for the last thirty years r.t. has been closely following the uprising in bahrain you can find the big picture what's going on on our website r.t. dot com. british government is casting about for ways to keep its citizens from going to fight in syria stay with us for the story of how a forty one year old man left his family behind to fight and die in a foreign war that and more still to come. the. transit road to vnukovo report you'll best way to the heart of moscow. peoples free movement be one of the pillars of common markets but the issue is driving a wedge between new member states calls for tougher regulations are spreading wider drawing condemnation from brussels switzerland has just voted in favor of curbs on e.u. migrants almost half of germans want to follow in those footsteps in france seventy percent of the population think there are too many foreigners in the country and a vast majority of britons want to see immigration reduced as well in norway a record number of illegal immigrants were deported last year

r.t. international as we continue our special coverage of the such a games i shall go live now it has an hours to go there. though from sochi today's quest for medals is just getting started but it's a somber day for russian fans after a big disappointment in the men's figure skating the clear favorite in the discipline and a living legend first time you get a person had to pull out of the competition due to an injury or two center farmer has been keeping track of the dramatic developments and joins us now from the mountain cluster andrew it was so heartbreaking to watch what exactly went wrong for the ice here oh. yeah poor old you get me pushing that is the end of his competitive career he was always going to retire at the end of these olympics aged thirty one but he did not want it to end like that he had to pull out after landing or quickly in the warm up to the men's individual he does have a long history of back problems in fact he's still got four screws in that back of his after having something like twelve operations but he will be remembered as being one of the most decorated figure

of the first eight skiers failed to finish the event with some blaming the snow for the bad luck r.t. has been gauging the reaction from the athletes themselves about the conditions and saatchi. coming into this event you know we know such as a little bit warmer we know the pipe conditions can be a little bit bearable we travel all around the world and we ski different so you know as a professional athlete you turn up to a hospital and you just have to adjust to it for me was perfect i love this slushy snow when i stopped outside so i'm nothing to complain about the thing to do no good job so i'm happy to ski instead she says no and so i'm definitely impressed with what the russian did everything is flawless the the athletes are taking very good care of it and i think that's all that matters for the games great thing is so close it feels like just a big family every weekend before you come over and are not really sure what to expect and. you know everything's been great so far whether it's been you know the food or their commendations or their rooms or you know the village. would be. unbe

for the last three years r.t. hasbeen closely following the uprising in bahrain and you can find the big picture of what's going on on our website r.t. dot com. now the british government says casting about for ways to stop its citizens going to syria to fight it's stay with us for the story on how a forty one year old man left his family behind to fight and die in a foreign war and what's more still to come. that the location of the boys still remember. how to the well there's of the texan said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people will die. so. welcome back to r.c. international we continue now with the news that the free movement of people may be one of the pillars of a common markets but the issue is driving a wedge between the e.u. member states calls for tougher regulations are spreading wider draw in the condemnation of brussels well as well switzerland to has just voted in favor of curbs on the migrants and almost half of germans want to follow and that's footsteps now when it comes to fr

well andrew has been talking to the fans r.t. has been getting fitted back from laden athletes on their experiences and salty and of course how they're found the olympic venues after some negative publicity and scaremongering before the games the competitors say they couldn't be happier with what they actually discovered. but they never just server away the buses expand also on the side so your son sign up on the mountain village will have a pretty good accommodation and there's not many plates on the new zealand team so you save by car dog one of the buildings but not so comfortable with buses up around the was in new zealand makes us feel like temperatures will play a bit of a part of the super warm so yeah it's getting pretty slushy but we ride in those conditions all the time and just came down to try to land on your face in adapting to the but. we've also talked to alpine skier who parts his von hohenlohe who is a mexican citizen with german voile ancestry he says all the negativity that foreign journalists have been pouring on

says the man is already at death's door russian diplomats are now urging washington to intervene as r.t. has found out. first he received twenty years in prison in the united states for a crime he never committed on the american soil now it has gone from bad to worse for russian violent constantin you know. he called me in the morning and told me he felt very sick and that he'd be lucky to survive until monday he seems to be having a heart attack because he told me he was suffocating experience and heart pain and was almost unable to walk he was beaten severely when he was arrested and has not been feeling well for a long time but his pleas for medical help have been ignored and he felt sick they put him in lock up and left him on the cold floor he tried to get to the doctor but all he was offered was flu medication and some antibiotics sometimes they don't even let me send him letters and they have refused to let any russian officials meet with the prison chief over the head doctor you know show because lawyer told r.t. that the head doctor at the new jersey prison where he's being held wil

r.t. international. the russian pilot jailed in the u.s. has difficulty breathing and is extremely close to suffering a heart attack that's according to his lawyer who visited him behind bars moscow is demanding that constantine get i shan't go get immediate medical treatment art is going to try to con is joining us live now. going to thank you for joining us so here she goes lawyer personally visited him to to witness his condition tell us exactly what he saw. well it's been days that the russian citizen in a us jail is asking to examine his heart because he says he is experiencing severe chest pain and may have a heart attack any moment now president of soldiers told his lawyer that they would send our shingo to a hospital on monday the attorney had a chance to see his client on sunday and we spoke with him earlier here's what he said i have seen my client constantine you're a shango at the four digs prison earlier today you're shown go did appear sick to me his face was red he visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conve

after farmer live from the mountain cluster thanks for that now andrew has been talking to the fans r.t. has been getting feedback from leading our fleets on their experiences in sochi and how they're finding the olympic venues after some negative publicity and scaremongering before the. games competitors say they could be happier with what they actually discovered. but they never be just server away the russians explain also such you'll see them on sign up on the mountain village with a really good accommodation there's no meaning place on the new zealand team so you say i've heard on one of the buildings with less uncomfortable with posters up around the walls in new zealand so it makes us feel like the temperatures will play a bit of a simple warm so yeah it's getting pretty slushy but i really ride in those conditions all the time and so i just tend to try to land on your face in attempting to the but. we also talked alpine skier who burgess from the holo who is a mexican citizen with german royal ancestry he says all the negativity that foreign journalists have been pouring on so she co

urging schools to remain within the union break away will undermine the position of britain but as r.t. has lower smith reports the ranks of the independent supporters are slowly but steadily growing. keeping up the pressure is the name of the game in the race for the scottish referendum on independence david cameron's speech on fridays the latest kerry in the fight and it comes as polls show a jump in support for separation. do states white paper in november with details of how an independent scotland would work there's been a small number of people who want scotland to break away january poll of more than a thousand respondents shows twenty nine percent in favor up from twenty six percent in november the campaign also appears to be convincing those south of the border support for scottish independence in england and wales has risen to twenty four percent from twenty one in november but it's certainly not all plain sailing for the pro independence cup hey bob dudley chief would be the most prominent businessman yet to criticize the thinking behind it depended but others have followed the h

official saying that critics are simply looking for reasons to criticize these games but r.t. has been speaking to a number of athletes and officials to gauge exactly how the games are going as we approach the halfway stage. for me was perfect i love this slushy snow when i stopped outside so i'm nothing to complain about i think they're doing a good job so i'm happy to ski and so were the first snow in. we have. here. two weeks ago we have. everything is ok. no one wants to organize bad games. everyone everyone. i. well on the topic aware that we're doing the shooting over someone very much dependent on having a smoke screen just because you're over joining us from the u.s. ski jump team either what do you think of whether this is off putting for a particular sport or is love to have the blue sky in the sunshine because it's not great for snow or is it no it's not fortunately we have great weather here it's almost it's hard to believe it's been the winter olympics but. that's something we train for in ski jumping you can't control the weather so you just have to go with whatever

civilian populations leaving the public in the dark that's what answer war activist david swanson has told r.t. . he has had people serving a six month prison sentences we've had people facing horrendous charges for exercising their first amendment rights this is an ongoing activity across the country and it's noticed in the local media there's a virtual blackout in the national media in the united states you would have no idea this was happening it's that there's an extensive protest resistance movement against these drone murders and unfortunately most americans don't even know it's apne don't even know what the drones are being used for much less that they're being protested when these missiles go and kill innocent men women children infants in pakistan afghanistan yemen somalia there is no discussion there's no debate it just happens under the radar and there's a little blurb the next day saying militants were targeted and nobody knows what that means who they were and good reporting has shown that many many innocent people who have done absolutely nothing wrong have been killed by these d

soil and has no criminal record anywhere else in the world and if they say you're going to r.t. new york you're watching artsy international still to come for you this hour at historic victory another sensation for russia at the source the words or games as a young athlete claims the country's first ever olympic gold in the individual women's figure skating and a luxury that no one wants so over a dozen mansions worth hundreds of millions of pounds side i would say in the heart of london. i write my. first trip. and i think that your. i like i. i i i i . brushless celebrates another olympic for us that's once a fourteen saucy games. perhaps surprisingly a gold medal in the women's individual figure skating has become russia's first sever and the events and of the breakthrough in the games which has seen success in unexpected places for the host nation well let's talk now live to our team's andrew farmer who is soft for us. hi there andrew ball russia was hoping for gold in the sylvette but i have to say the winner of that turned out to be a surprise one. it was was and it was a

r.t. she has absolutely no regrets about the two reaching each. morning when i was there young i had a choice i was not sure if i wanted to be an athlete or a model i got into a modeling academy for teenagers but after a few classes i realised i liked sport better since then i have never thought about modeling and i wanted to exercise practise and when i enjoy negative lifestyle i enjoy travelling to competitions actually come to think of it the modeling business has a lot of competition as well but back then i just made a choice based on how i felt in my heart. calling is one of the more how unusual winter sports sundays are relatively new to russia this is the first year the top russia has been to the men's team in the winter olympics for example but it seems to be a craze that is sweeping the nation here you can see amateur footage of a number of russians trying to hand the sport there improvising using whatever they can from first to cowbells to represent the equipment is going to be used by the producers early days for college in russia but i

r.t. from syria. in the meantime the u.s. has challenge the syrian government over its commitment to chemical disarmament and u.s. secretary of state warned damascus of possible military action if it misses the deadline to destroy its arsenal a moscow responded by insisting such rhetoric only hampers the process hey mr breckon gordon a former officer in the british army's chemical defense regiment he says chemical disarmament in a war zone such as syria is a formidable task there are always been great for doing this is a hugely ambitious plan and with the lead of the russian federation and us we just wouldn't be here the majority of these chemicals and precursors pretty much stock north of damascus we know the sort of fighting that's going on in the contested areas has to go through and there's a big you know i still battle going on just twenty five provinces from an attack here there are many sides to this and the opposition do not appear to be helping. realize that u.n. resolution which has the chemicals moved out of syria. are

r.t. yahoo has said we were not aware of nor would we condone this reported activity this report represents a whole new level of violation of our users privacy that is completely unacceptable to talk a little bit more about how this program was carried out earlier i spoke with our tease sarah furthur in london i first asked her how the g c h q was collecting this information was this is done via web and british intelligence agency g c h key aided by the n.s.a. have the program code named. and they were essentially collecting still images from millions of accounts one point eight million accounts and saving them to agency databases and how was this information supposed to be used. well the system it appears busies for experiments an automated facial recognition now is used to monitor not just t.c.h. keys existing targets but also to discover new targets of interest and save the searches could be used to try to find terrorist suspects or criminals but it was also making use of multiple anonymous user i.d.'s so skipping up a huge bulk data from what could potentially be completely innocent eas

r.t. . the head of the international olympic committee has squashed doubts over saatchi's readiness for the eminence winter games thomas bach also says he is sure the events will be safe and secure for instance or some of the unique pressures in place for hosting the tournaments on such a scale at the olympic stages is ready for the best when the rest of the world. we can see this in the sports facilities. state of the arctic and there we can see in the olympic village is which are all of very high quality about eighty percent of the athletes literally walk from the bed in the real each to the competition when you is something i have never seen before at the olympic games one of the issues that's been frightening to overshadow the olympics has been the harsh criticism aimed at russia over the recently adopted law against promotes a nontraditional relationships under eighteen's the move triggered calls in several countries to boycott the games our arts and culture reports are martin andrews matt some of the gay and transgender community living and the host city of sochi to ask about their fe

r.t. international switzerland has voted no really in favor of limiting the number of immigrants allowed to come and work in the country the plan put switzerland at all does with the e.u. on issues or free movement of critics warning the measure as well i suppose the country's economy. two hundred stand what's really behind this initiative you do have to look at the numbers switzerland has a population of just eight million people but it's seen a massive rise in immigration over the past decade in fact an estimated eight thousand new residents come here each year one fifth of the population is foreign born or that's simply too large according to the right wing swiss peoples party which has pushed this referendum forward we think we have to response ability to tell the people we have to change our constitution we have to right that's what sort of controls to immigration again and that's what we're going to do now critics of the initiative say that it sends a message that foreigners aren't welcome they also warn that it could cripple businesses this is a colony is actually booming just three

electrocardiogram for his heart which he had complained about a handful of times his lawyer however has told r.t that he believes a much more in depth assessment is necessary the russian foreign ministry has been insisting that russian diplomats and more importantly russian doctors be allowed to visit your shankill in jail who has repeatedly voiced concerns about his health throughout his time in the new jersey prison his wife victoria speaking to our t.v. said that he never had any health issues prior to his iraq arrest in liberia where he was said to have been beaten and tortured this is what your lawyer told us on this matter your show. we can turn and was unduly doctor in the country of flight bierria subjected to three days of brutal torture were. to use were knocked. it was all in goss violation of international law and even national law for that matter of course your skis should be addressed. at the national level between russia and the united states now our team has reached out for comment to the u.s. state department as well as the department of justice and organizations such as the ame

r.t. from syria. and the u.s. secretary of state has warned syria that a failure to eliminate its chemical stockpiles by july could result in force being used against it russia's foreign minister responded by insisting no ultimatums should be set and hey mr breton gordon a former officer in the british army's chemical defense regiment he believes the standoff between syria's government and the opposition is hampering the removal of its unconventional weapons. there are always been great students is a hugely ambitious plan and with the leaders of the russian federation of the us we just wouldn't be the majority of these chemicals i'm pretty close is pretty much stuck to this we need to sort of point it's going on the air it has to go through and there's a. just twenty four inches from the time there are many so i don't position to be. realized that un resolution which has the chemicals moved up to syria. this is all the international olympic torch relay finally comes to an end in just a couple of days certainly after achieving some very

r.t. that she has absolutely no regrets about the career change. when i was very young i had a choice i was not sure if i wanted to be an athlete or a model i got into a modeling academy for teenagers but after a few classes i realized i liked sport better since then i have never thought about modeling i want to exercise practice and when i enjoy an active lifestyle i enjoy travelling to competitions but actually come to think of it the modeling business has a lot of competition as well but back then i just made a choice based on how i felt in my heart. well curling is one of the more unusual winter sports and it's relatively new in russia this is the first time for example the russia has entered a men's team in the competition but it seems to be a craze that is sweeping the nation if you excuse the pun well hey you can see how much a footage of a number of russians try on. the sports improvising using whatever they can use your approval and count wells to represent the equipment being used by the professionals so it's early days. in russia but may

r.t. international russia has. been in the winter olympics medal table but still faces a fight to stay over the last few days of competition live now to our sorties studio and artes and he said no way so our lucky monday for russia. it was indeed rory and it looks like it's going to be a lucky tuesday an unexpected silver medal just grabbed up on the slopes for russia in snowboard cross first in history for the host country but with just under a week to go the medal table of course is changing every day sometimes by the hour but so far as you said russia's nicely placed in second thanks to the bobsled team last night they won the country's first gold in the event for over two decades so it's building up to be quite a story games here in sochi by the way one of the champion bob's players is also an arm wrestler and that past time constant tension with his teammate not exactly happy that arm wrestling led to some training sessions being missed luckily they got over that they got the gold and we caught up with the bra

r.t. and he has one regular gas that protests around the world that's john mccain the u.s. senator has been known to grainy in public since he's first appearance at the so-called orange revolution a decade ago and his interest in the post soviet space didn't end there getting a welcome hug from the president of georgia saakashvili right here and here he is at the heart of the arab spring in cairo also lending a helping hand to uprising and most recently visiting a syrian refugee camp in turkey so jatra of coverage foreign affairs editor for chronicles magazine told me how he sees the u.s. role in these situations. we have the united states' so-called benevolent global hegemony there is no border yeah but he no can the cranny of the world every spot of the world is a legitimate target for the newlands of this will to come and intervene russian foreign ministry official coming to the united states or any other place in the world to do likewise so what time surprised by is that the ukrainian government having made all sorts of concessions to the demonstrators and the oppositio

r.t. germany. now has venezuela continues to be plagued by nationwide street protests the u.s. has expelled three of the country's diplomats this comes after president do or ordered three american diplomats to leave his country accusing them of inciting the anger at least fifteen people have been killed. and rioting that started two weeks ago with demonstrators demanding that men do a resign over high levels of crime and the stagnant economy but some experts believe the roots of the disenchanter lead far beyond the country's borders the united states has imposed. charges for a very long time and so has the conservative government in colombia both governments have various ways whether it is. paramilitaries going to going to sleep from colombia or also the u.s. government supporting opposition groups with funding and with this public statements that for example kerry gave secretary of state kerry which essentially gives. the opposition a shot and you are because of. their protests even though it's pretty clear that most of the protests that are out there are being broken into and

r.t. new york has one of the most popular action figures in motion picture history but now the martial arts expert steven seagal is front and center in another role that of a law enforcement officer the actor is once again starring in a reality series called steven seagal law man mark hope of county but the action film star also has a lot to say on everything from u.s. border security to sochi is winner a lympics security earlier i spoke with steven seagal and asked him if he thought the concern for safety at the sochi olympics had been overhyped. i mean i think you can never be too careful i think there's close to seventy thousand security personnel and so it's see between the different branches of police officers face best pets not in office but snacks and international folks are also there you know there are also different. intelligence branches and law enforcement branches from all over the world there so i think search is going to be quite safe but then again there is no such thing as you know one hundred percent guarantee of you know absolute safety anywhere in the world wherever you

r.t. from syria. and the u.s. secretary of state has now warned syria that a failure to eliminate its chemical stockpiles by july could result in force being used against it by russia's foreign minister responded by insisting no walter made him strictly set his mission to britain gordon a former officer in the british army as chemical defense regiment he believes the standoff between syria's government and the opposition is hampering the removal of its unconventional arms. that always been great it says a hugely ambitious plan and with the leaders of the russian federation and the us we just wouldn't be here the majority of these chemicals and precursors pretty much stuck north of device because we know the sort of fighting that's going on in the contests today or it has to go through and there's a big battle going on just twenty five provinces from the attack there are many so i just don't position do you know what appeared to be ok. realize that un resolution which has the chemicals moved up to syria. now the olympic torch relay final

that examination still remain a secret constantine euro shank zero has been complaining of shortness of breath and speech problems r.t. correspondent an associate churkin a has the story an update in the case of russian pilot constantine who is serving a twenty year prison sentence in a new jersey jail for conspiring to internationally smuggle drugs and delegation spearheaded by russia's consul general in new york after three official request following red flags raised about the health conditions of the russian citizen visited the russian man in jail despite official requests from moscow the doctor of the russian mission to the u.n. in new york has so far been denied a visit to the prison citing system regulations as the reason those of poor. judging simply by constantini are shingles appearance it's visible that he has suffered from a serious infection which has added on to the chronic illnesses that he already had due to huge efforts the administration of the fort dix prison finally turned its attention to the numerous written and spoken requests. of the russian to provide him with medical assistance. your sugar wa

american press including me has it accurately reported the latter mehr putin highly questionable as a battle of words one target trumps accuracy in the western media just as you target r.t. new york a senior rabbi in ukraine has warned jews living in the capital that they should leave the city and if possible the country altogether and he's concerned by the hate speech coming from some of the protest leaders. usually as long as i live i will fight against jews communists and russian scum ls take all these animals he's a leader of a far right now shitless party in western ukraine which played a key part in taking over key is long been a member of alter nationalist movement and despite being a crane citizen journey to chechnya war he went to the caucasus to fight against russian forces alongside terrorists and he's openly boasted you personally hit several tanks and armored vehicles russian media believes he was responsible for the slaughter of a group of marines and he's also an torrijos for his criminal activity and is believed to have been behind an assassination attempt on his business partner and spent several years in prison for kidnapping the spy and this records w

r.t. international one suspect behind the attempted hijacking of an ethiopian passenger plane has reportedly been arrested on the boeing seven sixty seven on route to rome was forced to land in geneva. a russian jailed in the u.s. meets his lawyer and says despite concern he's on the verge of a heart attack still waiting to be examined by a doctor. seven golds up for grabs in sochi on monday as the winter olympics last week very tight competition at the very top of the medal table a russian hopes. a string of suicides rocking the financial world you're an international we try to find out what's causing them to take their own lives. it is a busy monday for news here on our international. let's get into it for you right now. first to our breaking news for you one person has reportedly been arrested following the attempted hijacking of an ethiopian boeing seven sixty seven passenger plane forced to land geneva board the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking this is a recording of traffic control being. you know we. had a rea

r.t. . and this isn't the first time a u.s. official has spiked the ukrainian revolution either senator john mccain is well known surprised since his first appearance a decade ago and it seems he hasn't skipped a single episode of the round the world shaking hands with an opposition leader mikhail saakashvili in georgia syria and sumi jo were also part of his global turbulence tour get unshowered with support from the senate's or even back then. america's counterterrorism departments are raising the alarm after dozens of u.s. citizens moved to join the fight in syria alongside the rebels now some have since returned from the war torn country trained by al qaida now they fear is that they could use that experience to launch terror attacks on american soil and civil war activists richard becker believes it's an inevitable result of washington's rebels supporting policies on syria. i think that we have to see that it's the the us unrelenting campaign against the syrian government that has led people many people to to go to syria to fight on th

r.t. dot com. it has been more than a month since of the islamist rebels seized the industrial syrian town of hadera just outside the capital of damascus after that offensive dozens of civilians were allegedly massacred and thousands displaced though extremists still occupy key parts of the city or to use more if an ocean i had a crew where the first foreign journalists to get close and speak to the survivors . is just a twenty minute drive from damascus but the highway runs through an area firmly under rebel control so instead we take a newly created pass driving through high moans of sand and piles of old tires the army uses to shoot its convoys from a tanks it's maybe longer but it's a safer route. where the first foray into recruit to get this close to address after the siege began a month ago it's still not clear exactly what happened in this industrial city last december back then reports emerged of limerick's killings and violence after alger was attacked by militants belonging to al-qaeda linked g

parked but there has been a significant spike in attacks in egypt since the military coup took place that was just last july all right abby martin of breaking the set is coming your way on r.t. international. recently in an online poll by the liberal dozhd t.v. channel that's rain in english has caused quite a storm of rage across the country how could a stupid online poll cause russia white anger well they posed the question was defending leningrad from the nazis worth it because retreat in their opinion could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives what is offensive from culture to culture difference a lot but from a russian perspective fighting to the bitter end to stop the german genocide machine was worth it this is basically like if a somewhat popular news outlet had a poll on martin luther king's birthday asking was slavery really that bad it was a poem for the economy but why would someone create this poll is because the people who wrote it are sick with the disease are types total self infatuation egoism and greed in other words we're a generation mean me me these people could never imagine sacrificing the great and wonderful me for any cause sacrificed me to the

r.t. international an ethiopian boeing seven six seven passenger plane has landed in switzerland after a reported hijack attempt and the plane was on route to rome from the ethiopian capital when it issued an emergency signal indicating a hijacking air traffic control confirmed ethiopian airlines flight seventy two landed at geneva airport apparently after running low on fuel the ethiopian airlines say all crew and passengers are now safe inside geneva airport no further details on why the plane was forced to make a landing the airport did ground all other flights in response to the situation more details on this breaking news as soon as we get them for you here on r.t. international. but for now on the program the lawyer of a russian pilot jailed in the us says his client needs urgent medical help he was finally able to meet his client constantine who is pleased to see a doctor who haven't been met despite symptoms suggesting a heart attack could be imminent. and has more. it's been days that the russian citizen a u.s. jail is asking to examine his heart because he says he is experiencing severe

r.t. international the e.u. has refused to comment on the role that washington is apparently playing in ukraine's very own game of thrones leaked phone conversation between top u.s. officials to expose the inner workings of the state department. so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. . well in the intercepted phone call the u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland drawing a full roadmap of how a new ukrainian government should be organized on things more important i have this explanation from new york. well what you hear during this four minute conversation is basically two top u.s. officials strategizing about how to form you crane's new government it sounds like they're playing a game of chess with the opposition leaders as the pieces on that chess board they're trying to determine which opposition leader has the best economic and governing experience to work inside ukraine's new government and which opposition leaders should remain on t

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r.t. sochi. our guy continuing a live updates for you from sochi a worthy olympic flame has arrived plus you can go to our website r.t. dot com 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 to iran's prospects have been looking brighter since sanctions were partially lifted under a nuclear deal by calling me to discuss this with r.t. business presenter kate. we've had a huge french delegation making their way to iran in anticipation of this post sanction iran oil majors are all of whom forty not as oil majors but car manufacturers including telecoms are into the vocal mare and we're talking the biggest delegation in two years and they are one business and of course comes after . one they're from turkey so everyone is trying to get out it's how allies and it's it's almost like everyone wants to get in the line now in reaction to this the u.s. is saying whoa hold on a minute ok

american secretary of state john kerry apologizes for saying president assad has no future in syria political activist in markoff told r.t. such talk could hijack the next round of negotiations the u.s. congress has moved to do you agree. to arm the rebels there is a lot to answer for. seem to be you know how to get back to what about the threat from washington that would use force of syria failed to get rid of its chemical stockpiles by the summer there are some pretty cool reasons why this is happening you know i knew from from friends and family that who were trying to use along the route route between damascus and. there are certain segments where they have to drive. closer to like a hundred miles an hour under sixty can orders an hour because of a funeral sniper fire power. shots from moderate opposition so if you want to move military grade equipment and vehicles. they have to be moved you know much slower than that they would be vulgar. you know chemical. warfare material a language that was used also questions to commitment and you know the american position whether they went into this agreement in good faith or

r.t. we move on to other news now and ukraine which has seen its morse turbulent week in modern history in less than seven days the capital of the eastern european country has gone through fire smoke and deadly clashes in scenes resembling a medieval battlefield now then the police withdrew here fell into the hands of rioters and the opposition practically took over power and now it's a crew has been right at the epicenter throughout including our very own alexy at a chef ski who recaps it all now for us. all hell was breaking loose in kiev on tuesday to compromise was seemingly reached all of a sudden ukraine's capital was plunged into the worst violence is seen so far almost two hundred dead the central streets of one of europe's finest cities looking like a war zone and snipers shooting from the rooftops including our crew what we have now is that you have radical elements that we have ready. there which is somehow here and driven by especially as we see using snipers and so on and which is not controlled neither by the opposition neither by the west directly so everything went out of c