if you see the sci fi t.v. . oz. this is r.t. international tonight a school comes under army shelling in eastern ukraine as the army attacks a resistance controlled city a day after artillery attacks on another regional hub suburbs multiple civilian casualties. the deadliest night of israeli bombings pushes the number of palestinian deaths to over one hundred sixty dollars when the commandos briefly entered gaza to raid a militant rocket side we've got the latest from there coming up this hour. and our look at the week's main news headlines to bye-bye birdie live in germany expels

a top cia official after arresting two government employees and passing secrets to u.s. intelligence. for a good evening this is the weekly with me kevin o. in from r.t. international rather with the big stories of the last seven days a lot of news to start with very current coming out from the southern outskirts of lugansk in east ukraine we're hearing recently it's coming under artillery fire there also reports too early this afternoon that the ukrainian army was moving into the eastern harbor of lugansk with unconfirmed reports must stress unconfirmed reports that large numbers of tanks apparently were approaching the city to government fighters say a school is being damaged by a missile strike there maria fanaa shinar is in the city for us. well we have to

say that the situation here in the city of the ganske is very tense and it tees deteriorating dramatically meanwhile shelley moore chose and multiple rocket launcher known as good ride or hail can teen years in the outskirts of the city of lugansk the raw many victims killed and injured mostly including civilians it's now listen to what i witnesses say troops who are from under her where been shelled by mortar schools been damaged the cleaning lady was killed and a fourteen year old boy injured also hit a kindergarten or the block of flats in the neighboring yards has been destroyed there are creators everywhere. people say the bathroom is the safest place to hide my husband and i says and together we can sleep people or if their homes are in one year we spent actually several hours a day at the ambulance station we saw people come in with gunshot wounds from

absolutely different parts of the city mostly from residential areas the most difficult to hear today is that you cannot say for sure you cannot know exactly when and from which direction a shell may lendon your house or or new roof or marshmallow guns there were meantime a russian citizen has died after a shell fired from ukraine landed in the yards of private homes in russia's rose stoff region these are the pictures of it four more people were injured in the blast near the border with ukraine that instant highlights a dangerous escalation in the area so russia's foreign ministry is describing it adding that moscow's reaction to the man's death will be harsh and specific cross border instance have become increasingly frequent as real was talking about just now on saturday a vehicle carrying russian border guards came under fire originating from the

ukrainian side of the car there. and riddled with bullet holes the men monies to escape unharmed amazingly just a week earlier too must be noted rocket city russian border checkpoint very near the scene of saturday's incident across it was packed then with refugees trying to enter russia and escape the wardrobe. good numbers the sort of thing the world. would you. know you know don't you think that morning. that i knew that was evident you i mean does that mean you it was was it. a more cultural tease to report eighteen workers were killed in fresh army shelling of two minus settlements on the outskirts of donetsk one of the strongholds of resistance the city's residential

areas were also targeted that led to numerous deaths so the exact number still hasn't been confirmed so far this evening you're about to see the latest pictures from donetsk what's coming up you may find upsetting. just two minutes drive from the city centers where this happened residential buildings rubble leveled by airstrikes an orphanage was destroyed there to there are conflicting reports as to the number of civilians killed but it ranges from six to thirty thousands of families have decided to flee than it's now was the army tightens its grip on the city held back stretched for kilometers along local roads as they try to get out so the russian president and the german chancellor of condemned the deteriorating situation in eastern ukraine and call for greater efforts in the direction of peace the two caught up with each other in brazil several hours ahead of course of that big world cup final artie's pull scott reports next than from rio . russian president vladimir putin has just arrived in rio ahead of sunday evenings

the world cup final he's just concluded a meeting with german chancellor angela merkel not top of the agenda was the situation in ukraine and both leaders agreed that the situation in the east of the country is deteriorating and they are urging for a cease fire from both sides russian president vladimir putin also went on to say that any ukrainian shelling of russian territory would be totally unacceptable. because of such incidents now both leaders are rio ahead of the world cup final which takes place later on sunday in the american are stadium nearly eighty thousand spectators will be parted watching germany take on argentina is are clearly here in support of her nation hoping that they can stop messi and co full responsibility for the competition how will be handed over to vladimir putin on russia through course host the tournament in four years time. to go to the big kickoff if you can stay with us before that to find out more about how russia is

getting ready for the next world cup or already looking forward in just ten minutes time we'll take you to one of the russian cities which is set to host matches of the told him i. was sobering news before that within the past couple of hours that of the palestinian of ministration appealed to the u.n. asking for international protection for the people of gaza more than fifty palestinians died from yet more israeli bombardment overnight nearly a week into the offensive now the total number of dead risen above one hundred sixty more than half of them a civilian and they include dozens of children this what was left after one of the deadliest israeli airstrikes that destroyed a home of a local police chief eighteen members of the same family. saying that the u.n. security council called for a cease fire but israel said no international pressure will stop it from pursuing its offensive. spite its claims its only aiming at militant targets more and more

civilians are being caught up in the filing. fee was. was. the. way the. israeli missiles indeed have struck over a thousand sites in gaza this week a mosque home for people with disabilities on the beach cafe filled with football fans live among those there are a fierce and has this report from gaza for ati. on

a visit to gaza's main hospital we met four year old shame on mass for she was injured in a house abdomen she became collateral damage in a drone strike but i have the island i love the pain in her. not about how well the limit on how the but how wonderful of the body of that a lot of i would settle how i let the bad and know that i'm a fan. then as this had that. well i wasn't going to tell tell her geno. hello is this how that they knew where they thought i thought of blood doctors tell me they've been dealing with the biting shortage of medical supplies in gaza for the last three weeks as a result of the ongoing siege but even civilians that survive the violence suffer the mental effects of living in a war zone our bed lives in a neighborhood of shaikh red one that was targeted last night. it was all.

done is all. done in. london it's 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 after 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 hundred of. them said that israel has made clear that it's not interested in restraining its operational so long as hamas rocket fire continues very sad to see gaza.

early indeed israeli commandos conducted a raid on a rocket launching site in gaza sunday morning that triggered fears of a full scale ground invasion maybe being imminent the i.d.f. spree massing troops on the border for several days no these are middle east correspondent paula slee. 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 were 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 from me 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 well on the other side of this for their part hamas is vowing to avenge all the attacks on gaza and has been running more rockets on the way israel no deaths have been reported yet in israel the worst a mass attack this week that a petrol station in the south of the country. oh wow r r r r r r r r. because i was so severely injured in all in zero five israelis have been wounded by hamas drugs this week said it several times a day across israel with people rushing to bomb shelters many rockets are being intercepted and two missile system that's keeping casualties to a minimum. loss of idea spokeswoman whether she considers far more lethal israeli attacks on gaza to be measured. 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 since two thousand and eight over a sausan civilians were killed in gaza that's right 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 which include text messages to people in civilian areas phone calls to their homes the end of the day then why because i don't as you say yes margaret but why then is the u.n.

security general urging israel to show restraint but prime minister netanyahu is vying to step off the offensive so international calls are simply being ignored aren't they 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 mission that mission is to restore quiet 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. coming up here losing patience of a mind to get us a spy scandals we've got more on that and the rest the big stories from the last seven days right after this. 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 in numerous ways the beginning in conclusion of that conflict shapes our world today.

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thanks for choosing r.t. next relations between germany and the us took another blow this week when kicked out a cia chief assigned their itself to two high ranking german officials rob masters 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 nonetheless was disproportionately serious more comment a left party members outrage saying was no longer blind trust in the united states and the justice minister to add something to say demanding that u.s. spying in germany be stopped once and for all here's our europe correspondent peter all of. sent packing with a flea in his ear. i just want to say it 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 contacted 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 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 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 over r.t. germany so the real rub here as well is that this isn't the first time u.s. . telegin is being caught spying on its allies last june let's remind ourselves it was revealed of a billion private messages and calls sent or received by german citizens were monitored every month didn't go down well chancellor angela merkel fell victim to her phone was tapped that made so many headlines didn't it she's not happy and in february it was reported that former chancellor gerhard schroeder's phone calls

indeed were snooped on to in the run up to the u.s. led invasion of iraq while american investigative journalist told r.t. the latest revelations in leaving berlin embarrassed the german and american security systems are so interwoven you can't even separate from the basically the same infrastructure the same architecture and 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 wall that made the same incident the german political leadership. wants to be involved united states they want to have an integrated security infrastructure it's part of who they are it is part of who they been since the end of world war two but this recent espionage scandal of america being spied on and of the two rows recent cases is embarrassing for the german political system because it shows that germany has been very loyal to the united states with the united states still doesn't trust. a lot of great stories lined up pertti dot com

today cannot check them out already including this one an air crash mystery may finally of being solved after four years could it be correct what's coming up here to a crocodile on the loose in the cabin which caused this deadly crash in the congo we'll tell you about the story and the backstory to that r.t. dot com also there as well. getting a feel for formula one with the grand prix of sochi fast approaching fans here of moscow has been getting a taste of what it's going to feel like. as i was saying just a couple of hours that will be a new world cup champion is at football's finest from germany in argentina thrashed out in front of an audience of billions after that the hosting baton will be passed from brazil to russia our correspondent neil harvey is now in one of the eleven cities which will stage matches in twenty eighty. four 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 the population of just over one point one million people that makes it russia's eight biggest city the kremlin now this is a world heritage site i did take a look around 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 good sound which is of being a place where muslims and christians co-exist very peacefully side by side effect that probably not too many people know about the cities that in two thousand and nine the people of russia voted in the schools capital of the country will design 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 there are going to n.t. eight hundred feet from both ladies and gentlemen we'll be organized.

back in two 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 the thanks to a slick promotional video which pledged to develop football among the country's you . with another big selling point was russia's ambitious plan to build several new stadia which will keep games could be played for years on how exactly is now planned looking of the twelve stadiums to be used for under construction there in killeen the drab grass nizhny novgorod and some are on the move should be rolling soon enough with those projects to be underway by the end of this year and meanwhile the progress that some of the other venues has given russia cause 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 a cause an 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 torn down first as they spot tanks stadium a high tech high cost ground but in order to protect its pitch from the harsh winters he's using the very latest technologies and they include footballs equivalent of the giant hairdryer any additions. to the profile of the joy with all the soil hitting. and warhol the sufis keeping the

temperature as it should be and also we will have main lodge lights in the lakes that will pop up half the pitch which will be in lights all day every day so here is the spot that stated 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 to get us 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 superficial stadium to be a little bit bigger of a house of 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 her big occasion the grand old lady of russian football is having to undergo a monumental make over. what i really mean is it's been completely gutted which is a bit now some found in this field of the truth of losing the stadium that's filled with so many memories just like a ninety nine ninety one mission to the back to the tee to the on at the moscow olympics. the sun shouldn't be too sound because while the inside smite the new facades 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. . new such fingertips twenty four seven o t with more in thirty five minutes time next to look at gay rights violations in the u.s. it's an x. program right.

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 nine percent of the country's gas pipelines and storage facilities to european and american companies that'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 nationalistic and would you think ukrainian nationalists 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 governors lined 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. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. faces change rights now. to picture a days. for grabs to. look

to. me. claim forty one so it's been like thirty six years since i've been in school here was. thirty years what's so weird is that i remember the lunchroom is right down there my favorite day was like in the fall when you would have tomato soup computer sandwiches because you would walk in there everybody would have their tomato soup already on the tables and i member i sat down and we had like the homogenous to melt and the boys that day pointed to the homogenized milk and they said that she. and i didn't even understand what they're talking about. i don't know that i still do actually. but anyway they said you're a homo you're a homo and from that day in first grade i swear my life changed forever i became like the ridicule you know the school and i don't think it really ever stopped until i graduated i don't think it stopped still to this day i was in

a gas station the other day and i asked somebody i mean i'm forty one years old and i asked the gas station guy for something a pack of cigarettes or i don't even now and the sky behind me started laughing at me and said under his breath so strange. people know your reality more than you do . you never saw that coming. we had no idea or children were gay. you know i personally went through a struggle with us i went through.