we're very. key of resumes it's a and ground offensive in eastern ukraine a day after the president promises troops would soon lay down on. no we lied to water all medical supplies in the besieged city of slovyansk the city sits on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe thanks to the nonstop government offensive. cry for help iraq asked the u.s. to use its aid power against isis militants who are locked in three is battles for the country's vital or oil reserves. a golden globe for from ukraine in exchange for refuge the promise made to a red face by the regime the president during a phone call. from

moscow that's a large team international you with me tom would say it's good to have your company with us this evening. they've queanbeyan on me has confirmed his troops have restarted the offensive this morning across the country's east it follows reports of renewed a strikes and artillery bombardments of towns and cities and to government forces clean new areas are now being targeted by kids crackdown and locals are left with little choice but to learn to live with the day to day bloodshed. you know where you. know you could then you would not go to the meeting you look to you just should you know you from where you jump over all those news or need to deal with slogans or what are you doing here where you're going to where you're going to brotherhood.

despite the promise of a ceasefire by ukraine's president and the army has renewed fly on the outskirts of . the city besieged by government troops for more than two months is suffering severe shortages and water as well as electricity hundreds of civilians have already been forced to flee the city and those who remain a struggling to find food or medical supplies are teams that oman cost reports that are thirty fire resumed this morning and one man actually died as a result that fire he was near a christian orthodox church which was partially destroyed now in terms of us live ask itself while the city is slowly but surely turning into somewhat of a ghost town and continued to the shelling for the last few weeks have left to the citizens without water supply without existence of life or even the food in some instances self proclaimed that's republican officials are claiming that they are

heading for humanitarian catastrophe you can see empty shelves in stores you can see people lining up for water that nearly all the hospitals are closed most of them please are simply not there finding refuge somewhere else plus ambulances have no fuel meanwhile the russian president's chief of staff has visited refugee camps in the south when rostov on don region that gay yvonne took a walk around the facilities that are housing thousands of forces forced to flee their homes in east ukraine and spoke to some of the people affected the russian emergency ministry says around twenty thousand people have already crossed the border in search shelter. and other developments a russian journalists are covering events in east ukraine have been labeled as terrorists by officials in kiev a little internal memo from the country's security service. but russian reporters

some of who have been working in the rest of eastern regions the document a list eighty seven names it accuses the journalist of being involved in illegal paramilitary groups and resisting the so-called antiterrorist operation we caught up with one of the journalists on the list and he says he has no idea why his name is the you know. third there were those days when i saw the list and my name on it i laughed it's very amusing because there are people who are in fact working in east ukraine and covering events on the ground there as for me i haven't set foot in ukraine for the past few months i'm in moscow when all i do is write a column in a newspaper i don't support anyone i'm simply expressing my own opinion so the true russian journalist killed by shell explosions while in east ukraine earlier this week the only surviving member of the three man crew films of the moment his team mates were hit his what he captured.

the camera man says they were clearly wearing press signs as they attempted to film activists forces trying you've just seen the blasts and this is the media it's off to mock but a kid of investigators claim now that it was anti government forces behind the deaths and ukraine's representative to the u.n. has more or less implied the dead journalists had only themselves to blame for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. ukraine's president is considering making his the recently sacked foreign minister and ambassador he spied on the chiefs having made headlines for his less than diplomatic language joke or low but it's all because of. the crew who didn't know. the country where he'll be heading to the ukraine diplomatic mission so far remains a mystery to learn all about the bomb a top diplomat strong statement on

a website. also online a full timeline and minutes two minutes updates on the ongoing crisis all of our team. the u.s. is considering a request from the iraqi government to launch air strikes against isis strongholds the group has seized huge a swath of the country's north in less than two weeks now the areas marked here and raid on a map shows you where they now closing in on baghdad which is being torn apart by a bomb blasts another priority for the insurgency is taking control over all infrastructure in the dollar a city of by jihad is trying to capture the nation's largest oil refinery iraqi military officials say soldiers were able to repel the onslaught a worthless report minutes of a still inside the facility with already clashes ongoing. baiji is

a key oil outpost in iraq it accounts for more than a quarter of the country's entire refining capacity the facility process is about three hundred thousand barrels a day and all this goes to petrol stations across the country as well as to power stations seizing the area would be a huge victory for isis which is complementing its assault on the ground with a slick social media campaign you got this going off as a story. fifteen thousand fighters ten thousand operations in iraq one thousand assassinations and all last year alone the state of iraq and syria now known more notoriously as isis has been slicing through iraq moving closer and closer to baghdad and they're running a slick modern p.r. campaign to even publishing an official report of their activities using computer generated graphics it paints a clear picture of the terror organization including the types and amounts of weapons they use their strategy details of operations and targets former

intelligence officers claim it produces its press releases like a giant corporation trying to create an image of a world structured disciplined and effective organization or to attract funding but their actions speak loudly to as isis fighters have almost to reach the iraqi capital killing scores of people along the way in just around seven b. while during the u.s. led invasion of the country it took the allied forces twenty two days to reach baghdad the alternate goal of isis is to create a new islamic state merging parts of iraq and syria into one now it's believed that the movement grew out of al qaeda in iraq emerging from the cast of the two thousand and three invasion today it has fifteen thousand fighters most of whom are thought to be from neighboring middle eastern countries but around two thousand are believed to have come from europe including britain isis has also become known for extreme brutality including widespread beheadings and crucifixions most of its funding is traced to southeast asia particularly indonesia the country with the

biggest muslim population on earth and would following the arrest of high profile jihad is there it said extremists are now turning their attention to the conflicts in iraq and syria. while baghdad six supporter there are doubts over whether the u.s. has the military intelligence needed to carry out precision a strife from the pentagon analysts michael live believes washington should be very careful if they decide to take on both urgent some indication that if they can sweep through iraq they're going to go into jordan and they're going to have spinoffs. that would be created so it's a major policy decision now on whether or not there's going to be any u.s. intervention at this point and try to stymie their their forward progress which is basically a blitzkrieg the intelligence has got to be pinpoint accurate and you've got to find them isis in iraq right now is just foreign fighters and what have you a lot of are some old saddam hussein. groups certainly people who work for him

who are all sudanese and and who joined on to isis there a lot of a. lot of elements a lot of islamic groups that are joining i says inside iraq of course. the prime minister who is shia is resisting any efforts to change his government to try to. make the bring in this bring in more sunni's into the into the government and make it more representative but it may be too little too late already. they run the conflict is based on religious lines the sunni dominated north west has historically been at odds with the shares living in the southern regions recent rave about strategic interests militants have been zeroing in on the biggest oil field still in the hands of a government in the industry that icon for ninety percent of the country's economy is and threat the isis insurgency is not just iraq's problem that if you own

a car you could also feel it as militants make a new games the uncertainty of pushing oil prices is inevitable branch of crude has gained almost five percent since tuesday last week when she harnesses the city of mosul and is currently trading at more than one hundred fourteen dollars per barrel that's the highest in almost a year since late august there are predictions that it'll grow further by fifteen to twenty dollars per barrel in the next couple of months oil experts should eliot says the situation could become catastrophic. iraq exports about two point five million barrels a day to the global market its production is about four percent of the global total so any disruption to southern exports which let's remember we haven't seen yet would have a major major impact if you look at the spare capacity in the world for oil production saudi arabia really is the only country out there with any saudi arabia

can produce twelve point five million barrels a day at the moment it's about nine and a half so the spec of pass through the saudi has is about the same as what iraq exports so if we were to lose that oil from the market it would be the tightest market we've we've had for a long long long time and even then it's not clear that saudi arabia would be able to replace the lost iraqi barrels we're going to see a lot of change on the oil market we're going to see people having to stop using their cars it was really would be kind of endgame scenario if iraq were to lose its oil and then we could even see another economic recession across the whole world. i had on the program the wiki leaks editor julian a fun job to yes trapped in an embassy find out what the whistleblower has been up to during that time in my british authorities are spending brought songs on around the clock surveillance of the building he's holed up in all of that.

it's a. very take a. quick break here. the day before.

i. welcome back this is our t. international the leader of better news has offered political asylum to the else did you mean president and his family well at least that's what alexander lukashenko what he was doing during a phone chat with a man posing as the son of ukraine's former leader of the prankster even offered an extravagant reward in return nice guy and should you can report. 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 a call which the ousted president of ukraine got to talk to the bell russian president alexander lukashenko himself during the conversation the princes suggested that his father may have to move to bellows because there's a chance he could be handed over to key one pretended to be worried that the current authorities in kiev may not treat the ousted president well the belorussian president who never shies away from using colloquial language in public was even more candid doing what he thought was a private conversation. problem that you know which an important unusual push push it was good or story well but when you put for a show. then the president of bellows showed a great deal of hospitality inviting the ousted ukrainian president and his family to stay in bellows yes or courtship three years could global sport broke the record

over universal. which i'm just. saying camp ranks have on offered the president a gift but they. don't. but . if you do. could you get i believe most of the food 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 lukashenko gave his security service a week to track down the russian prankster or els he said he would send ahead of his security service to prepare quote feed for cattle. but the projects are duped not just about the russian 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 is spying 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. while the baton rouge leader is not of the first prominent victim figure to fall victim to a phone hawke's here are a few of the most notorious incidents cuban revolution a leader fidel castro dodge numerous attempts on his life but even he failed to avoid being duped a decade ago. for your true crime and big proof for whatever she did not. going to allow you. to see you know those who don't vote at all is that my only and so going to. die if they want

to which i always did. american radio comedians also targeted sarah palin back in two thousand and eight when she was running full price president alongside john mccain. you salute mrs google hell no no how are you funny and you do see. the speaking you know what you owe a programmer it is still great to hear you. palin was convinced she was speaking to the french president in the conversation that went on for six minutes she even failed to send something was up when they mentioned his love for killing animals and his wife has preferences in the bedroom. king felipe of the six has been sworn in as spain's the head of state at a ceremony in madrid people gathered on the streets of the capital to watch the

military parade healthy greeted the new ruler who were in a rolls royce of the new king later appeared before his subject with his home when i was glad to hear on the balcony of the royal palace running ceremony was kept low key so as not to anger mania dealing with us sarah team and into monarchy demonstration is still scheduled to take place in of the capital later today despite a ban all but and political analyst and michelle unction rada told us about the challenges that lie ahead for spain's one. is very different from his father he's very much his mother's song is very discreet but that is precisely what the spaniards need no want now understeer king the problem is for him is that the circumstances are not the right circumstances for the spanish more likely it has lost a lot of free speech it's not clear whether it is retrievable that free speech and then let's say the debate about the form of the state more likely or republic is

already out in the street and the figures are not do not look very well for the morning a referendum would mean that the legitimacy of the institution of the morning would be subject to public decision that is something i don't think they will ever accept and on top of that. but there is that territorial problem whatever the result in a referendum would not be favorable in a region such a script alone here all the basque country so that would show a split in the country that could be very dangerous from the point of view of the conscious unit so no i don't think that is happening very serve. the old king of stepping down marks the end of an era of extraordinary people on the throne as a gifted sailor he competed in the one nine hundred seventy two olympics following a military coup back in the eighty's he went on t.v. in for army uniform and ordered troops back to their bases not many royals would pose in a controversial forger having shot dead an elephant whilst in africa and being a keen motorcyclist did nothing to harm his image among his people but one many

will no doubt remember most is that the time he told the lady even as well and president hugo chavez to hush up. well you know what are you going to. go with the spanish king a bidding farewell assured the coach of the nation's football team step down q. reigning champions us spain's humiliating world cup exit has triggered a social media storm with a means of poking fun at the humbly of the team known as the which they would call us election at r.t. dot com. also on our website a chinese tycoon to as a guest be styled party in new york but instead of inviting the big apple's rich and powerful will be welcoming one thousand broke americans. right here to some and an emmy enemy of the state so we can expound on joining us

on just mocking his second year confined to inside the ecuadorian embassy in london and still the whistleblower refuses to bag down revealing a fresh batch of documents to the world your book is outside the embassy for us now callie why don't crowd gathering there behind you as we can see what are they doing what is it some kind of a protest. well i'm standing just beside the entrance to the ecuadorian embassy in central london and as you can see behind me a crowd has gathered they say that they're holding a vigil it would solidarity with judy an astonished they want to thank ecuador for protecting his human rights and granting him political asylum we can him music playing leave listing handed out. speeches in support of julian a songe and in general an atmosphere in in support of the whistleblower he's about

to start his year holed up in the embassy here in central london and now his critics will ask why doesn't he simply travel to sweden in order to answer questions over allegations of sexual assault that botts julian the sonship has maintained and reiterated today that sweden won't give guarantees that he wouldn't be extradited oh are you bitch to the u.s. where he says he'd be facing a politically motivated trial so two years on that's come at a cost to the u.k. taxpayer because you can see there's quite a police presence behind me as well the metropolitan police to spend over six million pounds guarding the door of the embassy should julian assange ever emerge but the whistleblower him self said in a press conference a little bit earlier on that he faces and he believes that the u.k. government has launched a full blown terror investigation into edward snowden and wiki leaks role in the a fat so it's not likely that we're going to be seeing him emerging on to the

streets of london any time soon. we're going to report in the ecuadorian embassy in london where julian assange is still holed up two years later. earlier my colleague who you had known in new investigative journalist gavin about a front situation worse. take a listen to his predicament as it's. his main concern eason has always been there risk of a man extradition to the united states and the ongoing u.s. grand jury and criminal investigation into why he makes that we know is ongoing and we know that because of court documents must be 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 ricky makes the prosecution rested when he thinks that julian remains inside that embassy. will remain in diplomatic limbo forever in your

opinion but no i think there is a lot of pressure going on in a variety of places to try and secure his release from the embassy we have no idea despite the ambiguity of the swedish case how will little develop i mean some of the people involved in sweden have said very contradictory things and we don't know what they'll do if appears that. can actually get free do you believe the u.k. is trying to do more than just uphold the law when it comes to science or. i think that the u.k. government is very much beholden to the americans in everything they do and how they do it and they've never taken a position contrary to the american security establishment review of this person journey body else i mean glenn greenwald's partner who was stopped at heathrow airport was clearly done on the basis of an of an american order of the british government of support of the truck the attempted forcing down of

a tractor successful forcing down of a bomb or all of this point in vienna and many things like that i think that they've never separated themselves from the american political or military agenda and of course a sundress not all alike figure in the kind of states to say the least and so they're doing everything they can to keep the americans happy and that's what. up next it's the world the pot investigating the changing global role of the united states and. genetics but sujan it's vulgarized ation of darwin science punishment for an uncommitted crying i was never the least one of them for believing in eighty feebleminded still today for the few i don't know why. but i still don't know why genetic improvement through forced sterilization the basis for nazi ideology

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arabic to find out more visit arabic don't go it's called. hello and welcome to worlds apart a few months ago western observers were predicting that crimea would cost lodging a point in the kremlin and so far the russian president's approval rating is at an all time high that forecast seems more like wishful thinking than anything else at the same time barack obama's polling numbers i had in south could the ukrainian crisis coupled with other foreign policy disasters cost him his party the white house well to discuss that i'm now joined by peter rutland professor of government at.