were told to evacuate the big base in baqubah on saturday. they were told to take their weapons with them. they did that. within an hour, we're told, that isis fighters had entered the base. this is very strategically important f

russia's embassy in kiev is attacked by rioters ukraine's top diplomat a seen siding with the vandals and directing some of his own foul language at the russian president. and just today remains for ukraine to honor its gas dad else or else be put on a pre-pay system and europe's worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage on gives when. and that the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as a country teeters on the brink of collapse terror is dominated north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs plus. scotland's historic and a panacea for referendum now less than a hundred days away r.t. here is some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no campaigns. certina national live from moscow with me marina josh now russia's amber see any a crane has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister turned up to and his diplomacy consisted of shouting obscene slogans together with mantles postcard has the details from kiev. despite the fact there was no police pr

security council to condemn the assault on its embassy in kiev. is a last chance for ukraine to settle its gas agreement with russia ahead of gazprom accuses kiev deliberately disrupting the tool. in the face of a country at stake. by a ruthless al-qaeda splinter group this spreading through the country with a pound to seize baghdad and create a new islamic state and like from we look at week's top stories that campaigns with scotland's independence referendum less than a hundred days away r.t. his the hopes and fears from both sides. coming to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international. now russia's russia's resolution to condemn the attack on its embassy in the ukrainian capital has apparently been blocked in the u.n. security council by western members crowds vandalized the building in kiev throwing stones and molotov cocktails and drawing nazi symbols on the walls they accuse russia of supplying weapons to anti-government protesters in the east after an army cargo plane was shot down the head of europe's main security organization

this is art international breaking news this hour radicals in kiev have attacked the russian embassy damaging cars and vandalizing the building while the ukrainian police reportedly stand by and watch. the government forces in eastern ukraine leave town a downed military transport plane carrying weapons and troops all forty nine on board were killed. without control iraq's north reportedly plan to form a new government in the region tomorrow that says the country resorts now the calling on volunteer fighters to try to drive out the radicals got the latest on that developing story. and from surveillance to nuclear warheads we look at fears that britain has ever closer ties with the u.s. are all given no take and could be dangerous u.k. national security. my name is kevin first this hour in the ukrainian capital protesters have surrounded the russian embassy to parties pull scott is in kiev let's go straight to him. protesters are currently outside the russian embassy not far from here in kiev police say it began with out with around one hundred demonstrators are carrying anti russian

russia's embassy in kiev has attacked by rioters while ukraine's foreign minister arrives with some foul mouthed remarks for the cameras we'll have the details. it's the last chance for ukraine to settle its gas agreement with russia they had of gazprom accuse us of of deliberately disrupting the talks. and the fate of a country at stake iraq's army beaten back by a rose was so quiet a splinter group that's spreading through the country with a plan to seize baghdad and create a new islamist state. and later we'll look at when the at the week's top stories rival camps step up their campaigns and the brand of now less than a hundred days away party here is the hopes and fears from both sides. to a mosque in watching our future national with me we're going to joshie russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones amount of cocktails and drew nazi symbols on the walls entering foreign minister turned up to siding with the riders and making some decidedly undiplomatic comments well scott has the details from. despite the fact that there was no police

embassy complex. what's the latest on how the u.s. is preparing for whatever may come next, including the possibility of massive evacuations? >> well, as you know, 275 military personnel have been brought to the region. more than 100 sent already to the embassy, since the weekend. said to be about 100 more in the region. that's about all the u.s. military is saying. capable of dealing with airlifts, helicopter transport and the like. all of that really to protect the enormous u.s. embassy, which is really kind of a city within the city itself, inside the green zone. as you said, some 5,000 employees at that embassy. the largest most expensive embassy that the united states has anywhere in the world. so to evacuate it, that would obviously be a massive challenge, which is one of the reasons they brought in these troops. combat ready troops, according to the white house. but obviously not directly engaged in the fight against isis. >> u.s. taxpayers spent, what, $1 billion, building that embassy complex in the green zone in baghdad. not

that julian remains inside that embassy. quick update from tel aviv where two people have been wounded in a car blast in the just a district of the city police there say the accident was not related any criminal coming up a behind the scenes look at the people in our to bring you the. next but eugenics. darwin science punishment. still the basis for the. heated for years rarely discussed. i decided. that when a man rises and the woman should. run from him. i ask everyone who sees this. child that he would do anything. so i went back to iraq recently violence has flared up as insurgents are taking cities from the current iraqi government and response to this chaos obama declared that his administration is prepared to take military action whenever our national security is a k forty seven over the started but on the other hand the flow of oil from us but tamia well that might be at risk but sometimes i forget that obama is a politician and just a day later he was quoted as saying quite the opposite about the same situation decl

russia's embassy in kiev is attacked by rioters ukraine's top diplomat a seen a society where the vandals and there were acting some of these old foul language and the russian president. yesterday were made for ukraine to honor its gas danielle's people or else be put on the pre-pay system and europe's worried with its own gas supply and virtually held hostage on give swim. and the west prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as a country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorist dominated north keeping baghdad in the crosshairs. plus with scotland's historic upin is referendum now less than a hundred days away r.t. here is some of the hopes and fears fueling the yes and no campaigns. this is our senior national coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshing russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and pant the bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister turned up to and his diplomacy consisted of shouting obscene slogans to gather with a vandals paul scott has the details from kiev.

from the r t news center at nine pm breaking news this hour radicals in kiev attacked the russian embassy damaging cars and vandalizing the building of ukrainian police reportedly stood by and watched. anti-government forces in eastern ukraine mean talent out of military transport plane carrying weapons and troops all forty nine on board were killed. control of iraq's north reportedly plan to form a new government in the region by tomorrow but says the country resorts to calling now on volunteer fighters to drive out the radicals. and from surveillance to nuclear warheads we look at fears that britain's ever closer ties with the u.s. are all given a no take and could be endangering u.k. national security. top story that is just mentioned a developing news story coming from the ukrainian capital of the last few hours protesters have surrounded the russian embassy there correspondent paul scott at the city hall bring us up to speed with the latest. well protesters are currently outside the russian embassy not far from here in kiev police say it began with out with around one hundred demonst

the top story this hour radicals in kiev attacked the russian embassy damaging cars and vandalizing the building while the ukrainian police reportedly stand by and watch. and to government forces in eastern ukraine meantime of downed a military transport plane carrying weapons and troops all forty nine on board the plane were killed. elsewhere terrorists are now in control of iraq's north reportedly plan to form a new government in the region on sunday but says the country resorts to call the all volunteer fighters now to drive at the ready. and from surveillance to nuclear warheads this hour we look at fears that britain's ever closer ties with the u.s. are all given no take and could be in danger in u.k. national security. worldwide for moscow this is r.t. international it's kevin owen he was at this hour just after midnight in the russian capital now and the top story than is mentioned in the ukrainian capital protesters have surrounded the russian embassy a few hours ago a group of demonstrators have been allowed into the building to voice their demands they're accusing russia of su

embassy. it is a very safe location in the city. i would venture, one, if not the safest. >> thanks for that. >>> the u.s. may find an unlikely ally in the fight to slow isis. direct talks are set to start with nuri al maliki. one prominent republican says it is time the u.s. brought them into the discussion. >> they are in this. they are already on the ground. we need to put a red line with iran. you can help stabilize. you sit down and talk with them. the iranians can provide some assets to make sure baghdad doesn't fall. we need to coordinate and the turks need to get in and back in the game. form a new government. >> it's complicated, but the talks are not without precedence. they had talks with the bush administration after september 11th about removing the taliban from afghanistan. >>> the military launching a major operation against the militants along the afghan border. pakistani jets killed more than 100 militants. pakistani taliban responded telling foreign companies to leave immedia

still ahead in the program wiki leaks editor julian assange marks two years trapped in an embassy find out what the whistleblower has been up to during the time and why british authorities are spending vast sums on round the clock surveillance of the building the school. the. place it was a little very hard to make out. once again a little longer here is a place that had sex with her make her number. one. please. please please. limit. the. cut. costs. thirteen minutes into the program welcome back the leader of belarus has offered political asylum to the ice the ukrainian president and his family well at least that's what alexander lukashenko thought he was doing during a phone chat with a man posing as the son of ukraine's former leader the prankster even offered an extravagant reward in return a guy named reports. a russian prankster who goes by the name of von braun rang up the administration of the president of bellows and introduced himself as the son of victor young a call which the ousted president of ukraine got to talk to the bell russian president alexander lukashenko himself

the embassy was closed as was the iranian embassy in london. britain says the time is right to put the relationship on a new footing. in a statement the foreign secretary said there are a range of practical issues we will need to resolve first. however it is our intention to reopen the embassy in teheran with a small initial presence as soon as these practical arrangements have been made. the announcement comes as president obama also considers ways to work with the iranians on stabilizes iraq. his team says there will be no military operations but other steps are possible. >> we're open to discussions if there's something to be contributed by iran. if iran is prepared to do something that is going to respect the integrity and sovereignty of iraq and ability of the government to reform. >> discussions with the iranian delegation have already taken place on the sidelines of the vienna nuclear talks. momentum for pragmatic political cooperation is building. such diplomacy is having no impact on the ground. the iraqi air force has been in action a

russia's embassy in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people who threw stones and molotov cocktails and drew nazi symbols on the walls interim foreign minister turned up siding with the rioters are making some decidedly undiplomatic comments paul scott has the details from kiev. despite the fact there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that all embassies should be protected from attack by the host nation despite this lack of police presence one official did turn up that was ukraine's interim foreign minister he was there siding with the demonstrate is now what he expressed his concern for the safety of the ukrainian stuff inside the embassy and he also called for the closure of the border between russia and ukraine but the diplomats was caught on camera using less than diplomatic language when talking about russian president vladimir putin if you're going to have a good start because it was so good i think it looks very like you know. well what this means for diplomatic relations b