anything. to teach me why you should care about humans this. is why you should care only. civilian life is said to the limits in eastern ukraine as government forces and lay siege to the regions the biggest cities a blockade. deadly shelling. the number of palestinian casualties are also as israel ramps up its attacks on gaza striking new targets while building up forces for a possible ground invasion. the fallout from the latest n.s.a. scandal which revealed a possible double agent spying on berlin for washington sees a german public demanding the country distance itself from what was supposed to be a trusted ally. and washington that leaves moscow in an information

blackout over the arrest of a russian citizen abroad which has already been dubbed a kidnapping. welcome to r.t. international it's ten am in the russian capital you with me. two more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukrainian metropolis of lugansk and locals say they were hit. by government forces. please don't look at the first of all the beginning of the question that you wanted to do with. the book. moving to.

the ukrainian military as a been given orders to surrounded the two biggest cities in the east that would be the nearest and lugansk not anti-government forces currently control both the cities the extent of the influence is marked right here on this map that we have here in the dark orange or if it is in lugansk for us and reports on how the city is taking to live under siege. we don't leave hotel without bulletproof jackets pope's eyes lasered they will not talk of presidential areas but he says something different. shells land in the city center for guns. because the interest for life today. so now ready 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 is the reason bus station it's one look away from here but most importantly the reason one of three major headquarters . 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 and we hear about another shelling locals say it was in the recall that no one got hurt the book called. good luck with the fire just going out to the balcony and then i heard glass breaking and i realized we are being attacked. never ever

when you were on the balcony and yes arriving on my guards you don't know what to do where to hide or where they're going to fire from the next time. you go to invite us to what used to be his home broken glass litter is the floor. or the windows and you go to these two room apartment have been shattered oh. i just got out and opened up the window here. 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 shot 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 keen to speak to journalists are there. a security people do not want to talk they're angry nervous it's understandable. as the sun goes down a to a fire intensifies. the evening is the most difficult time of the day people who those who didn't flee the city preferred not to go outside to stay at home with their families friends would also better hurry up back to hotel tomorrow will be new day a new fault. party in is to ukraine. where is constantly posting updates on what's happening in lugansk on her twitter feed so feel free to follow her as she documents life under siege. the ukrainian

crisis and it's a rather design relations between the east and the west are the theme of today's cross talk with host peter live well they did today it's a lot to beginning of the end but rather the end of the beginning as ukraine's civil war deepens so does the divide in this invented crisis the europeans and russian seek a diplomatic resolution while washington calls for more violence. israel has intensified its rocket fire on gaza hitting scores of targets the i.d.f. says all those who've been killed were militants although local authorities dispute the claim middle east correspondent policia isn't. in the past twenty four hours a number of palestinians have been killed including civilians teenage boys were among those who were killed when the israelis targeted a house belonging to a hamas militant in holland yunus in the gaza strip in

a separate incident as civilians were also killed when the israelis hit a car in which militants were traveling in signed according to the israelis they say that they have hit two hundred and seventy targets they say that this is essentially the military infrastructure of who massed and adam 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 much that israel stop with his operation or else they are saying that they will expect. now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has responded by saying that israel will continue for as long as hamas continues to rain rockets down on southern israel and targeting israeli civilians 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 israeli circles that these are rockets that have not been made by him us that which it has acquired from elsewhere

and till now the iron dome anti-missile system has managed to successfully intercept markets aimed for big cities other rockets have exploded in open fields now forty thousand israeli reserve troops have been called up the commander in chief of the israeli army has said that they will continue with their air strikes from both the sea and the sky over gaza to quote him to make hamas sorry. earlier we spoke to the israeli defense forces spokes person who says hamas is to blame for everything on the ground and israel is something protecting its lens and people this is unfortunate situation israel had no intention no wish to go and attack gaza but hamas put us in this corner 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 summer camp they had to stay in the safe room that's an

acceptable 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. of course of the duty of every country to defend its land from external threats and casualties are inevitable in armed conflicts but idea of figures show that over the past six years of military operations the number of palestinian civilian victims is about thirty times higher than the israeli once and for a long time israel has been notoriously for its large scale operations but except for high death tolls they've achieved little l's back in the two thousand and six israel waged war on lebanese hezbollah but far from being destroyed the group actually rose to power the same year israel started its a series of regular offensives on gaza claiming in total more than one thousand

lives meanwhile it's a 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 war does the country's reputation many favors in this case a recent poll suggests that israel is now one of the most unpopular countries in the world. the decades long policy of berlin now not spying on washington could crumble under the weight of the latest n.s.a. scandal now german politicians including of the interior minister have called for the rule to be scrapped after the country arrested a suspected double agent working for america let's take a look german media has been decided self with anger about repeated revelations of u.s. a surveillance on its european allies a bar of washington's soaries may not have may have followed each scandal but every following bombshell as shown america falling and failing to deliver on its promises and the consequences of such an approach is already being felt among the german

public well at least according to a recent survey by the spirit of magazine the ball as showing a more than half of the country says is in now want to see great to distance and less dependence on washington which is of course is supposed to be villains close allies german journalist robot steinem believes america hasn't turned his country into a puppet if you see the latest events concerning for example mr snowden the. crisis let's say in the german politics when mr snowden came up with all of these ideas and with all these facts you press presented basically the whole picture of the government was taped or was supervised or so what was the effect or secretary of the interior thomas the ms year wanted to go to america to make some clear statements that it is not possible what happened he came

back with the impression that there's a criminal so what would be think about that. coming up traveling into the leg of the beast documentary takes a look at how the people of the bahamas are making a stand for their rights to privacy the revelations the n.s.a. listens to all incoming and outgoing calls on the island. and south threats of legal action is no piece of cake for one old when i read speak korean which refused to make a gay themed sweet treat a religious believes that after the break. this is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something as simple

as people playing a soccer game we can see individual players and we can see the ball. you can almost see is facial expression you can see is a mouth open crying out. maybe cursed us or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured.

this is r t international the u.s. secret service has refused to name legal grounds for something calling a defect an abduction russian citizen. was grabbed by american agents in the maldives on accusations of stealing personal information on hacking it is of course . romance it is 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 trying to get on

a flight to russia and somehow they're spirited away and they end up in. charge of the. you know where i was. abduction. i'm just not going to have more in this case to 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 it would snow that 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 us where he was convicted of drug trafficking thailand allowed the u.s. to take hold of victor boot the russian arms dealer. proxy of seizing russian citizens abroad in 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 a brutally being violated but i must see these 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. are full half

while he's there in washington i'm going to check on our team. and i believe all right now online so you customers have been lining up outside stores are savoring the moment as washington has become the second state in the u.s. to allow adults to buy marijuana legally without a doctor's note all the details on our t.v. dot com. also the what do syrian jihad is sure the inspiration from when delivering a strong anti isis speech pink hello kitty nerd but it seems at least that is the case for this is video went viral on the internet check it out on our t.v. dot com. here's a chinese playboy multimillionaire rescue volunteer and on top of that a global philanthropist meet. with the.

hands he certainly knows his worth coding to chance business god views china's quote unquote most charismatic philanthropist and the country's most beloved role model amongst many many other things last month the host of a dinner for the homeless in new york promising to invite a thousand poor and give them three hundred dollars each to be unfortunately only two hundred came along and most didn't see any of that money i gave chan some pretty bad press so now that he's found himself swindled in a certificate con it is little sympathy to be had as marie about my experience. the emperor's can be our was reportedly scammed into making a thirty thousand dollars donation to a new york based foundation that awarded him a big prestigious title and bogus united nations certificate during his charity

tour in the u.s. last month. and was allegedly mean to global peace and goodwill ambassador and the world's most prominent the land professed the man bestowing the title claim to be the chairman of the china foundation for global partnership an organization the un reportedly says it has nothing to do with 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 will feel cheated by chan or they may be thinking what goes around comes around for an up or die r.t. me or. let's take a look at some international news in brief now brazilian fans assert their disapproval of the team's performance in the world cup semifinal 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 seventy final of

the tournament fans threw stones and debris while police responded with baton charges and arrests as in the opening half of the hour of the game germany had already scored five times bringing excited fans to tears. in the california town all the more yet protesters are fighting what they call an invasion of illegal immigrants the demonstrations have been going on for a week despite police intervention and counter protest from immigrant rights groups it all began when buses were blocked from entering the town they were carrying over one hundred immigrants including women and children who had been transferred in from out of facilities in taxes it's thought that some fifty thousand children have crossed from mexico into the u.s. over the last nine months. the somali government has says the army has retaken control of the presidential palace off a two hour long shootout with al qaeda linked militants the country's interior

minister said five of the gunmen who belong to the. we killed in the attack both the prime minister and the speaker of parliament away in the building when fighting broke out but managed to escape unharmed. cooking up a pro gay marriage campaign can be a tough task and in northern ireland it's really turned out to be no piece of cake quite literally a bakery refused to make a tasty treat featuring two characters from sesame street over here in. our faces a grilling in court at his political takes 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 in 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 that the cake in support of gay marriage was quote cherry 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 businesses 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 of 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 day 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 publicist 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. right i'll be back in hoss an hour coming up next so the island of the bahamas is a country associated with any beaches and romantic holiday so why has the n.s.a. chosen to keep tabs on the face of this country's people no tamer 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. they support the bahamas i went to not

so pick up the same thing just to get it. i mean the fact that sixty nine is just going to feel like i'm pretty. sure that nature. and she's just. learned here for years and there's nothing there. to miss the full financial services seems comfortable about the whole idea of. mr finance i mean there's nothing to do with the same mistakes economic surveillance is like the popping in the phone. you are feeling 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. but. it was not inclined. to believe there is i called and i'm going to say yeah

i'm. basically so you want to give a speech about the whole government surveillance thing. would you say like the us told you it's all good and there's nothing cool about or i would say. this go over . the n.s.a. surveillance focus about it like that the foreign minister is about to give a speech in parliament saying that he got some reassurances from the u.s. . 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. phrasing it's 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 that much should know what's going on and they ought to tell the bayman people from a time then we are in a position to make a determination as to babyhood you know giving people 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 parliament square to protest fulfill those information. deputy prime minister philip davis he said we give our consent but that is not the same thing as i don't know yeah so the question we have is like wilful blindness exactly the possibility of a review of one of the many reasons why we're demonstrating today even the us put them in a godor one of them perhaps they could be anything it could be that they just turned a blind eye without being without being so 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 know if you are going to have an effect just going to. dismiss is suing

the u.s. government and my right to privacy have been violated i've been awful on me i knew your i didn't know you know they were going there are members of their lives like in response ability had to do or you know go follow the contrary i know this and have not put a. drop. on him a certain amount to the page but if you just listen to people's phone calls as a whole in the bahamas or becomes about a little. it's ok to listen to people i also like just ok and this is this demonstration with reward information that you know the government of the bahamas can contain important information that should be shared with the citizens very long track across. the nation. he quote. suitable to see you country. people have it. we see it every

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