our. civilian life is tested to the limits in eastern ukraine as government forces laid siege to the region's a biggest cities a blockade punctuated by deadly shelling. the number of palestinian casualties spirals as israel ramps up and attacks on gaza striking new targets while building up forces for a possible ground invasion. and the fallout from the latest n.s.a. scandal which revealed a possible double agent spying on berlin for washington since a german public demanding their country distances itself from or supposed to be a trusted ally.

is a day i'm here in the russian capital you live with us on r.t. international you with me to about what say. more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukraine and up metropolis the city of lugansk locals say they were hit while a dance fired by government forces. we don't have time to get the folks who didn't talk with the do you want to come with me to the cook was going to help with the remaining me going to. the ball a little bit of a period in the loading by the ukrainian military has been given orders to surround the two biggest cities in eastern ukraine and lugansk anti-government

forces currently control both extend of the influence marked by this area that we've marked here for you where if a national is an advance call for us and reports on how the city is taking to life and the siege. we don't leave hotel without bullet proof jackets both sides may be they will not talk of presidential areas but three second different. shells land in the city center for guns. is the interest for life. so now already but citizens here have little protection against mortar rounds and those who didn't flee face constant danger. over the last three days the city's residential areas have been hate each time we civilian casualties. this is the scene of the most recent attack we saw at least two craters on the road there and there and as you can see this

building was damaged well it used to be one of the city's banks and it could barely be a target of whoever is behind this attack so what it is the reason bus station it's one look away from here but most importantly rees one of three major headquarters bases all of self-defense forces here in the guns and experts say that that was the target but it's not less than one kilometer away from where we are now. as we're filming we hear about another shelling locals say it was a miracle that no one got hurt the book called. the fire just going out to the balcony and then i heard glass breaking and i realized we are being attacked rather than every you were on the balcony and you survived oh my god i don't know what to do where to hide where they're going to fire from the next time we go to invite us to what used to be his home broken glass litter is the floor. or the windows and

we go to these two room apartment have been shattered. i just got up and opened up the window then it came. this also happened on tuesday nine story apartment building on the outskirts of the city of the gods what was that mistake no one can say for sure both sides blame the other for the violence but whoever is responsible the violence is real and fear is spreading lugansk the second largest city in eastern ukraine it used to be home to more than four hundred thousand people these days you can see it looks like a ghost town it's not just shops banks and restaurants that have closed their doors post offices to have shocked so has the local police office a group of men gathers next to a bank in the center they're all workers lining to take out cash on payday they

don't trust the banks not seeking to speak to journalists are their. eyes you can see people do not want to talk they're angry nervous it's understandable. as the sun goes down a to a fire intensifies. evening is the most difficult time of the day people those who didn't flee the city preferred not to go outside to stay at home with their families friends would also better hurry out back to hotel tomorrow will be a new day a new fault. party is the new queen. mary is constantly posting updates on what's happening in lugansk on her twitter feed so feel free to follow her as as she documents life under siege. israel has intensified its all rocket fire on gaza hitting scores of targets the

idea of says all those who's been killed were militants although local authorities dispute the claim a middle east correspondent honestly is on the israeli palestinian border for us and joins us live paula there's a lobbying reports coming out from palestine in terms of numbers of casualties what we you know. well in the last twenty four hours twenty three palestinians have been killed among seven civilians including some teenage boys now they were killed when a house belonging to a had mass militia and. the ok we've just lost our policy where there are middle east correspondent will hope to get her in the next few minutes otherwise we'll have a next hour for more updates on the israeli story moving on still on that israel story israel has already shown at the world that its reaction to any aggression wouldn't be too long in coming but what has it achieved so far let's take

a look at that all back in two thousand and six that wage war on the eleven years has a lab far from being destroyed the group actually rose to power the same year israel started its series of a regular offensives on the guys are claiming in total more than one hundred thousand lives now meanwhile its war on hamas led up to the militant group forming a unity government with the leading palestinian political party fatah and it's well known that no wall does a country's reputation many favors in this case a recent poll suggests israel is now one of the most popular countries in the worlds. earlier we spoke to the israeli defense forces a spokesperson who says hamas is to blame for everything on the ground and israel is simply protecting its land and people. this is unfortunate situation israel had no intention no wish to go and attack gaza but hamas put us in the school no where

you know our civilians are unable to move their children today. could not be allowed to go to kindergarten children could not go to some they had to stay in the safe room that's unacceptable we're not willing to let this go and that's why the military has been charged to protect the state of israel hamas is responsible hamas is accountable we are responsible for safeguarding the state of israel that is our mission and that is what we will do right at middle is cause one unpoliced clear is live with us paula we were talking about the high casualty of civilians and the numbers that are coming out of there what do you know. high policy lies twenty four hours twenty three people have. well in the last twenty four hours twenty three palestinians have been killed including some seven civilians now that amongst them are teenage boys and that happened when the israeli

army struck a house belonging to a hamas militant in qana units in the gaza strip in a separate incident three civilians were killed when the israelis targeted a car carrying a militant according to the israelis they say that they have hit two hundred and seventy targets they said that this is essentially the military infrastructure of her masts and other militant groups in the gaza strip that it is hoping and aiming to destroy but of course as is always the case it is civilians who are caught in the crossfire we have heard from him us that israel stop with this operation or else they are saying that they will expand there is strikes now the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has responded by saying that israel will continue for as long as hamas continues to rain rockets down on southern israel and target israeli civilians paula it would seem that this will sensitive is not going to go away any time soon as quickly as everybody hopes it would. it certainly seems as if we are in for the long haul here what we have seen over the past few

days is rockets continuously hitting the south of israel which is essentially in a state of lockdown what is particularly worrying for the israelis is that rockets have not been aimed at the cities of jerusalem and tel aviv and that is why there is the suspicion in these radio circles that these are rockets that have not been made by him as that which it has acquired from elsewhere until now the iron dome anti-missile system has managed to successfully intercept rockets aimed for big cities other rockets have exploded in open fields now forty thousand israeli reserve troops have been called up at the same time the authorities have given the order for public shelters to be opened particularly in the cities of jerusalem and tel aviv and in the south of the country the commander in chief of the israeli army has stated that they will continue with their air strikes from both the sea and the sky over gaza to quote him to make hamas sorry paula say yes on the

israeli or the palestinian border of hearts and thanking. right still to come in the program sometimes a principals can do you a great deal of harm it's like in the case of bankers from an older an island who could face trouble with the law for their refusal to cook and quality the cake. also i head to washington leaves moscow in an information blackout over an arrest of in russian citizen a board which has already been dubbed eight kidnapping of the full details are coming up later in the program. the decades long policy of berlin not spying on washington could crumble under the weight of the latest n.s.a. snooping scandal german politicians including the interior minister have called for the rule to be scrapped after the country arrested is suspected double agent working for america german media has been besieged decided solved with anger rather

about the repeated revelations of u.s. surveillance on its european allies a barrage of washington's us saris that may have followed each scandal but every following bombshell has shown america failing to deliver on its promises and the consequences of such an approach is already being felt among the german public at least according to a recent survey by the spirit of magazine now the poll has shown more than half of the country's citizens now want to see greater distance and less dependence on washington which of course is supposed to be very close ally german journalist robert stein believes america has turned his country into a puppet. if you see the latest events concerning for example mr edward snowden the. crisis let's say that way in the german politics when mr snowden came up with all these ideas and with all these facts he press presented that basically the whole truman government was taped or was supervised or

so what was the effect our secretary of the interior thomas the ms year wanted to go to america to make some clear statements that it is not possible and what happened he came back with the impression that you know there's a criminal so what would be think about that. coming up traveling into the lab the beast got a documentary takes a look at how the people of the bahamas are making a stand for their right to privacy after revelations the n.s.a. listens to all incoming and outgoing calls on the island will be right back. to. your friend post a photo from a vacation you can't afford college different. the boss repeats the same old joke of course you like. your ex-girlfriend still paints

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cut. cut. cut. cut. cut cut. cut. cut. cut a big. thank you. welcome back to the us the secret service has refused to name legal grounds for something moskos calling a defect abduction and russian citizen. was grabbed by american agents in the

maldives on accusations of ceding personal information then hacking. reports. monsignors no ifs family vacation in the came to an abrupt end when the u.s. secret service captured him before whisking him off toy u.s. base in guam the u.s. government charged the russian citizen with hacking into retail computer systems and installing malicious software to steal credit card numbers the u.s. however had little to say about the circumstances of his arrest there were accusations made at the department of justice case certainly there was no kidnapping involved i'm not sure maybe kidnapping is a bit too strong but if someone is in. the capital of the morgue trying to get on a flight to russia and somehow they're spirited away and they end up in. charge of the crime. you know how i was. abduction.

i'm just not going to have more in this case the aftermath moscow says city's newest attention is a kidnapping and criticizes the maldives government for letting the u.s. secret service take him so there's no father who is a russian state duma deputy believes it could be a scheme to trade his son for edward snowden but lawyers are doubtful mr snowden has been granted asylum status in russia i don't know. that the u.s. would engage nor do i not believe really that russia would engage in any sort of an exchange with those two particular individuals there's no extradition treaty between russia and the u.s. moscow says the u.s. should at least have told russian authorities on what grounds their citizen was captured in a third country i would say that also is client. a russian pilot was captured in liberia and sent to the u.s. where he was convicted of drug trafficking thailand allowed the u.s. to take hold of victor boot the russian arms dealer. a proxy of seizing

russian citizens abroad. third countries and bringing them into the jurisdiction of the united states has become quite common. by american agents the u.s. has captured citizens of many countries with this kind of snap extradition extraordinary renditions have been common practice since nine eleven and detainees rights of reprovingly been violated sydney's north was shipped to guam and although the island is in possession of the united states the us constitution does not fully apply there which raises more questions as to what rights solution off will have while he's there in washington i'm going to check on our team. and available right now online for you eager customers have been lining up outside stores as they were in the moment as washington has become the second state in the u.s. to allow adults to buy a marijuana legally without

a doctor's note all the details on our t. dot com. also are you clicking away they want to syrian jihad is draw the inspiration from when delivering a strong n.t. isis speech all of it seems. that it's the case for this come on his video went viral on the internet check out our dot com for that story. the customer is always right but it's an opinion not shared by a bakery in northern ireland it refused to follow a customer's order for a gay themed cake featuring popular characters from a children's t.v. show and it's a decision that looks set to land them in court artist bully boy tactics up the story. northern ireland is the only part of the u.k. where gay marriage still isn't legal and this bakery is run by devout christians it's even named after a verse in the bible a gay rights group called queer space came to the company and ordered

a cake that was supposed to have an image of the sesame street characters and ernie on it and a slogan in support of gay marriage as well as the name of the organization on it now employees at the ashes baking company took the order but the manager later refused to bake the cake now the family run firm says that its refused to take orders in the past that featured sexual images or bad language and they said the cake in support of gay marriage was to their beliefs as a company but the now facing legal action for those believes they've been accused of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation northern ireland's first openly gay man has backed the legal action saying the business is shouldn't be able to pick and choose who they serve whereas the bakery are arguing that christians should be able to apply their beliefs to the day to day running of their businesses they've now got a christian pressure group to back up that stands now in terms of legal precedence

while courts in the u.k. have in the past said that it's wrong for christians to refuse to serve gay people on the grounds of their sexuality but crucially this case would likely be the first in which anyone has been told that it's against the law to refuse to take part in gave rights publish city campaigns the gay rights organization the rainbow project has said that the bakery can't have their cake and eat it in relation to equality legislation in northern ireland. that harris crimi who is the bow group chairman as the freedom of belief should be respected unless it creates a dangerous precedent once this is contractual as within the law there has to be. a so-called sensible legal debate about it as minute is the issue may appear to ordinary people as soon as it comes before a court it's going to be addressed in the same way that any court case would be

addressed and i certainly hope that the courts will follow and in favor of the freedom of religious expression or for your expression in general and also the freedom of businesses to trade is as they wish but that's not necessarily the case . and i think it will president if this couple is forced to pay to carry let's take a look at some international news in brief now brazilian fans are showed their disapproval of a team's a performance in the world cup semifinals with scattered incidents of brawling property damage and clashes with police they struggled to come to terms with the seven one defeat to germany in the first semifinal of the tournament panzer threw stones and debris while police responded with baton charges and arrests for the opening half an hour of the game germany had already scored five times a bring excited france to yaz. in the california town of ramadi out the protesters are fighting what they call an invasion of illegal

immigrants the demonstrations have been going on for a week as my police intervention and counter protests from immigrant rights groups it all began now when buses were blocked from entering the town they were carrying over one hundred immigrants including women and children who were being transferred in from crowded facilities in texas store some thirty thousand children have crossed from mexico into the u.s. over the last nine months. the somali government as the army has retaken control of the presidential palace after a two hour long shootout with al qaeda linked militants the country's interior minister said five of the gunmen who belong to the al shabab group they killed in the attack of the prime minister and the speaker of parliament were in the building when fighting broke out but managed to escape unharmed. a chinese tycoon infamous for his shady philanthropy has been given

a taste of his own medicine shan is demanding his money back after shelling out thirty thousand dollars for bogus un sort of a kid. it's been following the story. the u.s. centric chinese billionaire who conned hundreds of homeless new yorkers out of a promised pay day has found that his deeds have come back to bite him philanthropist chand want be our was reportedly scammed into making a thirty thousand dollars donation to a new york based foundation that awarded him a fake prestigious title and bogus united nations certificate during his charity tour in the u.s. last month chen was allegedly named to global peace and goodwill ambassador and the world's most prominent palantir passed the man the stowing the title claim to be the chairman of the china foundation for local partnership an organization that the u.n. reportedly says it has nothing to do with chen and initially garnered international

fame in june after taking out a full page advertisement in the new york times promising one thousand homeless people free lunch at central park extravagant boathouse and three hundred dollars cash the event that r.c. reported on turned into a media circus that you just used back i make sure you don't out with chants so the spotlight becomes to. be used to hold however only two hundred fifty homeless people were allowed in and only a few receive their money the chinese billionaire shocked at the cash strapped crowd when he announced that instead of giving them money he would donate ninety thousand dollars to new york's hold this shelter. a lot more money and food stamps now chen who has built his fortune on recycling says he has been cheated and is taking action to get his money

back from the foundation for the hundreds of homeless would feel cheated by chan well they may be thinking what goes around comes around for a. new york. well that's all from me a for this hour coming up next to the island of the bahamas says a country associated with a diva beaches and romantic holidays so why has the n.s.a. chosen to keep tabs on the plains of the country's people nimrod came it investigates. like always wonder will the n.s.a. listening to my conversations. he's a place well i know for sure that they do that they support the bahamas i went to not so pick up the same thing just to get it. i mean the sixty minutes joke but it's been about that part of. my. shirt.

and she's just not that i learned here is a misnomer that. diminished a little financial services seem comfortable about the whole idea of. missile finance i mean there's nothing to do with it he said with the state's economic surveillance is like the popping in the phone. you think revealing the whole world . that you just told me to see the phone company to stop it so busy yeah i meant to send a letter signed to rise you know believe. it or. not. the nobody there is ultimately going to say yeah i did. basically so you want to give the speech up all the whole government surveillance thing. would you say like the us told you it's all

good and the think it will be about or i would say. this go look at the benefits of it and focus about it like that the foreign minister is about to give a speech in parliament saying. we got some reassurances from the u.s. or something like that there are certain issues because of national security that we may not know. there may be certain instances. that that may be warrant some type of information gathering but when it comes down to the. breaking of the privacy rules not individual individuals so innocent individuals that's a whole different story so we need to look at that we need to consider that we need more information from our government got much should know what's going on and they ought to tell the bayman people from a time when we are in a position to make a determination as to if you. like i'm giving you the n.s.a.

stickers all right give you some just to put on your phone so you know we'll get. the people of the bahamas okupe like polymers who protest fulfills information. we have the prime minister of the business said we give our consent you know but that is not the same thing as not knowing the question we have is like willful blindness brings up the possibility of a review of one of the many reasons why we're we're demonstrating today if you do us put them in a godor one of them perhaps i don't think it could be anything it could be that they just turned a blind eye without being loving often in small countries like this you think well you know if united states wants to do it and we're not going to get in trouble you are going to have an effect that's going to. dismiss is suing the u.s. government and my right to privacy have been violated i've been offered all of me and you're paid now you know they work and there are members.