now we are getting reports here on r.t. international just to say thank you for joining us here for this breaking news here we're now going to get deeper into the story all of mikhail khodorkovsky with artie's and he said no. he may well be one of the most well known prisoners in the world but the idea of a pardon for former russian tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky was unexpected to say the least a four hour q. and a and not one question about for the record ski and then this if you don't know who the kospi recently wrote a petition asking me to pardon him because he spent more than ten years in prison this is a serious punishment he saw as humanitarian reasons saying his mother is sick and i believe taking jus account of all the circumstances it's possible to take a respective decision and in the near future i will sign a decree to pardon him the former c.e.o. and founder of the oil company yukos built a fortune that made him russia's richest man after the collapse of the soviet union snapping up state assets at a bargain price

r.t. . meanwhile western powers have indicated next month's peace talks in geneva may no longer call for assad to removal that amid fears extremists will take control of the country should his government for the u.s. says it's willing to meet with members of the newly formed islamic front group which is also said to have been involved in the bloodshed we spoke to a geo political analyst who believes there is no peace looming as long as the u.s. continues to support the islamicists in recent weeks there's been an important shift in the relationship between the united states government on the one hand and what is darby presented as the new islamic front and we see that the united states is in fact goes to. establishing a dialogue with the leaders of these terrorist organizations i should say that in this particular case the people who have dialogue with the terrorists they have blood on their hands they have provided funding most of the military and logistical financial aid has been china hold

i welcome the watching r.t. international with me andrey farm now in a few hours mikhail khodorkovsky is set to give his first press conference since he was released from jail after ten years behind bars the man who was russia's most high profile prisoner is now in berlin where he was reunited with his parents and son on saturday artie's peter all of us has been watching the scene at the five star hotel where the x. tycoon is. and how to close he spent his first full day of freedom in ten years here in berlin and the out alone hotel just behind me now he met with his son pavol who flew from new york in order to in order to be with his father i'm thrilled to be here in berlin germany the day because my father is free. my family is finally going to see it and we're very very happy with us here and anything you can you hear people say to me how to cause he's mother and father had flown here from moscow now his mother has been here in berlin quite a quite a lot in the recent past she has been receiving cancer treatm

r.t. here is from the syrian city of andro where rebel forces have reportedly carried out one of the most barbaric massacres since the beginning of the conflict. ukraine's multi-billion dollar agreement with russia saved from defaulting on its loans but fails to convert asters in the capital with some opposition leaders branding the deal treason. watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm marina welcome to the program hollywood empires 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 tide of hacking accusations from around the world now. could end up in jail for six more years a spear all over in our reports. abroad since he was arrested in august twenty twelve pirate bay found a ghost for its walk home vog seen the inside of jail cells in cambodia sweden and now solitary confinement in denmark it's just terrible as this man there to see that he is b

the next hour r.t. also looks into the economic troubles ukraine faces in addition to the political crisis in venture capital with katie building. how bad is ukraine's financial situation right now is the economy really heading for a d. faults the markets are expecting and in dissipating a default by ukraine so it is a very serious situation the ukrainian central bank. is almost broke and doesn't have any money here and won't be able to support the ukrainian currency going forward unless you preen gets credit mediately. residents of a tiny village in eastern romania have managed to stop a u.s. oil giant exploring fish shale gas near where they live at least for the moment the demonstrators in are refusing to leave the drilling site despite a heavy police presence saying the controversial extraction method could permanently damage the environment you see caffein off as the towns. in a remote part of romania a day of rage and fury. protesters stormed a work site operated by chevron and police responded wi

here on r.t. international we're of course following developments in the ukrainian capital on air and online also at our web site r.t. dot com you can find the most dramatic photos and the videos still incoming from the ongoing protests. thanks for sharing your monday with us here on r.t. international twelve antigovernment activists including some children have been arrested in bahrain this brings the total number to twenty eight since the beginning of this month protesters say the crackdown on their movement which started almost three years ago has only gotten worse in recent months the first of all a crackdown was at the beginning of twenty eleven when four people died during clashes with police and then just a few months later martial law was declared and goal of troops took the country under control up to that time nearly a thousand people have been arrested but the number is now three times that high more than ninety people have been killed since then and twenty twelve kicked off with a rall

r.t. international our round up of the top stories from the last seven days now a senior u.s. official tweeted that trade deal negotiations with the with ukraine have been frozen because kids demands are unrealistic but ukraine wants official confirmation of that message sent by enlargement commissioner stephan fuel election as more. well 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 of your labor tweeted more on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the kremlin president and government regarding association agreement with a review of further and further apart the arguments have no grounds in reality with the global just a few really 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 they no further discussion about the association deal this condition doggedly are committed by

sarah firth r.t. edinburgh. well as the end of twenty thirteen approaches art is breaking the set looks back on the main events that shaped this year. the most inspiring international diplomacy stories of the year an agreement with the wrong and six world powers of the development of the country's nuclear program and while it's only a tentative six month agreement a warm relationship between iran and western powers is a much needed step toward stability in the middle east finally the most inspiring story of two thousand and thirteen has to be edward snowden in this courage to come forward and reveal an out of control and unconstitutional global spying machine infiltrating all of our lives has changed the world as a result of snowden's actions and we now have documented proof of just how severely the intelligence community has violated our fourth amendment rights and now we have the knowledge we need to fight back. more news in just over half an hour from now in the meantime as promised the media stand movie on t

joining us here in r.t. international thousands of state of violent protest in madrid venting their fury over a draft law that could enforce tough action against the un sanctioned rallies. two dozen people were injured about seven arrested when angry crowds attempted to surround the spanish parliament activists condemned the proposal which would impose hefty fines for offenses such as burning the national flag calling it an attack on democracy and the bill is likely to pass into law with strong support from the conservatives who do hold a majority in the legislature but activist doris bennett gas says the protesters need to show they're not ready to give up without a. c. and they said this is only the beginning they need a lot of efforts to stop this fascist nation he didn't want this year to end without at least starting to demonstrate. and yes this is only the beginning because it will take some months to be considered and adopted yes and who will achieve what we want it's not the last time we need more pe

r.t. . mikhail khodorkovsky says he will not pursue a career in either politics or business the former oil magnate outlined his plans for the future at his first news conference since he was released from jail. is a new month speaking. i'm not wanting to be involved in politics already made clear in my letter to president and confirmed many times i'm going to devote myself to social issues of. the struggle for power is just not for me. but it was despite the former president being flooded with question some aspects of his past were avoided by the media as peter oliver reports mikhail khodorkovsky entered into the press conference in a whirlwind of media hype into a room packed to the rafters with journalists many of whom were congratulating him on his release as a political prisoner however there is a nother side to the yukos saga one that's not often heard free after ten years is that some of these comments after his release of raised eyebrows i mean. some of my comrades remain in jail th

sarah firth r.t. edinburgh. one of the most anticipated competitions at the winter olympics in sochi is the ice hockey tournament and what's definitely going to be key to the action is the parks well the brand new equipment has just been presented to the bolshoi on the black sea coast by a man who knows how to deal with one of those vladislav tretiak was named the best player of the twentieth century by the international ice hockey federation and he was in the host city sochi helping make sure everyone is ready to face off when the action starts. looking. good save as the end of twenty thirteen approaches artie's breaking the set looks back at the main events that shaped this year. the most inspiring international diplomacy stories of the year an agreement with the wrong and six world powers of the development of the country's nuclear program and while it's only a tentative six month agreement a warm relationship between iran and western powers is a much needed step toward stability in the middle east finally th

r.t. this morning ukraine sees clarification from the e.u. our free european commissioner says trade deal talks with the country are on hold all this amid nonstop anti-government protests in the capital that are being cheered on by western politicians. also this week a massacre as reported in syria with islamist rebel forces said to have killed dozens of civilians in the latest in a series of atrocities. arledge shakes off the bailout blues after breaking free of the e.u. is a program but the government warns that doesn't mean an end to austerity. and russia does not want to dominate the world but will stand firm in defending its values president putin delivers his annual state of the nation address. 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

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thanks for watching r.t. international and coming up now the arash minister in charge of ties with europe tells r.t. what his country has gained and lost since joining the e.u. four decades ago words of parties coming up. world. science technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. fact that. they can do the job the premise is the only industry specifically mentioning the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy. so. in fact the single biggest threat to you see in our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across silicon we've been a hydrogen right hand full of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once built just by job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem. rational debate real discussion critical issues facing the front row ready to join the movement then welcom

r.t. sanaa yemen. and over the web site for you right now iran's nuclear program is in the crosshairs of the intelligence services of saudi arabia and israel both states trying to develop a computer virus tests iran's atomic ambitions. also there for you right now in our invasion section you can always find startling pictures these ones here from the latest. right protests the greek political party you know. thanks for joining us bahrain's most famous human rights defender not be a little odd jobs looks set to stay behind bars for another six months authorities are in no rush to set him free despite him now being eligible for release job was jailed in twenty twelve for taking part in antigovernment protests but for any ruler to the end of the day known for their intolerance of dissent just recently another rights campaigner was detained hussein had gone to a police station to follow a defamation complaint against the government run newspaper but he's the one who ended up getting arrested his wife told

r.t. international on the weekly with me andrew fowler. now a senior official has tweeted that trade deal to go she ations with ukraine has been frozen because kiev demands are unrealistic but a member of the european parliament who said the opposition headquarters in kiev says that statements by enlargement commissioner stephan fuel is not true and. has more. 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 able to reach out more on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the kremlin president and government regarding association agreement with european union after further and further apart their arguments have no grounds. for quote all this to fuel it also went on to say that several days ago in brussels when he was meeting the delegation of ukraine's government he had warned that any further discussion about the association deal is conditioned by

and r.t. crew was covering the events and ledger in the combat operations this autumn you can watch our full reports including dramatic images from the village online at r.t. dot com. sweden has been a key provider aspire data on the russian leadership to the us apart from targeting high profile political figures the country's also been engaged in industrial espionage against russia's energy companies the accusations come from swedish t.v. citing documents leaked by edward snowden in a recent program called mission investigate its chief editor told r.t. what they discovered we have revealed that. the very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority every. american counterpart n.s.a. and. according to the documents. 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

are you watching r.t. international coming to you live from moscow. tens of thousands have gathered in the ukrainian capital for a major anti-government protests the opposition calls it the last chance and hopes for at least a million people to show up they surrounded several administrative buildings completely blocking access to them and threatening to march on the president's residence unless their demands are met within two days artie's poor scott is in kiev. oh position leaders have addressed the crowd draw the course of sunday including the daughter of former prime minister and jailed opposition leader junia to michigan and heavyweight boxing world champion but charlie klitschko now quick to go reiterated the mons of the opposition now these are all the release of the protesters who were arrested last week and that is punishment for those who violently clamp down on the demonstrations on the president victory on the coverage on his government resign on there is a holy election in order to us he calls it reboot the government now these demands hav

r.t. international and our look at the week's top stories well firstly a senior official tweeted that trade deal negotiations with ukraine have been frozen because of kiev demands are unrealistic but ukraine wants fishel confirmation of that message sent by enlargement commissioner stephan fuel. has more. we have a statement by one of the european officials who is responsible for the enlargement of the european union protecting doing eastern direction with the stephan family who tweeted on his official account that i quoted words and deeds over the korean president and government regarding association agreement or there being a union further and further apart the arguments have no grounds it reality and the global missed a few 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 ukraine to cite the deal but now the war going on the signing thi

for now on r.t. international a cave dwelling community in southern spain is standing up to the latest attempt to evict them hundreds of activists formed a human barricade this week to resist being forcibly moved from their homes their residents say the government wants them out to make way for a luxury resort. to meet the defiant. hammering out an existence on the outskirts of granada sprucing up a front yard with some of the best views in town it's an eclectic community that's literally burrowed into a mountain the residents of the hill of san miguel have converted dozens of caves into bona fide homes we believe in here for two years not and do not a look community it's the kind of place when they bruise help each other out it may not be a life of luxury there's no running water or electricity but for residents like anna that's not a problem when it does that they live long enough ladies that we've done nothing for them down with us cup everything here. but those who have made their home here may h

am in moscow i match reza bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r.t. international turkey needs to handle its deepening corruption scandal with more transparency according to the concerned european officials the probe that forced the arrest of twenty four people including the sons of two ministers and a massive government reshuffle is seen as prime minister heir to ones biggest challenge since coming to power more than a decade ago meanwhile some four thousand people gathered began in demanding the pm step down r t sarah for of has been following the protests. it's not some uncommon sight so the style of those streets a year that's been marked by widespread protests but this time the rallies taking place in the wake of the corruption crackdown that's what the government the threats to prime minister comes not just from the streets but from within his own posse the turnout for the demonstration was significantly smaller than that seemed to some of them the last of the clashes break out between police and protesters but added i've been in power for such

it's r.t. international to the u.k. we go where the editor of the guardian newspaper is due to appear before the house of commons over publishing edward snowden's revelations on global surveillance of the country's security services claimed public access to the documents has eroded national security but investigative journalist tony gosling told us the secret service agency itself that should be facing a growing but they're doing is they're informing the public on criminal activity by our own intelligence services g c h q particularly because other newspapers and people have been doing it over the last few years this is absolute rubbish i'm afraid when in front of the intelligence and security committee the bosses of m i five m i six and q were giving their evidence we hard we were asking them for evidence that there's been any kind of threat to national security and you know what they said oh we could tell you in secret this is no real evidence they don't have any evidence they've been caught out acting criminally and

breaking news on r.t. . lands in germany after being released from prison in russia president putin signed a pardon what he called humanitarian principles also. the idea that the people don't deserve access to knowledge because people cannot deal with. a wiki leaks associate producer of a movie which shows just how hard it can be for whistleblowers to get the truth in print. and syria's embattled kurds take their ambitions for autonomy to a new level demanding a seat at next month's international peace talks in switzerland. from a student center here in moscow where it's just past ten pm this is r.t. international after a decade of incarceration mikhail khodorkovsky is free russia's most high profile prisoner left jail and traveled to germany on board a private jet went on. joins me now live so germany seems to be very involved in all of this hasn't it. well germany has been very involved in deed what we've seen is. arrive here burly in short a failed airport on a private jet there was apparently ordered for

the world's top headlines live on r.t. international. in moscow and from the entire news team here look into the program anti-government protests in the center of ukraine's capital are expanding this after the opposition called on demonstrators to block the entire government quarter people have started to build their own barricades following the so-called millions march on sunday internationals paul scott is following the latest about. despite the fact that the the weather here in kiev has taken a turn for the worse hundreds of protesters still remain in the square behind me and hundreds of protesters are continuing their blockade of key governmental buildings now they've used wooden pallets and vehicles to effectively surround the administrative hearts of this country effectively trying to strangle the work of the government without taking over any more buildings by force now i want to see one of the picket lines number of the picket lines on sunday night particularly the one outside the presidential palace and you've got the rather sur

russia's foreign minister talks with r.t. about the years of breakthroughs and challenges from syria to the missile defense spat with nato. is eleven am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us as we give you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news beginning in turkey where the country needs to handle its deepening corruption scandal with more transparency according to concerned european officials the probe that forced the arrest of twenty four people including the sons of two ministers and a massive government reshuffle seen as prime minister air to one's biggest challenge since assuming power more than a decade ago meanwhile some four thousand people gathered again and demanding the pm step down or he's sorry for of has the latest from istanbul. it's not uncommon sights on a stumble streets in a year that's been marked by widespread protests this time the rallies taking place in the wake of a corruption crackdown that's rocked the government the threats to prime minister now comes not just from the street

r.t. . as an only and were the bloodshed is growing thirteen people have been killed after the military launched an air strike on rebel held positions in aleppo it's the third day of an army assault on the opposition's northern stronghold according to local activists at least one hundred people have been killed including twenty children. now the u.s. has strongly condemn the bombing of aleppo at the same time trying to forge ties with a newly formed radical islamic front rebel group western support for the rebels and whether the militant groups one democracy is up for debate and crossed off later on r.t. . so these people are fighting gates assad and they might be religious but they're fighting gates assad because they want freedom for their country and the and assad is a dictator so he does not a democratic country and he's a dictator let's not pretend that around that you know are they interested in democracy have mentioned this before here they're not interested in democracy at all so the

with r.t. international live from moscow still to come for you and this program iraq continues its deadly downward spiral thousands of its blasts rocked marketplaces and shops across the capital just a couple of minutes here on r.t. look at what triggered the rise of sectarian violence also. we traveled to a village in romania where furious locals have engaged in a bitter fight against the fracking site they say will destroy their livelihoods. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason there were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back because the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. when the militants decided to try and break through to her new guinea screaming grenade. where they exploded and blew him will run his back you will. lose it all an

and i welcome you watching r.t. international with me andrey farm. now sweden's 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. site documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden the program which revealed the claims is called mission investigate and its chief editor joins us live now on r.t. thank you very much for being with us this evening that this is a juicy story isn't it in a nutshell what your program find at. well we have revealed that. very close relationship between the swedish defense radio authority air ferry and their american counterpart n.s.a. and according to the documents. if i may have spied or spying on the russian leadership and they are passing this information on to n.s.a. ok so important and let's name some names who were spied on. no names are mentioned ok but in your interpretation of what you found out when you say the russian leadership are you talking about president putin you talking about to meet you made there if. it were they are

r.t. london. it was appreciated company thanks for being with us again tonight second one twenty seven am in the morning here in moscow coming up of the break the story of a theater in some papers but it takes disadvantaged children off the streets in terms of their real life line is this the next program on r t international. they're calling obama's happy smiling sophie photo with the danish and british prime ministers at the mandela funeral an international incident but before we rail on obama for doing something stupid a funeral we need to clear one thing up the washington post says that this action occurred at the memorial service after the funeral was over and trust me after about three hours of serious lectures at a conference or some sort of super long wedding most of us would just be banging our heads against the wall out of boredom and i'd probably check my email about seven times obama's place know i said most of us but the president isn't supposed to be like most of us because he repres

you're watching r.t. tonight an ultimatum for ukraine's president his voice that of massive protests in the capital where the opposition hopes to gather a million man march and lay siege to the government of course at these live pictures you're seeing now from. fighting the flames of foreign politicians with arden statement supporting the opposition some even coming to spur on the anti-government mood. you know the new series of clashes of the shale gas site in romania seize all giant chevron suspend operations again offering a brief rest by then to villagers who say fracking will destroy their livelihoods. day of prayer for south africans for their former leader an international symbol of peace nelson mandela we look at how he overcame pitted to rishon from country to the now queuing up to mourn. the scowling scandinavians it emerges that sweden buddied up with america's n.s.a. to listen across russia's leadership and also major firms that's in the program. why from the outside you center at ten pm here

thanks for joining us today here on r.t. international earlier this week global headlines were dominated by an historic nuclear deal with iran how might out in geneva by six world powers to tehran was promised a modest relief and sanctions in return for scaling back its nuclear program but other countries manage to set aside their differences to reach their breakthrough agreement they do still differ on what made it possible more on that now with r.t. correspondent party boy. it's a deal that's eluded diplomats for a decade and as the crucial make or break iran nuclear talks continued into the night details of how they were going were leading the journalists camped out in geneva so we waited and waited and waited while diplomats from six world powers and iran inched their way closer to an historic breakthrough than after sixteen hours a tweet from the e.u.'s top diplomat a deal had been done and the six negotiating powers agreed to recognize iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy including its right to nuclear enrichment on

thanks for joining us here on r.t. international twelve antigovernment activists including some miners have been arrested in bahrain this brings the total number to twenty eight since the beginning of just this month protesters say the crackdown on their movement which started almost three years ago has gotten worse in recent months that the first violent crackdown was at the beginning of twenty eleven that was when four people died during clashes with police and then just a few months later martial law was declared and gulf troops took control of the country up to that time that nearly a thousand people had been arrested but now the number is three times that high more than ninety people have been killed since then twenty twelve kicked off with a rally attended by hundreds of thousands but the people's voice was left unheard and so here we are in twenty thirteen and bahrain's king decides to toughen the penalties for demonstrators the result of new protests and more arrests every week as r.t. international corresponde

born a catastrophe of the coast guard of the rivers to ship toxic fracking waste to r.t. dot com. the latest link from edward snowden has exposed norway's role now in america's global spying operations the nordic countries been sharing intelligence apparently with the u.s. about russia's political elite as well as all of gas companies and ordinary everyday citizens to. director of the center for international and strategic analysis believes this is a very complex set of operations to this is a multi faceted or kinds of operations and also interests that go far beyond the war on terrorism or on the fight against all code law although some extensive network or all singles intelligence up into laws. which circle the symbols and told them about all kinds of especially military russian looked into which was also dome against the sword you all during the cold war but not actually there also these capacities also seeing or relevant or standing for more political and legal only six tours. twenty four seven dancing to a coma course if you don't need a t.v. after the break here though we're

throughout the day on r.t. international there will be cross talk for now though low salaries and poor prospects and cited among key reasons that young israelis are increasingly leaving their native country who are now reporting on the new generation choosing the bright lights of europe the u.s. and even latin america over that of the promised land. their ancestors may have courted the promised land but more and more young israelis are seeking their fortunes far from its golden shores a former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin once branded those who immigrated from israel cowards but these days most of the people who are leaving are young educated smart and successful many don't come back there's a word in hebrew for those israelis who leave your dream which means descending until recently it was attributed to misfits lower class and people who couldn't find their place in society but alone a is a straight a pupil she want to scholarship to study at the american university in washington d.c. the fact that th

breaking news in r.t. pussy riot member maria lock in at least prison following a presidential amnesty while the punk bands in the data to lock and is expected to walk free saying. welcome back we do apologize for the technical problems we've had earlier but we do seem to resolve those so back to our breaking news story pussy riot band member maria has walked free and is now having a meeting with human rights activists her lawyers have reported that it's a few days after the punk band was granted amnesty under a law approved by the russian parliament the state duma another band. is expected to be released soon too they'd been serving time for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred following a stand in moscow's main cathedral bring you more information as we get it now for the people of iraq this year has become the deadliest since two thousand and eight marred by deepening sectarian divide more innocent lives being lost as a result more than nine thousand people have been killed this year sectarian viol

or up next one r.t. international how america's first lady is preparing for christmas this one more on larry king's politicking that's just ahead on artsy international. if you nothing and you got no opportunity. to start to construct your own little term. kuno learn to be a bit give don't want to be gangstas you don't want to be dog deal this they don't want that bull with all the time that the kid came to be we can see. you just made the boat as i was and i hope i was in the hood and what if you know somebody's been thirty round clip. but it felt like. i said what about the. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young a. right to see. first strike. and i think picture. on a reporter's twitter. on instagram. to be in the know. on. odd. it was a. very sorry state and. once again. there's a lot of that that will make their lives. philip the torch is on its epic journey to such. one hundred and twenty three days . through two hundred cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand peopl

for now on r.t. international more than a thousand journalists are ready to grill the russian president on policies and decisions that mark this year that it may put into hold is a traditional annual news conference in just a few hours we'll be bringing you the event live here on r.t. international but for now we're going to push going off with a preview these conferences have become a tradition the president has been holding them for quite a while at the end of each year and also another thing which we've gotten used to is the extended length of last year's conference was around four and a half hours long it's not expected that the president will cut journalists short this year either an hour or more on the hottest topics that we're expecting is the upcoming amnesty in russia which should affect up to twenty five thousand people ukraine with the latest developments there the association agreement with the e.u. and deal on the fifteen billion dollars loan which was given to cuba by moscow just recent

benjamin told r.t. that drone strikes which are claiming to be weakening al qaeda are actually pushing more people to join it. every time there's a drone strike that's the best recruiting tool for al qaeda and killing people in a wedding party i am sure that this will lead to not tens but probably a hundred people joining al qaeda and this guarantees the cycle of violence will go on in perpetual war the drone strikes actually are a support to al qaeda it doesn't get rid of al qaeda a quick look now at some other news an israeli soldier has been killed in a shooting along the northern border with lebanon he was treated died after being transported to a hospital israeli military says that the seven bullets were fired by a lebanese sniper following the incident the lebanese army was reported to be put on high alert in the area. in sweden violence erupted in a stock with anti fascist protesters clashing with supporters writers who old rocks bottles and firecrackers at least two people were injured and twent

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. international texas has been hit by eighteen earthquakes in the last month alone scientists are linking the track most to fracking or the relatively new process of extracting shale gas from the ground and while the earth is literally shaking under the free feet of nervous locals and you corporations on the government are run shaken and their decision just keep on drilling these guy in a chicken investigates the columns have shaken so hard it's actually pulled the tram if you look around here rebecca williams is showing me the cracks in her home after a series of earthquakes shook the area she has lived here for almost a decade and had never experienced an earthquake until fracking began in her neighborhood i never know when the next one's going to hear it i don't sleep at night because they keep me awake at night it seems like a lot of them happened during the wee hours of the morning or in the middle of the night to texas real world commission the local agency that regulates the oil

r.t. berlin. well earlier we spoke to your good he's editor in chief of political magazine compact and he says there are parts of the former or the guards past the west prefers not to know about totally unknown in the west. a big economic oh criminal. have her stolen a lot of our money from the russian people and from the right kind of state that he has stolen a lot of oil not physically abide by means of fiscal many police. every kind of businessman in the best who had done the same waterfall thought ended in prison by this story is i'm told in the west there are are speculations and there are kind of pressure on him from big factions of the anglo-saxon oil industry to mingle into russian politics to go all back into the game it is unclear what will happen. and they'll be plenty more news on the calcutta koskie throughout the day with analysis both here on r.t. and on our website dot com. news now suicide bomb attack on a primary school in syria has reportedly killed several children is t

r.t. . these are very close to being counted salaheddin braving the elements in order to stand up to us oil giants chevron. this comes after a mass hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that sometimes up to the gulag of our times. is an undeclared global battlefield in which again and just one of the front lines . now that is it. still to come this hour fed up with the world's most indebted country marking the hundredth birthday of the federal reserve we look back at a century of scandals and find out who gains from the months the financial bubble they created this story is coming up. but all told about language of what i will only react to situations i have read the reports of. the pollution and no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point to save mr kerry a car is on a dog you know is going to. do no more weasel work. when you need a direct question be prepared for a change when you plunge be ready for a. printout of speech and a lit

hour from a studio here in moscow was just turned nine pm this is r.t. international so after a decade of incarceration we call khodorkovsky is free russia's most high profile prisoner left jail and travel to germany on board a private jet that's got the latest now from who is in berlin so what is the latest you're hearing from the german officials that. well the latest is that mikhail khodorkovsky is here in the german capital we believe but we can't confirm yet that he is in the market and along the hotel just down from the brandenburg gate in fact very close to where our studios are here now the reason we believe he's in that hotel is because former german foreign minister hans dietrich genscher was seen leaving not hotel now just again she has been instrumental apparently in securing a visa for mikhail khodorkovsky to allow him to come here to germany now we heard from russian prison authorities earlier on friday that said as soon as he left prison he was issued with a german passport with a father with a russian passport in order to allow him to tra

is looking into continues with a new week from edward snowden just this morning r.t. sam sacks reports on the latest. just when the n.s.a. thought the week couldn't get any worse a new edward snowden leak drops this one jointly reported in the guardian the new york times and their spiegel reveals that the n.s.a. and its british spying partner g.c. h.q. are using their global dragnet to spy on economic diplomatic and humanitarian targets in more than sixty nations specifically the secret documents revealed joint surveillance by american and british spies on charity and development programs run out of the united nations including unicef on the doctors of the world a french humanitarian group that provides doctors to conflict zones and on the trade union the economic community of west african states the documents also include joaquin almunia as a target of joint surveillance as the vice president of the european commission focuses on antitrust issues and has taken on several american companies including google and microsoft companies that were pushing for n.s.a. reforms

and at r.t. dot com for you right now putting pressure on israel scholars and researchers in the u.s. call for an academic boycott of israeli colleges pushing them to rethink their mideast policy takes more on that on line. and in the removed security barricades from the u.s. embassy in delhi in retaliation for what it calls the humiliation of its console in new york on line you've got more on what's driving a wedge between the two states. tech giants have paid a visit to the white house urging barack obama. to overhaul the national security agency's surveillance program bosses of the world's biggest i.t. companies including google yahoo and apple press their case right after a federal judge ruled that spying may in fact be unconstitutional former cia officer ray mcgovern thinks the move is simply a p.r. stunt. i think the internet executives are crying crocodile tears they've made a lot of money at it since sorry for you their their establishment and then a permitting the united states governmen

for r.t. after a shake. this is a photo of khalid in his classroom apparently shot on a mobile phone you can take a closer look you can see him making this four finger salute which is enough to land you in jail in egypt no matter what your age or gender will allen muhammad chairperson of the british egyptian for democracy group says the detention of the fifteen year old is far from an isolated case. so this fifteen year old child along with many many children are now placed in prison just because they have things simple symbol it's a symbol with full fingers on a yellow background and he's actually placed in an adult facility alongside suggs and rapists and criminals and in fact this is actually outrageous what we're seeing is the military regime. going absolutely mad because a child is reminding its of its atrocities and the clear violations of human rights are taking place and as as you know at the moment there are many many children as well some of them we know about some we don't know anything about beca

and r.t. dot com from tiffany bling to caribbean cruises a decade long spending spree by dozens of russian diplomats in america who could now find themselves in a bit of trouble being blamed for defrauding the u.s. medicare system to fund lavish lifestyles you can read more about the allegations online plus details of how small the written schools and seeing classrooms abandoned in eastern china and how artificial rain could be used to dilute the country's suffocating pollution. to algeria and so you had been held by the u.s. for more than a decade without charge or trial at guantanamo bay have only learned but the men were strongly against being sent back to our cheerier where they fear being persecuted by the authorities or targeted by extremists artes and see chalk and as more. at a glacial pace u.s. officials attempt to move forward with the limbo known as guantanamo with endless excuses and a web of bureaucracy allegedly getting in the way of just closing the place down in the latest atte