because. a russian citizen killed by a shell fired from ukraine moscow warns of heavy consequences that would he have denies attacking russian territory. in east ukraine eighteen people killed by army shelling that hit mining towns a day after artillery attacks on the regional capital suburbs calls multiples of alien casualties and in other news. at least a night of israeli bombings pushing the number of palestinian deaths to more than one hundred sixty while israel you commandos briefly entered gaza to raid and militant walk at sight. and in other stories that shaped the week by by berlin germany expelling a top cia official after arresting two government employees for passing secrets to

u.s. intelligence. ok at. six pm in moscow or bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news tensions between kiev and moscow escalated after a rocket launch from ukraine killed a russian citizen the shell struck the yard of a private home in russia's rostov region or if an ocean reports. on sunday we saw a very dangerous escalation of the crisis here in ukraine several shells fired from the ukrainian territory landed in the russian border town then yes it has the same name as the ukrainian city that has now become the major battleground of a large scale military operation here in eastern ukraine i would say that there were at least six shells they hit a private house killing one man earlier there were reports that four people were injured but later it was down scale the attack began at around eight thirty in the

morning they started shelling and destroyed his house my mother and sister were now in hospital. we know that one man was around forty seven years old he had a very big family and four children cave already denied any responsibility for this attack and his russia's reaction to these facts are evidence of a dangerous escalation on russia's border with ukraine that creates a higher level of danger to russian citizens and their moves are going to be harsh and specific and while we see the two ukrainian crisis is spilling over to russia here in ukraine the situation is getting more and more tense and ordinary civilians often those who pay the highest price. more from aruba notion that you can go to her twitter feed where she posts regular updates on the ukraine crisis. in the. cross

border incidents becoming increasingly frequent on saturday a vehicle carrying russian border guards came under fire from the ukrainian side the car riddled with bullet holes but the minute on the heart just a week earlier rockets hit a russian border checkpoint near the scene of saturday's incident crossing was packed with refugees trying to enter russia to escape the conflict. but. the film was. almost never going to compromise the school to begin with them obviously they were just thrilled that the likelihood of them guarding turning would give you a little bit of the younger family were already there don't you think the more you think of that idea of the movie coverdale you then you must believe that she was. denies involvement in what moscow calls border provocations but international

affairs analyst i've done a curious things no one but the ukrainian army could be behind them here is why it would be inconceivable to me that the the insurgents. existence people in the dorm bass who are the only other people who could do this would actually attack russian territory i think that would be so reckless and irresponsible on their part that i can't imagine they would do if there is fighting going on on the ukrainian border the ukraine to be trying to control of these border posts and i think some of their fighting is spilling over into russia but the point i would make it's virt of course on the second of july the ukraine committed itself to a cease fire an unconditional cease fire. russia in return agreed to allow monitors ukrainian monitors on its side of the border the problem is the ukrainians have not taken up these office and have not carried out the ceasefire even though

the germans and french and the ukrainians themselves have here to accept the russian office so that is why we have seen this escalation because they have pursued a military reconquest of the border areas rather than seek a diplomatic settlement. eighteen workers killed in fresh army shelling of two minor settlements on the outskirts of dynamics one of the strongholds of resistance the city's residential areas also targeted leading to numerous deaths so the exact number has yet to be confirmed we're going to show you the latest pictures from the city just a warning you may find some of them upsetting two minutes drive from the city center of donetsk residential buildings almost leveled by airstrikes an orphanage was destroyed there are conflicting reports as to the number of civilians killed ranging from six to more than thirty thousands of families decided to leave the city as the army tightens its grip around the city tailback stretching for kilometers along local roads first. and so more of the week's news overnight in gaza more than fifty palestinians died from more israeli

bombardment nearly a week into the offensive in the number of dead has risen above one hundred sixty more than half of them civilians including dozens of children this is what was left after one of the deadliest israeli airstrikes destroyed the home of a local police chief eighteen members of the same family dying there un security council's called for a ceasefire but israel said no international pressure will stop it from pursuing its offensive despite claims its only aiming at militant targets more civilians are being caught in the violence. was.

the way the. israeli missile struck more than one thousand sites in gaza this week a mosque home for people with disabilities in a beach cafe filled with football fans among those hit harry fear sent this report from gaza for. on a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shaman mastery she was injured in abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike that i have yet i look at nothing. that about how well the model had about one foot of the body and none of that a lot of miles would settle hell at the bed and that of a thing furnace that had that then. when i wasn't going to tell them how did you get the hang hello is this how that they knew 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 c h 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. on the album. that is all it is a. gun in london it's a few miles. long. 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 ledges 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. so subtle hundreds of. them said israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operation in gaza so long as hamas rocket fire continues very sad to see gaza. israeli commandos conducted a raid on a rocket launching site in gaza on sunday morning triggering fears that a full scale ground invasion could be a minute the idea of has been massing troops on the border for several days our middle east correspondent the reports twenty soldiers briefly entered 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 four israeli soldiers will likely 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 the sense 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. russian president on a tour of latin america his last stop the region's powerhouse brazil led amir putin will be there for the bric summit but also by the world cup final for the handover of the great events to the twenty eight thousand host russia but before football's finest from germany and argentina rushed out in from of an audience of billions we take you want to look at one of the russian cities that will host the twenty eighteen matches after a short. it's like you know when the bullets to start. because it's like. about.

so it's almost like there's a beat the blue and then you just feel the big sound it's like a base. this same logic that the united states pursued in afghanistan the army relatively unknown a graphic from the jacket. was good enough for the united states and look what happened a couple of years down the line again the problem with american policy is a lack of staying power after the soviet union left afghanistan the united states essentially forgot about afghanistan the pakistanis moved in to fill the void with the taliban that led to the growth of al qaida with all the subsequent consequences this was the critique of pulling out of iraq as well.

as between germany and the us took another hit this week when berlin kicked out the cia station chief assigned there is after two high ranking german officials were unmasked as alleged american spies sparking some angry words. the german interior minister dismissed the information obtained by the alleged spies is laughable but said the political damage is disproportionately serious a left party member was outraged saying there is no longer blind trust in the u.s. and the justice minister is demanding the u.s. spying in germany be stopped entirely our europe correspondent peter oliver has more. 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 experience activity by foreign intelligence services isn't something we're taking lightly but it took a whole string of and biasing snooping slip ups to get to this 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 spine deal but 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 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. this isn't the first time u.s. intelligence has been caught spying on an ally last june it was revealed that half a billion private messages or calls sent or received by german citizens were monitored each month chancellor merkel fell victim to her phone was tapped in february was reported that former chancellor gerhard schroeder's phone calls were eavesdropped on during the run up to the u.s. led invasion of iraq what american investigative journalist tells us the latest

revelations are leaving berlin embarrassed the german and american security systems was 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 in the 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. after chatting with the leader of cuba's revolution fidel castro making a surprise stop in nicaragua and signing several agreements with argentina russia's

president putin now in brazil for the annual brics summit and the world cup final paula scott is in rio following the big trip. well later on sunday russian president vladimir putin arrives stay in rio for the world cup final between argentina many will see official responsibilities for the fee for world cup handed to russia from brazil of course russia is the host of the competition in two thousand and eighteen also present is going to be german chancellor angela merkel is an opportunity for putin a muckle to mingle world do we know about brazil about the current host nation brazil is a false nation and despite a huge amount of us in areas housing the majority of the population is still there up to seventy tribes living in the amazon rainforest who had no contact with the outside world the country's president dilma rousseff who had a fine time to buy the n.s.a. once you create brazil's own internet lots of american countries to protect themselves from n.s.a. surveillance i'm brazilian is the country's capital not rio de janeiro it's of just forty one comes to build i'm from above it looks like an airplane the most popular

sport in brazil please of course football is like a religion hey but despite that later on sunday it could well be that all its rivals ology and tina who were celebrating. that's all scott there reporting for us from rio i'm with brazil about to hand over the world cup to russia our correspondent neil harvey is in cars and one of the eleven russian cities that will host matches of the tournament in two thousand and eighteen. cities for the twenty eighteen world cup i just want to give you a feel for the place so quickly here a few facts and figures first of all because iran is the capital of the russian republic of tatarstan with a population of just over one point one million people but makes it russia's eighth biggest city. friendly city i had a look around you finals all of the signs here translated into english also a city that has a reputation for its beautiful architecture and there's no better example of that than the kremlin now this is a world heritage site i did take

a look around it earlier today and i was interested to find that there you have a church and a mosque situated practically side by side i think but it goes some way to endorse the reputation of kasam which is of being a place where muslims and christians co-exist very peacefully side by side a fact that probably not too many people know about the cities that in two thousand and nine the people of russia voted in the sports capital of the country ahead of places like moscow and st petersburg and it would seem that that's a reputation that's very well if you just look at the kind of events that were taking place here last year it hosted the university out right now in fact as we speak the world fencing championships are taking place and next year it'll be host of the world aquatics championship so an awful lot going on here in terms of sport because on is of course only one of his eleven host cities for the twenty eight world cup and i was lucky enough to take a visit to some of the other places involved let's have a look at how preparations they're going to wendy eighteen feet from both later on

down the money will be organized. but i can see thousand and ten it was all smiles as russia defied the odds to be named host of the twenty eight world cup. victory came last thanks to a slick promotional video which pledged to develop football among the country's youth. with another big. selling point was russia's ambitious plan to build several new stadia which will keep games could be plate for years on how exactly is not looking at the twelve stadiums to be used for under construction there in killeen the drab grass nizhny novgorod in somalia the move should be rolling soon enough with those projects to be underway by the end of the see it and meanwhile the progress that some of the other venues has given russia to celebrate. well here

in sochi there should be no problem whatsoever the fish stadium is tried and tested during the olympics it proved itself to be a great success that will be one or two slight alterations needed in order to turn it into a football stadium but they're only minor can save this one up as a success for the host nation. this is the arena and boy is this a versatile stadium because last year they hosted the world student games that next year they'll put into swimming pools for the staging of the championships and after that it will be converted into a football stadium. in the russian capital there are two very different projects taking place with the new stadium going up just as an old one gets down first as they spot tanks stadium a high tech high cost ground that in order to protect its pitch from the harsh russian winter is using the very latest technologies and they include football's equivalent of the giant head drawing. through the profile.

with all the soil hitting. the sophos keeping the temperature as it should be and also laying. off the pitch. and lights all. so here is the spot that stadium in all its glory the playing surface is looking absolutely spectacular while the infrastructure is just days. away now from completion it took four years of work and four hundred thirty million dollars of investment together to this point and it sees the stadium spot tacked on the brink of becoming the new kid on moscow's footballing blockbuster if you're one of those found super thirds you'll stadium to be a little bit bigger about how upset a little bit more history and there really is only one place to go. and that's here to the luzhniki which in twenty eight team will host both the opening game of the tournament and the big one the world cup final however in order to look the part

for the big occasion the grand old lady of russian football is having to undergo a monumental make over. vine make of what i really mean is it's been completely gutted which is a bit how some fans in this feel of the truth of losing a stadium that's filled with so many memories just like the 1980's and mischka that there was a tear to the on that the moscow olympics. the fans shouldn't be too sound because while the inside smite the new facade of the luzhniki set to remain which means that it's not really goodbye more a case of c.d.c. . says neil harvey reporting for r.t. . oksana boyko takes a look at u.s. foreign policy coming up on worlds apart stay with us.

when people talk about human rights violations you should involve some pro western protesters 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 in 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 a 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 could 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 decent employment 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. it's like you know when the bullets to start. because it's like doc got back home that the fact that a car got blown so he's it's almost like there's a baby the bill and then you just see the big sound it's like a bass. hello

and welcome to worlds apart the rising anti-americanism in russia and the increasing with the fall being the united states may come across as two sides of the same coin but are they both rooted in reality and how does one tell apart constructive criticism from geopolitical malignancy well to discuss that i'm now

i'm joined by robert freedman visiting professor of political science at johns hopkins university dr friedman thank you very much for being here it's my pleasure now you know one of those people called criminologists you studied the soviet union and later russia for several decades and i'm sure you would agree with me of that. there has always been a considerable level of mistrust bits in our two nations but i wonder if their rhetoric used by both sides has ever been asked colorful and asked passive aggressive as it is nowadays well i think we're almost back to the worst of the cold war underbridge now and the early reagan days in the early one nine hundred eighty s. after the soviet invasion of afghanistan that's when relations really hit their bottom we're not there yet but if we continue in this direction will be there well i just used this warthe passive aggressive and i think it. both sides seem to believe that they are defending their national interests or that national values

and see the other side as an aggressor but it seems to me that this aggression is a very different caliber because the united states has the whole list of countries that it essentially ruins through intervention whereas russia is charged with one count of quote unquote bloodless annex a sham is that really fear to compare the two you well you know we haven't seen the end of ukraine yet but if you go back into history you know russian then soviet intervention in. afghanistan in hungary and even it is germany in one nine hundred fifty three not exactly very pleasant the us intervention was in afghanistan in two thousand and one and that was after nine eleven and the jury's still out on what's going to happen there the big american mistake of course was in iraq but dr friedman i think you were replying to my question is very telling here because most examples of the quote unquote soviet

aggression in fact the human example that you just mentioned the invasion of afghanistan it dates back to the soviet times where is all the examples that russia can cite to its exam vantage of american aggression are very very recent isn't that actually. an instance of how americans really view russia through the prism of the soviet union you know seeing russia as these ghost or the bogeyman are all of the soviet union whereas the american aggression the american policy is a very much current well i'm not sure i'd agree with you on that i mean. there was an effort for cooperation between the u.s. and russia but in two thousand and six if you remember after hamas won the elections in the palestinian legislative the said assembly mr putin said hamas is not on our terrorist list number one and it's a big blow to american foreign policy in the middle east number two that's an

example which is followed after that of what i would call mr putin zero sum game diplomacy where what russia gains the u.s. loses and vice versa i heard you say many times that putin is illogically trying to play this zero sum game while obama is going for a win win but i wonder who just who actually won from obama's policies because if you look at his approval ratings he came south into bellew's ng not to mention the people of libya the people of syria the people of ukraine and the list can go on and on what is this win win i mean who is winning from this win when i wouldn't characterize mr obama's policies as win when i would characterize him with the following words i got us out of iraq and getting us out of afghanistan i'm not getting involved in syria and now i'm not getting involved in iraq again so basically the u.s. is withdrawing while the russians are moving forward with.