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and the rest. will be every week. and all while the president's repeated values of a ceasefire yet to be fulfilled. crying for help iraq's asking the u.s. to taking control at a faster pace than even the american troops managed during the two thousand and three invasion. plus the battle russian president left red faced alexander lukashenko falls victim to a phone prankster pretending to be the son of ukraine's ousted president. whoever you're watching from in the world welcome to moscow and to r.t. international i'm you know nato our top story weeks of intense attacks by the
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ukrainian army have left the eastern city of slovyansk are allies continued combat an army artillery fire have knocked out water and electricity supplies making life very difficult for the locals. you know let you let me. know if. you claim this said that famine is really looming and we're in for a humanitarian catastrophe in the region. nearly all hospitals in the city of slovyansk are not working adding this is. simply because they have no fuel to get to the people who need medical assistance there are food supplies disruptions as well according to people's republics of the shells so like i said once again we're headed in for the famine and indeed. gunfire and shouting was heard on the outskirts of town scared that i will tease been reported already when shells and
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the destroyed one man urban developments thank you very much for the sort of government forces there are not the first day of the vote he said his first presidential visit would be to the rest of the nets did not happen he went to poland to make barak obama instead he's pledged to bring peace and put an end to the fighting many times and promised to bring about a cease fire at least twice ok let's now take a look at what's happening indeed in the volatile regions in the last three weeks since president petro poroshenko was elected dozens of civilians were caught up in the violence the central square in lugansk was from the air he premium or a force allegedly used by a weapons journalist lost their lives while covering the calm but. things haven't gone to plan for the ukrainian authorities here they launched their offensive against the terrorists in the east so weeks ago it has launched a plan to fight to see how they able to regain control of parts of the country as
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we know the people in the east are still there the battle back and all the forces and i should fear that what we could be seeing playing for time are calling for the cease fire security this offensive and so i see we could be very cynical we've got to wait to see the actual details ukrainian one russian journalist near the city of lookouts curlier this week the members of a t.v. crew did die when they came under artillery shelling their bodies or the government forces but the picture i can find by the only survivor of the assault the cruise cameraman. he said it was a partitive atop the killings triggered an international response reporters without borders confirmed that the total number of journalists killed while covering kiev's military operation to five ukraine's envoy to the u.n.
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said the russian journalist killed were standing near the self-defense forces have no press markings on earth or for the blame for the tragedy themselves. moving on because iraq has urged the u.s. to launch strikes against isis militants have seized large parts of the country they are covered in red here on the map washington's already pouring out herb or in surveillance been closing in on baghdad since country's second largest city more than a week ago the closest. was another city of baquba just sixty kilometers from over soldiers managed to repel the offensive in seeing recent footage from the northern city of biology where insurgents tried to seize iraq's biggest oil refinery but government forces fought them off there as well in between taking one major city after another os is. the group's achievements artes you can offer ports no. fighters ten thousand operations in iraq one thousand assassinations and all last
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year alone the state of iraq and syria now known more notoriously as through iraq moving closer and closer to baghdad and. routed graphics it paints a clearer picture of the terror organization including the types in amounts of weapons they use their strategy details of operations and targets former intelligence officers claim that the. mission. for extreme. asked for help u.s. defense officials are reportedly lucky getting involved in iraq again would be a major blow to america's federal budget of already ended up in isis hands or at least a lot of weapons have so then you have the other thing is it could be a drone campaign or it could be a full fledged air campaign and the economic consequences of course all of that cost money and the united states is already has a seventeen trillion dollar debt and i think we're already overextended around the
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world and to get back into iraq is going to cost more money and more billions and i thought. as i say the american people are tired of not only the lives lost american lives overseas in these places but also the money spent you know they've spent trillions in iraq are ready and on our website you can follow them live. on the march towards baghdad by isis as well as the international reaction to the insurgency. spain it's funny. later on we take a look at want to change all thrown respond to people. like . they would like to know that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy right albus. in
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come back now the leader of belarus has promised political asylum to the arch to ukrainian president and his family well that's what he thought when talking to the ex leader song by phone he was even promised some extravagant treats in return too bad it was all a prank. you can explains more than a russian prankster who goes by the name of von braun rang up the administration of the president of bellows and introduced himself as the son of victor young accomplished the ousted president of ukraine he got to talk to the belorussian president aleksander list is that his father may have to move to bellows because there's a chance he can to keep the one pretended to be worried that the current authorities in kiev may not treat the ousted president well the belorussian president who never
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shies away from using colloquial language in public was even more candid in what he thought was a private conversation and you calculate quote of problem that you know which an emotion i knew well but when you put you out of the show since then the president of bellows show to lose its own courtship for a year could be low risk but both the reporter over universal. which i'm just. saying camp ranks divonne offered the president the gift but they. don't. but. if you did nobody could you could have been. sure. they're talking about the golden loaf that was found in the residence of the ousted ukrainian president many treasures were found there well anyway the president of bellows seems to have bought every bit of that prank and he's now angry alexander
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lukashenko gave his security service a week to track down the russian prime minister or els he said he would send the head of his security service to prepare quote feed for cattle. but the prankster duped not just the belorussian president and his administration but also those who had apparently hacked into the phone call decided it was the real thing and leaked it before the prankster himself revealed the truth about one suspects that it could be the ukrainian intelligence service it's no secret intelligence service the spy on world leaders we remember who tapped the angle of merkel's phone they may have some interesting bits of leaders private chat in their collection but probably not a prank like this. well the president of belarus is not the first among the world's movers and shakers to fall victim to a phone prank here's some of the most successful tourist jokes back at the twenty twelve in twenty twelve indeed during the u.n.
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general assembly secretary-general ban ki moon was too busy to tell right away the person calling him was not the actual canadian prime minister. yes hello. yes hello stephen harper speaking how are you mr secretary general how are you are you find out how are you. in fact that was a cute comedy due calling this i could be general the conversation was well pretty awkward with the fake canadian prime minister citing the need to comb his hair with superglue that's the reason why he couldn't attend the u.n. conference ki-moon later claimed he quickly realized that was a prank a little the call did last five minutes. even cuban revolutionary leader retired president feel castro failed to escape the joker's. castro thought it was his friend venezuelan president hugo chavez calling to tell about his lost luggage containing some sensitive material after the pranksters
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reveal themselves the cuban leader got very angry and had some very strong words for them. radio host target syrupy back in two thousand and eight the time she was a vice presidential candidate to take a quick listen you said no mrs good didn't know. there were you know when you could be speaking i love you. yes miss pale and i was sure it was the french president on the. create a hoax during the six minutes long conversation even though that fake. talking about his love of killing animals and how his wife is well hopped in bed along with claiming carla bruni i had written a song for pay. there you go coming up on r t international marks two years in embassy limbo. we take a look back out of the chief of the wiki leaks reveal why british authorities spend
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thousands of pounds on the clock surveillance of the small building he's holed up and. security in spain's capital is on the highest alert in years with the new monarch being crowned today now you're watching live pictures all of the festivities taking place in madrid in just a moment people have been pouring into the streets to view a military parade the new king philippe the sixth being driven through the city center in a rolls royce the incoming king takes over the throne from his father on this application marks the end of an era of colorful people at the helm one carlos was one of them who represented the to its fullest and here's why to get the seal or he enjoyed his moment of glory in the one nine hundred seventy two olympic games where he shot him in the mix three person keelboat to survive a military coup back in the eighty's he went on t.v. in full army uniform and ordered troops back to their bases. many royals would pose
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for a photo having shot dead an elephant waltz and safari in africa while as a keen motorcyclist people were said to like him munching their. ride or helping those stranded on remote roads but what many will no doubt remember most is the time he had the guts to help the venezuelan president hugo chavez literally. want to not only have a look r.t. spanish correspondent to go via the host of in the way to talk more about what spawn your think about the royals. people in spain in spain care and that's why all took on the streets to the streets i mean people actually want to have a referendum they really wanted to do king still in spain or they just wanted the keen to. stay in
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a monarchy kind of state or because it's an expensive and it's to hold up what you stephanie is. fourteen. to maintain. that's right now nowadays in spain on the other side you have recently in the case of censorship even in one of the most popular so that king juan carlos passing . they have. since felipe it but this wasn't printed. out of a lot of buzz about that several cartoonist all of these in ireland they just released today a book against mourner keep. now there's plenty more stories for you sentry to assuring the location of the device work. department and there's always a policeman nearby they're not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence
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of one man inside that building it's two years since june in the sun so refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistleblower off the n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for a son also means two years it's outside it for the london's metropolitan police the bill for guarding that door in case a son should ever emerge is something like eleven thousand pounds a day the ecuadorian ambassador admits his nonpaying tenant is suffering but sweden won't give assurances the whistleblower won't be extradited to the us if he travels to stop home for questioning allegations of sexual assault which means the i.q.
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dorian ambassador isn't ruling out the possibility his on likely houseguest could be rattling around inside that building for the rest of his life reporting from london on polyploid. during a conference call marking his two years of confinement a songe again spoke out against the u.s. authorities saying barack obama should start to consider his legacy and risks being remembered as the u.s. president but most heavily oppressed journalism he's also was surprised expressed support for fellow whistleblower edward snowden for more on nor joined by jennifer robinson she is a lawyer for the whistleblower thanks indeed for. jennifer let me just start because next week you're going to be lodging a challenge in sweden against the extradition case based on new information we believe can you give any details hard realistically do you think that's going to work out for you. at this point we're not able to state any more about the
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application until after it's files all i can say is that it will be filed next week challenging intention order of julian in sweden in relation to the sexual misconduct case but obviously there are a number of different legal issues that come into play that keep him inside the embassy and of course his main concern is and has always been the risk of on one extradition to the united states and the ongoing u.s. grand jury and criminal investigation two week you makes that we know is ongoing and we know that because of court documents relating the last few months so that is our main concern and i think it's important to remember this straight that it is as a result of the u.s. action in relation to wiki leaks and the prosecution and harassment of wiki leaks that julian remains inside that embassy and it has been two years locked inside that embassy julian assange just compared it to life on a space station how does he feel and is a possible he's going to leave anytime soon do you believe. unless there is
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significant political will exercised by the united kingdom sweden and united states as we said we are seeking insurance and the closure of the criminal investigation to reconnect in the united states before he feels comfortable to be able to travel to sweden to answer those allegations in the meantime of course he has continued to offer though he is testimony in relation to sweden would very much like to see that information that that investigation progressed there is the there is a possibility that if they want to interview him in the embassy they could be prosecuted could decide to drop the case given the strength of his evidence and we would like to see them at least investigate and progressed as an option. otherwise of course he's more than willing to answer the questions and would like to see insurance that he won't be sent on once the united states that assurance is not being provided so unless and until that comes he will remain inside the embassy and indeed the u.k. has already spent millions on the clock patrols the big c. why do you believe britain is is so concerned about something that's having such a significant spears i think we are seeing more and more questions now being asked
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united kingdom as you explained earlier there's seven six million pounds which is almost ten million dollars so final last two years and they're i mean it's only policing when i go to visit him in the embassy you see at least six to eight police officers every single entrance and you wonder well for somebody who hasn't got the crime yet why why do you require such a heavy police presence combined with the fact that had he actually turned this week he would have the case would have been dealt with well in chile by now so i think people are starting to ask questions about the need for this place presence and why so many state resources there but you're very welcome after a break for breaking the sets with abby martin coming up next. in genetics but eugenics vulgarize as you know darwin saw an uncommitted crying i
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was steroids to learn to believe in eighty feebleminded to death of the few i don't know why. but i still don't know why genetic improvement through force just. the basis for nazi ideology don't stop until now i'd really rather not talk about that right. some people say that when it happens so in time for a nice walk the curtain falls down. if it's some point and i could no longer stand it i decided to kill myself. even i was scared of what i'd done i punched but i didn't understand where i want a man raising his head and the woman should. run from him.
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everyone who sees this video to be the children's father. then became a controllable that he would do anything. but i don't cry tired of crying to. ban. him into the institution thirty four. of the songs we covered. see. what's good guys i'm out of martin and this is. just in the football team in the washington d.c. and that's only because. the school mascot in california i'm of course.
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and it's been a rare american unity today the patent and trademark office is actually six trademark registrations for the name. or titian the office to drop its protection of the team's name citing a long history of the terminal slur for native americans. dan snyder so the name is steeped in and won't be changed to some other things steeped in tradition the k.k.k. and black face point so in the hope of the bait over long and horrendous oppression of native americans a tree for today this decision marks the bare minimum amount of respect that first nations peoples deserve now let's break this up. the. bigger a military hard to get the to. get back with the target there. please.
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