radical fighters in iraq to take their onslaught to the political arena establishing islamic order over lands they've captured as the army tries to repulse the militants some thirty kilometers from the capital. of tons of pieces of standard in the eastern ukraine as well as the army and anti-government fighters while to uphold a cease fire with reports of violations surfacing throughout the week. and lead to recording poland's a foreign minister equates his own country to a submissive sex love and also the law is new to us as worthless and humps.

where the make stories from the past seven days and you're right up to the minute developments as well you're watching the weekly on r.t. international extremists in iraq have proclaimed order over the territories they've captured as part of their plan to turn the whole country into a cradle of radicalism eventually the target is baghdad and they've managed to create a dangerously close as of the fighting is taking place some fifty kilometers from the capital the slumming state in iraq and syria has been advancing it's through the country also benefiting from us some american hardway including several humvees that they captured after taking control of iraqi army warehouses british m.p. jeremy coburn explained how isis has managed to put so much of iraq under its thumb . the growth of the arse's forces is a direct result of the overthrow of the entire system around saddam hussein and

then the promotion of what has actually turned out to be very sectarian government in iraq ever since then and also the huge amounts of money that we have available to the isis forces so we have what is developing into a very well funded civil war by controlling the oil resources or most of your resources of iraq from the isis forces the present hour at least the biggest refinery and that has caused panic buying and chaos in the rest of iraq but it also cuts off a huge element of financial support for the government of iraq the outlook is very very grim indeed and this is a consequence of western meddling there's also disturbing evidence as to who's being forced to join the militants ranks as you can see in this video boys armed with automatic rifles are traveling in an isis convoy some children are also reportedly being used as snipers by jihadists and it only equates to iraq being

pushed to the brink as lucy catherine off reports. despite the chaos spreading across the country and eerie calm in the kurdish capital the city is just sixty kilometers from the isis front line but it downtown erbil it was business as usual kurdistan has often felt like a separate country altogether even at the height of iraq's most violence and bloodiest moments now but the current crisis treading the country to pieces it's closer than ever to becoming one kurdish soldiers are now in control of territory that used to be just a few did but no one here seems to think that your hardest would dare march on them . but i have full faith in the forces we won let anything happen. for some the prospect of a divided iraq was a welcome one do you think that iraq will remain one country as we know it's after this crisis maybe we should maybe that iraq will have to be divided will have area

and the sunnis and shias will have there is no one in kurdistan is more and we have oil we have a strong army. they may help or oil but fuel is running scarce for days now iraqi forces battled with isis for control of the country's largest oil refinery this is one of the first things you notice here in erbil these massive gas lines some of the cars have been here for hours since the morning many people in fact camped out overnight to try to get online so they can get gas frustrated residents line up to get their share authorities have limited each individual to thirty leaders that's less than what it takes to fill two tanks the people we've spoken to said there haven't been lines like this for fuel since the outbreak of the u.s. led invasion back in two thousand and three and although there are shortages here in erbil parts of northern iraq have run out of gas even on the black market and so people are stocking up they say that they don't know what the ring of the fear is

that if you get a lot worse before it gets better that's a sentiment we heard from many here and it's not just the news fleeing the violence we encountered shia refugees to octo gonzi job or came here six days ago from baghdad in baghdad the situation has gone from bad to worse people are arming themselves and getting ready to fight one another only seeing the future is bloodshed and violence if something doesn't change iraq will be a country of new friends and we do see caffein of erbil iraq. well now the kurds have the support of the israeli prime minister benjamin that ring out back to their state hood a move that seems to clash with the sounds of washington televisa longtime geo political ally syrian rebels could soon benefit from some half a billion dollars the u.s. plans to splash out on the new equipment and training about four months of pressure from washington warhawks president obama asking congress to approve massive aid to

the assad fighters now just a year ago washington gave the green light for non-lethal aid to reach so-called moderate rebels but that later ended up in the hands of jihadists anyway and america was forced to suspend the aid however earlier this month america admitted it's been covertly sending actual weapons to the opposition and to war campaign of brian back to once the us hasn't learned its own mistakes the united states appears to have a schizo front of foreign policy they're saying we demand unity in iraq behind the central government which is fighting what they call islamic extremists from ice or uses i mean at the same time they're funding the same the 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

money's coming your way including. the hidden danger thousands of migrants trying to reach israel through the sinai desert are unaware of the kidnapping gangs lying in wait. for a truce abroad relative calm to you coined the sweetest both the army and the government fighters in the east agreed to hold fire until monday sporadic attacks however are still breaking out of the cease fire plan involved a lot of diplomatic effort and was supported by key countries including russia a reminder the week long truce was declared to the east on friday now that was followed by talks between kiev and the self-proclaimed republics for the first time since the conflict started that are published by how to recognize the ceasefire in the presence of russian and international monitors on wednesday the presidents of

ukraine and russia as well as the french and german leaders discuss a peace process over the phone the same day the legal permission for the use of russia's military force in ukraine if needed was cancelled and led me to putin's request this friday the truce was extended for three more days with empty government forces promising to abide by it the peace effort also saw always c e monitors released after they were detained in the den years ago region while civilians tired of the military operation clearly support a political drive for stability to do it. but neither. was the last there's no doubt that it was the. beginning look where you look what do you really do when you look or you could. not hold on we wouldn't want to to talk. why didn't they push you really are you with them or you know today in michigan you should think that given the notion that measure

private you should rethink your coverage. of the word thank you. do you do you contribute. the leaders of russia ukraine germany and france have once again spoken on the phone they discuss the ongoing peace effort and suggest that international monitors could be sent to the border crossing between russia and ukraine meanwhile this sunday is footage from the eastern ukrainian city of slavyansk where the trees it doesn't seem to be holding. they started firing from the mountain with ukrainian troops are they hit residential areas of the city it went on for forty five minutes i've seen it all a couple photos on my phone the burn scars are destroyed marketplace houses riddled with holes three people were killed and many more wounded and we haven't searched all the buildings yet. the ceasefire was breached by both sides are several times

throughout the week of people in the city have come a task claim their city was shelled on numerous occasions and the village of approve all the years saw a spike of violence with one woman reportedly killed there and in slavyansk a woman and her twenty six year old son perished an army shelling outside the embattled city self-defense forces took control of a checkpoint from the army unconfirmed reports claim the army then launched a counterattack by the last twenty of its own soldiers who are shelling close to the russian border saw a checkpoint hit by a mortar shell hit hardest by the conflict confound for themselves as artie's maria for national found out at an awful age caught in the conflict. these can home for abandoned special needs children on the outskirts of lugansk aims to be an oasis of calm and tranquillity. children here have food toys but most importantly love. there are eight to six children they scare house

all younger than three years old it's been a home and cozy home you have who are all of them that once war reached its walls it's no longer safe. mines and shells blend just a couple of kilometers away. and while the youngster had no concept of the danger for the adults it's a different story now surrounded it as a lot but honest it's so hard actually more than half our kids cannot move they're either too small or they have motor problems some have cerebral palsy they need special care and even if we want to evacuate and we need a very special place just like ours it's very hard to do. your job atlanta a mother herself tries to remain positive but it's no easy matter no one can say how dangerous it becomes when they start firing here and internet compelling saved

in boss kids was launched to draw attention to this particular case as well as many other often injures and care homes that have suddenly found themselves on the front line and where the sounds of shelling and firing have increasingly replaced gentle lullabies. lugansk in eastern ukraine. while the ukrainian president might seem willing to uphold the cease fire and bring about peace there are groups within the campus ortiz that rely too much on aggression that's according to senior lecturer in international relations at moscow state university mark sloboda the government such as it is in kiev has very limited control it depends to a large extent still on these nationalist paramilitary groups for its survival its hold on power in kiev and it has been afraid to challenge them we saw a trade union meeting in kiev attacked by an armed right sector mob

and with complete impunity we have seen this repeatedly that they act they attack individual groups building churches throughout the country and the government does nothing to rein them in and this holds true on the battlefield as well. members of the national guard squad have returned to kiev for a rally demanding an end to the truce and the resumption of the military operation the crowd gathered in independence square which earlier this year became the cradle of the rioting that also the previous authorities of ukraine. saying from the conflict in the east tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees now the u.n. estimates over one hundred thousand have crossed the border with russia since the beginning of the military operation but u.s. has once again expressed doubt about those numbers saying the source is not

credible. since the start of two thousand and fourteen one hundred and ten thousand ukrainians have arrived in russia we just have seen no evidence to support that we don't believe they're credible we're watching we just don't think that the hundreds of thousands number is credible we don't have anything to cooperate or if this is the u.n. this isn't the russians saying you know not being there is this is an agency thing you guys give millions and millions of dollars to and they're now little credible we don't have anything to back up that number. coming up a look at the deal that's a firm we realigned ukraine to was you write this so you know end of the song for the concerts in the east one which washington accuses rochelle finding but as we report later america's sanctioned plans are putting a snag at home. poland's foreign minister has been the secretly taped to comparing his country's relations with the u.s. to.