now right. thank you what if the problem was like. as ukraine the president of promises his troops will soon lay down arms a graphic video surfaces online showing body parts are scattered across a residential area after the latest army shelling in kids military crackdown. the u.n. condemns the killing of two russian journalists in eastern ukraine and calls for full investigation the pair died during the shelling while filming fleeing refugees . or golden learn to far from ukraine in exchange for refuge the promise made to

a red phase of bella rouge and president bush during a prank phone call leaked by sources unknown. militants closing in on baghdad after ransacking half the country in trying to seize its largest oil refinery u.s. troops have been sent to secure their embassy which is seen as a top target for islamists. welcome to our day international live from moscow are you with me tom would say to our stories now ukraine's new president petro poroshenko says his forces will soon unilaterally halt the office of in of the east of the country but residential areas in the besieged cities are scarred by weeks of shelling we're about to show you graphic video of the often mark in the city of climb at dusk. it has surfaced

online within the last few hours a witness filmed the damage and several victims shortly after the attack on cheers team at least ten locals were killed as you can see buildings are. bullet holes and body parts are scattered outside one woman carrying a bucket of cherries home from 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 and here's some reactions to all of this from the locals in the shoes of course you know you. you could then you would not does a million year flood do you do you are you are you do you know impose all the news or need to deal with slogans. when you could just most would be. these. you knew was more than you see it then you were the media and you can europe with the issue of salute when is the mission and when you resume you couldn't we.

were going to. that's not the first time the new ukrainian leader has promised to reach out to the rest of region back in may you promise is for as president presidential visit would be to the turbulent done years ago a region that never happened she chose to go to poland and talk to barack obama instead and on multiple occasions since better positioned to express a commitment to peace and dialogue right and here is a snapshot of all what's happened in ukraine's troubled east in those three weeks since his election. the crackdown has been taking in more innocent lives are the very latest u.n. estimates put the low total civilian death toll at two hundred fifty seven plenty

of others trying to flee the war zone experience threats and attempts to prevent them from leaving. a ukrainian army jad launched an air strike on the central square of the region second biggest city in broad daylight military still has an admitted it was behind the attack the o. s. c.e. says it's positive a ukrainian military jet was to blame. videos emerge online the perfectly showing the air force are using white phosphorous in eastern ukraine locals had allegedly made allegations that these weapons which are banned under a un convention were being used. and finally journalists who went to ukraine to tell others what was happening they also

became victims of the war the deaths of media workers with r.t. has reported on extensively follows other cases all journalists being abused somewhere are lawfully detained beaten up and tortured. well with all that in mind we are strangers neil clark if the ukrainian president's words are to be trusted. things haven't gone to plan for the ukrainian authorities here very launched their offensive against the so-called terrorists in the east and several weeks ago it has launched a 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 the still there they're fighting back if casualties are you and i should look for fear that what we could be seeing here is playing for time he might be calling for the cease fire to kind of low people into a false sense of security. and then to relaunch this offensive and so i think we

could be very cynical we've got to wait to see the actual details while the presidential promises come flying following a phone conversation between petro poroshenko and let me to putin meanwhile poroshenko has also claimed that he asked or he could say his foreign minister who made a name for himself after appearing at a rally in front of the russian embassy in kiev take a look at this video what do you have a good thought because that we were so good right is it that really what you. are saying has also promised a thorough investigation into the deaths of two russian journalists killed by army shelling near the city of lugansk there just the latest foreign media workers to fall victim to the army's operation and the only survivor of this attack the cameramen believes it was no accident. i could hear mortar shells exploding all the time they both had press written on their clothes but back to save them.

for the camera man is a vivid description of being caught up in a the mortar blast the one of which claimed the lives of his colleagues go to r.t. dot com for more. 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 we while the pentagon is beefing up security so far the u.s. president has stopped short of sending in combat troops but as a careful of reports that may change. armed to the teeth determined to carry on the march across iraq the islamic state in a 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 oh and must. we were afraid of isis and its camps because they have no mercy there are people think 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 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 r.t. . well the u.s. has already sent one hundred soldiers to protect its embassy in baghdad there are 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 will be seen as an act of war against the entire city arab world now the middle east is of course. melting ports of religious diversity and lots of groups the monks here are in these red spots that we're going to show you right now in our map now those spots that you see that they marked are so where sunni muslims make of the majority of those include qatar and america's closest ally saudi arabia iraq is currently under share ruin isis ones that change washington is now considering teaming up with iran to prevent an overthrow of the capital but the president of the london based arab lawyers association. believes the iraq people have had enough of outside intervention is. the revolution in iraq it's led by the people of the cities headed by army

officers of the previous called the military council of each city there are eighteen of them isis is one of the groups that are around and there are also criminal elements and what have you the troops without moving from the north they are moving to about that there are finally is an extremely important and finally it produces the products it supplies the products for mikey army it's a war between those who are pro americans and those who are anti american and in both camps you have shiites and sunnies the only people who can get rid iraq of the isis and the world rid them of the terrorists are the iraqis not the air force of the americans or the iranians because this will just how i thin detention the people of iraq have been oppressed for the last ten years. still ahead the reign of one god of those comes to an end the king of spain has signed the abdication papers

to you and the his throne to a new generation of royalty. 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. my marriage is joining me. in park and financial commentary interviews and much much. only on the bus.

speak your language anything about the war not of the. programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you. but we turn to. stories. here. the spanish find out more visit. you're watching r.t. international the president of bella ruse. has been left red faced off to being caught out by a phone call from a prominent russian prince to name him pos to introduce himself as the son of the recent egypt post ukrainian leader of the call itself was recorded and leaked by an unknown source us now cross to our correspondent guy and see if you can who joins us live and then also what actually did the prank say was

a conversation and who could possibly have leaked it. well here's the story the russian prankster name devolve on brings up the administration of the president of bellows and introduce him introduces himself as the son of dictator unocal which the ousted president of ukraine then he gets to talk to the belorussian president himself during the conversation the pranks to suggest that he's father may have to move to bellows and asks if fellows would accept it to which alexander lukashenko very warm terms says yes and to thank him the prankster offers a gift to the president of bellers take a listen. but the. book on the move. but. if you do. could you get i believe most of you sure.

well they're talking about the golden loaf that was found in the residence of the ousted ukrainian president after the mob took it over to president of bell who seems to have bought every bit of that prank and he's now quite angry he ordered his security service to track down the russian prankster but the prankster says he has not leaks the conversation on the web he was going to put somebody did it before him presenting it as the real thing and. apparently did not know that it was a prank they thought he was the real conversation between the president of bellows and the son of victory on record which there are suggestions that he was done by the intelligence service of either ukraine or some other country so he was not just the president of bellows who got pranked and here's a lesson for those who are snooping our world leaders and trying to find something embarrassing to put out there make sure it's not a prank before you do it. right and her team is going to change again there will be

surely i'm sure they'll be lots of reactions to that story in days to come. juan carlos the king of spain has abdicated after almost four decades on the throne but as the son of a labor prepares to take over anti montacute protests have been breaking out alexia the chef he 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 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 wanting to leave you will be crowned as spain's and you king now the reason for this discontent is quite simple as you know a large part of the spanish society has been unhappy with the living conditions you know more than six million people unemployed and they've been directing this blame

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 that 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 want to enable twenty two off on a very expensive elephant hunting trip may call this trip a hypocrisy one because juan carlos has also been an honorary president of the spanish w w organization so this is clearly in reaching 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 a.p.s. 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. the crown prince has his work cut out for him to find out why we're joined by ana a k a spokesperson for the for european partnership for independence who joins us now and if you can hear me one catalyst was very popular for much of his reign widely credited for was guiding the country to democracy up to the franco dictatorship and yet he fell out of favor with the public in recent years why is that. when i think it's important first before to state that that rose was actually promoter and appointed by dictator franco super pets awaits the system the school that was loyal to the

red jim those days that most actually was never a voice that the race posy to their original from called today they said to the first is from. therefore. he just continued our super better way the privileges of the oligarchies the constitution actually what he meant what he meant was there a story of their more nike. kind of a forest transition because actually all the collaboration these to with their with franco were never judge and so with all these other understanding all these so all of that sorry. we may understand that important it has been quite a norm our normal system and with implement see on our most of the time unfortunately it comes corruption ok what is happening now to the spanish monarchy

and let me ask you this then ok so fun girls left a bad taste in spanish society but what about king philip can hear restore the trust in the monarchy. why don't we do not expect much of philip or actually or for any of the boy family we need to understand that that we as we talk that scott silence and kept silence so we don't have spared from boyd well let's remember the phillip fifty was a one that the very that our country and using the force actually avoids all our constitutions and law to the international community and didn't respect the international treaty or if you track there is a key that has constantly denying that the spanish has been imposing catalonia so we've done this back the march maybe a nicer phase maybe some misspeak just got set on a new bus but nothing more and it's fun for us because all we want and our majority

that's our own year is to vote in the ninth of november about did that and that's of course i don't know so do you think removing the spanish monarchy and creating a republic would make. things matters a little bit more practical specifically for you or for the people have got to go it alone. one actually i think the thing that's a no no we do have are we on the majorities in the parliament and in the society and it doesn't really affect us if there is a monarchy or very sorry poverty actually experience. shows us that. we have to do we have we built our majorities now we're using them in the democratic way we will vote about the. this ninth of november and now we just wish the best to the spanish and we wish that they can make

a referendum if that's what the majority wants and to have the best for them but for cats and since our it's our destiny it's our it's our future and it's in our hands us over reality is in the hands of the people and we want to use a peacefully on the democratically this next ninth of november voting in the ballot boxes yes or not to the independence of catalonia well we'll see what the crown prince who is just a few hours from being sworn in as king felipe will have to do for the people of spain as well as look at the union people and a spokeswoman for european partnership for independence thank you for your time. now you tube is considering a call videos by independent music groups in favor of acts from top labels artie's head of social media i will crotty explains why we all over run to searches for our favorite music but our choice is about to be severely curtailed you too could kill

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tells us syria to speed up its chemical disarmament efforts had to r.t. dot com for a check up on how damascus is struggling to get rid of its chemical arsenal ahead of this month's deadline. let's take a look now at other news around the world to dozens of indonesian immigrants are missing and eight did after a boat capsized a sinking off the west coast of malaysia the wooden vessel was not designed for the open sea and was carrying one thousand seven indonesians treating women and children safe last sixteen survivors have been accounted for and the search is ongoing officials say the passengers were illegal migrant workers trying to return home ahead of the muslim holy month of ramadan. also there a journalist abdullah el shamy has been released from an egyptian prison after more than four months on hunger strike in protest at the for long detention he spent ten months behind bars without charge and the rest was related to the crackdown

understand the supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi gyptian issues are houston f words of supporting morsi muslim brotherhood. the true nature of the iraqi regime and they surge is the sweeping across the country coming your way in cross talk next but if you're watching r.t. in britain stay tuned for going underground with action right times. were all told the language of what i want to react to situations i. i have read the reports but i'm likely to push the no i will be next mistake to comment on your latter point the muslims say that to carry out a car is on the job. no god. thank you no more weasel words. when you made a direct question me prepared for

a change when you find you should be ready for a bad. freedom of speech and a little bit on the freedom to question. do we speak your language or not advance. news programs these documentaries and spanish matters to you breaking news a little eternity of angola's keep these stories. are you here. to try to alter the spanish find out more visit. i know c.n.n. m s n b c news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be. true. that was funny but it's closer to the truth and might take.

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come full picture of today's news. on demand from around the globe. up to. fifty. hello and welcome to crossfire we're all things are considered i'm peter all over the gulf war three should watch again 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 iraq facing the grim reality of becoming a failed state and or partition.

to cross-talk iraq i'm joined by my guest john kiran 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 to stephen solicitor he is a fellow at the century 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 times 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 is that we're having a sectarian war.