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israel's offensive on gaza presses into its sixth day as a single strike outside a mosque in gaza leaves fifteen people dead bringing the total number of palestinians killed in the up pensive up to one hundred fifty. is it. a suburb of done yet the ukraine comes under a barrage of artillery fire from kiev's forces with reports that civilians have been killed. britons fear for their state health care service claiming a trade treaty will see the n.h.s. ripped apart by private american medical firms.
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and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our tam sean thomas glad to have you with us now more deaths in the israeli gaza conflict as a late on saturday night a missile struck just outside a mosque in gaza killing at least fifteen people women and children are reportedly among the victims this is the deadliest single assault so far and it brings the number of palestinians killed in the offensive to one hundred fifty earlier in the day it rockets also hit a different mosque and a charity for disabled people and the israeli military is calling on gaza residents to evacuate as it plans to intensify strikes. could.
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i don't know i know yet and i know. that. israel launched of the offensive on tuesday and it claims it only targets a mosque militants but the un says three quarters of the casualties are civilians while local medics state twenty four children are among the dead harry fear reports from gaza where locals are scared for their safety. and apparently we don't have that baggage from her fear but we will try and get that for you a little bit later in the program but moving on in its first statement since the beginning of the escalation the un security council has called for a cease fire in gaza and document calling for peace and direct talks between the sides was signed by all fifteen members of the un's most powerful body now earlier
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in the un human rights chief also raise alarm over the mounting number of civilian deaths in gaza and questioning the legality of israel's actions high commissioner navi pillay said that the country could be violating international law as it pushes on with its military operation people across the globe are also voicing their outrage over the strikes. this is washington where a crowd converged on the israeli embassy calling for an end to the assault and it labeling israeli leaders terrorists thousands of protesters took to the streets in central berlin on saturday to demand an end to the attacks on gaza in cairo police used tear gas to disperse a gaza solidarity protest on friday while around one hundred demonstrators gathered in paris singing at the answer and demanding an end to what they described as a massacre. came. from gaza university believes
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israel is capable of hitting militant targets without putting civilians under threat because it is a very small territory and it is very much packed with one point eight million palestinians but even in spite of that if these rain is wanted to hit and minutes of those who are responsible for the launching of rockets against israeli towns and villages they are able to basically do that without then getting palestinian civilians in there doing this to populated areas now israel is planning says we shot them here on targeted by the israeli bombardment they belong to us when it's going to use the yard minutes but they don't give warning most of the time sounds is without warning which the which results in civilian death thousand million casualties and as promised we seem to have found that story from harry fear
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who is reporting from gaza where the situation on the ground is very troublesome and the locals are scared for their safety. several days into the latest escalation between israel and hamas and the situation in gaza has not eased. his relative his caring 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 indicating that a ground invasion may be in it unless you are attacked by f. sixteen jets that destroyed our home but that was only. when the israelis began demanding people move out of their sea and their children say so we left the area and then on the streets rockets to find vigorously from gaza israel struck up a one thousand targets many of which the homes friday morning the air force targeted a building belonging to a family and she cried while locals are adamant that it was just
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a residential building they also billion 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 late thursday night a peculiar strike took place at gaza's marina a boat owned by the international freedom to tell a coalition which was the sole target of gaza's ogg 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 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
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a relatively safe area of gaza more than eight hundred gazans have been injured and . healthcare system is struggling to keep. the injured as it is gradually increasing doctors are provided with medicine who simply tough it will provide such services border crossings closed and an intensifying block and there's really 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 after exactly it feels very much like this is not the end of the latest israel gaza war. the mounting international pressure to end of the violence is having little impact on the ground who israeli leaders are vowing to continue the gods offensive hamas is not backing down either as it continues shelling
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israeli territory in a separate development just hours ago two missiles coming from the lebanese side of the border landed in the north of israel prompting it to fire back in response our middle east correspondent has more from tel aviv. the situation here in israel is extremely tense barrages of rockets continued to be fined 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 in fact that is the most serious incident so far ninety percent of the rockets that are coming from gaza into septic by the i am don't answer the missile defense system on friday night three missiles went into said to the skies of tel aviv and i was at an open field when this happened and it's almost surreal people rushed out of a cars and there's 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
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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 as you well know thousands of reserve soldiers have been called up the head of the israeli army is also saying that gazans made a grave mistake by launching rockets at israel and that they will bring disaster upon themselves so certainly the rhetoric that's coming out at the moment does seem to suggest that this operation will continue and possibly continue for quite some time. you can indeed across what paula has managed to find out in israel by following her updates on twitter. to be in the was in law. now people are fleeing an area next to the eastern ukrainian city of done yet because it is been
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a shelled almost nonstop by forces since friday. the were. you sure you did the study you. should give the go that's for sure of. a harrowing account from an eyewitness but anti-government forces the salient number of civilian deaths is as high as thirty right now you're looking at pictures of the aftermath in that area these are a few notions in the region for. the president the fighting happened in the outskirts of the city of donetsk one of the biggest cities here in eastern ukraine with a population of one million people we know that multiple rocket launcher known as god ok was used followed by multiple times the pictures we received from the ground show dramatic device station and we can clearly see that a residential area was targeted and we're also hearing reports that local. and chilled to a role so heat and many already compare these scenes with the city of slovyansk the
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key target of ukrainian army full months of what kate calls its end to terror gratian the town almost leveled just a week before it was surrendered of course the major concern is that it's happening next to a very very big city and the fears are that the violence could spread further that we were clashes along the russian ukrainian border also continue to be russia's foreign ministry post about one incident in which russia's checkpoint was targeted and the reports that it came under fire coming from both ukrainian and russian side and those responsible for the firing from the russian side came from ukraine and the report says that they're all proofs for that. was out of the blue the people ran out unexpectedly and it was my own up a troll. or. judging by the damage to the car bombs were used
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and it's obvious they were used on purpose the investigation is ongoing. meanwhile we hear it from the operation commanders in caves that on friday they managed to kill around one thousand and to government if itis although they don't provide any information they need everybody when the white house and we heard from the president for the british that quotation for every ukrainian soldier the militants will pay with scores of hydrates off the road this information there was not confirmed by the end to government forces themselves they say they lost a dozen. conflicting reports but there is one thing that both sides agree on but casualties among civilians in a very high and it continues to rise and while the death toll from all sides and anger is the rise in eastern ukraine it's clear that they did the way that they saw those that many those who are not directly involved in this crisis is a calling for now could happen any time soon. now kid reportedly targeted another
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city in the region with an airstrike anti-government activists said five people have died there but did not specify whether it was civilians or their own fighters that's an they also claim to have shot down the ukrainian military plane something he denies. now britain's publicly funded health service risks being carved open by american health care giants that is according to protesters in london who are anxious about a plan to trade deal between the e.u. and the u.s. they marched on the box office in the british capital marti's politico was there. but this protest is all about what could end up being the biggest trade pact in history the u.s. and the e.u. are negotiating over the potential creation of a massive free trade area now washington and brussels say it's all about the creation of more choice the studio economy and making much all the more your eyes
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are going to make the most fun as you can hand by the slogans and the banners or that deal has more than its fair share of a home and here in britain there's a particular concern over the future of the national health service the universal medical caste system that is being mislead guarded by a lot of people here in the u.k. now the coalition government has possibly shake up the n.h.s. has already contracted out an increasing number of services to private profit making companies and the worry is that this deal would allow u.s. companies to come into the n.h.s. i'm privatized parts of it irreversibly said the protesters here i demand saying that the national health service the british national health service is kicked out of the potential u.s. e.u. trade agreement entirely now of course these talks are being held in secret that
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worries protesters as well they simply don't know what's being discussed but the main e.u. negotiator has assured that the future of the n.h.s. will be fully safe. supporters of the transatlantic trade agreements say it will benefit europe by creating a new jobs and generating one hundred billion euros a year the areas potentially affected by the trade including the environment investment health care education and labor critics say the deal will open the use doors had to things such as fracking and a genetically modified foods and a leader to a corporate takeover and a declining wages agreement is also causing concern in europe powerhouse germany artie's peter all over spoke with civil rights campaigner michael l. for about the possible threats posed by the treaty. what are the major concerns for germans about the tea tape negotiations. in germany there are
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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. there are 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 the trade deal or is this pretty much already a done deal chimney all set to sign that 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 negotiations should be completed this current affair will be forgotten quickly and i think negotiations will continue as if it didn't happen thank you very much it does seem that despite germany taking the unprecedented action of expelling that cia operative and seemingly standing up to the united states when it
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comes to trade they are going to sign this deal despite the concerns of some of the citizens here in germany. russian president vladimir putin continues his tour of latin american countries his most recent stop was in argentina where the leaders of the two countries signed a nuclear energy cooperation deal we've got all the details after a short break. this is about making the business survive. the. corporations don't love. him still hate corporations have no feeling. corporations don't care about you or me corporations we care about
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. people come to untouched forests and leave massively. to say come on. we're not going to quit we will not stop until it is done what is more precious music more moving. history is never really dead as long as it's with us the start of the first world war one hundred years ago is a case in point and numerous ways to beginning in conclusion of that conflict shapes our world today. and welcome back this is our team international the russian leader vladimir putin has arrived in argentina as part of his latin american tour talks between the
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leaders of the two nations resulted in a number of agreements signed including a nuclear energy cooperation deal the next stop for the russian president is brazil as are reports. well on routes to the world cup final hay in rio the russian president vladimir putin has still in argentina where he had a meeting with the country's president cristina fernandez de and they discussed the strengthening of political and economic ties as well aside in a number of agreements such as legal treaties including the exchange of prisoners there was also an agreement for peaceful nuclear cooperation. and also says that our table will soon start broadcasting on argentinian t.v. in spanish. the agreement will expand the cooperation between russian and argentinian t.v. channels we're grateful for the opportunity for russia's r.t. spanish channel to broadcast in argentina everybody here will be able to freely access the network for the first time. while the president also went on to say that
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russia hoping to build their own global positioning satellites and they're expecting argentinian and hoping for argentinian help on the project so let's give you a bit more information about counterparts about argentina itself. cristina fernandez the cut is the first elected female president in argentina the keyword there was elected because isabella martin has to put on was president for two years in the one nine hundred seventy s. on this latin american told and also stopped off in cuba that's where he had a symbolic meeting with former leader fidel castro an influential figure who helped castro to power shake of all born in argentina with relations between the usa and russia out there was since the end of the cold war it seems that the two nations i don't sing to a different tune at the moment. of time and argentina are of course in sunday's world cup final. against germany in the sport as
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a religion for fans in latin america but argentina's national sport isn't football it's a sport known as part of a mix of cross people. so i arrive in rio within the next twenty four hours or so ahead of the world cup final missing for this trip across latin america is going to be dominated by gangs sporting ones and political ones. and during his stay in brazil vladimir putin will attend of the today brics summit the participants are expected to discuss of the creation of a new financial institution and energy agreements within the group to speak more about the prospects for brics we're joined live by our lopez that levy lecturer at the university of denver thank you very much for being with us now during this summit the sides are expected to discuss a number of major issues such as the creation of a new financial institution and to energy agreements that would considerably boost the group. just do need to understand the presidium putting these into
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loving america and particularly in his prisons in brazil is connected with the priority the grossest runs throughout the. lot in america now and also to liberate us the key element in building a new world people are will be put all in for emerging economies so just. in the our south africa. china is the idea oh the importance of financial stability so we are going to see the discussion on the issue of the brics bank. we are talking about the bank for relief the arenal endowment will be growth to fifty billion dollars is divided portion of the commission would be the right in five parts of
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a dim billion each and obviously this is a bit important issue that goes to the perception about russia. it's very connected with these idea of brics india what is in is going in there with this idea of the o.e.c.d. the age of some form for going to change and see that basically will try to provide some help in. building shall we need to prices for one of the currency is now considering the group's growth and many see the brics as a real alternative to the west financial and economic institutions you spoke a little bit about financial stability there is this likely to help foster a more multipolar world where different countries have different places to look to for guidance well that's exactly the purpose they berkus is to use this only to relaunch this role of the brig's. gold. the balance to
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the west the dominance if not in it begins in western institutions but it's more a goal of competing dynamics. picture that gains risk undelivered the hope to now with the institutions or institutions the window may need to buy it was to congress in the wool scenes the the end of the second world war now you mention this is not to punish the western countries but this summit does come amid economic sanctions against moscow over the crisis in ukraine briefly could you talk about are these markets of brics countries a real alternative. well as i say said. he did all receive will be enough in america it's very connected to the relaunching of the religion with a review. in our leisure to the meeting in doing this over in
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the car i was meeting with christian cristina fernandez the kitchen then there will be a meeting with the old sailor the community all loving or maybe done caribbean states as part of the meeting all of. the greeks obviously this is the idea to look for markets argentina for instance could be very important because they produce a lot of food. during the years of the board called begins most of when the old soviet union was in gold for legal reasons the united states after president carter imposed sanctions budget didn't even all go immediately right when the data dictatorship was. not there not the market that help to stabilize. this or through from the sanctions and i think this is this is
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more real is what is happening. but i do think that these crises believe it diplomacy. is wrong and not you know maybe come full really you. are. in general in china india they are looking. at these are kids out there not the bar winners to relaunch their role in the world unfortunately we've run out of time our tour a lot has levy lecture at the university of denver thank you very much for your thoughts very interesting to hear as this all plays out it was a great. now we always have more for you on our website including climate. dubai plans to build the world's first climate controlled city as temperatures in the united arab emirates reach over forty five degrees the area under a huge glass dome is to accommodate a shopping center hotels and even a bit more on that on line. also while you're there the middle ages
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returns it to a very in a village as the world's largest medieval festival has kicked off more than one hundred twenty thousand people have already attended the event. we've got all of the footage of course details for you. and the islamic state terror group just got a new members and they are reportedly raking in a million dollars a day by selling oil they seized in syria and iraq despite their growing threat the u.s. does not want to stop supporting the so-called moderate opposition in syria and it looks at the group's influence. 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
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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. position 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
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half a billion dollars in aid for the syrian opposition and you have many hawkish lawmakers here who want just that the white house the forces there are now providing weapons to our moderate but what does moderate mean in that part of the world where everything can change overnight we get into this conflict between who is a radical and who's a moderate 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 tongue tied when they try to describe it in light of the onslaught of these state you can often hear the criticism that in its zest to remove assad washington may have overlooked the threat of this radical group in washington i'm going to check on our team. up next on our g international a look at the ongoing fight for gay rights in the united states but if.
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