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pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm researcher. on from moscow at ten pm russian german french ukrainian top diplomats outline a new peace road map of the ukraine both kiev and government forces to commit to a cease fire. as these pictures come out so late. images showing what's left of a village in east ukraine after another obvious by kiev forces nine people reportedly killed in the area clearing a five year old child. really police clash with crowds of protesters after reports of a palestinian teenager now being abducted and killed in jerusalem as israel's vows to continue its push against hamas following the deaths of three jewish teet.
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and jobless militants make fresh gains on the border between syria and iraq after the white house lines up half a billion dollars to help the moderate syrian rebels. in this is art international a top story developing story tonight last hour the russian foreign minister and his german french and ukrainian counterparts of just outlined a new pace road map for ukraine after yet another round of talks on how to try to end the deadly crisis look at what the top diplomats agreed to ensure a mutual commitment to a truce is crucial they said to any peace efforts the foreign ministers also agreed that the opposing sides must sit down at the go sit in table by july the fifth and two there were a good night in welcoming russia's initiative to invite ukrainian border guards and
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oversee observers to participate in monitoring border crossings peter all of has been listening in to joins me now live from berlin hi there peter what else was said. well we heard from all foreign ministers that there was a need for a ceasefire there was a need for peace fair frank wall to the german foreign minister said that there was a clear understanding that a ceasefire was needed following the recent violence that we've seen bush's surrogate love for all said that there enough knowledge that there had been violations on both sides during the previous cease fire. comes from disagreement and you cease fire should be used for meaningful dialogue and dialogue only. marie but if this is my way to be used to regroup forces on i had a saying it's a dream to realize the pot should you go off and he's creamier the president's plan
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on which we had grave reservations for example to the effect that will have gradualism lives r.c.i. does. and eighty eight then this would be a course of action that i would categorically you have a check that i would refuse out of hand and i think it would be also very bad indeed for neighboring country. for all false said it was asked a question about russia's influence over any body in the east any armed groups in the east if ukraine he said russia did have influence but it must be recognized that those people in the east of ukraine were fighting to defend their land to defend their families and called on the ukrainian authorities in kiev to respect any new cease fire. peter all over in berlin thanks for that for now well as the politics continue and the politicians continue to try to do their best and write a solution here meantime the own going violence in the east of ukraine the smalling had a devastating impact on one village just kilometers outside the city of lugansk gotta
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warn you some of the pictures coming up here sadly upsetting a man here showing what's left of his mother his closest relatives and his neighbors bodies torn apart houses razed to the ground with black smoke still coming out of the ruins this is the aftermath of this morning's attack by forces witnesses say they were hit by an airstrike from what looked and sounded like a fighter jet locals say an entire row of craters is clearly visible on the ground as you can see the place is almost completely devastated by the army shelling continued overnight across two cranes east here's a security camera video from the city of several donetsk in the defiant lugansk region it shows an explosion apparently caused by a mortar shell in a residential area despite president poroshenko pledging not to target the civilian population and in the neighboring donetsk region these pictures are coming through from the city of slavyansk which is of course in some of the worst fighting since
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the beginning of the military operation if you've been tracking this ever more pictures of destroyed buildings are emerging from the city where electricity and water supplies have been almost completely cut off residents say they're too scared to step out of their homes even to get food. he's not because of for that but that for the political. markets today that will put them up with that and other can put the colonel's book where no democrat numbers are like he was just because one billion but was up because everybody outside was in the us are going to put anybody to chill most days you think you know usually you sure are several hours someone goes in there for several as far as they were doing but they're sure you said it should only news jeff good ones get first begin the game first divided the people in which. he had always said when there's nobody at the ready just the boys but he gathered up what you perceive what it. is easier but isn't this just gives us another you assemble what is it that you want to add about it must be
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a good look at that did that let us all know you got yours on the thing you were busy then yes what it was do you get us wondering if someone did the it that he wanted that she knew now that the fighting has led many women to flee their homes in eastern ukraine to try to get the children to safety but there are some who have decided to stay and take obama's rif an option a found out catarina is twenty one years old she's a trained medic with a passion for nature and painting. and she can assemble a kalashnikov in seconds she says she's a good shot to. have you ever had to kill anyone. yes i have it wasn't self-defense it was them who approached not us catarina belongs to eastern ukraine's self-defense forces she started on the frontline as unknowns but soon to go. but the problem is that she sees the people she's fighting against as
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mere pools in a big game over some of those who are responsible they send young boys to kill us and die for them they hide behind that most of them are young they have no choice and they come to kill us. as a self-defense checkpoint outside lugansk catarina meets a lesson she's in charge here and then one is noticed a few days ago i went to a hairdresser and i saw a woman there a client she was looking at me with her eyes wide open it turned out i had forgotten to take my place off it happens. she sees no contradiction in her current status. this is what happens during wartime we don't even ask they just come to your land i was just an ordinary woman i even cook quite well. catarina and a lesser a far from the only two in these women from ukraine's east and south have a strongly warded message for female fighters on the other side but you get it that there is a little pressure to lead to that thirty ninth my done women's battalion girls you
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either stop doing this or you'll see still exist if you continue to seek information about our men you your men will die. the paramilitary battalion the addressing fines for the new government and for national unity and it's still growing. today then why don has reached the five billion with the latest censorship he has embraced the whole country. with orders what haven't we learned and i think i'm going to have set off for dinner and look around and they need your help not. the out of this battalion is also an assistance to ukraine as you defense minister . do not see a reprisals working for the common good of each of us many of the preserve their own dignity as i realized i would be seen as an antiseptic this is why they have a role when a woman drove a business means they were. kill me if the opportunity presented i thought why did the senate have to hold my firearm close. we are also waging
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a battle for hearts amongst the secret any bounds considers itself patriotic but some seats that are expressed ultranationalist. would. be proud. but the real conflict is being felt here and with growing numbers joining both sides every day some fear it's passing the point of no return. reef national party in eastern ukraine. russia's emergencies ministry setting up new temporary shelters for refugees from ukraine and calling to the un around one hundred ten thousand people have already fled to russia to try to escape the dark humanitarian situation in the region which is way below moscow's estimate incidentally we're kind of out of the minute but the u.s. state department speeds even the lower figure. in this situation u.n.h.
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the i.r.s. estimate of the number of people moving across the ukrainian border comes directly from russian government source is who the face is they have not always been entirely accurate here and just a couple of points on this that i know there's been some questions u.n.h.c.r. statement did not say that one hundred ten thousand refugees fled ukraine into russia what is said is that number of people had crossed the border at some point that could be to go visit their grandmother and come back well as washington's line it only goes the influx of refugees has led russian regions bordering ukraine to declare a state of emergency officials say them to accommodate thousands every day. the russian migration service puts the total number of people in fact who fled the violence in ukraine four hundred thousand but it's not only officials who've been helping when it comes to the schools of refugees trying to escape the horrors of war many russian citizens have been ready to throw a lifeline to they've posted large numbers of messages on social networks offering
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accommodation clothing jobs you see some examples of the shoulder there there's help coming from all parts of russia with offers coming in from call all corners of the country you know in the west bank thanks the israeli police have clashed with hundreds of protesters demanding justice for the killing of a palestinian teenager his body was found in a forest near jerusalem a suspected he was kidnapped and murdered in revenge for the deaths of those three jewish boys they were abducted nearly three weeks ago and found dead on monday in the west bank with israel blaming the palestinians hamas for the murders the deaths of made headlines around the world. that sense of anger and that sense that there will be some retaliation for these deaths is becoming increasingly apparent that his promise to make one last pay for the three teenagers found dead on monday so there is a huge amount of grief the discovery of the grim discovery of the three bodies of those israeli teenagers late yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu
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said the three teenagers were murdered in cold blood by what he described as animals. in a letter of condolence president barack obama said the killing of the jewish boys had left him feeling indescribable pain he also words to all parties to refrain from steps that could destabilize the situation in the region but despite president obama's calls for peace the israeli prime minister had this to say he said he's ready to step up measures against a mass and punish the group further and in the past two days israeli defense forces have launched dozens of rocket strikes on targets inside gaza where several missiles were also fired from the strip to meantime the i.d.f. says listing on facebook their achievements so far according to the israeli army over two thousand houses have been raided since the start of the operation hundreds of palestinians arrested dozens of hamas offices closed together with media outlets to at the very bottom of the page they voted bring to justice all those involved in
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the deaths of the teenagers as you can see but on the other side of it hundreds of palestinian families are grieving over their own children's deaths which have largely gone on notice by the international media and these figures here show more than fifteen hundred palestinian children have been killed and six thousand injured by israeli forces since the year two thousand that means one palestinian child has been killed every three days activist moustapha booties says international media those repeatedly chose to turn a blind eye to israel's deadly record. it is very important for the world media to remember to mention not only the three israelis killed but also the eleven palestinian killed who among whom there are three children who were also killed in cold blood by the israeli army itself which also mounts to war crimes israeli army has been killing palestinians in cold blood for several years we are talking about
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thousands and thousands of palestinians were killed by the israeli army and tens of thousands of people who were injured during forty seven years of military occupation the israeli army now is demolishing houses and taking collective actions of punishment against the people whom they think are accused of being responsible for the killing of the settlers without presenting any simple proof of that they are responsible and the actions of collective punishment are continuing also in the form of air raids on gaza which the israeli army is using to provoke reactions from palestinians and then presenting these the avidity actions as. cause as the reason for their price of behavior in gaza strip and in other places and palestinian territories. coming up tonight global internet firms from countries including the u.s. and zimbabwe a guy you know probably u.k.'s spy industry just a minute there we were pulled only on president a joint action against g c h cute with rich use of the web as
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a spy tool also coming up to the next few minutes we'll tell you but greece's plans to create new high security prisons that are already being compared but human rights activist to guantanamo. is the media leave us so we leave the media. part of the scene push to secure the play your part of the physical. issues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from. politics. mark t. m abby martin the stories we cover here are not going on here in iraq our big story the extranet life and talk of reason they don't want to now point that. out now let's break the set.
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speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks of the ip interviews intriguing story for you to. see arabic to find out more visit arabic t.v. . the plan to create new high security prisons in greece has seen activists compare the project to the notorious. facility thousands of inmates across the country went on hunger strike against the bill which goes to parliament on thursday in a statement the prisoners say they're fighting to remain human instead of becoming forgotten shadows and a farmer discussed the protest with artie's when a cost for those who recently returned from assignment in athens. it all started on
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the eighteenth of june and then every day after that more and more prisoners across the country joined in the hunger strike in total there were around four and a half thousand prisoners across the country who were starving themselves and they couldn't take it any longer which is why they stopped and i said that i will continue fighting for what they believe in and otherwise what are they fighting for they are against this bill which envisions a tightening of restructure of the country's penal code and also the creation of type c. scenes across the country and they claim that this will be like mowbray so in general they're saying that the condition in prison is already wrong plus they don't want to see the creation of a new one which potentially could be worse so what's been the government's response to those arguments presumably believes that these things should go ahead yes and also we know that the country's main opposition party series that tried to reason with and please consider in this bill and they asked them to hold off on it until they can get a chance to visit some of these prison facilities but that request was denied we
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actually managed to speak to one of the prisoners his face is covered on the voice was altered because wanted to he asked us to protect his identity so let's listen to what he had to say about what life was like in these persons who say no to the green maybe to a prison inside a prison without any rights without any future prisoners who have completed one fifth of their sentences should be allowed to visit their families we live filthy conditions in mice and cockroaches there are no doctors here illness they just give us ask their prisoners here we have no money so nobody gives them anything to eat we find cockroaches and the prison food is disgusting it's better to eat nothing then to eat this food five prisoners live in a cell designed for two now the same problem as the fact that persons don't have money and i was there and then even though the government is saying the situation is improving in the country when you talk to people they believe that nothing is
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changing they don't see their lives. proven at all there are more tumors and protein in athens every single day on various social. fury of a go but on more snooping has been brewing for a while it seems that it's reached a tipping point with the group of foods from six countries to me up to spy agency click to virtual goods to see huge queue details no more correspondent. the u.k. government is effectively being sued by a group of internet service providers they come from a number of different countries including the u.k. the us and germany now it is reportedly the first time that an internet host has gone to court over alleged government spying now they say that g c h q is using malware or malicious software as it's termed in order to break into their networks and spy on their customers communications online now legal action is going through a very special london court it's called the investigatory powers tribe you know and
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it's their job to look into claims or complaints over the misuse of government surveillance now you can imagine that this court's caseload has got somewhat larger in the wake of the edward snowden revelations and of course later this month they're going to be looking into complaints from human rights organizations the way that social media sites like facebook like twitter have been targeted by g c h q now two m.p.'s have also sued the u.k. government through this court over claims that their communications were monitored as well so as i've just said in the wake of the edward snowden affair with the public debate still very much taking place over mass government surveillance these fresh and unprecedented legal moves from the internet service providers are unlikely to be the last. got some great stories online tonight making sure
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explosives get no in french airports is arguably one of the primary tasks but what if the cops can't find the bomb the planted at the terminal themselves during training is exactly what happened in marsay if you read faces there you can find all of their of par at r.t. the calm. in oxford university d.n.a. experts spends a year testing samples of fur and hair purportedly to have been shared by yetis abominable snowman another unexplained creatures so they do exist then or do they check out what he found at r.t. dot com. jadis militants from isis have overrun a key syrian border turn after pouring in reinforcements from neighboring iraq the takeover comes two days after isis declared an islamic state on the syrian and iraqi territory currently holds this verified video now apparently shows the bulletins parading tanks and other combat vehicles in eastern syria there's
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a missile also rolled out what appears to be a scud ballistic missile although it's not clear from this video anyway if it's operational the isis advance was rapid and it comes hope so hot on the heels of washington releasing half a billion dollars of military support to the syrian opposition a move which is therefore still fresh fears that the u.s. is inadvertently aiding the jihadists london based journalist and activist chandan believes foreign powers are trying to divide and conquer the middle east. the western plan for the region unfortunately for the people of the region impacted has become has because come to pass in the interest of the west which is knocking out strategic anime's of the region particularly libya and be stabilizing syria and then going on to divide and destroy the whole regions they did see all this coming and they planned for this coming this is nothing new what we're seeing in the region is the same alliance or forces that are arrayed against the people of the region that we saw since the second world war when when london and washington were
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allied particularly with the gulf monarchies in supporting the so-called muslim brotherhood and other much more violent sectarian forces in the region against those countries and states and leaderships which were actually delivering land reform social reform distribution of wealth and the nonaligned pro global sell or pro at the time quote quote unquote third world policy. i says doesn't receive any direct help from the west but the militants previously seized a fair share of u.s. aid to moderate syrian opposition forces washington to temporarily suspend supplies at the flood gates emerged again with a five hundred million dollar aid package but as artie's one important explains the u.s. maintains it's not responsible for fueling the violence in the region all over the arab world and their guy has left behind its military footprint but i believe america is exceptional. in part because we have shown a willingness through the sacrifice of blood and treasure to stand up not only for our own narrow self-interest but for the interests of all america's exceptional
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armed forces have invaded afghanistan and iraq dropped bombs on libya pakistan and yemen and reportedly trained rebels fighting to overthrow the government in syria. directly leading to the insurgency in iraq who are extremists have now declared their own caliphate down enough to just say that we are exceptional one way or the other the reason we can point to american exceptionalism is because we've done exceptional things and we do exceptional for. we have to live up to that standard but time and time again washington's eagerness to involve itself in foreign conflicts has fueled sic tarion divisions creating an exceptionally dangerous circumstance the us policy unfortunately lately has destroyed and made a mockery of the main you know what they have done in libya what they have done through
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you and continue to do it whether done in iraq. it is all fun thing that. doesn't jive with claiming any kind of exceptionalism and yet in each case washington has washed its hands of any responsibility the united states of america is not responsible for what happened in libya nor is it responsible for what is happening in iraq today in the absence of u.s. military action in iraq is warning that it could ask iran to carry out airstrikes against the hardest group isis that could throw a wrench into the works of american foreign policy potentially having to rely on an adversary to defeat a threat that washington itself is blamed for indirectly creating. breena port niamh r.t. . more all the big news stories that cost twenty four seven a website r.t. dot com but again just print thirty five minutes time for the next live update
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after the break though we invite you to get another look down the scenes here at r.t. the latest episode of news t.v. . is about seven years old it's one of the largest ten cities on the east coast of america and it's got about one hundred people here just because of economic the cost of housing in this area is measured. it is very high and i believe as an american we have a right. tree about or to possess public land until something is created that's my house you see back there live it set them to well good at least then stand in the rest of us if we hadn't done that we wouldn't have been home i want to go we don't just how do you know people who didn't see we don't anybody that needs
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help so tell your friend to just give us more take care of them all of us think i'm never going to get a sense of the internet when one thousand of them got a place to live once on monday i'll be out here with my dog. for it's probably the most complex and difficult human activity. all of us are still locked up. in the phenomenon of friendly fire probably extends back to the invention of gunpowder. to kill a bunch of people you know don't know the one thing on their premises there are a us people. reading. this some of
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them shoots my brother in the leg not intentional because it because it was night time for the morning even the best even the belch shoulders. are going to make mistakes does this whole idea of brotherhood an author and an end come broader in the sense that was it in this context that has absolutely no place. well in the new little drama and a lot of the bank of new policies i can sometimes get a moment. a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today i'm sure.
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they're nice today and signs of more interest for a worse a secret pastry. many many of. those red square demonstrators refuse to believe that kate saying exactly what it was supposed to see the claim i'm still. a little. bit. crazy.

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