i. thought that. i. killed in action to the russian journalists who were filming refugees fleeing eastern ukraine have been killed by army shelling we learn the details of the tragedy and here from the only member of the t.v. crew to survive. iraqi forces are struggling to push back sunni rebels who after taking control of several key cities briefly held areas close to the capital. plus the king's farewell speech the spanish monic one cos officially leaves the throne after the senate approves his abdication we recall some of the pearls for him and his noble

colleagues. welcome on him is neil harvey and you're watching r.t. in so much. new details are emerging on the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine the crew from the rest see a t.v. channel were caught up in army shelling near the city of lugansk the camera man who's the only survivor of the attack managed to film the bombing and he believes it was a targeted attack. well the crew was filming the evacuation of refugees when a shell hit their group and these are images of civilians leaving the same seconds

before the explosion sound engineer and on the last died immediately reporting a good corner luke was taken to hospital with a severe injury where he died on the operating table after thirty minutes here's how the cameraman describes what happened to him and his late colleagues be you who knows in four months we went to the police where according to information we got there were refugees self-defense groups were helping the refugees to flee the areas under attack and when i reached the forefront the self-defense activists told me to hide behind a big car and i film from that spot this self-defense activists raised his hand to show the refugees the safe path of this moment the first more time exploded and damaged this hand our journalists stayed further away at the checkpoint and i turned my head and i saw that the second and third more tires went off exactly where they were i didn't see my colleagues as my view of them was blocked by trees i only managed to film people drag it away as some defense activist he had no legs

there was a roll between us tween our journalist and me i could hear mortars exploding all the time what they both had press written on their clothes but that didn't save them if we did the russian president as his ukrainian counterpart to bring about a cease fire in eastern ukraine when the two talked by phone petro poroshenko promised but a mere putin he'd investigate the deaths of the journalists and guarantee safety for the media in the future russia's envoy to the un batali churkin said that right now the conditions for reporters in ukraine are worse than they were joining the iraqi invasion. our journalists with a lot of experience in other conflict areas say that it's for the first time that the few. are being targeted by government forces never before in various i mean if they were pointing out that even during saddam hussein times when baghdad was being . invaded by the u.s. troops or the journalists could operate and no physical problems arose for them

from the government this is not the case apparently now. military offensive in eastern ukraine shows no sign of letting up three civilians an elderly woman and a married couple were killed on the outskirts of slovyansk city on tuesday weeks of continued shelling of devastated that city with four churches also coming under far since kiev launched its operation in april and for you now footage from the neighboring city of kramatorsk local militia say that nine people were seriously injured there when shells hit self defense checkpoints and a residential area ukrainian president has vowed to put an end to the violence but as artie's are mine cos you have reports now he is nowhere near to fulfilling his promise. there's a problem over the cease fires in the works it's part of the president's but he's playing i hope we can make it happen this week. at least twice now ukraine's new

president has publicly promised to end the bloodshed in the east of his country but the bullets and bombs continued to fly against his own people and civilians are suffering just as much as the anti-government forces level over the children and pregnant women left before the bombing so nobody was hurt the building was also a shell today and it seems they targeting hospitals and other medical buildings on purpose. we aim underselling yesterday my mom died from the shrapnel but we were lucky to hide in the basement my grandmother is in critical condition i'm eight months pregnant i've lost my mother and my loved ones so all i want to know is to save the life of my future child was killed just last week suggested gives the military dropped incendiary bombs possibly containing phosphorus on the people of shell shocked slovyansk that's illegal under international law the fact is a little consolation for the people affected what they have been dealing with all bombed by the national guard they bombed us yesterday they're bombing us every day

they know you don't know how people can survive all of this it's very scary there are many locals find the whole situation hard to grasp wondering what their status is and what the government in kiev actually once you know was about now i know with european values on it's when they throw bombs from planes am i a terrorist i'm a separatist president poroshenko says the death and misery will be brought to an end but for people in east ukraine is hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel while you crouched in the dark searching for safety on cost of art see them as q. crane. tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the fighting and worsening humanitarian conditions in eastern ukraine. while russia is sounding the alarm over a looming refugee crisis kiev denies that there is a flood of people leaving the region here's what some ukrainian refugees who

arrived at one of russia's regions had to say along with some of the people helping to accommodate them. in class we don't mind they were threatening those who were seen at self-defense checkpoints or attended an independence referendum they said they would come to their homes and shoot them very great in russia for accepting that the wish to bring you more here if you jews were given a place to stay and live as we've organized nutrition for them and they're now working on getting them jobs. while ukrainian legislators are calling for martial law to be imposed in southeastern ukraine had to r.t. dot com to learn the full details as well as follow up minute by minute updates on the volatile situation. baghdad is on high alert as isis militants are approaching the iraqi capital following a week of taking one major city after another the sunni jihadists have been sending

shivers across the country reportedly conducting mass executions releasing thousands of prisoners and taking over military hardware ortiz lucy capping off reports. armed to the teeth determined to conquer on the march across iraq the islamic state in iraq and syria also known as isis is quickly emerging as one of the world's most powerful jihad us groups born during the u.s. occupation of iraq and battle hardened by the war in neighboring syria isis thrived in the power vacuum left by the withdrawal of american troops the group's goal just what the name implies an islamic sunni caliphate stretching across the middle east isis already controlled large swaths of land in syria and iraq and barre province last week they moved on iraq's north. seemingly

overnight isis captured the second largest city of mosul robbing banks of hundreds of millions of dollars releasing prisoners and imposing their harsh version of islamic sharia law more than half a million residents were forced to flee. we were afraid of isis and its camp because they have no mercy there are people they killed they have no conscience that was just the start after mosul a lightning speed advance towards baghdad with cities and towns falling to isis along the way the iraqi army awash with fifteen billion dollars worth of u.s. military gear seemed powerless to stop the advance as iraqi soldiers fled their posts they left behind tanks humvees trucks and weapons paid for by the americans and now in the hands of isis the group wasted no time in showing off the new hardware and photographs and videos on the web the militants have their supporters

to the shiite dominated government of prime minister nouri al maliki has alienated iraq's. sunni population many view the iraqi army as a shiite argue prime force from baghdad isis is also believed to receive financial support from sympathetic gulf monarchies and with iran backing the iraqi government there is fear the internal conflict could become a regional one all sides are bracing for the worst in the capital shiite militia men are responding to a call to arms from their religious leaders ready to defend their capital and their faith the iraqi army is also fighting back but this means airstrikes against sunni cities and that could make the already sectarian conflict go from bad to worse sitting out the fight at least for now are the americans which are hardest determined to press on the plus chain is for how long. lucy catherine of auntie.

well the u.s. has already sent a hundred soldiers with almost twice as many set to arrive later but those are not combat troops washington's also received a warning from the any military intervention to prop up the iraqi government would effectively mean war on the entire sunni arab world and as we can see right now in the middle east is a mixture of various religious groups and marked on the map here in red they are the countries where sunni muslims make up the majority those include count our and america's closest ally in the region saudi arabia iraq as we can see here is currently under shiite drilon isis obviously want to change washington is now even considering teaming up with iran in order to prevent that military affairs expert eric margolis says that the current turmoil in iraq he's breaking up traditional alliances and creating some strange partnerships. you have more

interest in slip the rule. on the scenes who are some. who are very. church go states who. it's very ironic because not just only a few weeks ago. congressman you know never told we were on the run as a terrorist nation never. knowing that some of them have to go in trying to grease the so-called terrorist nation because they're more. memory or are of iran this week is going to very confused everybody's a terrorist. you go figure out which terrorist the word. you stay with us here on out a still to come they sow the dark secrets of guantanamo come to the surface of

american students with that professor dig into the mysterious deaths of three detainees at the infamous seventy back in two thousand and six details on the way. for that though the spanish parliament has given its approval to the abdication of king one call us is stepping down after almost four decades on the throne is the son crown prince felipe is to take over with many casting doubt on whether the young king will punish to restore the tarnished image of the monica. going king is one of europe's most colorful royals asking venezuela's president hugo chavez to literally shut up back in two thousand and seven but he's in good company the u.k. stukas edinburgh famously told british students in china they risk looking like the locals if they stay too long in the country and the current king of sweden criticised by some media outlets for being a party goer

a nightclub he defended himself to the press saying there's a broader definition to sex and strip clubs despite all the controversies of one causes rain according to warn editor specializing in a spanish monarchy you'll still be remembered for the good he brought to the country one catalyst came after a long dictatorship by frank or. it's true that he how to open. to. the war know better how a. tree he played a political role. with the arrival of democracy i don't think philippe will have this strong political role. america is trying hard to convince the world that it's g.m. products on the other as bad as everybody thinks and use in mexicali and constant

victim enrichment but known as have been designed to improve the nutrition of people in east africa later in the program find out of these golden but non is a really good. economic case for. her. now like in. one. night. there's a medium leave us so we leave the baby. by the sea potions to cure the. party visible. shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from

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the u.s. are about to take a bite from a so-called super banaba genetically enhanced and victim in rich fruits are about to go on a six week human trial that the ban on is a design to improve the nutrition of people in east africa and michael hansen senior staff scientist consume a union thinks the initiative is a publicity stunt designed to improve the reputation of g.m. joins things like golden rice or golden bananas our attempts to say oh we can use this technology for a useful purpose that will help the poor so i see it more as propaganda purposes and i think the reason that they were trying so desperately with the genetic engineering is it does have a bad name eighty five percent of the global acreage in engineered crops are all herbicide tolerant they're designed to be sprayed with herbicides they're doing they're designed to have you spray more pesticides on them part of the problem is

in the in the united states for example we don't require safety assessments or feeding studies before these products are allowed on the market before these are even fed to people they should go through a safety assessment. and be fed you know not only to animals before they're given to humans because in other countries this would not be allowed. on to our website we go now breaking records of detention without trial and this time outside guantanamo. the don't call learn how a man who was held in a philadelphia prison for seven years was moved to a nursing home to you is up to he was deemed incapable of standing trial. size can be dangerous misbehaving mound of rupp's sending streams of lava and reminding people it's not going to fall asleep check out this fire breathing

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talk about you watching r t let's go to some other world headlines now starting with the boat that is capsized off the lasers western coast. sixty six people are feared to have drowned in the incident one rescue boat was quick to the scene and two more are on the way the wooden vessel which capsized was not designed for open seas it was carrying ninety seven indonesians including women and children officials say the passengers were illegal migrant workers trying to return home ahead of the muslim holy month of ramadan. elsewhere clashes between police and followers of an taliban preacher in eastern pakistan have left at least eight people dead another eighty five have been injured police fired shots and tear gas when supporters of the cleric refused to remove barricades from around the scholar's complex canada base creature is announced plans to return to pakistan

next week to lead rallies against the government. a small world cup protest in rio de janeiro ended in scuffles with police demonstrators were heading to the planned protest site in copacabana when police raided the bus as a being a score to the way violence flared and more than fifteen arrests were made people are angry at the high cost of staging the competition. next amid continuous vows to close the guantanamo bay prison the us administration is apparently being covering up atrocities at the camp in june two thousand and six three detainees were found hanged in their cells in an apparent suicide but the latest independent report provides evidence that the deaths were the result of torture since two thousand and two the us department of defense categorize suicide

a tad under acts of self injurious behavior and that's not the only renaming not to mention hunger strikes that are going ton of officials now name long term non religious fasts meanwhile the painful force feeding procedure on those hunger strikers is being labelled as the medical management of prisoners with weight loss you talk to professor mark denbeaux whose probe into the two thousand and six deaths casts doubt on the official story. what we have is compelling evidence that however the men died they didn't appear to have done it in the manner that the government claims that the government claims they own themselves in their cells by committing suicide and the problem with that is that there were five guards watching twenty four cells not all of which were occupied and there were five guards in all times including several walking the short little corridor

president lee and videos and if you read through the n.c.i. as investigators. you would read that the men were have been did more than two hours when they were brought to the clinic and then rigor mortis you know if you have five girls guarding or eighteen to twenty people and three of them die and are flipped hanging in their cells for hours people should go to jail because the military failed to comply with their obligations. ok great time he with is this morning here in moscow coming up to twenty five the top on here i'll be back with more news for you at the top of the ass stay with us though because after the break out the malton will be breaking the set for you and if you're watching isn't ek it's time to go underground. it's.

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repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still tends to rejection poetry keep. norris. we post only what really matters at r.t. to your facebook you st. look. what's happening folks i'm abby martin this is breaking the set so alabama isn't exactly a state known for being on the cutting edge of progressive politics and that the state still in forced a ban on consensual homosexual sex until last week on friday the alabama court of appeals overturned the ruling that sends to manhood and gauging sodomy to a year in prison but as shocking as it may be that alabama was still criminalizing sex between two consenting adults this case had no business even being argued in

a district court that's because all the way back in two thousand and three the supreme court ruled that anti sodomy laws were illegal and a violation of the fourteenth amendment despite. that when many states continue to uphold their anti sodomy laws refusing to acknowledge the ruling in fact a stunning eleven states in the u.s. still have anti sodomy laws on the books including everywhere from florida to utah the only two states to actually comply with the supreme court's decision are montana and virginia so if you think that this is an antiquated law i'm sorry if you think that this is just an antiquated law that isn't really in force consider that last year police in baton rouge louisiana set up a sting operation against gay men fern gay gene and homosexuals sex although luckily the district attorney refused to bring charges against them but these defensible laws are not solute disgrace and they are two thousand and fourteen and with gay marriage sweeping across the country it's beyond upsurge that some states are still banning gay sex let's break this.

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