also reporting the former prime minister yulia timoshenko is moved to hospital from the prison and have been to alleviate concern over treatment. and on screen this is live from moscow with twenty four hours a day millions of russians are marking victory day to commemorate russia's triumph during what it calls the great patriotic tradition we must go celebrate the anniversary throughout the day culminating in a massive fireworks display the park technique displays fourteen locations across the capital with seventy launches foreign off a total of one hundred thousand rockets some of which you can see right now in the skies over the russian capital as you can see perfect weather conditions for the works with. clear skies small temperatures this evening a lovely evening for those coming out to watch the display you can hear their cries in the background as a joy this great spectacle. many people out in the streets enjoying this on their last day of a four day bank holiday russia. and significantly we're seeing young and old alike joining together. special day in russia's history paying tri

old former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved from. the opposition leader had been on a hunger strike following claims that she was abused by prison guards more details to follow in just a few minutes. the u.n. envoy to syria civilians are in danger accusing damascus of failing to. what the regime says. it is a pleasure to have you with us. today. life for you in moscow today is the day when millions of russians once again remember the heroic deeds of their grandfathers who put an end to the bloodiest war of the twentieth century the victory day parade and honor of the defeat of the nazis has taken place on moscow's red square it was a the usual impressive display of military might. he was there to witness the event . this year's victory parade has come to a close on red square in the center of moscow celebrating the sixty seventh anniversary of the role played by the soviet union and the victory over nazi germany during the second world war now the parade was started off by the newly elected president vladimir putin he paid homage to

even being kicked as more countries threaten of boy called over alleged treatment of jailed yulia timoshenko. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow rule research bombs and gunfire have struck the afghan capital kabul shortly after a visit by barack obama the taliban has claimed responsibility saying the attacks were in retaliation for the u.s. president's visit afghan police say suicide bombers attacked a compound where foreign workers live at least seven of being killed almost twenty injured the u.s. president's visit a couple comes one year since the killing of osama bin laden by american special forces in a speech a background admitted washington is holding direct talks with the taliban and said that many in the terrorist group are interested in peace obama cause i also signed an agreement outlining ties in the decade after the planned u.s. troop pullout in two thousand and fourteen with details on this artie's guy nature can. the fact that president obama traveled to afghanistan exactly year after bin laden's killing to signed the strategic pact with ghana's then

timoshenko is serving a seven-year jail sentence. a court convicted her last october of abuse of office over a natural gas import contract with russia. she has been on a hunger strike since she claimed last month that prison guards punched her in the stomach. ukrainian prosecutors have denied using violence against her. >>> european commission president barows oh said in protest that he has no intention of going to ucrane for the conference. the leaders of germany, italy, the czech republic, and other european countries also say they will not attend. timoshenko has been supported by western nations since she co-led the 2004 orange revolution that toppled the government. western countries have criticized her trial as politically motivated. >>> hung aaroarians have long considered eating delicious cake in a cozy cafe part of their culture. now they're thinking twice before eating their sweets. nhk reports. >> reporter: hungary's capital, budapest, reflects the grandeur of the days when the monarchs reigned. in the 19th century, queen e

still ahead for you this ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved to a hospital from her prison cell as international concerns grow over her treatment. that's still to come but first in syria a roadside bomb has hit a military truck injuring six soldiers the vehicle was part of a convoy carrying the head of the united nations observer mission this comes a day after the u.n. envoy to syria kofi and won his peace plan is the last chance for the country to avoid civil war sort of first she's in damascus says a lot is at stake here and it's into mouth gets that traveled to iraq that day and they go on as is normal with a team of journalists and the security escort from the journalists and the people here with that when it happened it sounds like it's some sort of car bomb went off just at the observer to driven past one of the military checkpoints. they were very very close to it and injured some of the security personnel he was schooling that is still six people were injured we can tell you that from what we've seen and we've been with every day for the past couple of da

also reporting the ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has moved to hospital from her prison in a bid to alleviate concern over her treatment. the opposition leader had been on a hunger strike following claims that she was abused by prison guards more details to follow in just a few minutes. with you twenty four hours a day in indonesia the search for a missing russian plane has continued into the night there's been no contact with the cruel passengers who were taking part in the sales demonstration since all communications with the aircraft were lost mid-flight let's not get the latest from sean thomas. sure it's been several hours since the plane went silent any news on what could have gone wrong well bill it certainly is a mystery at this point what we do know is the plane was on a routine flight taking people up to test the jet out as it were people who could be buying this plane for their own companies and it was supposed to be a thirty minute flight then we do know that the pilot requests. to descend from tel ten thousand feet to six thousand feet and then it disappeare

all different but they all relate to one person the jailed ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko who is now spending seven years in prison for the abuse of power when she was convicted last year and now. says that unless tymoshenko is released she would not come to ukraine for the euro twenty two a football championship the dutch government and the czech presidents are a bit softer in their statement saying that they just want to see and prove in the treatment of political prisoners in ukraine but all in all definitely this creates a very great deal of pressure on key of last friday's terrorist attacks and to put it off already created serious concerns about the security during the summer storm in but now the euro twenty two off to become a victim of political pressure from the european union on ukraine the ukrainian leadership reacted to all these statements coming from the european union but saying that this kind of rhetoric puts the countries back in the cold war and in fact there may be right in some sense because the one of the vivid examples of a political boy called during

ukrainian capital kiev many of them demanding the release of jailed the ex prime minister yulia timoshenko the country's leadership is facing accusations at home and abroad that the former premier has been jailed for political reasons lithuanians president has one cube of a growing crisis of trust with the e.u. over the case after visiting to michelle in hospital where she's recovering following almost three weeks on hunger strike she's currently serving seven years for abuse of power in office and is also being treated by doctors for chronic back pain timoshenko as hunger strike began after she said she'd been beaten by prison staff which is denied by the authorities have critics have questioned whether her claims of physical abuse and poor health an attempt to play political games. oh byzantine has become a growing problem in the west but now a debate is a raging over its very description with some claiming the word obese is offensive many are now questioning whether using the medical term is politically incorrect the new proposal is to use the phrase unhealthy wait on new york resident

and ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has moved to hospital from a prison and a bit to address treatment is already being forced to postpone. states pulled out in protest over the situation. in fifteen minutes from syria. continues despite the u.s. backed peace plan is stored in political. recently been to the country says the same powers who backed the initiative also fueling the conflict. today we're sitting down with pierre pitching in he's a historian and political analyst specializing on the arab world he's traveled extensively to the countries that have gone through the so-called arab spring and he's also written extensively on these countries the most recent one being syria thanks very much for joining us today thank you and the first question we'd like to you know with we've been to syria the most laid as a country you've said a couple of times what was your goal in going to that country let's say the. syria is a country that is very much diverse in terms of ethnic and religious groups you have to be inside syria to understand what is really happening there on t

now ukraine's jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been moved from prison to a local hospital the opposition leader had been on a hunger strike for nineteen days claiming abuse in an earlier attempt to move a concern over her treatment has caused diplomatic tension with ukraine postponing a regional e.u. summit after several states pulled out in protest with the latest from kiev is r.t. is our next year to ski. you could see michelle ukraine's former prime minister now serving seven years in prison for abuse of power has been transferred to a clinic where she will be observed her spinal hemorrhage which has been reported for the last several months will be observed by a german doctor she insisted that this must be a german doctor and that no ukrainian doctor will have access to her treatment now certainly this comes after a great deal of controversy surrounding this hospital is ation of tymoshenko in fact on april the twentieth she was meant to be transferred to a hospital but back then she claimed the prison guards physically abused her punch ernest almost landed several punc

you wrote twenty twelve in ukraine over the handling of his jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko claim she's being physically harmed. of using. three decades ago the british navy. cruiser general belgrano in the first major retaliation in the falklands war former spy tells us why britain's belligerence today could see the country make more mistakes in the south atlantic. it's now thirty years since the war between britain and argentina over the falkland islands but like the islands themselves the accounts of that war and the reasons for it are still hotly disputed to talk more about this i'm joined by hugh ritson oh a historian and author of races age the unofficial history of that war he thanks for speaking to r.t. during the period known as the dirty war the buildup to the invasion of the falklands you were actually working in argentina as a british intelligence officer how much did the british government know about what was going on in argentina at that time everything mass murder disappearances. corruption. gosh i mean the dirty war you just named them in the. two people who

and ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved to hospital from a prison in a bid to address concerns over the treatment. and russia celebrates the today and remembers those who gave their lives fighting against the nazis and what was.

and ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has moved to a hospital from her prison in a bid to address concerns over the treatment.

and ukraine over the case so former prime minister yulia timoshenko she is serving a prison term for abuse of power brussels claims the case was politically motivated to machine cose currently staging a hunger strike artie's election as the latest from kiev what seems to be a purely domestic case has received very serious international reactions with presidents of germany the czech republic the head of the euro commission as well as german chancellor angela merkel all saying they will boy called their plans trips to ukraine in particular for the u. of twenty twelve football period as if to protest against the treatment. former prime minister now even called on the german national football team to boy call it their participation in this tournament the idea which was even supported by the president of the champions league final this club byron munich now also reactions came from moscow with president medvedev raising his eyebrows over the treatment of you to go saying that this these actions to throw serious shade on ukraine's reputation and are unacceptable for a democratic country th

he said he loves football but the affair of timoshenko who is in jail for abuse of power could keep him from attending several other e.u. leaders including germany's on the limb merkel voiced the possibility of boycotting next month's tournament claims the case against her is politically motivated and says she suffered abuse while in prison. well instead of jetting off for his honeymoon newlywed facebook founder mark zuckerberg is fighting to remain the darling of the tech bubble the billionaire his company and a group of major banks are being sued by disgruntled shareholders for investing in the world's most hotly anticipated flotation last friday a washington correspondent jake i.h.t. qian explains. a group of investors as launched a class action suit against facebook and several banks now the u.s. securities and exchange commission as well as the financial industry regulatory authority are also looking into a possible fraud on the first day of facebook stock sales last week investors say they lost billions of dollars because the banks which prepared the initial offering price bee

certainly remains unknown but those physical abuse reported physical abuse by prison guards on timoshenko certainly cause lots of controversy abroad with some politicians on the highest levels and european countries saying that they will boycott the euro twenty twelve championship which is starting in a little more than a month from now and those politicians who did the german chancellor angela merkel the highest ranking politicians in the netherlands in the czech republic in germany so it is unclear whether whether this development in the story whether the fact of hospitalisation will ease the tension whether those. who are willing to boycott the euro twenty twelve will decide to come here eventually but certainly this is something of a big step forward in this story because for up to this moment the authorities have been saying that they will not allow you to machine go to be treated by any foreign doctors on the ukrainian soil or anywhere abroad we even heard an offer from. which you have to michigan treated in russia but the authorities in ukraine denounce that such possibility could

and ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has moved to hospital from the prison and a bit to address concerns over her treatment. well that's it for me in the news team for the moment the news continues with. about half an hour from now in the meantime some say let me put it may have to change because russia's.

euro two thousand and twelve in ukraine over the handling of its jailed for prime minister yulia timoshenko pictures emerged this week allegedly showing injuries sustained by her when she says guards attack.

two thousand and twelve in ukraine over the headline up at the jail former prime minister yulia timoshenko pictures emerged this week allegedly showing injuries sustained by timoshenko when she says guards attacked her at a prison where she's serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power. now back to washington for the big picture stay with us.

pictures emerged this week allegedly showing injuries sustained by timoshenko when she says guards of to.

. >> we have come to an agreement that miss timoshenko -- tymoshenko will be moved to the hospital tomorrow and have their be there. >> a short time later, her daughter announced her 51-year- old mother had agreed to end her fast. >> we will see tomorrow if she is transferred to hospital and the doctor will recommend treatment. that will mean is the dr.'s intend to take her out of the hunger strike. she needs to start treatment before the back pain before she becomes disabled at the treatment is not started very soon. >> tymoshenko has complained for months of crippling back pain. she has also been weakened by her thunderstrike. >> kiev has canceled the conference. >> due to the inability of some european states readers to take part for various reasons, ukraine considers it sensible to delay the summit and not hold on may 11 in yalta. >> ukrainian authorities continue to deny mistreatment. >> russia's lower house of parliament has appointed former president dmitry medvedev as prime minister, completing a job swap with vladimir putin. >> the vote in the lower house was held under tight secur

. >> but first to ukraine, where there is a delay in the conviction of former prime minister timoshenko. >> lost october, -- last october, she was found guilty of abuse of power in a trial that was seen by many as politically motivated. palestinians are marking what they call the day of the catastrophe. it is the exodus of thousands of palestinians from there homes after israel declared statehood in 1948. there have been clashes between palestinian youths and israeli soldiers. the israeli army is on high alert. >> 64 years after the creation of israel, about 1.5 million palestinians live in refugee camps in jordan, syria, and 11 non -- lebanon, as well as the west bank. >> our correspondent visited one of the largest camps in the west bank. >> the refugee camp south of bethlehem was built in 1949 as a temporary refuge for fleeing palestinians. but today, it is nearly a city unto itself. this man runs a small shop here. he was just a child. >> we have land and belongings. we live like kings. -- lived like kings. we were very happy. now look how we live. we are suffering. every day, every

two thousand and twelve in ukraine over the handling of its jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko pictures of murder this week from prison allegedly showing injuries sustained by to machine code in an attack prison guards where she is serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power. coming up here lavelle and guess can cross talk coming up.

two thousand and twelve in ukraine over the handling of the jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko pictures emerged this week allegedly showing injuries sustained by diminishing go when she says guards attacked her at a prison where she's serving a seven year sentence for abuse of. the kaiser report next stay with us.

trains as prime minister yulia timoshenko moved from prison to oppose the health care treatment has been on hunger strike clinton days claiming interest but it means nothing. to stop mox and banks kaiser and states had to take a look at the latest announcements by cheaping morgan's chief jamie diamond and tosk is that hey stephen you.

and ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved to hospital from a prison in a bid to alleviate concerns over her treatment on top stories this hour. and on screen this is r.t. live from moscow with you twenty four hours a day in the knees.

political pressure on ukraine growing over the treatment of former prime minister yulia timoshenko with the e.u. politicians threatening to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve football championship to go says she was assaulted by guards in a prison where she's serving a seven year term for abuse of power brussels says the case politically motivated. wiki leaks founder prepares to take center stage again as the host of exclusive our interview program later tuesday sanji gets to the heart of the arab spring revolt in the interview with tunisia's new president. coming up the big picture with thom hartmann stay with us.

thousand and twelve in ukraine over the handling of its jailed former mid minute prime minister yulia timoshenko pictures emerge those weak allegedly showing injuries sustained by tymoshenko when she says guards attacked her at a prison where she's serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power and. coming up the big picture with thom hartmann.

listen if you're going to be active for example such issues as the conditions of local shankill timoshenko which is in jail in in the ukraine are you going to try to pressurize kiev to somehow improve the condition of the former ukrainian prime minister definitely not because this is a clear political issue to be to be discussed to be settled down by the ministry of foreign affairs by other governmental bodies not by by our agency because this agency is not for. foreign policy it is neither for human rights though we definitely are to to protect the rights of russian speaking minorities rights of our competitors abroad it goes without saying saying but otherwise our agency is for promoting cultural educational humanitarian cooperation between countries within the serious area and elsewhere in the world if you speak about closer cooperation closer humanitarian the time and touch ok the human a grassroots diplomacy well the present containing the ukrainian subject the needy the current tension between key earth. and europe do you think this is a chance to improve the ties that are being lost

twenty twelve football championship of ukraine's treatment of its jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko who claims she was beaten by prison guards. have has the details now. it certainly is getting darker and darker for key of in relation to the euro twenty two well football championship which starts in less than forty days from now and now the dutch government is the latest of the european officials to express their wish to boycott the tournament here in ukraine the list which already consists of the german and the czech republic presidents the head of the euro commission and the german chancellor angela merkel who even said that the german national football side should boycott their participation in the upcoming summer storm here in ukraine and poland mangler merkel says that unless tymoshenko is released she would not come to ukraine for the euro twenty two all football championships all in all definitely this creates a very great deal of pressure on key of last friday's terrorist attacks and to put it all skoal way to create a serious concerns about the security during the summer st

ukraine's jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been moved from prison to a local hospital the opposition leader have been on hunger strike for nineteen days claiming she was abused by guards during our earlier attempt to move her concern over her treatment has caused diplomatic tension within the e.u. on tuesday ukraine postponed a regional european summit after germany italy and ten other e.u. states pulled out in protest there were also threats from several european members to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve football championship in june russia also sees tomasz and goes case asked politically motivated premier was jailed last autumn after being found guilty of an abuse of office she also now faces and a new trial for alleged tax evasion. as lot of important settles and roll back at the top of russian politics groups of opposition activists have continued their isolated walks and sit ins across the center of moscow doesn't have been detained when they refused to follow police orders to disperse this includes prominent opposition blogger they'd seen a volley known

now we haven't officially confirmed that ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been delivered to a hospital in her reported spinal hemorrhage will be treated it is interesting that it will be treated slowly by a german doctor now has insisted that no ukrainian doctor has access to her treatment it's unclear whether she is just mistrustful or she is afraid of her life something her daughter has been reporting now be lots of control over see preceding this transportation of. the hospital now for several weeks she had been claiming that she will not be treated in ukraine and asked permission to be relocated abroad for her spinal damage to be treated there but the authorities have been adamant that she would not leave the korean soil before that there was an attempt to transfer you to one of the hospitals. in fact she back then claimed that prison guards physically abused her during the transportation and recently photos of her bruises were made public on the internet causing a lot of fuss here in ukraine and internationally and very harsh reaction following the a legit. physical

political pressure on ukraine grows over the treatment of former prime minister yulia timoshenko with e.u. politicians threatening to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve football championship. we could leaks founder julian assange who gets to the heart of the arab spring revolt with his interview with tunisia as new president on his exclusive or t.v. show capital account with laura lister next. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm laurin lether here in washington d.c. here headlines for april thirtieth two thousand and twelve new g.d.p. numbers confirmed that spain figure rose for the.

ukraine's jailed for a prime minister yulia timoshenko has moved to hospital of the opposition leader have been on hunger strike for nineteen days claiming she was abused by guards during an earlier attempt to move her. the u.n. envoy to syria warned civilians are in danger accusing damascus of failing to curb violence despite it being nearly a month since a nationwide truce was in polls but the regime says it's facing terror threats from armed groups. now the arab spring revolutions are the focus of the world's most famous whistleblower in the latest explosive episode.

ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved to hospital from a prison in a bid to address concerns over her treatment he has already been forced to postpone an. states pulled out in protest over his situation. more on those stories in full in fifteen minutes and then top his unit with the latest action from the world of sport. if you with this sports there's plenty ahead over the next ten minutes including. on the. to go head to head in the europa league decider later tonight. remembering the fallen russian football legends gathered victory park to pay their respects to those who died during the second world war. off the mark world number one defending champion. his opening round clash at the madrid masters despite a challenging day on court football first where we have a brand new name on the russian cup. left to celebrate their first ever triumph in the competition following victory over. after twelve months of action the last two sides standing were left to slug it out in you catherine. through watching the all russian premier league clash on the increasingly looking li

the ukrainian capital kiev many of them demanding the release of jailed ex prime minister yulia timoshenko the country's leadership is facing accusations at home and abroad that the former premier has been jailed for political reasons when he's president has more in kiev a growing crisis of trust with the e.u. over the case of the visiting to machine code hospital where she's recovering from almost three weeks on hunger strike she's currently serving seven years for abuse of power in office and is also being treated by doctors for chronic back ache because hunger strike began after she said she'd be in prison the stuff which is denied by the authorities critics of question whether her claims of physical abuse and poor health and attempt to play political games. now let's have a quick look at some other stories from around the world in our world update this hour a militant group with alleged links to al qaeda has claimed responsibility for double bombings in the syrian capital damascus which killed fifty five people and a video posted on a group called the front says the blasts in front of

ukraine's jailed former prime minister yulia timoshenko was moved from prison. the opposition leader had been on a hunger strike following claims that she was abused by prison guards more details to follow in just a few minutes. and the un envoy to syria warns of civilians are in danger accusing damascus of failing to curb the violence while the regime says it's facing a terror threat. it is a pleasure to have you with us here.