keep blame storming anybody who cares meanwhile brussels points the finger at moscow the deal despite kiev statement it was only being pragmatic when making the choice. the enemy within reports claim the cia recruited guantanamo bay prisoners as agents. after their release. the workings of the practice which turns into in their own countries. no mercy for job keeps the country's most famous human rights activist behind bars despite him right now being eligible for release. the world's top headlines live on r.t. international. from all of us here thanks for joining us police have dispersed an anti-government protest in the very heart of ukraine's capital using tear gas and batons the local media say that forty people have been hospitalized more than thirty others arrested but they've since been released now these are right here the latest pictures from the scene more than a week people have been calling for the president to resign over the decision to back out of a trade deal with the e.u. the agreement was shunned by the ukrainian leaders during. a key summit in vilnius this week maybe you

protesters still continue in kiev they lost it overnight despite temperatures dropping well below zero and right now several thousand people are besieging the government building in central kiev and there's been a warning coming from the authorities for the general public to abstain from any kind of provocations because they had information that some provocative groups were preparing some royals and even in a possible attempt to take over the government building that's why you can see there's heavy police presence riot police are all over the place i when i walked here to the government building i saw literally hundreds of riot police all over the place there securing every governmental building the parliament of the government building and the administration of president building and judging by the fact that these people have town camps across the city they're not willing to go anywhere until friday until the summit and still clinging to this last hope of signing association deal during the eastern partnership summit even though there are serious assurances coming from the government

protests continue in kiev they have been very peaceful over the past several days but this may well be calm before the storm because everyone is waiting for the eastern partnership summit in vilnius and the biggest question is whether the u.s.o.c. should deal between brussels and key it will be signed the opposition already says that if it will not be signed they'll be taking people into the streets on a massive national wide strike and inside what they describe as a euro revolution would in any case the euro association deal is not only causing a tension on the ground here in kiev but also the diplomatic level while moscow and brussels are still trying to find out who blackmailed who over this deal some european politicians are coming to keep their waste no time to energize the crowds from the stage with the fiery speeches one speech by a lithuanian a parliamentary speaker caused controversy and some sort of pressure on the ukrainian government in these words let's listen and i congratulate the people of ukraine as you have gathered here to stand for the european future of your countr

strong protests in kiev grow. after ukraine's president definitively. agreement with the e.u. . tens of thousands are still protesting in new gradient and hundreds of riot policemen are on the ground as well creating simmering tension. i kept on and nothing came out which was very frightening. horrible a lot of. slides and if those side effects of fracking weren't enough communities in texas and also having to cope with earthquakes which some blame. all drilling. i began to have some serious philosophical reservations about what the fed was doing and i decided to apologize to america as the black friday shopping in the u.s. we look at where the wild buying spree of the federal reserve has landed the american economy five years after it started. this is r t international live from moscow with twenty four hours a day. police have been deployed on independence square in the ukrainian capital where thousands of been besieging the parliament building day and night demonstrators are angry that the country's president refused to sign an association deal with the e.u. joining an eastern

s political and economic pressure discontent over the abandoned trade told between kiev and brussels reached the streets of the ukrainian capital thousands joined a second day of protest despite the government insisting a deal would have devastated the country's economy. has a look at the broken expectations. back to square one for ukraine's politics or kiev central square to be precise in two thousand and four the orange revolution started here gives independence square the event which dramatically changed political life in ukraine and set it on the euro integration course nine years later the square is filled with people again only this time they are here because their president took a turn around well these protesters have been furious with the decision. for an independent ukraine we have to fight for tomorrow other people believe ukraine may have in fact dodged a bullet. the decision to suspend the preparation of signing the association agreement and zone of free trade with the e.u. is the only one possible in the current difficult economic situation which we now have in ukraine

zing the other of blackmailing kiev into accepting offers of integration deals with aussies and that she has yes he has more the first and foremost mission of angela merkel according to herself is to persuade the russian leader that the eastern partnership initiative is not directed against russia as some have been fearing this comes just basically hours after pushing himself welcomed the idea of holding a three sided commission between russia ukraine and the european union on how to alleviate potential economic losses we should great may suffer from eventually joining this association deal with the. meanwhile several hundred people are still protesting at teves independence square some of these comments and emotions i compiled in my report back to square one for ukraine's politics or kiev central square to be precise in two thousand and four the orange revolution started here at independence square the event which dramatically changed political life in ukraine and set it on a year integration course nine years later the square is filled with people again only this time they are here

dozens wounded and arrested ukrainian police crackdown on protesters in kiev as tens of thousands keep up their demands for the country's leadership to resign after rejecting an association. some guantanamo prisoners reportedly great to spy for the u.s. in exchange for cash and freedom the more guilty you are may have been better for you critics condemned the cia tactics and dangerous suspects might have got out innocent men they locked up indefinitely. also reporting that any authority to leave the main opposition leader in jail despite him being eligible for release amnesty international says it's clear the monarchy isn't interested in justice. international live from moscow with twenty four hours a day. police used tear gas and buttons to disperse anti-government protests in the ukrainian capital overnight people to be not in the streets for a week now angry with the president's decision to reject an integration deal with the e.u. . during the week e of central square was the stage of the mass protest of those supporting your integration in opposing president acknowledges decision n

tensions run high in central kiev as thousands protest against the ukrainian president's decision to definitively reject an association agreement with the e.u. . tens of thousands are still protesting in ukrainian capital and hundreds of riot policemen are on the ground as well creating simmering tension. i began to have some serious philosophical reservations about what the fed was doing and i decided to apologize to america as the black friday shopping kicks off in the us we look at where the wild buying spree of the federal reserve has led to the american economy five years after it started. the government just comes in and fires massive amounts of tear gas to punish citizens for expressing dissent later this hour we'll talk to activists who are trying to prevent the rain from getting its hands on more to gas to use in its brutal crackdown on the opposition our top stories this hour. this is r t international live from moscow with the twenty four hours a day. police have been deployed on independence square in the ukrainian capital where thousands have been besieging the parliamen

and other news police in kiev use tear gas on a crowd of protesters trying to storm the parliament building as tens of thousands rally after ukraine ditched e.u. integration plans. also in the week's main news doomed flight three sixty three the black box invaluable insight into the tragic crash that killed fifty in central russia we reconstruct the jets final desperate moments. and the afghan president rejects advice at home and abroad to sign off on a security pact with washington that would allow u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan after twenty fourteen. we're watching our t.v. a weekly live from moscow where we give you a rundown of the week's top stories. it's a done deal six world powers have reached an agreement with iran bringing its atomic program under control and it's an hour now reports on how the landmark document is the result of exhaustive talks the deal of the decade. there will be all sorts of interests will try to bully guard this deal but for the moment we have diplomacy in action something that we haven't seen especially between us and iran for thirty four years so this i

no deal european leaders failed to reveal the rumors of an agreement with kiev and the ukrainian president refuses to revive the towards. so the sound on the west spirals and as one. police climbed down on protesters outraged jail sentences slumped on a group of women for a peaceful demonstration. with the black friday shopping mall and kicking off in the west we'll look at the wild buying spree old the federal reserve and where it's taking the american economy. very well welcome to international. law and let's go straight to a main story now ukraine will not be reviving its plans for signing a pod with the the blank failed to convince president he had a call that year in the eastern partnership summit the gathering is underway in lithuania and also he's poles called took a behind the scenes look at the event for. since kiev announced that they would not be signing that association agreement with the e.u. one of the interesting questions has been how would european leaders responded last night we got a little insight we saw european leaders and heads of state arrive on the red carpet for a

looks at kiev's decision. two months ago it was talented as a done deal on thursday ukraine's government all but completely ruled out that an association agreement with the e.u. would be signed next week instead regarding trade ties with russia and c.i.s. was made the priority. some stage of ascending to the top in this order is unfavorable. the one hundred eighty degree turnaround comes after months of openly voiced concerns that ukraine's economy would simply collapse if it forms a free trade zone with the e.u. which in turn promised no compensations on potential losses you think it is a lucky escape really because i think that this deal was bad news for the ukraine it would be like somebody today go back in time to nine hundred twelve buying a ticket for the titanic it would have been a national suicide for the ukrainian government to sign this just a few days before the move moody's downgraded ukraine's economic index to a breeder fault level that led the government to openly admitting that the already ail

reporting from kiev in ukraine. and the decision to postpone further integration has split the ukrainian parliament here. i i as you can see right there the opposition bowing the parliament's refusal to allow the team a shanker to get medical treatment abroad a further statements on postponing the idea of european integration were met with calls for the presidency which meant around one thousand activists launched a protest against the decision and called for a mass rally on sunday that date coinciding with the beginning of the orange revolution by geo political analyst f william angle he believes the e.u. has nothing to offer ukraine in the first place. i suspect that the ukrainian. political leadership but as it has a delusional view of what the e.u. would bring for your cranium economy of course a they long to be accepted as a western european nation and so forth since the breakup of the soviet union but right now the e.u. is in a kind of a death spiral the e.u. has little right now to offer a crane and if you cr

on financial integration but that hasn't stopped tens of thousands of pro demonstrators in central kiev from calling for just that. the un condemns the attack on the russian embassy in damascus is terrorism calling for those responsible to be brought to justice. texas tremors an unusually high number of small earthquakes hitting communities as locals and scientists point the finger at fracking. the gun being made son of a sound of a gun made using a three d. printer it's triggered fears in the u.s. that it could lead to a deadly revolution in a homemade fire or. three i'm in moscow i'm at president very good to have you with us our top story this hour e.u. leaders have conceded they failed in a bid to convince the ukrainian president to sign an association agreement with the bloc talks come after a two day summit currently underway in vilnius the free trade deal between kiev and brussels should have been signed this weekend but ukraine chose to ditch it at the last minute now ukraine's parliament is besieged day and night as pro e.u. protesters in the capital enter their sixth day or he

deal while in kiev itself tens of thousands continue to push for the government to look west also. tremors in texas usually high number of quakes hits communities there is a local scene scientists point the finger of fracking last. drones are finding increasingly why use all over the world but we are not going to operate them as other countries do it's not a video game bring it live in a putin's take on drone warfare and his assessment of the russian city that said to be hosting the winter olympics in just two months time. even if you just joined us is just past eight pm here in moscow this is r.t. international law top story some news just coming through from the syrian capital start with the russian embassy we're hearing in damascus has been hit by mortar fire today one shell has exploded inside the compound another one right outside it a syrian security guards been killed in the attack by the latest reports coming through but none of the russian stuff is said to be hurt there's also been reaction from the russian foreign ministry that label the incident an act of terrorism the e

protests in kiev. nick spicer is on the line as we look at the pictures to talk us through what is happening. >> after a massive demonstration on sunday seeing 100,000 people demonstrate on the streets against a decision of the government stop negotiating with the european union, several scores of protesters continued a demonstration in front of government buildings. the pictures you see are those people conducting rivalries. a spray - whether pepper spray or tear gas was used - people's eyes were stinging, noses running. confrontations continued. nothing like the number of people on the streets yesterday. there were people on independence scare scene of the orange revolution. >> the picture that we are looking at focus on a man on screen. he's holding a megaphone behind the umbrella. we believe it's one of the crisp coe brothers, a boxer, addressing the crowd of protesters. that's a celebrity aspect. there are huge numbers as nick points out. what does the government say about this going forward? esse

we have more from kiev. >> reporter: she came to kiev from the russian republic looking for a new life. three years later she's married, and has a young son. but she still feels she would like to take her family even further away from her homeland in the ural mountains as her adopted country once again falls into the embrace of moscow. >> people need freedom, and they don't feel any old soviet bloc, they want to make decision on their own, but this country cannot stand on it's on. i do not want to go back. i want to go to europe instead. >> that yearning to face towards the west was evident on the streets of kiev. the protests here are not dying down. they look with envy at the life lived by their neighbors in poland and former soviet republics in the baltics. they're preparing for a long stay. there is a real sense of betrayal as the ukraine is turning it's back on the west after so many years of negotiation. on a huge roll of cloth demonstrators added their own sittings to mark the decision to refuse to sign up to the free trade pack with the european union. but in this country of 46

started on thursday demanding that the government resigns and the president be in paged alexy is in kiev for. you great is back to protest vote several rallies are now taking place across the great capitol to have this is one of them this is one of the rallies protesting against the government's decision this week. good to suspend the trade agreement with the european union the government try to be very pragmatic here finding some very serious economic reasons not to take this leap of faith that not sign the trade agreement with the european union first and foremost is the state of the countries or scenery modernization would have cost hundreds of billions of years they'll actually was the country cannot afford at the moment so. obviously false tax rates or to be close to that people would have found themselves in the streets and we're talking tens of thousands of people here this would create a serious serious social unrest in the country ukraine started to take this was to take this break. stand how to alleviate this loss of that actually offered to create a three sided commission with

he's paul scott military ships year following the events in kiev and the pics. protests are growing in numbers in it right now i would say approximately thirty thousand people watched his independence when the city sent to the pros this is the soul but this may well be called before the storm because we're already heard the statements coming from some opposition leaders that the intensity of the province does not sign the new association tea on friday vilnius. they will be taking people into the streets for an asteroid strike anybody inside what they describe as the euro revolution. indeed this deal. this is what it's all about to read that strong assurances from the government of the president. the deal will not be signed still these people here. i'm hoping tt the agreement will g bk. . inda ty situation because the crickert explained that he was not economic damages possibleby economic damages to the country. the caw to do which is already dating and has wanted it to the six billion euro loan debt to pay your debts. what did i see the facts is the trade in fac

he hesitates over sunning up to closer ties with brussels meanwhile pro european demonstrations in kiev are into their fifth day with hundreds of people besieging the parliament building day and night election jeff skis there protests are growing in numbers in kiev right now i would say approximately thirty thousand people are to use independence square in the city center to process the speech so but this may well be a calm before the storm because we've already heard statements coming from some opposition leaders that in case that you know college has not signed the euro station deal on friday in vilnius they were. we'll be taking people into the streets for a national wide strike and even inside what they describe as a euro revolution indeed this deal this is what it's all about that we had strong assurances from the government from the president that the deal will not be signed still these people here are hoping that the agreement will eventually be reached indeed it's a tricky situation because the korean government explain the move of not willing to sign this deal by economic damag

is in kiev. another day another protest rallies in kiev have heard today and people here clearly and believe in government's decision not to sign the euro association you illness by the end of this week they're still clinging to the whole despite that we need some serious assurances coming from ukraine's government the deal usual not even mention the sign we heard from the foreign minister ukraine was not ready to sign the deal this week the prime minister went even further and talking about what's at solong the from the i.m.f. which will not be given to grant which could have stepped allies economy he said that ukraine did not meet hand-outs like that when there's a risk of the economy completely collapsing and the people here are waiting for the government officials to the building that's why we see the heavy police presence here and on monday we actually saw clashes here in the morning some of the activists clashed with the police tear gas was used such was the story on monday evening at the p

he joins us live now from kiev. well you've been in the midst of those protests all this time so what are we expecting today. well the protests are continuing that stayed overnight despite it's getting very very cold in the ukrainian capital we're certain expecting the protests to continue right now the both the squares where the protests are taking place are not so crowded but the last night was so how after what you know is finished thousands came here my bet was about thirty thousand people out here at the european square and it wasn't a very peaceful protest one minor incident one minor probation led to clashes with the police to you gas was used i was standing between me just away from it and the crowd was in fact very very angry until the police left it was still very tense we didn't know where it would go and we are expecting pretty much the same happen today we also expect the protests in front of the government building and the people here seeming to time and to stay until the end of the week and to see whe

reporting from kiev in ukraine. protests to say crane's leadership over in hopes for a better future by rejecting the e.u. deal but the government says there were economic dangers to making a hasty agreement kiev says it well review the deal next year on his paul scott takes a look at what went wrong this time. it's. a moment of unparalleled access to the ukrainian president viktor young a cold which comes face to face with e.u. leaders for the first time since stalling on an historic trade deal the whole thing caught on camera. i. think. it's clear that kiev decision to hold proceedings has rankled e.u. leaders following years of negotiations the e.u. senses outside influence we have to set aside short term political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia. as the financial deal on offer isn't large enough to prevent damage to ukraine's flailing economy of course neither ukrainian businesses nor the government have this amount of money or will have any time soon that's wh

it's clear that kiev decision to hold for seedings has run cold e.u. leaders following years of negotiations the e.u. senses outside influence we have to set aside short order and political calculations. and we may not give in to external pressure not the least from russia. because it shows the financial day a lot also isn't large enough to prevent damage to ukraine's flailing economy of course neither ukrainian businesses nor the government have this amount of money or will have any time soon that's why ukraine is not ready to take responsibilities is not capable of fulfilling yet oh so where does this leave the situation ukraine's proposals for trilateral talks with russia were rejected by the e.u. or brussels finances may not allow them to increase the offer to kiev look at the european union massive run column employment throughout the course of the entire union they have a year old currency project which is a fiasco realistically the only thing the european union can try to do is keep blame storming anybody russia who cares because the european un

president into their eighth day some of them turning violent demonstrators are cross the country angry kiev turned out and you integration deal. with the cia accuse different proving guantanamo bay prisoners as double agents some of the world's most dangerous men are reportedly freed and paid well for collecting data abroad buss. residents of the u.s. state of texas sounding the alarm over a string of increasing tremors there is something the area has never seen before. the damage that is there's going to be non is going to go on for many many many years and it's not something that you're going to be able to on do many of the residents putting the blame on the controversial fracking technology fearing for their health and the environment. it's in moscow i'm at present very good to have you with us our top story this hour protests against ukraine shelving an integration deal have been going on for more than a week now and happening in the country's capital right now these are peaceful scenes but police dispersed one rally with tear gas stun grenades and buttons on saturday demonstrators want

what else he has been gathering expert analysis on hand kiev could benefit from signing potential. right pax and here's what we heard. opening the ukrainian borders to the e.u. would be suicide because their export capacity is simply not up to european standards where is the europeans import would flood in and wiped out what remains of the ukrainian industry all the countries that have signed up to the new deal say economies have suffered badly e.u. is a sinking ship it's a titanic of twenty thirteen and no one in their right state of mind want to join a sinking ship or buy a ticket to join a sinking ship so the ukraine's future must lie i think with russia with belarus and kazakhstan in a customs union the e.u. has conceived this is so serious an agreement like all the other agreements that it tries to sign with the whole reason you're against states as a geo political project in the midst of all these accusations against russia it's actually the e.u. which sees its eastward expansion as it should let it all and indeed an ideological project i don't think ukraine has lost not part

ukrainian riot police violently break up up protest in kiev. escaped germany to become an acclaimed sculptor. now her work is on display for the first time in her native hamburg. officials in scotland now say eight people were killed when a police helicopter crashed through the roof of a glasgow bar on friday night. dozens of others were taken to the hospital with injuries, some of them serious. rescue efforts are still ongoing. the accident came on the eve of saint andrews day, scotland's official national holiday. >> rescue workers examine the wreckage at the city center bar. the true extent of the disaster will not be known until the scene is cleared, but the building is in danger of collapsing, so the recovery work is a painstaking business. >> this is a complex and ongoing rescue operation that will not be quick. it is very complicated, and indeed dangerous. pay tribute to those people from the emergency service who are working in and around the city. >> around 120 people were in the bar. they were watching a concert by a local band when t

in other news a tear gas scare in kiev ukraine's government building rover one hundred thousand people protesting over the country's wavering on integrating with the e.u. . and also the week's major news doomed flight three six three data recorder yields insight into the tragic crash that killed fifty in central russia this hour we reconstruct the jets final desperate moments. in the afghan president rejects advice at home and abroad to sign off on the security pact with washington that would allow u.s. troops to stay in afghanistan after twenty forty. seven oh and here they are to new center tonight just after ten pm moscow time our top story then it's a done deal six world powers have reached an agreement with iran bringing its atomic program under control and this is now a report somehow the document is the result of exhaustive talks. the deal of the decade. there will be all sorts of interests will try to bull guard this deal but for the moment we have diplomacy in action something that we haven't seen especially between us and iran for thirty four years so this is the major brick

well lotty has been gathering expert analysis of how kiev could benefit from signing potential trade tax and here's what we've heard. the opportunity to be part of an absolutely huge free trade zone it's a fantastic idea but the problem we really have is that already the european union model has been deeply compromised by the addition of countries that weren't ready such as belgariad and rumania the european union itself really has to concentrate on its own internal economic problems to say that this is so the unexpected totally unexpected move is very strange because of course you can quest to balance and see whether its interest lies. for example the european union to lead to greece. or to pay to grow it rather countries and impose a stable and franzen's and millions of people losing their jobs. i think that it became clear to the ukrainian president of each that if you signed their deal he is not going to get anything financially the e.u. . basically office thinks. changeable you know it doesn't immediately going on the benefits of that ukraine at some point in the future will hav

in ukraine's capital kiev crowds of pro e.u. protesters attempted to storm the parliament building and clashed with police. who responded with tear gas. authorities say around fifty thousand people rallied in central kiev angry at the government's decision to suspend integration plans for a different part of the city a large group of protesters staged a rival rally against closer ties with brussels artie's alexy or chef he reports on a deal that not only divided people within the country but also the international community ukraine is divided again the decision by the government to suspend the free trade agreement with the european union polarized the country these people participating in the largest protest rally i've seen in years in kiev say that they completely disagree with this decision they say the president must be impeached at the different rally just a few hundred meters on his supporters of the president say that this decision was a bridge magic one and was the correct one the notion which is shared by many political

is in kiev. another day another protest rallies in kiev have heard people here are clearly unhappy with the government's decision to not just sign the euro association you illness by the end of this week they're still clinging to the home despite some serious assurances coming from ukraine's government in the field issues not to mention the sign we heard from the foreign minister ukraine was not ready to sign this deal this week the prime minister went even further and talking about the potential loan from the i.m.f. which will not be given to grant which could have stopped allies economy he said that ukraine did not need handouts when there's a risk of the economy completely collapsing the criticism of the government runs in these protests in front of the building of the government buildings the people here are waiting for the government officials to the building that's why we see the heavy police presence here and on monday we actually saw clashes here in the morning some of the question of the

in the ikea five right now probably about ten or twelve thousand aka the independence way in kiev the idea is that they are still hopeful that the euro association deal will be signed in vilnius despite some very serious insurance is coming from the chretien government. the deal will not be signed on right now it's very peaceful day to do so for the last two days but this may well be called before the storm because we've already had from several opposition leaders that they will be taking people into the streets if the deal will not be signed on friday promising an ashen white strike and even what they describe as insight the euro the revolution we still don't know what that means but the grin government ensuring that you would not be signed. looking at these numbers if it is economically not that bad to make the damage from taking this leap of faith from citing the free trade zone agreement that it's cotton is already taking out with god. thirty six billion dollars debts you know what an icing that reason alone for the youtube standards would cost a hundred billion year was a bit mor

meanwhile brussels points the finger at mosco for disrupting the deal despite kiev statesman's it was only being pragmatic one making the choice. the enemy with a and reports claim the cia workers had gone tunnel bay prisoners as double agents using them as spies after their release assesses the workings of the practice which sounds x. calls into al qaeda was in their own country. a phone that they were job bahrain keeps the country's most famous human rights activists behind bars despite him being eligible for release it's. very welcome to international my name is you know let's now turn to our main story

and free three captive women celtic are european diplomats and ukrainian opposition politicians as kiev suspense negotiations on an eu trade deal. as talks on iran nuclear program and said then i'll stay. will the big deal. least eighteen people have now died fifty six are injured and many more are still feared trapped off the supermarket was suddenly collapsed in the latvian capital riga. on thursday evening. many people were shopping on my way home from work. most of the injured have been taken to hospital this eyewitness described the coyotes. i'm allowed some cheap exploded because there was construction were taking place on the roof of the supermarket because of what they were building a playground for children obviously did something wrong with holding him. three offered at the firefighters who were killed when a mother of three fell as they search for survivors. the prime minister's visit to the scene he's already started an investigation into criminal process will investigate possible construction violation which may have caused the serious consequences in the way the supermarke

tensions run high in central kiev as thousands protest against the ukrainian president's decision to definitively reject an association agreement with the e.u. . tens of thousands are still protesting in ukrainian capital and hundreds of riot policemen are on the ground as well creating simmering tension. i began to have some of the serious philosophical reservations about what the fed was doing and i decided to apologize to america as the black friday shopping thought is underway in the u.s. we look at the web while the buying spree of the federal reserve is land of the american economy five years after it started. the government just comes in and fires nasa for amounts of tear gas to punish citizens for expressing dissent later this hour we hear from an activist trying to prevent iran from getting its hands on more big gas to you.

authorities say around fifty thousand people rallied in central kiev angry the government's decision to suspend the eu integration plans. again a different part of the city is large group of protesters against munster title cross state rival rally. art is much here just to report some deal that not only divided people from the country but also the international community. ukraine is delighted again that this isn't by the government to suspend the free trade agreement with apu him polarize the country these people but disappointing in the largest protest rally i've seen in years and he'll say that i completely disagree with this decision they say the president must be compete at the different rally is that he wanted me to some to support the bill the president say that this decision was not the one hand with the correct one the notion which is shared by many political analysts as well because looking at the possible disadvantages the km not disintegrate but suffered from zelda joining the free trade agreement it's easy to see why. first of all the modernization of the creek in the mac

police used tear gas on thousands of protesters in the ukrainian capital kiev as a government breaks away from a trade deal with. this is already coming to live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program. the world powers agreed on a groundbreaking deal with iran but opinions differ on what led to the long awaited success well some countries attribute the breakthrough to diplomacy others insisted thanks to the pressure of sanctions a compromise was found the reports of the talks and their outcome. it's a deal that some new diplomats for a decade. and as the crucial make or break iran leak talks continued into the night details of how they were going for looting the journalists camped out in geneva so we waited and waited and waited while diplomats from six world powers and iran inched their way closer to a story breakthrough then after sixteen hours a tweet from the e.u.'s top diplomat a deal had been done and the six negotiating powers agreed to recognize iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy including its right to nuclear enrichment on the conditions that i

reporting from kiev in ukraine. and the country's parliament voted against a draft that would have had let the former prime minister yulia timoshenko get out of jail for medical treatment abroad the decision said as a precondition for integration certainly splitting the crimean parliament have a look right here. as you can see the opposition jaring the government's refusal. further statements on for spawning the idea of european integration were met with colds for the president in peach meant around a thousand activists launched a protest against the decision and called for a mass rally on sunday to coincide with the anniversary of the beginning of the orange revolution. and it will hold trade pact with europe on hold kiev is set to restore its close economic ties with the russian commonwealth earlier here on r.t. we discussed the pros and cons with venture capital host. according to the energy minister of the ukrainian energy minister he seems to think that it's all about economics and that it makes sense for ukrai

is in kiev and joins me now live alexa little earlier saying that the tensions were mounting there what can you see where you are all the protest numbers now growing. the protest is indeed growing rapidly in kiev after working hours are coming to announce tens of thousands already here where certain expecting more and more people to be here those who are disagreeing with the country's president that he did not sign the deal in vilnius during the eastern partnership summit obviously the tension is mounting here just a short while ago hundreds of riot policemen were dispatched to the scene presumably to cordon off the central street and let the people walk into the street now the police had to basically cordon off all traffic from the central street and people are moving freely on the street at some point tensions were getting escalating very rapidly i saw a small small grenade exploded in front of the right police and there was some pushing and shoving as well but so far it's been more or less peaceful with no brawls and no fighting like it happened three or four days ago at the european

and scale has meant and they meant they must have public protests in kiev how are people reacting to the news. well key if it's still pretty much in protest mode just as many other ukrainian cities all across the country protests are taking place right now at the independence square we have a little more than ten thousand of those who are opposing the president's decision they are supporting the integration process and they are clearly furious with the fact that ukraine was did not sign the euro cessation deal today in. on the other square just a few hundred meters from here we have the supporters of the presidential party who are standing there to support the president's decision and saying that this was a right brooke a magic move the biggest question is how long these protests will last provided that the summit has come to an end now it is certain that ukraine will not be signing this deal that's also a big question who will be leading this potential protest because all the opposition leaders and obviously they are the key factors here in leading the protest movement they are stil