as ukraine's president promises his troops will soon lay down arms say graphic video surfaces online showing body parts scattered across a residential area after the latest on the shelling in kids military crackdown. i. know un condemns the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine and calls for a full investigation of the pair delighted during army shelling while filming fleeing refugees. militants close in on baghdad right after ransacking half the country in trying to seize its largest oil refinery u.s. troops have been sent to secure the embassy which is seen as a top target for as long as. the king of say no officially advocates and

hands of the throne to a new generation of royalty amid a growing republican movement. everyone welcome to you if you're just joining us here on our team to national we're live from moscow you're with me. ukraine's new president petro poroshenko says his forces will soon unilaterally halt the offensive in the east of the country but residential areas in the siege cities. scarred by weeks of shelling are about to show you graphic footage of the aftermath in the city of qom a task that has surfaced online within the last few hours now witness filmed the damage and several victims shortly after the attack on tuesday at least ten locals

were killed as soon as you can see the buildings are full of bullet holes and body parts are scattered outside one woman carrying a bucket of cherries home from a market was reportedly among the victims there's a constant stream of footage coming in showing devastated residential areas including churches of schools and hospitals left in ruins the dies situation was the focus of a phone conversation between the ukrainian and russian leaders was following that angle major repeatedly a promise that we're going to school report. did say that there is going to be a very short term ceasefire implemented unilateral ceasefire implemented in south east of ukraine but he did emphasize that it's going to be extremely short in the amount of time that he's going to give to all armed groups in the region to lay down arms the details are supposed to follow in the next couple of days now that that decision seems to have come after a late night phone call which was conducted between the ukrainian president and

russian president putin and what could not be immediately tied to that phone call is another decision made by the ukrainian leader and that is to possibly lay off for the interim minister of foreign affairs who has made kind of a tourist name for himself in recent days after appearing at a riot by the russian embassy in here and behaving in the following manner. it's not yet clear exactly how pershing go will go ahead with delivering on his first promise concerning the cease fire in the southeast of ukraine but it does seem however that he has already found a possible replacement for the interim foreign minister russian foreign minister believes any step towards dialogue that includes of the self-defense forces in eastern ukraine is a step in the right direction. she will. look at all of this initiative

is aimed at making a ceasefire all inclusive then self-defense forces who oppose the current leadership must also be able to exercise their free will if the initiative includes an invitation by the keeper authorities to start dialogue with the southeast this would be in line with what percent of promised and it is what we expect from him the un security council is urging an investigation into violence against journalists in eastern ukraine after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city of new guns the only survivor of the attack was the cameramen who says the attack up targeted a group of refugees he believes it was not accidental fire. the crew was filming the evacuation of refugees want to shell hit their group these are images of civilians leaving the scene seconds before the explosion sound engineer on to involved in the died immediately reported on

a new was taken to hospital with a severe injury by died on the operating table thirty minutes later he was called a cameraman described what happened. who do you 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 this self-defense activist raised his hand showed the refugees the safe path and at this moment the first shell exploded and damaged his hand how a journalist stayed further away to check i turned my head and saw that the second and the third shows 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 a 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 them witnesses say the shell exploded at the feet of sound engineer on tun wallison he was a twenty seven years old reportedly got connally can leaves behind a wife and seven year old daughter the bodies of a journalist have now been sent to moscow. the killings have triggered an international outcry the organization for security and cooperation in europe called on kiev to find those responsible and hold them accountable the new york based committee to protect journalists condemned the killing and urged safety for journalists working in ukraine reporters without borders called for a probe into the deaths as well and said the violence against journalists has reached and president and level russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin a cold conditions for reporters in ukraine are worse than doing the iraq invasion.

journalists with a lot of experience in other conflict areas say that it's for the first time that they feel they're 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 a being. invaded by the u.s. troops the journalists could could operate and no physical problems arose for them from the government this is not the case apparently now about one hundred kilometers from the frontline of the government offensive thousands of mind those are related to end of the regional capital dunny is to demand the end of the military operation across all threatening to bring the country's coal mining hub to a standstill and take up arms unless the government stops the killing of civilians the dentist can lugansk regions a con for almost half of the country's coal. was in the thick of the protest locals say that when coal miners came out to protest and the situation had really

reached a boiling point the general sense here is that the people are fed up with what's going on in their own backyards their leaders all this time miners protests are getting the president's political mission called twenty four hours to end the punitive action against his own people in the east of ukraine they say if the bloodshed continues they're ready to get out of the coal mines and take up arms in order to protect their homes and families. had to argy dot com for minute by minute update from the volatile situation end of the country. sunni militants have attacked iraq's largest oil refinery in the north baghdad is on high alert with isis jihad is closing in on the capital meanwhile the pentagon is beefing up security so father u.s. president has stopped short of sending in combat troops but it's mostly capping off reports that may change. armed to 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 us 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 barr 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 his 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 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 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 with the hottest

determined to press on the question is for how long. lucie county no forty three well the u.s. has already sent a hundred fold just to protect the embassy in baghdad there also was ships in the persian gulf dozens of helicopters and over five hundred marines all on standby however qatar has warned the e.u. was that any military intervention to prop up the iraqi government would be seen as an act of war against the entire sunni arab world the middle east is of course a melting pot of diverse religious groups marked here in the red spots other countries so where sunni muslims make up the majority very think should consult of course and america's closest ally in the region saudi arabia right there iraq is currently under shiite room and isis obviously wants that changed washington is now considering teaming up with iran to prevent and overthrow military affairs expert

eric margolis says the current turmoil in iraq is breaking up traditional alliances . the u.s. has more interests. of those. who are on behind the scenes who are students saudis the agents. who are very unhappy with us your bench goes things who are very worried about iran 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. no notice of them have to go in trying to brace the so-called terrorist nation because they're more secure. in speed number are of iran this week is going to be very confused you can't everybody isn't terrorists. do go picking out which terrorists they were. by staying within

iraq india's foreign ministry says forty of its nationals in point as construction workers have been kidnapped in the city of mosul which is now controlled by isis they lived in india say the man called them three days ago to say they were in trouble turkey is also investigating claims that a number of its nationals web ducted me a kook while building a hospital. but it is saying goodbye to the king but not everyone is welcoming his successor where poured live from spain right after this break. but.

he was very hard to take. that back would that hurt but there are. plenty. of oblique.

thanks for staying with us here on r t international a new king will be crowned tonight in this space the senate has approved the abdication of one god most who is stepping down after almost four decades on the throne but has a son the phillipa prepares to take over mt mom like you protests have been breaking out and i see it is that in madrid for it she joins us live i like to say it might be good news for some but not everybody is happy about this. yes as we can see in the live pictures literally seconds ago signed his abdication papers we can see that in the live pictures from inside the royal palace behind me but getting here to witness the ceremony is quite problematic the whole central area of madrid is cordoned off by heavy police presence and national guard more than seven thousand troops here and the government obviously has every reason to be concerned because of the potential anti-monarchy protests which could hit the

streets as early as tonight but most definitely tomorrow on thursday one thing philippe will be crowned as spain's and you king now the reason for this discontent is quite simple the large part of the spanish society has been unhappy with the living conditions and more than six million people unemployed and they've been directing this blame king on the king and the government most of them we spoke with they told us that it's not the change of a more narc inside the palace it's changing nothing the whole system needs to be changed in order for the people to have a better living conditions that's why what they're suggesting is that the country should go from monarchy back to their republican form of governance but of course some of the blame is directed straight at the former now former king juan carlos first of all his family got himself involved in several corruption scandals he. below are being investigated in a major embezzlement case also he did no favors to many impoverished in spain by going to enable twenty twelve for a very expensive elephant hunting trip may call this trip because juan carlos has

also been an honorary president of the spanish w w f organization so this is clearly some part of the society here and raising further questions about a long reigning monarchies in europe in general whether the new generation of monarchs could actually it please the younger parts of their countries and this is one big question which would be answered in the nearest future especially if anti-monarchy protests will be hitting the streets of this kind of cities and this is the something we'll see in the nearest days probably certainly king of philippe will have lots to deal with in the in his reign in spain that's alessio to give a far. by the verge on a scottish independence is now just a few months away and new issues surrounding the referendum being brought up almost every day the latest is from former prime minister john major who says without scotland the u.k. would mean a little to the u.s.

as an international partner artist bully boy who joins me now live from london polly majors a warning will be a warning for london but will probably independence voters actually care about this . well less than a month ago the u.s. president said that the u.k. was better off together and hillary clinton has also said words to that effect so the former prime minister said john major has said that if scotland chooses to go it alone it could potentially destroy that special relationship that the u.k. currently enjoys with america now not only that he's also said that scottish independence would effectively wreck the u.k.'s nuclear capability now the reason for that is because the u.k.'s nuclear submarines are currently stationed off the coast of scotland near glasgow but the s.n.p. have said that if scotland votes for independence well then they want to get rid of

all the nuclear weapons in scotland so according to john major it's going to be very difficult for britain to find an alternative port for those nuclear weapons to go it could take many years which would have potential not corn effects on nato and on the us now he also spoke about international bodies like the un and the e.u. and the g seven where he says a smaller britain would have a small and say now this type of narrative is quite new because up until now we've heard the better together campaign talking about why they think scotland would be worse off if it chooses independence but now we're hearing about how potential scottish independence in a potentially independent scotland would have major ramifications for the rest of the u.k. that's left behind. thank you very much will cause suffering that story of the

scottish referendum that's coming up in the less than one hundred days from now. in london. well i am done the editor of politics of the u.k. doesn't believe obama's remarks will affect of the upcoming referendum but certainly going to make britain less useful to the us of course affects the a degree of power the a degree of influence i was on the world stage however most spirit and that goes from you know the english as well as the score would be frankly quite an interested in how useful we are to the united states the relationship the special relationship took a major battering during the iraq war and even the years after it most brits still haven't gotten over that and they're much more cynical about already concerned with america than they ever were twenty years ago that excitement is going out of its way or that of to try and demonstrate that scotland can have these weighty by lots of relationships with countries on its own accord hasn't gone not one hour and

collin fox from the scotus a socialist party told r.t. that the american government view on independence this smacks off hypocrisy you know buddika bombers and take these opinion but people in scotland and he had in the news that of course reminded that he has to be seeing the united states the if they had independence from london but it's not ok for scotland right to self-determination as i'm sure something that barack obama wouldn't question the would not be any trident uclear weapons stationed in scotland threaten the rest of the border with new kill and i elysian when we had independent of course john major's not very popular the conservatives in scotland of one m.p. fifty six and people will see we have more giant pandas and scotland than we have conservative in them fortunately scotland has been part of a british neil love little water mongered in machine and not something that we hope the end of that we can even get independence. in other news dozens of

indonesian immigrants are missing and aided after a bird capsized sinking off the coast of malaysia. the wood in the vessel was not a designed for the open sea and was carrying ninety seven indonesians including women and children so far sixty survivors have been accounted for and a search is ongoing but officials say the passengers what your legal migrant workers trying to return home i made of the muslim holy month of ramadan. al-jazeera journalist abdullah al shami has been released from any gyptian prison after more than four months on hunger strike in protest at his prolonged detention he spent ten months behind bars without charge. arrest was related to the crackdown on islam the supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi egyptian officials accuse the network of supporting will seize muslim brotherhood.

to come rigs that have been put to death using lethal injection in the u.s. despite a backlash over a recent botched execution of an inmate elaters death sentences went ahead without incident in georgia and. and a third man will be executed later in florida but back in april and oklahoma convict was left to writhing in pain for almost an hour before he died after being injected with an experimental lethal cocktail parties marina explains. prison officials did not insert the lethal injection into his vein properly now that episode shined a new spotlight on executions in the u.s. it even prompted u.s. president barack obama to call for his justice department to review the procedures of capital punishment now prison officials in georgia say the execution of mr welland seemed to go smoothly with no noticeable complications a few minutes into the procedure he took a couple of heavy breaths and within five minutes according to reports there was no

visible movement now while the state did acknowledge that he used a single drug pentobarbital to execute the fifty nine year old many of the other details surrounding the procedure were kept secret now that's because a state law allows authorities in georgia to withhold information about the people and companies involved in executions and mr whelan's lawyers argued that the confidentiality exposed him to the too radical and unusual punishment because they could not evaluate the qualifications of those that were on the execution team or the safety record of the unidentified loosely regulated compound being pharmacy where the execution drugs were obtained the nine executions in the u.s. have been stayed or postponed since late april all three states that i just mentioned refused to say where they obtained their lethal injection drugs or if those drugs are tested before they are used to kill prisoners many critics believe

that the drugs are not tested beforehand leaving the prisoners to serve as lab rats in an inhumane execution experiment. everybody is breaking with that is next. thank you to the. city for good. to spend over fifty billion euros on faulty head says to each one hundred fifty million degrees with uncle mike no it's a cell phone same piece bits of france we travel in search of a song. military update we've got the future covered. choose your language call it week over the internet. choose to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that invigorating to.

choose the stories that impacts good life choose me access to your office. what's happening folks i'm abby martin this is breaking this set so alabama isn't exactly a state known for being on the cutting edge of progressive politics in fact the state still in forced a ban on consensual homosexual sex until last week on friday the alabama court of appeals overturned the ruling in that sense to man who had been 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 but despite that ruling 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 on 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 in defensible laws are not salute disgrace and they are two thousand and fourteen and with gay marriage sweeping across the country it's beyond absurd that some states are still banning gay sex let's break this.

it was a relief very hard to. get her back with the earthquake there. when you think of conflict minerals the film blood diamond might come to mind are images of guerrilla fighters overseeing the mining of precious gems and some more corn country and while many of diamonds and gems sold in jewelry stores do have

questionable origins a conflict mineral can be any mineral or resource in a part of the world extracted under conditions of armed conflict and human rights abuse some examples include ten tungsten and tanta light and gold all of which serve as a central components for everything from automobiles to electronics most of these minerals however are mind of the democratic republic of the congo along with nine of its neighboring african countries where warlords militia armies and rebel groups profit from the sale of these minerals all the while perpetuating regional wars the conditions found at the conflict mineral mines can be downright abysmal were laborers aren't hired but often forced to work at gunpoint threatened with their lives and expected to do a job that will likely kill them the human cost of mining for this buried treasure is almost unthinkable tens of thousands of young boys forced to work in mud pits digging with their bare hands for metal or the irony of it all is that buried under the ground in countries like the kong.