russia's embassy in kiev is attacked by rioters ukraine's top diplomat is seen siding with the vandals and directing some of his own foul language at the russian president. less than half of a day remains no for ukraine to honor its gas debt or else be put on a pre pay system and europe's worried with its own gas supply virtually held hostage on kiev's when. the u.s. prepares a military launchpad for possible help for iraq as the country teeters on the brink of collapse terrorists dominate the north keeping baghdad in their cross. and with scotland historic independence referendum no less than one hundred days away r.t.

here is this some of the hopes and fears feeling the yes and no campaign. all over good morning choose one i am here in moscow my name is kevin here at the international this morning it's the weekly roundup of the big stories of the last seven days and one dominating russia's embassy now in ukraine has been vandalized by crowds of young people in the last twenty four hours who threw stones and petrol bombs and drew nazi symbols on the walls ukraine's interim foreign minister also showed up he was shouting obscene slogans together with the vandals all scots force . despite the fact that there was no police presence to stop events unfolding on saturday which is in breach of the vienna convention incidentally which says that

all embassy should be protected from attack by the host nation despite this lack of police presence one official did turn up that was ukraine's interim foreign minister he was there siding with the demonstrate is now what he expressed his concern for the safety of the ukrainian. embassy but he also called for the closure of the border between russia and ukraine but the diplomat was caught on camera using less than diplomatic language when talking about russian president vladimir putin you are going to have a good start because that will receive but i think that the three zero zero zero zero. zero. zero zero well what this comment means for diplomatic relations between russia and ukraine remains to be seen russia have taken their concerns over saturday's events to the united nations they're calling for a resolution condemning the attack on their embassy which has apparently been blocked by western nations now police say it all started on saturday when around one

hundred demonstrators arrived outside the embassy carrying anti russia placards and shouting anti putin slogans but the mood soon turned sour and the atmosphere deteriorated when masked men believed to be from the right sector turned up they started pelting the building with paint and with eggs and they smashed windows as well they overturned vehicles and smashed cars to pieces the demonstrators are angry accusing russia of supplying arms to anti-government forces in the east of ukraine it's believed that many of the masked men were from the right sector because they were red and black right sector has given their identity away paul scott there for us will further it all that it turns out that swearing at another country's president in front of the embassy of visibility cation a diplomatic skill at least that's what the american ambassador to kiev thinks this was a post from his twitter feed he appears to praise the ukrainian foreign ministers behavior. one ukrainian m.p. also arrived at the scene of the rioting it's thought he were there to try and ease

the situation. was what he said he was handed the stones you see an urge to throw it at the embassy he tried to protest but there egging him on the day that he succumbed to the pressure of the rioters did learn though a hard lesson in how crowds can turn very quickly just a minute or two later he was called a green staring. at one of the bystanders there part there we go perry took exception to the deputy turning up in a luxury car the deputy was sent him on a bus after the crowd punctured the tires of his vehicle the russian foreign minister is now filed an official complaint with kiev overall list of money compensation for the damaged he says the rioters are trying to storm the embassy and could have been intending to shed blood he also had a word for his ukrainian counterpart to. forcible i was particularly offended that the so-called protesters were joined by the interim parliament appointed

foreign minister of ukraine he took the liberty of making statements that transgress the bounds of decency i realize he's learned from someone else those in washington who support the current ukrainian authorities aren't shy of using strong language but a diplomat has to moderate his language nevertheless i don't know how he's going to communicate or work with us now i've got no reason to believe that the attack on the embassy was organized by the ukrainian authorities but i have no doubt that this is a sign of the impunity they feel because of the way our western partners support them ukraine's president for his part hasn't commented on the attack on the russian embassy and according to michael carley who's an expert on russian relations with the west he's been cautious and rightly so. i'm guessing that he needs to consult his american brokers and perhaps also as private sector backers. he's caught between a rock and a hard place his main strongest backers want to open conflict with russia but

he's not a stupid man and he must know that such a conflict would put an end to his presidency if i were in is moot as. he doesn't have a lot of time to make its mind up be sitting on top of the heaving. reporting as well this morning another town in eastern ukraine suffered heavy damage from shelling is what a town looks like after a night of. what he said to be an artillery and rocket launch of the central market in a bus station paralyzing public transport several houses as you can see also bore the brunt of it to government forces say the army were the ones firing while the military officials where the activists in return. and focusing on. that cities and days of artillery attacks early this week video emerged allegedly showing fire bombs being dropped on the city i spoke to former british army intelligence officer who's recently returned from ukraine he told me the attack bears the hallmarks of

banned phosphorus weapons. i've seen the video i've looked at it closely it does indeed tallow is we what one might say are the hallmarks of white phosphorus use for example a very bright light burning and multiple burns coming down from the sky it's an air burst weapon that's been used such as a mortar or perhaps from an aircraft and then of course again the telltale still burning the videos i've seen in the daytime showing actually this very territorial white or gray smoke so white phosphorus being used it's an alarming development of course it needn't necessarily be legal but it depends on the your situation inside and that's exactly why of course a lot of and indeed other people even from the west should be even if they haven't so far should be calling for a proper and full investigation of this incident to prevent escalating. craney authorities we term lease detain two journalists from the russian t.v. channel who were on route to an airport to return home and it's the latest in

a series of incidents where russian reporters have been apprehended and find out more about their plight at r.t. dot com. at least fifteen people have been killed in iraq in a string of bombings across baghdad on sunday the violence comes amid intense fighting across the nation driven by sectarian tensions jihadist militants from the group known as isis overrun several cities in the country's north they're now threatening to close in on baghdad the country's leadership has called on volunteers to take up arms to quash the militants onslaught according to reports the iraqi army has managed to stop the advancing militants some fifty kilometers away from the nation's capital concerned over the developments in the country the u.s. stated that it's now sending an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf report no reports . but we're leaving behind a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq two and a half years later the people of america left behind are running away fleeing for

their lives from high. 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 seized 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 would be 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 the iraqi security forces and don't forget about the u.s. supplied humvees here you can see isis insurgents are 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 the mesopotamia rose during that to fight back at the u.s. invasion to help the army we've trained them for eight years and that didn't seem to work bush dismantled the original iraqi army after the u.s. 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 souls. years 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 kompany 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 very important r.t. and that is no overstatement the u.n. says more than a thousand civilians have been killed this month alone eight hundred thousand people have been forced to flee their homes to escape the advancing jadis and the situation is no better either for the troops that we know was talking about the isis boasts no that it's executed around seventeen hundred captured iraqi soldiers the horrendous pictures been released just a few hours ago earlier sunday let's not have a look at why the army appears to be so powerless loan against the encroaching

islamist fighters there are a number of strings to this bow firstly when the extremists seize mosul they open about access to cash arms and ammunition all vitally important another key asset isis is striving to capture iraq's largest oil refining area indeed for a while the militants did briefly getting control over it before being pushed back out again by the army. the number of militants is growing to the group is said to have helped hundreds of prisoners escaped from jail in return some of them join the ranks on top of all that this exploiting fueling sectarian tension in the community gathering support among radicalized sunni muslims while another branch of the group operates just over the border in syria that spotting a steady flow of reinforcements back into iraq again in the week i spoke to peter from bureau he served with the u.s. foreign service for more than twenty years he thinks the world is now just beginning to feel the consequences of the u.s. led war in iraq. when you deliver weapons to the battlefield you really have no control over what happens to them the united states has made

a number of terrible mistakes in iraq and supplying all these weapons including air to ground missiles and things that could easily leak out of iraq and threaten us elsewhere everything that we're seeing today is made inevitable by the two thousand and three invasion the united states never understood that iraq was three separate states the sunni the shia and the kurd state held together by a strong man saddam and a very powerful security apparatus when all of that was done away with it was inevitable that some kind of settling was going to be necessary for these three groups to lives that you're seeing right now is the inevitable settling of the mess the united states kicked over the times almost up for ukraine to pay all of its gas that to russia with talks between officials currently ongoing but take a closer look then at the deadlock and its potential fallout just a couple of minutes hence.

but i'll talk to my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports but i'm not in a position to know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point i'm going to say. to carry out a car as i was talking about i. think you know more recently or. when you made a direct question be prepared for a chase when you when you should be ready for a battle freedom of speech and a little bit on the freedom to process. dramas that can't be ignored. story others refuse to. fix is changing the world. full picture.

from a good long. look to. be. one of the morning here in moscow care of us less than half a day now than to pay at least half of its gas bills to russia the total of which now exceeds four billion dollars if it doesn't pay up it'll be transferred to a prepay system meaning it will get exactly as much gas as it pays for advance through farmer talked about is we did a culture never about why a deal even at this late late stage seems so far off. average single party that is involved in this really ongoing dispute only stand to lose and russia including as the country is losing billions in raffa news and we're talking about an enormous

sum of money that the state budget is quite depended on and of course there is the country's reputation as a reliable allergy supplier now that refutation is currently at stake you mentioned russia presumably kiev is going to lose the most it's true while however while the row has rumbled on at the same time ukraine has been secretly stockpiling gas reserves and just recently the country's government announced that they do have enough to last until i am and that even without pain now apart from that ukrainian people do stand to lose down shafts simply dance are piling up and russia has already offered any lower gas price but more and the longer key of refuses to compromise and negotiate the higher the eventual bill will be many people want to show. the rest of europe is

a bystander in all of this but actually europe could suffer to it's true because europe is not at all a bystander actually the european supplies are most triscuit but just looking simply at this graphic suit can see how much you are is the patent on gas from supplies and there is actually more than that for some european nations gas from is the only source so if this continues to be the case when ukraine refuses to compromise which it does at the moment then you are likely faces being cut off in the near future and we've been in that situation before when ukraine feel to gas obligations and that's led to only one thing ukraine was siphoning off gas that was a. tended for european customers so just recently the borel bank asked a maid at that such as the naira could see a massive prize hike for gas for european nations in some cases up to fifty

percent and actually i try to sell mother some of the factors there are styling this negotiations but still no deal despite concession after compromise after concession. we see on the side of we win on purpose is the russians offered to reduce the gas price spike one hundred dollars a so-called discount on those cute and so they did a lowering the price to three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters which is roughly what european countries pay for russian gas what's more moscow is ready to guarantee that trade for at least a year now refereeing the e.u. found the offer fair. i believe three hundred eighty five dollars is a reduction and it can be considered reasonable but with some people you give an inch and they take a mile and we support the we pay the price that we consider is the market rate and

that is two hundred sixty eight dollars for a thousand cubic metres of the bottle when mr crane as you know had been offered a very generous discount on this and they still what role and it really is quite incredible that the nerve of the ukrainian government is i don't think any amount of this got ready will satisfy ukraine their support and forthright however a key of stubbornness may not be rooted in what it needs but what it wants which could well be profits because that on the ukraine wants to receive cheap gas and resell it basically making money using russia it's a very odd position. another stumbling block what to do with ukraine's foreign a half billion dollar gas dad to russia. ukraine's naftogaz is not going to pay its debt to gasp from until we reach a package agreement but it's occurring because that on the strategy of the

ukrainian side is outright blackmail according to kiev a deal can be reached only and exclusively on ukrainian terms russia's gas from offer to save the day or at least offered a huge saving pay half of the debts and get a twenty percent discount on the rest otherwise ukraine would be switched to a pay in advance system russia needs to make sure that ukraine is paying the market price no ifs no buts no can't claim no waffle in the market price as another country does. so far the quarreling sides have failed to reach an amicable solution if a teacher is practically ukraine's acting prime minister has operated the talks from the start ukraine took no constructive steps made no compromises and apparently wants to maximally aggravate our gas relations which may not be says ing

well with european partners the ukrainian government is being intransigent and also putting the people of europe at risk that's why the e.u. is actually cautiously supporting russia's position of his prime but with monday's deadline taking average closer helps for a breakthrough or a slowly fading away mind in the question r.t. moscow. this hour to go see a sions between russian and ukrainian officials are reportedly ongoing government a business consultant crystal horse of a told me he thinks there's at least one party hampering the process. well it's not looking very good honestly and moscow is shown all kinds of patience and lenience and reduce the prize and the stop field about things like that washington's intent is to you know stop the good understanding in europe between the e.u. and russia and a good vehicle to do that is this kind of you know gas trouble created in effect

with washington spec'ing and so you need not wait for any you know good approach of the interim regime. cover stories to alert you to online or car was some countries keep on snooping on their citizens that's what this finally stood up for is internet users which country might ask how the kinds of top court says law enforcers does get permission from internet providers before they pry we'll tell you how that ruling came about also too surprising story from outer space to underwater depths on our web site find out why nasa is now sending its teams to live on the ocean floor. some eighty palestinians have been arrested in connection with the abduction of three jewish teenagers from the west bank israel forces closed off the area around the city of hebron in the search for the teens israel's prime minister's accused her master faction of the newly formed palestinian government of kidnapping them human rights

activist you're exact he told me that the breakdown of peace talks has led to an escalation of violence here. i really hope that we go back to a situation where we talk with the palestinians about ending the conflict about a permanent status agreement which is the real necessity where there is a vacuum when leaders leaders don't talk and i'm sad to say that the israeli government gave up very easily and playing more of a blame game with that woman and instead of going to to go shares table where where there is a political vacuum violent elements come in and we see the result i think the best way to prevent such in the future is to have a permanent status agreement agreement between us and the palestinians that will serve israel's national interest best because continuing this situation as we see brings more and more violence and hardship. scotland's historic independence

referendum is inching ever closer to passing the one hundred days to go this week in fact both sides have busy trying to sway undecided scots the no campaign has a clear lead in the polls at the moment but their opponents have been steadily gaining ground in fact they gained four percent in the last four months or so for some of the choice is not between independence or not independence but between two radically different visions of scotland he's been listening to opinions from both sides. and. money and bill to get a good deal a deal of money out we have a lot of cost and we've got to worry about how we're going to pay off our pension. the oil is is basically we get taxes royalties from it. you know the oil prices dropping through the floor you can be sure tire. you know your tire caught me on oil with together through war and peace basically people are just fanatics. for what it's worth as a vassal state for the for the united states and we want to break with that and

everything that that means but we all we want to say that we want to have influence we want to have influence with partners there with the economy and. it is being done just no is leading towards massive inequality on a historic skew and i think the real question is can we afford not to vote yes in september it's one twenty five in moscow i'm kevin to bring you full well for tonight but save for the rest of the month maybe you'll see it tomorrow coming up here and international with a close look at nato's role in the breakup of yugoslavia in the u.k. good evening you get a look behind the scenes of the latest edition of news team. recently four hundred high level russian officials including duma members were summoned for a three day military training event that would include the use of various different weapons and lectures about the state of the russian military the stated objective

of all of this was to make the average soldiers in the army aware of the patriotic attitudes of those who can order them off to fight in theory this is a good idea but the reality is this can't reach that sweet stench of an empty p.r. stunt this is not nearly enough to convince the average grunt that the guys in power care about him as far as i understand it in the military they want to push people to break down their psychology and boot camp so they can make new better tougher more patriotic people and obedient ones as well the sort of cutesy who we can camp will not have any psychological effect these politicians and to be honest i think bureaucrats the world over have it too easy their lives are too comfortable heck all the duma deputies have these nice leather chairs and they have gold watches in assistance and all that stuff i think that the duma deputies had to suffer through a military hell for one month out of the year the corrupt comfort obsessed weaklings might get squeezed out of the system this training for the elite is a good idea but it needs to be done right and brutal but that's just my opinion.

of course as history has shown there was one surefire way to mobilize public opinion in favor of a conflict and bring him back to the world war two mentality where all serbs became czech next and all croats. hardcore propaganda. from the detail but overall him leave. the lead. the money it doesn't actually work well but

when it. looks most of whom cheat we call it because some of. these guys are either going to see this most likely going to want to be right so he goes so will go what he will think that you don't so it is about secret. or will be only about what its worth what you are going through what you are. going there will be any sort of yeah they were all pretty much the same not to be super people and you need people you know that are to open and i'm no good i me at bringing us the society about the porch it goes out to the porch elite oh we're going to. do that no i'm going to use it in the dough that no bullet daddy's rid the don't i said no ima do you it you did madonna which is true rock we wouldn't stand on which i'm good yes the war had started s. characterized by two words as nick clegg. ethnic cleansing the snake cleansing

ethnic cleansing the term however was nothing new in the balkans as it was. first used in world war two to describe how the creation was to show you were cleansing croatia unwelcome ethnic elements such as serbs and jews in the minds of the serbs during the one nine hundred ninety s. this was very much engraved in their national memory. didn't care because he knew he had the support of just the right people german foreign minister hun steve genscher in almost daily contact with zagreb gave his go ahead for croatian secession and actually pressured its western allies to recognize slovenia and croatia. as the house votes of the seven other than of rafah the combination of those the germans had with phobia it was geo political in the sense of one thousand nine hundred eighteen and one thousand nine hundred eighty one and that continue eighty also reflected itself in the almost visceral preference for the cross in the slovenians who after all had.