the eu called on viktor yanukovych to reach out to the opposition. foreign minister reacted cautiously to the new developments in key avenue -- in kiev. >> i think there is only one piece of advice we can give. ukraine cannot find its way forward through violence. i am convinced that even though the situation is difficult, the last chances for a political resolution have not yet been exhausted. >> but the protesters in kiev are determined to keep up their fight against viktor yanukovych until they achieve victory. widespread anger was in evidence at a funeral sunday for a 25- year-old demonstrator killed during clashes with the police. >> the ukrainian opposition wants the european union to consider sanctions against ukraine to stop the political versus an urge president yanukovych to sign the european trade deal he backed away from two months ago. the president of the european parliament, martin scholz, said that sanctions are an option. >> i think we have to consider bankions, like freezing accounts, and limiting the ukrainian government's freedom

president viktor yanukovych, and opposition leaders had met a little earlier. what was the outcome of those talks? >> well, the opposition leaders brought the outcome of those talks to independent square to lay out to the tens of thousands of people who amassed late on saturday night in subzero temperatures to listen to what president viktor yanukovych was wanting to offer. he made a number of concessions but the opposition leaders decided it was too little too late. >> at last a breakthrough. after more than eight weeks of protests in subzero temperatures president viktor yanukovych offers to embrace the opposition into his government. but it's too little, too late. >> translation: our clear position is to rescind these laws, full stop. our demand is to hold presidential elections this year. we are not stepping back. we are holding our position in the regions. >> translation: what happened today viktor yanukovych announced that the government was not ready to take responsibility for the country and offered for the opposition to lead the government. are we afra

government launched an elaborate international sting to nab viktor bout. what makes bout so dangerous? and how did d.e.a. agents eventually grab him? the answers in our story later. [ticking] this is what espionage looks like. the man driving the car is gregg bergersen. he's a civilian analyst at the pentagon with one of the nation's highest security clearances. his companion is tai shen kuo, a spy for the people's republic of china. bergersen knew a secret that the chinese desperately wanted to know, and neither man knows that what they're about to do is being recorded by two cameras the fbi has concealed in their car. >> let you have the money. >> oh, oh. are you sure that that's okay? >> yeah, it's fine. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm bob simon. in this edition, we turn our attention to some foreign intrigue. first, a story about a mysterious computer virus that struck an iranian nuclear plant. later, the report of how american agents hunted a notorious arms dealer. and finally, an account of a chinese-american spy trying to steal u.s. military s

president viktor yanukovych may put on a conciliatory face in talks with opposition leaders. there's an undercounter, an attempt to fracture the protest movement by picking off one protestor at a time. >> two men accused of some of the worst atrocities are in court at this hour. both are on trial, accused of being behind the siege af sarajevo. a defense witness is to appear as a witness in the hearing against his former boss. >> mohamed morsi is due back in court shortly. protests are expected outside the courthouse. that's where he's facing charges over a gaol break during the january 2007 uprising. mohamed morsi is facing charges over a series of other charges, including the death of protesters, espionage and conspireing to commit terrorist acts. >> al jazeera cannot report from cairo because our journalists have been detained. mohamed fadel fahmy, baher mohamed and peter greste have been in custody for 30 days. they are accused of spreading lies and joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says such allegations are unfound the the >> two other journalists are being held. repo

. >> president on viktor yanukovych continues to grow from all sides. the army has urged him to take urgent steps to ease the nation's crisis. a defense ministry statement also calls for bush to reach consent. >> united nations says it wants an independent probe into the deaths, kidnappings, and torture that have taken place during the last two months of unrest. >> ukrainians camped out in kiev hoss independence square say they will continue with their protest until president viktor yanukovych steps down -- ukrainians camped out in kiev's independence square. >> on friday, viktor yanukovych signed an amnesty bill and repealed anti-protest legislation. earlier in the day, angela merkel joined other foreign leaders to call for the move. >> the ukrainian parliament voted for the legislation, but agree on a covert had not signed it. -- but victor yana kovic had not signed it. the most important thing is action follows words. >> i was crucified. i got holes in my hands. part of my ear was cut off. there's not a spot on my body has not been beaten. i could no

president viktor yanukovych offered to make the leader of the opposition his prime minister, but the protesters said, "no thanks." jennifer glasse has the latest from kiev. >> in the heart of the capital ukrainians besiege the lenin museum. police inside were waiting to ambush the demonstration. >> this is the latest unrest of the with demonstrations spreading across the nation, president viktor yanukovych meets with opposition leaders. he is offering to share power. snoolt for the three opposition leaders, they said "no deal." >> our clear position is to rescind the laws. >> translation: our demands are to hold presidential elections this year. and we are not stepping back. >> they also want the release of dozens of demonstrators detained by the government. on the barricades defiant protesters face police lines. there's little time to worry about politics here. this is the public face of their battle with the government. >> concessions by viktor yanukovych - too little too late. many say they'll take country back. this is their fight. they want to show the people they are here to st

well, they have said before, and they continue to insist that the current government of president viktor yanukovych resigned and they called for earlier election. >> why do they want the government to resign. this initially was not what they wanted. they wanted closer ties with europe. it's now grown into wanting the government to resign. why, why, and is it reflective of the general mood in ukraine or is it a segment of the population that wants it? >> well, to be more accurate, i think the opposition has always maintained that the current government was not really delivering proper policies, and they should step away, and they had insisted on early parliamentary elections in 2013. things escalated because of the u-turn on the integration and gave an incentive to the opposition to garner the support, especially amongst western ukrainians, against the current government, so i think it has culminated, and the opposition had its momentum in late november and early december when ukraine was in - facing an imminent financial crisis. it looks like that momentum may have slipped away. >> you h

for the cost viktor yanukovych put out a statement saying he is prepared to hold dialogue.t the same time his message was that the protests ongoing are a danger to the whole of the country. so people are accusing him of putting out the double message. >> that's live from kiev. >> africa has its third female head of state. pans has been chosen as -- pans has performance -- katherine sam ba-panza is the new interim mayor. >> outside the national assembly everyone was listening. everyone wanted to know who would be the new president. they want somebody they can respect, someone who's authority does not only come from the barrel of a gun. the process was slow. painstaking. if the members wanted to show in this broken country something could be done right. then the announcement and victory for the lady in pink. katherine sam ba-panza, styling herself as the mother of the nation. this was her message to the rivalal militias. >> i launch a strong appeal to my children in the anti-bell abbinga movement. send a signal by putting down your guns and to my children in the seleka moveme

harsh anti-protest -- resident viktor yanukovych push through harsh anti-protest legislation. more from the capital. i am on europe square where basically fighting is going on right here. basically the square in between independence square where the main protest camp is and the street where most of the clashes have been taking place the last few days. protesters here, many of them wearing helmets. they keep getting pushed back by the right police who stormed the square, pushed them right back to independence square but they keep coming back in the get more and more angry. protesters going by with what i am pretty sure our guns. i'm not sure if they were real or loaded. but the protesters are determined to fight. emotion is running very, very high at the moment in kiev, especially as the first person wase reported that -- dead a character who was quite well known on independent square. he has been there since december 6. a 20-year-old of armenian origin and he has been tirelessly dividing food, cutting wood, guarding the barricades. he was a popular character. quite well-known

president viktor yanukovych we cannot trust him. he has promised things before. he encouraged the protesters to stay on the streets and expand it around the country. >> they call it a deal-breaker. are protest jers feeling emboldened after rejecting the president's offers. >> they are. they have felt emboldened for the last couple of days. the protesters here have been determined, coming out in their thousands. they've been here through two cold winter months, living here on the square. they have expanded the protest on the road leading to perimeter and they have spread to more than 12 regions around the country and are supported by demonstrations. demonstrations in support of the protesters here in england and germany. we have seen a lot of the european countries criticising the ukrainian government. i think that the protesters have momentum. they push for what they want. >> jennifer, what happens next. where do we go from here? >> well, right now all eyes are on tuesday, an emergency session of parliament, when it convenience. until then, the passion has said i

they know the leaders are about to meet viktor yanukovych for a seconding round of talks. and it's about stopping the security forces from pushing back from this position. they are determined to show the world they are not going anywhere. they'll keep up the fight and the world is watching to see how the government deals with the protest. >> let's go nadim baba live to independent square. we have the opposition saying, "we'll not give up", and the government saying the same thing. when it happens, when you have two moving together, you get explosions, earthquakes and activities, is there any way that can be avoided here? >> well, that's what people are wondering right now. president viktor yanukovych is due to be meeting with the leaders of the three opposition parliamentary parties. they did meet on wednesday for three hours with no outcome. those opposition leaders have given him a warning, an ultimatum of 24 hours. if they don't get any concessions, they say they will move forward. it's anybody's guess exactly what they mean. for example, one of them, vitaly clich coe s

>> reporter: president viktor yanukovych in a major turn-around offered opposition leaders the prime ministership and the deputy prime ministership. huge positions in his government, but the opposition says it really is too little too late because they have been protesting so long and the fact that the president has made such a huge about-face leads them to believe they can do a lot more. to get a sense of how determined the protesters were, earlier today i went downstairs to the ground level to what is essentially kiev at independence square where this all began. this is the center of the demonstrations of independence square. there are thousands milling around. this has been going on for two months. this it is how people are coping in the bitter cold temperatures because they live in tents. they have fires here to keep warm. this is how, you know -- this is how people have been living for two months now. there are several thousand people who have been living here, volunteering here, people who are ordinary ukrainians who come here when they can when they're not working. this, reall

in the afternoon president viktor yanukovich held talks with the main opposition leaders to the future violence. but with both sides calling each other criminals and terrorists. this little hope of compromise. dario and knuckles aa is in kiev for us i spoke to him a short while ago now stood with the death toll climbing by the hour and conflicting reports just how difficult it is to one count what's going on there were twenty of our own situation in the city center of kiev is that quite chaotic down onto this moment right behind me on the independence coup as he can see on the situation is to rot the quiet but only a block away from this place know where that comes to protest them. even with the protesters clashed with police forces. the chaos is going on of the standoff is continuing. protesters tried to attack police forces and police forces tried to counter attack on. the we have to resort to college to riot police using rubber on its live ammunition into gaza and stun grenades again and some protesters have set tires on fire that's why we see doc next smoke in the city center in ov

president viktor yanukovich held talks for the first time with them and opposition leaders. he promised a government reshuffle and to allow in prison protest is to be free but he rejected calls for early elections saying only that the future of the government would be discussed in parliament next week. i am the president refuses to compromise with the people they'd been protests in fifteen months and hasn't taken a single step. he achieved anything my week has continued to fight. meanwhile the protests have spread beyond kiev to the cities. the temptation is calling for international mediation to resolve the crisis. in this week's tour another shocking case of sexual burdens in india the twenty year old woman from west bengal say she was gang raped on the orders of the city council. police arrested fifteen min. the was reported to be imposed as a punishment because the woman was in a relationship with the man from another religious sexual violence in india has been in the spotlight ever since two thousand and twelve when the gang and murder of the dead the students to get na

maintain pressure on the government and few here are optimistic that the new government formed by viktor yanukovych will yield results. yanukovych agreed to results only after the protest turned violent on sunday. >> i've seen the opposition and the president yanukovych talk more and more but talking is nothing. now talking is the people of ukraine. >> we try to do something but our president doesn't want to hear us. he doesn't listen to -- he doesn't listen and that's why we are here. we try to try to try to do something. >> in a separate demonstration hundreds rallied at the office of the european union, demanding action, limit freedom of speech and called for dialogue. police and protestors continue a game of cat and mouse. with officers firing rubber bullets if people get too close. ukrainians here say they want to see real change and want their voices heard. they say they gave the politicians a chance. now that they're on the streets someone will have to listen. >> jennifer, the protestors seem very intent in continuing these demonstrations. what are the chances you think that some

that, they say wore yids viktor yanukovych. we'll see what happened negotiations. they will go ahead, and what the president can offer them. on tuesday we are waiting for an emergency question of parliament that is supposed to address repress ilaws passed -- repressive laws passed last week. the opposition wants those laws scrapped altogether. we'll see what develops there. >> after three years of civil war in syria police talks are happening in geneva this weekend. humanitarian issues have been the main focus of the talks, it's the one topic that the syrian government and the opposition discussed. nick schifrin has that story. >> the mediator of the talks admits that he has not accomplished much. the half steps that he's making can help the people of syria who need the sps so desperately. >> the two sides spoke to each other around a u-shaped table for three hours. >> i am in the back like this, and one is on the left. one delegation is on the right. and the other on the left. they face one another. no, they talk through me to one another. i think it's a good begi

>> he will want viktor yanukovych to deal with this on his own.that travels in ukraine or overt when they gave viktor yanukovych $15 billion. this has probably caught them by surprise. i expect president putin to talk about violence in the ukraine as an example of why you need consolidated power in russia. why there has to be -- people need to of a the law -- people need to obey the la. w. >> we continue to monitor events. ryan will be back tomorrow to cover that. back to davos. microsoft has found a way to address security concerns in the wake of the nsa revelations, allowing overseas customers to have personal data stored outside the u.s.. microsoft's general counsel discussed this in davos yesterday. our international correspondent who has been following this has more details. if you don'ton, trust us, you can store it in foreign countries, the data. appears to be an elegant solution to a problem that has vexed u.s. tech companies. the interesting thing, microsoft is the only one saying you can make this move. there is a crucial distinction. th

. >> on wednesday president viktor yanukovych held talks with opposition leaders, aimed at ending therisis. there was no conclusive outcome. >> for four nights this part of kiev has been a battle ground. it's hard to say now how and when the violence will end. >> so far the fighting happened in a small area. but the protesters are angrier than ever. they promise to stay put. >> peaceful protests beginning two months ago are in danger of spiralling into a civil war. in a video we are about to show you we hear from ukrainian protestor. >> what is wrong in ukraine? why we want a resolution? what is wrong? this is what is wrong? the government is against people. look at all this. look at who are they. is there a criminal. they want violence. these are ukrainian people. what is the government doing. those criminals, he - the police officers are ukrainian too. and here is ukrainian. the government makes them, you know, quarrel and fight. >> talks between ukrainian opposition leaders and president viktor yanukovych ended wednesday after three hours. both sides say they plan to continue the d

that could prove difficult with viktor yanukovych on indefinite sick leave.ellvertising agencies out big bucks for air time during this sunday's super bowl, up to $4 million for 30 seconds. this friday brings an end to ben bernanke and his eight year stretch at the home -- the helm of the u.s. federal reserve. he ran thetenure, worlds most powerful central bank during the deepest economic crisis since the 1930s. jessica -- for janet yellen, who has served as the vice chair for the past four years, to -- stepping into the top spot, she will be the first female to ever leave the u.s. that and will largely be expected to carry on the policies that bernanke has laid down. i'm joined by economic professor at harvard university. thank you for speaking with us. ben bernanke is leaving after eight years as the head of the fed. in what shape is he leaving the u.s. economy e >> in great shape. you saw the first growth figures, which are stunning. bernanke should get most of the credit for forgetting -- four getting the u.s. economy out of a rough spot. the european cou

. >> viktor yanukovych called for unity in his new year's address. opposition protesters are continuing the call for his resignation. viktor yanukovych says 2013 has been the most difficult in the history of independent you grain. overall 2013 was a year of protest, through protest and national roundtable talks. political disputes and dialogue. >> we are taking the path of understanding, a national console tags. i am sure the political squabbles of last year served to strengthen us. >> the latest from independence square. >> you can hear the celebrations in independence square. people are in high spirits, coming out in tens of thousands. opposition leaders call on them to do. 2014 will be an uncertainly i can't remember for ukraine, still a divide for the government and the people. the president spoke to the nation. and had some concessionary words. whether it will turn to change in 2014 is anybody's guest. for now, at least in ukraine, a lot of celebrations. >> latvia joined a group of companies reintroducing the yooura, only 20 years ago after inde

some are demonstrating in eastern city, the base of president viktor yanukovych's support. parliament is holding an emergency meeting tomorrow. >> president obama will address the nation on tuesday in his fifth state of union. the president is expected to tackle the issue of income and equality in the united states. >> returning to a top story. saying it is cold in parts of the country is an understatement. with the wind it feels like it's 20 below. even our friends in the south need to be spared. >> you may not be used to the cold but you could be getting used to us talking about the cold. the weather pattern is not changing. blasts of cold air. feeling it now is a leading edge of cold care. it's creating light snow. through kentucky and missouri, that's where the cold air is. behind it the wind picks up. the temperatures factor in the wind. now, we have windchill warnings above this line, a windchill advisory not as cold but still enough to take precautions as we step outside. windchills dropping down to zero or below, well below zero to the north. cold air spreading east

viktor yanukovych offered top cabinet jobs to opposition leaders to diffuse the political interpretations. these are the shots coming to us from kiev. >> protesting garment workers fought with police in the cambodian capital. 23 captured workers were taken. they are calling for minimal age to be doubled. currently it's at $80 a month. four people have been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan. it happened on a bus carrying military staff. the bomber was on food when he detonated the bomb. two killed were from the african air force. the taliban says it carried out the attack. >> tunisia's prime minister failed to present a new government to the president. midnight was the deadline and it's not clear if this will affect the final vote on the constitution, scheduled for sunday. >> the number of people killed in saturday's violence in egypt rose to 49. more than 1,000 are in gaol. the country is marking three years since the revolution that removed hosni mubarak from office. patty culhane has more. once again there are scenes of chaos and bloodshed on the streets of egypt. a nation provi

viktor yanukovych was expected to sign in late november. he did not do that. it was a surprise to people, and he came out on the streets in large numbers to protest that decision. in late november and early december the police cracked down on the protesters and that just brought down more people on the streets. it became more about trade, it became about freedom and concerns that this is becoming a police state. for two months people have been on the square behind me living in a tented camp. it's unseasonbly cold this time of year in kiev. they've been living here on the streets, and the president has been ignoring them until sunday when violence broke out. there was limiting of freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and people of you vain certainly those here who are anti-government thought it was a bit too far. that's when the violence started. that's how we got to where we are now. the question is now can there be a political solution. can they do anything to safe people. there is a lot of mistrust here. early elections and now they want to pull back fro

we have the negotiations going on right now between the three opposition leaders and president viktor yanukovych. tomorrow tuesday, there is an extraordinary meeting of the parliament. that is supposed to address laws that went in for freedom of expression. it is really unclear what the makeup of the parliament, when the parliament will be leaning when it convenes on tuesday. for the past year or so it's been a very proyanukovych parliament, passing through whatever he wants. the way the wind is blowing, with thousands of people going to their local government offices in many cases taking over their offices, with demonstrations spreading far outside the capital, they see much of dissatisfaction in the government and they will probably try some sort of change. whether or not it is enough to satisfy the people is something everyone is waiting to see. >> yefn glassjennifer glasse fr. >>> state of the union address, the president's top advisors says he will demand economic equality. he will if necessary use his executive privileges to make that happen. are according to an abc washington p

they don't want viktor yanukovych staying in power. they feel they have momentum and are right. demonstrations spread across the country, not just in the west where people tend to be anti-government and tend to lean towards europe. we are seeing people coming out on the streets in the east of the those are government drank holds, presidential strong holds. some of them lean towards russia, this is not over yet. in the east, protesters are meeting with resistance by those who support the government and that could be a difficult area, but we have seen demonstrators take over regional headquarters, the equivalent of state houses around the country in several big city, and so there's a lot of momentum here, and nor and more people and demonstrators in the cities and smaller towns are coming out in favour of the opposition. >> when we talk about that momentum, do you get the impression that the protesters feel the president is buckling when you consider the concessions and it might be a possibility, and that he might step down sf. >> we had no indication that he would. last week he p

geneva but says at least as scientists still talking the parliamentary allies of ukrainian president viktor yanukovich have posted no providing amnesty to protest is detained during two months of street unrest. patel positional make a sustained commitment. the city was taken on an unseen text which apparently said he was conditional upon activists think eighteen occupied buildings with guns. it feels good to build described conditions as the minute it saying the campaign mike is clara could stay in the tents accept that anything was for the mistake is to be over too well because the cities and regions need it like to go on several hours after that that the bill was finally published. pretty much done and they said was a new poll allowing the government to insist on the canning the barricades eight there were any protests. it felt when aunt p still even sell ukraine's opposition parties are pushing for more than just an amnesty wanted to see real change in the balance of power between geeks and not be a cold shoulder issue which is constitutional amendments. and. the key factor of these cons

the ukrainian capital several weeks of unrest are showing no sign of coming to an after president viktorukovich backed out of talks with the european union with closer ties to russia. there was a wave of angry protests. amnesty to protesters but only that have a cat government buildings which they're currently occupying. the ukrainian police are investigating the activist that was serial beaten and tortured while being held. we are joined by our correspondent in kiev. gulliver, let's begin by talking about that report of abductions and the torture of that opposition activist that triggered outrage right across the world and presumably where you are, there is a great sense of anger. >> people in ukraine are extremely shocked at the pictures they have seen of dmytro bulatov. he was one of the leaders of the movement who organized motorcades to picket such places as the president's luxury residence outside of kiev. dmytro bulatov was missing for more than a week when he was found. initially there was joy at the discovery he was still alive, but the extent of apparent torture that he endured

with demonstrations spreading across the nation president viktor yanukovych meets with opposition leaders. he's now offering to share power and reform repressive laws limiting freedom of speech and assembly passed a week ago. >> with the three opposition saying, "no deal.". >> our clear position is to rescind the laws. >> our demonstrates are to hold presidential elections, and we are not stepping back. >> they also want the relief of dozens of demonstrators detained by the government. >> on the barr kate defiant protestor brave the lines. there's little time to worry about politics. this is the public face of a battle against the government. >> too little, too late. many say they'll take the country back. this is their fight. they want to show the people that they are here to stay. >> they are ready for a fight, even if it's just with stone. as protesters try to take over the museum, they broke fireworks. >> leaders urged peaceful parts of the movement. now it's not clear who is in charge. >> here in the states police are searching for what caused a man to open fire in a maryland mall. h

the fact that the law was passed shows how steadfast a victory for viktor yanukovych will be. we don't know what the next move or negotiations might be. with cities and towns coming out in favour of the opposition, anything could happen. with the president offering concession, is there an indication that he may, indeed, step down? >> we haven't heard from him in the last - we haven't heard from him since yesterday. he made public announcements. but in the first public announcement he made one ukrainian said he looks rattled and scared. that's why advisors say he's been surprised about the uprisings, the outpouring of people all over the country. we are talking about 21 of 27 regions of ukraine. we don't know what his next move will be. he's been unpredictable. he's given no indication that he will step down. he's - everyone saw his or to the opposition as a poison chalice. accepted and you are capitulating to a leader that has been untrust wordsy, don't accept it and it looks like you are giving up a good deal. they have the people in their favour, and it's holding out. a lot

what came out of the meeting between the opposition and president viktor yanukovych?> well, when the meeting ended the three leaders of the opposition came to independence square, the heart of the protest since it started. one of those opposition leaders, wladimir klitschko, he got on the stage and said they may be disappointed. they were offered a deal, if they got protesters to leave an area a few hundred yards away, where there'd been clashes, he would release anyone that was detained and consider lesser sentences for those who have been arrested because of these protests. t the opposition brought to to the people. they rejected it and told them to stand their ground. they are singing the national anthem. it's 6 o'clock in the morning, bitter code. hundreds of people are here. at the other site, thousands of there, but very peaceful. the opposition says keep demonstrating, keep it peaceful. that is what is happening this night. >> there's a video that's gone viral in the ukraine, showing a protestor that stripped naked and paraded around by police. what has been th

these are viktor yanukovych's base of support. the parts of the country that are absolutely most sympathetic to his pro-russia policies. what we've seen is indication that unrest will spread. there's a danger of violence getting worse as the opposition leadership holds out for bigger victory in the days ahead. >> just to back up a couple of steps for people, what's this all been about? two months ago there was the possibility of ukraine having closer ties with the eu. then that changed. >> reporter: sure. it began with a broken promise, essentially. president yanukovych had said for a long time he would sign sweeping political free trade agreements with the eu. toward the end of november he backed away from those deals and that set off the first round of protests. but it's become a much deeper, more complicated situation. those protests were inflamed by a violent police crackdown on november 30th on peaceful protesters in kiev. that set off a whole different round of demonstrations. january 16th yanukovych supporters had a package

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

they want to see president viktor yanukovych resign. he said he will not do that. wide impasse in ukraine. civil unrest is growing across the country, so a very, very critical time here. the opposition leaders have called on their people to be peaceful, and it has largely been peaceful. demonstrations in the center of the city have intensified. overnight, friday night, saturday morning, we'll see what the weekend brings in ukraine. >> that was jennifer glasse reporting from kiev. protests began when the president ditched a trade deal with the european union, and turned to russia. >> meanwhile small steps of progress in the ongoing syrian conflict. for the first time they made face to face with opposition leaders. the negotiations almost collapsed on friday because the oppositions wanted bashar al-assad's representatives to create a transitional government. they said no. they first had to focus on the small agreements between the two sides. nick schifrin is live in geneva, where the talks were held. we talked about the smaller agreements being met. what are the smal

breaking news on r t ukraine's president viktor yanukovych has offered one of the leaders of the protest movement. to new the post of prime minister he's also agreed to make key changes in the constitution after another round of crisis talks with the opposition we go live to kiev very shortly. this is our international live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just ten ten pm and eight pm in ukraine where the breaking news is that the country's president viktor yushchenko bitch has invited a leader of the opposition to become prime minister in a bid to quell the anti-government unrest that is sweeping the country is also agreed to make changes to the constitution giving extra powers to parliament that's the latest now from peter all of a who is in kiev peter this appears to be a dramatic and major breakthrough doesn't it. well this is all come about following the latest rounds of talks between excuse me this is all come about following the latest round of talks between the government and the opposition now the changes to the constitution that is the other covert he said he's

breaking news on r t ukraine's president viktor yushchenko be a chance offered one of the leaders of the protest movement arseniy yatsenyuk the post of prime minister is also agreed to make key changes in the constitution that's another round of crisis talks with the opposition we go live to kiev very shortly. this is our international live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just ten ten pm and eight pm in ukraine where the breaking news is that the country's president viktor yushchenko bitch has invited a leader on.

spreading from the capital to other parts of ukraine and raising pressure on president viktor yanukovych. demonstrators are demanding his resignation. >>> violence in egyptian capital cairo. cctv shows an explosion outside cairo. >>> a story of survival. an amazing story. as fighting goes on in syria, a baby trapped amid the war torn aleppo is found alive. >>> absolutely critical as the two parties come together for peace talks. >>> the cases have generateoutrage within the country and the world: tonight, reports of a shocking new case, it involves the rape of a 20-year-old woman allegedly committed by men from her own village in west bengal. the woman remains hospitalized in critical condition. the police have arrested 13 men in connection with the crime, lidy dutt reports. >> one of the men accused of raping a 20-year-old woman in this area on the alleged orders of a village court. earlier state government representatives surveyed the area. they went door to door from the home of the victim to the homes of the men she says attacked h her. >> no one will be spared. if anyone is not guil

still, opposition leaders insisted again that president viktor yanukovych must also resign.ll get a full report on the developing situation in ukraine, later in the program. >> woodruff: thailand is going ahead with parliamentary elections this sunday, despite fears of violent protests and an opposition boycott. the country's election commission had called for delaying the vote, but the government rejected the idea today. >> ( translated ): if we postpone the election will the problems go away? you can see that the problems obstructing the election cannot be solved even if we postpone it. the people who are causing trouble did not say they would stop if it is postponed. >> woodruff: the opposition has occupied parts of bangkok and demanded that prime minister yingluck shinawatra resign immediately. >> woodruff: wall street's jitters over emerging markets calmed today, and stocks turned higher after three days of losses. the dow jones industrial average gained 90 points to close at 15,928. the nasdaq rose 14 points to close near 4,098. a voice that shaped american folk music

viktor yanukovych said he'll hold an opposition meeting, but protesters want him to resign. >>> focusing on how to win sees in congress this november, but instead it's trying to recover from comments made by former presidential candidate mike huckabee and troubles surrounding new jersey governor chris christie. lisa stark is following the story. fill us in. >> reporter: the rnc chairman said that everyone needs to move forward together. reince priebus, the chair of the rnc said the g.o.p. needs to get out of its comfort zone and engage new voters and a lot of talk reaching out to women, reaching out to minorities to bring them into the parties as activists, as candidates. there was a distraction. someone did not stay on message, that was mike huckabee. he was a luncheon speaker, and he was talking about the democrat comments that republicans are waging a war on women, and he said it was the democrats who are shortchanging women. >> if the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they're helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a presc

havprisonersd over to kenya's president. >>> and katherine ashton has met with ukrainian president viktor yanukovych. >> and some news just coming in. car bombs across baghdad are reported to have killed at least 18 people. al jazeera sources are saying sg that several parked cars blue up in predominantly shared neighborhoods. >>> pakistan's prime minister has peace talks with the taliban despite attacks. taliban claimed responsibility and promised more attacks. >>> the philippine military claim 4043 fight verse bee--43 s have been killed. they met with the rebel leader who said that their struggle is far from over. >> the far flung area of the philippines. al jazeera meets one of the most want the men in the country. the philippine government wants him dead. the military launched an all out offensive early monday morning. the government calls his group a threat to national security. they remain unfaze. >> from the very beginning we broke away from th them and saie won't be joining the peace talks between the government and the mlf. >> that pending peace agreement aims to end the rebellio

viktor yanukovych said he would amend the anti-protest law and reshovel his cabinet.et's get more on egypt the third anniversary of the start of the revolution that forced hosni mubarak from office. we go to omar. we see all these people out on the streets of egypt. some are celebrating, some protesting where the country is today. if we look at the big picture for a moment what do you think about the state of egypt three years after the ousting of mubarak? >> i think egypt is passing through one of the most dangerous episodes of its history. it appears the hopes for justice and democracy, and more or less a form of present government, but right now the two periods between 2011 to july 2013 you saw deep polarizations. yes, there were freedoms and at the same time there were very bitter rivalries between political rivals, and the military that never really left the scene. they decided to take over again and come forward. this was followed by a period of unprecedented oppression. there is no comparison between what happened especially 52 and 54 and what happened followin

demonstrators rejected a power-sharing deal that president viktor yanukovych imposed. they are waiting to see what will come out of an emergency session of parliament and are getting help from volunteers of other countries. another occupied building is city hall. that man works in the kitchen by day and mans the barricades by night. he wants to keep his face hidden back home, but is proud to be here. >> the situation in belarus made us come here to take part in the process. it's important for us. we have had 20 years of dictatorship. it's good for us to overcome our fear. >> there are pockets of demonstrators from other soviet countries, such as armenia and georgia. most shared a dislike of this man vladimir putin. helping ukraine is a matter of principal, and setting an example for people at home. >> well, nick is live for us in kiev. it was always symbolic that the protesters had taken over the justice ministry. we hear they are leaving. have all of them gone. what are you seeing. >> 15 minutes ago al jazeera was in contact with someone inside. the occupation is over

their country, a proud democracy, only 22 years old is turning into a police state and they blamed viktor yanukovych for it. he's going to have to do an awful lot to change their minds and certainly the majority of ukrainians believe the only thing he can do is resign. >> we played a video of a protestors stripped naked and beaten by police. he held a news conference and said he wanted revenge. the interior minister has apologized for the treatment the police gave this man, they will investigate, and they are hearing of other beatings by police. are attitudes hardening as these instances go along? >> we have heard lots of incidents by police, activists are concerned. there was a plea, activists have disappeared, they are making announcements if you have seen anybody let them know, some of the leaders of protest movements here who have carried out protests in kiev have disappeared. the police allegedly attacked a convoy of vehicles just the other night, and one of the leaders of that convoy of vehicles protesting against the government is also missing. and so there has been a litany of all

it is a potential concession from viktor yanukovych. >>> talks in geneva appear to be deadlocked over apparent transitional government. this comes after both parities are still discussing how to get women and children out of a besieged city of homs. >>> nsa and british spy agencies are tapping into information sent by smartphone apps, among many others can transmit data like your location and your gender. in washington lawmakers have reached a deal on the farm bill. it would cut millions annually from food stamps. mike viqueria joins us now from the white house. whoa, millions from food stamps. tell us about the deal mike. mike viqueria everything is relevant, tony. $800 million a year to be precise that's out of an $80 billion a year annual program food stamps administered by the agriculture department. far below what the legislators wanted. doubling of the price of milk, doubling of commodity prices, evidently they have a deal here, the cuts to food stamps while they are significant they are far far more modest than what conservatives want to happen. something is happening tony, in

>> i do not know what kind of effect it has on president viktor yanukovich, because since the 17th ofdecember, when they the mainl with russia, ally in the international arena, and i was just at the office of and therean union, was meant to be talks about a range of issues with different regions of the ukraine, and most of the appointments have been canceled due to the confusion there is at the moment. you can see things that taking up in relationships. >> thank you. a court in russia has ordered the release of the business tightr of a former oriole -- oil tycoon and kremlin critic. in 2005 after a falling out with vladimir putin. it is the latest prisoner release ahead of next month's winter olympics in so she guess sochi. -- sochi. is calling al qaeda for militant factions in syria to stop fighting each other and set up a judicial committee to sort out differences. several islamist groups have often up in serious, fighting it out with the original antigovernment rebels. the jihadist do not have a seat at the table at the syrian peace conference, and the call comes as participants th

fiery demonstrations in ukraine, president viktor yanukovych says he's willing to are make concessionsestors say he needs to resign. targeted all four attacks targeted police and hilt in or near cairo. at least six people died, dozens more were injured. a critical day ahead for negotiations looking to end the bloodshed in syria. representatives from both sides have agreed to meet face to face tomorrow in geneva, it would be the first time they met face to face since the start of the three year conflict. >>> a judge has ordered a brain dead pregnant woman to be taken off life support. the hospital could appeal the order. a friday wall street may want to forget. the dow dropping 318 points off nearly 2%. investors concerned over the strength of the emerging markets and the sign of a slowdown in china. i'm john siegenthaler, we'll see you back at 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. you can always get the latest news at aljazeera.com. i'll see you at 11:00 eastern. >> on "america tonight", a sporting chance? as the clock ticks down to one of the biggest sporting events we'll ask, will brazil be r

. >> reporter: president viktor yanukovych has bee given greater powers to punish protesters. successful briefly broke out between pro and anti-government protesters. demonstrators have occupied two sites in the city for two months, and another mass rally is planned for supplied. we have more from kiev. >> reporter: this is the center of the ukrainian capitol. yoon any regular day this woulde a very busy street one of the main roads through kiev but for the last two months this has been no ordinary place. this has been the heart of the protest movement. people have been making speeches, singing songs and rousing crowds here for eighth t weeks, for two months. the numbers tend to get bigger on the weekends but this is not just a long running movement. this is a long organized movement. intense down here and intense over there, all around the square there are people who make food for the hundreds of people and thousands of volunteers who have been running this protest camp since the end of november. they serve meals and coffee trying to keep people warm in very cold winter month

crises talks between ukrainian president viktor yanukovich and opposition leaders failed to produce a result they come with the state. the three hour long meeting which was the first significant is towards negotiating an end to be honest and it was the opposition's nine two great police bullets was more protests. afterwards they said the president given any concrete don't says to economics. he argued. i knew that she missed a president not feel so itchy to solve this problem. snap elections will change the situation without bloodshed and we wanted everything to achieve that status into that people do not ignore them. we still have the second option of twenty four dollars and eleven. it demands in brisbane norths bibles every year a month. the internet the point. then the failed opposition ultimatum increases the pressure on the mek this to seek a way out of the chaos which he himself with no disrespect to the country rule the hungarian olympic committee says that some concern and planned what to think of that iconic athletes during the winter in them fixed. it was one of five elliptic

viktor yanukovych gave no indication that he intends to step down. that's what he'd like to see, or at least see earlier elections. it will be an eventful week. >> the unrest in the ukraine is spreading beyond the capital. government buildings in at least nine other cities have been stormed. >> this is the regional administration building in a city in the west of ukraine. on thursday a large crowd of anti-government protesters arrived and went inside and got the regional governor, appointed by president viktor yanukovych to resign. he said later that he did so under duress and took it back. nonetheless the protesters were in control of this building, and are maintaining a virtual 24 hour presence, singing songs and keeping their spirits up. they say they will not move, like the people in the square, independence square in kiev until the demands are met. they have erected large barricades filled with snow to stop the security forces getting anywhere near here. it's one of many sites in the city that have been taken over by anti-government protesters,

president viktor yanukovych in an extraordinary measure pushed the vote. when it went through, others shouted, "shame." >> viktor yanukovych under pressure from moscow as well. how is the ukrainian government reacting to the news that russia is suspending the multibillion aid package? that's right. this is not good news for ukraine, it's beleaguered economy needed the package. if you count the gas concessions. it was russia's way of exerting pressure. they are allow to review that deal. vladimir putin said we made the deal with the former prime minister. it puts ukraine's economy under pressure, and russia increased the pressure. they reimposed trade sanctions at the borders, sanctions at the borders, slowing down trades. 70% of the trade goes to russia, exerting its influence here, and some opposition people saying president viktor yanukovych went on vacation to wait until after the sochi winter olympics before making a mill. >> jennifer glasse for us with developments. >> anti-government protesters in thailand are holding another rally in the hopes of de

the ukraine where viktor yanukovych is on sick leave. war protests on the way. ukraine has been rocked by two months of major demonstrations to push the president from power. let's bring in our correspondent. tell us about the announcement of the president taking sick leave during the time of crisis. is that a surprise? >> a came as a surprise this morning. according to the press service, he suffers from acute respiratory disease, company with fever. journalist says that it is just stress. in any case, this is the first time in four years that he has communicated his health condition. it came as a surprise and it is kind of strange. yesterday, he made an extra effort to convince the majority to vote for a lawn amnesty. -- a law on amnesty. many comments emphasize that this is probably just -- that the president has tried to pull. he is trying to resent himself as a man of the people. he may be trying to get the simcity -- the sympathy of the voters. what kind of affect mikey president's sick leave have on be -- kind of effect might president's sick leave have? n