pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure we. russia's channel one confirms that one of its cameramen has been killed and done yet skip the eastern ukraine. a cease fire between pro and anti-government forces in ukraine is supposed to be in force until monday night but reports and videos suggest the truce has been violated many times throughout the week. extremist fighters in iraq declare a breakaway islamic state on the lands they have captured as the army tries to keep the militants out of the capital. poland's the foreign minister says his country's alliance with the u.s. has approved worthless and even harmful this in a leaked conversation. broadcasting

live direct from our studios in moscow this is our t.v. recapping our week's top stories with our weekly program now one of russia's leading television channels has confirmed that its camera man has been killed in the city of done yet his channel one colleagues shared the tragic news with an ocean of before the official statement was released. the toilet clelland seventy year old cameraman of one of russia's main t.v. channels died after he received a bullet to his toe mark while working in the city often ask in eastern ukraine he was not even at the frontline when it happened he was with his reporter and sound assistant they were driving towards one of the city's military bases they were. followed by abbas carry the mothers of ukrainian conscripts we know little information about the exact mission of these women but most likely they want to

talk to bring military controlling the base and negotiate with their sons and also another car they're carrying journalists from bridges live news the very media whose reporters her had been earlier arrested and later following tough negotiations released and they corresponded over the life need to have been reporting from the scene about the shooting started very unexpectedly and because horse targeted and the priory started at the moment when the cars were approaching the military base it is very hard to say moment exactly why that firing started turned to who exactly will shoot but again live news correspondent reports that it was done by ukrainian military two russian journalists sound assistant and a reporter both very young man both whose families were paid by multiple not far from where we are now several kilometers from the city of lugansk and they also

died at the scene which is bury them last week. or he's more of an ocean of forest there now sporadic fighting between pro and anti-government forces is still breaking out in eastern ukraine despite a cease fire that was due to hold until monday night russia and many other countries helped broker that truce ukraine's president officially declared the ceasefire on friday then held its first ever talks with activists in the east and their leaders agreed to lay down their weapons russian and o s c e representatives were present during those negotiations president putin then discussed of the deescalation effort with the ukrainian french and german leaders in a phone conversation the russian president then made another move to calm the situation a step further asking parliament to cancel an order allowing russia to use military force in ukraine the ceasefire was extended on friday and anti-government forces again said that they would abide by it they went on to release oh s. c.e.

monitors who were detained in eastern ukraine nearly a month ago many civilians say that their lives have been up ended by weeks of being trapped inside a war zone the good men to give them but neither. of us let us know that but i thought it was the. beginning. of the bad news and you know we don't you know you could. not shoot them we were. miocene they pushed it today are you with the boys. good day michigan you should think that given that nash is that mash if they use the covers you. do you can get the route. the leaders of russia ukraine germany and france again discussed the peace efforts in a phone call on sunday they talked about the possibility of sending international monitors to the russian ukrainian border now new reports have been coming in of

fighting between pro and anti kiev forces here at this burning army base in don yet the pro tommy forces are believed to have taken over this facility and then there's this video shot in slovyansk on sunday there's been another outbreak of deadly violence there according to the letter. they started firing from the mountain with ukrainian troops they hit residential areas of the city it went on for forty five minutes i've seen it's all a couple photos on my phone the bunts cars the destroyed marketplace houses riddled with holes three people were killed and many more wounded and we haven't searched all the buildings yet. now both sides that violated the cease fire on several occasions throughout the week people living in climatologist say that their city was shelled numerous times one woman was reportedly killed it killed in the village of prevail noya during a spike of violence there and then in sloviansk

a woman and her twenty six year old son died during an army shelling incident outside the war ravaged city self-defense fighters forced the army out of their checkpoint and unconfirmed reports suggest that the military fought to take that facility back but ended up losing twenty soldiers in the battle and of course there's a situation where shells fired from ukraine fell across the border in russia damaging a checkpoint there. mark is a senior lecturer in international relations at moscow state university he says that even though the ukrainian president has put forward a detailed the peace plan there are violent groups with significant clout in kiev which the government cannot control 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 arm the right sector mob with complete impunity and we have seen this repeatedly that they act they attack individuals groups buildings churches throughout the country and the government does nothing to rein them in and this holds true on the battlefield as well. not everybody is on board with the cease fire currently in place in ukraine members of the government national guard protested against the truce in kiev and demanded more weapons to fight activists in the east in the crowd suggested that this might be their last peaceful rally unless president poroshenko gives in to their demands. many people have been fleeing the war torn east over ukraine ever since the conflict broke out the u.n. says that over one hundred thousand have fled to russia this year alone but the u.s. isn't convinced that that number is legitimate. 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 with this is the u.n. this isn't the russians saying united not should be in there is this is an agency you guys give millions and millions of dollars to in there now when we don't have anything to back up that number. coming up a look at the deal that has firmly realigned ukraine towards europe there's still no end in sight for the conflict in the east one which washington accuses russia of provoking but as we report later america's threats of sanctions are proving controversial at home. to other news now the jihadist a group isis which has made a rapid territorial gains in iraq over the past few weeks has announced of the creation of a breakaway islamic state the so-called caliphate covers much of northern iraq and

also parts of syria where the group is in control of several regions but the announcement comes out a time of intense fighting across iraq government troops are trying to prevent the extremists from seizing key cities including the capital the latest clashes erupted just fifty kilometers outside baghdad leaving dozens of soldiers dead but despite the group's gains in iraq robert naiman from just foreign policy thinks that the g. hottest are unlikely to achieve the same success in nearby countries. they controlled territory and so far neither the syrian government nor the rug government nor the generalize seem to be any position to fundamentally change that now it sounds to me is not empty i think you need to be posed to the extent that the implied that they're sort of contesting for our throughout the arab

and islamic world that i think is an empty threat and there's no prospect of turkey and saudi arabia. are going to come under their control the disturbing evidence is emerging of how the militants are gaining new recruits as you can see here in this video boys armed with automatic rifles are traveling in an isis convoy some children are also reportedly being put to work as snipers and all of this is pushing iraq to the brink of fluff 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 a downtown air bill 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 disputed but no one here seems to think that harvest would dare march on them. but i have full faith in the forces they 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 what's after this crisis may be this it may be that iraq will have to be divided will have area and the sunnis and shias will have there is no one in kurdistan is worried we have oil we have a strong army. they may have 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 our build 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 big 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 you bring to the fear but if you get a lot worse before it gets better that's a sentiment we heard from many here and it's not just a nice 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 for the people are arming themselves and getting ready to fight one another all you see in the future is bloodshed and violence but if something doesn't change iraq will be a country of new phones and widows caffein of erbil iraq booka earlier this week

the kurdish regional government said it was weighing up plans to establish an autonomous state in northern iraq. and that goal has been indoors to by the prime minister of israel his position seems to clash sharply with the u.s. government's views on how to quell unrest in the region washington has called on the kurdish leaders to stand by baghdad but at the same time they are eyeing a military aid package for rebels fighting the government in neighboring syria u.s. president barack obama has urged congress to approve five hundred billion dollars to be spent on training and equipping syrian opposition fighters now if the funding it is approved it would mark of the first direct u.s. involvement in the syrian conflict let's now take a closer look at how washington's role has developed through time now just a year ago washington gave the green light to non-lethal support for the so-called moderate rebels but that later ended up in the hands of jihad ists and america was

then forced to suspend aid however earlier this month america admitted that it has been covertly sending actual weapons to the opposition fighters anti-war campaigner brian becker thinks the u.s. is failing to learn from its past mistakes the united states appears they have a schizo front foreign policy there they're saying they demand unity in iraq behind the central government which is fighting what they call islamic extremists from i so where is this 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. thousands of refugees from africa fall in to the hands of ruthless smuggling gangs reportedly they torture their hostages and demand cash for their release on that

just ahead. poland's foreign minister has made some strongly worded remarks about his country's relationship with the u.s. in a recording obtained by the polish magazine approached even compared to the alliance to a sex act according to the magazine sikorsky believes his country is doing everything it can to well please america while getting nothing in return he also thinks the partnership has been detrimental to warsaw's ties with other nations in both russia and germany moscow has shown some sympathy for his comments though saying the colorful language was most likely a response to controversial remarks made by senior state department official victoria nuland back in february so that would be great i think to help glue this thing and have the u.n. help glue it and you know the e.u. but it's a not just the u.s. the polish foreign minister is less than satisfied with sikorsky pulled no punches

when talking about the british prime minister's dealing with your skeptics suggesting that david cameron balloted to pressure when he should have stayed strong and if that weren't enough sikorsky went on to recall other times he believes cameron misfired politically saying he is not likely to change needless to say the embarrassingly frank diplomatic conversation was has caused quite a stir here is what some of the commentators that we spoke to are saying. let me start which is obvious far for everyone here in poland. as does the voice. by most of the population here actually it raises other troubling questions about the judgment of a man who is after all his country's chief diplomatic representative who aspires to be the chief diplomatic representative of the entire european union and the governments he has been so scathing about the governments of britain and the united states are the very countries which have supported him throughout his career and what you feel so much i think it shows that there is

a real awareness among the circles of power in poland as to what the relationship with the united states has really brought them which is nothing now as always we've got plenty more for you online including a tank battle outside of moscow. but good luck fortunately it is not for real crews an armored of machines are competing in biathlon involving twelve countries and had to r.t. dot com for the full story and some very impressive footage. robots are cool a humanoid capable of climbing ladders opening doors and even driving a car google presents a new robot which it says could save lives in emergency situations and this is all for you on our web site. ukraine finally signed a trade agreement with the european union this week the refusal of the country's previous leader to do so was one of the main it triggers of the ongoing crisis however the new leader insists that this is just

a first step towards closer ties with europe. we see that. ukraine is a utopian country under the forty nine article will have an opportunity. for the membership perspective this is a very important carrot for ukraine to work on. it financially challenged europe still doesn't appear to be quite ready for ukraine the e.u. is commissioner for enlargement has said kiev still needs to prove its european credentials and enact reforms the blocks energy commissioner has warned the bailout for greece is just peanuts compared to what will be needed to save kids' economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is simply not ready to welcome ukraine right now and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany which comes as no surprise to financial expert patrick young ukraine which last year was in a catastrophic position how it's signed

a free trade association this year is going to associate with the european union the point when it's on the brink already of economic disaster this is a top those strong 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 jobs and also as washington has been blaming russia for stirring up the conflict in ukraine since the very beginning and threatening sanctions unless it stops but america's plans are facing staunch opposition from western businesses and here is a look at why russia being an emerging market with a growing income has been quite attractive for u.s. companies the possibility of being cut off. american business bosses very nervous but just who is involved in russia boeing buys nearly

a third of its titanium here and the country is also one of the fastest growing markets for pepsi now looking at car manufacturing they also have a huge stake in the russian market with general four motors and ford both selling thousands of vehicles last year alone and the u.s. chamber of commerce and the national association of manufacturers have launched an ad campaign to explain just why new sanctions will backfire they say it will leave u.s. companies scrambling to keep up with firms from other countries earlier we spoke to the president of the franco russian chamber of commerce and industry here's what he had to say it should have been because they actually. put it you could see them you said said white no. talking about it going to be quote sanctions so we need to raise over them that they should not do it again they should use diplomacy to do so do the ukrainian the plays he's using and taking into a host but companies with you with. french companies this is something which is

an acceptable follows what the sanctions are doing is isolating the united states' economy instead of isolating russia they were meant to isolate russia but given the trend of world trade for all of the exports that russia has and for diplomacy it's their eyes and they're actually running in isolating the united states it's a very strange business logic it doesn't make sense logically so it has to be political austria is less than enthusiastic about the sanctions against russia the two countries this week struck a major gas pipeline deal with president vladimir putin attendants and the issue of ukraine came up during a lighthearted exchange i don't want to feel it but is it in putting. it was there just. tell us a bit. ok

and you can. write those that are going in and out cold the main. however the south stream pipeline deal between austria and russia is not going down well in washington you can find out why on our website r t v dot com. let's go to some other stories making headlines around the world hundreds of people gathered for a rally outside the b.b.c. studios in the scottish city of glasgow the demonstrators voiced their anger over the news organizations coverage of the upcoming independence referendum accusing it of bias in favor of british unity. israel has carried out several airstrikes on militant bases in gaza officials say twelve locations were targeted destroying several rocket launchers and manufacturing sites palestinian officials say that

a fighter was killed in an earlier drone strike meanwhile israeli troops are continuing their large scale search for three teenage boys believed to have been abducted by hamas. a protester has set himself on fire in front of horrified crowds in central tokyo the man was demonstrating against changes to japan's pacifist constitution to allow the deployment of troops overseas he survived with burns covering his whole body and is now being treated in the hospital for pan has a powerful defense force but has maintained tough restrictions on its use since the second world war i. at least twenty people have been killed in two separate building collapses in india rescue teams are still sifting through the rubble of a twelve story structure in southern india that payment down killing at least nine people a few hours earlier a residential building in new delhi toppled leaving eleven dead and dozens trapped officials say the disasters were caused by heavy rain along with poor maintenance

and low politicians children material. for thousands of israel bound refugees from africa the search for a better life ends up in torture camps when trying to cross the sinai desert in egypt they fall into the hands of ruthless smuggling gangs who demanded cash for their hostages released this is according to numerous reports from human rights groups including amnesty international the captors demand ransom money and if the families refuse to pay up the hostages are executed more than four thousand people have been killed in this way since two thousand and eight according to un data rights organizations say human traffickers also use torture and even mutilation and rape against their prisoners now despite the a retreat and president calling for an investigation gyptian authorities have turned a blind eye to the kidnappings israel's prime minister once even described the refugees as infiltrators. meron to follow so there's

a retreat in journalist and activist trying to raise awareness about the victims of torture by putting their plight on the big screen. and to. push on sodium and. the portfolio chairmanships. was. wrong. there were melting plastic bags and dropping it in their backs this is the burns. narrowness to follow us also pointed to the difference in the way captives are treated depending on their nationality i have seen kids children that are two years old being tortured the torture is it's not any as or tortured like we see in our horror movie or something it's where people are tortured twenty four hours

a day last year norwegian woman was kidnapped in the same area and it took about a week for her to be released americans getting kidnapped in the sinai. but it took only twenty four hours to release them so this happens all quite often to westerners as well but they're out with a base and they don't get to experience the torture as a free country he just does so it has to do with was race. you can watch the full interview which was originally broadcast on in the now on our website r.t. dot com. skin tight jeans beards fashionable bags and nazi ideology meet the latest recruits of the extreme right in germany the media has even come up with a word to describe the movement mr. yesterday. from selfies on instagram and

a blog on tumbler the neo nazi hip hop the far right is keeping up with the times there's even a nazi cooking show in each episode two men wearing balaclavas explain to viewers how to make an array of dishes journalist john rice burger from berlin shared his thoughts on the new trend behind these trendy as they had colorful sunglasses on they had these funny looking converse shoes with stars and piercings kind of fuzzy beards like as long as no answers have been around the always been trying to copy youth subcultures you know skinheads were originally kind of a proletarian youth culture you have in germany. has been seized and the way to stop now to thirty was saying we're like any other nazis you had one of the prior hundred people or more out on the streets blockade in the nazis actively sitting down preventing them from going on the on the route. just like all the

other nazis. now a head oksana boyko examines the western influence on the turmoil in ukraine in a world apart stay with us this is our two international. there's the media leave us so we leave that maybe. i will see motions to the other your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politics only on our team. right see. first strike. and i think that you're. on our reporter's. instrument.

on a welcome to worlds apart for years the west sold the so-called collatz revolutions as a means to democratize the post soviet space are the current events in the ukraine with the bloodshed and divisions they've already produced likely to change that well to discuss that i'm now joined by timothy calls and a professor of government and russian studies at harvard university professor called and thank you very much for being here on the show the western media have so far avoided assigning any color it's of the events in the ukraine and i wonder why do you think that it's i think because the just in some selves i'm not assigned the color that you're right there is no color assigned to it that they could.