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international coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie a fierce fighting continues in the syrian town of audra on the outskirts of damascus as the army tries to push rebel forces from several districts an investigation carried out by our tita's covered the mass execution of civilians carried out by al-qaeda linked groups survivors described horrific scenes of brutal executions of people being used as human shields our colleagues from artie's arabic channels spoke to an eyewitness of the massacre. r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of address and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at least eighty people were killed in the districts which the syrian army has now liberated entire families were killed other families were kidnapped and are being used as human shields in the battle against government forces. militants from the looser and the army of islam seize control of all the streets and cross roads very quickly this is jason became terrible they were killings outrage and fia unidentified on men came to the city

which aren't international with me marina joshie welcome to the program echoes the countryside get away from the city hostel an idea ruined for some americans by the negative effects of fracking boom in places like texas to ground drilling technology has become a proven way to boost corporate profits by this guy next you can find out it's a landowner's hope pay the price. the local government in texas tells steve lipski that the water from his well water that he can set on fire is safe to drink and to use in his home. you can hear it in here. thank you but steve has the assessment of other experts who say he's well is it ticking bomb in his backyard loaded with methane and other contaminants why the starkly different assessments steve claims that a fracking operation nearby contaminated his well and that texas energy authorities are shielding the gas company. they don't want the world to know that it really is this bad they don't want it in official documents but it could be that the fracking allowed gas from lower formations into the aquifer and subsequently into steve lipski as well t

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baby out of the russian capital you're watching r t international with me marina joshie welcome to the program fierce fighting continues in the syrian town of hadera on the outskirts of damascus as the army tries to push rebel forces from several districts and our sources say al qaida ling groups have carried out mass executions and kidnappings in the town our colleagues from artie's arabic chalo spoke to an eyewitness. r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters and toured the town of address and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at least eighty people were killed in the districts which the syrian army has now liberated entire families were killed other families were kidnapped and are being used as human shields in the battle against government forces. that are out. militants from jabhat al nusra and the army of his lawyers seize control of all the streets and cross roads very quickly and not first took positions on the roof and how did they carried out the massacre the first report said twenty had been killed but today we're seeing it obviated fi

this is already coming to life for moscow with me marina joshie welcome to the program. protesters in kiev are now partially blocking the government building word cabinet is planning to hold a meeting opposition m.p.'s have also disrupted the work of parliament by blocking the roster and meanwhile the hat of the council of europe is in ukraine to meet the government and opposition leaders are deserving english he reports on who ows has been weighing in on the crisis in ukraine. we stand with the vast majority of the ukrainians who want to see this future for their country while keith is paralyzed by protests politicians are commenting quite publicly on the twitter sphere. president young a call that is miscalculating badly as regards the association agreement with the e.u. and towards the people of ukraine. ukrainian leaders are not ready to go further and signed the agreement with the e.u. people of ukraine should be disappointed and the worst of the european countries stand accused of failing to demonstrate a lack of respect for countries to. see the pattern since the

is now i am in moscow you're watching ninety international with me marina joshie. european and u.s. officials are voicing their strong support for ukraine's opposition some were even spotted the tending to anti-government rallies in kiev the top diplomats are in the ukrainian capital for security summit not related to them going from tasks are just regular takes a closer look at how western politicians are growing increasingly involved in ukraine's domestic politics. secular liberal russia's foreign minister said that the european reaction to the events in the ukrainian capital could be described as nothing short of a syria do that with the statements that have been voiced today on ukraine i considers them fitting for the meeting especially the old and all hysterics that some european countries have gone into after ukraine used its sovereign right and decided this moment in time not to sign an agreement the agreement that the experts i'm the government had found not profitable for ukraine and the foreign ministers of these we don't enjoy many other all and have all paid a visit to t

the search international coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie the spanish capital madrid has become the scene of bloody violence as police brutally clash with protesters outside parliament. at least twenty three people have been injured after a thousand strong rally was hijacked by a mob that attack felice for tasks or set cars alight and hurled bottles several arrests have been made crowds encircled the congress building furious over a draft law that will see demonstrators slapped with have to find activists doors banga says the towns are not afraid of the government and will continue to make their voice heard. see. this is only the beginning we need a lot of footage to stop the speculation he wouldn't want this here to end with a. at least starting to demonstrate against his will see and yes this is only the beginning because it will take some months for the law to be considered and adopted yes it could hopefully achieve what we want it's not the last time we need more people in this protest was mostly spontaneous we want to make our voices heard now we want to be full

it is six pm in moscow you watching r t international with me joshie welcome to the program political battle lines have torn ukraine's capital into while sawzall strong crowds keep the are anti-government protests activists have also gathered to support president viktor in a car which. reports from the heart of the standoff. you can see the close proximity between the two opposing rallies right behind me is independence square which has been the halls of the opposition movement for the last number of weeks now you can see the barricades that have been built by the protesters and reinforced in the last couple of days but if we pan around to the left hand side now this is european square and this is the scene of a rally in support of the president where you can get a sense of exactly how close the pro and anti government supporters are the line of police separating the two camps just here to my right hand side now if we take you through to the main parts of european square where the main pro-government rally is taking place we were hearing reports over the course of the weekend that cou

venture capital host kate pilbeam explain what exactly the deal means for ukraine to my colleague reno joshie the end of the day it came down to a practical economic decision ukraine simply can't afford the e.u. deal at the moment and russia gave a fairly good terms its talk about that then so we've got the bond purchases which are fifteen billion in toto added to that is the gas discount as well so in combination that would equal twenty billion dollars it's just that the problem at the moment is that that form is our dwindling and that's a real problem because at the moment borrowing costs are really escalating and that's where the risk of defaulting on your debt comes in and it was thought that they accepted the e.u. deal and not be still that russia has now put on the table they may have defaulted in less than six months which is quite telling you asked about the e.u. deal so this unique approach we know he famously called data humiliating and said that it was a sum of six hundred ten million euro as it were offers in order to receive that money they would also have to enforce harsh spendi

it is really at a mosque you're watching r t international with me marina joshie welcome to the program. ukraine's president has called for a stop to any forcible action by police an activist and also for the release of those detained during the protest this comes after talks with the opposition over the crisis that's gripping the country and while sounds are camped out in central kiev voicing their discontent with the government activists are also gathering to support president victory in a cottage for more on this we have artie's poll scott who is in kiev for us. well you can get a sense of exactly how close the pro and anti-government supporters are the line of police separating the two camps just here to my right hand side now if we take you through to the main parts of european square where the main pro-government rally is taking place we will hear in reports over the course of the weekend that could be up to two hundred thousand pro government supporters descending on european square and i would go to try and show prescott to walk through this line of police at the moment to main

in about thirty minutes my colleague marina joshie will be in the chair to give us the news until then max and stacey take you through the global financial headlines and the latest kaiser apart . as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the l. call gets flowing they're also a great time for us to argue about everything from politics to religion with the ones we love but if you happen to be an n.s.a. agent then the government has an official list of talking points that way you could win those family arguments for sure yeah that's right the government is now giving n.s.a. agents lists of very corny talking points going to firedoglake so that way they could convince their relatives over the holidays of just how awesome effective and necessary the national security agency truly is despite all those little revelation thinks of mass spying by snowden trust me talking points exist for a reason political social and religious organizations and use them so that when their members who may not be the best debaters on the planet can defend the posit

ten am in moscow watching r t international i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the u.n. security council has unanimously approved a plan to double the number of peacekeepers in south sudan more than twelve thousand international troops and thirteen hundred police will be protecting civilians in the african state which has seen deadly clashes break out between rival armed factions over the past two weeks are reports from new york. the security council after a meeting also condemned the fighting and violence against civilians and ethnic communities that have caused hundreds of deaths across south sudan and raise concerns the world's newest country is on the brink of a civil war the u.n. says that investigators discovered a mass graves in the rebel held city of to with fourteen bodies at one site twenty bodies at a nearby site but the possibility of there being either even a third site now tens of thousands of people have fled the country amid fighting between rebels that are supporting former vice president riek machar and president salva gears forces forces loyal to the p

plenty of the russian capital you're watching r t international with me marina joshie the had all of the council of europe is in ukraine to attend meetings with the government and opposition leaders bads his skiff is gripped by mass demonstrations protesters are now gathering to block the government building where the cabinet is planning to hold a meeting later today or you know across to a correspondent who is in the ukrainian capital for. do bring us the atmosphere from of the graining capital what's happening where you are at the moment. well where in the days this really the protests have been going for you can say several weeks now just what i have been seeing is that the protests behind me. at the independence square which is right in the center of this protest really have been going on for for a third day running and i mean there have been going on without a break for the night now to the right you can see that one of the first buildings that the procession protesters have got the control of. over the weekend there camping out there that's where their revolutionary base is tha

nine am in the russian capital you're watching r t international with me marina joshie welcome to the program and as the mist fighters in syria are believed to be holding a group of nuns hostage abducted from an orthodox monastery near damascus they have reportedly been moved to the rebel controlled town of your brood the pope has called for prayers for the kidnapped women amid demands from clerics and religious organizations to release them our middle east correspondent paula sleazier is following the story. twelve nuns and three of their hopers belonging to the orthodox monastery. are believed to have been moved to the other broke now according to syrian opposition activists this is for their own safety however we have heard from religious officials who said that the women were abducted by members of the front which is affiliated to al qaida now we're hearing from the syrian observatory for human rights and that the fighters affiliated with al nurse were captured after several days of intensive fighting in the old quarter. and several reports suggest and point to the fact that the f

and our national i'm marina joshie our pro e.u. protesters in ukraine are holding their breath as president out of college heads to russia seeking lonestar the country's troubled economy desperately needs the opposition fears and a deal with moscow could undermine their ambitions for closer ties with europe all going to cross live joker spawn and the group is going off who is following this meeting for us so igor the leaders of the two neighboring countries are meeting what is the significance of this well despite everything that's been going on in ukraine for the past few weeks stance is still not clear is that leaning towards the e.u. or is it leaning towards russia and there's lots of speculation and fears both within the ukrainian opposition and in the european union as well. as and gas prices and despite his personal reassurance as president. i mean also discussed the customs union and earlier during the mass protests in kiev the street opposition passed a resolution basically banning him from discussing this issue with russia

the back of watching r t international with marina joshie mexico has been hit by tide of protests as people call for the government to stop selling out to corporations compromising country's future recently congress approved an energy reform to private eyes the state run oil sector a sticking point which has brought hundreds of thousands of people out of the streets across the country while the bill has now been approved by more than a third of the mexican states but what began as a protest against the energy policy overhaul has now turned into a nationwide discontent with the entire government r t spanish correspondent a witness to one such demonstration i protests against the energy reform might be held in all major cities across mexico it's a new demonstration of power of those who oppose what they call them and has approved without. consent we can't forget that there are three points of the mexican constitution that will be modified under the new measure to many mexicans this new era in the energy sector just means the beginning of the end of the country's independence many also

it is not in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program. an israeli airstrike on gaza has killed at least one person a young girl and injured several members of her family tanks and infantry have also been involved in a series of attacks on the palestinian territory all this in response to the fail shooting of an israeli civilian on the border the latest from our middle east correspondent paula sleep. one palestinian girl a three year old has been killed in the gaza strip among those injured all her mother and her brother this comes as some ten israeli air strikes hit gaza they targeted the hour in the hi-z. refugee camp as well as islamic jihad and hamas sites both in qana yunis in the south of the strip as well as in northern gaza earlier on tuesday a palestinian man was killed by israeli these waste of beit lahia which is also in the gaza strip this was in retaliation to the earlier shooting and killing of an israeli man by a palestinian sniper now this is radio man was mending the border fence between israel and gaza when he was hit and

what you are to international come to life in moscow i'm marina joshie and welcome to the program now the head of the council of europe is in ukraine to attend meetings with the government and opposition leaders that's asking if his grip by mass demonstrations protesters are now gathering to block a government building where the cabinet is planning to hold a meeting later today or just a meeting of the sco is in kiev for us. protests behind me at the independence square which is right in the center of key of these protests really have been going on for for a third day running at i mean there have been going on without a break for the night to the right you can see the one. the first buildings and the processions protesters have got the control of. over the weekend they're camping out there that's where their revolutionary our base is that's what they're calling it are literally just a stone's throw away like literally hundred meters away from this place is another building in which which is the essentially an arts building but the protesters have used it to stay overnight there it's b

coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. ukraine's prime minister to go as our says his family as well as the families of other officials are receiving threats from anti-government protesters activists have also rallied outside the homes of security officers as an investigation is launched over allegations of excessive force being used against him last week are just a ridiculous story for it's from. he could do but i mean now why don't you call the worst moment was when i saw people being beaten on the ground at my feet they were just kids and i couldn't do anything about it and it was terrible it must never happen again. the night of november thirtieth when peaceful protests in the heart of kiev were broken up by ukraine special right police force dozens and up in hospitals images of police beating defenseless people emerged on the internet the. was the next day it was the police on the receiving end of the violence but at the hands of a mob and not the peaceful protesters who were dispersed just the day before. i got hit b

coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. a massive anti-government protest has spilled into violence in central istanbul the rallies erupted over a high level corruption scandal that's forced a major cabinet reshuffle that resulted in the arrests last week of twenty four people including the sons of two ministers and they have a state owned bank. thousands shouted catch and feed demanding that prime minister worship or the one step down riot police called up to disperse the rally spray the mob was tear gas while protesters fall back with rocks and fire crackers are to serve for us there. you get the police assist the way the safety the police again trying to push them back using this account and the police the way he beat us in fear so this protest tonight was coming this is something that we've seen again trying to stay and we haven't been successful yet he's still still quite a bit we've seen. since we see one candidate mr quinn kind of the inspectors say take a look we're going to speak. to the protest movement i'm coming

the sergey coming to live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program radio lawmakers have proposed a bill boosting uranium enrichment to sixty percent of new sanctions are imposed on the country the motions apparently aimed at countering u.s. legislation authorizing tougher if iran breaches a historic deal reached in geneva last month now and that agreement raised hopes of a rupture between tehran and foreign powers and marked a significant milestone of the year twenty thirty hm mm. and now let's have a look at what the deal was about iran agreed to reduce or anyone richmond from twenty percent seen as too close to bomb making capability to fire first sand for the next six months and also to deactivate its advanced centrifuges inspectors would monitor this on a daily basis and sanctions would begin to ease more of what led to the landmark document in a regular report me to iran's new leader. iran is the anchor of stability in the region he's trying to convince the west he's not out for blood. the iranian threat is imaginary and used as an excuse for others. and he thi

this is our athena national coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie a bomb attack in the egyptian city of and soren has killed at least fourteen people and injured over one hundred some egyptian officials have put the blame on the muslim brotherhood tom dale now joins us live from a car tom did tell us what do we know at this point about this explosion. well we know that around one am a series of at least two explosions went off inside and just next to the security directorate building in months or we know that at least two senior security officers are among the dead according to state t.v. and this is the deadliest the most audacious in a series of attacks a series of bombings which will play it since the july third ouster of mohamed morsy. and the group which has been behind most of these bombings which has claimed most of them it's called beat them up this the party zones of jerusalem. they haven't yet claimed responsibility for this attack they did the issue a statement two days ago where they specifically warned employees of the security services that they would be t

which i hear a national coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie. hollywood and pirates don't always go together what started as a legal battle against copyright infringement for the co-founder of the file sharing service the pirate bay has snowballed into a tirade of hacking accusations from around the world now god for its wild from could end up in jail for six more years it's been all over reports. abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a glock for its wattle and bug seen the inside of jail cells in cambodia sweden and now solitary confinement in denmark it's just terrible as his mother to see that he is being treated like in this way like as if he were a terrorist or hard criminal or violent criminal of some kind acquitted on computer hacking charges by the appeals court in sweden he now has to wait and see what he'll be charged with in denmark due to the intricacies of danish law there's no way forgot for it to know how long he'll have to stay in solitary if it was you know a decision or warrant that was made by a

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bank of england first and then the european central bank followed by mario joshi's press conference.ulates that story. draghi'sed by mario press conference. this encapsulates that story. bank of england watching the appreciation of sterling with trepidation. it would like to see sterling lower. there is a desire to make exports a bigger part of the british economy. the rise may make this difficult, dampening inflation. pay attention to sterling. it may have a problem in the ecb. will he does inflationary pressure -- will lead this inflationary -- will the disinflationary pressure on the continent force the ecb's hand? today could be an interesting little stop in that story. francine, back to you. >> this is what we are talking about. george osborne gives the autumn statement in just over an hour. it comes at a time when the uk's the best-performing economy in the g7. manus cranny joins us live. osborne goes to dispatch with a strong set of data. you have a couple guests, what is the cement -- what is the sentiment? the data is a strong. construction, housing, manufacturing, services