so picture. from roads to. this is r.t. international tonight more residential areas come under fire in east ukraine where people say they are living in constant fear of shelling even though the president promised not to endanger civilians. elsewhere israeli police fired tear gas on palestinian protesters venting their anger at what they say was a revenge killing of a teenager as thousands joined his funeral in east jerusalem. back to iraq the top general of the united states says the country may actually launch an assault on isis insurgents the arabia since thirty thousand troops to the border sparking fears of an armed invasion.

good evening i'm kevin oh it is ten pm now here in moscow our top story more pledges from kiev to commit to a cease fire but the shells and the bullets continue being fired in east ukraine all the while bringing more misery to the people there for the villages of. it's been a particularly tragic week culminating with friday today with the funeral of one of the conflicts youngest victims r.t. was there just hours after they always were left in ruins by an airstrike today grieving locals buried their dead. we've divided the family believed beautifully. you could you do with the money to put it down and they would like it was. it would you do if you got real home with the bump on luggage what if you thought it was

a good to see you up with. the if. it isn't you. you. meanwhile anti government forces say a woman speak killed and several injured in an army attack on a key regional city of lugansk which is again one of the centers of anti care of resistance it came under a new dog hillary fire overnight shells landed told a local cancer hospital as you can see coming up the building was badly damaged we'll show those pictures a bit later if they were but i was think they were the pictures this is the city of crime and now we have slightly out of sync so there the pictures lugansk as you can see a lot of mess the pieces of shelves debris windows broken now let's go to crime

atolls because it said another main target of kiev's assault residential areas they have been hit we shells exploding near a playground and to government forces say one man's been killed twenty injured in the recent attacks there. but he is very you know it take you there might be a mood very quiet let it go is no good you're used to me it. is that you. got the larger lot bob dole but. joe i'm still me you know you were there you. could do you. know you can skid you're going to do did you used good news because you could lose these. other developments several areas the russian border with ukraine been hit by ukrainian army mortar rounds multiple shells at the same checkpoint indeed where russian border guard was injured in a similar incident two weeks ago local authorities say this latest attack hasn't

caused any casualties but has damaged several key infrastructure facilities while the shells landed in front of a bus station no vehicles were at the time thankfully but a t.v. crew from russia's channel five did get caught up in that shelling but. we do see what's happening this is russian territory these are shells hitting russian territory and they're coming in from ukraine they are filling in russian region near the border with ukraine when the shells came down the journalists say they saw and heard at least nine explosions as they tried to flee to safety a correspondent kramer from our shows witness similar explains what it's like for people in the region. we hear heavy a to rebel argument or there is no specific time it could happen early in the morning or late in the night and many times during the day and just seconds before we go in there we heard it again it's not far from where we are now just ten twenty kilometers away from the scene tenants. to different directions just on wednesday

we visited the village of static in the short twenty five kilometers north of lugansk where several civilians were killed and we. we've witnessed of the fighting at the time when we were there shortly after the bottom and happened and today we came back to this village because they were funerals of this five year old boy and his father and three other residents and further questions out of five coffins today were closed because there were no bodies but actually pieces of. bodies and on the way back from the sewage from the funerals again the shelling started and one we think that this time tanks were used and one of the shells landed no more than thirty meters away for us when we were driving by so it becomes very dangerous to move here because the region and while we have a choice to go or not to go local residents those who decided to stay and leave

their everyday life or those who decided to flee they don't have this choice and they have to move and they say that they fear more or more for their lives roof an optional correspondent in the region as the reports of casualties continue president poroshenko for his post print pledging he would not home civilian since the truce and it indeed all monday. we don't want us to but we will one and we will liberate our land producing it is ukraine's armed forces the national guard and rather divisions will never use force against civilians we will never target residential areas in school because the ukraine's president also proposed the time and place now for the next run a negotiation with representatives of all the self-proclaimed republics in a phone conversation with the e.u.'s foreign policy chief catherine ashton so far we hear there's been no response from the other side but let's get some response from london martin macaulay's there is a russian analyst hi there martin nice to see you tonight how committed is

president poroshenko to these peace talks you think. well he has a major problem here because he wants the separatists in eastern ukraine to lay down their weapons so that negotiations can begin but the separatists will not lay down their left weapons have set up the federal republic of notice here they've set up a parliament they have a speaker the constitution and so on and they're digging in and declaring that they have an entity called the sea here which they want. to recognize and president poroshenko says no no we can't talk about that until you lay down your weapons and there's no more fighting this peace and then we can start to discuss we can get around the negotiating table so therefore long as you did continues there's no hope of a truce there's no hope of this violence stopping all part of said there'll be no targeting of civilians and yet we keep seeing it happening you know people have

been laid to rest today is it eight because bluntly is not telling the truth will be because he's not going got any control over the people that are firing on civilians here what's the picture. well the problem is it's called collateral damage what a military attacks in a civilian area in a city or a town it what it attacks the military targets almost certainly there will be civilian casualties collateral damage i don't fortunately this seems to be what's happening because it's very difficult to actually if you even chills play into shells at the military target. and it's quite easy then to miss the target and hit the civilians what we had yesterday the basement of a are what we heard yesterday for instance the target that was maybe that thereafter police there posed three or four kilometers away from where the shells actually went i think be more precise and that would be you know the not very skilled remember the ukrainian army has not actually done any fighting since one

thousand nine hundred one even before then went to the soviet army was lost fighting was in afghanistan so therefore. these soldiers are not of not very good at their job on fortunately martin thanks being on the line there sort of people brief but mostly your thoughts martha macauley author of rushing around list. ok you coming out warnings of a full scale gas crisis two looming for ukraine says it's been cut off now from russian supplies we look at whether europe's doing enough to avoid a cold winter. hundreds of palestinians have clashed with israeli police in east jerusalem after the funeral procession for a young palestinian teenager early a crowd of protesters threw rocks at officers injuring over a dozen while authorities in turn responded with tear gas and stun grenades israeli security forces were prepared it seems for unrest beforehand beefing up security in

and around the area tensions are far from receding in the region israel's mobilize its troops from gaza to after air strikes from both sides during the boys' funeral thousands of chanting and flag waving crowds gathered its coffin covered in a palestinian flag was carried by mourners through the streets of east jerusalem and suspected says that it was a revenge killing for the murders of three jewish teenagers which israel blames on hamas all searching for the killers israel's arrested hundreds of palestinians and raided thousands of homes in the west bank now he will rights activist raji surround he told me he thinks israel's gone too father. israel is pushing people to no choice nobody can accept them being good victim eleven pedophiles has been killed them and they lost it and nobody care for that eric you were there three beyond that are in the eye of the storm and in the right moving them as you posted what they did even in that with bank here brought all he brought only under feet

most of the with. two massive third going home to home just for in can we do to be humiliation of the people for a leader of the right building a god of the few we around. this be imminent invasion of gaza any minute and mean more to hundreds of people who would be killed and injured. up ahead bridges queen names the u.k.'s biggest ever warship while the future british nuclear defenses remains up for question ahead of scotland's independence referendum. washington's wait and see approach to the crisis in iraq could change the u.s. already has over seven hundred fifty troops in the country and is currently advising the iraqi army on how to defeat isis insurgents but that may not be enough america's top army general now is leaving the door open these countries increased military involvement german of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey says the

u.s. could launch an assault on isis militants if national interests require it or if the president gives the thumbs up currently the u.s. is gathering intelligence while the number of iraqi deaths continues to grow more than two thousand were killed in june alone meantime saudi arabia has reportedly begun amassing its troops along the border with iraq one arab media outlet said iraqi forces have withdrawn from the area although big baghdad is denying that you can next looks at what speed hind the saudi buildup. saudi arabia has reportedly sent thirty thousand troops to its border with iraq across that border is a cauldron of sectarian infighting the isis is sunni it's a radical sunni jihadist are well armed and well funded saudi arabia also sunni doesn't want to be officially associated with the isis but it's hardly an innocent bystander many of the isis is most violent frontline fighters are believed to be

saudi nationals there widespread reports that wealthy donors in saudi arabia had been funding the isis throughout their fight in syria and beyond riyadh may now say that it has nothing to do with the rise of this radical group that it itself is spread by it but experts believe saudi arabia has helped create the floors in ways more than just providing funding and fighters they need to think. that. and i think the. saudi arabia mean. a lot of their teaching go. to you. just in the span of several years bolstered by the fight against assad in syria the isis has advanced so far as to declare an islamic caliphate across the territories that it now controls both iraq and syria the question is whether saudi arabia sees the isis as a serious threat it has warned against foreign military into ference in iraq and

now iran is reportedly sending fighter jets to help the iraqi government fight the jihad as army. will saudi arabia sit still lots of questions one thing is clear the coltrane of sectarian tensions is only getting more explosive in washington i'm going to check out our. well middle east affairs journalist told me how the saudis is seeking to gain the upper house in the region but well beyond to into europe. two states which are involved in the isis approaching this is on the one hand we said already saudi arabia but on the other hand as well there is turkey we have saudi arabia is a country which is very much engaged in europe the saudi arabia is doing a lot already. if you go for example to boston you will see brand new mosques financed by saudi arabian foundations and this is not a liberal and not a tolerant slum they are preaching there and then we shouldn't forget that both

countries as well are allies of the west we have now the huge debate also in context of the isis debate off these so-called european volunteers joining the ice these forces and other easily missed forces in the middle east the what might happen when these people when these terrorists might come back with all the experience from a battleground this should be alarming this network we witness here so isis is maybe just the most violent and the most terroristic part of that network more world news small time informed comment on it to international right after this break. numbers were the people in queues independence square were not terrorists and the people of the boss they all the terrorists also just because we don't agree with

what kiev is trying to impose on us and stand by all rolled up conviction a civilian a couple of those would. be the economic ups and downs in the final months they would learn to deal sang i and the rest because i will be taking will be briefly on. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going to set our back story. a reason they don't want you to. point that. out now let's break the

set. well again another crisis is looming for ukraine it's decreasing natural gas reserves kev's already resorted to tapping its long term storage tanks after russia cut off supplies over unpaid bills and this is creating unease than in the e.u. this is the blocks energy chief indeed here says a domino effect he thinks is inevitable even for european powerhouse germany the fear is that unless you create starts filling up at storage facilities soon it may start siphoning gas off that was destined for europe that warning has already been voiced by gazprom this side and echoing those concerns russia's prime minister believes ukraine's troubles could balloon into a full scale gas crisis as soon as this autumn weeks from event of made that claim on his facebook page so let's pick this apart why it is so much concern about

a wider gas crisis in europe well let's take a look at the map it will make it very apparent indeed if countries receive gas from russia via multiple pipelines with a lion share of it goes through ukraine go moscow and stress that these supplies will continue as before no problems there but if the fears over siphoning off are released then europe won't get the gas it needs this winter we've seen it before in two thousand and six and two thousand and nine i spoke to david cox he's the managing director of london energy consulting he told me the e.u. could end up having to pay for the debt to get itself out of the mess here. we've taken the ukraine into our political sphere the ukraine economy is pretty much a basket case to be honest and if they can't pay their their gas bill even though they're being loaned the money to do so what will happen in the winter is that our european gas prices which are traded gas at the t.t.s. her been in holland or the german herb's will go up as a result of that lack of gas russian gas hitting europe when that happens all of

the consumer bills in western europe as well so it's a bit of a lose lose situation i said to the energy minister michael fallon that really. in the end we will have to pay that gas bill either ukrainians pay or we pay it one way or another there's not to be a direct payment by merkel writing a check to gazprom or putin that's not going to happen but i think they'll be via the ukraine they will put pressure europeans will put pressure on the ukraine to pay the gas bill before october that has to be done otherwise for european consumers will face hiker spills as a result. britain's queen elizabeth has unveiled the u.k.'s biggest warship with a ceremony in scotland versal which is named after the monarch is the first of two aircraft carriers being built at a cost of over six billion pounds it's expected to be emergencies last official engagement in scotland to before that referendum coming up on the country's independence in september. its birth is taking place in scotland which is

why the queen is christening the u.k.'s new super carrier with a whisky instead of champagne according to the u.k.'s defense secretary it's a demonstration of britain at its very best the royal navy has sixteen ships and submarines and two royal marines commando units based in scotland the s.n.p. has promised to maintain all military establishment in scotland in the event of independence but the problem is that at the moment there's simply no agreement over what would happen to britain's defense says if scotland were to leave the union the u.k.'s first seen lord has warned that the royal navy is already constrained by budget cuts and the split with scotland but further weaken the effectiveness of britain's maritime defenses since the s.n.p. say that they would abolish nuclear weapons in the event of a yes vote many questions surround the future of trying to end the u.k.

submarine base nuclear missile system that station in western scotland tridents unique deep water location is a key strategic importance as it provides quick access to the atlantic finding somewhere else to park the u.k.'s nuclear deterrent would be a long and complicated process there's likely to make nato extremely nervous scotland's had a historical role in the royal navy at the battle of trafalgar almost a third of nelson's men was gods but if they vote yes to independence britain's new us super aircraft carrier could be the last to be launched in scottish waters ali boyko r.t. . told about the possible implications for the u.k. and scotland to french forces with two british military experts. should scotland separate the remainder of the u.k. will still have defense forces all i would say is that if you have

a single unit tree force and you split it into two parts then it inevitably costs money to set up the other part with all the admin and things like that and it ends up less efficient so there will be less money effectively and we already don't spend enough on defense assuming that an independent scotland supplication to join nato was successful then. scotland would expect the rest of the nato organization to come to their aid and vice versa i think when we talk about defense and independence go to the all roads eventually lead to tried and now the government has said it would seek the speediest and safest removal of trident from scottish territory however other huge implications in that because there appears to be no where the trident fleet plus its warheads could go in the u.k. in the short to medium term and to move it would be hugely expensive and disruptive the cost of redeploying at the trident the ballistic missile submarines and the

weapons is huge particular if you try and do it very quickly there are places you could send them to over the long term but would the rest of you k. be willing to spend that extra money that's involved to do it and i'm not sure they would the fifty thousand jobs that depending on the defense industry in scotland what's going to happen to those jobs do you think if scotland says we're off i've talked to the head of some of the big firms that have small offshoots in scotland they will move south because the amount of money available for procurement within an independent scotland will be tiny and then these firms go where the money is the s.n.p. yes campaign does have to be more upfront with exactly how it sees those defense industry jobs being either reorientated or replaced by other types of industry. you follow the story to a you tube channel just to search for it. also one of their two gets new pictures in amongst the twenty two thousand other videos find that one hundred new york here

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germany's foreign intelligence agency spain arrested on suspicion of spying for the united states student questioning the suspect reportedly said he'd been gathering information about the ongoing parliamentary inquiry into n.s.a. activities in germany one of the whistleblowers who testified before the investigative committee on thursday believes current laws just aren't enough to curb mass surveillance. it doesn't it doesn't do what needs to be done i mean they need to have. they did have a process that does limits what n.s.a. looks at and can take in and store in its databases so that other like law enforcement or other agencies in the government can take advantage of it and use it illegally but fundamentally boils down to the respect for the rights of others and their rights to privacy and their their rights to be left alone that's the foundational of our constitution and you can take a look at that the storage facilities they're building you get an idea of how much they're taking in like a million square foot storage facility in bluffdale utah another six hundred

thousand square foot facility they're starting to build they started last summer in in fort meade on fort meade and then a four hundred thousand square foot facility they have down in san antonio and other stories that they've had existing all along at fort meade as well as other facilities around the world anger the way germany treats immigrants bowled over in berlin this week to dozens of refugees held out against eviction by police inside a disused school or threaten to torch the building and kill themselves the crisis only ended when the authorities agreed to turn said school into an international refugee center paper all of it witnessed the scene. when it comes to refugees the message from german leaders is clear. solidarity is first and foremost a basis for any relationship and a symbol of a democracy the refugees who arrive in the italian multis coast are not just up to it's really or malta to deal with however this is the reality around sixty people

are currently holed up in the abandon schoolhouse just behind me here in central and they're angry it's the way they see refugees being treated here in germany now what we have seen is say standoff between them and police a large group of demonstrators gather at either end of this street and they're angry at what they see as a double standard by the german government when it comes to refugee rights but if you find on that. supply the weapons that are used in the conflicts that man these people had to flee then we don't let them work and put them in countless when they get here yet because it's our laws that deal with these people are very repressive and inhumane that they make it so hard for people to stay here they're actually recognised as refugees from the you and convention but germany doesn't accept this status they just want to push them back into to delhi or departing back into their countries despite the words of the german president about doing more to help

refugees this district in berlin remains in uproar over what they see as hypocrisy and asylum peter all over the lead. the next live update from moscow with a cover now in thirty two minutes from now after the break though selfish of another say his firsthand accounts from families that fled the fighting in east ukraine. yes it's official the mainstream media must be made up of stereotypical gossipy teenage girls. i mean how else can you explain the fact that michelle obama using the term chipped has become a scandal at a white house summit on working families mrs obama explained that when she was working part time she realized she was getting chipped because she was actually

king full time but only getting paid the part time salary technically the term gypped is somewhat racist it implies the gypsies are all con men but in the modern world i think most people don't even know where the term comes from i doubt michelle obama likes a medieval peasant shield her children from wandering gypsies who could give them the evil eye i seriously question if there is any deep racial intent in the statement i personally would let the first lady off the hook but the question is would she do the same for me or any other person in the media probably not but thankfully for mrs obama she can't be fired from being the first lady only divorced or her husband's term ends now for me and every other person saying their opinion on camera we've got to be a lot more careful but that's just my opinion. we're all talking about language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports but. it was something.