israel snubs international pressure continuing to bomb gaza while the death toll surpasses one hundred twenty palestinians mostly civilians. out as militants in syria and iraq recruiting a fresh army of volunteers the self-proclaimed islamic state reportedly collects a million dollars a day from selling captured oil. lattimer putin adds an extra surprise stop to his tour of latin america showing up in nicaragua after a fruitful day of talks with the capture of brothers in havana.

two pm in moscow good to have you with us on r.t. international on saturday morning israeli airstrikes hit a mosque in gaza saying it was used to store weapons for hamas and other attacks nine people were killed including two disabled women more than one hundred twenty palestinians have lost their lives since tuesday most of them civilians including nearly two dozen children. no no and i said yes and i know what i mean but that. i. owe it a. little all all israel says no international pressure will force them to back down but

while warring with hamas they've also hit residential areas keep in mind that gaza is a small slice of lead crime with almost two million people besides israel is now using up twice the force it had during a similar operation in two thousand and twelve more than thirty thousand israeli troops are on staff. pardon me standby with a possible ground invasion looming locals in gaza are bracing for the worst journalist terry fator reports for r.t. . several days into the latest escalation between israel and hamas and the situation in gaza has not eased. his relative hears to be preparing for more hard hitting campaigns to rein in the mass rocket fire along the israel gaza border as thousands were ordered to evacuate a warrior indicates that a ground invasion may be imminent is that unless we were attacked by f. sixteen jets to destroy her home but that was only. when these really began demanding people move out of their sea and their children say so we left the area

and then did up on the streets rockets continue to find vigorously from gaza with disparate militant groups working together to strike israel which has itself mobilized twenty thousand troops in preparedness for an escalation israel struck over one thousand targets many of which homes friday morning the air force targeted a building belonging fan to a. in shake redwine locals are adamant that it was just a residential building they all civilian there are no weapons. nothing is. hidden within this building as you can see i don't know why the family managed to evacuate before the main missile struck no one was injured but they didn't have time to take their belongings before the house was destroyed not all of the strikes are in minutes and some buildings though late thursday night a peculiar strike took place at gaza's marina

a boat owned by the international freedom flotilla coalition was the sole target gaza's ah was a humanitarian project designed to export goods from the besieged enclave to the outside world to boost the economy and act as a symbol of palestinian nonviolent resistance in the face of what they see as the israeli occupation as you can see this shit isn't going to be sailing anytime soon it was struck i would say last night by the israeli air force may be to win a. political party this is individually. no distance talking. about double palestinian activists say israel struck the boat to ruin their work but it's unclear if militants were at the marina that night in what's normally a relatively safe area of gaza. more than eight hundred gazans have been injured

and the health care system is struggling to keep well. for medics to treat the injured as it is gradually increasing before the doctors are provided with medicine it will soon be tougher to provide such services border crossings closed in an intensifying block and israeli escalation in gaza. as this war goes on. it's the palestinian civilian population that is paying the greatest price the bodies continue to arrive at gaza's hospitals israel says it's got hundreds of strikes left exactly against gaza it feels very much like this is not the end of the latest israel gaza war. gaza. israel which is also being attacked from gaza has so far dodged civilian deaths but eight people were wounded one of them seriously after a rocket hit the country's south on friday policy reports of people there are also learning to live with the daily attacks the situation here in israel is extremely

tense barrages of rockets continue to be find at the country from gaza there was one incident when a gas station in the city of ashdod was hit and one person has been seriously injured that is the most serious incident so far ninety percent of the rockets that are coming from gaza into set to buy the iron dome anti-missile defense system on friday night three missiles were intercepted over the skies of tel aviv and i was at an open field when this happened and it's almost surreal people who rushed out of a cars in this almost a few seconds before they can get to the ground or hide behind some kind of building many people just watching this interception in the sky and when it happened there was this huge applause that went up from people on the street where i was but certainly people are afraid what we're hearing from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that he will not back down and he will certainly not back down to international pressure he says and i'm quoting that the battle is progressing as planned so there is the sense on the ground that this could ultimately lead to a ground offensive meanwhile the u.n.

the top human rights officials are deeply concerned over the rise of civilian casualties in tech which will tease in gaza especially children high commissioner navi pillay is investigating is calling for an investigation into the israeli airstrikes in the attacks could violate international law bill van as wall from human rights watch thinks the attacks could amount to war crimes. the civilian suffering is not getting enough attention it's not getting enough attention from the israeli forces who are conducting those air strikes naval strikes tank shelling and other forms of attack under the laws of war which bind israel as they bind any military force you cannot shoot first and ask questions later you have got to make sure that what you're shooting at is a legitimate target and if there's any doubt in your mind whether it might be civilian you have to hold fire and i'm very concerned that we are not seeing that we may be seeing the opposite we've seen virtually no accountability for a very well documented past cases of abuse of violations and even war crimes and

without accountability and with impunity then abuses will obviously continue you you weaken your enemy by by attacking their fighters and their military objects you do nothing to weaken your enemy by attacking a civilian population who is not fighting you it does nothing for you it's a war crime. any more on the israeli conflict with hamas on our web site r.t. dot com so check it out there. is a law makes state proclaimed by jihad it's in parts of syria and iraq is expanding its influence in attracting more volunteers extremists supported by u.k. media to be raking in around a million dollars a day from selling oil from the facilities they captured in both countries some rival rebel groups are now flocking to fill the job as ranks nevertheless the u.s. maintains it can still find a moderate opposition to arm. reports. more rebel groups there pledge allegiance to the islamic state the extremist group now controls

a vast part of iraq and syria and has announced a talent fate one report says a thousand strong syrian rebel brigade arrived at the headquarters of the islamic state in a convoy of over one hundred vehicles including tank tanks ceased from syrian government forces for several years now u.s. officials have been trying to create this image of the syrian opposition as former teachers farmers and dentists fighting against bashar assad the speedy advance of the isis shows just how much more complicated the situation is the obama administration began to stumble when answering questions about the contradiction between u.s. efforts in syria and now in iraq. oftentimes the challenge is if you have former farmers or teachers. or pharmacists. who now are taking up. opposition against

a battle hardened regime. with support from external actors that have won that state how quickly can you get them trained washington is still determined to continue arming the syrian opposition the white house has asked congress for half a billion dollars in eight for the syrian opposition and you have many hawkish lawmakers here who want just that the white house says the forces there are now providing weapons to our moderate but what does moderate mean in that part of the world where everything came change overnight we get into this conflict between who is a radical and who's a moderate and and who we're going to arm and then people change sides look what happened in iraq in recent years and it gets so confusing that even the experts don't understand it and get all. when they try to describe it in light of the onslaught of the state you can often hear the criticism that in its zest to remove

. washington may have overlooked the threat of this radical group in washington i'm going to check on our. middle east analyst phyllis bennis thinks there is no way for moderate syrian groups to prevent their military hardware from falling into jihadi hands the syrian rebels come in a wide variety of idiology and belief and organizations but they're all working quite closely together so this notion that there is a an expansion of isis for instance is certainly not a surprise i think many people have been worried that if the u.s. provides weapons to what they consider this so-called moderate opposition that there will be no way that those quote moderates can protect those weapons from falling into the hands of jihadi forces like isis and others that it won't be because they want to turn it over to them necessarily although it might also but simply because they don't have the military capacity that some of these other

organizations these islamist organizations do have so it's going to be further militarization more people will be killed it's not going to help the syrian people and particularly syrian civilians it's going to make it worse for them. russian president vladimir putin heading for his maiden visit to argentina it will be the president's third stop on his weeklong tour of latin america he's already visited nicaragua and cuba where he has plenty to discuss with about his current leader raul castro and his other brother fidel. no you just had a lengthy meeting with comrade fidel. yes it was an excellent and very interesting conversation we discussed international affairs economic matters the markets as well as more specific issues like i grew culture so does the deal still talk a lot. yes he talks and listens a look he's an experienced politician and. several important deals have been signed

during putin's visit including one allowing a russian company to drill for oil off the cuban coast alexei reports and other highlights of the visit. the biggest news of the day and this is the talk of the town now is that officially confirmed it is writing off ninety percent of cubans debt to the soviet union which amounts to thirty two billion us dollars an astronomical sum of money for this country the remaining ten percent will be reinvested into the cuban economy the trick of course is now what come on a will often offer in return the speculation is rife that the military base the writer base on cuba the soviet baseload this which was shot down in the late one thousand nine hundred may be relaunched but that is of course a speculation it was not confirmed by neither i or. one of the highlights of this visit here was. talk with fidel castro who has been spending the best part of the last decade in a hospital being seriously ill he would have said they talked about international and regional politics and it was a rather short conversation which is typical for the legendary cuban leader he has

been a good talker his longest speech in one thousand eight hundred six and have on the last that for as many as seven hours may no longer be controlling everything in his country but still he is pretty much the cuban leader and he has been here for forty nine years politically outliving ten american presidents he has been claiming that he survived as many as six hundred thirty four attempts on his life most of them as he says were masterminded by the cia and some of those have been creative to say the least including poison peels a toxic cigar exploding even a special chemically created powder to get rid of his beard to undermine his popularity. still to come later this hour a look at how the latest spy scandal in germany is affecting free trade talks between the u.s. and europe stay with us. this

is what we do we kill people and break things. we can see something as simple as people playing soccer games you can see individual players and you can see that. you can only see his facial expression you can see he is now crying. maybe cursed us or maybe he asked. for forgiveness for. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured. it's like you know when the bullets to stop because it's like. that fact that.

moment so it's almost like there's a baby the blue and then you just see the big sound it's like a base. sixteen minutes past the hour the u.n. security council should show more concern over the rising number of civilian casualties in east ukraine that statement from russia's envoy to the group vitaly churkin meanwhile the ukrainian army and anti-government forces in the self-proclaimed lugansk republics have been locked in a violent tit for tat these latest pictures from a town in that in that screen or again residential areas were hit by government shelling at least three people have been killed marie if an ocean reports from east ukraine. ukrainian crisis continues to escalate please death toll from both sides and anger also rising one friday you credit president for that but i think inside

that school every soldier's life the militants will pay we've always been under it's all day to read. that's off to tack on the army's brigade near the russian border in which twenty three servicemen including the border guards were killed and one hundred others were injured it is. known as good odds or hey it was used in this attack that is considered to be so far the deadliest attack on the army's position since the beginning of what it calls its meant in terror of aeration late to the operation commanders in kiev reported that at least seventy five anti government forces were killed in the clashes around the city of donetsk the biggest in the eastern ukraine with a population of one million people became the key battleground to the surrender of the towns of slovyansk and mentors but this information was not confirmed by the anti government forces themselves they said that they lost a dozen of their fighters and they have and small ain't it well of course these

reports are sometimes conflicting it is not clear exactly how many men women and children died in months although the large scale mutual here in eastern ukraine but both sides agreed that casualties in months it didn't completion very high and it is continuing to rise and of course in this situation we can say that hopes are fading away but a dog that many says who are not directly involved in this conflict in ukraine a calling for could happen any time soon. go online to find firsthand accounts and expert analysis and our in-depth coverage of the ongoing violence r t. one spy scandal after another as bad relations between the u.s. and germany after two alleged american agents were exposed by german intelligence kicked out the cia's top official from the country but germany seems to maintain his friendship with it's powerful. in my opinion there is no alternative to our

partnership with the united states despite the events of the last weeks which were disturbing and lead toward decision we want our partnership our friendship revived on its levels when it comes to cooperation the biggest upcoming deal involving the two countries is a transatlantic trade and investment partnership that would see the creation of a single market for the e.u. and the us r t peter all for takes a look at how the latest scandals are affecting what could be the largest free trade agreement ever struck. the relationship between germany and the united states is somewhat strained at the moment against the backdrop of spy scandal after spy scandal the unprecedented action taken of expelling a cia operative from the u.s. embassy here in berlin and a recent poll suggesting that almost seventy percent of germans have lost trust recently in the united states while all of this comes against the backdrop of the negotiations of a potentially multi billion dollar trade deal between europe and the united states

the transatlantic investment partnership deal well this could potentially be huge for the industry but it does have its critics not to talk a bit more about this and about the negotiations are going to be going on on t tip i'm joined by professor michael from democratic thank you very much for talking to me what are the major concerns for germans about the tea tape negotiations. in germany there are a lot of citizens who are worrying that european standards will sink we're talking about consumer protection and environmental protection those standards are lower in the u.s. they're also worries that international investors and corporations will receive special legal treatment that will lead to the abolition of some environmental and social protection laws. in the last two weeks we have seen the relationship be somewhat strained with regards to spying but do you think that would have any kind

of impact on the negotiations for the trade deal or is this pretty much already a done deal chimney are set to sign their part of it is going to cause i don't believe it will have a significant effect on talks it's going to take until the end of two thousand and fifteen when negotiation. and affair will be forgotten quickly and i think negotiations will continue as if it didn't happen. well thank you very much it does seem that despite germany taking the unprecedented option of expelling that cia operative and seemingly standing up to the united states when it comes to trade they are going to sign this deal despite the concerns of some of the citizens here in germany trade relate regulations are relaxed between the u.s. and europe many in berlin for the once cherished national health service may fall victim to market forces even though they use top negotiator promised to safeguard the health care system concern remains the agreement will lead to the full privatisation of the n.h.s. polly boyko has more. anyone living in the u.k.

here walk through the doors of a hospital and receive state medical care without paying a penny it's the world's largest publicly funded health service but as part of the coalition governments shake up a universal health care a growing number of n.h.s. services have been concentrated out to private profit making companies up until now the biggest had been awarded to richard branson's virgin care which got five hundred million pounds for providing health services in sorry but that figure could soon be dwarfed by the biggest private deal in n.h.s. history opponents say the move sets a dangerous precedent that could pave the way for a great a carve up of britain's national health service for health care or thirty's and stafford share a tendering a contract worth one point two billion pounds whoever gets it will have to coordinate cancer care for patients to out the county from diagnosis to treatment

and and of life care there is a real. lack of comfort about seeing private companies participate not just in the provision of care but in decision making about what has provided and to whom the problem is that these contractors completely untested is a new method of contracting aids with a talk of service that's provided to very vulnerable people at a time in their life when they when they desperately rely on it for a hugely long period of time for ten years we would say that that's just a very dangerous gamble no decision has yet been made on who will receive the contract and there are both public trusts and private companies bidding and health bosses in staffordshire say that the quality of treatment won't be affected regardless of the outcome a spokesperson for the department of health told r.t. . the key thing is the patients get the best possible care free at the point of use

no matter who provides it but within an adequate casque on those already marring parts of the n.h.s. such a large potentially commercial contract has hit a raw nerve with those who worry that letting in profit driven companies could britain's beleaguered health system rather than kill it. in london. on our website right now homing missiles inspire a quantum leap in military research and development a us tech firm claims it's a step away from producing cell phone guided bullets that would allow snipers to shoot the wrong way and still hit their target plus. team of russian archaeologists striking the jackpot when days of careful digging revealed this and it had nothing else to say that they had but else they found romeo and juliet of the bronze age find out more on our website. home delivery service on the brink of

a revolution traditional ways to get your pizza book or delayed as a gadget may soon be a thing of the past world's biggest web retailer amazon seeking government approval to test drone technology in seattle it believes that one day drones will be as normal as mail delivery on the road today some pioneers of already taken the bull by the horns a pizzeria in northern russia has started flying its food to customers and as you can it's all going smoothly so far so private drones are on the up but the government's worries and concerns on the merkel wasn't so pleased to be buzzed during an election rally last year. flying drones near the airports is another issue already several cases where they narrowly avoided collisions with planes and a pain in aviation scientists brian handily says the risks may only increase. and

somebody could capture an amazon drone and hack it somebody you know would be easy to do that with a stolen credit card or a book delivered to one address and then with with the drone on a metal box carry it off once you have physical access you you could turn into your own purposes we don't have systems for. detecting them on a magic leave that are available for control except looking out the window currently we have very few drones in the skies and. and we're already having issues happen if the numbers are higher it's it's going to happen that drones are going to collide with aircraft after the break a special report on the fight for gay rights in the states or if you're watching us from the u.k. the report. when

people talk about human rights violations you should involve some pro western protestors getting beaten up and responsible mainstream media is usually to bomb somebody somewhere so good thing they haven't picked up a story from detroit that the u.n. is calling a human rights violation residents of the motor city or well sadly the former motor city who are hundred fifty dollars or more behind on their water bills are getting their water shut off completely the detroit water and sewage department is five billion dollars in debt and that is the justification to crack down on deadbeats on the surface the seems like an open and shut case of course everyone has the right to water especially detroit which is near a huge bodies of fresh water that other cities can only dream of but on the other hand if the poor don't pay for water then us taxpayers will be paying for it for them and that's not fair i think this is not so much a case of a right to water but a right to disemployment and a corruption free city government back when people detroit had good salaries and a government that wasn't flagrantly corrupt they would have any problems paying for their water bills but that's just my opinion.

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