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 chest pain and may have a heart attack any moment the attorney had a chance to see his client on sunday and we spoke with him earlier here's what he said your show did appear sick to me his face was red he visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the chest high blood pressure these symptoms are indicative of a soon to happen heart attack prison authorities do not commen

r.t. international. it's the last. in london but no butter is being is this time even investor lives two hundred frickin years will never discover the vampire squid true nature investor may be able to understand the secrets of the houses but he or she will never understand the truth about goldman sachs tentacles of fraud and deception. international is your headquarters for the winter olympics and let's give the latest now at the start of another day of olympic action russian fans and saatchi was there in a bit of a need of a big boost for the nation's ice hockey team crashing out in the quarterfinals that was a major disappointment and that was followed by figure skating one to gold and major gold medal hope fifteen year old yulia lipnitskaya taking a tumble during her routine well the pressure on the young star has been absolutely enormous after a gold medal in the team event she became the face of the saatchi games teen sensation teen prodigy the skating sensation skating into the pantheon of young superstars just a

r.t. international. the g. twenty four team promises the call to move in exhilarating winter. here in germany and it's now a make over now and the rest of our lives take these teams to sochi twenty four take. on. we are still to come here on our international when money can't buy trust one of britain's biggest high street big banks suffers a major blow to its image customer data becomes a goldmine for cutthroat brokers a full story you need to hear it is just to have for you. now human rights advocate edward snowden and his lawyer just learned radek she's saying that she was interrogated when i arrived at london's heathrow airport she was detained by customs officials and faced what she described as a session of hostile question it was a line of questioning that went beyond the usual that went into who i represent as an attorney any kind of line of questioning into my into the details of my work and specific clients is beyond the ambit of what any normal customs official would ask i've never been asked these kinds of questions and found it to be very intimidating and hostile.

r.t. international that was. downtown central kiev and i just are discussing as well that a sniper has been seen operating on one of the rooftops in central kiev what appears to be a truce that was agreed upon overnight with the president and the opposition is now in a state of tatters more live reports to come here on r.t. international thank you for joining us. or for the meantime here on the program france banned controversial shale gas extraction three years ago after concluding the environmental risks which was too high since then the country's energy giant has turned its attention to britain that's where fracking has been given the go ahead and the head of the company's gas and power division admits that he's aware of the consequences but he told us see exploration will carry on anyway. police think it's fair to the public in the u.k. who are concerned about shared gas exploration and fracking. that france has banned this and our government pushing ahead with this case to different countries of different di

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. international the five finger discount is no longer the domain of bored kids and petty criminals and many are now resorting to shoplifting for their basic needs as . has been investigated. some people do it for a dad others might have a physical compulsion when i could be part of a larger crime network but up until now few people in britain were doing it out of necessity i'm talking about shoplifting. people even a small going big thing even expensive but what they do. and they will go according to the british retail consortium theft from shops is at a nine year high and the biggest increase has been food theft the police say there's a link between welfare cuts unemployment and shoplifting we're seeing people choosing to shoplift to maintain their previous life still on diminishing budgets and police forces approve actively targeting shoplifting we have a sixteen this if you can see on the ceiling to here. for over the one with the two it would be. if you keep looking further down the. government critics say that it's cuts to welfare payments that are pushing previously nor abiding c

r.t. international. thank you for joining us. a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. not surprisingly bijan even to go she has to end the civil war in syria a flounder all sides talking at each other to date there hasn't been much listening particularly since the u.s. keeps demanding the transitional government be installed to replace assad can peace be brought to syria if washington's only real goal is regime change. choose your language. because we know in financial planners they still sometimes. choose to use the concerns you because i can. choose the opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories get into the life choose the access to your office. when i close my eyes i see people in mosques i'm talking to them but remember best of all of it come back to us and they're all wearing masks. sometimes i think that you are my gun itself is a face covered by a mosque was. just on me but if there are people in mosques on both sides of the barricades and you know sometimes you see it it feels as if

r.t. international the very latest from sochi to come your way twenty four hours a day. twenty fourteen promise is the ultimate in exhilarating winter and. joining us now a make the rest of our live news team for sochi twenty four take. on. winter games on fold german t.v. is explaining to kids what their role about. such. is a city in russia how the head of state in russia is. and he doesn't always respect human rights in his land focusing on politics rather than sports and offering pre-teens a controversial view of some very grown up subjects awful story just around the corner. no cholesterol pianists depression. pretty well sure to prove your life. are you safe. for those that's. running you'll. feel. what is the latest worldwide headlines for you live on r.t. international human rights advocate and edward snowden lawyer jesselyn a radical says that she was interrogated when i arrived at london's heathrow airport she was detained by customs officials and faced what she describes as hostile questioning it was a line of questioning that went beyond the usual that went i

r.t. international to be. you need patience and a solid dose of statesmanship or perhaps if you want to be a top envoy for barack obama just fund his campaign embarrassingly enough for the u.s. president has a lection bankrollers now outnumber career diplomats but some have never even set foot in the countries they're supposed to be serving in. reports. confirmation hearings ever feel that a number of president obama's nominees for of macedonia ships have little or no knowledge of the countries there are signs to serve in. the real expert on china but said the man who is confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china one of norway's major political parties progress party now expects an apology from president obama after the future bastard to norway apparently did know about their existence norway has been very quick to denounce. them. we're going to continue to work with norway to make sure government has denounced them the coalition government a part of the coalition of the government but i would say you know what a d

r.t. international such a bad boy enjoy yourself so you. well thanks for joining us here on r.t. international all the sporting action was preceded by the glitz and gloss of the opening ceremony here's an he said now with more of the highlights of the spectacular show the city is still rumbling really can feel the energy in the air after what we saw last night with the opening ceremony of course kicking off the twenty second winter games here in the russian hole still see the two and a half hour show took spectators on a breathtaking journey through russian culture and history more than forty thousand spectators from around the globe packed into the fish to the big stadium to witness this extravaganza this ceremony featured the olympic parade of nations this time with a different athletes not didn't enter the stadium from the side as usual but marched right from the middle emerging from a changing of the world and of course there was a grand fireworks display to match the dazzling show where the culmination of the ceremony was of course the lighting of the olympic flame with the o

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. international that brussels will offer some concessions to make sure the u.k. stays inside the bloc. i certainly think that the case for reform of the european union is overwhelming i believe the german government and chancellor merkel also accept that view as well their priority will be to sustain and secure the euro that's what their priority will be german parliamentarian's have told me that i think therefore if they can see britain playing a strong role in britain even though we are outside the euro zone which is what i think we can do they would rather have us in europe than out of europe and i think that they will work constructively to try and meet some of britain's concerns which as i say i think many people in germany agree with. well at all. as if the polemic over genetically modified products wasn't enough for the bio chemical giant monsanto a new study suggesting that side produced by the company which is used for soil cultivation may indeed cause fatal kidney disease stories on the web site for you right now. this one stocks of the tried and tested

r.t. international a number of coordinated anti n.s.a. protests and the haka gatherings taking place around the globe and they've been dubbed the day we fight back may mark thirteen months since the suicide of internet freedom poster boy aaron swartz a tragedy that many believe was provoked by america's security response a gun a teacher can tell us the story of the well as he was known as the god of the computer prodigy. aaron swartz could have been a millionaire living now in silicon valley when he was just fourteen aaron helped launch the first artist says feeds from which deliver web content arun by the time he turned nineteen his company had merged with take a look at it which would become one of the most popular websites in the world but money was not his ultimate goal aaron went on to champion a fleet internet it's common sense and it's the foundation of our constitution the government is constrained by having someone else check off to make sure they're not abusing their power aaron became a political activist calling for others to

r.t. international. you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state leaked phone call reveals the depths of washington's true involvement in ukraine's political turmoil. in switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration in a nationwide referendum. it's all to international live from moscow with me. it's been a big day for russia in the sochi winter olympics that's a head over now to kevin owen and let's get the latest from our lympics headquarters. rory. rory big big celebrations going on the russian come tonight the second day of the twenty fourth the winter olympics brought the first gold to the host and that's in team figure skating russian athletes live impressive performances in other disciplines as well winning silver bronze medals to result russia's now tied fourth place in the medal table with canada for scott breaks down the day's results for. the celebrations beginning with the fall i want to be. i'm a rush as far as gold came in the biggest skating team event i saw of c

r.t. international. it's our international live from moscow well at the start of another day of olympic action russian fans in soft she are in need of a boost for the nation's ice hockey team was well they crashed out in the quarter finals was a major disappointment which was followed by a figure skating one to gold and major gold medal hope fifteen year guyot taking a tumble during her routine well the pressure on the young star has been enormous softer a gold medal in the team avenged. games teen sensation teen prodigy ice skating sensation skating into the pantheon of young superstars these are just a few of the hundreds of headlines which followed her performance and now they are being blamed for ramping up the expectation on the teenager and probably making the pressure a bit too much lottie's and your father was following all the drama on the ice joining us now live from the olympic capital let's get more on this and over to our team. right now i dig good to see you hello it's rory from moscow what'

r.t. international we are your olympic headquarters the latest sporting news from the sochi seacoast coming up in a break on our international though if you're watching us from london you're going underground. there's a saying when you're in the arctic you have the entire world at your feet. she looks like a fairly simple but really she's not simple. and full of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we've undertaken a unique operation. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers. a good intelligence unit attached to u.k. . whole range of different opportunities to information they get it from the media. people can give them information to get trained of information across and bardos is actually quite complicated what we do is in egypt intelligence function is to use a little range of sort of independent information we have relationships for example with interpol and helps us find out where that

r.t. international do stay with us if you. transit arrow to vnukovo rippled your best way to the heart of moscow. this is auntie international live from moscow we are closely following what's unfolding right now in crimea in southern ukraine and local authorities sources saying around thirty two men have seized both the cabinet and the parliament building on thursday they started shooting at the doors and managed to get inside so right now there are no reports of injuries as you can see there are russian flags reportedly being raised above the parliament security forces are now thought of and circled the buildings and the authorities are preparing to hold talks with those inside we will continue to keep you posted exactly what is happening in the region do stay with us here on r.t. international. but meantime on the program britain's prime minister will launch a charm offensive later when the leader of europe's most powerful country for this london behind it is a designed not only to change the terms of the u.k.'s membership of

r.t. international russia's ice hockey team heading into the winter olympic quarter finals after claiming a crucial win over norway or the red machine that's facing a stern test against finland later today drew farmer as the school. finland to second in the world rankings one place ahead of russia and in my opinion i think russia will have to improve on their performance that they. showed against norway yesterday i know they won that for nothing but they were only two up with sixty seven seconds left and they did seem to struggle to break down that norwegian side and even the defense defenseman for russia under markoff said as much after the match but the russian fans we spoke to aren't so you can say we're hoping for a big win even if we don't get a high score and we still expect a victory the team is doing a great job i support it no matter what it will be a tough match but russia will win go to russia that much starting at four thirty local time at the bolshoi ice time now appear russia's hopes on the slopes lie with a very special married couple snowboarders lena's the vic wild will c

r.t. international. and you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state as a leaked phone call reveals the depths of washington's true involvement in ukraine's political. and switzerland votes now really in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration this in a nationwide referendum. international news team here welcome to the program. live in moscow and down to the black sea coast we go for your latest winter olympic updates with my colleague kevin. yeah hi there rory hi everyone that day two of the twenty forty winter olympic games such as getting russian fans plenty to cheer about fireworks are certainly will all of all of a good sort as well athletes from a host nation of won medals of all colors including the most precious gold in the team figure skating competition as to where this is my colleague paul scott also inside she has been a great night for rushers and said gold and silver. it certainly has russia's first gold came in the figure skating team event they saw off the competition the challenge from c

r.t. international i'm up next travel to the cracked streets of downtown l.a. neighborhood some referred to was only a black hole of society though if you're watching us in the u.k. you're going on the ground with. the first recreational marijuana shops are now open in colorado finally the question of what effect legal marijuana will have on the american public can be answered with real world experience you know there are a lot of people out there with strong arguments as to why we should legalize this controversial play it firstly there are plenty of things just as bad for us as marijuana or worse like beer cigarettes anti-depressants and mystery fast food meats which are totally legal secondly young men are often thrown in jail for the absolutely victimless crime of smoking marijuana i can see punishing someone for drugs like crystal meth which can and do turn people into maniacs but have any of you out there ever heard of someone breaking into people's houses on a we ramp age no no you haven't the downside to all of this is that across america while the worl

r.t. international for your. work up on saturday to streets of broken windows and smoke rising from government buildings the day before thousands of protesters across the country went on a rampage in clashed with police authorities have vowed to prevent further violence after the worst rioting going back to the one nine hundred ninety. yeah basically hundreds of people there getting injured in three days of protests so in a state where forty percent of the population is unemployed in the capital city you have both both or at least fired rubber bullets water cannons on tear gas to try and disperse the crowds in other parts of the country protesters for security forces and then torched local government buildings and the unrest initially erupted over the closure of several state owned companies that was sold off and then collapsed on a private ownership political analyst dr mark mason he says the violence is growing into a full blown up rise. forty percent of the population of bosnia they are simply employed without

r.t. international as riots in ukraine are being mulled over at the munich security conference with russia once again criticizing western bias towards the unrest life not alexander a political analyst joining us live here from belgrade good to see you today rioters seizing government buildings attacking police anti semitic attacks as well why is brussels and why is washington not condemning these acts of violence. they're not condemning it because this is this is a standard tool they've been using this is nothing new people may have forgotten about this but going back about twenty years both brussels and washington actually used nazis in the former yugoslavia to start breaking that country apart it's nothing new they used neo nazis in croatia in boston and now in costs so this is just a continuation it's just that some years of facile people have forgotten about it the thing is it seems like the end justifies the means in the west calculus and this is just a way of destabilizing things of turning ukraine into syria but if we can if we can bring up some of the latest numbers from very recen

r.t. international this saturday. with your latest world news headlines. a one sided view of the turmoil plaguing ukraine that's the point russia's foreign minister has been hammering home as he addressed a global security forum in munich. crain the situation there is definitely one of the key issues on the table here in munich and one of the first things that russia's foreign minister lavrov talked about was the situation in fact he criticized the way the european union and the west so far have been dealing with the situation there and their approach what does inside them and of recently violent street protests have to do with promoting democracy why don't we hear condemnation of those who seize and hold government buildings and the police torture the police use racist as an anti semitic and nazi slogans why many prominent european politicians are actually encouraging such actions will back home they're quick to surely punish any violations of the law now one of the first meetings that took place here in munich last night was the one between one of the le

r.t. international. welcome to the program the number of dead is rising in ukraine as a new wave of unrest spirals out of control the country's health ministry now saying twenty five people have been killed on both sides with rioters clashing with police on the streets of kiev security officials say nine policemen have died most of them from gunshot wounds let's get more now on that you got a piece going off is standing by for us in the ukrainian capital right now yeah go to good to see you it seems that forty eight hours ago the worst was over but it's all halted back up all over again. the city center here in key of look like the battlefields pavements have been ripped out on some streets apparently during the clashes to use them as the storms as weapons the house the labor unions you can see behind me there in that black cloud. smoke that's still on fire the fire started overnight during the most havey clashes between the rioters and the police forty one people have been evacuated from that several st

r.t. international with just a week to go germany leads the medal table at the winter games in sochi that could all still changes athletes battle it out for seven sets of medals on monday russia's fifth in the overall count but does have high hopes for his hockey team which are certainly gave fans reason to celebrate last night and the red machine has beaten slovakia in a qualifying match balancing back from a bitter defeat has suffered from team usa on saturday and it wasn't an easy victory reached only in shootout softer neither of the sides managed to score for more than an hour artie's paul scott was following the game very closely. it was a victory for russia but perhaps not in the style of the fashion that they or their fans would have hoped for they were made to work hard and pushed all the way by a stubborn and resilient it was nil nil at the end of regulation time and not even overtime could separate the two sides so for the second day in a row russia faced the lottery of a penalty shoot out but this time they were victorious it's actually american who finish top of group a five

r.t. international including why germany's economic recovery is not filtering down to the country's poorest roback interest. fly a transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. world of. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international today european politicians are in high spirits latest stats show a modest recovery across the eurozone germany performed slightly better as well than expected in the last quarter of the country is seen as the main driver of the european economy and yet the number of germans living below the poverty line is actually risen over recent years peter all of us has the story. business is booming in germany but under the surface there's a surprising number of people failing to get anything from it but once imparts fiercest we still have six million people on long term unemployment benefits that means almost one in ten households live on welfare doored in fact figures from the german office of national statistics and eurostar to show that just

r.t. international she will be here in just. trends arrow to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. ten a group wants to erect a statue to the lord of darkness in oklahoma city which is the logical name capital of the whole of the cygnus want to build the monument of a gold headed devil in or despite a monument to the ten commandments that was put up in two thousand and twelve yet they maybe should have put up of honor into the ten commandments on public property but does that mean that same nazis to other wackos have the right to put up their own twisted monuments well that is it depends on how you look at things technically in western liberalism everyone's beliefs by law are equal even if ninety nine people are christian and they cannot impose on that one poor satanist which sounds nice but in reality that means that those ninety nine christians have to tolerate a monument to the infernal master and defiler of the innocent on their way to work every morning part of having a culture means having a group of people

r.t. international. plus this our home delivered terrorist threat over two hundred british people have returned from fighting in syria after being recruited and trained by hardline groups. he reports on the alarming number of suicides among senior bankers and investigates what could have pushed them to the top stories this hour. live from a studio center here in moscow this is r.t. international with the twenty four hours a day. a russian pilot says he's suffering from severe chest pains in a u.s. prison will finally be taken to hospital for treatment according to his lawyer the move comes after top russian officials weighed in to demand help for the conflict moscow says washington denies constant had ever asked for medical assistance in the first place. but the russian foreign minister is ringing alarm bells again in fact on monday he said that ever since john kerry was appointed as u.s. state secretary he has been discussing they had a shadow issue with him every time he has been complaining about nume

r.t. international i'm rule resewn thank you for joining us the last twenty four hours have been the bloodiest in ukraine's history as an independent nation these are live pictures for you right here from downtown kiev at the health ministry has confirmed the clashes between protesters and security forces have left twenty five dead among that number nine policeman mostly killed by gunshots alexia chef ski is in the midst of it all. this is. going to. get the bullies to fire mary kay they're just going to get sick of the books. the police. the part of the world which is the protesters rick perry the police pretty much the scene we have to see over the several months you need to cut the gun so the blood can get through this book and not by the police being the kind of. famous my gun to match up with a plan this may and started your own business and or going to the so-called peaceful march to the parliament no one planning to clear those riots. if you know by those who may have or didn't know the government just doesn't occur to you that no cars can get inside the city by midnight and still far b

r.t. international. technology innovation. others. picture. it will be joining us very shortly but for now in the program on r.t. international britain's prime minister will launch a charm offensive in the leader of europe's most powerful country. change the terms of the u.k.'s membership of the e.u. but also to reform the. there was this point. his test. for german chancellor angela merkel's visit to london it's a red carpet welcome fit for queen dubbed by foreign secretary william hague as britain's most important partner on seeking e.u. reform and the first german chancellor to address both houses of parliament starkly different to british prime minister david cameron's low key pub lunch with his french counterpart last month all that seemed to be placed on getting the backing of europe's economic powerhouse in redrawing love his relationship with brussels after all. if not of course in this europe incentives on both sides to find a suitable agreement so what exactly does cameron want for the u.k. curbing immigration by possibly putting a c

r.t. international switzerland may have jeopardized its access to the e.u. market for the sake of curbing the number of immigrants coming into the country the new law which will install quotas for foreign workers goes against long held agreements with brussels in fact some belief that further collaboration with the e.u. could now be in question at the president of the european parliament martin scholtz he said switzerland cannot expect to pick and choose which agreements to keep with the e.u. he warned that it can now expect all of its treaties with the european union to now be reviewed lisa catherine office more. voted to shut the door to european union workers setting up a showdown with brussels as well as a potential exit from the single european market now the so-called stop mass immigration initiative was the brainchild of the right wing swiss people's party which wants strict quotas on foreigners for switzerland to essentially abandon its free movement of people treaty with the e.u. and supporters the we've talked to say that they're worried immigratio

r.t. international. you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state as a leaked phone call reveals the depths of washington's involvement in ukraine's political turmoil. and switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration and a nationwide referendum. thanks for sharing your sunday with us here on r.t. international. live in moscow with the latest world headlines russian fans have plenty to celebrate on day two of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games in sochi the nation's first medal bronze was quickly followed by a silver in the women's bottle on and to tell us more his auntie's pulled scott standing by live for us in sochi paul good to see you sounded good early days yet what do you know. well russia have a silver medal to add to the bronze that they won a few hours ago i can tell you that. has just finished second in the women's seven . sprint the owner of russia's first medal at these games went to glad she secured bronze

r.t. international the deputy prime minister also happens to be the second in command of the ultra rights for board the party notorious for rhetoric that includes nazi like xenophobia slogans but also from the border is the new ecology minister he is known for promoting of open access to firearms but he is not known for having any expertise in ecology the new national security secretary actually the founder of the ultra right party he also took part in the orange revolution a new in ukraine of course that was a decade ago the education minister has in the past promoted academic censorship and is also a member of another far right party and while the new anti corruption bureau chief is a supporter of the radical right national defense of ukraine party and also the interior minister spent some time on interpol's wanted list and was briefly detained in italy and twenty twelve are accused of stealing half a million dollars worth of state land. now as the new authorities are settling what had been a revolutionary enthusiasm on the streets says quickly turned into anxiety radicals who got their

r.t. international law. the number of dead is rising in ukraine as a new wave of unrest spirals out of control live pictures for you right now on r.t. international i reports say at least twenty two of being killed on both sides with rioters clashing with police on the streets of kiev officials have confirmed eighteen deaths seven of them policeman who died from gunshot wounds let's get more . from the ukrainian capital good morning to you alexy it has been a turbulent night and you've been right in the thick of it haven't you. yes indeed if you want to see what hell on earth looks like you just look at kiev's independence square right now it looks like a boiling pot over there with the independence square burning time is planks and everything the protesters had in store there lit it on fire it's burning it's been burning overnight moreover behind us cloud of black smoke over there is. the building which is formally being the trade union headquarters in kiev now it was for the past two months it was the revo

r.t. international live here in moscow more news stories coming up shortly after the break. well not told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports and let the players know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point i've come to say it's secure yet a car is on the docket no god. no more weasel words when you have a direct question be prepared for a change when you throw a punch be ready for a battle for the speech and little down diffidence across. venezuela has ordered three u.s. consular officials to be expelled from the country as unrest in the south american states spirals out of control president maduro accused the diplomats of orchestrating the student opposition protests for the sweeping the country at least three people were killed last week in clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators meanwhile the united states has brushed off anything but you find the turmoil in venezuela that's now across to paris and cloudy salerno she is the but as well and vice minister of foreign affairs now

r.t. international with me will receive thank you for joining us for the program talks between syrian government officials and their main political rivals have stalled during another round in geneva the ceasefire they agreed to in force in the city of homs while that's not holding either international aid convoys are coming under fire while trying to get to civilians and talk with the u.n. general assembly of a draft resolution which would threaten the syrian government with sanctions unless it provides safe homes for russia. one sided believes rebel fighters are in fact the ones firing on the relief missions and many of the militants have to. links to al qaeda and neighboring countries and are bearing the brunt of the spillover as artists were if enough no reports from behind the rebel lines in lebanon. was the syrian conflict rages on neighboring lebanon faces a dramatic increase in sectarian violence in january alone four cobhams killed dozens in beirut and the town of had a mill next to the syrian border the targets were a shia areas controlled by hizbullah lebanon's most influential force w

r.t. international. well they did promise it would be spectacular and they went all out to deliver the opening ceremony of the twenty fourteen olympics underway and living up to the billing that's. one of our correspondents in the lower cluster right near the venue where the opening ceremonies been taking place paula good to see you you lucky boy being there for the twenty four. of the opening ceremony is obviously still ongoing it has been a spectacle so far we still at this stage don't know who it is who's going to be lighting the olympic cauldron. of course the twenty four winter olympics open but let's recap what we do know about the opening ceremony was promised to be high tech pyrotechnic display a journey through a russian history and that's exactly what they've delivered it started off with the emergence of the athletes around three thousand of them from eighty different countries coming out from around the center of the stadium the stadium was rocking when the russian team came out they have cou

r.t. international switzerland may have jeopardized its access to the e.u. market for the sake of a curbing the number of immigrants coming into the country and factor the new law which will install quotas for foreign workers goes against long held agreements with brussels and we're now joined live by m.e.p. joe lie then he's in brussels and paul not from liverpool gentlemen thank you very much for coming on the program here tonight on our team's first experts suggest the swiss could be gambling with their economy which are depends quite heavily on the e.u. market do you think the country can afford to sour relations with the european union over the issue of immigration. look this is a fantastic day for the mark receive lori i mean the swiss have gone out they voted the majority have said that they want to close the system what they want to see is the borders controlled and i'll tell you what it's a great day because finally someone is standing up to the question is is with the your european union go from here i suspect they will try to force the swiss to vo

r.t. international. this is our international within twenty four hours a day live from our studio center here in moscow and that we start with the latest news then from ukraine where a peace deal has been signed between the president and the opposition its terms include an early presidential election which is to be held between september and december now that's amid a number of other concessions but radical anti-government rioters don't seem convinced let's get more live now from auntie's and he had to share ski alexy so what sort of reaction are you hearing about this from the rioters there in independence square where you are. well if you look at this could easily be described as the biggest political day in the history of modern ukraine at least in the last several years with the government and the opposition finding some sort of consensus signing a peace deal and the parliament was very busy today agreeing so many crucial laws returning to the constitution of two thousand and four providing amnesty a

r.t. international life here in moscow. the. economic downturn in the final months belonged to the old sang night and the rest of the. case you will be if we told. her. one of the wonderful moment like the immunology face you know. pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i roll researcher. only three days now remain of the twenty second winter and if we can use dozens of medals are still up for grabs policy given out of all teams such as studio now where kevin and the crew have all the latest on the greatest from the result. yeah hi bill everyone nice to see again the time has flown by as you say in the bell well some good news today for ukraine just now in fact in the mountains of sochi it up to the last hour where women's biathlon team just took the gold in the six kilometer relates to a bit of cheer there for the ukrainians the silver prize in the stanley went to the russians scored just behind their neighbors that adding them to the already high spirits here in sochi where you for your from yesterday is still in

r.t. international the e.u. commission's first ever report on corruption shows its very own politicians are losing billions anyone said to feel that he will see it comes crosstalk. the alleged phone call between the assistant secretary of state and the u.s. ambassador to ukraine has created quite a controversy in the call like smug british colonisers cashless a pink t. in africa they basically say that that native books of phil he's not fit for the government we should have the other needs of the bold and become prime minister they also mentioning the help of the un to get this thing glued whatever that means although the authenticity of this phone call has not been confirmed but certainly hasn't been denied this reminds me a lot of the snowden leaks independent journalists for years had been writing about government spying but it took a snowden to shove it into people's faces and confirm that it was really going on we've heard from people like ron paul jesse ventura and many journalists that the u.s. state depa

r.t. tell of of what has promised her an art international art in and breaking the set. take me up to the ballgame and take me through the metal detector so wait that's not how the song goes well as the country changes sadly so must the national pastime they said the mariners released a statement that they like all other teams for twenty fifteen are setting up metal detectors to screen all fans entering their stadium for getting visions of hot dogs and home runs now everyone will be able to tell their grandkids about how their bags got searched because they had metal buttons at company name stadium baseball memories the team's management is also continuing their ban on bags larger than forty by forty by twenty centimeters because if you're going to stick an explosive device it had better be compact their body maybe i'm jumping the gun metal detectors can't touch your genitals or do a naked body scan they're probably the least intrusive coming form of security scan then again think about it they want to prevent some terrorist from blowing up a densely packed crowd of peop

r.t. international it's our latest special report a desert but if you're watching us from the u.k. they're prepared to go on the ground. either way stay with us. transit routes of a nuke of the report you'll best way to the heart of moscow. there's a medium lead us so we need to be. seen push this into a. party because of the. questions that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . if you see greece if you see friends then they have such different problems and possibilities of economical possibilities the smaller you have to entities the easier and perhaps in a certain way the european union can also learn something from switzerland. please. please. please. please. please. please. please please please . i think that in all of these areas where you have the rise of what is called the new right there were shadows faction with left wing keep. my my friend. to be aware of how widespread is this. and having spent the last forty years academic lunatic asylum i assure you that. in many many quarters of american life. i was in a

r.t. international up next the life stories of the homeless in the big apple that's continuing on r.t. international but if you're watching in the u.k. it's abby martin. yes. i've always had mixed feelings about speed traps it seems like it's a waste of the police officers time but on the other hand they sure do make people paranoid and drive more slowly one man from texas is completely sure his opinion about speed traps and he set out to save his felt texans from being fined for speeding and much more importantly from potential traffic accidents caused by the hidden police and now he's the one who is in deep trouble according to fox news runner martin faces a misdemeanor charge for violating frisco texas sign ordinance that says that you may only stand around holding a sign on private property martin claims that he was doing the exact same thing as a speed limit sign reminding people to slow down and i think ultimately he is right you should be able to tell other people where the police are setting up speed traps because that will cause them to drive more slowly which is the real goal

r.t. international it's breaking the sats with house abby martin to stay with us. transit route to vnukovo report your best way to the heart of moscow. judy cox a utah mother out of spite but an entire line of t. shirts at a popular chain store at her local mall the reason that she bought them was because she feels that the images of nearly naked women on them violate her local towns decency code she wants to make it clear though that she feels the store has the right to sell this type of shirt just not displayed in an exterior window ultimately her plan is to return the shirts on day fifty nine of the store's sixty limit let's hope for her sake they don't have a no return policy i bring this up because this is a great example of a nonviolent form of protest that actually works cause the scandal and more importantly it will make the company lose a few dollars technically the girls on the shirts aren't even fully exposed believe me i checked thoroughly and i would even call them r. rated the local communities have the right to be more conservative than the rest of t

r.t. international. are still to come here on the program but of the unbearable pressure of big banking. if you look at their actual life they can be fired in five minutes this is a deeply dysfunctional system the financial world is shaken by a series of suicides over recent weeks looks at why some are struggling to deal with the high stakes competition. cholesterol. depression. sixty. to improve your life. or you see. those that. could have you with us or an l t international on this monday there's been a string of bizarre deaths in the globe's financial circles in just the past few weeks five high profile bankers have died all from apparent suicides. takes up the story. there are untimely deaths grab headlines three of which happened within a week be it the big investment banks they work for the senior positions they held the public nature of their deaths or all three once again it raised questions. about an industry largely blamed for bringing the global economy to its knees into two thousand and eight financial crisis michael taylor a former goldman sachs bond salesman who calls hims

r.t. international. transit routes. to the heart of moscow. we continue to closely follow what's unfolding right now in crimea in southern ukraine where the men have seized both the cabinet and the parliament buildings the russian flags have been raised above the. center of the city is blocked and police have encircled the buildings while the authorities plan to hold talks with those inside a local authority sources saying that early on first. the men started shooting at the doors of the parliament complex and managed to get inside here on r.t. international we'll keep you posted on exactly what continues to happen in the region. but for now on the program britain's prime minister will launch a charm offensive later when the leader of europe's most powerful country visits london behind it is a desire not only has it changed the terms of the u.k.'s membership to the e.u. to actually reform the entire block itself it's unclear though at this point how far i believe merkel will be won over his test for australia reports. for german chancellor ang

r.t. international some straight talking on the world's most troubling. news. i'm not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the treatment of mike think. it's because one full attention and the mainstream media work side by side. is actually on here. and our teenagers we have a different brain. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not how. you guys talk to the jokes well handled it makes sense that i'm. if you see greece if you see friends and they have such different problems and possibilities of economy often economical possibilities the smaller you have to entities the easier and perhaps in a certain way the european union can also learn something from switzerland in that regard. winter is when the sahara comes to life again oasis palm trees are being harvested. people are waiting for the biggest event of the yeah. the desert festival. this is through a video out of this race leading ca

r.t. international. and you know. the message reportedly coming from the u.s. assistant secretary of state. reveals the depths of washington's involvement in ukraine's political turmoil. and switzerland votes narrowly in favor of a controversial plan to put a limit on immigration this in a nationwide referendum. the entire international news team welcome to the program to show you live in moscow and down to the black sea coast for your latest winter olympic updates with my colleague kevin oh. yeah they believe the. world to them of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games in sochi is given the russians plenty to cheer about athletes and a host nation of war medals of all colors including just the most precious. gold in the biggest competition is just finished let's discuss the success of that with my colleague paul scott is also in sochi with us paul really good day for the russians you're. all k. will try to pull a little bit later but i can tell you it was a good day listening but earlier on before that we'll try to get to paul in a second a few hours ago pau