armed troops here the aim is to ensure that these will be the safest a lympics in history martin andrews r.t. sochi well brainy live updates from saatchi as the olympic flame arrives plus you can go to our website and revisit the most exciting moments of his journey from ancient greeks to the russian black sea resort. in other news it's emerged that the afghan government has been holdin secrets talks with taliban officials to try and tackle the country's volatility discussions took place three weeks ago and reports of the achieved little although afghan officials remain confident they will eventually bear fruits now the u.s. has a voice that supports the spy it's washington haven't spent billions of dollars and ten years flights in taliban militants there and there's the on going wrangling over america's role in the ganesan beyond twenty fourteen marina porton i looks at what's been achieved after a decade of war. one of america's longest and most expensive foreign investments is turning into one of its greatest obstacles the u.s. intervention in afghanistan has essentially created a new taliban mo

armed troops here the aim is to ensure that these will be the safest lympics in history martin andrews r.t. sochi i got containing a live update for you from such a where the olympic flame has arrived plus you can go to our website are here conti revisit the most exciting moments of its journey from ancient greece to the russian black sea resort. iran is not open for business and that's a stark message from top u.s. negotiators to anyone hoping to take advantage of relaxed trade sanctions the warning was voiced at a senate foreign relations committee hearing the six month window is a concession towards a final deal on iran's nuclear program or just earlier discussed the latest developments with possible earlier discussed the latest developments with we've had a huge french delegation making their way to iran in anticipation of this post sanction iran the oil majors are overlooking forward to knowledge is all mages but car manufacturers including rand are with that telecoms already so the i was talking the biggest delegation in two years and that one was business and of course and this comes after

socializing and partying in the various time houses of the winter olympics it's gold medals or martin andrews r.t. sochi. well with less than twenty four hours left before the curtain comes down on the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics r.t. international is keeping you up to date and bringing you special coverage of the games final there. the g twenty four team promising an exhilarating winter for ninety eight here in germany and it's now a make the rest of our lives take this team for sochi twenty four take. on. let's now take a swing around the globe to take a look at some other news making headlines this hour and we start in venezuela where riot police have fired tear gas on protesters in the country's capital mass demonstrations against the nation's leadership have been going on for ten days and have claimed the lives of at least eight people and israeli president nicolas maduro has accused several us paul political and media sources of plotting to overthrow his government. turkish riot police have fired water cannons and tear gas on thousands of protesters gathering in the center of the sun

armed troops here the aim is to ensure that these will be the safest a lympics in history martin andrews r.t. sochi and we've got continuing live updates for you from sanchia where the olympic flame has arrived plus you can always go to our website sara visit the most exciting moments of its journey from ancient greece so the russian black sea resort . in other news now iran is not open for business that's the stark message to european firms from top u.s. negotiators the warning was voiced out a senate foreign relations committee hearing after businesses lined up to take advantage of recently agreed sanctions relief the six month window as a concession soars a final deal on the rons nuclear program let's bring in our to business for. being to discuss this further hi there katie so so much for the last frosty outlook between iran and the u.s. why are the washington lawmakers so wound up well that's the thing i think they're on edge at the moment because this week marina we've had a huge french delegation making their way to iran in anticipation of this post sanction iran the oil majors are all looki

armed troops here the aim is to ensure that these will be the safest lympics in history martin andrews r.t. sochi and we've got to continue a live updates for you from sochi a were the olympic flame has arrived plus go to our website to revisit the most exciting moments of its journey from ancient greece to the russian black sea resort. investors are once again flocking to iran and that set off alarm bells in washington with top officials insisting the oil rich nation is still not open for business but to iran's prospects have been looking brighter since sanctions were partially lifted under a nuclear deal by calling marina cossar of discuss this with our t.v. presenter kate i'll be him. we've had a huge french delegation making their way to iran in anticipation of this post sanction iran or mages are all looking forward to not as oil majors but car manufacturers including rand all with that telecoms are into the i was talking the biggest delegation in two years and the only one that was missed and of course in this comes after the locations when they're from turkey so everyone is trying to get o

and partying in the various planning houses of the winter olympics it's gold medals for martin andrews r.t. sochi. thirteen twenty fourteen plus the week ultimate and exhilarating winter for ninety eight here in germany and it's now a make the rest of our local news team for sochi twenty four take. on. any more for me from sochi in the next hour and we'll be following those developments in ukraine in just over half an hour now making sense of the numbers next on the money. recently swiss voters nearly passed a referendum to put a strict quota back on immigration switzerland is a relatively small country and some estimate that almost a quarter of the population is made up of immigrants from e.u. countries and that is a lot of people and the swiss are worried that the increased foreigners will also mean increased crime rent prices burden of state and erode traditional local culture as modern immigration almost always does this was population's democratic choice to restrict immigration is next with being blasted by the e.u. brass with threats to cancel bilateral agreements how dare you have a differ

r.t. correspondent martin andrews from sochi and the sochi olympic olympics is also in the spotlight on tonight's politicking with larry king russian ambassador thursday kids play act and congressman dana rohrbacher both addressed the issue of safety at the winter games here is a look at what's to come the obvious first question with the opening ceremonies coming friday night how safe is. it save it save because we have the taking hold in this measures in order to deny. terrorists that would be terrorists any chance of success and we are going to succeed in that so it's going to be a wonder for all. the hide the poor sportsman for a younger generation that i hope is going to be remembered by them and by many other people including your viewers as something very spectacular positive joyful there has to be those some concerns with all of the threats with the kurds as previously in the as a month or so in moscow how much security is in place. while the result of his security that were put in place. and. certainly terrorism as a global phenomenon. so when you talk about think about terrorism target i

sochi r.t. correspondent martin andrews thank you so much for joining us from the olympic games in such a russia. well in the days and weeks leading up to these winter olympics almost all of the talk was focused on anything but sporting events fears of terrorist attacks and criticism of the readiness of the olympic venue dominated airwaves but all of that rhetoric calmed down at once the games finally got under way our to correspondent on a saucy a charkha takes a look at the olympic games as they really played out. i. the such elim pics have officially ended but before they began the mainstream media made all sorts of predictions but which panned out the prediction i got right is our media was a pile of crap it was it was it's just a. full lot of liberia coming out of their faces and it's it's you know it's. it's a combination of just nonsense and nonevents from obsessing over toilets to give it to falling for pranks involving alleged wolves roaming around alleged sochi hotels along the hallway and i'm not talking blitzer t.c.b. out from the door outside her availability i'm glad you're not in

martin andrews r.t. . we'll keep you up to date on everything happening at the sochi winter games reporting from the heart of the olympics. oh cool so nice and now we're keeping abreast of the day for bell of big action and now he's a soldier that's quarters and don't forget to check out our twitter feed where we rolled out a special line up for the games that were all the latest tweets and pictures from the athletes they're taking photos in elevators is now in fashion actually and the russian women's hockey team isn't missing out on days sharing their excitement as you can see in that tweet here and the owner he will of course that bring you all the news and calm and as soon as anything happens in sochi stay tuned. the g twenty four team promises the ultimate in the exhilarating winter season are . still in use and no way to make seven zero eight on the rest of our little cake news team for some cheap twenty four take. on r.t. . coming up later this hour it's money charles be the right house hunting. break for us because we. have british town whose homes are for sale for just one pound a look at what's d

martin andrews artsy fartsy. think tank you know well there are plenty of competitions underway again in sochi giving more athletes a chance to win or should say to write their names in history and with r.t. special coverage we tell you all about it throughout the day. fourteen twenty fourteen promises we cultivated an exhilarating winter sports in our eight year so tell me anything now i have make over now and the rest of our local news team for sochi twenty four take. on. more news with me and the team in just over half an hour from now in the meantime it is technology update after the break you're not international. fly a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. and. i. there's a lot so we leave the people. at the scene push to secure a. place a party there's a. clear shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refused to notice. food since changing the world l

martin andrews artie saatchi. thirteen twenty fourteen plus the. exhilarating winter ninety eight here join me in it's an hour and make the rest of our local news team for sochi twenty four take. on r.t. . back to our top story now more on the situation in ukraine with security analyst charles sure bridge who spent time in the country watching the political developments there thank you for joining us here on so the person we just heard speaking we heard earlier from an activist an organization let's listen to this short sound bite from one of those radical leaders. as long as i live and fights against combs and russians come now that is an activist from the right sector an organization that will be incorporated with the police according to one of the opposition leaders as a former police officer do you think that someone you'd want joining the ranks of law enforcement. i think your question is rhetorical because it's really clear that these kind of people who are advocating if you like the street violence even yesterday. deep inside one b.b.c. broadcast was an activist being interviewed he said that they didn't want for example in the coverage to be tried or anything like this they j