the president on the court which pushed through against all the parliamentary procedures. and laws put in like a law. all democratic procedures in the ukraine so obviously this is a coup and people have been killed well i mean. are you going to continue to be a uniter told which was elected president of ukraine you would agree with than why don't we just wait for another election to overturn i mean let people go to the ballot box where they have to burn buildings in three hundred police have been injured as well but does it mean that violence on the side of the state is is should be overlooked ok alexander i mean it seems that this is a kid who have endured by police who have been going to the police i would guess vet visit the city to spare called the. kate all right but we haven't aired as we have a third get in the program we have a third guest star the program we go to alexander in london how do you see the. and going out in the streets of care of right now we're well. i would describe it very straightforwardly as a riot and an extremely violent riots and one i'm afrai

set to be held before the end of april with parliamentary polls before the end of july. talks, finallyf signs of some progress at the syrian peace conference, the glimmer of hope, zumba government saying woman and children can leave homs immediately, after negotiators from the opposite side discussed humanitarian gestures on the second day of face-to-face talks in the swiss city of geneva. it is hoped when the two sides meet again today they can allow humanitarian access to homs to give aid to the thousands living in dire conditions. let's listen now to the chief of staff to the president of the opposition coalition. >> agree on each and every member of the transitional body. on structure.e not acceptable are people who commit crimes against humanity and war crimes -- including hise in his -- al-assad and associates who have blood on their hands of people with a minute crimes are not acceptable in the body. but at the same time there are many people who are still working in the government that did not commit crimes and they can be acceptable to work with and they can be

the key factor of these constitutional amendments is to shift from presidential to parliamentary as they show the. so these books even somehow all of cold all the situation in ukraine the lowest cost on to the press the control and suppress the ghana cuz it to help the kind can store sessions in parliament. much to the opposition's annoyance also on. the defence analysts said can you not satisfied that all radical protest is causing the opposition to fit. i finally perfected even working on fixing up on people up with the understanding of the airport to send to kiev. i strayed off to the state opposition needed to be kitted gave his opinion. the of your arteries the slow like many others does not meet the interests of the people. the core of it the sun to kill seems to be like the north somali pirates were taken hostage and then chiefly against the ransom note despite the freezing temperatures protest as an independent school and showed no signs of giving up absolutely it sucks that this bill because the authorities just want things to go back to healthy one of the corner with a win win

nick spicer joins us from kiev to tell us what we are expecting to see out of the parliamentary session. >> look, it's judgment day for ukraine, that's what the opposition leader is calling it. nine weeks of protest, increasing violence, a president that is no longer in control of half the country. this is a situation where we might achieve a consensus that will move the country forward. they'll bell -- be talking about amnesty, rescinding anti-protest laws which was passed through parliament, and is widely seen as draconian, permitting the defamation of public officials, people have been driving in convoys, and losing licences driving in convoys of more than five cars. that has to go. the opposition is rejecting an attempt to coopt it with the city. one of the opposition leaders refused to take on the post of prime minister to join forces with the president. they want to have the gaoled opposition leader freed and the ukraine to go back on to the path to get closer. a bunch of things are being decided. >> the opposition has rejected some of the concessions that the president put forwar

the concession comes on the eve of a parliamentary debate aimed at ending the political crisis in histry. i spoke to our correspondent in kiev moments ago. i asked if this move would be enough to satisfy the opposition. >> to satisfy the opposition or the protesters in the square? the opposition leaders are continuing the talks with the president. they say they will continue the talks and continue to occupy the central square. the protesters have said something different. they say they will not leave the central square in kiev or the streets where they have been clashing with riot police or government buildings until he resigns. this is what they want to happen immediately. theavid, what made president offer this concession, do you think? >> there are two schools on this. one thinks this was a tactical ploy, that this is something he is trying to do to split the opposition or split the opposition leaders from the protest movement --or to buy time. some think this is perhaps a sign of weakness, that the protests that have been going on for two months and have now spread to the eastern

security forces has been expanded and they can arrest or search people with limited judicial or parliamentary oversight thousands of people continue in the mass rallies in bangkok that bid to bring down the prime minister and the upcoming parliamentary polls. why there is of indonesia in the grip of massive floods as heavy rains continue to burn out of the country thousands of people have been evacuated to safety with rescue troops searching for others who might have been cut off so far the disaster is claimed at least twenty lives and officials say the rainfall will continue for the rest of the week. at international law fair moscow coming up next and stacy pull no punches on the brokers who defrauded thousands of american taxpayers that's after the break. another whistle blowers facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort of dark secret cia plans or some other plot for a new war of luxury no she exposed something far more dangerous and important to the zombies on their couches the university of north carolina athletes are mentally unfit for col

security forces has been expanded and they can now arrest or search people with limited judicial parliamentary oversight thousands of people are continuing their mass rallies in bangkok in a bid to bring down the prime minister and derail upcoming parliamentary polls. british government workers are being rewarded for saying no in exchange for rejecting asylum applications home office staff receive gifts and even extra holiday has more in this. failed asylum seekers that have been told to leave britain can apply head to the u.k.'s home office to have their cases reviewed it's a last ditch attempt to stay in the u.k. if they can prove that their lives back home are in danger but it's been revealed that home office employees are set targets they're supposed to be winning seventy percent of these cases that means that they're aiming to keep out seventy percent of the people that have really applied to stay in britain after their asylum cases have already been rejected if they can hit that target they're rewarded with holiday days cash bonuses and high street shopping vouchers these incentives don'

security forces has been expanded and they can a rest a search people with limited traditional parliamentary oversight thousands of people are continuing that months ronnie's and been caught up in a bid to bring down the prime minister and derail the upcoming parliamentary. wide areas of indonesia are in the grip of massive floods as having a rains continue to bata the country thousands of people have been evacuated to safety with rescue troops searching for others who might have been cut off so far the disaster has claimed at least twenty line is an official say the rainfall will continue for the rest of the week. up next i'll say international breaking the sat with host of the monsoon. another whistle blowers facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort of dark secret cia plans or some other plot for a new world luxury no she exposed something far more dangerous and important to the zombies on their couches the university of north carolina athletes are mentally unfit for college and even high school mary willing come blew the whistle on the fac

of the security forces has been expanded and they can no arrest as such people with limited or parliamentary oversight thousands of people are continuing their months ronnie's and by car in a bid to bring down the prime minister and do whale upcoming parliamentary things. wider areas of indonesia are in the grip of massive floods as heavy rain. country thousands of people have been evacuated to safe safe with rescue troops action for others who might have been cutoff so the disaster has claimed at least twenty lives and officials say the rainfall will continue for the rest of the. the only in south sudan as it has a recount should take a turn for the rebels and the oil which up a nice state. government finances insist they're still in control of parts of the city and they don't go in bottles another possibly country thousand people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in violence that erupted last december after an attempted. and up next a glimpse into a siberian cult leader is guiding his phone down an eccentric palm to spiritual life. another whistle blowers facing a lot of hea

british delegation will meet parliamentary speaker and others. >> a former u.s. secretary of defense is accusing barack obama of mistrusting his military commander during the war. robert gates levelled several others including president obama in his memoires. >> at the end of 2009, u.s. president barack obama told the nation it was time to renew the fight. >> i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send u.s. troops to afghanistan. after 18 months our troops will begin to come home. >> behind closed doors, obama's former secretary says the president waffled about fighting a just war. in his new book, robert gates, who served during the presidency accuses white house staffers of undermining president obama's resolve by criticising the demander of the war, general pet rayous, and the idea of a troop surge: >> u.s. news reports about robert gates's memoirs suggest the book is about set lipping scores and a record of his 45 years in government of the gates also has harsh words for vice president joe biden, a man considered by many to be a foreig

we didn't know what the parliamentary session was going to reveal.ow much reform can beexpect from presidentian yanukovych? >> that's a great question. there is a lot of mistrust with the president, and they were unhappy that the parliament session has to wait until tuesday. they don't understand why the president couldn't recall parliament immediately. and they would like to see repeal of these draconian laws that restrict demonstrations such as the one behind me, the media internet use and also civil society. that is something the opposition would like to see parliament get rid of. there is a lot of doubt, however. the parliament is very much on the president's side. they have voted and basically pushed through anything he wants, so there is a lot of mistrust that perhaps president yanukovych, despite the olive branch say he will be reforming the next tuesday, he may just be vying for time. >> we can hear the protesters continuing to go on behind you. jennifer glasse reporting from kiev. thanks, jennifer. a day after controversial comments by mike

. >> egypt's interim president says the country will hold presidential elections before the parliamentary polls. the announcement coming amid protests. 49 were killed in clashes between supporters of the interim government and those loyal to ousted president mohamed morsi. general abdul fatah al-sisi is expected to run for president. today marks the 29th day that three of our al jazeera colleagues have been imprisoned. mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed, and peter greste have been held without charges. yesterday we got a letter from peter greste. he said: >> for more on this we turn to an associate professor. he joins us from boston. thank you for being with us. let me ask you. the fact that we have journalists held in egypt, how serious is that for that country. >> how serious is it for egipt. i think it's indicative of a restriction for the space of egypt. it's a country in the midst of a political struggle between supporters of the old president and people that want to move on to the new regime. it's not surprising to me that foreign journalists may be caught in the crossfire, particul

north korea will hold its first parliamentary election since two thousand and nine in march. authorities in cognac made the announcement on wednesday a leader kim jong hoon this purported birthday analysts say the regime is trying to rejuvenate the assembly and remove members linked to tim's uncle who was executed. he visited he van turned thirty one years old his birthday is not designated a national holiday on like those of his late father and grandfather singer and television broadcast a documentary about kim's life but there are no reports of celebrations poland will go into a tree as usual. i finished my shift m my way home. authorities ave said that paiamentary elections f march nine nearly seven hundred candidates for the supreme people's assembly will be elected. it's mostly a formality. the new assembly is expected to convene an april kim jong hoon will be casting a vote for the first time since becoming leader at the end of two thousand and eleven. the announcement came nearly a month after his uncle charles stec s executeon charges of treason . some south korean ma

to greece and their voices are said to get loud if we came european parliamentary elections looming in the spring also feeling big city new tracks not just for the athletes this time stay with us for a look at the news divisions assault she's infrastructure that will whisk sports fans to the venue's in simple quick time. a new form of violence has hit the streets of new york and police there seem unable or unwilling to do anything to stop it rena portnoy has more now on the new gang craze that spreading fear across the city. you're walking down the street minding your own business and without warning police say they are investigating yet another knockout attack attack person mainly in their teens targeting victims at random it's called the knockout game the goal of this violent and twisted so called game is to knock a stranger unconscious with a single punch a feared phenomenon across the nation the ongoing brutality has claimed lives in at least three u.s. states here in new york city more than ten people have been random. assaulted among the youngest a twelve year old student among t

daily as the opposition tries to bring the prime minister down and do you railed this sunday's parliamentary pay. the british parliament house passed a new law being bill that restricts spending on election campaigns but that doesn't stop the widespread attempts to buy government influence at all the times often ending in scandal as is laura smith reports. low being exerting influence or no make has this become something of a dirty word around westminster methods of lobbying according to the parliament website can include sending letters and making presentations of course it doesn't mention lobbying m.p.'s awards of cash but it's the scandal that lobbying is most famous for officials taking cash for questions cash for cameron a quarter of a mill to have dinner with the pm and cash for doing parliamentary work course in the sunday times staying westminster is so scandal ridden that the standards watchdog and its chairman lord you have decided m.p.'s need special training to help them not to abuse their position so it seems pretty obvious to me the n.p.c. shouldn't be for example accepting cas

a few months europeans will be going to the polls in what could be the most important european parliamentary elections but the latest gallup polls to to sticks well don't make good reading for those that will be standing for the top spots across the european parliament even those countries that have received some of the most help countries like spain that received forty one billion euros to bail out its failing banking sector well in two thousand and nine fifty nine percent of the population said they had faith and they supported the european leadership is another country that's traditionally been very pro e.u. is ireland they received sixty seven point five billion. bailout their failing banking system seventy percent of the irish population had previously said that they supported the european union now that number forty seven percent twelve is also being big declines for support of the e.u. in countries like sweden finland austria the netherlands denmark and the you care the first time since these type of statistics have existed you might of kingdom it doesn't finish last when it comes to

we will see what happens in the parliamentary session on tuesday. if there is a political breakthroughs that perhaps he could see the under eight s and into the bottoms. the takeover of government buildings in the riots are mostly happening in kiev and in the western half of the country as this map shows you as authorities struggle to control the situation western governments are urging them to secure democracy is alexia chef he looks at how the unrest is unfolding. don't send people the history of ukraine. by freezing temperatures are rising. can you get it for you. the this is the first locomotive will know what world. maths and officials in europe and the united states have started a fresh wave of accusations that the actions of protest against what he called peaceful protest. i see of all you need to get home. we expect from the ukrainian government and ensure democratic freedom in particular the pastry to a peaceful demonstrations and to protect life and that the use of violence does not take place the people leading police on the ground from b

parliamentary elections one of those parties on the rise and france's muddying lipans national front. on the european people are realizing that the user name part of the soviet union in fact is destroying their freedom despite insistences that they want to take part in the political discourse we've seen repeated violent clashes involving these groups even in some of the most stable nations like austria where around a third of people voted for parties that are considered the right wing in a recent election. so we need to slow down immigration i have nothing against foreigners but enough is enough. e.u. is saying where no money should go to allow again what country is us on it's their own country and they used to wouldn't be like. dictate everything. to us it used to be that all parties put interest spruced and the e.u. second now it's only. it seems as long as europe's finances continue to languish in the red more and more its people are seeking answers to the right peter all of germany. by your hands berg is an expert in social trends and he says the poor state of economy explained eu

it would not be an exaggeration to say that today is the most important parliamentary session in the history of modern ukraine and has already started with some big news with the country's prime minister and the colors are saying he is offering his resignation as a as a step to a stop the violence to bring the country to peace will be treatise interesting to see whether the opposition would actually be willing to take the job because we do know that one of the leaders of the of the opposition has already refused to take prime minister's job when he was offered it by the president we do know that last night the sides of the political crisis have managed to agree to abolish the controversial anti-riot legislation and also to release the prisoners all those who were detained to during the mass protests even the so-called right wing sector the hardcore right wing nationalists who are in the core of the protests they've said also last night that they would withdraw from the governmental court to dismantle the barricades and retreat to the pre january nineteenth position which is the indep

union agrees to this i think the next week may be very important we will see what happens at the parliamentary session on tuesday if there is a political breakthrough there then by haps we could see the end and into the violence. the takeover of government buildings and riots are mostly happening in here the end of the western half of the country as this map shows you as the authority struggle to control the situation western governments are urging them to secure democracy parties alexy or shafiq he looks at how the unrest is unfolding. those young people into streets of ukraine by seizing temperatures are writing the new go to for europe. ever since the first rocks and molotov cocktails were hurled at the police in kiev mar sunday the fishes in europe and the united states have started a pressure wave of accusations aimed at the actions of the authorities against what they called peaceful protesters. we have all been fun there will be in addition to the good will we expect from the ukrainian government then these should democratic freedom in particular the opportunity for peaceful demonstrati

for questions cash for cameron a quarter of a mill to have dinner with the pm and cash for doing parliamentary work of course in the sunday times staying westminster is so scandal ridden that the standards watchdog and its chairman lord you have decided m.p.'s need special training to help them not to abuse their position so it seems pretty obvious to me that n.p.c. shouldn't be for example accepting cash to ask questions in parliament or selling time with the prime minister why isn't the obvious to m.p.'s themselves well you're talking about things there which are at the extreme end of the behavior and one of the things that we're concerned about is things which aren't quite so clear cut where people find themselves at morally certain no difficult situations are unpredictable situations this committee has a long term rule and the long term rule is to defend certain ethical principles of selflessness and take it to honesty openness of public life. we're looking at ways to actually promulgated those principles throughout the public sector see them properly embedded back in two thousand and nine

the journey to steer and spent at first the raw unprecedented scenes and the tunisian parliamentary chamber this weekend. assembly deputies had been dancing and singing after they approved a historic new constitution charter has been widely praised for its inclusiveness in shining freedom of belief in equality between the sexes not so much fun the last steps toward establishing a full democracy. three years the country's uprising really nice affairs editor douglas herbert has more now on the new tunisian constitution. the media to syria egypt it always the story of disaster and catastrophe of calamity about to happen. this is one of the reader try and straighten out to me just pull up a hat trick in the mail that they basically what they've done is a consensual constitution drawn up by an elected assembly elected and that's a key words here that brought together islam its secularist leftist liberals all coming together they didn't always agree but they managed to reconcile language in a single document which manage and here's the bounty is that fine balance that no one else in the region is

based chronicles magazine but we start off with you in brussels your parliamentary group has expressed full support and solidarity with the peaceful protesters in kiev so what do you make of the protests now that they have got extremely violent there. exactly we have expressed our support for peaceful demonstrations as we know for more than a months there were mainly peaceful demonstrations yes yesterday there was violence we strongly condemn the violence and i would also say it's a bit unfair about your t.v. is presenting to your viewers because you show violence you say this is the opposition opposition wants to overthrow the government and it's supported by the european union so it's not the way we don't suffer or die violently but we do support of course not only in ukraine not only in europe everybody in the world. has been very critical of. being very critical of him a covert chinese anti protest laws but he says they are in line with european standards so why should you are criticizing the way that the police are handling the situation where it appears they were certainly outnum

their mass rallies in bangkok in a bid to bring down the prime minister and do you re a county parliamentarypolls. wide areas of indonesia are in the grip of massive floods as heavy rains continue to battle the country thousands of people have been evacuated to safety with rescue troops and cheering for others who might have been cut off from the disaster has claimed at least one to lives and officials say the rainfall will continue for the rest of the week. the audience salsa dance as it has a recount should a key town from rebels in the oil rich up a nile state government find his insist they're still in control of possibly city and they don't go in bottles another possibly country over a thousand people have been killed and turns of thousands. this place in violence that erupted last december after an attempt at. up next on seemed to national a glimpse into a siberian cult leader is guiding his phone down an extract and eccentric to spiritual salvation testing. another whistleblower is facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort of dark secre

through some of those offers the constitution would change in that ukraine would go back to a parliamentary presidential republic what that actually means is that the parliament here the the m.p.'s would have far more power it would actually remove some of the power away from the presidency stands at the moment and would basically revert ukraine back to the constitution it in two thousand and four some of those offers were was the offer of the position of prime minister for one of the senior opposition leaders mr. york now he's the leader of the the group here called fatherland he's often offered the position of prime minister he has said that he hasn't decided yet and there will be discussions over whether he will accept that or not it's also understood that vitaly klitschko could well be coming his deputy should he accept that position now other offers that were put on the table was an amnesty for everybody that has been anybody that has been detained so far during the two week long violence that we've seen here in ukraine however there was a stipulation placed upon it and that was the ri

parliamentary report and p.c. the opposition to wars in iraq and afghanistan and a reduced public appetite for overseas interventions is leading people to question the purpose of the u.k. army public support for defense is dropping due to what is seen as a lack of a long term strategic mission meanwhile massive military budget cuts are putting the army's capabilities at risk despite being one of the world's top defense spenders britain's planning to cut personnel by nearly thirty thousand over the next six years is artes to society. the army's recruiting but applicant numbers are slow to pick up amid thousands of layoffs there's a massive drive to recruit army reservists but leaked mid year army memos revealed the number of people in the listing and beyond the reserve over a three month period was just three hundred sixty seven barely a quarter of the target the ministry of defense said that after wrapping up the recruitment drive in september there were more than fifteen hundred applicants in the first four weeks

polls are now closed in bangladesh amid violent protests against the parliamentary elections there at least thirteen people have been killed over a hundred polling stations have been torched the oppositions boycotted the vote saying the process has been rigged violence that left dozens killed in recent weeks escalated after the country's prime minister refused to step down and form a caretaker administration. the winter olympics in sochi aiming to quite literally outshine all previous events with unique illuminations in place for the games are to buy more to say explores the olympic city some more. the eyes of the world will be on sochi come february the seventh and frantic work has been going on behind the scenes to make sure the lifting venue sparkle not just for the crowds but for millions of t.v. viewers around the world for the lighting technicians it's been a mess of undertaking lush media for us this is one of a kind technology and design in the world that isn't even the manufacturers who initially claimed it was similar to some other models that have finally admitted our insta