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which certainly doesn't sound anything. to teach me why you should care about humans this. is why you should care only. as ukraine's president promises his ships will soon lay down arms a graphic video surfaces online showing body parts across a residential area. the shelling and military crackdown. was. the un condemns the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine and calls for a full investigation the pair died during the army shelling while filming fleeing refugees. militants closing in on baghdad to ransacking how the country trying to see the largest oil refinery u.s. troops have been sent to secure their embassy which is seen as
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a top target what islam is. the king of spain officially advocates in the hands of the throne to a new generation of royalty a middle grade republican movement. this is our day international we're live from moscow you're with me on wednesday it's good to have your company with us. ukraine's new president petro poroshenko senses forces will soon unilaterally hold the offensive in the east of the country but residential areas in besieged cities are scarred by weeks of shelling 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 a witness filmed of the damage and several victims shortly after the attack on tuesday at least ten locals were killed as you can see in this video the buildings
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are full of bullet holes and body parts are scattered outside one woman carrying a bucket of cherries a home from the market was reportedly among the victims there's a constant stream of footage coming in showing devastated residential areas including churches schools and hospitals left in ruins dire situation was the focus of a phone conversation between the ukrainian and russian leaders who was following that made his feet by a promise that we're going to school reports. did say that there is going to be a very short term cease fire implemented unilateral cease fire 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
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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 well go ahead we're delivering on his first promise from 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. russia's foreign minister believes that any step towards a dialogue that includes the self-defense forces in eastern ukraine is a step in the right direction. if this
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initiative is aimed at making a ceasefire all inclusive then so defense forces who oppose the current leadership must also be able to exercise their free will if the initiative includes an invitation by the cube 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. journalist neil clark says the ukrainian president of the words should be greeted with a little optimism haven't gone to plan for the ukrainian authorities here they launched their offensive against the so-called terrorists in the east so weeks ago it has a lot to plan the fact is they haven't been able to regain control of parts of the country as we know the people in the east are still there they're fighting back if you take casualties. and i shouldn't first fear that what we could be seeing here is playing for time he might be calling for the cease fire to kind of local people into a false sense of security. and then to relaunch this offensive and so i think we've
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got to be very cynical we've got to wait to see the actual details the u.n. security council is urging an investigation into violence against journalism in eastern ukraine after a crew from a russian t.v. channel were killed by army shelling near the city of lugansk the only survivor of the attack was the cameramen who says the attack targeted a group of refugees he believes it was not accidental fire. the crew was filming they evacuated of refugees when a shell hit with a group of teens images of the williams leaving the theme seconds before the explosion sound the sound engineer under not wallison died immediately when porter you got a call no luck was taken to hospital with a through injury but died on the operating table thirty minutes later here's how the cameramen describe what had happened to you who knows but we went to the place
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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 at the check and i turned my head and saw that the second and the third shows went up 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 self defense activists he had no legs there was a road 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 from. witnesses say the shell exploded at the feet of sound engineer on tang volition he was twenty seven years old reporter you go to qana look leaves
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behind a wife and seven year old daughter the bodies of the journalists have now been sent to moscow. the killings have triggered an international outcry and 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 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 unprecedented levels russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin called conditions for reporters in ukraine worse than during the iraq invasion our 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 but that
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was being. invaded by the u.s. troops the journalists could operate and no physical problems arose for them from the government this is not the case apparently now. about a hundred kilometers from the front line of the government offensive thousands of mine is relit in the regional capital deniece to demand the end of military operation the crowds are 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 deniece going against regions icon for almost half of the country's koehler a month cos i left was in the thick of the protest. locals say that when coal miners come out to protest and the situation had really reached a boiling point in the general sense years that the people are fed up with what's going on in their own backyard the leaders all disco miners protests are giving the president is a political russian 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
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to get out of the coal mines and take up arms in order to protect their homes and families. and to argue they'll come up for a minute by minute updates on the volatile situation in the country. sunni militants have attacked iraq the largest oil refinery in the north baghdad is on high alert to with isis jihad is closing in on the capital meanwhile the pentagon is beefing up security so far the u.s. president has stopped short of sending in combat troops but as a captain of reports that may change. armed to the teeth determined to conquer and 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
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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 more soon 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
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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 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 lucy caffein of r.t. . well the u.s. has already send one hundred soldiers to protect its embassy in baghdad there are
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also warships in the persian gulf dozens of helicopters and over five hundred marines all on standby however qatar has won the us 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 after various religious groups multi-year in a red here on our map other countries where sunni muslims make up the majority those include qatar and of course america's closest ally in the region sound arabia iraq is currently under share rule and i says once that change and washington is not considering teaming up with iran and to prevent an overthrow of the capital for more i'm joined by. the president of the arab lawyers association thank you for being with us here on our team to national militants attacking the largest oil outpolls in iraq what do you really ofter well i think the first thing to say if
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you don't mind me saying so i think the report you are making is exactly what maliki and the u.s. . i.e. reducing the whole uprising into an isis this is not very helpful the revolution in iraq it's led by the people of the cities by army officers of the previous army. so i think it's an oversimplification of the issue nevertheless this is no matter for you to think about but i think it's not very helpful because it's the iraqis who are suffering from isis not the outside world and the only people who want to get rid of pfizer's are the rockies but if the iraqis are accused by everybody else or being isis that's not very helpful but nevertheless the troops without moving
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from the north they are moving to about that they're finding is an extremely important find i mean produce is the road that supplies the products for mikey army and this is where the fighting is probably going to take place but they are certainly heading to. the outskirts of town that have fallen into their hands they are coming from the west from flu general might be they're coming from the island from the east and they're coming from the north and there are some skirmishes and the south and these are the the situations that including allowing the people who are part of the political process are concerned they are all getting out to get out of the all the whole of the troop that the people who were brought in by the americans through iraq are now getting to go to crossfire they are. goods there everything those are the war between those who are pro americans and those who are anti american and in both camps you have shiites and sunnies and i
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less people want to understand our people will continue to have the assessment that is not correct as far as reality is concerned i think there's no doubt that we're all concerned about the people in iraq who obviously suffering at the hands of these militants but i want to continue asking for your opinions on this baghdad has reportedly officially arcee us to launch air strikes against you had these you had is does that mean that iraqi government can't control the situation at all you said it yourself it's between the proles and the again so what does the government do in that regard well the government is pro to start with the government have failed in keeping the in keeping even this community of the people there now and save the population the civilians or the military the military have collapsed within forty eight hours after the billions of dollars that the americans have spent after ten years of training they just run away in front of the officers of the previous army
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that move in there are the people of these towns and cities they're not from outside and they're not the islamist group there are islamist groups there are isis there are terrorists as i said a spineless bombing is going to i think this is not going to be the issue part of the problem not because americans care about the life of the iraqis but what targets do you hit you cannot fight terrorism from the air that's a myth you cannot have airplanes hitting cities which is full of civilians because you want to get to kill ten or twenty terrorists who are hiding in the city your air force is used for fighting armies but not for fighting terrorism air force will not be used they can you know obviously the americans did use all sorts of bombs on iraq including depleted uranium that can still use. you can get if they wish but at the end of the day i don't think the air force is going to be and i'm an end result in this problem the only people who came to get rid iraq of the isis and the world
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rid of the terrorists are the iraqis not the air force of the americans or the iranians because this will just heightened attention the people of iraq have been pressed for the last ten years with the support of the usa you are britain is one of the of the main countries that has been supporting it then years despite all the abuses and unfortunately to a certain degree russia also was like we have something that. right will have to be right this president of the arab lawyers association thank you very much for that passionate point of view that you're just shared with us here on our. madrid to say goodbye to the king but not everyone is welcoming his success so we report from the heart of spain just after this break. on marriage in the financial world. developments and not stopping
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it's all politics only one of our team. will stay with us here are a t. international one godless they king of spain has abdicated after almost four decades on the throne but has a son felipe a professor take over and to monarchy protests have been now breaking out and i see it is in madrid forty. 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 got 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 hundred philippe will be crowned as spain's a new king now the reason for this discontent is quite simple the large part of the spanish society has been unhappy with the living conditions for more than six
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million people unemployed and they've been directing this blame on king on the king and the government most of them we spoke with they told us that it's not the change of a monarchy 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 his daughter and his son in law are being investigated in a major embezzlement case also he did no favors to many impoverished in spain by going to enable twenty two off on a very expensive elephant hunting trip may call this trip to cuba which he won 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
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monarchs could actually in 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 the spanish cities and this is the something we'll see in the days probably. israeli troops have arrested another sixty five palestinians bringing the total number detained to around two hundred fourteen as part of an operation to find three missing jewish teenagers that israel accuses hamas of kidnapping let's talk now to the raza from the. forum good to have you with us in this massive hunt for the teenagers that israel is really arresting palestinians in freed in a two thousand and one prisoner swap deal now is that a good tactic for them no i don't think so first i want to say the kidnapping of. civilians.
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jewish or palestinians. is what. i think the kidnappers committed but the government official should outdoes the government the government to fizzle should try to. find of course the kids who were kidnapped but should not talk palestinian civilians and way most important the government officials should go back to negotiate with the palestinians but not only negotiate they have to accept the idea of two state solution. at the basic of sixty seven borders both of those between the two states of the nations. yesterday we spoke to an idea for
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a spokesman who told us that they know hamas is behind the abductions but he also failed to explain why or how why do you think that israel is unwilling to make the evidence public in order to support their claims that hamas is behind this. i don't know i don't know if they have all been says i don't know if it is hamas. actually i don't think that these it's important i can guess that they were kidnapped by palestinians even don't tar evidence is for blood but you know there were. palestinian a year so this is my guess and no i don't think that it's not important if the kidnapped members into hamas or. organizations or not to members at all in any organization i don't think that it's important they feel the importance
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of the important thing is that the majority in israel and palestine want to achieve peace agreement but i think the important thing is that kidnapping people is not acceptable i think the important thing is death violence from both sides is not acceptable and the question we form which will get me. i don't think it's that the court of course the government of israel isn't interested to see that they are from the hamas because they blame. on the government of the new government that they formed to see this on mars and they want they want to embarrass him because they don't want any pauses in the in any progress in the peace process so they want to involve a simple minds and that's why they see hamas maybe it's like i don't know why maybe there are evidences but they still think bill is interest of these early government to set up and they want to say the opposite. i fearlessly i want to say does the
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unity government of the palestinians why. weigh in right step towards a peace agreement between the two nations and said can even be free these the hamas in the government should go she is the government of palestine and of. those. people. have to be sentenced. we're going to have to leave it right there peace activism or c rest thank you very much for sharing your views with us here on our team to national. two convicts have been put to death using lethal injection in the u.s. despite a backlash over a recent the botched execution of an inmate now the latest death sentences all went ahead without incident in georgia and the story and a third man will be executed later in florida but back in a problem an oklahoma convict was left writhing in pain for almost an hour before he died after being injected with an experimental lethal cocktail parties marina
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point now 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. and 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 write
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a cruel 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. headlines from the world of the big bugs is next with the aaron a.d.l. and boom bust.
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