so all in the way we have to fight these myths today in memory of those who won in the second world war. or in the heart of downtown true cook were just moments ago a suicide bomb went off right here on this street we report from iraq where hundreds of civilians have been killed this month as sunni insurgents ravaged through the country and authorities lose control. but big business revolts american companies trying to push back white house plans for further sanctions on russia concerned looks out of the country's markets found american neighborhoods as bored as the increased deployment of swat teams as civil rights groups slamming the unit's aggressive military tactics.

and i welcome the watching international. the u.n. says nine hundred civilians have been killed in iraq since the beginning of this month when the islamic militant group isis started its advance recently they attacked one of the country's largest ad bases and seize control of several oil fields in the contested city of kirkuk a suicide bomber left six people dead you see cuff and witnessed the aftermath. in the heart of downtown kirkuk were just moments ago a suicide bomb went off right here on this street now the details so far are murky but what we've heard from officials is that one man a suicide bomber was seen on the street wearing an explosive device that he was actually aiming for the building down there it's a kurdish political party office apparently up. ortiz had seen him they tried to

intercept him and that is when he detonated his device now if you look around the chaos this is late on a wednesday evening rush hour a lot of people in the street. the car here completely destroyed this building also you can see there's damage in the upper floors this must have been an incredibly powerful blast now if we walk this way we think this this blast really did happen so recently that they haven't had a moment to clean up the blood right here we don't know if this is. really only. brooke. we're not exactly sure what's happening there some kind of a commotion right now you can see there's kurdish authorities here trying to keep calm but again of this just took place now the background to all of this very hotly contested city where there are kurds arabs sunnis shias christians turkmen this is a very violent city that has seen many explosions many clashes over the years since

the isis the islamic state in iraq and syria militants made their push in northern iraq the iraqi army has essentially fled from these areas allowing the kurds to come in and take control of a lot of people in the city are not happy about that and we're not sure whether this is a top was retribution perhaps for the kurds reasserting their control over this territory they belong claim this as their historic and cultural palatal. oh look. it's really not safe to be here the authorities have been shooting their weapons into the air we're not sure what's going on but we're going to get out of here before any other tension. there hasn't even been a chance to verify the casualties verify exactly what was the target but we do believe that it was the kurdish political office yesterday we had a chance to speak with the governor of the complete province he said that this was a very very calm city that they haven't been problems with the a taps that security was actually good. better one of the things that is very clear here from what we

see in today is that that's far from the case this the captain of your book. as to how does continue their push through iraq there's no part of society unaffected you now seeing footage apparently showing children joining the ranks of isis young boys the scene holding automatic rifles there while traveling with a convoy of rebels human rights watch claims that in syria isis fighters are already recruiting children as snipers but their role in iraq has not been confirmed. the u.s. has an official request from baghdad to launch airstrikes in iraq but isis supporters have threatened to avenge any strike with attacks on americans you can get the details on that story as well as live but dates on the ongoing crisis in iraq at r.t. dot com. america's top business lobbies are ready to launch an ad campaign to stop the u.s.

from slapping a fresh round of sanctions on russia washington's allies in europe echoing the threats but while the measures are designed to damage russia's economy they're also sending shivers through american companies artie's marina portnoy reports. as the u.s. and its western allies consider a third round of economic sanctions against russia the two biggest u.s. business organizations are warning that the move would long lasting damage to america's economy the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers reportedly plan to run advertisements in the new york times the washington post and the wall street journal saying the only effect of additional sanctions would be to bar u.s. companies from foreign markets and business opportunities to firms from other countries u.s. companies fear that even temporary targeted sanctions against russia would damage their export markets and poison relations with russian customers business leaders

say potential restrictions on technology transfers would also harm u.s. energy companies that do business in russia this is precisely what moscow warned of back in march when foreign minister lavrov said any sanctions imposed on russia would come back to hurt the united states the white house told bloomberg news that the obama administration has had frequent conversations with business leaders on the issue and understands their concerns but that the u.s. can't just go on with business as usual now the obama administration is threatening to impose more sanctions on russia despite its recent steps to the crisis in ukraine at the request of president vladimir putin russian lawmakers voted tuesday to revoke legislation allowing for the use of military forces in ukraine however it seems the white house is still expecting and demanding more from moscow. washington d.c. . well russia being an emerging market with growing incomes has been quite attractive

for u.s. companies and the possibility of being cut off from that market is making them a bit nervous so let's take a closer look at who is involved in russia boeing for example buys nearly a third of its titanium here it's also one of the fastest growing markets for pepsi and america's car manufacturers also have an interest in the russian market general motors and ford for example sold tens of thousands of vehicles here last year or the next set of sanctions could target russia's energy sector but that could also be a big blow to u.s. and european energy giants who have a lot of interest in russia to some energy bosses were spotted at the latest petroleum congress here in moscow here's the c.e.o. of exxon mobil rex tillerson bob dudley was also here he's the head of british petroleum as was the boss of norwegian oil giant that or oil well many there also said that they wanted to keep politics away from business but there isn't really

a trick to. bridge this developing. according to the congress we don't believe this kind of problems we want these. some in the u.s. business community fear even temporary sanctions could end up in long lasting damage to their russian exports economic expert from the university of massachusetts richard wolfe says american companies have good reasons to be worried . the united states has direct interest in direct investments in russia it has made plans to get access to russian energy which it has made plans to get financial benefits by banking deals between russian banking and financial officials and americans and if it is russia there is a reaction against pressure from the united states then there are ways in which all kinds of companies in the united states will suffer losses we don't know how bad

they'll be we don't know how long their lives but we haven't a global capital list crisis right now and companies are very worried even about relatively small threats to their ability to function and that's particularly true with financial interests which is where the tensions with russia could have some effect. so to come latest figures show the u.s. economy has suffered its worst performance for five years but unexpected help was quick to come in just a few minutes see how a chinese billionaire is doing his bit to help the worst affected offering a fine dinner to new york's homeless people and promising to give each of them three hundred dollars. i feel as if increase u.s. police brutality towards the public again in grand a report by the american civil liberties union has revealed that seven people were killed and forty six injured as a result of swat operations over the last four years and the teams that were

designed to act in emergency situations beyond the capabilities of ordinary police have now developed into something different it's. almost like the scent of missions were raids on private homes hunting suspected criminals mostly drug test and ten percent of operations dealt with riots hostage taking and the shooting scenarios which the department. was initially created feel . and this nineteen month old babies the youngest victim of the brutal attack takes a squad burst into the boy's room and i'm wittingly threw a grenade into his cult he's now in a medically induced coma fighting for his life the family spokesperson told and he said now a more about the tragedy on in the night. this flash grenade was tossed into a room with four small children the tragedy of course was that it ended in the play piano of on but it was for small children that were living in this space where this

explosive device was thrown there had been reports that there was no way to know that there were young children in this household that is totally false what this raid and the situation with the family that you're representing say about the american police system about militarization who exactly are they arming up against we find statistically that people of color people in low income areas and communities get built with this kind of blunt force if you're in any influential community or if you have any influence personally you tend to get a knock at the door or even a courtesy call same surrender. the drugs which the swat team were searching for were never found and the boy's parents are now demanding a federal investigation into what happened to their son who's not alone by the way and he was holding her one year old baby but that didn't stop the police who opened

fire after entering her the baby was injured but survived the woman wasn't even a suspect and it was her boyfriend the police were after on suspicion of selling drugs and stamped here a sixty eight year old grandfather of twelve lay face down on the floor following orders when an officers gun discharged and shot him in the head and again he wasn't a suspect and police were searching for his girlfriend's son a suspected drug dealer he was by the way detained minutes before swat broke into mr stamps home. but we've got more news lined up for you after the break including hiding height behind style later we report from germany on how far right movements are using. to gain even more popularity.

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a little. luck to. hello again in germany be near nazi movement is adopting new slick ways to recruit in fact the rapid hip make over has seen even the media calling the phrase to describe them. a very. glossy far right movie claims all they want to do is give a trendy spin and cultivate a less threatening face from selfies on instagram with a map of germany in one nine hundred thirty seven hanging in the background to buzzing discussions on blogs they are trying to make their presence felt in a sleek or a more sophisticated plane is even better than our see cooking show in each episode getting chatty man here wearing balaclavas explain to viewers how to make an array

of dishes a journalist joss of john rice from berlin shared his thoughts on the nips the trend. but what's important to remember is that they're not a hipster they want to appear in just out on the street corner they're appearing not to demonstration in january twenty first and mark to work it was an attempt by the nazis to throw a march and there was a group trendy as they had colorful sunglasses are and they had these funny looking congress shoes with stars and piercings kind of fuzzy beards like there are so many jokes about them out it helps if you want to they had a bag. please don't shove i've got a yogurt in my bag as long as no answers have been around the always been trying to copy the youth subcultures you know. culture you have in germany. could be nazis the way to stop nazi hopes or the same way like any other nazi. one

thousand five hundred people or more out on the streets blockading the nazis actively. preventing them from going on the route. just like all the other nazis now if you can't solve the problem or not make it legal the former british ambassador to afghanistan is calling on the government to legalize heroin saying they should recognise their defeat in the fight against the drug in the war torn country you can read more about this story at r.t. dot com also there why striker luis suarez made headlines as me by getting his teeth into his italian rival at the world cup we look back at the history of other top athletes who didn't hesitate to bite their way to victory you can chew over those pictures in our video gallery on like. right. search string. and i think the true.

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first quarter of the bad news to the u.s. according to the latest figures the country's economy shrank nearly three percent and that is the worst performance since the crisis of two thousand and nine and it is in this climate that some of america's six hundred thousand homeless people have found an unlikely benefactor a chinese billionaire cheered them up with a gold mine mail and promises of welfare assistance and see

a chalk and explain. the charity event sending the media into a frenzy as if the king of pop himself had come back to life becomes. the city of new york landmark the central park boathouse stormed by t.v. crews he's backed up i'm sure you already know all this to witness chinese billionaire chen one known for his outlandish behavior holding a one million dollar lunch for the city's homeless there's a different as entertainment chinese songs and volunteers and communist worker outfits and magic tricks by the self described most influential person of china as you can see. it everywhere all in display for the name of the good minute all the person i knew all the help get a full page ad in the new york times this week to ramp up attention to this event has clearly served its purpose

a lot of homes we didn't come because of the fact that they don't want to see them they don't want media in promotional ads broadcast on stage chen is touted as the most beloved chinese role model among almost a dozen other titles the ads have advertised one thousand people giving away three hundred dollars to each person i think anybody would show up in central park for three hundred dollars in this day and age about two hundred homeless people were brought to the event on buses paid for by the magnate it's a good take. of foreign oil you know to come and do this but at the same time hey somebody's got to do it chen talked of weeks of sleepless nights to prepare for what he dubbed the. love and gratitude charity work there are so many people who are in need of help the goal to show that rich chinese people don't just throw away money on luxury the extravagant charity event is set to become a tradition with the eccentric chinese millionaire promising to return to the west every year to do what he can to help those in need to help those in need and make

a name for himself in the states the promise of three hundred dollars per person was fulfilled for a lucky few in front of cameras instead of giving them three hundred dollars each he's donating ninety thousand dollars to the new york city rescue mission a disappointment for those attending each and every one of the homeless having counted on the cash that was promised ten told his guests to pick up their money at the city mission. so they go to. see the world get the word this word was not kept the mission got the cash but it never reached the pockets of the homeless oh my god but i tell them so livestock you. r.t. new york. let's have a look at some international news in brief several people have reportedly been injured when militants attacked a hotel in central somalia al qaeda linked insurgents from al shabaab say they are behind me so witnesses say the fighters hold several grenades at the gate of the hotel then went inside and started shooting it is the second time in four months

the hotel has been raided by insurgents who are trying to impose sharia law in the country. an explosion in a shopping center in the nigerian capital has left twenty one people dead and wounded dozens more the blast happened an hour before the start of the national team's bill cup match in brazil police say they have arrested one suspect groups claim sponsibility for the attack but suspicion is likely to full as group boko haram that's killed hundreds of bombings across the country since the start of the year and clashes have broken out between demonstrators and police during a national strike by. chile fifteen thousand strong crowd marched through the streets of santiago demanding the government listen to them as it prepares education reforms police used heavy handed tactics to disperse the crowds the new president michelle bachelet a has already promised to make education more accessible but you need to say dick changes don't go far enough. and a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room now to central beirut hotel when

lebanese security forces raided the premises the raid was part of longer going efforts to shew suspected militants in the country that even people were injured as the explosion ripped through the building this is the second bombing to hit the lebanese capital just today. people in germany's borderlands are complaining of rising crime and insecurity with officials saying is largely the work of gangs from east and south eastern europe and while the problem is not drawing much attention in berlin or brussels locals are turning to d.n.a. technologies to protect their own property artie's peter oliver explains. the leafy streets of a pleasant german town on the outskirts of berlin it's an idyllic scene and one in which many to live in the dream is turning increasingly sour with the community now plagued by burglars and. it's been rising for sixteen years since reunification

we see more and more burglaries and it can take just three to four minutes to break you know be off for the evaluate rules a calm close a european integration makes borders opens with many locals here claiming it's contributed to the rise in crime. they are now so many ways to make a quick escape into another country major highways and country roads all cross borders making it harder to catch criminals. and let's last year alone there were over one hundred homes burgled in this area and more than four hundred cars broken into this edition got so bad we had to look for a new way to fight crime so to try and beat the burglars this town has turned to technology they're marking their property with a lot of made d.n.a. difficult going into the synthetic d.n.a. every two bottle it create is as unique as your fingerprint spirit attorney a valuable dress completely clear cut to show up on t.v. light and threaded security to also contains tiny microdots that when looked at

through this camera shows your id number so there's two ways of tracing your property each of the combinations created is added on to a database and assign to whoever uses the kit providing a personalized identification to one of the problems facing this town has been a rise in fare for order over a short period of time last year they saw ninety satellite navigation devices of a similar make and model taken from cars what supporters of synthetic d.n.a. hope is that it will deter criminals by eliminating any potential market for their stolen goods. so my and i'm sure it suited leader advantages to be so it makes it harder the first to sell stolen property the second house to be us to actually catch the thieves out of an office or suspects something might be stolen they can shine a u.v. torture of a result and if you do those d.n.a. code just needs to be checked against the database any homes that are with the

d.n.a. display one of the stick is to let any would be crooks know that if they try any pilfering from these premises the law know if the law is backed up by technology that makes it impossible for them to get away without a trace the trail of a gemini. up next is another look behind the scenes that life here a dot in the latest episode is just. the federal migration service of russia has recently received more than five thousand requests for political asylum from ukrainian citizens these requests come from refugees who are fleeing the conflict in the eastern part of ukraine in fact i

personally know people who are from the ukraine who are now essentially trapped in russia because their native regions are at war with the kiev government there is a classic mainstream media talking point about russian aggression and russian imperialism which gets repeated constantly in fact so often that is not even a question but if you stop to think about it if you were trapped in a region at war and you were going to escape odd thought where would you go into the heart of the aggressors imperialists no you go in the direct opposite direction interestingly enough in both this conflict and the two thousand and eight war in georgia the overwhelming majority of refugees flee towards russia excluding some sort of bizarre stockholm syndrome it seems. that for people in break we were publics in ukraine and georgia russia is a safe haven they often say that people vote with their feet and in the case of the most recent wars in european history it is clear who's feet are voting for whom and no mainstream media talking points can deny that but that's just my opinion.

choose your language. make it with zero and if. someone. chooses to use the consensus to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories get him to. choose access to. the news today and made signs of moderate progress and serious peace to. his friends where demonstrations are feaster case saying. this case.

overhaul its immigration policies after the prime minister admits that the system is failing a government report says the state should become more arab orientated but that's still on fire from the opposition which could put an end to french culture as we know what's. right for one of the.