in. the in the. self defense units in eastern ukraine confirmed they shot down a military transport plane in lugansk zero forty nine on board are dead. the cranes prime minister orders the country to gear up for gas cuts from monday the day when kiev must pay its anarchy debt to russian. army surveillance even nuclear weapons we examine whether the u.k.'s closer collaboration with america serves britain's best interest i made it worries the friendship has grown too close . and the renegado qaida jihadist terror through iraq towards baghdad capturing two more cities while the u.s. weighs up military help for the crumbling country.

it is three pm in moscow watching r.t. international with me marina joshie and we start with breaking news anti-government fighters in the ganske in east ukraine have now confirmed they shot down a military transport plane the ukrainian army says all forty nine people on board were killed video has now emerged showing the aftermath of the attack a plane came down at lugansk airport. has the latest from. the plane that was shot down in the early hours of saturday morning as it approached the guns at ports here it's confirming that on board troops equipment machinery and food at all claiming responsibility for the attack saying they brought the jet down with. our forces look at the airport which is this. point in lugansk and demand that they're

all ukrainian troops larry who also warns that any military jet flying over trying to land there will be considered an aggressor at their own to handle the illusion seventy six jet attempted to land at the airport it was hit with a rocket that exploded inside the plane bank to one side started losing height and crashed at the airport lugansk has been bombarded by the ukrainian military and air force in recent weeks it's really been one of the centers of the ukrainian army's all the anti terror operation as they're calling it in fact earlier this month eight civilians were killed when a ukrainian military asteroid hit the city center well in terms of what else is happening in the region are the ukrainian army says it has regained control of the port city of mariupol following intense fighting there the ukrainian military have targeted the city as well as part of this anti terror operation is they're calling it following intense battles they say they have reclaimed matthew told five

activists were killed in the ukrainian flag is now flying above the administrative building that meanwhile moscow is calling for an investigation into reports that white phosphorus bombs have been dropped on the city of slavyansk the city is also saying face fighting of course in recent weeks between pro and anti-government forces but videos have emerged showing what appears to be fire bombs being dropped on the city despite the video footage and i witness reports here is denying such weapons have been used. at a neighboring region in the east anti-government protesters claim they have shot down a crane bomber after a targeted administrative buildings activists have told r.t. there are now questioning the pilot foreign policy analysts that are just risk of itch have the situation there is so tense the no fly zone might be needed because they're actually contributes to the calming of the world just to some extent because the way in which the ukrainian a product is confused their air power over the recent weeks has been irresponsible

and big screen they obviously use numsa mouse number i get weapons with a school or a cross between the skids and i think appreciation of the no fly zones in eastern ukraine is much more warranted than any flows in say lately in that country whether they're refugees fleeing the crisis in east ukraine claim the army won't let men leave the country later in the program we visit a refugee camp over the border in russia to hear from the wife and children sheltering from the conflict. ukraine's prime minister has ordered the country's ministries to get ready for gas cuts from monday and that's the deadline moscow has given cave to pay half of its energy debt if not gas front will introduce a prepayment system meaning key if only getting exactly as much gas as a pays for upfront given no one talked to our table responded a realistic about why keith isn't paying up. so are these latest gas price talks of

collapse we seem to be back to square one who's holding it up is ukraine or is it russia was the picture all depends on who you ask for example ukraine says that russia's price is too high and moscow says that gives demands are simply absurd so let's have a look at the facts first starters ukraine admittedly owes billions of dollars to russia and gazprom has actually moved the deadline for payment back four times and now it's seven rounds of negotiations but their economy is so at the moment how are they going to pay that that is true but remember that i.m.f. loan that ukraine has already gotten and that is actually enough to cover part of their debt and that the fact is russia is not even asking them to pay back in full at least half of what heroes and if they do there's a deal for that moscow well actually throw in a retroactive discount on what ukraine owes and that will save the country millions of desperately needs if war but to the present ukraine is this latest discovery

that was all for the one that was on the table is just to haul it's not enough so when we go from here well here is a perspective on the gas prices russia is offering three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters which is already eight hundred dollars less than the current running price what's more is that russia has actually guaranteed that rate for a year regardless of whether market prices go up and as a matter of fact even europe's energy chief house called the offer very reasonable . i believe that three hundred eighty five dollars is a reduction that could be considered reasonable depending on the volume and length of the contract it could even be less than three hundred eighty five and that will then be the final price so really what's at stake for europe in all of this well look at the map and you can see that ukraine is actually a major transit hub for european gas and if t. of miss is a payment and the supplies are cut off then they have a history of siphoning gas intended for europe and that could force russia to cut

that off to is exactly what europe is so worried about in this circumstances. gas from chairman alexey miller has his own suspicions about why there's no progress from the ukrainian side i'm going to perhaps the ukrainians have outside advisors it's just that we've observed from the very beginning of the talks that the ukrainian side never really wanted any compromise or any deal. former british diplomat william oleson goes even further naming who he thinks directly stands to benefit of russia cuts supplies. ukraine is on the instructions from the united states of america and very very large industrial companies this is also another subtle way of controlling the europeans remember because when. russia quite rightly stops delivering gas which isn't paid for of course like last time like the previous two times the ukraine will simply siphon off the gas which will cause some

problems in europe which will further encourage the europeans to be forced to eventually start buying american very expensive american merely gas as well that's all part of the business plan. on our heater com right now details of one solution to the gas round but put in a bid on e bay the price so as rocketed to a level anyone will balk at the spoof option even guarantees delivery. iraq right now is verging on collapse as the army struggles to stop the advance of a brutal jihad as offshoot of al qaida has rampage through the north of the country the fear now is doubt the capital itself could fall next local media says the army has managed to hold back the hardest offensive in the northwestern province of diaw and is preparing a counterattack against militants in the north as well deadly sectarian tensions within the country are at their worst any years sunni tribal leaders are reportedly

joining with the highest ranks to fight against the weekend shia led government and doubts as the u.s. considers sending out military help to the beleaguered iraqi army including the possibility there are strikes drone attacks here's r t it's going to count. president obama's message to iraq is the u.s. will help it fight the militants but it will not put boots on the ground he said he would be reviewing the range of options in the coming days this could mean air strikes but the president has not made a decision yet he also indicated that it's. up to the u.s. to solve iraq's problems we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces and i'll be reviewing those options in the days ahead we can't do it for them in the absence of this type of political effort short term military action including any assistance

we might provide won't succeed the sectarian war in iraq broke out after the u.s. invasion in two thousand and three and has been a source of constant violence ever since it has allowed to the militants with the islamic state of iraq and syria again to gain momentum and recruits the fight against assad in syria further bolstered these militants and gave them new resources they're now in control of large parts of iraq including iraq's second largest city of mosul the goal of this militant group is to create a caliphate or an islamic state across a vast area that includes syria and iraq when taking over most heavily armed radical overran police stations freed more than a thousand prisoners from the city jail and to go over the international airport iraqi forces apparently red in the face of leaving behind uniforms weapons and armored vehicles those could be weapons that the u.s. provided to the iraqi security forces that are now in the hands of these militants

more than half a million people have fled seeking refuge the situation for most iraqis is dire and it has been so for years they were promised democracy but all they've seen is violence with no end in sight so i have this hour ignoring sexual violence for the sake of making military money summit tackling the use of rape as a weapon of war sees host britain keep quiet about abuses untrue and get a home and sold millions of dollars worth of arms. and also meet the russian painters giving the grandmasters run for their money. others produce ards finest works with pinpoint accuracy confounding even the experts will join them in berlin after the break. up told him a language of what i will only react to situations i haven't read the reports so i'm likely to push the know i will leave them to the state department to comment on

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welcome back you're watching our hear a national grid may lose some of its independence over its nuclear deterrent as a steps up collaboration with the u.s. or warheads it's another step in the already widespread cooperation between the two which includes sharing intelligence and prisoner exchanges exploiter records such ties don't always serve britain well america and britain already shared the know how in hardware and according to a guardian newspaper scoop that cooperation is to be stepped up even further prompting fresh questions about the independence of the u.k.'s nuclear to terror and if we don't have an independent deterrent which means an independent threat then we moderns well just if we want to be protected by nuclear weapons pay the americans a fee and allow them to do it for us the cold war may be over but there are still nearly ten thousand u.s. military personnel stationed in britain at dozens of our a.f.

bases under us control the meter still five and all for us here pieces of bread wires all you have to ask is how many pieces are there in the united states and europe doesn't take over america very rich we were in this border last month the independent on sunday revealed that washington is to spend two hundred million pounds want to revamp of the r.a.f. crouton one of the u.k. bases allegedly involved in mass surveillance revelations about g c h q and the n.s.a. and they are what we could be saying that british citizens are actually having their christmas even paid it's a by a country which is supposed to be our closest ally and friend in the world it's led some places in the u.k. to question whether american and british interests always overlap britain is now a fairly small in some country. powerful. as we were in the days when we had our

but we have a national interest we still have a national interest was still a very big economy was still an important country but we should exercise that national interest in our interest we shouldn't just slavish we hand over to the americans anything that they want and yes a succession of british leaders have done little to remedy what many see as a lot of pressure relationship under the current extradition treaty between britain and america it's much easier for a u.k. citizen to be sent to face trial in the us than the other way around over recent years twice as many people have been extradited from the u.k. to the us. which british prime minister dozens. go that extra limb for the americans objects of commentary to. have. too many of them are in the american stuff which means britain is the fifty first states of america.

remember marty mcfly is so aboard in back to the future well they're ready for the reality a year before the blockbuster movie predicted date exist a french company has unveiled and aquatic fly aboard for that. plus why sand supply rockets to the ice asked when the crew could bring their own spare parts online and read how scientists have given the green light to installing a three d. printer on the space station. or nine thousand people have come to russia from eastern ukraine in the past couple of days as military allays waste towns during its crackdown on the uprising families are being split as man are being prevented from maybe ukraine while women and children are being allowed to get out. visit one refugee camp to hear some of their stories. this typical russian summer camp for children is usually filled with joy however the mood here and in the other three summer camps which have been partly converted to repeat camps that are visited is

far from cheery meant given him is mean to ever think has changed for me i used to have a great job at home my husband and i were living great and then one day i had to leave everything behind me is here with her son and she's due to give birth in less than a month to another child and like everyone else she has fled the shelling in the east of ukraine. but when you leave home for awhile he usually want to come back but at some point you realize that you don't have anything to come back to there's no returning to a government which is trying to kill you and destroy all your belongings lisa tries her best to look brave and says she's not scared for her life anymore but her worries are far from over i'm very worried about my father and brother the haven't led them out of the country the city they can come here and where very scared for them it's you know it's moving. pretty awful we were ready for anything

someone could have easily thrown a bomb inside a bus during a bus ride we were told not to talk on the phone because someone could be listening and ready to drop bombs on us. nearly nine thousand refugees cross the border with russia in the last couple of days alone most have only one thought in mind the safety of their children organizers volunteers authorities and everybody else involved trying to make the children stay here as carefree as a possible however the kids emotional state is far from the camp like sound of a plane or any other loud noise for that matter still shocks them as they search for the nearest bomb shelter people here are grateful for the aid and shelter some are preparing to head on to stay with relatives or friends in russia while for others these refugee camps are all they have now costs are of artsy south in russia

global summit in london to and sexual violence and conflicts all one controversy amid it which could otherwise have proved uncomfortable for the british host the gathering was to address both using rape as a weapon or torture in war zones like syria congo and others but abuses intra lanka have been left out by the organizers the u.k.'s foreign secretary and the actress and u.n. special envoy angelina jolie who has been made an ornery dame today by the queen on this very subject britain's been selling millions of dollars worth of weapons to sri lanka which has long been on the radar of human rights organizations for allegations of rape and extrajudicial killings. discuss this with human rights advocate bianca jagger on our teams going underground which you can watch online. but i did some research on the. reports about how the u.k. said weapons that probably were used in the mass killing of the terminal at the end of the war and even before and he does believe that between seven hundred fifty to

seventy thousand innocent civilians were killed among the tumble and that is a real persecution of the time and even today and why is the u.k. government silent and of course they have something to answer because of the sale of weapons to that country because sri lanka holds the presidency of the commonwealth in the one hand you talk about you know the sexual violence and you talk about war crimes and then you sell weapons to this government. and i look at more of the world news now and security has been stepped up across afghanistan during voting in the second round of the presidential election the taliban had issued further threats to disrupt polling last saturday presidential front runner abdullah dollars scathed an assassination attempt what a suicide bomber attacked his convoy in the capital kabul. iran's president says the country has reached agreements with international mediators for it to restart

enriching uranium and that the west will lift some sanctions imposed over the country's nuclear program the deal is expected to be finalized before the twenty eighth of june last november world powers in iran reached a temporary agreement under which iran's uranium enrichment program was limited in exchange for partial easing of sanctions. now a state of emergency has been imposed in russia's far east in several districts on some of the nile and after a powerful hurricane battered the area the storm tore off roofs of houses uprooted trees and caused major power outages but there are no reports yet of any serious injuries over sixty thousand people were left without a trace of the only a third of the households have had their power restored values of emergency vehicles and hundreds of rescue crews have been the boy to the area affected by the disaster. now most of us can't afford to hang an original monet or

picasso on our walls but perhaps we could settle for the next best thing a group of russian artists are making a splash in german art circles with their incredibly detailed reproductions our berlin correspondent pierre oliver has been for viewing. a who's who of art stares back at you from the walls of this mall salam in berlin but this priceless collection including rembrandt's morning is golf's are the work of three russian brothers who to this is typical you know this is a good example of what we do the original of this painting was lost during world war two we were able to recreate it from an old photograph. guinea me heil and semi on being masterminds behind the masterworks that have drawn high praise from some of the most respected and revered names in the german art world this in real life even if they might be lost people who represent conservative traditional russian

art schools in the west europe and then you see the synonymously costly and complex education gave way to more than art but in russia it was preserved had they not started in leningrad they wouldn't be able to paint those wonderful pictures for them to sell a painting the artist must have been dead for at least seventy years and the paintings all have to be signed by the brothers this hasn't stopped some chances trying to make a killing off their work though back in two thousand we did some reproductions of william turner's the originals were stolen back in one thousand nine hundred six these guys then tried to sell them to an art dealer in antwerp as the legit works for ten million ago those guys went to jail another rule is they can't be exactly the same size as the originals in fact many people actually want much larger reproductions but it's the beauty and attention to detail taken that gets customers to pay up to ten thousand euro for the pictures for this we have to work with gold

leaf it's very delicate difficult to apply what you see here has taken around a hundred hours. that is seeing collectors keen to obtain the paintings a little way outside of burley is a hotel that set up a museum dedicated to the brothers' work. it's a small sensation for this region in berlin there's twenty of our galleries but here you can see all the master works from the louvre or the prado just ours are reproductions they might not be the real deal but it's certainly a great collection that they have here you can see rubens you can see vermeer all of them on the show here the great artist alongside holbein every single one of them has been lovingly recreated by the three brothers and they've spent around as much time on each one of these as it's believed the great masters spent

on creating the original the love that goes into their painting is clear when you hear them talk about their favorite creation one day i was of the louve very early it was raining so there weren't many tourists i was able to get really close to the mona lisa and spend time with it i think we made about seventeen trips to paris to look at it in order to make this we would never sell this piece it's very special to us whether it's the time consuming layers of the classical artists or the pacey bold strokes of the expressionists when it comes to the art world the poison brothers have got it covered peter oliver r.t. germany. and coming up next breaking a sat writing. 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 did they provide these desperate people with the jobs they could 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 hobos 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 their 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 are 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 will but that's just my opinion. what's happened in party people i'm happy martin and this is great in the set so you may have heard of a little company called goldman sachs you know the investment bank that was behind one of the big his players behind the subprime mortgage crisis and subsequent financial catastrophe well take a listen to what goldman sachs c.e.o. lloyd blankfein had to say yesterday on c.b.s. is this morning. income inequality is

a very destabilizing thing in the country in other words it's responsible for the divisions in the country the divisions could get wider if you can't legislate you can't deal with problems you can't deal with problems you can't drive growth and you can't drive the success of the country it's a very big issue and something that has to be has to be dealt with oh look at the world's richest banker actually recognize that income inequality is a real thing to take someone who had millions of people in a financial ruin seriously not to mention income inequality is exactly a pressing problem for blankfein last year goldman sachs's top man took home a cool one thousand million dollars in stock options and bonuses on top of his two million dollars salary and i guess that to be expected considering that a new study from the economic policy institute found that the average c.e.o. pay is now fifteen point two million dollars that's a nine hundred thirty seven percent rise since one thousand nine hundred seventy eight according to a f l c i o c.e.o.'s of fortune five hundred companies now earn

insane three hundred thirty one times as much money as their employees so if lloyd blankfein truly wants to change the fact that the u.s. has the worst income inequality in the developed world he can start by looking in the mirror let's break with that. the pieces look as if it was terrible to say the i'm very sorry to make the target once again to plug a plug that never had sex with the target their lives let's call it was. just so let's. listen to such lists with. lists.