orange revolution are bent on giving it a second try. to cross up the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander make your wrists in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst in brussels we have gone to how he is the director of the european center of the carnegie endowment for international peace and in moscow we cross to mark's ability he is a senior lecturer in researcher at moscow state university or gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want if i can go to you in brussels the ukrainian government survived a vote of no confidence today but at the same time there are voices in the european union and some prominent newspapers as well as some prominent european union officials are saying that the government now in ukraine is illegitimate which is rather strange isn't it because two weeks ago they were negotiations with it so are we experiencing a second orange revolution in ukraine a lot towards going to turn into a second orange revolution. and of course it's likely really as you say to talk about non-legitimate government tha

children were killed by a radical is there uncertainty hangs over ukraine and the eu says it's frozen trade offs on keeping up pressure on the president and blaming monster down from that link. mexico's planning to tie this was the poms but if you're an oil tycoon don't get your out just yet hundreds of thousands of protesters are barren vowing to stop the state from selling am. i endured mosque al you're watching rt into not snow with me and ethan allen street or top story this hour. like atrocities are being described in war torn syria resonance of the small town outside damascus told rt how they witnessed anti government this film is burning civilians in ovens in using others as human shields the army struggling to throw the extremists out of the area say the horrific scenes did take place. i deserve a tunnel trying to get a clear picture of what happened. nom nom of most of the tuscany at the party sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of address and massacred local civilians according to latest figures at least eighty people were killed in the dis

here and now understands that it's clearly it was clearly the president of ukraine who gave the orders and who have to who has to be responsible for what happens here now mr shift chunk of the word revolution is back in use in key of these days and one thing that we learned from the arab revolutions over the past couple of years is that you know bloodshed can start with a couple of broken ribs and a few concussions but it can very quickly degenerate into people actually being killed on the streets and compared to what we saw in egypt or syria thankfully the protests in the ukraine and even the police efforts to disperse that process while all of that were relatively civilized do you think the worst is now over and have you any concerns that if those rallies continued that they could be real blood being spilled in care. well there is one think we should makes the events in kiev these days very different from the arab revolutions and it's about the peaceful. brought to us every ten or fifteen minutes every speaker who is on this station says to the to the people we're a peaceful g

anything that goes wrong in ukraine is obviously russia's fault i mean that's a fault line for ukrainian politics. well it certainly is and it's what the europeans have been saying for the ever since this decision was made now i've actually read the association agreement and i have to say i am not really convinced of that my own view is that it is a far too ambitious document it requires that ukraine is sensually to convert to all the rules of the european single market within ten years on i don't honestly see how that is practically possible and i think trying to do that would inflict an awful lot of damage on ukrainian industry and on the ukrainian economy what i think probably happened is that what i'm fairly sure happened is that mr as our of who is the prime minister had doubts about this for some time he communicated his doubts to the various industrial groups in the ukraine they came back and told mr young rich in a meeting about four weeks ago that this is simply not practical and it needs more time mr young. went to the europeans and they said we need a lot more money if this is

throughout the day, head to aljazeera.com. >> the latest trouble in ukraine is brewing for weeks. the crisis approached the breaking point overnight as police moved against the protesters in the ukraine capitol kiev. it was the rejection of a deal for closer economic ties with europe that sent protesters into the streets. it's a high-stakes drama and a flash point of the larger power struggle between russian president putin on one side and the united states and europe on the other. on this edition of our program we're going to dig in to why all this matters for america. but we start on the ground in kiev's independent square. >> for more than two weeks demonstrators have rallied against the government in the ukraine's capitol kiev. in the middle of the night riot police moved into independent square. >> we're standing here, but we're moving. we're moving forward step by step, we're going forward. everyone makes a big effort for our country, for our families, and the whole world is watching ukraine. >> in freezing conditions the police pushed and shoved their way in the square try

leave me. alone and welcome to crossfire all things considered i'm peter lavelle ukraine deeply divided here of sovereign decision to walk away from an association agreement with brussels has resulted in an explosion of street protests and violence of some western pundits have even called for the overthrow of ukraine's current political order it would seem those who ultimately lost the orange revolution are bent on giving it a second try. to cross out the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander make your wrists in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst in brussels we have gone to how he is the director of the european center of the carnegie endowment for international peace and in moscow we cross to mark slowly he is a senior lecturer in research or at moscow state university or gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want if i can go to you in brussels the ukrainian government survived a vote of no confidence today but at the same time there are voices in the european union and some prominent newspapers as well as some p

killed by radical jihadists their. uncertainty hangs over ukraine tonight as the e.u. says its frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president are blaming moscow for meddling. amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain of rights workers there say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. the british energy company finds a massive wind turbine scrawled across the entrance to his drilling site a gift apparently from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas spirit. by their very good evening she just joined us it's just past ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin knowing you're watching r t international and distressing news to start this hour reports of nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told us that r t how they witnessed anti government is in the midst burning civilians in of ns and using others as human shields while the army struggling to overthrow the extremists out of the areas says the horrific scenes did take

including children were killed by radical jihad as their. uncertainty hangs over ukraine as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up the pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. but mexico is planning to privatized the pumps but if you're an oil tycoon don't get your cash out just yet hundreds of thousands of protesters are very valid to stop the state from selling out. its five pm here in moscow you're watching our team international with me and the sonali straight to our top story this hour nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. how they've witnessed anti-government islamist burning civilians and of ins and using others as human shields well the army struggling to throw the extremists out of the area say the horrific scenes did take place or she's arabic channel trying to get a clear picture of what happened. at that are two sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of an address and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at

it's clearly it was clearly the president of ukraine who gave the orders and who have to who has to be responsible for what happens here now mr shift chunk of the word revolution is back in use in kiev these days and one thing that we learned from the arab revolutions over the past couple of years is that you know bloodshed can start with a couple of broken ribs and a few concussions but it can very quickly degenerate into people actually being killed on the streets and compared to what we saw in egypt or syria thankfully the protests in the ukraine and even the police efforts to disperse that process while all of that were relatively civilized do you think the worst is now over have you any concerns that if those rallies continue that they could be real blood being spilled in here. well there is one think we should makes the events in kiev these days very different from the arab revolutions and it's about the peaceful. brought to us every ten or fifteen minutes every speaker who is on this station says to the to the people we're a peaceful gathering of citizens we're not going to a

play stocks. for it. good news you. ukraine's watch york as a cabinet reshuffle as it seeks to defuse the country's crisis fourth week in a reading contest a six month at independence square. i'm pulling for the resignation of the country's president viktor yanukovich. cheat meal at its new song about that as president since his company's he's all right but instead didn't even like the winning she needs to tend to implement run issues before at the jade rabbit sends its first picture from the new china's first in a row for kicks up a three month long expiration jenny. london's rainbow. as the headline thank you very much indeed featuring as the story here all the schools the impact of ukraine's leading punky has ordered a cabinet reshuffle. it seeks to defuse the crisis that has seen pro european demonstrations can tell. independence great for weeks now. today the protests continue these latest pictures coming to us out from my key at the protest is determined to stay put the teenager yesterday that it was halting work on a landmark trade in the digital packed with ukraine. ano

parliament in brussels playing a trump card in just a two mile to call to split the west of the ukraine president medina putin announced on wednesday rochelle was called to the rescue of its financially troubled labour. russia will provide eleven billion euros in loans and a sharp discount all natural gas lines the move has angered ukraine's pro eu protests is a cnn that president has sealed a secret deal to join a russian led the customs union. glad to be joined by russia's ambassador to the european union. with new shoes off. welcome to talk you think of. with so called by ukraine of course because as you know the situation in ukraine has polarized many people. brussels most nokia's in the middle. first of all we would like to see and we like to hear. will russia received from ukraine in exchange for its assistance lopez who lived in a completely agree with your assumption that. the events in ukraine have four eyes. of moscow and brussels. i don't have that impression. they have indeed always keep praying. that's it. on this occasion he spends the other ukrainian society is divided an

shea. you evening will do little. all welcome. coming up what's next in the standoff in ukraine with the government survived a no confidence vote. pro eu demonstrated still want but had a secure channel called rich. for that last minute about states were bikes get excited with moscow instead of brussels. we'll see how it turned out it's this tuesday evening. and to approach the broader question designed to quickly get the last laugh for all it's still on when it comes to the future of ukraine. that's coming up austin and jackson today. pr begins during the newsroom and say hello again to clear profit. thank you also are these other headlines thousands of people continued to protest and she advised of the opposition failed to force out the government's with an air of confidence faith and condiments. the name checked in on call basis police from a batting cage that and now anti government protest is to enter the compound of government buildings. and paul shaw read on the balcony to check into it gets six years in jail. ordering the acid attack in which the artistic director was al

, including ukraine, even before what is happening in kiev started could -- started, and i'm hoping that the political forces in the country will be able to solve all the problems, but even before all those problems, starting in may 2013, ukraine expressed a wish and has attended all the meanings of the troika as an observer, has participated in all the discussions, and has repeatedly stated earlier its interest in joining some of the agreements within the customs union. we do not impose anything on anybody. if our friends had a wish to work jointly, we are prepared to continue this work at the expert level. our project is based on equal rights and real economic processes. we will consistently advance the eurasian process without putting it in confrontation with other integration projects, including, of course, such a mature integration project as the european project. we will base ourselves on our mutual complementary nature. dear colleagues, the work on our -- a few words on our steps to continue to strengthen the armed forces -- i've just mentioned the issue of the missile-defens

diplomats are in kiev today for a meeting of the top security body and tera capital of ukraine has been gripped by massive protests against the government's decision to freeze time with the eu to turn toward russia instead police have promised not to use force but they have entertaining and investigating dozens of opposition activists. now the president of ukraine viktor yanukovich is away at the moment on us a visit to china. the one top level official in kiev says the government has not ruled out discussing the new snap election to correspond gulliver crack the latest from the protests. the us is among the countries that it says sending diplomats have a lower level than the foreign minister of state to state which would normally go to bed this kind of conference others that have decided to send their foreign ministers most notably a rodent. this weekend and javanese the test of sikorsky kyle built in quito but the data that will be head and hoping to use their presence here in kyiv as an opportunity to offer to risi. general of way in this the councilf europe is to done with your abs

to ukraine secures cut price of gas and a fifteen billion dollar injection during talks here in moscow the customs union wasn't raised apparently despite pro e.u. protests as suspicious of a secret european bloc. britain. mental concerns with a plan to potentially open up the pristine british countryside to shale gas fracking despite widespread public opposition. with you from the interior. if you think it. fracking earthquakes work but enough we also meet the texans living in the shadow of a shell well whose drinking water has started to burn they don't want the world to know that it really is bad they don't want it in official documents. also the syrian army moves in to clear the damascus drove mick stream is supporting the locals launched a religious massacre beheading other children and wiping out entire family. life monti international h.q. here in moscow at nine pm it's kevin with us this very good to have you company our top story it's a big deal day for ukraine after several key agreements were struck between moscow a little earlier. more on those talks. the three key po

including children were killed by radical jihad as their. uncertainty hangs over ukraine as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. amnesty international exposes how bahrain routinely tortures people in detention including children all human rights workers on the ground say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. the british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to a drilling site a gift from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas spirit. at seven pm here in moscow you're watching r t international with me and he said no way our top story this hour nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. how they've witnessed anti-government islamist burning civilians and of ins and using others as human shields for the army struggling to throw extremists out of the area says the horrific scenes did take place archie's arabic channel trying to get a clear picture of what happ

which should affect up to twenty five thousand people ukraine with the latest developments there concerning protests and the association agreement to the e.u. ends the fifteen billion dollars moscow is giving to hear also diplomatic breakthroughs like the syrian chemical arms deal and to the breakthrough on the iranian nuclear program relations with washington russia's economy edward snowden is another thing which happened this year as well definitely some journalist is going to ask about his whereabouts and his well being and we are really expecting a whole lot of questions on a huge variety of topics and silver thirteen hundred journalists have registered for this event also usually not everyone asks serious questions giving the president the opportunity to show his human side the conference is set to start at any moment now we will be bringing it wife and i'll be bringing you details as it goes on and wrap it up throughout the day. is going to thanks very much for that. as i said and as you go to was saying we are standing by for the russian president's live conference where h

ukraine secure price of gas at a fifteen billion dollar injection. but the customs apparently. block the bringing up to speed of the headlines britain for energy over environmental concerns with a plan to potentially open up the british countryside to shale gas fracking despite widespread public opposition. which you've been here how do. you think it is if. we make the texans living in the shadow of drinking water started to further. want the world to know that it really is this bad they don't want it. and the syrian army moves in to clear the damascus suburb of extremists who according to locals launched a religious massacre beheading out of children and wiping out entire families. it's ten pm here most go very good evening from even with you watching around the world this international. deal day for ukraine after several key agreements was struck between kiev and moscow earlier this evening. as the latest. the three key points that came out of this meeting are first of all russia and ukraine did agree on the price for gas for two thousand and fourteen which went down from fo

others. recent events in the ukraine have underscored how far we remain from president george h.w. bush's dream of a europe whole and free, one that ultimately could embrace russia and its closest neighbors, former elements of the soviet union, in one form or another. one of the best forms was the eastern partnership agreement of the european union. the latest news from the region underscores further that the to be is unlikely determined by tanks and troops in this new era of global competition that we have entered. putinn president vladimir on tuesday said he had agreed to loan ukraine $15 billion and cut the price of critical natural gas supplies. ukraine's prime minister called the deal historic. etu -- als, an draf eu document indicated ukraine could have gained even more from the west but with different conditions and perhaps not as plainly put. pact, itgned the eu might have had $26 billion in loans and grants from the eu over the next several years, it also agreed to the imf package. while the ukraine. eastwards,ine pivots hundreds of thousands of ukrainians pivot westward,

a bad. president speech. down the street into class. ukraine secures cut price of gas and a fifteen billion dollar injection during talks here in moscow but the customs union wasn't raised despite pro e.u. protesters suspicious of a secret european bloc plot. also had written ops for energy over environmental concerns with a plan to potentially open up the pristine british countryside to shell gas fracking despite widespread public opposition. which you didn't hear. what you think it as if fracking earthquakes were but enough look at that we meet the texans living in the shadow of the shell well who's drinking water started to burn they don't want the world to know that it really is bad they don't want it in official documents. and in other news the syrian army moves in to clear the damascus suburb of drove from extremists who according to locals launched the religious massacre of beheading adults and children wiping out entire families. if you just joined us a very good evening for me kevin no it's just past eight pm here in moscow this is our international and our top story that i

people including children were killed by radical jihadists their. uncertainty hangs over ukraine as the e.u. says its frozen trade talks while keeping up the pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to a drilling site a gift from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas spirit. or welcome you're watching r t international with me and he said now a nazi like atrocities are being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. how they've witnessed anti-government islam is burning civilians in ovens and using others as human shields well the army is struggling to throw extremists out of the area says the horrific scenes did take place or she's arabic channel trying to get a clear picture of what happened. phenomenon the loss of the last r.t. sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of address and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at least eighty people were killed in the districts which the

i. like to ukraine securest cut price of gas the fifteen billion dollar injection during talks here in moscow but the customs union party was praised despite protests as suspicion of a secret european bloc plot we'll bring you up to speed also the britain for energy over environmental concerns the plan to potentially open up the pristine british countryside to shale gas fracking despite widespread public opposition. which you can hear how. you think it as if fracking to earthquakes weren't bad enough we make the texans living in the shadow of the shale well he's drinking water started to burn. they don't want the world to know that it really is this bad they don't want it an official documents. the syrian army moves in clear the damascus suburb of extremists who according to locals the religious massacre beheading children wiping out entire. very good evening just joined us just after eleven pm here in moscow announces r.t. international with me kevin zero in on his big deal day for ukraine after several key agreements was struck between kiev and moscow has cut off more on those tal

doing that in ukraine with a veteran of american diplomacy joining me now is a german sora he's senior fellow at the foreign policy research institute and former u.s. ambassador to the czech republic well one can understand what officials have been seeing amongst the protests is that why u.s. diplomats handing out refreshments to protest is what's ukraine got to do with washington have you perhaps heard of the transatlantic alliance and the strong alliance between europe at that time including the soviet union during world war two we had a very strong and long relationship and. wanted it to return to one of great friendship with the countries of eastern europe and eurasia ukraine is one of those and we. call president bush the father after the fall of communism. went to ukraine among the first visits that he made this is george h.w. bush. seeking a peaceful a europe whole and free europe that would include russia would be no threat to russia so the fact that we are continuing to pursue the u.s. has continued to this open arms policy of encouragement of democracy in ukraine is should be

a lifeline to cash strapped ukraine. and reaching out to relatives online is nothing new, but were these children it is providing a connection to a father who is behind bars. welcome to "bbc world news america." a british doctor imprisoned in syria for more than a year has in effect been murdered by the assad regime. that is the charge by the u.k. government tonight. he went to syria on a humanitarian mission to help victims of the war. now he has died in prison there. a british official says that his death was at best "extremely suspicious." the syrian government claims that he committed suicide. >> yes, three days ago here in damascus, a senior government official told us that the doctor would be freed within days. this was a gesture that has been described as a goodwill gesture top, the to the very president assad himself had taken the decision to release him. a presentcribed as from the people of syria to the people of britain just before christmas. thatow it is clear yesterday in damascus, in the prison cell, something went terribly wrong. >> the doctor preparing his medical k

among others. recent events in the ukraine have underscored how far we remain of bush's dream of a europe whole interest free, one that ultimately could embrace russia and closest neighbors, former elements of the soviet union in one form or another. one of the best forms was the eastern partnership agreement of the european union. the latest news shows it's you think likely by tanks and troops in the era we have interested. vladimir putin tuesday said he agreed to loan ukraine $15 billion and cut the price of critical natural gas supplies. ukraine called the deal historic. a document reported by the wall street journal indicated ukraine could have gained more from the west with different conditions and not as plainly put. had it signed the pact, it might have had $26 billion of loans and grants from the eu over the next seven years. and if it also agreed to imf package. while the you crane pivots eastward, hundreds of thousands ukraines pivot westward standing in protest for their continued desire to be part of a europe whole and free. it's in that context that we welcome back a g

thousand people and that is clearly the biggest protests we've seen in ukraine for the last ten years just a short while ago i saw a future crowd of people maybe fifteen twenty thousand walking down the street from the administration of the president building and they have now aligned themselves together with the crowd here at the at the independence square obviously the protest has no indication of dying down any time soon initially the protest was about the government's refusal to sign a free trade agreement with the european union during the eastern partnership summit in vilnius on thursday and friday essentially this deal all caused a lot of controversy because many have been saying it's been very and profitable for ukraine but the protesters they cared little about that they literally wanted ukraine to be part of europe and that's what the protest was about then the breaking point was when a peaceful protest at the independence square with several hundred people staying overnight was brutally dispersed by the police the focus of the protest essentially shifted from the displeasure of

still running of the ukraine as the eu says it's frozen trade talks while keeping the pressure on the present time lately most definitely i missed international condemns the torture of detainees including children in the brain while rights workers that said the scale of the pieces even worse than the latest reports suggest also footage energy company funds of massive wind turbines rolled across the entrance to the styling site a gift of time before i see from the activist caught up in the christmas spirit three or four . the forty two greek ability of most of its attitude to steal the distances of two mixed up with this to the knees terrified residents of the city and time's sake they've seen entire families be ignited by the rebels and civilians kidnapped andsed as human shields. i drew was just outside damascus was told by al qaeda link and a symbol of the months of this the local residents reported the killing more than eight including children auntie spoke to some of the supply a command center. i'm keen to secure our houses and wanted to see our documents he told us to step outsi

carried out by islamists. and ukraine at a crossroads the country's president is in russia seeking the financial help the west is unwilling to give that's mid month long pro e.u. protests back at home that oppose any deal with moscow. for moscow you're watching are to be international with me and he said now it good to have you with us let's get straight to our top story this hour a cosy countryside get away from the city housel an idea ruined for some americans by the negative effects of a fracking boom in places like texas the ground drilling technology has become a proven way to boost corporate profits but it's going to count finds out it's the landowners who pay the price. the local government in texas tells steve lipski that the water from his well water that he can set on fire is safe to drink and to use in his home. you can hear it in here. thank you but steve has the assessment of other experts who say he's well is a ticking bomb in his backyard loaded with methane and other contaminants why the starkly different assessments steve claims that a fracking operation nearby contami

in the work of investigators. other headlines uncertainty hangs over ukraine still tonight as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. also to amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain well rights workers there say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. and a british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to his drilling site a gift apparently from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas. just past eleven pm no you're moscow my name's kevin zero in this is r.t. international and our top story a disturbing story to start this hour as mentioned terrified residents of the syrian town say they've seen entire families being murdered by rebels and civilians kidnapped and used as human shields. is just outside damascus was stormed by al qaeda linked to how these two launched a massive assault on residents reportedly killing more than eighty clothing children are spoke to some of the survivors. a man ca

seems to be rather divided various regions of course in ukraine kerry different allegiances and this is what this report is about the european union flags burning trash bins get it teenagers and the world revolution passed around like a football this is kiev but what about other parts of ukraine where people have a different opinion about what's good for the country and what isn't. how many revolutions did we have in ukraine seven and more did that bring us. together old people and students and use them so unpleasant i don't even want to talk about it right now the opposition is trying to sell the drive for e.u. integration as the choice of all but recent polls show that there's an equal split between the pro european west of the country and the east and south which are historically much more pro russian people want to live like they do in europe we must work might be doing europe we should not be school and work for the sake of being on the street. in the e.u. we must meet certain criteria and that the moment we are simply not up to par to the right. standards in the way we produce thi

unrelenting thrushes grip ukraine despite having hundred toxics employed by police as people over the president's decision to shout a trade deal with the e.u. . also the top headlines of the week amid general praise for his story deal on iran's nuclear program is well further isolate itself from the international community by criticizing its allies. this government independence movement launches it's a manifesto to claim but critics say the way to text is heavy on detail and light on fun plots. to sound over the dirtiest algon a fully functional metal called me of the world's most iconic pistoles printed with three d. technology it's about twenty five to thirty five hours depending on the machine we put it on and what materials were roman. and we made the engineers a printed three d. firearms to find out whether the promising to kill a tree is actually cause for alarm. the latest news on the week's top stories you will change the weekly hero announcing to national with me. hello and welcome to the program processes in the ukraine. to breach police lines around the presidential adm

slogans thrown in. this is what ukraine opposition calls a revolution others though have a different name for it we see things happening in ukraine we see the storm of government building you see violence we see. it is a bulldozer being used trash national into government buildings if this was happening in britain it is happening in. germany then of course these people would be denounced as rioters maybe given very stiff prison sentences the poses deford's or getting a financial helping hand from contributors who drop cash into special collection box that has been set up and security is provided by the so-called revolutionary guard youth in masks and helmets whose job is to ward off hostile forces from the gates of the citadel the movement has been blocking the heart of the city and its major thorold there for two weeks now. you have. those who incite you to blockade the cabinet of ministers are absolutely reckless irresponsible people the ministry of finance is in this building the ministry responsible for paying wages to all of ukraine stop and think teachers' salaries doctors pay

cash into ukraine the russian president faces hours of questions from journalists over the country's domestic and foreign policy. ride and trudge to london rejects any you offered to fund food banks despite hundreds of thousands of people in britain not getting enough to eat. and amnesty international says hardline seaward rebels have a stylist a new form of tyranny in forcing a reign of terror with secret prisons where children as young as eight allegedly tortured. international news live from moscow you're watching our senior national with me you national all of us thanks for joining us. president vladimir putin has been bombarded by more than four hours of questions now at his annual news conference the some tricks journalists have pushed him on so thought include developments in ukraine the new adopted honesty for prisoners in russia as well as the sustained strain ties between moscow and washington joining me now live is on north from moscow hi there you go or so some tough questions have been asked so far please tell us more the president has been speaking for around four hours

of ukraine building looked like a battlefield kalash a rapid between the protesters and the riot police short while ago i went to the administration of president ukraine building to see everything with my own ice the building of the administration of ukraine's president now under siege with several hundred a riot policemen protecting the building the set of buses so that the protesters cannot reach inside and these few few meters basically maybe twenty meters between them and the protesters we walked here we saw literally maybe several hundred of them over here we see shattered glass you can see probably over here some shattered glass on the ground the rocks which were used to throw a bit to throw at the police several hours ago the protesters that try to assault to building the even used a bulldozer to try to break the police lines as we can see there fail the police are pretty much in control over here even though we're not even being let inside this perimeter because of the policeman appearing that because the clashes my ear off at any minute it's actually quite hard to speak

clearly it was clearly the president of ukraine who gave the orders and who have to be who has to be responsible for what happens here now mr shift chunk of the word revolution is back in use in key of these days and one thing that we learned from the arab revolutions over the past couple of years is that you know bloodshed can start with a couple of broken ribs and a few concussions but it can very quickly degenerate into people actually being killed on the streets and compared to what we saw in egypt or syria thankfully the protests in the ukraine and even the police efforts to disperse that process while all of that were relatively civilized do you think the worst is now over or have you any concerns that if those rallies continued that they could be real blood being spilled in care. well there is one think we should makes the events in kiev these days very different from the arab revolutions and it's about the peaceful. brought to us every ten or fifteen minutes every speaker who is on this station says to the to the people we're a peaceful gathering of citizens we're not goin

. why did riot police in ukraine's capital first move and then pulled back. according to president richard m co which it was said to give dialogue a chance. so we fed the opposition still be mobilized as ever after fifteen days and markets punishing ukrainian companies for the political standoff and instability there. there is the sense that he's caught between a rock and a hard place what was next wednesday is this stalemate there frozen in time. the us can most often get to it. a study art in a newsroom and say hello once again declare product. thank you to select these are the headlines least in ukraine stands down after clashing with pro europe demonstrates its top us and euiplomats consenting to crush them. the us and britain suspended known lethal aid to the opposition in all this area this up to islamist rebels seized key base is battling to the three syrian army. time magazine and check fraud says it has an nba. it was rather easy choice. this is the editor about a month and told her that. to ukraine where the president as battle to use force against peaceful protest as a d

ukraine's opposition fears as a european bloc quad the president comes to russia for a loan and a better gas deal after the e.u. turns down his plea for a. five pm here in moscow you're watching our chief international with me and he said no way our top story a new energy boom may be coming to the british countryside although so far it's had a far from warm welcome a government report has laid the groundwork to open up potentially all of non-metropolitan u.k. for oil exploration including shall gas fracking live now to our chief sarah firth who joins us from london sara it's all very technical what did you take from this report. for the reports titled the regulatory road map for on shore oil and gas exploration and why this is done is lay out the processes that operators should follow if they're going to want to do the on shore oil and gas exploration it's really setting out the government's stall on their views for the future when it comes to this issue you know it was described as an important next step in unlocking the potential of shale gas in the u.k.'s energy mix and there are four rep

nature of our relationship so i see ukraine's trade with russia but the whole milk at them what this it makes it impossible for us to act in any other way on the street we have is a value of this and we have to do crease at this. so when you get. trade agreements between our two countries and their road map we prepared. for a joint action all of this isn't intended to facilitate access for our products to each other so markets and to increase trade between our countries. and. the efficient implementation of this plan will make it possible for our two countries to further develop their really should be shipped but there to do and it was directly that in fact the welfare of our people. are meeting today we return we have a strong foundation and good prospects for further development. after our talks we signed a large number of agreements. and i would like to say. that what that in twenty fourteen says that you and. will have a necessary condition in cynical us for industrial copper relation and trade for. this place provides for a mutually beneficial trades supplies for its products. join

be heading adults and children and wiping out entire planet. but ukraine's opposition fears that the european bloc was the president comes to drop several owen and a battered down steel at the e u turns down the three. i am. then during maths tell u what u r t international with me and it's now in our top story a new energy bill may be coming to the british countryside although so far it had a far from warm welcome. a government report has laid the groundwork to open up potentially all of non metropolitan uk for oil exploration including shell gas tracking by the chart is set for two joins us from london strap. it's all very technical would you take from this report whether it was tight so the race to train ready to go on show layering gas exploration. atlas is done is let out the princess is that operates his kids on a guy at the games won't see a tv on filing ethics duration it's really something out the government's as still on that piece for the future when it comes she is a scene i it was described as an important next that in unlocking the potential to sell gas at any pace

was clearly the president of ukraine who gave the orders and who have to who has to be responsible for what happens here now mr shift chunk of the word revolution is back in use in key of these days and one thing that we learned from the arab revolutions over the past couple of years is that you know bloodshed can start with a couple of broken ribs and a few concussions but it can very quickly degenerate into people actually being killed on the streets and compared to what we saw in egypt or syria thankfully the protests in the ukraine and even the police efforts to disperse that process while all of that were relatively civilized do you think the worst is now over and have you any concerns that if those rallies continued that they could be real blood being spilled in care. well there is one think we should makes the events in kiev these days very different from the arab revolutions and it's about the peaceful. brought to us every ten or fifteen minutes every speaker who is on this station says to the to the people we're a peaceful gathering of citizens we're not going to attack go

over ukraine again tonight as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president moscow for meddling. amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain the rights workers say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. the british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to its drilling site a gift manty fracking that has caught up in the christmas. just joined us my name's kevin zero in this is r t international our top story then as just mentioned nazi like atrocities of being described in war torn syria residents of a small town outside damascus have told r.t. how they witnessed anti government is the mists burning civilians in other news and using others as human shields all the army struggling to overthrow the extremists and get them out of the area says the horrific scenes did take place artie's arabic channel try to get a clearer picture of what's happened here. r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters and toward the town of address and m

puts ukraine integration on hold u.s. senators join the protest in the capital kiev throwing their weight behind the opposition's pro western ambitions. and mexico is gripped by mass anti-government demonstrations with protesters accusing authorities of stripping the state of its wealth and the people of their future. a warm welcome to you live from moscow you're watching archie international with me and he's now our top story this hour fierce fighting is continuing in the syrian town of hadera on the outskirts of damascus as the army tries to push rebel forces from several districts and reports indicate mass execution of civilians carried out by al qaeda linked groups survivors have described the horrific scenes of people used as human shields archies arabic channel spoke to an eyewitness to the massacre . no. r t sources in the military say radical islamist fighters entered the town of address and massacred local civilians according to the latest figures at least eighty people were killed in the districts which the syrian army has now liberated entire families were killed other f

let alone a. secular one is insane. you. see. why ukraine's newly struck deals with moscow may have given some respite to the country's trouble economy but they've also further fuel protests in kiev as a spy the fact that the contentious issue of ukraine joining a customs union with russia the opposition feared to be agreed on was not even touched upon during the talks for more on what exactly that use mean for ukraine i'm joined in the studio by artie's venture capital host thanks so much for joining us here well let's now talk about the situation and in fact what this deal means for ukraine's economy could you break it down for us of course yeah well at the end of the day it came down to a practical economic decision ukraine simply can't afford the e.u. did at the moment russia gave a ferry it's time to talk about that. and so you've got the bond purchases which are fifteen billion in total added to that is the gas discounts as well so in combination that would equal twenty billion dollars it's just that so is that a lucrative offer though for you very absolutely and certainly mor

flung at ukraine's president all day following his decision to clear the center of the capital of barricades built by anti-government protesters e.u. and u.s. diplomats both in kiev and criticized the crackdown pledge that backing to the opposition leaders. with. thousands have gathered in independence square behind me following cool's from the opposition for a show of defiance following last night's events the police dismantled and removed barricades that had been set up and built by the protest as well by both sides police and protesters did show restraint some violent clashes break out this morning events where we saw the police try and retake the city administrative building here in the center of kiev which to be used by the opposition as a makeshift had cooled says over the last few days and weeks now the police will greeted the met by fish resistance from the protesters who has the police down with water cannons and when you've got temperatures as freezing and as cold as they are in kiev right now that was quite an effective response now authorities had earlier given the pro

european and u.s. diplomats stand side by side with ukraine's opposition while russia's foreign minister calls a reaction to the protest histeria. to guantanamo prisoners repatriated till jury against their will fear of persecution and further in prison and after being refused permission to reunite with their families that now live in different countries. gambling reforms fall flat in the u.k. despite deep concerns about addiction to that machines in high street bookmaker shops and those just growing and. that's when i lost the war probably. we hear the story of a man who lost his home job and family to the six odd machines. which an r.v. international coming to you live from the russian capital armory in josh welcome to the program for european and u.s. officials are voicing their strong support for ukraine's opposition some were even spotted attending the anti-government rallies in kenya the top diplomats are in the ukrainian capital for security summit now related to the ongoing protests takes a closer look at how western politicians are growing increasingly involved. secular

. pleasure to have you with us here today. hello and welcome to crossfire all things considered. ukraine deeply divided decision to walk away from an association agreement with brussels has resulted in an explosion of street protests and violence and some western pundits have even called for the overthrow of ukraine's current political order it would seem those who ultimately lost the orange revolution are bent on giving a second try. to crops up the crisis in ukraine i'm joined by my guest alexander macarius in london he is a writer on legal affairs and an analyst in brussels we have you on how he is the director of the european center of the carnegie endowment for international peace and in moscow we cross to mark he is a senior lecturer in researcher at moscow of state. diversity or gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you in brussels the ukrainian government survived a vote of no confidence today but at the same time there are voices in the european union and some prominent newspapers as well as some prominent european union officials