direct question are you prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for a. freedom of speech. the freedom to watch. breaking news on our senior national russia's foreign ministry warning of irreversible consequences after a shell fired from ukraine kills a russian citizen in the rostov region near the ukrainian border ukraine denying responsibility for the attack. three pm in moscow they were having a look at today's top stories and look back at the week's news but beginning with breaking news after a russian citizen has been killed when the shells fired from ukraine struck the yards of private homes in russia's rastafarian refin ocean as the details on sunday

we saw a very dangerous escalation of the crisis here in ukraine several shells fired from the ukrainian territory lended to in the russian border town don't ask it has the same name as the ukrainian city has now become the major battleground of a lot scale military operation here in eastern ukraine i would say that there were at least six shells they hate a private house killing one man earlier there were reports that four people were injured but it was down scale the time began at around eight thirty in the morning they started shelling and destroyed his house my mother and sister were there now in hospital we know that one man was around forty seven years old he had a very big family and four children have already denied any responsibility for this attack and he is russia's reaction. these facts are evidence of a dangerous escalation on russia's border with ukraine that creates

a higher level of danger to russian citizens it could bring about a reversible consequences which ukraine would be responsible for and while we see that your friend in crisis is spilling over to russia here in ukraine the situation is getting more and more tense and ordinary civilians open to those who pay the highest price and he day brings. to the city of the guns was. this goes mother has just been killed when a shell landed on her fourth floor balcony. to tell her father. was there that it. was the way 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. these kind of you succeed when you're going to end this it seems to co-chair the killing. in. a sense it's all. a subtle call for the solar to somebody. a danger to the world to children. or no way out of the hospital drain who just brought his wife here. you're not going to. have nothing no more than. i thought i'd offer a worker and raise still in shock and can't believe his wife survived a little margin. so it was a little bit she didn't know. what we give to start it logic not pop it up or not only never know how to mushing walking away. didn't get their name but not many one of us to cheat so did a lot of his just moved with his family from the suburbs of lugansk into the south

to skate fighting between anti government forces and the ukrainian army frost and go slow. to stick me up in the region is a short union and so he asks 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 we don't have any definite numbers of civilian casualties there 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 april 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. at the aircraft siren starts before we even ask

our first question. we have to continuing to face. it perhaps an iranian yet i can't give any definite numbers concerning civilian cattle it was 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're not allowed to show these reports they believe that only terrorists are dying here i ask whether they tell kiev about the civilian casualties. no one requested this information when no one is interested in us that i even have statistics on the ukrainian soldiers but they have their own numbers so you know one asks odds about ours that is sticks and while neither lugansk oaky of know exactly how many men and women and children have been killed the civilian toll is high and it's likely to rise. in eastern ukraine

and so incidents along the border and even on russian territory happening at an alarming rate earlier this week and a vehicle with russian border guards came under ukrainian fire the car riddled with bullet holes though the men managed to escape on the heart. was out of the blue you know the people ran out unexpectedly was an open fire and up a troll. or. judging by the damage to the car and firearms were used and it's obvious they were used on purpose. just a week earlier shells reached a russian border checkpoint near the scene of sunday's incident a crossing full of refugees trying to enter russia and escape the combat they had to be moved to safety along with the personnel. from the. helm of getting a good number of the school to begin with some of the know i just don't know what you don't know you.

know don't you think w. . that argument was evident you do need us to be you. stay with r.t.r. on online for all the latest news from ukraine for. some of the week's other top stories israeli soldiers entered gaza to take out several missile launch sites ending in armed clashes with a mosque there and our fears the move a spark a ground invasion into the enclave policy reports from tel aviv twenty soldiers briefly into northern gaza the i.d.f. says that the purpose of the mission was to destroy rocket launching sites we understand that there was a brief exchange of fire during which before israeli soldiers would like the wounded but the army has since returned to israel of course the question being asked is whether or not this is a precursor for a ground offensive certainly since on the ground and witnessing the amassing of tanks and armored personnel vehicles and troops along the border it does seem as if

a ground offensive could be imminent and certainly the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has indicated that this is an option that he is considering the word from the israeli army however is that they are ready for a ground offensive but that ultimately this is a political decision. meanwhile israel says its air raids are aimed at rooting out hamas in gaza though innocent people are being killed along the way more than one hundred sixty palestinians have died in offensive so far these are some pictures of the error rates. and yet i don't know what i mean about oh. what a budget a ton of the sequel. israel launched the offensive tuesday in claims it only targets hamas militants while the un is calling for a cease fire saying most of the casualties are civilians though israel is vowing to press on with its campaign all been told hamas stops its rocket attacks harry fear reports from gaza. on

a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shame. she was injured in abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike whatever has the. pain in her. not about how well the limit on how they're but. how we let them read and write about them. furnace that's had that then. when i wasn't going to tell them how did you get the hey. hello is this how that the deal where 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 shake redwine that was targeted last night in the fall the night was a little bit is that none that i'll be. done as little as

a. gun in the. line on the edge of a few miles. it's been a traumatizing couple of days for the civilians of han eunice in the south of the gaza strip to during its operation israel says that it's going off to hamas militants those that 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. almost but still so subtle. in the middle of the most definite that israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operation on gaza so long as hamas rocket fire continues to see

gaza. israel facing its share of attacks it reality retaliated with artillery fire twice this week after being hit by rockets from lebanon also been a barrage from gaza overnight. oh wow r r r r r r r r m. a r rocket fire from gaza struck a petrol station in the southern israeli town of it almost five israelis but this week two of them seriously would be advice from the i.d.f. tells us why they are pursuing the offensive. this is not an operation in any capacity against the people of gaza this is an operation against some us 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 since two thousand and eight over

a thaw and civilians were killed in throwing 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 colds 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 big been given a very clear. store apply it 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. a woman and a three year old girl were killed in israeli airstrikes on gaza sunday morning reports say some thirty children have been killed there since tuesday from two thousand to two thousand and thirteen the alarming data puts the total number of deaths of palestinian minors at more than one thousand the event as well from human rights watch things that disregard for civilian lives in the gaza 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 airstrikes 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 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. keeping a close watch on all the latest updates coming out of gaza in israel on air and online at r.t. dot com bring you the latest as we get it well still to come extremist expansion we track the self-proclaimed islamic state spanning parts of syria and iraq is jihad as sees more weapons and they track new recruits plus. russian

president vladimir putin making new friends in south america we were aboard on what came out of his maiden trip to argentina and where he's headed next stay with us. down the final. day. and the rest. of the. choose your language. clearly we can we know if you're going to.

choose the consensus. choose the opinions that you think are great. choose the stories that if you. choose the access to. the street 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 that conflict shapes our world today. seventeen minutes past the hour now another story we've been following this week relations between germany and the us suffer another setback germany kicked out the cia station chief in berlin after officials unmasked two alleged american spies working for a state security anger over the eavesdropping is widespread the german interior minister dismissed the information obtained by the alleged spies as laughable but

said the political fallout is serious a left party member expressed outrage saying there is no longer blind trust in the u.s. and the justice minister demanded u.s. spying in germany be stopped once and for all parties peter all over reports from berlin. 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 and 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 that experience of a cheaper 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 the next angle of merkel 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 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. this isn't the first time u.s. intelligence has been called out for spying on an ally in june of last year it was revealed that half a billion private german messages a month were being monitored chancellor merkel fell victim as well her phone was being tapped in february it was reported that care hard schroeder's phone calls had been spied on when he in the run up to the us led invasion of iraq when the us investigative journalist tells r t that the latest revelations are leaving berlin embarrassed. the german and american security systems is so interwoven you can't even separate from the basically the same infrastructure the same architecture of security so if germany was to say they don't want to it's very hard for them not to because there's so many institutions which are basically into the same institute

the german political leadership. wants to be involved with united states they want to have an integrated security infrastructure it's part of who they are it is part of who they've been since the end of world war two but this recent espionage scandal that medical being spied on and of the two ropes recent cases is embarrassing for the german political system because it shows that germany has been very loyal to the united states but the united states still doesn't trust for one weekend this summer speed limits outside the moscow kremlin mean nothing. had ever russia's first formula one grand prix in sochi fans in the heart of the capital can get their rush of excitement more images at r t dot com. an investigation shedding light on a deadly plane crash in the congo four years ago it turns out it was all the fault of a runaway crocodile that apparently survived the crash. right

from the sea. first rate and i think that you're. on the recorders with. an instrument. for the in the. russian president vladimir putin set off on a grand tour of latin america this week while and way no sorry's his latest stop off putin cemented future ties with his argentine counterpart cristina kirchner may have agreed that moscow will expand its foothold in argentina's energy sector. would you then he do in just over twenty percent of argentina's hydroelectric power is produced by russian equipment we really hope to take an active part in the modernization program and the construction of new power plants one of our companies is planning to take a role in

a hydro power station project worth two billion dollars. before argentina putin was in havana to meet cuba's current leader raul castro and his older brother fidel the russian president confirmed moscow decision to write off ninety percent of the country's debt to moscow that in return secured rights for russian company to drill for oil off the cuban coast while speaking with raul castro noted fidel's unwavering political energy. west focused on still you just had a lengthy meeting with comments that bill. yes it was an excellent and very interesting conversation we discussed international if it is economic manses the markets as well as most specific issues when i grew co-chair so does your dil still talk a lot. yes he talks and listens a look he's an experienced politician. who does next stop is brazil always expected to show up at tonight's football world cup final that he'll stay on for the annual brics summit leaders expected to discuss the formation of

a new development bank to potentially rival western financial he waits are to discuss the latest developments with william doors from the international action center. so many arteries of economic life in the world since the end of world war two and especially since the end of the cold war have been controlled by a handful of wall street banks either directly or indirectly to or agencies like the international monetary fund and world bank and they have used their power their power to force. privatization shut down of industry all kinds of progressive. programs on countries around the world and it'll be a wonderful thing if the very good thing for humanity if the brics countries whatever their differences are among them are able to create some kind of alternative they're also talking to about maybe creating a new internet to help high data set to keep data safe from foreign prying eyes will tell us about these countries desire to go it alone in more and more areas

well i think that. what the united states has been doing as far as spying on its own so-called allies in germany shows very much the need for this anything that could weaken the monopoly the monopoly power exercised by u.s. corporations in the u.s. military industrial complex in the world i think is a good thing for people all over the world in the united states as well. i says jarvis made significant gains this week to expand their so-called islamic state in parts of syria and iraq capturing the oil fields and several sites with chemical and nuclear materials that could potentially be used to make weapons but also biden fresh recruits from a rival rebel faction but the u.s. which is also helping the so-called moderate syrian opposition maintains it will not end up aiding the enemy. has more. the extremist group now controls a vast part of iraq and syria and has announced the tallent fate one report says thousand strong syrian rebel brigade arrived at the headquarters of the islamic

state in a convoy of over a 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 is 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 a lot at stake 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 can 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 tongue tied when they try to describe it in light of the onslaught of these lawmakers 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. for the next half hour here on

our to international we focus on the u.s. drone wars and victims or if you're watching us from the u.k. life in the r t family up close but the next episode of the news team. from time to time i get emotional e-mails and broken english from quote nationalists of various sort who support the current government in kiev and it makes me wonder if young people today even know what the word nationalist means for example just last week a bill was passed in ukraine that will open up forty five percent of the country's gas pipelines and storage facilities to european and american companies let's also not forget that joe biden son was put on the board of ukraine's largest gas producer we should also remember all the way back to the first days of the coup against you know covert what did the nationalists do first sign up big time for i

am loans wow putting your country into massive debt with foreign entities now that's a nationalistic and would you think ukrainian nationalist would put ukrainians into power all over the regions of ukraine well think again because money sure trumps ethnicity what it comes to the two thousand and fourteen governor's line up and most importantly of all how can nationalists want to join the e.u. which is lefty liberal paradise where patriotic movements are the black sheep of the continent so my dear detractors who write me letters just what sort of nationalist revolution are you so proud of i'm sorry but i'm not seeing your triumph but that's just my opinion. this is about making the business survive.

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