if. you. live in a pm from moscow you're watching today's top stories and a review of the week's headlines the ukrainian military and anti-government fighters accuse each other of the cleared cease fire as more civilian lives are lost in army attack. millions behind on payments ukraine got its gas cut off this week making euro banksias that kiev could revert to its old ways and siphon from the tram said pipeline. islamic radicals edge of a closer to the iraqi capital reportedly now capturing three more cities on the way . and israeli troops media offices in the west bank including r.t. seizing hard drives and destroying equipment amid the tense crackdown against

palestinian authority. hello i'm kevin zero in very good to have you with us first then it's been a week of grief and trauma for civilians in east ukraine. you know. there need to. know where you're going to where you want to go. do you want to do what you. please be aware some of the pictures are coming up are graphic next bodies lying in the streets body parts scattered around at least ten civilians were killed many more wounded in choose day shelling residential areas were left devastated with buildings in ruins their walls riddled with holes and shattered windows. by their own lists. his letter.

he is telling which a mortar shell hit this family's backyard in the early killing a thirty year old mother her five year old son died a few hours later as doctors battled to try to save him they say they found dozens of shell fragments of his head. then you would not touch the kneeling year flood did you should do you think you could get most would be. these. he was more than you see it then you need. to upset when his mansion and. that you hear him did you see if you were. watching there are. you hearing here is the air raid alarm sounding over the city of lugansk people

there are being forced to spend nights in bomb shelters and basements now the army keeps hitting the city suburbs while residents keep trying to flee. this particular attack killed two russian journalists the video was filmed by their cameraman who's the crews on the survivor now they were covering the evacuation of civilians from a particularly dangerous area supports use of progress this self defense activist raised his hand to show refugees a safe path at this moment the first mortar shell exploded and damaged his hand our journalists stayed further away at the checkpoint and i turned my head and saw that the second the third mortar shells went off exactly where they were six there was a road between us between our journalists and me i could hear shells exploding all the time so they both had press written on their clothes but that didn't save them . indeed not thirty seven year old reporter was laid to rest here in moscow with

military honors he survived by his wife and seven year old daughter meantime sound operator will be buried next week after further tests on his body. for his part ukraine's president has promised an investigation into the deaths of the russian journalists also in an attempt to aid tension in the east petro poroshenko announced a week ceasefire and came up with a peace plan it includes an amnesty for those who agreed to lay down their arms and haven't committed severe crimes the creation to have a ten kilometer wide buffer zone along the border with russia changes to the constitution to guarantee use of the russian language it also suggests devolving power to eastern regions and early local parliamentary elections two are on the list one of the plan's top points is to guarantee safety for all negotiating sites probably showed himself as refusing to hold talks with leaders in the self-proclaimed republics russia supports the plan but says it's unlikely to work

without dialogue. it goes to a prison profession buel the fact that president poroshenko declared a truce is a vital part of the resolving the crisis and you might say the most important so it's crucial that this truce paves the way for a dialogue between the fighting sides that's the key to success. president putin also said to be more artillery fire and ukraine near the russian border on friday night a russian checkpoint was shelled by the ukrainian military injuring a customs officer it happened as a round two hundred refugees crossing into russia at the time. love fightings driving money from their homes in east ukraine as we've been reporting tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to leave the area most of them seeking shelter here in russia a lot of the refugees have left their families behind as parents try to get their children to safety first.

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was torn down by radical view that they accuse moscow of getting involved in the country's crisis. elsewhere in kiev a group of masked individuals clashed with police their flag suggests they belong to an alter nationalist movement the fighting comes as ukraine commemorates seventy three years since the nazi invasion. but over it's not all doom and gloom for ukraine after all he's still got powerful friends u.s. vice president joe biden's coming to kiev today no doubt he get a check of the only sun tzu who incidentally landed a job in ukraine's top private gas company for the family's ties with ukraine later in program also head to julia's son she passed two years now of being holed up at the ecuador embassy in london in legal limbo later this hour we'll hear why he's not giving up. but next more alarming reports continue to come from iraq where radical fighters apparently ousted government

forces out of three more cities in the country's north province of and these are their latest gains in their whirlwind advance than on the capital baghdad as they try to proclaim islamic order in the ruins of the country terrorists from the islamic state in iraq and syria group have left a trail of blood and death as they march through the war torn country and they're proud of it these are pictures the al qaeda offshoot posted showing mass executions the rockies soldiers in the week. after of has more next than on the merciless offensive of isis. armed to the teeth determined to carry 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 just hottest 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 barr 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 its camp because they have no mercy they butcher people they kill 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 is 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 the with the hottest determined to press on the question is for how long. lucy catherine of r t well iraq's sectarian divide runs deep the sunni dominated northwest is the story clean been at odds with the shiites living in the southern regions but isis has

a much broader economic strategy militants have been besieging the biggest oil fields which is still in government hands right now at least but iraq's on the verge of losing control of this vital industry which accounts for ninety five percent of the economy now if you've got a car which will probably to those the militants make you gains the uncertainties so your prices skyrocketing that's the good news wall here so it's putting a crude gain almost five percent this week when he sees a city of mosul ok can go down as quick as it went up the trading closed on friday away more than a hundred fourteen dollars per barrel the price is edging closer indeed to a twelve month record it's heading upwards forecasts predict further growth of up to twenty dollars per barrel in the next couple of months which puts all industry expert stuart elliott he told us the situation could become catastrophic if it really blows up it 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 any disruption to sudden exports would have

a major major impact if we were to lose that oil from the market it would be the tightest market with 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 will really would be a kind of endgame scenario if if iraq were to lose its oil and then we could even see another economic recession across the whole world. some of the history of this isis submerged in iraq right after the u.s. led invasion and pledged its allegiance then to world qaeda which in turn later denounced the group for being too brutal isis is filled iraq's sectarian bloodshed and proclaimed an independent islamic state spanning iraq syria lebanon palestine and jordan it thrived during the ongoing war in neighboring syria gaining access then to money and weapons falling into the hands of the rebels their former pentagon analyst michael maloof told us the fate of the whole region is at stake

right now if terrorists gain a foothold in iraq. they can sweep through iraq they're going to go into jordan and they're going to have spin offs. that would be created isis in iraq right now is just foreign fighters and what have you a lot of what are some old saddam hussein's 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 sudanese into the into the government and make it more representative but it may be too little too late already. you know without international more weeks nice to come including spending was cautious coronation is philippe the sixty's crowd protest across space show how austerity has left people

falling whether the monarchy is with having a role. america's military great culp's we hear later two concerns that tooled up offices might cause a rise in police brutality in the u.s. . i think it will be even worse for plug into what you may. be taking good news to try to beat me but i really love the greeks were coming to me right. just because to. thank. stake all that we have the sports and restore the. thank you we want to see what's taken control of brazil. to receive the.

dramas that can't be ignored. stories others use in those. places changing the world right now. so picture. from around the. globe. she. refuses to pay his energy bills for six months kids natural gas supply was finally turned off this last week as to how it came to this let's take a quick look at the facts ukraine currently owes russia in excess of four billion dollars after stopping payments last november to what russia wanted when it said its final deadline was at least half of that money repaid it didn't happen

ukraine's problem apparently is the price kev's happy neither with the current price or the one being offered by moscow in fact it insists on a price that it calls a market one which would be considerably lower the lot of other people are paying one of the lowest in europe cares demanding to pay only half of what some european nations pay in fact even the e.u. scald russia's final offer of three hundred eighty five dollars per thousand cubic meters reasonable one not so ukraine which has refused to budge we asked a number of experts what kiev's really playing for here than. hootenanny election miller could stand on their hands and split the liberals told the cows come home and it wouldn't change the situation and i think the negotiating tactics of the ukrainian government. are simply designed to make someone crazy in moscow your period of compromise you appear to be reasonable and suddenly everything collapses this isn't going to help ordinary ukrainian people it's creating enormous

economic instability and uncertainty a deal with has to step towards normalization of relations with russia which of course is ukraine's by far the largest trading partner so really a deal within the ordinary 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 a choice between you know more 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 summer is respected much more than starting to do that an ata moment so where we stand at the moment as of this week he only gas russia sending through ukrainian pipes is that which has been bought by europe but given past experiences the e.u. still nervous good reason for that to remind you back in two thousand and six out of europe was left out of the cold when europe when ukraine began siphoning gas from the pipes there's another so-called gas war as well three years later but

again ukrainian supplies were reduced and it began tapping the pipes wreaking havoc on the economies of eastern europe especially this time around gazprom says it hopes ukraine will honor its obligations. the amount of gas for european consumers is being supplied in full compliance with those contracts and ukraine's nafta gatt is obliged to guarantee deliveries without disruption according to the transit contract gives ability to go and teach transit those already in a day after the gas was cut off an explosion hit a segment of a pipeline by which gas from siberia travels to european homes it supplies italy in the continent's economic powerhouse germany which was almost forty percent of its natural gas from russia this is a video in fact of the incident in flames there the of cranes the interior ministry says the explosion was most likely the result of a terrorist attack fortunately that blast happened in a secluded area away from people norms injured maybe afterwards all fuel transit

was switched to a reserve pipeline with europe suffering no disruption in supply us there earlier threats to attack a destroyed gas pipelines transporting russian gas to europe should bear that in mind when such call came from dimitri yarosh the leader of ukraine's neo-fascist right sector group critical scientist would say a specific or ski says at the very least the explosions a blow to the country's reputation here if you look at their countrymen it's not modern no more a state it's rather a kind of failed state which does the control it's territory which is unable to guarantee not only the lives of its own citizens about also our economic safety of their. clients their physical safety of. business going on there so this is one of the very many examples of course when all else fails kids got family ties it can still rely on the son of the american vice president serves on the board of directors of ukraine's largest private gas corp his father

joe biden is coming to kiev for a second time in as many months before scott next looks at the long trail of american politicians backing ukraine's new government. whether it's secretary of state john kerry laying flowers he's assistant victoria nuland handing out cookies. senator john mccain offering support from a down protest at sarah is what you i mean america's presence in ukraine has been visible since the crisis began late last year and presence is only growing as u.s. vice president joe biden again visits kiev his son hunter is settling into his new job on the board of ukraine's largest private gas provider certainly one of the reasons provides president biden might be going personally would be to ensure that these gas interests are secured for for his son washington officials arrived full

of praise for the new kiev government despite its crackdown against saying represents the will of the people america claims its came for the people to be heard on the no country should interfere with the affairs of another day sen john mccain talking to me in kiev in december need to make it clear. to the russian government anywhere in their putin that interference in the affairs of ukraine is not acceptable to the united states of america or to any other free country in the world ok the message is clear but critics argue the presence of the vice president's son on the board of a prominent gas company the continual procession of u.s. officials in and out of kiev and the promise of financial and military aid represents its own form of interference which only prolongs the conflict in the country and let us not forget that the western leaders also supported the overthrow of the attic over its cover of it and what they that were so what they supported is

more really instability and odd whereas so this reality why they thing their support really means nothing to the internal cod. it's going to continue as we see it so against the backdrop of unrest in the east and continuing talk of sanctions and threats against russia vice president joe biden becomes the latest u.s. official to touch down carefully making sure he doesn't cross the line from support to interference pushcarts r.t. this quote plug for all web sites remind you got a special section dedicated to the ukrainian crisis with months worth of archives there for the moon to catch up all your expert expectations for the future we're all going to go right to our t.v. of course. spain's new king was crowned on thursday phillippi the sixth and takes over from his father carlos the first to use abdicated but not all spaniards are celebrating they were anti monarchy protests nationwide even in the center of the capital where security was heightened for the relatively low key

coronation three police officers were injured during clashes in madrid seven activists were arrested too quickly released the protest movement heightened by years of austerity and soaring unemployment while the monarchy was seen perpetuating a lavish lifestyle seeing its reputation battered by four delegations at the same time royal watchers say the new king therefore has got a tough job on his hands now the dedication of. this coming in the middle of for very deep economical crisis we cannot forget this fighting for your family there is a very scandalous case of corruption i don't think there was this strong political brawl there are too many expectations that physically into a range of them. krises economic problems and his not a politician these are only a king but without a political role well the former king's advocation marks there for the end of

a colorful reign as a gifted sailor juan carlos competed in the one nine hundred seventy two olympics following a military coup that in the eighty's he went on t.v. in full army uniform the mayor. nor did troops back to base but a low point came when the king was pictured on a luxurious african safari two years ago just as thousands of spaniards recalls losing their jobs he also was motorbikes is thought he wrote incognito giving stranded people a lift now and again one of his most memorable moments there was when he told the late venezuelan president hugo chavez to shut up at a summit. think. of the yellow he would want to argue with that but the outgoing king is not the only one to have raised a few eyebrows other older european wars have found the comments of catapulted them into the headlines too let's take a look at the u.k.'s juka vertebra pretty famous for it famously told british students in china they risk looking like the locals if they stay too long in the

country in the current king of sweden criticised in some media for his party lifestyle tried defending himself to the press saying there's a broad definition of sex and strip clubs political analyst may go at home or has his own reasons as to why spain's royals though have seen their popularity plummet . it was very popular in the but it has to be said if you were sure that of from criticism in the media there was so to speak a tacit covenants in the spanish media never to criticize them or there was a lot of value lation and that has in the long term proved to be very suster because once stories began to appear about him in the press the image the idea let's say was so different from the rich that people were more disappointed that they would have been so that is the recent of his fall of popularity in the recent years. as a group that says it's there to protect persecuted jewish people but it dark so it's been revealed stay with us a lot if you can to learn about the jewish defense league extreme tactics against

the people who try to expose their methods couple of shortly plus as well yet another scandal at guantanamo to tell you about as horrifying details emerge of three detainees. stories ahead here on r.t. international. talk about israel the israeli defense forces have swept through our t's office in the west bank destroying equipment confiscating records it comes as part of a series of similar idea of raids on media centers a bit of military campaign against the palestinian authorities who israel accused of kidnapping three israeli students let's get more on this than from the deputy head of. the station mohammed hi there nice to see it today how dangerous was this raid what actually happened at a picture well the raid is not so dangerous as itself the israeli defense force and where there were authors after midnight when the office was empty the only person was the guy and he led them into the building and then the israeli forces entered

the many offices to many different channels some of their in western channels some of them our big channels new satellite channels those that the they were trying to find something the broker was doors down. our equipment and cut the internet connection well after that we've asked them to officially to give us a comment on that the only thing we've got that it was targeting media the production company it was servicing all these channels but what what they told they were looking for television by saying claiming that is rule for hamas movement but i can tell you and assure you that luxor television station or offices are not in this building even so after giving some comments to different networks here in russia we've received another commit to it i was going to say we've actually got those comments rather you're telling us about it we've got i

want tipler should take a listen will come straight back to you this is from the i.d.f. and r.t. . the targets of tonight's raid was the media company mainly because it organizes the broadcast of the propagandist and program al aksa t.v. channel r.t. finds the israeli argument irrelevant because the al aqsa channel uses the services of another company which has its office in a different building r.t. believes the raid was unacceptable as it was carried out under a false pretext. so so was it mistake or was a mistake here why was it more focused as far as the idea i'll tell you what came later of the after this command we've received another commands through different media that says that was not the target was the target ok fine let's say it's in the in the same building but r.t. has a bright bright logo that can show you that this is not and moreover alexa was the only office that they didn't confiscate their hard disks the only hard disk was

ours and other channels but not. so this shows that this operation that israeli force is leading is somehow. indifferent to ever do anything the sometimes take us in a prison children under eleven and a lot of videos in youtube and the same time they enter different networks well several days ago we we we had the spokesman of israel defense force in a big program of twenty six minutes and he was claiming that israeli forces never behaved never acting without any documents without any exact specific intelligence well i can tell him now where is the intelligence that you've got to prove that r.t. was somehow anyhow related to any political movement.