doesn't sound anything tunes mission to teach creation why it should care about humans. this is why you should care only on the. more than twenty national guard fighters who are reportedly killed near the eastern ukrainian city of slovyansk government forces say they seized a checkpoint during overnight clashes. president signs off for closer ties with the e.u. but it was his previous sessions failure to join the club which ignited the deadly february revolution on the ongoing armed conflict in ukraine's defiant east. syria's embattled rebels are now in line for a five hundred million dollar military aid package from the u.s. but there are fears the weapons could end up on the wrong side of the park it's. also coming up this hour in the latest setback to berlin's already notorious new

our ports revealed a fake engineer was hired to design the fire safety system in the opening to be delayed yet again. it's just on four pm this friday afternoon here in the russian capital welcome to our international i mean a no name. government forces in eastern ukraine are saying more than twenty national guard fighters have been killed near the city of slavyansk in an overnight bottle this report comes less than eight hours before the end of a weeklong truce between the army on local militias ramon cos erev joins me live now live from donetsk with more bring us more about what occurred from what you know.

we're having a little bit of problem with the saw and we will try and get back to him a little later in the hour for the update. moving on a shaky truce has been broken several times residents of the fine city of kramatorsk say their city was shelled continuously throughout the week it was only going artillery fire in the village of semyonov care which was almost razed to the ground and the city of slovyansk also came under artillery fire numerous times during the week long truce that edge of her fall noire saw one of the worst spikes of violence with one woman reportedly killed there as well. so. really in order to rush to. rallies supporting the regime. people say they're clean you're here also continue shelling by pro-government forces. ukraine's president has inked a trade agreement with the e.u.

the failure to sign the deal is what triggered the toppling of his predecessor while the terms of the agreement ultimately led to the ongoing bloody standoff we're seeing in the country's east where petro poroshenko says he's carrying out the will of the nation. the people demanding european future very clear every single region of ukraine support one candidate demonstrating we have a different form we have waited for europe we are ready for peace. well off financially challenge europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the blocks energy commissioner has warned that be alive for greece is peanuts compared to the billions brussels would have to cough up to see if kiev illing economy the president of the european commission sees the e.u. is not ready to integrate a country like ukraine out this stage and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes well it's no surprise

to financial expert patrick young ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how that signed a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union out the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a counter straw for move for the ukrainian economy the only winners i do this are a few sadly deluded egos whether they are in brussels whether they are in washington who believe some horror of that they've achieved a great deal of political victory for the people of ukraine there are no jobs to be hired here there's only going to be job losses there is no economic growth to be had by suddenly having western european goods dumped at little cost onto your marketplace this is a disaster it's a very very tragic day for the people of ukraine who want to improve their economic outlook the ukrainian president has reportedly prolong the shaky cease fire in the

east until monday but an abandoned ski political commentator from e.u. reporter magazine believes the ukrainian leader is still has little interest in bringing lasting peace and stability to the eastern regions. trolls already a lot of neglect towards the situation in the east south of here great so far he doesn't pay attention he doesn't invest in itself and that is the result because the ideas he was chosen as far as that sort of general can do that all the west all the european union and the united states and he fulfilled his promise and he signed the agreement and basically he doesn't care what happens afterwards because as we know during elections he invested his own seven million fortune to become a president so you can't expect him as a genuine caring about his people he's definitely not he's a career businessman who cares about his own good the timeline of ukraine's and growing crisis and more expert analysis is available for you online at r.t.

dot com. moving on now the syrian rebels are losing the war against president assad's forces but their look could soon turn thanks to washington president obama wants congress to dish out half a billion dollars to train them equip syria's moderate opposition but there are fears the move will flood the region with weapons that could fall into the wrong hands as marina portnoy explains. the obama administration is requesting for lawmakers to approve five hundred million dollars in spending for the purpose of arming the syrian opposition the white house claims that only appropriate vetted elements of the moderate opposition would receive direct training from the u.s. military and be equipped with american weapons and ammunition u.s. officials insist that the weapons would serve to empower the syrian people and help them push back against the government as well as the militant extremist group isis which actually has been fighting to topple bashar al assad since the civil war

began more than three years ago however as recent events have shown american weapons may very well end up in its enemies hands just two weeks ago isis an all out assault on iraq's second largest city mosul causing a reported thirty thousand iraqi soldiers who were trained by the u.s. military to turn around and run as a result sunni extremists have seized stockpiles of american weapons and ammunition as well as u.s. humvees the bloodshed being unleashed in iraq by isis has arguably been strengthened by the fact that militants are fighting with u.s. weapons in afghanistan the taliban is now armed with u.s. made stinger missiles which according to reports were originally sent to libya when the obama administration was arming the opposition rising up against former leader moammar gadhafi for more than a decade the u.s. has been drowning the arab world in weapons arming locals to help them overthrow governments not only how is it created absolute chaos and bloodshed it is arguably

the strength in terrorist organizations because the weapons at least some of them are ending up in the hands of the enemy as for syria the devastating civil war killed some one hundred fifty thousand people and the international community does agree that something should be done question is is sending weapons to one side of the conflict which includes terrorists the best solution reporting from washington d.c. marina. artane. the bipartisan tug of war in washington seen the white house change its mind several times over intervention in syria direct non lethal aid to the rebels was given the green light more than a year ago but in december supplies were suspended after a lion share of the u.s. equipment was seized by jan out of survivor earlier this month washington admitted it's been converted scenting lethal aid to the opposition antiwar campaigner brian becker sees america's middle east policy is simply inconsistent it shows the united

states appears to have a schizo phrenic foreign policy there they're saying they demand unity in iraq we find the central government which is fighting what they call islamic extremist from isa's and at the same time they're funding these same armed groups in syria to take down an independent nationalist and sovereign government in syria what the u.s. is doing and has been doing this finally in money guns and more occupation tools in a region that it considers to be vital because it's resource rich that's about it meanwhile the u.n. is pleading for action over what's being called the in human suffering of the syrian people the world's body a chief sees almost eleven million syrians needs humanitarian help that's half of the country's population but some are now at least being able to return to their homes ria phenomena has more in the story. this road in central syria used to be beset by snipers and anyone driving here could be kidnapped thus when the smallest western area known as the moon was controlled by on drug bills it's all your

brother next to the syrian lebanese border is just eighty kilometers from the capital damascus but it is like a state within a state that has its own security forces police and even the army you can see is symbols of new of forces here everywhere graffiti or three stars that means free syrian army is controlling this area a syrian military cannot enter six months later return to the main square. feet of the syrian army expect town after months of fierce battles and numerous offensives. officers say i can take off my flak jacket my dear for if. it's friday today and the officers told us that they're all the shops are closing the restaurant is a closed i roll out so a lot of people on the streets but there is another reason actually many residents fled this town and entire area of cologne in an attempt to escape from

atrocities. at the city's mosque the heart of this predominantly muslim town friday prayers have just finished. most of these people who only returned to their town recently won the hearts of. my home was hit and destroyed thank god the army is now back to beirut is also home to a big christian community a different face he used to live in harmony here for years until islamic rule was imposed by the rebels many being religious zealots some linked to al-qaeda or free syrian mostly officially they were religious groups jihadi islam is but in fact it was no religion or anything else their religion was money. oh look this young man shows us what used to be a jewelry shop it was looted and then set on fire. although the clock made

all bouyeri they were on motorbikes they call themselves the free syrian army they used to also take food coming to town from damascus often they were also kidnapping people locals hope the dog days a gun for just a week after we left the town attacked the army positions in the region again several other areas across serious children main house by rebels or jihadists it seems that despite the army's recent success it's still too early to say when this device stating war will be over. rich nationality from syria. ok we're going to return to our tops. government forces in eastern ukraine are saying more than twenty national guard fighters have been killed near the city of slovyansk during an overnight bottle the report comes less than eight hours before the end of a week long truce between the armies and local militias we've got connection. and he joins me from donetsk what n.t.

did occur. that's right battle took place last night and according to reports at least when t. soldiers the twenty fighters of ukraine's national guard were hurt were killed as a result of that the national guard didn't help its mercenary called back division formed specifically to aid to ukraine army and its military operation against a defiant east all think country now the we also learned that the government forces have destroyed two armored personnel carriers belonging to the national guard and also reports say that a further two civilians mother and her twenty six year old son had been killed as a result of the shelling in. a shell fell right on the residential building now just to remind you there weeklong cease fire announced by the other

a partial was supposed to end today but reportedly that ceasefire had been extended for another seventy two hours however this ceasefire this truce had been very very shaky as that both sides accused each other all of violating a base truce and we'll see what happens after this ok remind cos ray of talking to us from donetsk in eastern ukraine thank you. still to come for you this hour the world turns a blind eye to thaw the sins of african refugees held captive in egypt's sinai peninsula. we report shortly on one is really activist who's trying to drum up support for her campaign by putting the terror of the human trafficking on torture on the silver screen that's coming up after a very short break. i

pick. the pakistani military does realize that the lead bomb have become a problem for pakistan but it is just too late the taliban have sunk deep roots in pakistan and now it's very difficult to beat the enemy. when it was previously your friend and your ph. please speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic in school here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the c.r.p. interviews intriguing story for you to. introduce the arabic to find out more visit our big. dog called. on marriage in the financial world. talked to goldman's cannot stop is the

only techno demand to try to get any economic benefit in life there are and there are. sixty minutes into the program welcome back maintaining a royal family doesn't usually come cheap with palaces elaborate world tours and high level security arrangements it's not surprising the price tags are pretty high but do commoners really know what they're paying for artie's marina cost rabbit takes a look not whether britons are getting good value for money or not. over eighty percent of brits believe the royal family brings in a significant amount of revenue for the country each year some five hundred million pounds according to the case national tourism agency but those have been campaigning for the abolition of the monarchy believe that figure is incorrect and they're ready to show british taxpayers just how much of their money really goes

towards funding their oil is there a public group claims the estimated annual cost of the monarchy is almost three hundred million pounds which is around nine times the official figure published by the royal household why this disparity apparently the official figure excludes a number of costs including security royal visits and lost revenue from the dutch cheese of lancaster and cornwall if there were public figures are to be believed it would mean the british head of state is one of the most expensive government institutions in the world the important point is that they want to close a lot more than many people think. but even if those figures were made public there's every chance that the majority of the british public would agree that the ballot he was still with was in fact a poll last year found at forty five percent of the british public shelters strong support for the monarchy up from twenty seven percent in two thousand and six a survey released this month showed that prince william his grandmother and his

father are all more popular than the country's top rates of politicians remember the crowds falwell's wedding but more people are now saying not having the option to choose who benefits from taxpayers money is also important so there's also a principle of democracy about whether it's right that the head of state should be . ready to treat position rather chosen by the people and it's also a question of the message it sends to the young people growing up in this country i would rather that the young people growing up in this country were told that no matter who you are no matter where you are born much of who your parents saw you can rise to the highest office in the land and the would be the case is going to be have a registry morning even though. it was spirits love their queen there's a growing number of those who would like to see their money go towards improving the country rather than the country's palaces marina costs about a reporter from london forty. we did our sums as well over eighteen million pines goes in keeping the royals fed dressed to impress that's equal to two thousand

pensions more than thirteen million pounds is spent on the upkeep of royal residence is that could provide four hundred forty students with scholarships the money spent on the family's travel could feed more than three million homeless people republican green smith believes royals are an insult to people suffering from a stereotype whether the spending by the world family is going up even by their own official figures it's going up you know they spend four million pounds. renovating a house for prince william. not only these people living it doesn't owe them a house and they need to start cutting by tens of millions not increasing their income and their wealth whilst we are cutting public services and public jobs government simply hands over. millions of pounds to the was and was then get to choose how they spend it. and then report on how they've spent to themselves countering it and a lot of spin. and misinformation of course if you look to other countries in

europe they have similar heads of state function the price so the republic of ireland for example they get to choose their head of state does a similar ceremonial job and they cost less than ten million pounds every year so clearly you know having had to stay for three hundred million pounds it's a bit of a nonsense the construction of one of the largest airports in germany is turning into a fiasco corruption claims poor planning on a budget that's gone through the roof berlin's new terminal is now four years behind schedule artie's peter all of our reports on the latest scandal to grind the facility. at this time of fia an airport should be bustling with holiday makers jetting off for their summer vacations not at berlin brandenburg the airport's two years behind schedule and the only people the construction work is still working on the project with costs spiraling out of control it's really become

a comedy of errors the latest scandal involves the fire safety system moreover the man that designed it it's a merge that he didn't have any qualifications to be in a position to do so what he did have though was a business card that said that he was an engineer turns out that wasn't worth the paper that it was written on but how does a man with no qualifications find himself in a very important position on a multibillion euro project to find out more on this i'm joined by steve from the party of reason safe if i had a business card that said i was an astronaut would that mean i got to go into space quite likely for it was the space agency was run by the same people that are running this airport wouldn't surprise me at all what's going on here what's happening with this project right now cost overruns without end technical disasters and political decisions being made and in my opinion it's probably due to the fact that government agencies bureaucrats are trying to make a huge project which should have been better left off to

a private consortium to build as it was initially intended to be i mean we don't even know when this airports could open next year no sixteen seventeen maybe eighteen maybe never who knows thank you very much there we go we don't know when it's going to open some estimates of put a final cost of around ten billion euro on finally getting this airport brandenburg open it certainly hasn't gone smoothly here. for thousands of israel bone refugees from africa to search for a better life ends up in torture camps they fall into the hands of ruthless smuggling gangs and then simply vanish in egypt's sinai desert more than three thousand migrants per month come from the east african state of eritrea alone many of them are kidnapped for ransom and tortured until their families pay if they don't human traffickers for or diddly execute the hostages more than four thousand people are estimated to have been killed since two thousand and eight and around a thousand are thought to be captive of the right. last month the president or

a tree had demanded an investigation but the international community has remained largely silent with israel in particular ignoring the problem on its own doorstep its prime minister wants even describe the refugees as infiltrators estefan off is a swedish eritrean activists to try to raise awareness about the victims of torture by putting their plight on screen. so listen to. the american plastic bags drumming it in their bags this is. the mission. meron asked the pharmacist talked to and he said now in our program in the now she believes there's a big difference in the way captives are treated see in kids children that are two

years old being tortured there were some kids that have to watch their mother being burned alive and they survived so these are the kind of people that i talk to the torture is it's not any as are tortured like you see horror movie or something it's where people are tortured twenty four hours a day deprived deprived of food deprived how is there not more international weirdness about what's happening in fine might be amount of gaffes the type of torture and the millions of dollars that have been made by these hostage takers. it's also have to do is race you know we we have seen americans getting kidnapped in the sinai. it took only twenty four hours to release them last year a norwegian woman was kidnapped in the same area and it took about a week for her to be released. we've seen last year also israeli man being kidnapped and also it took a few days for him to be released so this happens all quite often to westerners as

well but they're out with the base and they don't get to experience the torture as a free country so it has to do with was race. a glance at some other news for a run the globe some fifteen thousand people have protested over what they say was mosque fraud during afghanistan's presidential election. side the presidential palace in kabul voicing support for one of the candidates up to the drop died of the race after vote rigging allegations during this month's runoff final results searching next month i made a taliban insurgency that's really aging and nato forces pulling out. the gas pipeline blast in southern india has killed at least fourteen people and left two dozen injured the flames rose high up into the sky golfing buildings and forcing people to flee to safety the pipeline belongs to india's largest state owned gas company authorities have ordered a probe into what caused the explosion. long queues stretched

outside the capital of iraq's oil rich kurdish region is because the ongoing security crisis in the country has it's severe fuel shortages in several cities the largest oil refinery is shut down last week amid severe kloster with isis militants have already taken control of huge areas across iraq the army is now in control of the site but pressures on supplies is growing. by clashes between police and protesters over the eviction of refugees continue in berlin hundreds of people form blockades to prevent people being forced out of their squat only forty asylum seekers remain there it is being occupied for more than eighteen months now. a lack of trust in the world bank the international monetary fund has led china to establish its very own global financial institution beijing is starting with a one hundred billion dollars couple aims to overtake the similar project in the region which is highly influenced by japan so far twenty two countries have shown

interest in the new lender including some rich states in the middle east but china is valid to go ahead with the ambitious project even if no one else joins up one of the first tasks will be setting up a new version of the ancient silk road connecting the country to europe china expert professor believes beijing is right to fund its own projects i think that this is just a further extension of what china's been doing china has come from pretty much a backwater country thirty years ago to now this world's second largest economy and china is basically showing the world that if there is a will there is a way china has been somewhat frustrated with the world bank and the agent development bank in terms of. the funds coming out of these and of these to support infrastructure projects so china i think basically decided that if they

want anything done here they're just enough to fund it themselves and bring along a bunch of partners so i think that's the prime motivation it's largely to expand their trade and economic influence. china expert on lead there well the latest edition of sophie and co is coming up here next on our to international day stay with us. 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 foot where would you go into the heart of the aggressors in 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 who break way republics 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 whose feet are voting for whom and no mainstream media talking points can deny that but that's just my opinion.