the full picture posts. on to from around the globe. look to. israeli air bombardments of gaza have now led to the deaths of more than ninety palestinians among them many children we hear from those who were right in the midst of the shelling. relations between the u.s. and germany reach a new low as berlin takes out a top cia official in retaliation to the latest spy scandal plus. as kim says it isn't ready for a cease fire and ukraine's artemia to the families who have been devastated by army air raid.

top news in commentary live from moscow this is going to have you with us now israel continues to bombard gaza from air and sea international calls are mounting for restraint and a stop to the shelling more than ninety palestinians mostly civilians have been killed and hundreds injured in the offensive so far at least twenty of those who've lost their lives are children. under which. israel says it hit more than one hundred targets in gaza on thursday many of the

missiles have landed in residential areas causing panic to ripple through the population journalist harry fear met those caught up in the violence as they brace themselves. as for yet more air raids. on a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shame mastery she was injured in her abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike whatever has yet. to go went to visit her sister with her parents on the road they came on the missile fire when she tried to avoid one she was hit by a second letter but her mother and brother were killed she and her sister were left in a critical condition this is to die today and the girl is still in the good care no one knows if she's going to make it they thought i thought of the doctors tell me they've been dealing with the biting shortage of medical supplies in gaza for the last three weeks as a result of the ongoing siege but even civilians that survive the violence suffer

the mental effects of living in a war zone our bed lives in a neighborhood of shaikh road one that was targeted last night. in the city where the entrance when the first missile hit the second. carried the sleeping children out and run away the children began screaming. it's been a traumatizing couple of days for the civilians of high newness in the south of the gaza strip two during its operation israel says that it's going after hamas militants those alleges are hamas militants however it's willing to go as far as targeting their homes and in this case israel killed six children and two adults when it struck this family home the family didn't have time to heed the warning drone missile which arrived four minutes before the main strike. we were shocked when a missile hit my brother's house after we her house was hit by the house was

a children's playground where most of the heat again israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operational so long as hamas rocket fire continues it's a recipe for conflict and inevitable suffering for gaza civilian population carry fear gaza. meanwhile clashes have erupted between palestinians and israeli soldiers in the west bank city of bethlehem teenagers had been throwing rocks at the troops who fired tear gas to disperse them israel's actions in gaza have forced egypt to open its border with palestine and taken the most seriously wounded at a local hospital for its part israel has vowed to step up attacks on gaza until hamas stops firing into its territory israel has already mobilized twenty thousand troops for a possible ground invasion i.d.f.

spokesperson libby vice told my colleague unit o'neill why they are pursuing the offensive. this is not an operation in any capacity against the people of gaza this is an operation against hamas against an organization that purposely and specifically uses the civilian population of gaza as human shields the point is is that you're defending your people but thankfully no israelis have been killed by hamas rockets in the last number of days but let's just get some more figures because in gaza at least eighteen children died according to local health officials also since two thousand and eight over a sausan civilians were killed in gaza that's right twenty times more than the israeli civilian death toll is israel's reaction to rockets fired by hamas measured unjustified there are four with five million men women and children living in shelters that is something with which we cannot continue and which no other country would accept we make unbounded efforts to protect the civilian population in the

gaza strip before any attack is taken against hamas to take measures that no other military or no other country takes in the world which include text messages to people in civilian areas phone calls to their homes to do this because if the end of the day then why because i don't and you say yes margaret but why then is the u.n. security general urging israel to show restraint but prime minister netanyahu is vowing to step off the offensive so international calls are simply being ignored aren't they. again i and he calls about international claims really should be directed towards the prime minister at the end of the day as a military the been given a very clear mission that mission is to restore quiet to the people that are living in israel and to teach hamas that there is a very very heavy price to pay to committing acts of terror and questions that were guarding these civilian casualties in the gaza strip i believe should also be directed towards the leadership within gaza that actively and purposefully puts its

own civilians in in danger. so is israel really doing its utmost to protect the civilians in gaza that's what peter lavelle in his guests are talking about in cross talk being shown throughout the day right here are today. if there is one when you when you're ready to fight. one innocent people are in harm's way unfortunately regretfully sometimes or hurt then you're reading from the wrong script you're leading from the script from the two thousand and eight ten knowing war israel hasn't even gone away actually i did not know this is going to continue was where those that's that's your that's the old script now you're using the human shield script israel has freely admitted it's targeting the homes of hamas militants civilian homes that's not legal under international law even if you give a warning even if you tap on the roof how would you like it than if i tapped on your roof. other news now

relations between germany and the us have reached their lowest point since the run up to the american invasion of iraq in two thousand and three germany has kicked out the cia chief in berlin after officials unmasked to allege to u.s. spies working in the state security apparatus anger over the snooping is widespread the german interior minister stated that the information obtained by the spies was laughable but of the political damage is already disproportionate and a serious and a left party member shared his outrage saying the blind trust in the u.s. has taken a knock on your all of our reports now from berlin on the escalating tensions. sent packing a with a flea in his ear and. i just want to say that if you see it was human common sense in my opinion spying on allies and friends is a waste of energy. germany has now told the cia contact at the us embassy in berlin

to get his things and leave. for the first time after a series of spy scandals this is a strong message from the germans that they've had enough of washington's behavior . or foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it took a whole string of and biasing snooping slip ups to get to the stage that paints a picture of an abusive relationship in june of last year it emerged that the u.s. had spied on its european allies prompting this response from the chancellor spying on friends is not acceptable then it was revealed that mrs merkel's private cell phone was bugged by the n.s.a. washington promised not to do it again but refused to sign a no spy deal bilin still wanted to talk trade and rebuilding of trust between the transatlantic partners flash forward to april of this year when germany's request to see the chancellor's n.s.a.

file was turned down and even then it was content to stand side by side with the u.s. president as he again spoke of a close friendship but the discovery of two potential double agents in germany and his many weeks and a lack of cooperation from the u.s. with the investigations looks like the final straw and it will be interesting to see what effect the expulsion of the cia official will have on an already strained u.s. german relationship now that berlin has shown its willingness to act peter all of a r.t. germany washington is yet to comment on germany's anger the issue was raised at a state department briefing by the spokesperson jen psaki refused to give any information. when you say we have seen the german reports or the media reports saying or what would you mean by that are you denying the german allegations about that there was a spy operation going on oh i'm all i meant by it was that we've seen the reports

we've read the reports i'm not going to say i don't have a specific comment on it given its purported attack and so you think those reports are true i'm not going to have anything more to add on that front. it former cia officer who worked in germany thinks that the expulsion of the top intelligence official sends a dramatic signal to the us spelling the cia chief of station is unprecedented i don't know of a single example of any nato country expelling the cia chief of station so this is quite a significant move by the germans they're saying no more of this there's no question about it i think this one is different because i think it is maybe one or two too far it basically is the germans are saying that we have a high tolerance for the united states acting independently in our country but recruiting our government officials and turning them into spies is a step that we can't condone so that's i think it's

a serious discussion going on but i as i said before i think the united states and germany have so much in common politically and every other way that eventually will blow over. russia's president vladimir putin called cyber spying against allies overt hypocrisy in his latest comments on the unveiling of scandal he also said it's a direct violation of state sovereignty and an infringement of human rights and privacy . the statement was made before the set off on his longest ever trip this time to south america we look at where he's going to wind down the program. plus the jihadist offensive in syria and iraq fresh recruits from western countries and the self-proclaimed islamic state. all muslims to join the fight there.

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a cease fire that is the statement that the country's president expressed in a phone call with the german chancellor but despite reassurances that excuse me reassurances kiev is not targeting civilians residential areas in the resistance hubs have done yet. have endured more air raids notion i met some of the victims of the military operation in the. and you day brings most to the city of the guns. this goes mother has just been killed when a shell landed on her fourth floor balcony it was up to the daughter to tell her father. they were. going to her. this young man was lucky he was brought to the hospital with a gunshot wound and thought unlikely to survive can regain consciousness just

minutes before we arrived he could have to succeed in care which he didn't miss of sitting still for charity getting. the supplies to school. oh my son will come for all of this somebody. who can help the wanted children. or no way out of the hospital we made him drain who just dropped his wife here this is where she was sitting you can see one bullet here i'm not in the water another stuck somewhere inside the metal cart and drays still in shock and khan delayed his wife survived the whole mizen i was in the shop and i heard someone scream lay down on the ground but i yelled that my wife was in the car so i looked out of the window and saw that she wasn't there and heard her knocking on the shop door. but that's not enough research and so did

a lot of his just moved with his family from the suburbs of lugansk into the city's south to skate fighting between anti government forces and the ukrainian army first and go slow i don't know what to say why are they doing this to us civilians we asked the operation commanders in kiev what they're trying to achieve that they were going to the main goal now is to act carefully so civilians won't get hurt well that we don't have any definite numbers of civilian casualties we only have the numbers of dead and injured fighters of the anti terror operation the same day equines deputy health minister reported four hundred seventy eight civilians have died since the beginning of the operation in one pro including seven children but just hours later the ministry denied his statistics without giving any turn to figures we meet with the health minister of the self-proclaimed people's independent republic of the guns. that the aircraft siren starts before we even

osco first question. we have to continue the interview basement. perhaps that you're writing in there yet i can't give any definite numbers concerning civilian casualties because many people died while we couldn't get to them so i don't have the statistics of ukrainian media doesn't say anything about those casualties and so much so they are not allowed to show this or they believe that only terrorists are dying here i ask whether they tell the civilian casualties . no one requested this information or no one is interested in hearing us but i even have statistics on the ukrainian soldiers but they have their own numbers so you know no one asks audience about ours the distinction. and then the guns skokie of know exactly how many men and women and to join have been killed the civilian toll is high and it's likely to rise. and eastern ukraine.

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to be in the. destination southwest of vladimir putin is embarking on his longest foreign tour since settling back into the kremlin in two thousand and twelve before heading to south america the president stressed that dialogue is crucial in today's globalized world where no state or group of countries can tackle international problems by themselves our correspondent alexy our shops he is in the city where putin will land first. the sun faded buildings have on a may make a good source picture but they're all part of a sad reality time seems to be standing still here fifty years of sanctions against cuba is having a huge toll on the country's economy cubans want to move forward but in order to do that they need a strong partner and moscow has made no secret it is willing to become one that's why the first stop. longest ever foreign trip to latin american countries starts here. because that will rubber stamp an unprecedented agreement was writing off

ninety percent of cuba's debts to the u.s.s.r. that's thirty two billion dollars astronomical money for a poor country like cuba the remaining ten percent will be reinvested in the social infrastructure projects on the intrigue is what has on the offer in return speculation takes in everything from major oil deals he will potentially has a lot of it but has no money to extract to rebuilding soviet military bases on the island and that's less than one hundred miles from the coast of the united states the next stop is where the scientists president putin has been very supportive of moscow in its standoff with the west and regrets that trade with russia has not been better the two leaders will aim to increase the annual one point eight billion dollar turnover but its energy deals were both hope to gain a lot of power is provided using russian technology and the new nuclear power plant which will be built by russia a multibillion deal will certainly increase that last but certainly not least is brazil not only will be lucky enough to witness the world cup final from the stands and go through a symbolic handover from brazil to russia he has a lot to discuss with brazil is russia's key trading partner latin america and the

two leaders share a common view on u.s. wiretapping scandals president rousseff was one of the world leaders whose phone was hacked by the n.s.a. so a joint information security project will be on the agenda here putin will also meet a dozen latin american presidents in hopes of striking new partnerships the tool culminate with a brick summit where the final breaks of a joint bank will be late the new financial body will have one hundred billion dollar budget and could represent a solid attempt by developing economies to become less dependent on the u.s. dollar. r.t. reporting from havana cuba. so take a swing around the globe to look at some other stories making the news in our u.s. secretary of state john kerry has arrived in afghanistan in a bid to resolve tensions over the country's disputed presidential election kerry is set to hold talks with both candidates for the top job. and. alongside the current leader and u.n. figures fishel results of the vote are yet to be released but an independent election watchdog announced a ghani top to the final poll which prompted claims of

a cool from his rival. and child has been badly hurt in a violent clash between police and protesters in mexico during a protest over changes to how the registry of births and deaths is one protesters threw objects at the police who fired back with tear gas and rubber bullets one hundred demonstrators and about forty officers were injured in the clashes. isis which now calls itself the islamic state is making a fresh military push to seize more territory in syria and iraq the jihadist ranks are being bolstered by thousands of volunteers with many coming from europe. sort of a reports now from paris on how the conflict in the middle east has fueled violence in france. as the french government continues to support the syrian opposition and many at home fear the repercussions of their country's meddling in foreign affairs coming to bite them. we are paying the price for american politicians who wants to

break the soviet empire and used extremists to do say we used to be afraid of the afghans now it is syrian jihadists wilfried of. sudan's shock the french public in recent years first there was the case of self-proclaimed this mohamed merah accused of killing seven people in salutes in two thousand and twelve then the cia it's wednesday nine year old french native was arrested for killing four people outside the jewish museum in belgium met in the movie left france for syria and see thousand and twelve after allegedly being radicalized behind bars. there are dozens of men like. we've never faced a challenge on this scale the challenge is to prevent french citizens from b. in vatican lies to. those who go to fights abroad according to the government here around seven hundred citizens how falso are fights and in syria and that's

a situation they are calling a ticking time bomb the radicalization process tends to take place in prisons like this one or online and once they're ready for battle it's really hard to track these people down that's why the government is now focusing on increased surveillance and prison reform. even though the government is introducing as such of measures to combat the radicalization of citizens some remain unconvinced saying the country's security forces are doing a bad job. the french government supported the rebel groups in syria the same groups and why themselves sometimes with jihad is groups so there are suspicions the french government is letting its citizens go to syria. let me call put. the fight against jihadism this holy war in syria and this terrorism i'm not credible we don't have any resources now it is almost too late if you want my opinion i think the best solution is to have a change of heart meaning that to our government supports the syrian coalition the

door will be open to jihadists. the french government has flatly rejected accusations it could have done more to prevent recent attacks by its citizens and claim intelligence services are doing their job perfectly but with hundreds of europeans find someone foreign soil the questions right now are what ideology will they bring back home and who they be down fighting green across survivor porson from paris for its heat up next there's sophie shevardnadze talks to russia's foreign ministries a special representative on human rights stay tuned for that watching our two international. we never saw that coming. we had no idea or children were gay. i

would actually just at night pray to god you know me normal. they said you're a homo you're a homo and from that day in first grade i swear my life changed forever i became like a way to cool down to get stopped still to this day. well a bad bad texas instructs school teachers to tell pupils young people that homosexuality is not an acceptable lifestyle and also instructs them to say that homosexual sex in private is a crime in those states if the church was going to fire me that's what they had to do but i was going to do this with. this is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something if simple as people playing

a soccer game we can see individual players and we can see the ball. i can almost see is facial expression you can see is a mouth open and 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 about making the business survive. that. corporations don't love corporations told eight corporations

have no feelings. corporations don't care about you or me corporations when we care about profit. people come to untouched forests and leave massive bleeps for the sake come on. we're not going to quit we will not stop until it is done what is more precious music more moon. welcome to civvy in co i'm sophie shevardnadze is s.s. ukraine gripped by a cast civilians are struggling to find safety i do protect innocent people to ring this.