as brussels moves to boycott the twenty twelve championship in ukraine this over the case of jailed yulia timoshenko. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very interview show right here on our. quiz is the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising. worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is are with me rule. in syria a third bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city of live just hours after eight were killed and dozens wounded in twin explosions the government and the opposition both blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks now the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped to broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary elections in just two weeks time but the u.s. and its allies are still calling for regime change jordan a base prefer a louche syria fell out of favor. playing by its own will. i think they are trying to des

captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- diplomatic crisis over the jailing of the former prime minister yulia tetymoshenko. >> the eu has for a long time fought for tymoshenko be released. but now claims that she has been beaten in jail have brought things to a head. >> her family says she urgently need hospital treatment outside ukraine. >> angela merkel reportedly will not be going to any matches in ukraine unless kiev improves as the treatment of the the former prime minister. one of her ministers has said he would stay away. >> as things stand right now, i do not think it would be acceptable for ministers to the long as spectators. my concern is there is a danger it would give validity to the editorial -- to the dictatorial regime. >> the boycott because of ukrainian government's treatment of the former prime minister. tymoshenko is in jail over charges many say are politically motivated. for 10 days, she has been on hunger strike. they do want the german team to play their. >> public attention will only remain focused if the european championships go ahead their in the ukraine. >> the uk

. >> yulia tymoshenko was twice prime minister before her successor took power and put on trial.t the end of december, 2011, she was taken to women's prison 54. she is in poor health, and a video showing her lying ill in bed set off a wave of international protests. it looks as if she is finally getting proper medical attention. the west condemns her imprisonment as politically motivated. >> they want to break yulia morally and physically. they know only too well that when she gets out of prison again, she will be the next president of ukraine. >> german chancellor angela merkel has recruited the -- repeatedly criticized the prison sentences. rather than go to prison, the former economic minister fled, becoming the first to receive political asylum in prague. his organization shares the office with alexander tymoshenko. >> we are trying everything to ensure that ukraine is not derailed from the path of european integration. ukraine wants to be part of your. >> alexander has registered his wife's party in the czech republic, but they do not want to be seen in the same picture with

the trial of ukraine's former prime minister for tax evasion put off until late may after yulia timoshenko claims of abuse by prison guards left her too frail to attend she's already serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power. up next the latest edition of in moscow. hello and welcome to the program on this week's show be taking a look at the subject of retro because from stylish american catalogs to groovy servia tried to have a real estate such classic cars from the past so joey much about bruce as we take a look at an impressive collection of historic automobiles here in the russian capital starting off at all first location museum of retro cars. a retro revolution why do we love all things vintage many collectors believe that back in the day cars were cars not appliances. and there may be some truth in that he knew that human hands made them not robots as you can see here from the striking designs so many houses suppression and flash about them technically new cars today are better they drive faster are safer more reliable use less fuel and it's common knowledge that they perform

the trial of ukraine's former prime minister for tax evasion put off till late may after yulia timoshenko claims abuse by prison guards left her to flail to step. seven am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the hacker group anonymous responded to the new u.s. cyber security act cispa encouraging internet users to take to the streets the group's launch what it's calling operation defense phase two. we are calling upon the citizens of the united states to physically protest. over the coming couple of months a number of protests will be held against companies supporting cispa the bill passed the u.s. house of representatives and is now headed for the senate but president obama has threatened to veto the act citing civil liberty concerns if passed this bill would permit u.s. based internet companies to illegal to illegally share private user information with the government journalist david seaman explains what he thinks are the dangers behind. they're going after people before they've even committed anything that's illegal. in the case that they added to

it's the latest developments in the role of the former prime minister yulia timoshenko. interview show. tuesday interviews the new president. fifteen minutes from now we talk to chris hedges he's a veteran u.s. war correspondent. he thinks washington is heading when it comes to its domestic. policies our special interview next. chris hedges is an american author journalist former war correspondent and respected expert on middle east politics the pulitzer prize winner is also a man who is suing the us president and secretary of defense will be talking about that and a range of other issues as mr hedges joins me now for a one on one interview thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. sure we have seen a lot of violence and instability over the past couple of years the arab spring foreign intervention in libya uncontrollable debt problems and riots in the u.s. and throughout europe threats of a global recession how do you think these political and economic crises feed off of one another and keep the momentum going well it's all the same crisis which is the collapse of

football championship in ukraine and poland over the case of jail ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko more details to follow in a few minutes. also. we can leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on r.t. . julian quizzes the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising all that is has just ahead. international news and covered live from the russian capital this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day in syria a third bomb blast has rocked the city just hours after nine people were killed and around one hundred wounded in twin explosions that the government and the opposition of blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire and that's because maintains its fighting a foreign funded insurgency just days ago lebanon intercepted a large shipment of smuggled weapons for the syrian rebels beirut ba

ukraine postpones a new tax evasion trial of a jailed former prime minister opposition leader out of yulia timoshenko amid controversy over her ill health and claims that she was beaten up in prison. unemployment in debt ridden spain hits a new record high threatening to fuel public protests all amid fears that unlawful demonstrations will be met by a brutal police response. very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow river sue shame outcry from internet users over the controversial cyber security act is set to spill onto the streets the hacker group anonymous is hitting back in response to the bill by launching what it calls operation defense face to. we are calling upon the citizens of the united states to physically protest having a pass the u.s. house of representatives on friday is now a step closer to becoming law and next it's heading to the senate as the white house continues to threaten a veto over the bill that could allow internet companies to legally share sensitive user information with the american government a move critics say infringes on privacy and civil li

and ukraine's ex prime minister's new tax evasion trial is perspire until late may as yulia timoshenko fails to attend the hearing after claiming she was beaten by prison guards. are watching r t with worldwide news live from moscow. from internet users at the new u.s. cyber security act it's called. and that anger may soon spill out onto the streets the hacker group anonymous is responding to the bill by launching what it's calling operation defense phase two. we are calling upon the citizens of the united states to physically protest over the coming two months a number of protests will be held decrying companies the support. of the bill has passed through the house of representatives that happened on friday it's now on its way to the senate president obama has threatened to veto the measure citing privacy concerns if made law the act will permit u.s. based internet companies to legally share private user information with the american government journalist david seaman explains what he believes that the danger is behind. here going after people before they've even committed anything i

you were sleeping on a bluff by the train station. >> at that time i was going to meet yulia.to make a decision between staying -- >> dr. phil: i have to say two things. then we have to move on. i just want you to be safe. and that's what you're saying. >> absolutely. >> dr. phil: it's just about being safe. i want you to be safe. and you seem to have kind of a refreshing naivete about some of this, and i mean that in a nice way. i don't mean that in an ugly way. but yet you seem to be -- you seem to categorize and stereotype american women, of which there are like 180 million. there are a lot of women here. >> what i stereotype is the way i have to meet and what happens after the meeting, which is the business of, you know, just in arizona, when i go country dancing, which i love to do, you know, just standing in line to try to talk to someone interesting, trying to get them out on the dance floor, trying to do this or that because there's a lot of competition from other men. now, when i go back, the reason i want to go to the small ukrainian cities, there aren't that many me

championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the row over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's serving time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on. the new president of. the arab spring began. well that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more free in half an hour from now in the meantime we meet a community who choose to go back to basics that's a special report next on r.t. . you cannot. be feared. it's easy to look out in society it's easy to look out at what's going on in politics or society and say well i don't like that like i want to protest against that or you know some political decision or whatever you know whatever happens there's things that it's good to you know the easy to identify a protest against but but there's got to be a flip side to say well here's what you're against but then what are you in favor of so we talked about you know some people go off to the occupy wall street protests but that in a way it's just as i

. >> there is growing concern over the health of ukraine's former prime minister, yulia temoshenko. >> she is in prison and suffering from debilitating back pain. >> on top of that, she claims jail guards beat her last week. since then, she has been on hunger strike in protest. >> this is more than just a case of international medical aid. it could determine future ties between the ukraine and the west. >> if kiev agrees, she could be treated at berlin's's hospital. the hospital chief already examined the imprisoned former premier twice. if it were up to him, she would be here now. >> for several months now, she has been under great psychological as well as physical stress due to pain. add to that a hunger strike, and i personally find the situation quite worrisome. >> these images of temoshenko in her cell where taken -- were taken using a hidden camera. germany's foreign minister says he expects proper medical attention for all of ukraine's prisoners. he also warned kiev against using the judicial system for political ends. >> the respect for fundamental european values such as the

the trial of ukraine's former prime minister for tax evasion postponed till late may after yulia timoshenko claims abuse by prison guards left her too frail to attack. but violence in the arab spring has led to widespread displacement in the greater middle east with thousands fleeing europe coming out of our special report we look at conflicting attitudes towards migrants and how it affects the whole of the european continent. almost three i'm living not deeply about some work in the media. i'm a newcomer in rubia. to speak italian language. most to. be a good point to meds to goes but but but yet most in the dr. phil. used to soup is sometimes. migrants from asia and africa took a liking to this place just outside to many railway station a long time ago. they hang around it all day long. a local journalist coming here in the evening great deal of attention she wants information about the refugees for her blog. there are hundreds of people here yes we have received residence permits but the shelters where we used to spend the night have been closed down we now live in the open we sleep on t

the trial of ukraine's former prime minister for tax evasion postponed until late may after yulia timoshenko planes abused by prison guards left her to frail to attend she's already serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power and. tech update up next stay with us here on our team. hello and welcome to technology update as more and more people flock to big cities and gas guzzling cars clog the motorways the rush is on to limit the impact of our modern day lifestyles scientists engineers and clean energy and the world over have looked to make a difference with eco friendly solutions and here russia is certainly no exception no sure foreign automakers have grabbed the initiative with alternative fuel cars like those that run on hydrogen and even more traditional ideas like hybrids remain beyond the price range of many drivers. definitely on the way down for more they once were but improvements still need to be made. entirely on the electric power. despite recent car of the year awards a number of short. and that's especially true in major metropolises far from certain they'll be a place to

championship in ukraine it's the latest developments in the handling of the former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who's serving time for abusing power. and the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again very interview show right here on t.v. on tuesday interviews the new president. of the arab spring revolts. but that's it for me the news team for the moment i'll be back with more on those stories and. that's next which today focuses on the potential changes that the upcoming presidential elections in egypt will bring to the region stay with us for that. if you. want. a lonely and welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about countering revolution a little over a year ago the arab awakening started in quickly inspired millions in north africa and the middle east what is the current state of this awakening is democracy in civil society truly on the margins or are the powers of reaction again controlling the narrative and political outcomes. to cross-talk the counter revolution in the middle east i'm joined by v.j. prashad he's in chicopee he's a professor of internationa

former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko is currently serving a seven year term for abuse of power has gone on hunger strike she's been refusing food for five days after another corruption probe was launched which she insists is fabricated to miss shango was taken to hospital last friday which are a lawyer claims was against her will the former premier alleges prison guards punched her in the stomach and twisted her arms when she refused to go which the prison authorities deny to the same cause been complaining of poor health and she was jailed last october and is demanding treatment in germany cranium court is now investigating whether tymoshenko committed economic crimes in the one nine hundred ninety s. if guilty of those she could get next to twelve years behind bars. beijing is looking for backing from nordic states for its bid to gain a foothold in the arctic region and its vast energy resources china's prime minister is now in sweden for talks france's learn from a hong kong based investment firm says that while lot all arctic nations are keen to work with beijing they

prime minister has been put off until late may due to her absence yulia timoshenko she was accused of financial irregularities when she had a gas company the ninety's i refused to attend the hearing citing health concerns with this report on to use alexy out of sheer scale. not only you that i'm ashamed to believe that this case against her is completely politicized and orchestrated by the government she even reportedly went on a hunger strike to support the claim but also in the latest twist she claims that she was physically abused by wardens in the prison where she spends her prison time now that happened when she was to be transported to a clinic to have her reported spinal hemorrhage treated she believe she claims that the wards covered her and blanket and landed several punches in her hand this week a photos of her bruises were made public on the internet certainly made a lot of noise here in ukraine and internationally now on the other hand there was a video published as well showing tymoshenko walking freely in her cell as if denying the claims that she has severe back problem

thanks for being with us former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko is currently serving a seventy year term for abuse of power is going on hunger strike she's been refusing food now for five days after another corruption probe was launched against their would she insists is fabricated to michelle who was taken to hospital last friday which a lawyer claims against her will elect here is your school brings you up to date from ukraine. no you need to shave herself has accused policeman working in the prison in kind of physically abusing her of covering her with a blanket and punching her in the stomach twisting her arms and feet while delivering her to hospital the oath ortiz on their behalf denying all such allegations at the same time we understand that you are saying or has filed an official complaint against the brutal the use of brutal force against her i would like to remind you of us that you need to show ukraine's former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison last october and now we understand that a new case has been launched against her in relation to her t.v

taking a look at other news from around the world now in ukraine a trial for a pm an opposition leader yulia tymoshenko on fresh tax evasion charges has been delayed until late may the court ruled the case could not be heard in the absence of two shango who refuses to hand the trial citing health problems she's already serving a prison term for abuse of office on friday photos emerged of bruises on to a chunk of the body which he says he received while in prison and earlier online video showing a woman thought to be the walking freely raised questions over her alleged ill health. i mean a satellite image appears to show north korea is preparing to test its nuclear capabilities earlier this month south korean officials reported the digging of a new tunnel near the north nuclear facility which led to believe. planning a third test north korea has already been condemned by the one security council for a failed long range rocket launch on april thirteenth and could face tougher sanctions if it goes ahead with another test it's unclear when did nation might take place. for me and government has c

ukraine's former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who is currently serving a seven year prison term for abuse of power has gone on hunger strike after yet another corruption inquiry was set up against her comes amid allegations that he has been physically abused in prison and he has the details now from ukraine. oh you need to machine herself has accused policeman working in the prison in kind of physically abusing her of covering her with a blanket and punching her in the stomach twisting her arms and feet while delivering her to a hospital the authorities on their behalf denying all such allegations at the same time we understand that there has filed an official complaint against. the use of brutal force against her now i'd like to remind us that ukraine's former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison last year and now we understand that a new case has been launched against her in relation to her activities in the one nine hundred ninety s. when she was the head of ukraine's united energy systems company she could face additional twelve years in prison so emotions are s

tax evasion charges on the trial of a jailed former prime minister and the opposition leader yulia tymoshenko it's all about controversy over her ill health claims that she was beaten up in prison. unemployment in spain hits new record high fuel public protests and fears the demonstrations will be met by a brutal police response. now the multiculturalism concept has been adopted in many countries but there's growing opinion that it's failed up next we speak to u.n. special report. about how immigrants too often refuse to assimilate in their adopted countries spotlight is now. on the money with the business of russia. how about here hello welcome to spotlight the confetti show hard to find out where in our van its name my guest is. shiny. and the auto world different culture simply cannot live separately as we give the higher the speed of light the more peoples and cultures collide migrate mix and conflict and there are societies sooner all later pressed to choose how to manage into cultural issues in many countries the multiculturalist concept has been adopted though some say it's has failed

world are we go starting with ukraine whether trower former prime minister opposition leader yulia tymoshenko on fresh tax evasion charges has now been delayed until late may the court ruled the case cannot be heard in the absence of tymoshenko who refuses to attend the trial citing health problems she was already serving a prison term for abuse of office on friday photos emerged of bruises on two machines his body which she says she received while in prison and earlier online video showing a woman thought to be the ex prime minister walking freely rather than raised questions over her alleged ill health. and you satellite image appears to show north korea is preparing to test its nuclear capabilities earlier this month south korean officials reported the digging of a new tunnel near the north's nuclear facility which led to believe pyongyang is secretly planning a. north korea has already been condemned by the u.n. security council for a failed long range rocket launch on april thirteenth and could face tougher sanctions if it goes ahead with yet another it's unclear though when a possible d

championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the role over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko serving time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on our t.v. the tuesday julian assange interviews of the new president of. the arab spring the first to pick. up to date on the headlines but now the time for the sporting headlines with paul. thank you very much laurie welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up on his way the russian football union confirming to our teams that pick up the card is to step down as manager at the end of this summer's european football championship. never again maria sharapova big world number one victoria azarenka on the stuttgart clay to claim her first title of the year. in the waiting game this drama at the way in his russian middleweight champion dmitri pilger prepares to put his w b o crown on the line on tuesday night. the first thing russian football union have confirmed to r.t. that manager dick advocaat is to stand

and ukraine over the case of yulia timoshenko the former ukrainian prime minister now serving a prison term for abusing power brussels claims the case though was politically motivated to michelle because currently on hunger strike the latest now from marquis of correspondent r.t. as i like to ski. what seems to be 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 call their land troops to ukraine in particular for the u. of twenty twelve football period as easily as if to protest against the treatment. of 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 mosco with president medvedev raising his eyebrows over the treatment of you to saying that this these actions to throw serious shade on ukraine's reputation and are una

football championship in ukraine and poland over the case of jail ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko more details to follow in a few minutes. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here. quizzes the new president as. he was swept to power by a popular uprising just ahead. international news and comment live from the russian capital this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day in syria a bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city of it lived just off the nine people were killed and around one hundred wounded in twenty explosions there the government and the opposition of blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks the united nations warns the own going violence threatens the peace plan it helped broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the roadmap is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary elections in just a week from now but the u.s. and its allies are still calling for regime change jordan base

yulia timoshenko fails to attend the hearing off the claiming she was beaten by prison. some of the headlines for the day for you right there on. digging up the secrets behind today's business headlines the kaiser report it's right now. this is the kaiser report about the cattle prod economy. even more yeah consuming it doesn't matter if they lose all the right. yes max there's good news in the global economy and that's petro panic a warm weather may have kept u.k. out of recession now of course it never happened max warm weather and widespread petrol panic helped drive the biggest increase in british retail sales in more than a year in march i call this the. economy literally finance insurance real estate. was another disco hit in the seventies. you're. you know there's cameron you know manufacturing of petrol scare people jumping on the forecourt by pressure on the president. by more oh that's g.d.p. growth yeah make any sense absolutely not the most sure of. terrorist well it's excellent news max and this you know what more excellent news along these lines coming from

and the trial of ukraine's former prime minister for tax evasion put off till late may after yulia timoshenko claims abuse by prison guards left her too frail to attend she's already serving a seven year sentence for abuse of power. a report up next stay with us. i'm max foster this is the kaiser report about the cattle prod economy in a consumer you can see an even more yeah get him consuming doesn't matter if they lose all the right lines or things. yes max there's good news in the global economy and that's petro panic a warm weather may have kept u.k. out of recession now of course it never happened max warm weather and widespread petrol panic helped drive the biggest increase in british retail sales in more than a year in march i call this the. economy literally finance insurance real estate. was a lot of disco hit in the seventies oh your. yeah there's cameron you know manufacturing of petrol scare people jumping on the forecourt by pressure on the president. by more oh that's g.d.p. growth yeah make any sense absolutely not unless you're a. terrorist well it's excellent news max and thi