do you see it to be. a ruthless jihad as a group in iraq reportedly captures the best u.s. military hardware left behind after the invasion sweeping across the country's north in a successful offensive and with baghdad now in its sights. ukraine's uncompromising insistence on massive gas discounts has repeated to go she brushes with the e.u. declaring support for moscow's position. kind of resigning now to jim oh you've heard across that you were a member states could soon get the right to decide for themselves whether to allow biotech farming that's despite u.s. pressure on brussels to ramp up global trade.

which not here national coming to life from moscow with marina joshing a radical militant group the has been denounced even by al qaida for being too violent is reportedly preparing to take the iraqi capital baghdad fighters from the islamic state in iraq in the leavened have already successfully advanced in the north they have captured the entire province of nevada which you can see right here including its regional capital pushing southeast remiss to the city to create all the recent local media reports suggest the army managed to drive the jihadist out it's thought the government's resorted to asking the u.s. to hit militants with drone strikes. explains how that might mean washington engaging against its own military hardware. what we're leaving behind

a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq two and a half years later the people america left behind are running away fleeing for their lives on hoth a million people have already escaped from iraq's second city mosul off the i.s.i. al forced the army to retreat reports a gunman have also sees a nearby oil refinery town iraq's prime minister calling for a state of emergency after hundreds of gunman took control of strategic parts of the northern city of mosul by wednesday militants had seized the turkish consulate in mussel kidnapping the head of diplomatic mission and two dozen staff members some thirty thousand iraqi soldiers reportedly turned and ran as militants from the islamic state of iraq and syria known as isis moved in unleashing an all out assault on the city they've taken control of hospitals police stations they have taken control of ammunition dumps and weapons stores that the fleeing government

forces of what they've left behind many of the abandoned weapons and military hardware now in the hands of hardline terrorists were imported into iraq from gas where i think you all are aware of the shipments that we've provided that include the delivery of three hundred hellfire missiles millions of rounds of small arms fire thousands of rounds of tank ammunition helicopter fired rockets to direct the security forces and don't forget about the u.s. supplied humvees here you can see isis insurgents riding and inspecting the vehicles driving them across the border into war torn syria critics call it an unintended consequence of the u.s. war in iraq coming home to roost there weren't any real sizable organized militant groups in iraq until al qaeda of the mesopotamia rose right back to the u.s. invasion to help the army we train them for eight years and that didn't seem to work. bush dismantled the original rocky army after the us invasion and that's the

root of the problem the u.s. war in iraq cost washington close to one trillion dollars in the lives of more than forty five hundred soldiers hundreds of thousands of iraqis have reportedly been killed while the u.s. was looking for w m d's and spreading democracy. the unified and competent iraqi military that was allegedly established has buckled weapons that were made in the usa are now in the hands of america's enemies and the country left to fend for itself in a state of crisis during a fortnight our team. in the past ten days more than five hundred people have been killed in the wave of violence in iraq and that number is expected to grow as the army has met severe difficulties in fighting the jihad as well as now take a look at why firstly the extremists have captured iraq's second largest city and

its warehouses giving them cash arms and ammunition and the country's largest oil refinery areas also at peril of being captured by islamists which could endanger the country's already weak economy and the number of militants is growing as a group is said to have released hundreds of prisoners from jail and some of them have joined the ranks islamic state in iraq and eleventh organization is exploiting fueling and fueling sectarian tensions in society gathering public support among radicalized sunni muslims and finally another branch of the group operates in restless syria just over the border providing a steady flow of reinforcements to iraq investigative journalist robert perry who's a middle east specialist believes iraq is collapsing and the u.s. should take responsibility. well it's just that the iraqi military is indicate that it's beginning to collapse the clearly this is a very divided country in terms of the question of stability or instability the

u.s. invasion in two thousand and three was the force that shattered this nation and it's been hard to imagine how it's going to be put back together in any meaningful way since then you had even someone like senator joe biden now the vice president suggesting some years ago that the country should be divided into three. sunni section a shiite section and a kurdish section and it seems to be moving in that direction. bakiev across what's developing in iraq by heading to our team dot com where you'll also find expert analysis on the key causes and players in the troubled country. now russia's an or g. giant gazprom says it won't move the deadline for the grain to repay its gas dad its head for monday morning following several rounds of intense talks that failed to solve the energy deadlock we have in a city or

a. chef he has with us to tell us more about this so i can now say this point that the talks have failed when i can quote the c.e.o. of gas from mr miller to let you know what it's what it's like here the position of ukrainian side he says is open blackmail from the very beginning there have been no constructive steps no compromise and only an open wish to make all relations in the impossible that's what he said he went on to say that the latest statement by ukraine's prime minister standing. by this statement he obviously jeopardized the whole negotiation process we're talking about the statement where he said that the negotiation can be held only on the ukrainian conditions ukraine is insisting that it must pay two hundred sixty eight dollars per one thousand cubic meters of gas russia is offering a discounted price of three hundred eighty five dollars which is the. average price for europe and this is the price which europe agrees with. the european energy watchdog energy commissioner said that this is the fair price that any country

involved in the gas deal must be paying for its debts which something ukraine is not doing at the moment so europe europe has all the reasons to be concerned but you know despite discounts and what he just sat i mean money still remains to be the stumbling block there in goshi ations and ukraine obviously is not happy with the prize demanded by russia but what about you know the europeans and how much do you other european countries payson you cannot say anything for sure because the price is usually commercial mistreats close but we know the estimates that some countries in europe are paying about around three hundred eighty seven paying four hundred fifty there are countries like macedonia who are presumably paying more than five hundred dollars to one thousand cubic meters of gas but yet we've heard no complaints even from those countries who pay more than five hundred dollars a high price about to politicize move or anything like that the only country hearing these complaints from is ukraine they believe this is a politicized process and they want the price to be even lower in some cases twice as lower than some countries in europe so this is the stumbling block obviously and

that's a significant drop that they want and prices for exactly one well we still have time before monday morning and we'll see what happens before then if anything happens at all for now the lex thank you so much for coming to the studio and talking to us. now residents of slovyansk in east ukraine a were woken overnight to see the sky led by what they claimed were in same theory bombs dropped on their city and that is a weapon banned by the u.n. and key of denies its use from an sca and industrial city with a population of over one hundred thousand people has been a focal point of a government's crackdown on the sand it's been under regular tillery fire for weeks now forcing residents into basements and bomb shelters local activists say they are struggling to get women and children out of the city schools hospitals and the government buildings have been damaged water and power supplies are faltering health ministry says more than two hundred people including nine hundred children

have been killed in the east since the government began its military operation now to gather what the army of the ukrainian government has been sending the national guard east as well they form the backbone of the military assaults there but entire units are now heading back to cuba saying they're on paid and have been abandoned by the government. almost impossible to get on a pedestal is that a man who's more you may according to official papers we don't exist where in the allusion it's like we haven't been deployed here we haven't got any ammunition nothing we were sleeping on the ground because we didn't even have camps they just sent us there and forgot about us and while all the generals and commanders were sitting pretty in the a warm guarded by the u.s. they p.c.'s who were sent to fight like cannon for their. fish. to show us we haven't been paid with our own six hundred dollars for the rubble here two months ago and sit we didn't have any food instead they've been feeding us

with promises that it's going to happen tomorrow which we are tired of waiting. moscow plans to submit a draft resolution on ukraine to the un security council the paper calls for a hold to the violence in the east of the country and for a return to the roadmap or settling the conflict. agreed to in geneva a month ago the russian foreign minister says the n.t. government forces are ready to compromise but it's caved up must take the first step there is a closer look at the crisis in today's edition of worlds apart here to international . now i know that you've just returned from ukraine doesn't feel like a whole new country compared to the previous times you visited it no i think that would be overstating the fact it is true that there is a great deal of hope among this is a fresh start but equally people's memories are longer than seven or eight years and for many it's just the same old thing one oligarchy has effectively replaced another.

while america wants to feed the world with genetically modified foods the e.u. has its reservations its environment council has just approved giving member states the right to limit or completely ban the production of g.m. crops the move will now need to be given final approval by european parliament opinions about biotech farming differ among you members produce an welcomes the initiative saying that it will enable countries that want to grow such crops to get on with it without having to wait for brussels can stand france is also positive but for very different reasons it's strongly opposed to biotech forming as for germany the country's government remains split over the issue but as peter all the reports well stated disagree about the virtues of g.m.o. the public's answer is a firm no. countries like here in germany we've seen a massive outcry against genetically modified foods people preferring to show that

it's all gone extols like the one behind me now the reasons they've given for they saw several most notably health reasons people who are against g.m.o. foods are saying that there's not enough research on the fact the research hasn't even being done one other concern revolves around trade in genetically modified foods at the end of june we're going to see the negotiations on the new transatlantic trade and investment policy really getting into full swing at t. t. as it's known well its critics say this could allow american companies to pass off g.m.o. food stuffs without having to let me repeat in snow they say that they well the standards of food in the united states just up to scratch with the case in europe now we have seen in the past just recently apples from the united states. they weren't going to be allowed to be imported into europe so it does seem that when it

comes to the general public in europe they didn't g.m.o. a resoundingly no. now the greatest concern over genetically modified food is its impact on people's health possible consequences have been actively studied for a long time and research shows that lever atory crops can do harm to a number of internal organs as well as cause cancer allergies and childhood learning disabilities brazilian airport workers. strike on the first day of the twenty fourteen football world cup but despite transport woes world cup fever is everywhere and intoxicating as we report in just a few minutes old so. what does it mean to be a spy in the twenty first century the cia calls a public conference to defend its ways and means meanwhile activists launch a new whistleblower to fance campaign.

to take that as a sign that the united states would be more last ok we've they always are still calling the shots in ukraine inside undemocratic fashion as long as they are in line to be u.s. national interests the united states i think its influence over ukraine it's also been a good thing. i know by even the head of the cia has been welcomed with open arms in ukraine in recent times so of course the ukraine which is western leaning. if you like to american overtures.

welcome back you're watching our to international israel's parliament has given initial approval to a law enabling the force feeding of palestinian prisoners on hunger strike some three hundred inmates held in israeli prisons have been refusing to even protest against the tension without trial so many of them are reportedly in hospital after more than a month without food ran cohen c.e.o. physicians for human rights joins me now more about the prisoner's condition mr cohen thank you so much for being with us here now to international well they tell us more about the health of the hundreds of prisoners on hargus strike and specifically how critical is their situation at this point

yes well as you said that of approximately three hundred by steaming in prisoners and detainees on hunger strike and about seventy hospitalized. because the problem is that it is the state of israel as well as they really prisons which is. very i'm completely guarding the situation they do not provide any details they do not give any information about this situation and they deny access is dependent physicians phone physicians for human rights groups to visit to these detainees we do know that at least seventy of them. fifty day today's the fifty day of the of the hunger strike. starting to be a very crucial situation. in dangerous situation well you know many of them

yes certainly it does sound like this but it is also doctors say that force feeding is dangerous tell us a bit more about the complications and the dangers of the process. well first of all it's important to say that follows feeding the ease not considered as a measure of the practice of culture. by him it was the finding. the clinician in the convention and so. forth feeding in that we did not necessarily save anyone's life and it could lead to. damages. and other different health complications to the only today. dr we demand the head of the israeli medical association his wall and form using these practices and and . clearly stated that it could lead to even not only civil damages but

on this of the fuel of detainees if they would be but yes well given the situation the complexities and dangers of this process can the opposition of these really medical association be actually heard and you know their voice could actually play a role in preventing the law from being passed briefly for kids or. well we please then think of the position from physicians for human rights. really medical association. so that you should. be you know ethics committee has presented a very clear position against feeding we do believe that even if we pass and he's. it might to be already going to second and third hearing get next week because the government is interested in passing the law as

soon as possible even if the us we believe that the physicians we learned for use and obey to the medical ethics and did not. go in this case and physicians we did not take part in co-chair however we are especially from. the situation of doctors who are walking into israeli prison services they are walking solely for the prison services they are not part of that is really made because of c.h. and. they. even have to watch the developments there regarding force feeding and now how it's all you know organized logistically for now though we'll have to we would there because we're running out of time franco and ceo physicians for human rights thanks for being with us here on our team. well we have more stories online for you on our website and you can read about why a candidate plans to protect web users from cyber bullying as privacy advocates up

in arms. police would be allowed full remote access to any computer or phone to intercept information without having to get a warrant also. weapons might be virtual by the effect is very real find out in our. game helped arizona woman stop iran. in just hours from now the first match of the twenty fourteen world cup kicks off starting a four week footballing bonanza hundreds of millions of fans will either be there or tuning in to watch the spectacle. the yelp though was anything but easy go away the government had to contend with mere daily protests over the huge cost of posting the event and even now airport staff in rio de janeiro are in a twenty four hour strike playing havoc with transportation spiraling costs have left many brazilian skeptical about holding tournaments but that's graham phillips

found out for diehard fans the game is all that matters. to him. he's ok children it's time to get him to do because if he's competing in the world cup with the security it's first come fix it just to gain. these hundreds of the children who volunteered to take phones and moving seventy and some today as we can see the one don't really for the phone but for us so when the rain came crashing down not to disrupt proceedings we continued on the congo that for us was that with the flow. of the woke up to twenty twelve companies to deal emitters they would focus on it's the first in south america for thirty six years i'm here asking people how they feel about it oh it's so exciting to be here in brazil just to enjoy the book cover you know this week with the fans from around the world the to the city so for the football

spanish maybe. a. good good good so how do you feel about this world cup so thank you to be yourself. you. should be. ready for. some of the world cup i want to kickoff in brazil was the feeling from the fines this is great for those who don't see. it all begins thursday night when house brazil take on gratian and somehow a match that's going to be a watched as far away as space and this is the crew on board the international space station who've been having a kick about some three hundred kilometers overhead u.s. astronauts and their german call hughes and national teams face it other in route g. also wish good luck to all the players taking part back on their. now finding a balance between transparency and national security was the stated aim of the cia's first ever public conference and reports now on how the agency is trying to

rebuild trust cia director john brennan was upset with the media was how is he said distorted the narrative is with regard to the work that the cia is doing all these reports about drone strikes edward snowden's revelations about the u.s. government trampling on civil liberties all of this is not to john brennan's liking his mission is to restore the public's trust and not only of the american public but also of the public globally foreign governments are becoming embarrassed of their cooperation with the cia because of the bad perceptions that are out there and that worries john brennan to have been dismissed. the narrative seems to be skewed. in. the narrative maybe. after nine eleven a lot of trust was put in the cia then as the director said one the other way he obviously did not focus on how the agency managed to squander that trust either by

providing flawed intelligence on weapons of mass destruction in iraq or maybe due to the drone operations which reportedly kill more civilians than terrorists or due to how the agency managed to miss the boston marathon bombers even though they had the warnings john but it was not there to talk specifics journalists were not allowed to ask questions only the participants of the conference and those were scholars georgetown foreign service students intelligence professionals the questions that john brennan received were a very general character and this was the first cia conference on national security by the way they were not allowed to film anybody in the audience the cia has just launched this twitter account and all of this is a result of john brennan deciding to engage in more public appearances to fix the tarnished image of the agency. well while the image conscious intelligence community tries to defend its ways and means activists have launched a new campaign to support whistleblowers being hounded by the authorities as backed

by berlin scourge group which provides legal aid to edward snowden r.t. spoke to some of the organizers. the reality of the situation is that we don't live in an ideal world and we need to support people who bring out seriously uncomfortable truths so we have the reforms in the united states that allow people to come and talk about real serious abuses of power about fraud waste and abuse we need organizations like courage to be able to support people where the state has fallen short and unfortunately in the united states those united states have really fallen short for edward snowden i think anyone that speaks streets of power whether it's a whistleblower a generalist or a publisher. that they have accounts and they should be supported there are many with supplies that are examples of how the united states treats trees teles and it is they basically pesach you and that is what they have done with that with snakes and you could see it last year when they tout the president's plane trying to find

and so i think that the united states has a long way to go in protecting trade tellus as they should and coming up abby martin is breaking the sound over while oil giant b.p. has secured the first average civil license to fly drones over the us. in london in one of the caring hearts of one of the capitals of loving liberal e.u. they've implemented a plan to finally get almost people off the streets at night so that they provide these desperate people with a job so they can at least earn a few pounds and have some human dignity of course not they put down spikes everywhere on the ground so that the whole boats have nowhere to sleep yes that is right they're laying down spikes to keep up the homeless just like dragon's teeth keep out tanks now if this happened somewhere in say bangladesh on a bad day i might say well that is their business but all the liberals in the e.u.

just constantly cry from the ivory tower to the whole world about how. we all need to be tolerant and be taxed to death to help people but as a guy who grew up in a bad neighborhood i can tell you that liberals never want to live near the people they claim to want to help you know henry ford was one of those guys who said that you should never give anybody any handouts so what he did was give the disabled and the poor a decent paying jobs at his factory so listen up you liberal loony bin if you want to get those evil yucky cripple people off the streets just put them to work it will reduce your city of its homeless problem a lot faster than spikes well but that's just my opinion. there's a new immigrant as we're not got a polygamous family i'm looking for a woman who understands me anyway and i want her to share my goal of saving our people from the extinction of those who. i've had to found marriage chase and she's

had one you're simple mulish changed our attitude towards make them smart each have decided to find a man to marry as. we want to know women who could play your kids together with us. stomp your money mr have let's say thirty to forty kids are going to do that with only one wife so it's impossible to. be. a. happy wednesday world i'm not a martin and this is breaking a set heads up everyone the f.a.a. has just announced the very first commercial drone license for unmanned flights over american soil so what walking corporation was grant.