story for you if you. visit. the forces in eastern ukraine it refused to surrender. all across the region. is it a. defense of. ukraine's government fails to meet a deadline set by russia. now faces a supply today. breakthrough. zero tolerance for rough sleepers. triggering. coming up or not we'll be telling you how these one london. international outcry.

are welcome to the program on the international. there's no letup in the ukrainian government's military offensive in the east of the country despite a pledge from the new president. to broker a cease fire with. in the meantime an entire village has been almost completely razed to the ground in fact as you can see there's barely a building left in. the streets ultimately. the village has been pounded by. the locals say that multiple rocket launchers against them but as kiev steps up its operation. and supporters of vowing to stand for starters

borlase leader now reports from one of their training camp. we await the anti-government fighters were on the way to a training camp here in the city of no guns they're not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons bad men how much time want to take us to get their. cigarettes if cigarettes but we all know when we get there bettman was a former officer with the ukrainian elite police before switching sides only a month ago he commanded a team of just twelve men today they numbered more than one hundred and are growing by the day all of them volunteers each with a code name to hide his identity how is the situation on the ground at the moment. people are very scared the city is preparing for war we're evacuating women and children from the city bettman says that ukrainian military static is to attack

from behind so he's had these men sprawled out across the city were about to approach the cap and balance on steps to switch off the camera deep in the forests it's easy to see why they've set up base here everything is camouflaged making it difficult for the ukrainian army to find them. we're now at the military training camp and we're also to see them do training with knives this is training for close combat but i hope which ones comes with the. planning and close combat fighting the heat from the bombing with heavy artillery like in sloviansk in donetsk the guys here come from just about every background you have former students you have former businessmen you have former drivers and you also have ex-military and police so you have people with a lot of military experience but you also have some for whom this is the first time that they're picking up a knife or a gun and so the sharing of skills and experience is vital and the guys have told me to put two of these in my ears because there's going to be a hell of

a noise. i do you automatically training is the most important batsman keeps tight control over his knee and many still have families inside ukraine and what we constantly about them. need it's not becoming a war it's already a war for most of the guys all citizens of new gun city they're highly motivated they're between the ages of twenty and sixty five when i asked one of them whether there are enough people here to take on the ukrainian military his answer was there's enough. but how many more need to die before the kiev government itself declare is enough is enough for you see our team outside two guns eastern ukraine. and for more insight on how the self-defense forces are preparing themselves for battle you can follow color on twitter she's posting regular updates on some

intriguing images straight out of eastern ukraine. and. it's good to have you with us for the program today a deal on a russian natural gas supplies to ukraine is looking increasingly uncertain the payment deadline set by moscow expiring today the taps will be shut off that is unless the overdue bills are paid all covered or a new agreement is reached your it remains heavily reliant on russian gas pumped via ukraine but despite that brussels is demanding a freeze on the south stream pipeline project which would have provided an alternative alternative supply route about gary's the big one here it's actually stopped work on the pipeline citing the e.u. recommendations the prime minister of serbia then said the construction of a section that would go ahead as planned despite ball gary his position meanwhile moscow has criticized brussels efforts to hold back the project calling them

unconstructive into. national oil export it may things the e.u. is actually shooting itself in the foot. they are punishing themselves because as you appreciate the european union although it's a huge economy could block politically it doesn't have much a great influence the influence is between the united states and russia and of course china so they are actually punishing them send and if they impose sanctions only gaz and lies from russia to the european you know you know they will be imposing getting it and getting close because the and i shined up lies can never be the least in the short and oil supplies if they have to look for oil in the middle east and that means that the price of oil will go up because

most of middle eastern origin goes to the asia pacific region so it doesn't help then when i was in any way they would be actually making themselves the e.u. is now seeking to diversify energy supplies to reduce its reliance on russian gas about a third of the natural gas it consumes comes directly from russia but geopolitics as well as growth in fuel prices they're forcing europe to turn to coal which is a relatively cheap source of energy but it is known for being very dirty let's bring up some details here on r.t. international the e.u.'s coal consumption you can tell it's been steadily rising compared to the use of natural gas and that's despite environmental campaigns to reduce carbon emissions and cut back on highly polluting fuels even germany known for its commitment to alternative energy is no exception as our t. correspondent peter all of our reports. the black hearted the center of the green

dream in germany coal is back in vogue. this is. the credibility of. mitigation it's an issue that runs deep in government they hope to be able to generate a massive eighty percent of energy from renewables like solar and wind by twenty fifty while getting rid of nuclear. and the only other option then to keep the lights on in europe's most robust economy is to increase the use of coal by thousands of tonnes a year that's why not listen if this isn't how it was planned we wanted to increase renewables while lowering c o two emissions would have done the first part but at the same time we're having to burn more coal to meet demand so our c o two emissions have gone up rather than down in early june the local authority near this

pits agreed to remove a further two hundred million tonnes of brown coal from the open cast mines in the area up to twenty twenty six that germany is ramping up its use of this to kill a type of code that produces a lot of carbon dioxide deeply concerns environmental campaigners. from all the scientific results we have the inevitable result of the continued use of brown coal would be a global catastrophe the effects will be felt worldwide. but it's power plants like this that are needed if germany is to continue its economic cutting edge as well as prevent household energy prices from soaring. coal has a massive role to play for many years if we want to secure an affordable source of power. germany has the second highest reserves of brown coal on the planet those in charge of this operation question the government line that the only future is

renewables. chancellor merkel is a doctor of physics and i'm sure she realizes that those laws can't be broken if we want to use power as we do we need not just now but over the next two to three decades. despite the country's green lobby pushing for more wind and solar power it does seem that the only really reliable source of energy for germany at the time being is coal peter all of a r.t. germany as we come to you live from moscow the united states is expanding its military presence in europe now sending a pair of b. two stealth bombers to the baltic region it's all part of the second major nato exercise in the area in the space of two months defense analyst ivan eland he says this is all just a show of strength to try and intimidate russia. well it's just symbolic presence i mean those b. two bombers can hit the hit russia from their base in syria but there they've been transferred to england and there's also their nuclear capable fifty two

straddle fortress aircraft in. britain as well there's five planes total so i think that's also a statement to russia saying well united states is a nuclear power and we have to protect our allies in willing to go. to and including the nuclear threshold and maybe above that to defend them put pause in the program here not the international this news just coming in right now pakistani militants have attacked a security training facility at karachi international airport the still no information on exactly the number of gunman or possible casualties at the airport which is the country's largest was stolen by the pakistani taliban on sunday leaving at least twenty seven people dead now still to come on the program an international brazil faces an uneasy world cup launch we have a close look at whether patriotism and football fever will shine through the street

protests unfavorable media coverage that story is just around the corner. for now tackling homelessness is never an easy task for the wealthy london neighborhood so approach to the problem has suddenly raised a few eyebrows sharp metal spikes have been installed outside always to prevent rough sleepers from settling down for the night. sarah further investigate. well these small spikes of calls were all on social media over the last couple of days the so-called anti homeless by the more like the sort of thing that you'd see on windows to prevent pigeons from landing there but it seems that these have been installed to prevent homeless people from sleeping rough in the sport and it sparked widescale debate with everyone from the mayor of london who called them ugly self-defeating and stupid to members of the public and even some of the

residents who we've spoken to who live here he want to see the spikes removed. it's a it's almost obscene i mean i was really offended when i saw myself because i thought it's extending an awful bad message to homeless people you know it's in move from here we come back but move somewhere else and i think that's that's not going to solve the problem but others supported it one resident coming out and really relieved that ban is protesting the spikes the finger of blame is pointing towards one of the private properties management company but they say fall fails to respond to our question other areas of london to sixteen stimulus measures like this supermarket an essential london high street charity that had been documenting the writing number of pay mr in london say this simply isn't the way to deal with the issue well the london mayor's office points to the fact that they've already

invested thirty four million pounds in schemes like no second night out designed to try to ensure the rusty biz never spend more than one evening on the streets the reality though from what we're told by homeless charities and from what the figures seem to indicate is that homelessness and rusty thing is an ongoing and growing problem and this latest controversial anti homeless by the perhaps a sad indication of just how far will. still has to go in tackling this issue. reporting for us from london i mean i don't see homeless spikes are also dividing opinion on twitter. humane some even call them heartbreaking all those who see it as property owners exercising their rights and the whole reaction get involved yourself if you like. i still to come on the program too big to fail too big to sell a chinese snuffers off an american carmaker that went bankrupt despite receiving

millions of dollars of taxpayers' rescue money.

join me. for impartial and financial commentary contributes and much much. only on bombast and. pleasure to have you with us here on the program today it's r t international chinese companies are on a shopping spree in the u.s. investment doubled in twenty thirteen reaching a record high of fourteen billion dollars and the chinese have been buying up firms in sectors ranging from energy and food to entertainment or the biggest deal yet was last year's acquisition of america's largest pork producer smithfield foods and

in the most recent case a taxpayer backed an electric car company was sold to a chinese manufacturer more on it now with our correspondent marina portnoy. america's costly loss has turned into a big gain for its number one global competitor chinese auto parts dealer the want shang group has purchased a deep long u.s. electric car company that actually failed to pay back nearly one hundred forty million dollars to american taxpayers before declaring bankruptcy to school automotive receive the federal funds you want to energy department's advanced technology vehicles manufacturing loan program and shortly after getting cash in hand the company collapsed one shang group acquired fisker its saturday supplier and the patents in the u.s. bankruptcy auction paying one hundred forty nine point two million dollars the chinese company reportedly plans to turn around and sell the same plug in car to

u.s. markets by the end of the year and now the irony of the situation is that one chang's founder are chinese billionaire has reportedly been trying to break into the auto industry for decades turns out the opportunity came courtesy of a washington with u.s. citizens footing the bill unfortunately american taxpayers will not recruit the one hundred thirty nine million that was paid into this for a very savvy strategic move on the part of the chinese they want to dominate the next generation of automotive which is the electric vehicle market this acquisition of this is just part of a long term plan the fact that the u.s. government extended millions of dollars of loans to this company and then let the company go bankrupt and then let a foreign entity purchase that technology shows the lack of long term planning on the part of the u.s. industrial policy the new chinese auto owner reportedly plans to produce the

formerly u.s. owned electric cars in finland however one chang is said to be considering the for . thank you. i'm not in the scenario we're trying to. bring from new york. so many stories for you. for example people. seeking shelter inside. school books on a military grade bulletproof blanket children. after a nationwide.

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joining us straight to afghanistan we go to open up the world update according to nato five u.s. soldiers have been killed in southern afghanistan one man also died in the attack this in the zabul province and the alliance has given no further details but afghan sources are saying the deaths were cold by friendly fire this brings the coalition death toll in afghanistan to thirty six since january most of the remaining western troops are due to be withdrawn by the end of this year. to the u.s. where a gun wielding married couple who shot dead two police officers in las vegas are believed to have been white supremacists the attackers left symbols in the apartment of one of their victims before heading to a nearby wal-mart store where they killed a bystander who tried to stop them surrounded by the police the twenty two year old female shooter killed her husband then killed herself is the third gun massacre in the western u.s.

in the space of three weeks. widespread floods in southern parts of brazil have left at least nine people dead three more missing a state of emergency declared in seventy seven army helicopters deployed to rescue many of the thousands who were left stranded by the worst affected areas include the state of parana capital is one of the host one of the twelve host cities of the upcoming world cup. and in fact with the world cup the whole tournament is due to launch on thursday celebrations are actually being overshadowed by massive street protests in brazil's largest city of follow the city was brought to a standstill over the past few days by a transport workers strike over low pay as crowds took to the streets police fought them with tear gas and stun grenades into all the city's metro stations were out of action and traffic gridlock took over the city center. has become the main focus of national discontent over the massive cost of venues and infrastructure built for

the world cup and much of which has not been completed one of the flagship projects a brand new model rail just partially collapsed in some paolo on monday killing one construction worker. and the global media are in no mood to give brazil an easy ride taking every opportunity to highlight organised organisational failure as a security failings also problems with accommodations for the many thousands of football fans coming to town a british journalist graham now reports from rio de janeiro. so here rio of the city's iconic copacabana beach was some of the sights of what's to be the main things in here as it undergoes construction with just two days until the world cup begins to resume the host of the world cup should be a celebration for any nation particularly one is famously football obsessed has been still the brazilian national team has won the world cup five times that's right good but the reality is this kochi resumes to the headlines for all the wrong reasons it's the most expensive world cup in history cost of over eleven billion

dollars that's a record in a country which still struggles with poverty we've seen actions across brazil protests at events such as the clear the fella's m i c inflation with the conditions which you see reports where they were killed on world cup construction site there's a feeling of general dissatisfaction is cruise through the country we have had the surveys and it was even one showing seventy two percent of resilience early this month feeling negatively about the world cup we haven't seen it which is the sentiments of the time for this moment to pass the now with the world cup imminent kicking off in two days of brazil's downtimes day the twelfth of june it could be the time to show some love for this once in a lifetime this truly international fame the world cup here in brazil this is great for those with r.t. . so plenty of setbacks for brazil but nevertheless there's also no shortage of these yes and for the tournament a financial correspondent joyce alba is she believes that once the whole world cup gets going people will pressure the negativity to the side. in the past two weeks the mood had changed i'm basing somehow that and last week it was also

a real there's a needle the danger that i got from these two cd's is that people are starting to get really sort of right is that the celebrations have been for now. we can expect . people to be more unpleasant to you. because. i think from now the focus has been this for the president is saying well you close to meet there is nothing more we can do against the worst not so let's celebrate and. aren't open now to aaron a delving into the controversy surrounding the brazil world cup a boom bust the next.

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 could 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 quote threat actually is but that's just my opinion. there's a famous line in jaws where the fishermen on the boat one of them says we're going to need a bigger boat i mean this is what the european central bank has told the market that the fraud is so enormous at this point that in order to accommodate another ten to fifteen trillion dollars worth of credit default swaps and derivatives suddenly fraud they're going to expand their balance sheet by ten or fifteen trillion euros they need a bigger boat. and

they were there i marinated this is boom bust and these are some of the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up kick off to the twenty fourteen a world cup is just days away for brazil games aren't necessarily welcoming the games with open arms now we're bringing you part two of my interview with fourth economist victor matheson he's telling us about the very wide range of issues facing the world cup both economic and otherwise and the european central bank is moving into an chartered waters without a map to get a better understanding of what's going on in euro and dr ben steele is on the program senior fellow and director of international economic council of foreign relations is filling us in on what exactly is happening over the c.v. and in today's big deal edward harris and i are discussing debt forgiveness and the rebalancing risk in our economy let's get into.

our lead story today brazil now for the next couple weeks you can't and won't mention brazil without mentioning the world cup for better or worse and with the kick off only a couple days away protests are exploding throughout the country not really an optimal time for brazil that's for sure now brazil has a lot and i mean a lot at stake here the world cup is the most watched televised event in the world and brazil hasn't posted it in over sixty years so making a good impression is imperative for the country especially in light of the fact that brazil's wizardry of economic growth has been waning as of late now in the past three years brazil's growth has slowed significantly since its boom years throughout the two thousand.