today's top stories and a review of the week's headlines the ukrainian military and anti-government fighters accuse a charter of ignoring a declared ceasefire as more civilian lives are lost in army attacks. billions behind on payments ukraine got its gas cut off this week making europe anxious a key of could revert to its always and siphon from the trends of pipelines. plus islamic radicals and ever closer to the rocky capitol reportedly capturing three more cities on the way. and israel troops war on media offices in the west bank including r.t.c. using hard drives and destroying equipment amid an intense crackdown against

palestinian authorities. fortunately the national life in moscow was we were in a josh it's been a week of grief and trauma for civilians in east ukraine. but using it to a new deal let's love him. go ahead we're going to have more you're going to go to have a good day would. you do you want. please be aware that you're about to see some graphic video. bodies lying in the streets body parts scattered around at least ten civilians were killed a man more wounded in tuesday's shelling residential areas were lab devastated with

buildings in ruins their walls riddled with holes and windows shattered. but didn't lists. to be. a mortar shell hit this family's backyard instantly killing a thirty year old mother her five year old son died a few hours later as doctors battle to save him they say they found dozens of shell fragments in his hand. you know that you. know you could that you would not go to the meeting you know let detroit you know when you could get would be. the abilities to put out these these. and then you see it then you need you can you know be with the nice you will. win is the deal it's. ok if you can you see if you will. what you can get out of.

this is the air raid alarm sounding over the city people there are being forced to spend nights in bomb shelters and basements the army keeps hitting the cities suburbs while residents try to flee. now this particular killed two russian journalist the video was filmed by their camera man the crew's only survivor and they were covering the evacuation of civilians from a particularly dangerous area. supports you it's because you question that this self defense activist raised his hand to show the refugees the safe path and at this moment the first more time exploded and damaged his hand our journalists stayed further away at the checkpoint and i turned my head and i saw that the second and third more times went off exactly where they were there was a road between us between our journalists and me i could hear more tires exploding

all the time they both had press written on their clothes but that didn't save them the thirty seven year old reporter in your car luke was laid to rest in moscow with military honors he is survived by his wife and seven year old daughter sound operator until will be buried next week after other tests on his body in an attempt to ease the tension in the east ukraine's president poroshenko came up with a peace plan it includes an amnesty for those who agree to lay down their arms and having committed severe crimes the creation of a ten kilometer wide buffer zone along the border with russia and changes to the constitution to guarantee use of the russian language but also suggest evolving power eastern regions and early local and parliamentary elections one of the planned stop points is to guarantee safety for all negotiating sides himself though is refusing to hold talks with leaders and the self-proclaimed republics russia supports the plan but says it's unlikely to work without dialogue. eat the stuff is

in possession of you the fact that president poroshenko declared a truce is a vital part of the resulting the crisis and you see the most important it's crucial that this truce that paves the way for dialogue between the fighting sides that's the key to success. in a meeting president gordon also said there be more artillery fire in ukraine near the russian border on friday night a russian checkpoint it was shelled by the ukrainian military injuring a customs officer it happened as around two hundred refugees were crossing into russia the fighting is drying mannie from their homes in east ukraine tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to leave the area most of them seeking shelter in russia a lot of the refugees have left their families behind as parents try to get their children to safety first. this summer lou. it's very scary to

see flying planes any time i saw them i ran to my mommy and daddy and tanks are also very scary. it seemed as if the special forces were aiming at our buses they're full buses very scant letting guys know managed to cross the border. in the it's a battle field there a concert on the farm my parents hide in the basement with think food to have a skid because they wouldn't have lasted long i don't understand why they're doing this we've lost everything. now these are the images from ukraine's capital a group of masked people clashed with police outside the city's main cathedral their flags suggest they belong to an ultra nationalist movement the fighting comes as ukraine commemorate seventy three years since the nazi invasion. the world's most wanted whistleblower marks two years of legal limbo in the ecuador embassy in london this week later we here are why doing the sun is not giving up and is urging

the u.s. to drop its investigation into we can weeks. now this week saw washington sand some three hundred military advisers to help iraq push back advancing radicals from the islamic state in iraq and syria group one hundred u.s. soldiers have also been deployed in baghdad to guard the american embassy isis advance as been swift and deadly as they reportedly captured three cities on sunday alone yet some sources say this was a result of army's tactical withdrawal on this map you can see two main routes terrorists have chosen to get to the air eventually target baghdad extremist fires have left a trail of blood as they marched through the war torn country and they've not shied away from boasting about the atrocities in this radios from the old guard offshoot showing the mass executions of iraqi soldiers moreover isis released a hold pro

a video seeking for new recruits are days ago is going off reports. 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 well structured disciplined and effective organization or to attract funding but their actions speak loudly too as isis fighters have almost reached 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 slavic 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 as the it said extremists are now turning their attention to the conflicts in iraq and syria political analyst chris bambery agrees that videos like the one

released by isis are sending shock waves not just across iraq but the entire middle east. one of the brutalized secondly of course is well they're well used to social media and terms of objects in itself but the fact that in addition to the big you you know talking about your posting up which really executions and seeing are killed to see it go you know that is good for by far in terms of the course the region as i see. the neighboring governments over road will be very nervous about what it's doing you know be very keen whatever the process the species will be up to the maliki government to buttress the molecule government against this against isis because it's going to lead to repercussions potentially for turkey for iran and every other country in the region wasn't only iraq where the popularity of isis is growing intelligence soundless estimate three thousand for a nurse have signed up with isis so far and the u.k. foreign secretary says four hundred of them are believed to be british. while

more all of the week's news to come including spain's cautious coronation as philip the sixth is crowned protests across spain show how is charity is the left people knowing whether a moderate is worth having and. america's military great cops we hear concerns that hold up officers might cause a rise in police brutality in the u.s. . it really to fans forces have swept through artie's office in the west bank destroying equipment and confiscating records this comes as part of a series of similar i.d.f. raids on media centers amid a military campaign against the palestinian authorities whom israel accuses of kidnapping three israeli students our correspondent was in the office when it was attacked. a large group of israeli military broke into the office of the firm which provides services for a number of satellite companies including see as you can see several rooms have been damaged by the troops including editing studios the internet went off because

of the action we lost our video archive and some other material completely office furniture and computers are broken doors us smashed computer equipment and hard drives have been seized. the company his office was targeted during the raid was also attacked by the israeli army earlier this month the army broke into their media center in jerusalem as the authorities believe the company is hosting a chair all that incites terrorism. israel arrested three hundred suspects this week over the student's abduction also conducting airstrikes which killed four people for an explanation of events in the west bank we spoke to an i.d.f. representative and an official from hamas we have forces on the ground trying to locate the people on the other hand we have our intelligence capabilities which we are putting a huge amount of efforts in that our primary concern is the safety of the boys so

we can't. expose everything that we know at this time when the new due course when the situation permits so we'll of course bring the information forward at this time i can say with full confidence that hamas is behind that and for that reason we are operating against hamas at all levels all days and eighty intelligence information to prove. the solid. proof so they have these what they call a massive that is taken out down and that's something that needs just like a connective punishment something inconceivable more than seven hundred thousand people and that and. now under siege and nobody. from the warden community that i think to do anything this is that good is that you should not know should be condemned by the international community and more news after the break.

what about washington getting tougher on its allies like saudi arabia because it's no secret that saudi money was a crucial factor in the rise of the extremist can or to take. the united states dragged their feet they did declare early on in the uprising that al qaida was a terrorist organization. and others were terrorist organizations and proscribed them but it did very little to carry through with that and to force its allies to equally prescribe those groups. i marinate join me. in impartial and financial reporting very

interview and much much. only on the bus and. welcome back you're watching r t international after refusing to pay its energy bills for six months keeps natural gas supply was finally turned off this week as to how came to this was take a look at the facts ukraine currently owes russia in excess of four billion dollars after stopping payments in november what russia want to when it set its final deadline was that it at least receives half of the money now ukraine's problem apparently is the prize of happy neither was the current price nor the one offered by moscow and in fact insists on a price that coles a market one but which would also be one of the lowest in europe. key is

demanding to pay only half of what some european nations pay even the e.u. has cold russia's file offer of three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters a reasonable one not so ukraine which has refused to budge we asked a number of experts what keeps really playing for. actually miller could stand on their hands and spit what little still the cows come home and it wouldn't change the situation and i think the negotiating tactics the ukrainian government. are simply designed to make someone crazy in moscow you appear to compromise you appear to be reasonable and suddenly everything collapses this isn't going to help ordinary ukrainian people it's crazy enormous economic instability and uncertainty deal with it signals a step towards normalization of relations with russia which of course is ukraine's by far the largest trading partner so really

a deal with the ukrainian people's interest and i don't really understand why hasn't gone through what happens now is you know that russia makes the choice and it's not the choice between you know losing more money or being the bad guy the main thing is to stop losing money now switch off the gas go to a prepaid system in somebody is respected much more than in this starting to do that the automobile. as of this week the only gas russia is sounding through ukrainian pipes is that which has been bought by you or a but given past experiences the e.u. is still nervous to minute end of thousand and six half of your was left in the cold when ukraine began siphoning gas from the pipes and there was another so-called gas war three years later when ukrainian supplies were reduced and i began tapping the pipes again if withheld eighty six million cubic meters of gas then wreaking havoc on the economies of eastern europe especially while russia promises to keep in use gas flowing despite its differences with ukraine caves

ability to guarantee transit though is already being doubt it a day after its gas was cut off an explosion hit a segment of a pipeline to europe. this is the video food of the incident and ukraine's interior ministry says the explosion was most likely the result of a terrorist attack fortunately the blast happened in a secluded area way from any people are now all fuel transit has been switched to a reserve pipeline and europe is getting its gas in full. local police forces america are getting a heavy duty upgrade in the form of military equipment washington says it's using surplus hardware from its overseas wars to bolster security at home but some americans fear their neighborhoods are now turning into war zones of their own organize the details. well as a very good news winding down its longest streak of war soldiers are returning home

and so is their military arsenal a used armored vehicle that will be used during swat calls and other emergency situations nine foot tall mine resistant trucks specifically designed to survive roadside bomb attacks are parked all throughout the u.s. local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and tens of thousands of m. sixteen machine guns and night vision equipment the new paradigm is it's the military paradigm militarized police and the problem with that is when they look at american citizens volved when they see me combatants this is all made possible through america's military transfer program created in the ninety's when violence and drug gangs plagued major cities today crime in the us has fallen to its lowest in a generation and the special response team in richland county south carolina looks like this ready to take on the taliban should it invade the south iraq war veteran emily yates says her country's law enforcement is being trained to fight against

the public instead of serving to protect it they should be trained to deescalate any violence or gresham that's happening but instead the police are showing up and causing violence and aggression people are just afraid all the time and for no reason our country has never been invaded we have no foreign army at our doorstep however a sheriff in indiana claims his county needs m. wraps to protect against possible attacks by veterans returning from home i see a lot of her annoyance that her as i don't like it usually excuse to harm police like they're going to you know like the people of afghanistan that we've got a problem using that as a way to militarize the police for whatever they think might be coming in the future a future where america's local police forces will be prepared for war but who will they be warring against marina r.t. . now take a look at r.t.

dot com for more world news i will tell you how god's added know of the godfather the pope has been visiting southern italy natori is ford's organized crime and declaring tao the mafia has been excommunicated plus. human rights watch blast bahrain for cracking down on people using cameras to expose police violence against anti-government protesters. claims new king was crowned on thursday filippi the six takes over from his father juan carlos the first has abdicated but not all spaniards are celebrating there were anti-monarchy protests nationwide even in the center of the capital were security was heightened for the relatively low key coronation three police officers were injured during clashes in madrid seven activists were arrested but quickly released the progress mood has been heightened by years of hysteria and soaring unemployment while the monarchy was seen patch awaiting a lavish lifestyle and seeing its reputation battered by fraud allegations well

watchers say the new king has got a tough job on his hands. one parlous was very charismatic and funny she was close to the. function the reading and this might be a problem for the more the right to remain the expectation and his going to arrange a number of human crises become a problem of. his multiple need to show he's only a king but without a political role we do not expect. felipe or actually or for any of the boy family we need to understand that that that we as we talk that scott silence cardinals is a key that has constantly denying that the spanish cust been imposing cuts on only our own we won't know what majority impacts are only of use to vote in the night of november. i don't know. i hero for some an anime number one for

others this week marks two years of voluntary limbo for weekly steve julian a son in the door and embassy in london but he shows no signs of giving up and continues his fight for press freedom. but. this is what he said during a conference call on his confinement anniversary he also called on the u.s. attorney general to drop the ongoing we get x. investigation or resign but despite the worldwide which challenge for whistleblowers julian assange still has a huge army of supporters you can count on his lawyer jennifer robinson says that we can leaks founder will remain holed up in the embassy as long as there is a threat of extradition to america. unless there is significant political will exercised by the united kingdom sweden the united states as we said

we are seeking insurance and the closure of the criminal investigation to economics 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's testimony immolation to sweden would very much like to see that investigation greste their responsibility 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 progress that is an option otherwise of course he's more than willing to answer the questions and we'd 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. now the way worlds apart with a convoy go don't go away. recently four hundred high level russian officials including duma members were summoned for

a three day military training event that would include the use of various different weapons and lectures about the state of the russian military the stated objective of all of this was to make the average soldiers in the army aware of the patriotic attitudes of those who can order them off to fight in theory this is a good idea but the reality is this kind of reeks that sweet stench of an empty p.r. stunt this is not nearly enough to convince the average grunt that the guys in power care about him as far as i understand it in the military they want to push people to break down their psychology and boot camp so they can make new better tougher more patriotic people and obedient ones as well this sort of cutesy to weaken camp will not have any psychological effect these politicians and to be honest i think bureaucrats the world over have it too easy their lives are too comfortable haeckel the duma deputies have these nice leather chairs and they have gold watches and assistants and all that stuff i think that if the duma deputies had to suffer through a military health for one month out of the year the corrupt comfort obsessed weaklings

might get squeezed out of the system this training for the elite is a good idea but it needs to be done right and brutal but that's just my opinion. lead. lives. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. a little

any. hello and welcome to worlds apart of the western policy on syria has been backfiring for quite some time but the rapid advance of isis militants in iraq blew a really big hole in what was already an old strategy can of western governments deal with the radicals without hearing to some of the same tactics they led bastid the syrians for to discuss that i'm now joined by joe shalonda is director of the university of oklahoma center for middle east studies professor landis thank you very much for being here well thank you for inviting me on oksana now the isis the found safe is a very significant game changer on the ground but the question is can it really change anything in the minds of decision makers in washington and london can't

force them to reconsider its some of the. assumptions and perhaps even some of their objectives in syria and in iraq i believe it will already there is a lively debate in washington about whether the u.s. should start to work with iran and the policy makers and pundits in washington are separating to two camps and they're fighting bitterly about this some do not of course want the united states to begin cooperating with iran they are fearful that this will have a very bad effect on israel and saudi arabia others believe that counterterrorism is of the utmost importance and that iran can help the united states beat back isis and al qaeda in the region professor landis i would have to discuss that iranian angle a little bit later but before we go there the worst in media is framing of the events in iraq it is very predictable they're sort of putting all the blame on the

gun. him and he fell to build the functioning democracy here alley and they did the sunni's and i think we can admit that some of that criticism is valid but the question is could it different person have done a better job is it fair to put all of the blame on al maliki and instead of looking somewhere else let's put it this way well a lot of this is domestic politics president obama is down the polls there are elections coming up midterm elections coming up and the republicans are very eager to hurt obama's reputation and to did to ding the entire democratic party by saying that america has failed and american leadership has failed by allowing maliki to become more sectarian and to create this situation in which isis has found fertile ground in iraq but isn't it true that both are above a publican's and the democrats.