ukraine's eastern city of slovyansk comes on the missing the obvious stepping up its offensive by caves and militia groups trapping civilians in the crossfire. tonight because the bomb might fall over everything as the violence is forcing women and children to feed their homes are detox refugees from new gangs as lives have been turned upside down by the. rival camps us step up their campaigns one hundred days ahead of scotland's historic independence referendum will be arguments on both sides. liquid awards as the u.n. says water shortages will fuel major conflicts for the world's most vital asset

weeks rowhouse such battles are already starting to happen. live from moscow this is r.t. international you're with me it's good to have a company with us let's take a look at our headlines this hour the latest reports from ukraine's eastern city of slovyansk say it's once again been targeted by government troops the army reportedly stepped up its offensive against militia groups in the region with civilians caught in the crossfire four people including a child away killed in a strike there on sunday a woman can see in this video was severely wounded by shrapnel from one of the missiles and she was riding her bike through the city luckily medics were quickly on the scene in the able to go to hospital and. this burning building is what

remains of the sotu landmark notions house where a four year old girl was reportedly killed during the attack house a yemeni cafe and was popular with young families military forces came and hear of militia way using it as barracks the central square of the city has also come under fire locals claim the attack happened when many people were outside following a church service constant danger people to leave their homes policia met some of those fleeing the violence in neighboring lugansk. thank god because he was do so still exists not safe for them to stay here after everything that is happening. we want them to stay alive a bittersweet for world families leaving for an uncertain future betray a scary went to sleep at night because the bomb will forward everything.

so it's really scary we're making our way to the russian border no one's quite sure how safe this journey is but people here desperate to leave they've been on a waiting list for days the phone call came in the morning giving these women less than four hours to pack up all their belongings and leave again with blood and we don't know what will happen there and for how long the situation will continue we want to return home as quickly as possible but they say they have no choice they simply have to go see one of the airplanes in the bombing said the scariest because you don't know where they're going to fall and when we can't always stay in a basement because of the small children victoria is traveling with her two daughters and like all the women here she's left behind a husband and family yes my grandfather grandmother and my father stayed behind. i told my father and grandmother that i want to come home to them it's a three hour drive to the russian border and in every organizer has asked us not to

interview him on camera because he says he's getting in danger it's all putting this trip together and many feel torn about taking the decision to leave velour while he's about the father he left behind. it's really hard to be girls are you probably won't see him for a long time. due to it's game on him being. even years thousands of women and children have already made this journey and thousands more on waiting lists trying to leave the crossing through the ukrainian border we're having to film this a little bit discreetly as there are border guards everywhere the people on the banks are preparing their documents and russia the final just in. it's just a few minutes away. i congratulate the repass in general with crossing the border to russia i am kind of. tears of relief but for many here this is just the first difficult step towards an uncertain future

policy r.t. on the ukrainian russian border. despite the violence and deaths in eastern ukraine european politicians remain indifferent even though it was them who sparked the fire that's according to the leader of france's national front party marine le pen he spoke to r.t. sophie shevardnadze don't miss that interview later today take a sneak peek we are at the combination of a cold war that has been fought against russia by the united states to which the european capitals have completely submitted on an international level it's as simple as that under shame as well my lord if i meet the more they will and i would like to seize this opportunity to express my compassion and my sadness and my disgust to see these civil victim is in the east of ukraine victims who are dying surrounded by the general indifference of the european political world feels and media. it is a real scandal which is happening on our doorstep. that

. reporters from russia's eat out of news agency and those of us to a news channel have been denied entrance into ukraine the border patrol said they hadn't provided enough documents to explain the purpose of their visit to the country and meanwhile two other russian journalists who had been detained in ukraine for two days have arrived back in moscow the men were captured at a checkpoint in the s. levy unschool while they were on route to cover the inauguration of ukraine's new president. security service had accused them of observing and collecting information on army checkpoints it was the latest episode in a number of similar accusations and detentions of russian journalists in the area pay were released on sunday night and taken out of the country in a russian military aircraft is

a account of what happened. the people who detained this used force in trying to find out if we belong to the special services we were treated quite badly it was hot it was dirty and often painful we also didn't get enough food it was a small room with a chinese windsor and not enough oxygen the security was closing the window it was at least fifty degrees celsius inside the room we also did not have much water in the u.k. it's just one hundred days before the historic referendum for scottish independence and as the clock counts down both in and out camps are stepping up their games for now polls show the no vote leading but separatist campaign is steadily gaining supporters with a four percent rise in over the last four months now however those who want to say goodbye to british will have plenty of issues sure wrestle over party boy who looks into some of them. scotland potentially going it alone is more than flying

a flag and picking and it would be a difficult divorce and both sides are throwing around figures and forecasts that are arguably leaving wavering scots scratching their heads one thing that scotland currently enjoys under westminster rule is the e.u. membership but the president of the european commission jos a manual barroso has said that it would be extremely difficult if not impossible for an independent scotland to join his club many leaders of the european union have made it very clear that not only would it not be automatic they also wouldn't look favorably upon scotland applying to become a member of the european union down the line but those in the yes camp say that the e.u. can't just kick out all the scots that are already members five minutes to does make a choice for the country's independence i know from diplomats of politicians across to union who will accept that nato is another elite members club that the yes

campaign insists it would be able to stay in the big part of nuclear armaments resting in scotland and the yes campaign of the s.n.p. have a strict no nuclear policy no nuclear weapons policy and whether they will stick to that or whether they will decide that actually they want to be more flexible in order to become a member of nato remains to be seen those four independents point to some notable exceptions to that rule scotland is a the very heart of the north atlantic should be would be very uncomfortable with scotland and we have to remember that nor do we know head to nato a nation of five million that doesn't have nuclear weapons and one of the most contentious issues is the estimated price of going it alone u.k. treasury analysis put scotland start up costs one point five billion. and pounds

that figure has been rubbish by scottish national party leader alex salmond although he's staying tight lipped about what he thinks it would cost so it just one hundred days to go it seems that there is just one undisputable fact and that is that neither side knows what's going to happen if the yes camp does when and bear in mind it's like being behind in the polls at the moment well then both sides will have to enter a complicated negotiations that could take many years to settle. see london. are actually gave to the opinions of both supporters and opponents of scottish independence here's what each side had to say. and. you know money and they also got a good deal a deal of money out we have a lot of we got to worry about going to pay off our pension bell the oil is his base can get taxes a role she's from it. you know the oil prices dropping through the floor you can be

sure. you know your tire calling me on oil with been together through war and peace basically these people are just fanatics. for what it's worth this is a vast. for the united states and we want to break with that and everything but we we want to say that we want to have influence we want to have influence with partners the way the economy in britain has been run just know it's leading towards massive inequality on a historic skew and i think the real question is can we afford not to vote yes in september. rather referendum scheduled for the eighteenth of september and of the day of the potentially groundbreaking vote approaches he is keeping its nose to the ground stay with us all for detail coverage along with expert opinion and analysis .

the south stream gas project is inevitable that's the statement today from bulgaria's energy minister on sunday the country put all work on hold after a series of demands from brussels a citing alleged violations of the e.u. law it included rules concerning ownership of the pipeline a massive project designed to provide a new route for russian natural gas supplies to europe after the joint venture is controlled by russia's gas giant gazprom europe's major energy players make up the other half i mean while the second country along the route of construction serbia has today replenish its commitment to the south stream project well financial expert patrick young says any peer pressure from brussels is unacceptable this is another deranged power grab land grab by brussels attempting to dictate its own rules out side of the european union bloc an essential we have

a four sickle situation here where the e.u. is trying to affectively say that it has the opportunity to decide who owns a pipeline that operates outside of the european union that is farcical it's a ridiculous tenet upon which to apply your rules but let's face it the european union are just trying to take something from the u.s. playbook and as we know even today the u.s. government is even trying to track european banks in their own backyard in america so therefore it's all part of grid power politics the difficulty is the european union don't have the collateral to actually make the physician stick. find out more at our dot com about the ambitious project puzzle expert analysis all of the hake up in the plans meanwhile the newly reelected syrian the president announces a general amnesty opera's bombing brings us the latest on the move right off to the break.

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such about the good. things the saying with us the syrian leader bashar assad has announced a general amnesty for all crimes committed to date he was reelected last week after winning the country's presidential race by a landslide i just worry for dos now reports. what we see is actually him keeping his promises that was assad's major point during his election campaign reports say it will not a fact those charged with terrorism the country's justice minister clergy are following the news the decree was issued in the context of social forgiveness national collegian calls for coexistence and this is exactly what syria now reads

after years of diverse war that continues we saw this initiative a talent for reconciliation in the city of homs that used to be the capital of the uprising against their fortunes in the central syria following the dialogue between the authorities and the rebels the militants agreed to withdraw from the old town that they have to talk with time for months and actually for years and now the government is doing its best to try to try to help them reintegrate into syrian society and experts say following this report of a general amnesty that it will help build bridges of trust between syrian people and build. reconciliation and forgiveness atmosphere in the country the greek government maybe hailing signs of the country's economic recovery but it seems people aren't sharing that optimism unemployment slightly it still remains

the highest in the e.u. . looks at how the country's time honored shipping industry is still fighting for survival. a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions that's how locals in panama describe the current situation and the country where maritime traditions go back centuries just a half hour drive from athens it's one of greece's most important historic shores and shipbuilding has always been the bread and butter for people living here that's on so the crisis kicked in and kick business out to shipyards in china korea and turkey behind me is the biggest ports in greece once providing services to tens of thousands of ships a year that's no longer the case as they come a crisis has brought the country to its knees we travel to the ports of curious to speak to the locals and figure out if it really has nothing to offer but a memory of better days. people used to work here and now we have one hundred to

two hundred people a day at most and out of those who are here many aren't even getting paid. never left my god i haven't been paid since october just like many other people but we come when we work because we'll lose the money otherwise i probably end up having to go to court to get it it's not just workers who are struggling but employers to one of the main problems is the rigid labor regime imposed by unions which significantly increased costs but as part of a controversial reform package in february and ploy rest can now ignore those union wage agreements but this can be a double edged sword. we have no electricity no water and we're on paid those who can't take it do those who can't leave. this year we've asked the labor minister to me just times around ninety percent of workers don't have health care a meeting hasn't happened they refuse we can't even get that we approached the

shipping minister and he said remain the same if the industry continues to stagnate there's worse to come according to some. he said the child will be sick on an island one day and there will be no ships to take them to hospital because so many of them are closing there someone wanting to go to a neighboring island will have to come here first because there are no connecting journeys at the same time you have thousands of people here waiting for work. many call the current situation absurd irrational and humane and it's only when you see a woman break down in tears asking not to be filmed because her family has been humiliated enough that you really understand how greeks are coping or not marina call survive reporting fourteen from greece. the united nations says estimates in just fifteen yes from now around household the world's population will suffer from a lack of water it's a recent report also predicts the vital resource will become the main driver of

regional and global conflicts now of all the water covering the planet. only around two percent is freshwater about a fifth of the global population are currently under the so-called water stress and with big countries on the ground reserves already severely depleted this figure is dramatically rising with almost one third of the population predicted to be hit by critical shortages over the next decade now also the demand for fresh water has tripled over the past five decades and global water consumption is looking less likely to sustain population growth now a combination of overcrowding pollution poor resource management and climate change will bring a major security threats these are the concerns that have been raised by the un secretary-general ban ki moon is also warning water scarcity could cause new conflicts in the forseeable future result is

a game of chicken reports the water wars are already becoming a reality. u.s. intelligence report predicts that in less than ten years water could become a cause in a weapon of war particularly in the middle east and north africa but it seems that time has already come example syria very severe drought started in the region around two thousand and eight it continued for many years and it led to decreases in agricultural production that led to increased unemployment to migration of large numbers of people from the rural areas of syria into the cities and growing unrest which contributed to the conflict islamist militants in syria have used water as a tool in the fight against the assad government when they targeted pumping stations in aleppo less money leaving two million people without drinking water in libya the conflict has led to the destruction of the water supply system which the late colonel qadhafi had spent more than twenty billion dollars to build french companies are now said to be showing interest in privatization of libya's public

water system after the us invaded iraq it secured one of its largest corporations rectal with a contract to repair the country's water supply the same being forced out of bullied the after years of public protests broke out at the price hikes for water the company went into the country thanks to the world bank the organisation said he would only give believe you a development aid if the public water system was privatized similar conditions are forced on many other countries seeking help trend toward privatization of water is a difficult one and a very controversial one and is likely to provoke more tensions around the world if it continues according to the center for public integrity western nations stand to make up to one trillion dollars from privatizing purifying and distributing water in the middle east and north africa where water often costs more than what one hundred years from now. we're going to have to pay incredibly high prices

for water wars are going to be fought for water meanwhile more than one point two billion people in the world that don't have access to clean water the un predicts it will get worse many say water will become the oil of the twenty first century and whether controls water will have an enormous influence over any country's growth and prosperity and it seems the race for the control of water is on in washington i'm going to shut down the party fresh water access has recently become a major point of contention between israel and palestine up to eighty thousand palestinians in the series of them have spent three months without running water because an israeli utility company cut supplies middle east expert gideon brumback believes that's largely due to israel's uncompromising stance the current way the water it is man is really you know israel has full domination it's like having

a single bath. and two straws drinking from it one side of the israeli side can draw from that straw as much water as it wants but from the palestinian straw there must be israeli palestinian agreement for every cubic meter for every water project to be advanced and that situation is not fair and it's really a matter of time before the population in gaza will not have clean water to drink i don't see any border any security fence or any military holding back one and a half million thursday people while we understand that the situation of negotiations is currently on pause well water will simply not wait. no shortage of water in russia's east where the region suffered devastating flooding and while many people were left homeless it seems that the wising water gave one other usual item a new home and they don't come much more unusual that part of

a huge misawa archies ahead of social media is here to see some light on the story i thought about it i would see there's a lot more about this series i mean look this is having a bit of fun with this one this is one of those only in russia stories that we all know and love so much so the region of altai which is close to russia's chinese border is suffering some quite very serious flooding right now about thirty thousand people have been evacuated but the flooding in the rising floodwaters brought this monstrosity into a local village and this photographs were taken by a local policeman who found this in his garden and sparked a lot of theories in the story was picked up by local media in. tire and it's basically got a little bit viral and made its way to moscow now the theory was but is that because people in the far east no closer to baikonur cosmodrome or baikonur there was a lot of suspicion around that this may have been a stage of a failed proton rocket. that was debunked next theory up was

a element of an intercontinental ballistic missile that people thought that this was actually the missile but it turns out we're trying to get verification as we don't have it but it turns out that the what you're seeing there is actually a fuel tank from an intercom to the intercontinental ballistic missile that a local may have been using in his garden as a water tank it's a bit of fun it's a good story and if you want to you can check it out at r.t. dot com good story there's going to be lots of theories coming out and of course who says russians that look at themselves here we are having a bit of a j. right and up next we bring you a firsthand account of why the west intervened in the yugoslavia conflict say without international.

recent events in ukraine definitely have a wide range of interpretation both russia and the west accuse the other of doing a lot of meddling some people call those who are fighting out east separatists or terrorists but others call them a people's militia fighting the kiev and this sort of situation everyone has their bias and it's hard to tell what is going on but i can tell you one thing in the sea of opinion the kiev side is using artillery and fact there have been numerous reports of artillery strikes like the one that just a few days ago hit the sales of hope orphanage which was thankfully empty at the time why is our tour such a big deal well if you send guys with guns in the fight they're going to see their target try to kill it but artillery shoots targets they can't even see they just throw shells at a general location and interestingly enough many locations seem to be in populated areas of the breakaway republics so who is the actual target of randomly shelling populated areas well if we turn on our brain for a second we can see that artillery is one of the worst ways to take out a specific threat in a local population but it sure is a good way to eliminate the entire local population because maybe that's who the

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