and outlining what to expect next join canossa now we and kevin owens for our annual to our news special. stunner clint eastwood she was archie. breaking news on r t another powerful explosion in volgograd this one on a trolley bus at least ten people confirmed dead it's been less than a day since a suicide bomber killed at least six or killed sixteen people at the city railway station. ten am in moscow i met reza bring you today's breaking news here on our another explosion in the city of volgograd less than twenty four hours it happened on a trolley bus this time as it passed by a market during the monday morning rush hour at least ten people confirmed dead in this blast this less than twenty four.

the rebels unleashed on the site and several people were reportedly wounded in the attack artie's kevin owen spoke with an anglican priest from syria he says christians are being used as cannon fodder in the conflict. thousands and thousands hundreds of thousands of christians where this place from their homes and a lot of christians were killed we still have two bishops missing from from a little we don't know anything about them and now another attack on the of the christian community in syria and the world is watching rivered it because the christians in syria big specifically targeted just getting caught up in a wider conflict what's the picture i think they are being used by both sides. as a political card because the regime wants also to free to show that they are protecting the minorities specially the christians and they are begging for for the international community to interfere to release the nuns where the the rebels they are turning the blind eyes to. the islamists to target specifically christians there is a systematic attack on all the christian community in syria and hundreds

a warning from kevin owen here in moscow at r.t. h.q. just after midnight here now our top story hell fire missiles drones and fighter jets the iraqi military is about to get an upgrade from the united states the lethal aid is meant to help baghdad fight al qaeda linked groups are gaining territories both in iraq and crucially in syria to you can reports. the iraqi prime minister asked for help because al qaeda is not just active in iraq but it's gaining territory to an extent that they're talking about in the islamic state the u.s. is now rushing dozens of hellfire missiles and surveillance drones to the iraqi government to combat this jihad is the insurgency there the cia is also reportedly helping them with targets inside iraq but al qaeda is gaining momentum in iraq largely because they've been able to establish a strong food hold in the neighboring syria so you have let's say a jihadi group called the state of iraq could live on controlling territory both in iraq and syria although the situation in syria is it is worse that was crit

for a good evening to light and have a company join us is kevin owen here at r.t. h.q. tonight in moscow our top story that sweden has been helping america's n.s.a. to spy on russian leaders and provided washington with a list of high profile targets swedish state t.v. side documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden the program which unveiled the claims is called mission investigate its chief editor told us what they found out. we have revealed that. the very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority f.r.a. and their american counterpart n.s.a. and according to the documents. that f.r.a. have spied spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. we got access to these documents thanks to edward snowden so for we have don't have any details more than the documents are mentioning. that they're talking about unique intelligence they're talking about classic intelligence and they also mentioning cables the spokesman of f.r.a. didn't give any comments but. when axed asked about being. seen as a leading partner th

hello good evening for me kevin owen here in moscow very please you can join me there for a latest news update here about the international a top story the note eight pm here a massive anti-government demonstration in istanbul central square has been violently dispersed by the police the rallies were sparked by a high level corruption investigation has led to a major company reshuffling the arrests of several top officials demonstrations now demanding the country's prime minister tayyip bedouins step down but the leader of the corruption allegations a smear campaign against the security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to push back to protest as in istanbul last night now it's a crude. was there and got caught up in the chaos that the rough for. the police assisting with the safety and the police will be trying to push them back using us because the people really believe that this protest cleanness is simply. think if he thinks it's a good thing he's making the statistics. we've seen. since we think one could think that. the police committed any feat. because he a bit the first t

just joined us for a christmas cheer as well of course if you're celebrating it today my name's kevin owen here at r.t. international tonight. the u.n. is sending over five thousand more troops to south sudan almost doubling the number of peacekeepers there for the past ten days the country's been engulfed in deadly violence which the u.n. says has already claimed thousands of lives. reports. the un says that investigators discovered mass graves in the rebel held city of into 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 you have to remember that south sudan is a young country and a civil war is what initially caused its breakaway from the north you know the united states campaigned for it some experts believe that washington's enthusiasm for south sudan's autonomy had less to do with humanitarian issues and more to do about the south sudan irony

around the world very good evening for me kevin owen here in moscow it's just past eleven pm this is r.t. international our top story tonight an anti fracking protested northeast remade is turned violent clashes have broken out between police and locals who are trying to stop the u.s. all joined chevron from drilling for shale gas in the area catherine office at the site of the unrest. we're here in this is just moments after a very tense clashes between protesters who are against chevron conducting exploration for shale gas drilling here in this area in northeastern mania what you see behind me over there is actually the chevron site now protesters had ran across the street they broke down the perimeter of the chevron location tore down the fences and entered the area there were actually inside the chevron test exploration area the police had to run and there weren't arrests made at the moment but then as you can see these units riot police officers had been called into the area this is when things very much escalated we had several protesters arrested there were options between the

very good morning to you if you just joined us my name's kevin owen you're seeing r.t. live from moscow right now it's just after midnight here in moscow wherever you're watching around the world all right our top story the protesters in kiev of the given five days to stop disrupting government departments opposition activists have been blocking most key institutions for much of this past week it's a topic that would have been tough to avoid i guess for the country's president victory on a covert he met his russian counterpart in sochi earlier a sensible to talk about economic revival with more on that meeting is a winning. the meeting was a shorter working meeting and the two presidents have discussed largely the economic aspects it really is no surprise economy is something that is why the importance of such was this type of a flight for the ukrainian president on his way back from china where he has met with his chinese colleagues and. carried on the quite productive economic talks in fact the president said that he has signed a number of deals amounting to roughly e

revisit the key events of twenty thirteen and outlining what to expect next join canossa now we and kevin owensfor our annual two hour news special. five twenty four team with our cheat. oksana boyko when worlds apart coming up in a couple of minutes stay with us. i'm middle school kind of guy i like tradition and heritage and all that stuff when i look to the past i see that there's a lot that we could learn from our ancestors however one thing we don't need from them are debtors prisons which according to a fox news report are somehow on the rise in the united states in the twenty first century the a.c.l.u. and the british center for justice claim that the local courts have been sending individuals with unpaid fines and fees jail which the courts may not even realize is illegal these courts are locking up people with fines that have exploded in size due to interest imposed on the initial amount and for the representation they had when they were in court which i always thought was supposed to be free but worst of all some are still in prison for fees they occurred while being in prison like ha

a civilian contractor working for the army repairing a fence on the border with gaza our chief kevin owen discussed the israeli airstrikes with u.k. based defense consultant knowing. if he believes the army's reaction will only escalate the situation as usual is disproportionate and overwhelming force being used against people who effectively live in a caged area the israelis they have a ratio figure for every one israeli killed i think the figure is about a thousand palestinians must pay the price of a how or you know if this is what they have a right do they to respond when one of their nationals is killed. absolutely but there are political means or there diplomatic means that they can use. to deescalate the situation rather than use disproportional force f. fourteen aircraft. combat troops are not a proportional response to a people who have no effective army and cannot fight back with twenty thirteen drawing to a close we had r.t. have been looking at the main events that shaped the year. these are their goals to be here braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chev

civilian contractor working for the army repairing the fence on the border with kason was my colleague kevin owens discuss the israeli air strikes with uk based defense consultant going ralf. he believes the army's reaction was over the top. as usual is disproportionate and overwhelming force being used again so people who are effective in it in the cage area that is what it is up they have a ratio figo way for everyone is why he killed off. i think the figure is above two thousand palestinians must pay the price of a how are the eyes is to be but they have the right to lead to respond when one of the nationals is killed absolutely but the political means of the diplomatic means of that they can use column that to de escalate the situation rather than use disproportionate force and fourteen at croft on at tanks and non combat troops are not a proportional response to a people who have no effective on me and cannot fight back in other world news the iraqi capital back down and had played twenty times killing as many as thirty seven people and injuring scores as close as a target on the outdoor mark

new center in moscow is kevin owen here this is just after ten pm delighted to have you company if you just joined us our top story the protesters in kiev are being given five day to stop disrupting government departments opposition activists have been blocking most key institutions for much of the week it's a topic that would have been tough and i guess to avoid for the country's president victory on a covert shoes made his russian counterpart in sochi as tense and to talk about economic revival with the latest on that meeting then he isn't really going to. the meeting was a short see a working meeting and the two presidents have discussed largely the economic aspects it really is no surprise economy is something that is why the importance of such was this top of a flight for the ukrainian president on his way back from china where he has met with his chinese colleagues and. carried on the quite productive economic talks in fact the korean president said that he has signed a number of deals amounting to roughly eight billion dollars in investments now while unocal which was trying to

the weekly roundup of the big stories of the last seven days here on out international my name is kevin owen good to have you with us our top story then at least one hundred thousand people have gathered in the ukraine ian capital this last evening for a major anti-government protest the opposition's warning that this rally is the last chance as they put it for the government and the president paul scott's. there's a still ambiguity over the exact figures but some of the certainty is that thousands do still remain in the square behind me despite the bitterly cold conditions and there's also are no one certainty over the key demands of the opposition as well heavyweight boxing champion batali klitschko taking to the stage behind me and urging the protest and the protesters to remain peaceful was a symbol ten years late giving the government an ultimatum but i have to say despite klitschko schools we can pull this evening the masked men carrying nationalistic flyer pull down a statue a monumental lenin and smashed it with sledgehammers elsewhere today there are a number of key demands being ou

plight of the homeless in paris the well said news round up so far the next politician with me kevin owens in half an hour's time if you're celebrating christmas course around the world right now wherever you are the very best you right coming up after the break next with the passing of mikhail kalashnikov we look at his crowding invention and how it reshape the arms world is our next program. summer break a time when all students rejoice and most importantly. relax but in russia summer break for male students could change dramatically and involve lots of guns currently male russian citizens have to put a year into the armed forces but the ministry of defense thinks that they can make things easier by having students spend their summer breaks in the military this training would tie in with their future professions such as engineering students being put into military engineering position now the question is does your summer break belong to you or another words to the government have the right to tell you what to do and make you serve in the army even if just for three summers during your co

just joined us is kevin owen here at r t tonight just after eleven pm in moscow our breaking news this massive anti-government protest is raging on tanks from square in central istanbul over a high level corruption scandal that's already forced the prime minister to reshuffle the cabinet crew was called in the middle of that demonstration and police used tear gas on protesters one of our crew sara furthur correspondent joins us now live hi sara and i see you safe well tonight is that faceoff continuing. it is when we left the street the protesters still clashing with the police and we saw the police deploying their water cannon we saw tear gas the the central gathering had been in tax in square earlier on this evening but police have been trying to keep these disparate groups are pushed back off the side streets not so we saw things really getting quite nasty indeed at one point we ended up in a stairwell where the protests it would barricaded the doors to try and keep that tear gas from coming in and we actually had a chance to speak to some of them about exactly why they were coming

pm here in moscow this is the weekly roundup of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen tonight first though a story happening right now at least one hundred thousand people have gathered in the ukrainian capital for a major anti-government protest the opposition's warning that this rally is the last chance as they put it for the government and the president live for us hi paul when we last spoke to thousands out on the streets i guess no change are there anymore do you think. yeah well those are still ambiguity over the exact figures but so are the certainty is that thousands do you still remain in the square behind me despite the bitter. the cold conditions on this also no one certainty over the key demands of the opposition as well heavyweight boxing champion batali klitschko taking to the stage behind me and hurting the protests and the protesters to remain peaceful was a symbol ten years late giving the government an ultimatum but i have to say despite klitschko schools we can pull this evening the masked men carrying nationalistic flyers have a pull down a statue a

terms agreed with the authorities earlier anti fracking campaigner and he talked to my colleague kevin owen about the controversial drilling technique he says authorities worldwide stay silent about it precisely because of the possible hazards. there's no regulation going to be in this country or in any other of your goal will specifically designed to break you like this industry because they know too well they caught on and it could be regulated is there an exaggeration of the potential problems here are we looking at fact difficult to quantify you know the recent school cd dealing with the vagaries of very deep geology and it's basically the whole realm of the unknown frack is that going for thirteen years or more that started last large scale at the turn of the century do you feel you've lost your battle and when the police are there supposedly to protect and serve the community with all that's happening is that being deployed point governments to protect and serve the interests of the big businesses we should basically back in the government. that's the situation we've got in that is wh

to see just after midnight here in moscow you're watching the weekly with me kevin owen here on r.t. international it's around over the top stories the last seven days first again ukraine's seeking official confirmation this morning now that the e.u. is frozen or work on a trade an association deal it was after a tweet was posted by the e.u. commissioner for enlargement saying kiev is expectations are unrealistic. we have a statement by one of the european officials who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union particularly doing eastern direction with the staff and feel a good tweeter more on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the korean president and government regarding association agreement with european union after further and further apart their arguments have no grounds for reality with the global mr he will also went on to say that several days ago in brussels when he was meeting a delegation of ukraine's government he had warned that any further discussion about the association deal is conditioned by the crater site the deal ended but now

this is kevin owen here as just past midnight now in moscow on the breaking news this massive antigovernment protests is raging on tax and square in central istanbul over a high level corruption scandal that continues it's already forced the prime minister to reshuffle his cabinet one of our crew were caught in the middle of the demonstration when police used tear gas on protesters a correspondent sara firth was. police have the safety and the police to be trying to push them back using. the police to really be in fear for this protest and i think this is something. i think if i didn't think. the statistic. we've seen recently since we think think think think think think think think the economy is good we only see. the things. the cars do you see the first thing we see the biggest defeat thing a challenge from the people who we believe see from within. a week. let's talk to jeremy sold his associate professor of middle eastern history and politics of university in ankara hi there appears a protest something started tonight corresponding with the police used tear gas rubber bullets to try to

paris i'm kevin owen but with a next full news update about thirty four minutes time coming up here on out international next a report on aid programs in africa the don't seem to bring any hope to the poor and if you're watching us in the u.k. we've got going to grow with afshin rattansi will cease. 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 automatically demonised as right wing extremists and the politically correct west patriotism is pretty much a dirty word generally nationalist like their culture and the people who are part of it but if you look at migration trends within the e.u. we see that the slavic part of it

international today my colleague kevin owen is here and half an hour's time for now though tony in paradise up next we explore land battered by nuclear test explosions for decades to see whether or not now it could become habitable for people like you and me live from moscow and r.t. international. as we all know the holidays are a great time for families to get together and sometimes on the 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 and 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 the spite all those little revelation thinks of mass spying by snowden trust me talking points exist for a reason political social and religious organizations use them so tha

well over a good evening to you if you just joined us money is kevin owen is just past eight pm here in moscow this is the weekly or rather by the big stories of the last seven days and first this hour at least fifty thousand people have gathered already in the ukrainian capital for a major anti-government protests tonight the opposition claims there are many more that is warning that this rally is a last chance for the government of the president for scott's there for our team as catch up with him now i pull we're saying fifty thousand of the. when obviously the protesters i guess will be saying more they're expecting a million how many do you think of behind it and what are the crowds doing. well there is ambiguity over the exact figures but the certainty is that thousands do still remain in the square behind me despite the bitterly cold conditions and there was also no uncertainty over the key demands of the opposition heavyweight boxing champion vitaly klitschko taking to the stage urging the protestors on the protests to remain peaceful while similar tain is slowly giving the go

artie's kevin owen discussed the airstrikes on gaza with the u.k. based defense consultant mon rove and he believes the reaction from israel will only escalate the situation as usual is disproportionate and overwhelming force being used against the people who live in the cage the israelis they have a ratio for everyone is rightly killed. figure is about a thousand palestinians must pay the price. but they have a right do they to respond when one of their nationals is killed. absolutely but there are political means or there diplomatic means that they can use to deescalate the situation rather than use disproportional force aircraft. combat troops are not a proportional response to a people who have no effective army and cannot fight back and coming out of the program a look at one of the stories that defined twenty thirteen or simple villagers were stuck in a war that we didn't ask for or that we live in constant fear of another strike our teammates the people who paid a devastating price for america's drone strikes a campaign that's supposed to cle

terrorists officially could inflame the country's already delicate instability that more with me kevin owen here on r.t. international. journalists trying to release wiki leaks documents. more pro-american. peer. pressure. three blocks the way to information. about interim government officially declared the muslim brotherhood now a terrorist organization authorities accuse the group of being behind choose the deadly bomb attack indeed on a police headquarters in the city of mansehra furthermore the issue let's go live to cairo and this she joins us on the line hi there thanks for being with us this morning they deny it but do you believe the muslim brotherhood would carry out such a terrorist attack. the muslim brotherhood have already denied any involvement in that attack they issued a statement saying that they were not behind the attack and asking for an investigation so that perpetrators of the crime can be brought to justice however the fingers are being pointed at them again despite a jihadi group and sergeant roussillon claiming responsibility for the suicide car bombing so therefore

watching around the world very good evening to you from me kevin owen if you just joined us is just past eleven pm here in moscow this is r.t. international our top story protesters here in kiev as you see over my shoulder there partially blocking the government building that's the most recent scene today opposition m.p.'s are also disrupting parliament's work by blocking the rostrum to nokia is not the only seen a protest thousands showed up for a rival rally one of ukraine's industrial hubs over towards the east this time in support of the government these crowds are venting their frustration with the opposition for turning their capital as they saw it into a battlefield or this amid increasing interference from abroad as a really good wish the reports now. we stand with the vast majority of ukrainians who want to see this future for their country and we urge the ukrainian government to listen to the voices of its people who want to live in freedom and opportunity and prosperity and the elected representatives of the ukrainian people made their choice deciding against giving the govern

hello again kevin owen here with you live this hour just after nine pm you're watching r.t. international from moscow and our top story political battle lines have told ukraine's capital into one thousand strong crowds keep up their anti-government protests activists of also gather to support their president the scenes there and then as you can see 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 heart 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 ta

revisit the key events of twenty thirteen and outlining what to expect next join canossa now we and kevin owens for our annual to our news special. sponsor twenty two would be with our cheek. good luck i think the least christmas to you not even me so they didn't bend tristen for us on the trees this is the right place above that they quoted here at the end it was just these particular people we were working with who the fuck all that you know i was i was do they do anything. why would they work with these chemicals why would they not work with these mold many of them for money yes and this needs to be said they do this for the money yeah but the i am why everybody has one thing well known what a liar it's why did you have doing this here on. the first day that i was judging. and the man you are judging no not even with yours or the ending this movie is judging that it's a fact i'm just saying any should be we need to be concerned that we're not going around places saying we are better than you are because i've had the situation and i fucked off in years to that this is what i don't like seeing

even starts internationally is just here moscow my name is kevin owen our top story the protesters in kiev are no partially blocking the government building tonight when the cabinet is planning to hold a meeting opposition m.p.'s have also disrupted parliament's work by blocking the last of these latest live pictures coming through incidentally all this with support swelling from out west as well really picks up the story tonight. where we stand with the vast majority of the ukrainians who want to see this future for their country and we urge the ukrainian government to listen to the voices of its people who want to live in freedom and opportunity and prosperity and the elected representatives of the ukrainian people made their choice deciding against giving that come. meant a no confidence slap down for the defeated opposition it was back to the streets if the democratic process won't force the government out let the protesters do their dirty work blockading official buildings paralyzing give the protests in the west calls of encouragement the supporters of your integration must rema