i. the un condemns the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine calling for a full investigation the pair died during army shelling while filming refugees fleeing from the area. ukraine's president petro poroshenko promises a unilateral ceasefire from government forces less than twenty four hours after a phone call with lattimore puts an. islamist militants are closing in on the iraqi capital rubbishing through half of the country the terrifying pace personnel at the u.s. embassy in baghdad are braced for a possible attack. also this hour the king's speech for a wealthy person spanish monarch one carlos officially leaves the throne after the

senate approves his optic ation you recall some of his other heads of states more colorful statements while in power. or in the world you're watching us from welcome to moscow and to r.t. international i'm you know normally. our top story the u.n. security council later urging an investigation into violence against journalists in eastern ukraine that's after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city all of the accounts the camera man who's the only survivor from his team says the attack targeted a group of refugees and he believes it was not accidental fire. the crew is filming they have occupation of refugees when

a shell hit their group these are images of civilians leaving the scene seconds before the explosion sound engineer on turn for lotion died immediately reporter recording luke was taken to hospital with a severe injury but died on the operating table thirty minutes after that here's how the cameraman described what occurred. who knows we went to the place where according to the 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 activist told me to hide behind a big car and i film from that spot as self-defense activist raised his hand to show the refugees the safe part and at this moment the first shell exploded and damaged his hand how journalists stayed further away at the checkpoint and i turned my head and saw that the second and the third shells 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 dragging away of self-defense activists he had no legs there

was a brute between us between our journalists and me i could hear mortar shells exploding all the time they both had press written on their clothes but that didn't save. witnesses say the shell exploded right at the feet of the sound engineer on to involution he was twenty seven years old reporter equine look nice behind a wife and seven year old daughter. the killings have triggered an international i cry the organization for security and cooperation in europe called in kiev to find those responsible and hold them accountable and here's the reaction from the new york based committee to protect journalists it also condemned the killing and urged safety for journalists working in ukraine reporters without borders calls on a probe into the deaths oswell and said the violence against journalists has reached priest advantage levels russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin said a little earlier the conditions for reporters in ukraine are worse than when they

where during the iraq invasion. journalists with a lot of experience in other conflict areas say that this for the first time and the few. being done to get the government forces that were before them about is i mean they were pointing out that even during saddam hussein times when baghdad was a being. invaded by the u.s. troops of the journalists could the could operate them. no physical problems arose for them from the government this is not the case a bit until now. kiev's military offensive in eastern ukraine shows no signs of letting up three civilians on elderly woman and a married couple were killed on the outskirts of slovyansk on tuesday weeks of continued shelling have devastated the city with four churches also coming under fire since key have launched its operation in april and here is footage from the neighboring city of hama torsional up on militia say nine people were seriously injured when shells hit self-defense checkpoints and

a residential area. ukraine's foreign minister who made headlines for every remark about the russian president may have to start clearing his desk but is because president the precinct is apparently thinking of socking him let's get the details now from ortiz. so it doesn't really seem to have been a good move on his part some trouble ahead for him perhaps well it does certainly seem so there are reports in fact that poroshenko has already put forth a candidate for the position of the foreign minister. has found himself in the limelight after participating in essentially after being at a run by a russian embassy in kiev and saying something along the lines of this let's have a listen. and now whether or not this now whether or not the decision to lay off to lay off

the ship that has somehow been influenced by a phone call which was made last night by a russian president to poroshenko is not yet clear that these two news items cannot be connected together however what is clear is that a short term we unilateral ceasefire which bush and co has promised to install in southeastern ukraine could be a direct result of that phone conversation unilateral ceasefire is not going to last for very long but should give time to all armed groups in the region to lay down arms i mean keeping us updated on the story thank you. in fact if you're watching are in ukraine be ready to switch to our online content kiev is planning to bomb four more russian channels including our own and to our two dot com minutes by minute updates on the volatile situation in the country. isis

militants have launched an attack on iraq's largest oil refinery in the north of the country taking control of seventy five percent of the site meanwhile buying it remains in a state of high alert with the harvest closing in on the capital many employees have been evacuated from the u.s. embassy which is believed to be a likely target of the radicals it comes during a week which has seen militants taking one major city after another are reports not . the teeth determined to carry 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 is groups the groups 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 more than half a million residents were forced to flee. we were afraid of isis and escaped 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 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 militants have their supporters to the shiite dominated government of prime minister nouri al maliki has alienated iraq's sunni population isis is also believed to receive financial support from sympathetic gulf monarchies and with iran backing the iraqi government there's 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 secretary and conflict go from bad to worse sitting out the fight at least for now are the americans with the hottest determined to press on that question is for how long. you see captain r.t. . now the u.s. has already sent a hundred soldiers with almost twice as many set to arrive later but those are not come by troops washington's also received a warning from a guitar that any military intervention to prop up the iraqi government would effectively mean war on the entire sunni arab world the middle east is of course

a mixture of various religious groups who are going to show you up of what we're talking about because mark here in red are the countries where sunni muslims are they make up the majority those include guitar and of course america's closest ally in the region saudi arabia while iraq is currently under isis obviously wants changed washington is now considering teaming up with iran to prevent that military affairs expert eric margolis sees the current turmoil in iraq is breaking up traditional alliances and creating some strange partnerships you have more interests. she who behind the scenes who are students. who are very. much goes things who agree on it's very ironic because not just only a few weeks ago. congressman you know never told you we were on the run as

a terrorist nation never. know when to go into greece and so. because the mourners. are of iran this week it's going to be very. everybody isn't terrorists. there who go you know which terrorise the word. do stick around because later in the program the dark secrets of guantanamo rise to the surface of american students and their professor dig into the mysterious deaths of three detainees at the infamous facility back in two thousand and six the details coming up just ahead. the spanish parliament has given its approval to the abdication of king juan carlos stepping down after almost four decades on the throne must republican protests are expected later today in madrid ahead of the sun prince philip is enthronement certain money. is in the spanish capital. the fact that essential madrid is now

patrolled by more than seven thousand policemen and national guard speaks volumes the government has every reason to be concerned because of the pro-republican protest as was said that they will hit the streets during the coronation ceremony despite the officials slapping a ban on all mass gatherings in the next two days the general discontent of the people with the government in spain has been long they blame the government for their poor living conditions in fact almost a third of the country is unemployed that is more than six million people out of a job and we spoke to some of the report the republican activists have been saying that a change of the name inside the palace does not change the system and it's the system which they are protesting against the recent polls more than sixty two percent of the spanish population would welcome the idea of a referendum to determine whether spain should remain as a monarchy or should it revert to the republican form of government but the country's prime minister said that this referendum would not be held that contradicts the constitution and this is the photo that angered the protests the

royal family did or didn't do itself any favors by being involved in several corruption scandals this is also angering the protests and they are assuring us that they will hit the streets as they've done before in fact ever since. announced his education on june the second there have been protests on june the mass protests downs of thousands hit the streets of madrid paralyzing the spanish capital and we are pretty much expecting the same thing to happen in the next two days make sure you stay you keep track of everything up and everything happening in madrid and we'll provide all the news as we get it and they just to follow up on the story many are casting dodgin whether the crown prince will restore the image of the royal family which was tarnished during his father's lotter years on the throne but this by all of the controversies of one car this is rain according to one editor specializing in the spanish monarchy he'll still be remembered for the good he brought to the country. came after dictatorship by.

it's true that he hoped. to have. the war know how spain. tree he played a political role. with the arrival of democracy i don't think there was this strong political role. the i go in king is indeed one of europe's most colorful royals among many famous slip ups in two thousand and seventy hours venezuela's president hugo chavez to literally shut up but he's in good company duke of edinburgh famously told british students in china the risk looking like the locals if they stayed too long in the country and also the current king of sweden he criticized by some media outlets for being a party goer of course defended himself to the press saying there is a broad definition to sex strip clubs.

with the all royals being consigned to the history books questions are being asked as to whether a next generation will help europe's head or added three monarchies survive in the twenty first century more analysis is just a click away from you on a website. america is trying hard to convince the world g.m. products are not this bug as everyone thinks you genetically enhanced the rich. being designed to improve the nutritional people in east africa later in the program find out if the motives behind them are as good as the golden fruit. and. the true nature of the iraqi regime and the insurgency sweeping across the country and is iraq facing the grim reality of becoming a failed state or facing partition. choose your language. we can't we know if you're going to.

choose to use the consensus you can. choose the opinions that you think. choose the stories that impact your life choose the access to. join me. for that in our. financial report very intricate and much much. only on us and. welcome back to the program made continuous volleys in the past to close the

guantanamo bay prison it seems the us administration has been covering up atrocities of the camp in june two thousand and six three detainees were found hanged in their cells in an apartment suicide but the latest independent report provides evidence that deaths with the result of torture in apartments massaging of languages making it difficult to find the truth in two thousand today a u.s. department of defense stopped reporting suicide attempts categorizing them as acts of self harm the word torture has been replaced with enhanced interrogation techniques when it comes to tory's practice of waterboarding not to mention hunger strikes the wind tunnel officials no name long term non-religious fasts meanwhile the painful force feeding procedure on those hunger strikers is being labeled as internal feeding or the medical management of prisoners with weight loss we talked professor mark denbeaux who's probe into the two thousand and six deaths cast ballots on the official story of events what we have is compelling evidence however

of them and they didn't appear 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 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 in the short little corridor. and videos and if you read through them the n.c.i. as investigators try you would read that the men were have been did more than two hours when they were brought to the clinic and then or more you know if you have five girls scardino or eighteen to twenty people and three of them. are flipped hanging in their cells for hours people should go to jail because the

military failed to comply with their obligations. meanwhile in the u.s. state of georgia an inmate on death row has been executed despite the continued controversy over the effectiveness of the drugs used in lethal injections an appeals court rejected marcus whelan's request for a stay of execution after the state refused to disclose details about the lethal injections being used it follows a botched execution in april when it took an oklahoma inmate more than forty minutes to die and i got me after he was administered and you cocktail of drugs. let's move over to our web site when it comes to be internet the f.b.i. is trying not to be lost in translation the agency has put together a glossary of online slang into our time dot com to check out extracts from the f.b.i.'s twitter short on some entries may appear unusual to say the least also online through their. wide awake cicely's month. into the sky and reminding people it's not going to fall asleep check out the fire breathing

footage on martine dot com. right to see. first street. and i think you're. on a reporter's win there. the interview.

one of the new will. face i think your life you know. pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. test groups in the u.s. are about to take a bite from a so-called super bug by going on

a six week human trial genetically enhanced unvetted and rich claim these bananas will improve the nutrition of people in east africa but michael hansen senior staff scientist at consumer union thinks the initiative is nothing more than a publicity stunt simply designed to improve the reputation of g.m. giants. things like golden rice or golden bananas are 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 are trying so desperately with a genetic engineer. 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 that you know not only to animals before they're given to humans because in other countries this would not be allowed. microsoft and four other u.s. tech companies are seeking legal protection from the n.s.a. aiming to hide their overseas data from snooping that's a sharp u. turn from a year before and we learn the i.t. firms were cooperating with the same and say one technician from telecoms giant eighteen blew the whistle amount even before edward snowden's revelations in march you can catch an interview with mark klein later today on breaking the sit. mark in two thousand and eight eighteen was given retroactive immunity for its cooperation with the government regarding illegal surveillance and pretty unprecedented move there how did this decision influence private public surveillance cooperation today and put a legal standpoint what they were doing illegally before that there are other

companies that might have watched it's what we supposed. and that they couldn't resist anymore because congress put its own stamp of approval on the whole at this point mark do you think it's possible for the government to internally reform itself to not violate the constitution and our privacy rights. this is it's not possible to do in several ways forms these it's surveillance they need to repress to get ready this is just what they need to run their system. as take a look at some other headlines here across today starting with the news that a boat has capsized off malaysia's western coast ninety seven indonesians including women and children were on board the wouldn't vessel at least three passengers have been drawn in the incident thirty four others are still missing the boat was overloaded safety equipment such as life jackets officials say the pos injuries

were illegal migrant workers trying to return home ahead of the muslim or the month of ramadan sixty survivors have been arrested under immigration. clashes between police and followers of an m t taliban preacher in eastern pakistan . at least eight people dead another eighty five have been injured police fired shots on tear gas when supporters of the tariff used for mubarak aides from iran the scholar's complex account of that base preacher has announced plans to return to pakistan next week to lead rallies against the government. i. don't want a world cup protest in rio de janeiro has ended in scuffles but protests demonstrators were heading to the planned protest side and. the police raided their posts they were being escorted away violence flared and more than fifteen arrests were made people were angry at the high cost of staging the competition. a certain use for

not produced a train for compromising debate on the true nature of the iraqi regime and the insurgency sweeping across the country false talk is coming your way.

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below and welcome the cross for all things considered. for three should washington again use military force to determine who rules in baghdad what is the true nature of the iraqi regime and the insurgency sweeping across the country and is a rock facing the grim reality of becoming a failed state and partition. cross-talk

a rock i'm joined by my guest in boston he is the executive director of mit center for international studies as well as an author and foreign policy expert and in new york we cross the stephen slash he is a fellow at the center. foundation and author of the book act of creation or a gentleman crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it john in boston if i go to you first iraq isn't a failed state at least yet but it seems the regime in baghdad is why should the united states again use military force to prop up this government that is obviously quite unpopular and in very much motivated by keeping its ties to washington and not to the people itself well i think that the regime the maliki government in iraq is not unpopular with the shia. the problem with this situation.