civilian life was tested to the limits of eastern ukraine as government forces laid siege to the region's biggest cities a blockade punctuated by deadly shelling. the number of palestinian casualties a spiral says 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 says the german public demanding the country distances itself from what was supposed to be a trusted ally. and washington leaves moscow in an information blackout over the

arrest of a russian citizen abroad which has already been dubbed a kidnapping. welcome to our to international well live from moscow you with me must say. two more people have been killed by shelling in the eastern ukrainian metropolis of the guns locals say they were hit by ordinance fired by government forces. please don't look at the first of all the beginning of the question that you wanted to do with. this book. full of moving me to. come to. think of. the crane and military has been given orders change

so around the two biggest cities in the east we're talking about the near and lugansk anti-government forces currently control birth now the extent of their influence is marked right here in this area in the dark orange murray for national is in the ganske for us and reports on how the city is taking to life under siege. we don't leave hotel without bulletproof jackets both sides made to you they will not target presidential areas but three second different. shells land in the city center for guns. is the interest for life. so now ready but citizens here have little protection against mortar rounds and those who didn't leave face constant danger. over the last three days the city's residential areas have been hate each time we civilian casualties. and 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 there is 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 and we hear about another shelling locals say it was near a call that no one got hurt the book called. the fire just going down to the balcony and then i heard glass breaking and i realized we are being attacked. never mind that if you were in the balcony and your survivors were on my guard and then know what to do where to hide or where they're going to fire from the next time.

you go to invite us to your team used to be his home broken glass and it was the floor. or the windows and you go to these two room apartment have been shattered oh . i just got up and opened up the window and 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 esteemed ukraine eighty 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 either. the people do not want to talk they're angry nervous it's understandable. as the sun goes down a to refire intensifies. 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 out back to hotel tomorrow will be a new day a new filed. party in it in ukraine. where is constantly posting updates on the what's happening in lugansk on her twitter feed so feel free to follow her as she documents live under siege they graeme in crisis and mr average on relations between the east and the west are the theme of today's costs although those people

live well later today it's not the beginning of the end but rather the end of the beginning as ukraine's civil war deepens so does the divide 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. us says all those who have been killed were militants although local authorities dispute the claim a middle east correspondent policia is in tel aviv. 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 harney 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 said that this is essentially the military infrastructure of who mass and of a 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 his operation or else they are saying that they will expand their air strikes 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 target 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 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 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 spokesperson who says hamas is to blame for everything on the ground and israel is simply protecting its land and people. fortunate situation israel had no intention no wish to go and attack gaza but hamas. put us in this corner where you know all civilians are unable to move their children today are not allowed 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 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. of course it's every country to defend its land from external threats and casualties are inevitable in our armed conflicts but the idea of figures show that over the past six years of military operations in gaza the number of palestinian civilian victims is up about twenty five times higher than the israeli ones and in fact as a result of a series of regular offenses hamas the militant group they were fighting with formed a unity government with the leading palestinian political party fatah so it's well known that no warders a country's reputation many favors and in this case recent polls suggest that israel is now one of the most unpopular countries in the world. 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 the

rule to be scrapped after the country arrested a suspended suspected double agent working for american foreign media has been decided self with anger about repeated revelations of the u.s. surveillance on its european allies of washington's sorries 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 a magazine the poll has shown while the house for the country's citizens now want to see greater distance and less dependence on washington which is of course supposed to be berlin's close ally german journalist robert steiner 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 trial in politics when mr snowden

came up with all these ideas and with all these facts you press present and they're basically the whole chairman government was taped or it 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 a traveling into the last of the beast documentary takes a look at how the people of the bahamas are making a stand for their right to privacy after revelations and as a listens to all incoming and outgoing calls on the i. and a threats of legal action as well piece of cake for one irish bakery was refused to make a gay themed sweet treat a religious beliefs that's off to

a great stay with us. it's not the beginning of the end but rather the end of the beginning as ukraine's civil war deepens so does the divide to end this invented crisis the europeans and watching seek a diplomatic resolution while washington calls for more bottom. of . the. economic up and downs in the final month the deal shanghai and the rest because i will be taking the lead every week on the. speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's

all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p. interviews intriguing stories for you. in troy arabic to find out more visit our big. dog called. the u.s. secret service has refused to name legal grounds whole something new. calling a defector a. russian citizen or a man. who was grabbed by american agents in the maldives on ike is ations of stealing personal information and hacking. reports. monsoon is no 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 back to russia and somehow they're spirited away and they end up in. charge of the. you know who i was that. abduction. i'm just not going to have more in this case the aftermath moscow says the tension 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 woodward snow that but lawyers are doubtful that's 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 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 will. convicted of drug trafficking thailand allowed the u.s. to take hold of victor boot the russian arms dealer. proxy 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 these north was shipped to guam and although the island is in possession of the united states the u.s. 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. let's take a look at what's available for you on law and customers have been lining up outside stores savoring the moment as washington has become the second state in the u.s. to allow to buy marijuana legally without a doctor's note all the details on our. what do syrian jihad is draw the inspiration from when delivering a strong and to isis speech a pink hello kitty it seems that this that is the case for this. video went viral

on the internet check it out on our t.v. . he's a chinese a playboy multimillionaire am the rescue volunteer and on top of that a global philanthropist meet chen. with the. mouse. and he's certainly knows his worth according to johns a business card his china's quote most charismatic philanthropist and the country's most beloved role model that's amongst many many other things in june coughed up thirty thousand dollars to charity that said it was affiliated with the un and promised to give him another title imagine this surprise when he found out that his certificate was not from the united nation. unfortunately he found little sympathy for his plight given his own history of altruism as maria part now

explains. so in the first chan wong b. hour 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 a charity tour in the u.s. last month chan was allegedly named global peace and goodwill ambassador and the world's most prominent palantir pressed the man for stowing the title claim to be the chairman of the china foundation for global partnership an organization at the u.n. 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 chance or they may be thinking what goes around comes around for an up or die r.t.

me or. take a look at some international news in brief now in the california. protesters are fighting what they call an invasion of illegal immigrants the demonstrations have been going on for new despite police intervention and come to protests from immigrant rights groups it all began when buses were blocked from entering the tunnel they were carrying over one hundred immigrants including women and children who were being counted spit in from out of this of the seas and texas as stalled some fifty thousand children have crossed from mexico into the u.s. over the last nine months. the somali government says the army has retaken control of the presidential palace off to 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 were killed in the attack both of the prime minister and the speaker of parliament were in the building when fighting broke out but managed to escape unharmed. brazilian

fans are showing their disapproval of their team to hormones in the world cup. semifinal with scattered incidents of raleigh property damage and clashes with police they struggled to come to terms with the seven one defeat to germany in the first the same final of the tournament and threw stones and green while police responded with a ton charges and arrests. 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 the owner's religious believes and it now faces a grilling in court artie's politico 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 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 it's 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 in the island's first openly gay marriage has backed the legal action saying the business is shouldn't be able to pick and choose who they serve whereas the bakery or 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

when 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 publicity 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. you've been watching out international will be back in the hof and now with more international news right now the island of the bahamas is a country associated with it to the beach isn't meant to call days a why has the n.s.a. chosen to keep tabs on the face of the people in the country nimrod came up investigate . 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 fact that sixty nine is just going to be like i'm pretty. sure that maybe she's just. learned here for years and there's nothing there. to minister the full financial services seem comfortable about the whole idea of what mr finance i mean is nothing to do with it he said with the state's economic surveillance as though like the stepping into phones. here revealing the whole world. that you just told me to see the phone company to stop it would be easy but yeah i meant to send a letter signed not to rise up. but. it

was not mine it is not the nobility there is hardly ever going to say you know how to drive. basically so you're going 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 look . at the n.s.a. surveillance of us about it like that the foreign minister is about to give a speech in parliament saying that if he gets a lawyer. you insist on the us 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 our government 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 people. 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 ok to put parliament square to protest fulfill say for me . deputy prime minister philip davis he said we didn't give our consent you know but that is not the same thing as not knowing yeah so the question we have is full brightness exactly the possibility of a review of one of the many reasons why we're demonstrating it in the us put them in a godor one of them perhaps it could be anything it could be that they just turned a blind eye without being lobbying 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 on and. this myth is suing the u.s. government my right to privacy have been violated i under international law i mean i knew your i did native language and there are members there are certain responsibility i don't you know go whoa different country on the i don't understand but i have not put a. drop. on him a certain i did ok but if you just to listen to people's phone calls as a whole in the bahamas or because. about the well it's ok to listen to people i also like golf ok and this is this demonstration with the reader with more information that you know the cabin of the bahamas can contain important information that should be shared with the service and very long track from. the make sure. he quote. suitable to see you country.

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