there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed the war in. ukraine's military resumes its operations in the east with attacks on several cities after president poroshenko refuses an extension to a cease fire. the spider intense diplomatic effort by europe on russia's vladimir putin is ukrainian counterpart full responsibility for any bloodshed after scrapping the truce. as the western oil industry seeks to cash in on the instability in iraq as the u.n. reveals the advance of islamist terrorists making the bloodiest month in the country this year. also in iraq a new report reveals blackwater mercenaries threaten to kill u.s. officials sent to investigate them and the probe was eventually suppressed on the

details. from the new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day you're switched on to r.t. international i mean and welcome the ukrainian army has resumed a full scale military crackdown on the eastern provinces attacking several cities a temporary cease fire ended overnight and kiev is refusing to extended president petro poroshenko there will be no further truce accusing the self-proclaimed republics of feeling to abide by it. we will advance and liberate thailand they're producing it as ukraine's army says the national guard and the russians have visions will never be enough votes that being civilians will never talk at residential areas blisse the the military operation resumed almost instantly after that statement.

locals in the city of save a woke up to the sign of an hour raid on videos have emerged showing the aftermath of the shelling and as you can see residential houses and shops up once again suffered heavy damage. photo journalist patrick lang custer was caught in the overnight shelling he sent us this video. comes against. their own house. he said he heard around four dozen explosions and eventually had to hide in a basement. for .

and here's the lead his footage we've received from the net region you can see plumes of black smoke reportedly the consequences of the fighting that resumed overnight the air rising from a spot where a great patriotic war memorial is located artie's me from washington describes the situation in the area. the large scale military operation the king of calls anti terror operation is now officially resumed in eastern ukraine the most dramatic picture we see in the town of kut i'm a tourist in donetsk region it used to be one of the two major eight percent joys of kiev's operation and we spoke to a foreign journalist currently on the ground and this is how he describes the situation there right now because of. our jet. blue we are by. i mean by.

really isn't. slowing down screaming another target can't tell you to leave crane in army for months these town in the nets crayton so severe attacks by the ukrainian military and fierce clashes between the army and to government forces often resulted in fatalities including in mine civilian population and now again we start receiving alarm in massachusetts from these town as well there are the what you will say this is the one i've seen when you were there well of which food to cool us received was for the issue of money yet for service all of which against the us with the course that there was. going to. live with. the broken record with both of you the by the needs of the foremost it would be

a bomb. we wish you could move the fuel which would be able to. i mean the city of god is kind of from what you can see and hear you may think that it's calm here but overnight and early in the morning we are heard and these are where they songs that were to die they have very exhausted been very tired of the situation and they had hopes that this ceasefire will be extended and that will help bring peace to this part of the country but now these hopes are fading really financial reporting well let's look back up the ceasefire the field to hold it was announced ten days ago in an attempt to restore peace in the east kiev on the self-proclaimed republics met for the first time and agreed to seven day truce then on wednesday the legal permission for the use of russia's military force in ukraine was cancelled president putin's request two days later the truce was extended for seventy two hours with government forces promising to abide by it on monday moscow

invited international monitors on the ukrainian military to work together on the russia ukraine border to russian journalists have come under fire near lugansk in eastern ukraine and a shell exploded near a reporter on come on working for rent t.v. the reporter spoke to a shortly afterwards. after we filmed an interview there was a sudden explosion i don't know where it came from we were thrown to the side like dole's newbie cameramen and the whole self-defense fighters that were with us there was howling in my ears i've never heard anything like it we were quickly given first aid and sent to the hospital. comes just a day after a cameraman from russia's channel one was killed in a shooting near a military base in eastern ukraine there is also obvious autopsy have not been made public according to medics two bullets hit him one in his stomach which proved fatal the bullet tore through the man's body which is characteristic of an assault

rifle round hitting and on protected target a commemoration ceremony for the man will be held in moscow tomorrow wednesday. since the beginning of the conflict five journalists have been killed and several wounded including one from police service and correspondents for various other russian news channels have been apprehended interrogated and even beaten while working there and now a ukrainian t.v. station says one of its crews has been detained in lugansk by self defense fighters . by ordering a new offensive ukraine's recently elected leader has willingly and fully accepted responsibility for the bloodshed in the east so said lot of mir putin while speaking to top russian diplomats earlier today he added that despite efforts by both him and his european counterparts they were unable to influence kiev ortiz paul scott as more. well it was the latest events in the east of ukraine which resonated most strongly during president vladimir putin speech the russian

ambassador is here in moscow he stated that he believes a continuing ceasefire was the only way to secure long term pace for the troubled region however he adds that the recent cease fire although a start was relatively futile that's because no meaningful dialogue or negotiation began between the two sides he also says that ukrainian president. now takes full responsibility for events in the east of the country. but unfortunately president pershing co made the decision to resume the military operation we my counterparts in the western media were unable to persuade him that long lasting peace cannot be achieved through. mr pershing did not have anything to do with the previous some not the regime but now he has taken full responsibility for the continuation of this military campaign while the president also went on to add that he believed the ukrainian military were deliberately targeting russian journalists

in the east of the country he says that those that try and stop the flow of information are those that commit crimes those that have the most to fear and the most to lose putin also added that if russia felt that its territory or its citizens were under threat then all options remain on the table these included he said political and economic moves as well as self-defense. for the full video of president putin speech as well as highlight and discussion head over to r.t. dot com where you'll also find much more background on the feelings mentioned. or analysis of ukraine's current situation we're now joined live by political writer john white john thanks for joining us indeed russia's president putin has said this cease fire was the last avenue to peace for ukraine do you think there's no chance now for a peaceful end. well i think the last thing that needs to be acknowledged and laid over these events is the remarkable restraint sure by the russian government in the

fisa court has a humanitarian crisis over this western border and the strain is all the more remarkable when you consider that russia possesses the wherewithal and the ability to crush and ukrainian military forces being deployed against its own citizens if it so wish within a matter of days but the reality is that pushing cool the billionaire all the guy who is the president of that is human he is a reckless adventure of a few moustache or so what kind of backing is the west giving this man knowing as he must will that he is facing disaster if he continues on this course he has just signed an association agreement with the e.u. and is this what the e.u. has become an organization exception to and rights to its embrace a government the need in the blood of his own citizens. not fronts on germany when

speaking to president putin and. courted this ceasefire how will they react now when it's not happening. well i mean at this point it's clear that responsibility for the violence the escalation of violence lies with kiev and with washington who is allowing this to continue or let's be clear we should arrest we mean washington washington who is the trump card when it comes to mr porter shameful and these actions so will be very hard for any western government to accept the war is going. he have trying to do. it as a terrorist activity in the east and eastern ukraine people have risen up against for the consider to be an illegitimate government which will please the last democratically elected government in ukraine which was led by down a covert which would have caused in their body by more so unless the west can real pressure on mr poroshenko and stop rewarding him with trade deals with subsidies

with money with association arguments then really we're looking at a disaster it's inevitable i'm afraid on the other side of the coin is of course that most of moscow's proposals on deescalation have been rejected by kiev but the u.s. still sees moscow must do more to help ease the situation what could they want russia to actually do. what they want to do is what we want every nation to do in the world they want russia to bend the knee to the rest of washington the problem we displayed mr putin's reason and statesman like address. washington cannot conceive of any relationship in the world with anyone other than on terms of its own domination so what mr putin is asking for is a change in mindset a main say which replete work which holds true to what such as domination of germany rather than cooperation and respect and partnership and so violently and

then talk about main st jean jews i'm afraid that mr putin seems as whistling in the wind political writer john white great to get your input today thank you. now it's far from being calm and peaceful even in the capital kiev angry mob has been blocking the exit of the ukrainian parliament. i mean. shots were reportedly fired into the air as the crowd vented its anger over the poor economic state of the country or key demand was that banks convert all loans to the local currency. well you can see the value of the review has plummeted against the dollar the euro the coup followed by political instability and now a vicious fighting in the east of the country as all contemplated to the currencies fall but neither president poroshenko has inked a trade pact with the e.u. there are fears that financial troubles may worsen in the short term the new

agreement paves the way for toughest parity and experts warn it could potentially turn the country into an economic club of greece. moving on it's come to light that the top commander of the american mercenary company block water threatened to kill government officials sent to investigate the firm the story broken by the new york times shows the instant was recorded in state department documents all the way back to the iraq war what's indeed worse special agents could do nothing about it because of blackwater's power at the time even the american embassy in baghdad sided with the mercenaries the incident allegedly took place just weeks before one blackwater unit killed seventeen civilians in the iraqi capital over the years the u.s. government has been accused of using the company to do its dirty work abroad blackwater is believed to have assisted the cia's drone mission in pakistan the government paid out millions of dollars to the contractor in afghanistan and a lot of it to have its own military bases but despite rebranding and renaming the

company has failed to escape its past those marina portnoy explains when a newspaper publishes an exclusive story it's usually explicitly promoted like a journalistic badge of honor the new york times published a bombshell revelation monday but millions of readers may have. actually overlooked the story due to the innocuous headline that was buried on the margin of the front page see here it says before shooting in iraq morning on black water well what this headline does not convey is that block orders top manager in iraq threatened to kill a state department official who was investigating the company back in two thousand and seven according to the new york times this happened as jean richter a diplomatic security special agent and his colleague discovered a long list of contract violations and misconduct by the security company a company paid more than one billion dollars to protect american diplomats in iraq

the reported death threat occurred when the state department investigator met with blackwater's project manager during questioning the block order official reportedly told the investigator quote that he could kill me at that very moment and no one could or would do anything about it as we were in iraq unquote according to the new york times u.s. embassy officials in baghdad sided with blackwater over the dispute and the state department agents were ordered to leave the country because their probe disrupted the embassies relationship with the hired mercenaries the revealing story was written by two time pulitzer prize winning american journalist and author james risin a man who the obama administration has been actively attempting to imprison for refusing to reveal his sources you see this is the type of story the white house does not want disclosed to the public and based on the boring headline critics

believe that the new york times considered a friend of the obama administration wasn't too eager to publicize the amazing scoop a story that shows just how much power blackwater wielded in iraq and the culture of impunity it operated in. r.t. new york. after the. threat they intimidated us state department agents tried to stay out of sight in iraq refusing even to eat dinner in public the mercenaries they reported behaved as if they were above the law and ran the place former u.s. state department official peter of unpure and told us everyone knew blackwater was out of control the state department was so afraid of its mission in iraq being slowed down or delayed by replacing blackwater as a contractor that they were willing to accept almost any standards of behavior out of the company in order to continue the contract even though they understood it was detrimental to us aims blackwater was an organization out of control in iraq and we

now have absolute proof that the state department who was supposed to control them knew that they were out of control knew that they were dangerous people knew that they were acting contrary to u.s. policy aims and did nothing after a short break we'll bring you a report about the expectations that western oil companies have with the conflict in iraq. but i'll talk to my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports and let me put it to the no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point them to say to secure a car that's on the docket to know that i. think you know more weasel words. when you think you know a direct question be prepared for

a change when you when you should be ready for a. freedom of speech and a little bit on the freedom to watch. dramas that try to be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. things is changing the world right now. so picture this day. from around the. globe. welcome back the un has named june the deadliest month for iraq this year with twenty four hundred people killed there in the past thirty days alone all vote

because of a sweeping offensive by radicals who declared on islam a caliphate in the northeast of the country are moving towards the capital the bloodshed is fracturing iraqi society with the kurd minority reportedly planning to hold an independence referendum in the coming months kurdish authorities are already demanding more political powers from the central government but as to reports some western energy companies are ready to cash in on the divisions on violence. with iraq on the brink of all out civil war for oil giants such as b.p. and shell pulled workers from oil fields in the south and east of the country earlier this month but north of kirkuk the semi autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan is an oasis of tranquility and smaller british oil companies are reaping the benefits take for example canal energy run by former b.p. boss tony hayward the company recently started pumping oil from its brand new k r i pipeline which runs from the semi autonomous region of iraqi kurdistan over to

turkey from where kurdish oil and gas can be sold to international markets for smaller british oil companies such as canel headquartered here in london working in kurdistan is beneficial they get access to oil reserves in the north of iraqi kurdistan and in turn the money that they pay for it increases the financial independence of a separatist region that's desperate to break away from the rest of iraq where jihadist groups are running riot iraqi kurdistan insists that they have the moral and constitutional right to export their own oil with canelo bypassing the central government baghdad however isn't happy about it refusing consent to get mel's planned exports and even stepping in with an arbitration suit to stop the first batch of oil from being sold on world markets the iraqi government is accusing the

cordage. national oil. company. in one. could be. that process analysts say that iraq's crumbling all authority could be beneficial for smaller british oil companies which don't get a look in on oil fields run by corporate giants in southern iraq too small to really. for all the fields in iraq so what about a bet if you're getting one quarter. away with never. never. can now energy isn't the only british royal family to operate in kurdistan gulf keystone owns several sites in kurdish north iraq the city now in production with their oil and canals pipeline that runs directly from the region these small british players could be in store

for massive profits while the baghdad likes it or not. r.t. london. also lots more news and views online waiting for you including. instead of the usual barbecues and fireworks two time u.s. presidential candidate ron paul has invited his fellow citizens to celebrate the fourth of july in a slightly different manner by opposing the government which he considers to be ironical about why paul suggests this course of action on our web site and also their. release eight three to see him a sign like a new vacuum cleaner but it's actually what scientists have named the planet which in their opinion is the most earth like yet they find this super earth and how it might be able to support life i don't know. japan's ruling parties have agreed to lift a self-imposed ban on overseas military operations for the first time since world war two this decision to change the constitution provoked

a wave of protests the following footage contains graphic scenes one even went so far as to seven self on fire he's currently in hospital while the latest rally outside the prime minister's office in tokyo gathered around ten thousand people and even led to clashes but police the protesters criticize the government for failing to hold a referendum on the issue. the change may affect the balance of power in the region is japan could not help its allies fight overseas at the same time the u.s. is the point more troops to the. eighty thousand plus military personnel at more than forty bases right across the asia pacific region while some experts don't see the new change as particularly serious others warn it could have grave consequences in case of a future conflict. further . your impact more it would be united you know. a little

bit. this why the japanese prime minister to essentially change the constitution i see we have two very powerful countries china japan and japan is as a military alliance with the united states so just circe any kind of dust up between japan and china then we're talking back to nuclear powers butting heads and i'm a little surprised that people are not maybe more concerned about this situation and they are. members of the u.k. independence party have not exactly given the warmest of welcomes to a new session of the european parliament headed by leader nigel farage they turn their backs on the orchestra started to play the e.u. anthem to mark the beginning of the session it was part of a way to express their protest against policies along with the reelection of the

parliament's president they claimed returning german socialist martin schultz to the post was a don't deal even before the vote. after the break an eye opening report on the work of doctors involved in the torture of detainees to stay with r t international. have you ever heard the expression pleasantly surprised well that is how i felt when i heard that the supreme court of the united states had ruled the digital information on cell phones of arrest of people cannot be seized without a warrant finally the american people catch a break in a court decision this ruling is linked to the two cases in which the police used information on a suspect telephone to press for further charges against them i think this is the

most important aspect of this decision is the press that it sets the court said that just because a cell phone is in a suspects hand it does not make the information on it any less worthy of protection for which the founding fathers fought so could we extend this to say something like just because i have a telephone or computer that doesn't make the information on them unworthy of protection from the n.s.a. or the privacy invaders the thing is that the supreme court decision is a good start but the police using your cell phone against you upon arrest is just the tip of the privacy destruction iceberg if the members of the highest court in a land really do feel that the founding fathers fought to protect our privacy then they have a lot of paperwork and court decisions ahead of them to restore it but that's just my pain.

after seven years in prison come into what was finally released eric munto though kept his promise to be in kabul when the young man arrived. and smothered couldn't even recognize sam i just see it physically changed so much because it was just a boy and he apparently had a certain shape to the back of his head trauma either for whatever and she. was in total disbelief until she felt the shape of his head and then at that point she collapsed on the floor. in the case of involvement of health professionals when does it rise to the level

of national scandal. how many more revelations about physician involvement about research about approval of interrogations from people who are clearly injured to be injured again. how much more. the american public does not hear much about dr involvement in detainee abuse since the abu ghraib scandal both administrations have gone to great lengths to present detainee treatment as humane we are not in. that room. right now they're going to treat them humanely and. react to their answer. the press is given tours that modern medical facilities in guantanamo and army psychologist who report on the condition of detainees make no mention of symptoms of trauma. with diagnosis.