the means die in four days of the israeli offensive in gaza twenty two children are among them israel is pressing on with the assault the spy the international calls to end the violence. ukrainian officials confirmed nineteen troops have been killed after coming under attack by anti-government forces in the country's east. local militia stepped up their fight following the continued bombing of residential areas in defined ukrainian cities. culture coming up this hour berlin and washington fall out of love germany expels the top u.s. intelligence official in the country furious over

a month by scandals involving the n.s.a. . welcome to our team international it's just gone eight pm this friday evening here in the russian capital you're very welcome i'm you know neil israel is a naval offensive in gaza has killed one hundred palestinians twenty two of them children according to local health workers a mosque is also firing rockets but note that something reported in israel these are pictures from the town of rafah in gaza. rescue workers were searching a collapsed building for survivors when this really missiles hit nearby had been hit by a pre-dawn strike which killed five. all along to an islamic leader and

a seven year old girls among the dead. was. one. of the fuel for. israel has had over a thousand targets and cows say it's also high ground troops on standby for several days honest journalist harvey fear reports local health workers are under real pressure already. 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 but 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 at this is to die today and the girl is still in the good scare

no one knows if she's going to make it clear they thought of. 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 red one that was targeted last night. by the entrance when the first missile hit the house and the second one soon followed we carried the sleeping children out and run away the children began screaming through fear. 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 its going off to hamas militants those alleges are hamas militants however it's willing to go as far as targeting that. home 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 hurried out our house was 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 operation on gaza so long as hamas rocket fire continues it's a recipe for further conflict and inevitable suffering for gaza's civilian population carry fear gaza. world leaders are urging an end to the violence in gaza moscow sees the spilling of civilian blood should be stopped as soon as possible there are similar calls from france with the french president calling for a deescalation for civilians to be kept safe as well and president obama has

offered to broker a cease fire but israel's prime minister has just said global pressure won't stop the operation and hamas continues to fire rockets at israel setting off bomb alerts across the country artie's paulus leader is in tel aviv. what we've witnessed is hamas rocket fire from gaza into israel continuing since tuesday when this operation began there have been some five hundred rockets now in one of the worst attacks a pickle station in the israeli city of ashdod was hit and one person in that incident was seriously injured and other three buckets were fired at israel at northern israel from lebanon so there are growing concerns that the violence could escalate and if we could ultimately be looking at some kind of full scale war at the same time israelis are becoming increasingly afraid you have sirens that are sounding throughout the day i can tell you that here in tel aviv when a siren goes people panic people rush from the cars people rush to bomb shelters or stay cases although often it's just a few seconds where nobody really knows what to do with me i have gideon levy who

is economist with the highlights newspaper gideon thank you for joining us how are israelis feeling amid this is collating violence there is obviously a sense of fear but they're seeing the siren dorm system made it much easier for most of these whaley's as we can see that until now we have to touch woods there were no israeli casualties the former mayor of shallow the israeli town sayed and i'm quoting the only way to win this war is to destroy the enemy without excessive regard for who's a soldier and for who's a civilian do many israelis feel the same way this is the most fear in the beginning of every military operation and it's becoming worse and worse from with aeration corp because israel is becoming more and more militaristic and they should really stick another question to the dogs who want to smash the hamas will do singly come instead of the hamas the government of luxembourg i mean the people who lost any kind of logic or racial nearly eighty people are now reacting emotionally

one can understand it but these kids norms influence the decision makers because this is really the will. right now when this emotional turmoil is taking place. now the i.d.f. accuses hamas of using innocent people as human shields and gals while critics say israel burrs responsibility for the killings the issue is the subject of today's cross talk edition here's a quick preview of the debate you can catch in full later an r.t. there is one when you when you're running five. one innocent people are in harm's way unfortunately regretfully sometimes or hurt there and you're reading from the wrong script you're leading from the script from the two thousand and eight to nine war israel hasn't even gone away not enough is enough i'm going to come to you in the house where those that's that's your that's the old square not 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 there and if i tapped on your roof. and if in on these pictures show what was left after shelling by government forces in an area of strong resistance run the eastern ukrainian city of lugansk officials have confirmed nineteen army troops were killed the country's president responded angrily by threatening to kill hundreds of militants for every shoulder every soldier excuse me that's killed militia forces have also reportedly launched an attack in an area not far to the site. what. this video is the killing range which has been blown up by anti-government forces

who wanted to prevent the printing army advancing on their homes residential areas in rebel held the next town lugansk ensured more air raids overnight refinish they met some of the victims of the government's so-called anti terrorist operation. 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. all for her. this young man was lucky he was through to the hospital with a gunshot wound and thought unlikely to survive can regain consciousness just minutes before we arrived this could have to succeed and if you were to end this it

seems to bullshit that getting. the sims to school. my son woke up with all the disability. they gave the world it isn't. for now we out of the hospital we made him drink who just brought his wife here this is where she was sitting you can see one bullet here of nothing but water another stuck somewhere inside the metal court and drays still in shock and can't believe his wife survived the whole miles in 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 just to cheat so that a lot of his just moved with his family from the suburbs of la guns into the city itself to skate fighting between anti government forces and the ukrainian army

first and go slow i don't know what to say but why are they doing this to us civilians we ask the operation commanders in kiev what they're trying to achieve. 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 he crane's 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 ask our first question. we have to continue having to face.

it perhaps an earring in 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 so they are not allowed to show that or they believe that only terrorists are dying here i ask whether they tell kiev about the civilian casualties. no one requested this information no one is interested in telling us that i even have statistics on the korean soldiers but they have their own numbers no one asks us about ours that is ticks. and when they had 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 now a blast has ripped through a major supermarket in the ukrainian city of the netscape least one person has been

injured and taken to hospital on the earliest with the by the way that the cause is unclear and firefighters are still on the scene. more news after a short break including germany's anger over the latest spy scandal involving america's national security agency stay with our two international. they all told you my language as well but i will only react to situations i haven't read the reports so i'm making a push from a no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say it is or carry out a car is on the docket no god there is no thank you no more weasel words when you veda direct question simply prepared for a change when you call upon you should be ready for a battle freedom of speech and

a little bit on the freedom to crush. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others who refused to notice. the faces changing the world writes now. so a picture of today's lives i understand from around the globe. dropped . to fifty. relations between burley in washington have been dealt a blow after the top cia officer in germany was ordered of the country the strong reaction came after two high ranking german officials were in moscow as alleged u.s. spies over the snooping is widespread the german interior minister the smiths the

information obtained by the alleged buys was a laughable but said the political damage is serious a left party member expressed i prayed saying there is no longer blind trust in the u.s. and the justice minister has demanded u.s. spying in germany be stopped once and for all artes peter all over has more from burden. sent packing and with a flea in his ear. 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 you know it's been an addictive it's a bar foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it

took a whole string of an embarrassing 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 their close friendship but the discovery of two potential double agents in germany and as 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. publicly at least washington has so far kept quiet about the diplomatic rug state department spokesperson jen psaki avoided giving any comment when asked about it when you sure you have seen the german report of the media reports saying what would you mean by that are you deny either journeymen alleviations a vote that there was this going on. all i meant by it was that we've seen the reports we've read the reports i'm not going to have any specific comment on it given its purported it until you see those reports are true i'm not going to have anything more to add on that front are freedom of information act only to seize

expelling the top intelligence official is a drastic step but sends a strong message is kinds of measures are actually only done for a pariah states like north korea and so forth this is a political earthquake you could call it there's at least serious ramifications i mean. maybe the. trade agreement might be at risk i think that the political climate here is at a very critical. point in time and people want solutions they want answers they want their elected officials. holding them to account and to protect their rights their constitutional rights and i would suggest that. that in the coming months i think we're going to see more of this sentiment yes indeed russia's president vladimir putin weighed in on the scandal saying spying on allies was over to park prosy he also said it's a direct violation of state sovereignty and an infringement of human rights. gooden

spoke about the spy scandal before setting off on his longest both in time and distance foreign trip we look at where he is on why later in the program. our online team is working twenty four seven to provide you with the best stories and pictures at r.t. dot com let's take a look at what's proving popular on this truly enjoyed safe have a truce towards homosexuality can change. incest and pedophilia read more about how those comments have gone done online. cash for data internet companies could profit from the new u.k. emergency legislation which increases online surveillance powers find out how on our teeth dot com. right from the scene. first straight to you and i think that you're.

on our reporters' twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. on. time for more news from around the globe now in the u.s. immigration protests are continuing in southern california demonstrations have been ongoing for a week alongside the us mexico border and activists trying to prevent the arrival of three buses full of illegal immigrants a combination of poverty violence and ignorance about u.s. policy has seen many unaccompanied children had to america from countries like el salvador and guatemala as a result around fifty two thousand miners have been detained in the past year attempting to sneak across the border. six people have been killed and twenty five are missing after heavy trencher rains triggered mudslides in southwest china houses and roads were flooded traffic was disrupted and the water supply cut off

authorities have evacuated residents and rescue teams continue to search for missing people this is the second mudslide incident to hit the area in a month. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in afghanistan to resolve tensions over the disputed presidential poll we'll talk become that abdullah abdullah an afghani who both claim victory engines run off the final official vote results have not been announced as yet but the independent election watchdog said down the top the final poll his opponent claimed called the claims of victory a coup. leader mir putin is in cuba's capital starting a week long tour of latin america his longest foreign trip to earth since returning to the kremlin in two thousand and twelve head of the journey he gave an interview in which he insisted that in today's globalized world no state or group of countries can tackle international problems by themselves our correspondent alexy

ownership is following the president to see what side america and russia have to offer each other. 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. and i would because that will rubberstamp an unprecedented agreement to moscow is 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 have and will 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 the hope of striking new partnerships the tool culminate with a brick summit where the final bricks 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.

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i marinate joining me. for that impartial and financial report very conservative and much much. only on bombast and. he's all ten united outspoken and ready to take a stand on the day's red hot issues he's my good friend bill maher get ready there's he's joining me for this edition of politicking. in the politicking on larry king joining me one of my favorite people who's never

afraid to say what he wants the host of real time with bill maher on h.b.o. the one and only maher himself let's get right into tarnishes none more current than mr sterling nice heard have attacked the fact that he was taped. yeah that's you know but i know dns them justify the means but this is absurd well you know it's been good if we could keep two thoughts and i had the same time you know no one forgives the racism it's nice we've reached a place in america where that's not even debatable nobody stands up for the racism but you know the fourth amendment isn't beanbag no i get it that he's in a kind of a quads i public situation there with the team it's not its own not public but it's the other owners can kick him out tonight but when i was saying a lot of people interesting i almost never get cute does from both left and right both left and right like that i said you know what if you can't do your own

girlfriend in your living room without losing your property. then what is before the amendment because the fourth amendment is the one that says we should be secure in our homes secure in our property secure in our persons and. you know racism is bad and so is losing the fourth amendment so what do you do when it bounces but once is out the owners have no way to go i mean they can say well yeah we shouldn't take them but what do we do right now i don't know what will they would they would i mean i had kareem abdul-jabbar in the week before and i said you know everyone's saying how brave commissioners solver was well he wasn't exactly brave i'm not saying he did the wrong thing but it's not brave when you do something that every single person says you should do and brave is going against the grain the grain is will keep going on the air and you know what the owners wanted to get rid of sterling because it's going to hurt them the business the players would have just

revolted it's been there already african-american leagues in it so you know it wasn't brave but it was perhaps the right thing to do i'm sure it was the right thing to do right now do you think who's advising him on doing other appearances because foot in the mouth is a classic actually i think. judging from the anderson cooper and you know view that's actually going to help him because now people are just going to think well this guy is it's pathetic dimentia you know i mean no one can be that bad. you know on purpose you can't act that stupid and he said about the wife. from what i read she's a racist i mean that well yeah that she was kind of his right hand man with the apartment buildings and you know i it's unlikely in a marriage that long that they would have very differing political views it's it's rare when you find a mary matalin james carville kind of marriage usually husband and wife are aligned

on those kind of issues so i don't think she's some sort of outlier in this i think she's. guilty to no i'm never initiating all he is and i have been interviewing bill maher since nine hundred eighty seventy nine eighty eight worked in washington time on my all my radio show he was a regular not every ninety ninety nine i think the first time i was on was when i was on politically correct which is early nine you know you work in a club in washington really yeah you were it was in the eighty's you were made out of that are things that club and why get involved a cyber do supply pipe a loved you always say you got to have this guile film are seeing something that said you have a better memory than i do let's say in all these years and then we ask you this why in two thousand and fourteen is this still racism in america i mean what's stupider than not liking someone because that is a risk in which they have nothing to do with what is stupider than that well i mean people why don't.