when it takes two tons of sand to make one barrel. you know you're at the bottom and that's where we're at. the cio ourselves. deported fifty three years british reporter graham phillips gives r.t. a firsthand account of his capture and interrogation by ukraine she curacy forces. human rights watch says the ukrainian military could have committed war crimes by killing civilians with unguided rockets and israel and hamas agreed to a twelve he manage terry introducing an airstrike on friday killed dozens bringing the total palestinian death toll to around.

there is good to have you company with r.t. international. british journalist graeme phillips who's been reporting from for r.t. from eastern ukraine has been released by the country's security services he told us what happened when he went missing in the region on wednesday. i mean poland dumb or even exactly sure i might just go for the border by this quite recently so i'm just kind of get my bearings playstyle i die three days ago i went to film or at night you told me not to go in strong terms but i went anyway with a local journalist the dean and we were taken by ukrainian soldiers and i was prepared to be the mark of front of me i saw him getting pretty severely beaten by soldiers he was on the ground his head in the ground just a young guy and they were punching and kicking him and then you took him away and then i was left with a soldier that had a gun in my heads i was telling me that if my details didn't check out that it

wouldn't guarantee the i was going to i was going to they've just wanted to film you know and i had a press vest or move. just cameras he had the soldiers to take to get him off the dogs left with a soldier that seemed. pretty intent on doing some damage but luckily they kind of go into action situation that was shelling a day so watch me into the building i was blindfolded and i was sort of kind of pushed around a little bit and kind of sat down and then interrogated us a lot of questions about the next group public and it took all my things off me that they went and my car which was nearby guns all my things and asking me lots of questions that i would give answers or give any confidential information any renal cell was a team we spent the night in a cell together we you know we had the war we know toilet in a in a dark cell mr pitch black and see if they were on the next day they dragged me out

the left. and then i asked if i was going to answer more questions and i said i wouldn't so you put me in a room next to their artillery position where they were firing so when they started firing pretty heavily from the extremes of the rebel i was in i was a fired on and i was there you know for the day and and then again. the day they put me in a military vehicle i don't lie i'm told me again i was blindfolded for a long time to see the military vehicle not i didn't know it was a base somewhere in a forest and i was on my knees in the forest the soldiers around me shouting at me . and i did in my car that you know to check my car on a bulletproof vest the next day the s.b.u. the security service ukrainian security service to me and i just had my bags a few bags and he took me off as a persian again they asked for you ask you a question this is a great security service and i was put in another car taken to kiev and then today put in a band and then take it to the weirdo college that just dumped out. all things if

you buy things but i find all my talents in. a band that really isn't the reason they go it's that recently that i was forty that was all it said in the form it would let me take your technical p.r. but just said that you work forty it's the enemy of your band deployed a band to play in three years i want to get a chance to defend myself on just take the board out kicked over the other basically and then you know here i am with some of the things i have tried to kind of piece my own life but together. where ukraine security services have confirmed that graeme phillips had been detained for questioning they said and i quote he's been forcibly removed be on the bands of ukraine for three years in the interests of national security sovereignty and territorial integrity but here's what we have security forces said when graeme's wear a badge to still unknown. i know he's been taken hostage there's no information orders were boats or whether there's

a van to go into the ukrainian military don't comprehend. what is graeme told us his life was threatened and here's part of the video here uploaded to you tube with a recording of his conversation apparently with the ukrainian security officer. so yes because our little club designed. into this new area that you wouldn't even hear what you will very you really don't know we'll. reveal. more than just the record but one thing you did. pretty. good you look where you thought when you drive it you. go you go with me he put me to. eating but it wasn't me who she did fly but i still believe in the reason is that in the film we knew.

well drawing wide attention to events in eastern ukraine is just one of the reasons why graham phillips was detained that is according to legal expert alexander mccord yes. first question that he was working for r.t.e. and it is a russian television station secondly that he was broadcasting in english and so was attracting an english speaking audience and thirty if i may say so because mr phillips is a very good journalist and was broadcasting things that the ukrainian authorities don't want the world to see and he was doing that as i said in english and that was obviously unacceptable that there so presumably they will be treating our journalists who work for other russian television stations or news media organizations in the same way i find it actually very worrying. graham has been posting online about his treatment at the hands of ukraine's security forces and he spared no details of what he and his fellow journalists had to endure you can

follow his twitter feed for more details of his experiences. craney military has killed at least sixteen civilians with unguided grad rockets and that could amount to war crimes at least that's according to human rights watch which documented formis are attacks on the opposition held city of donetsk the group warns the grad system is too inaccurate to be used on populated areas human rights watch is calling on both sides of the conflict to stop using this kind of weapon system if they want to save civilian lives the use of unguided rockets is being called a violation of international law that could amount to war crimes one of the authors of the report says craney military should be called to account for killing civilians. neither side really seems to take enough precautions to make sure that civilians are not killed or injured and when you use these kinds of

weapons in populated areas it's a really high risk procedure that in street injured and killed and that's what we saw in the pitofsky district that civilians were being killed by these kinds of rockets you were able to by looking at the creators looking at the direction from where the rockets were coming from looking at the. walls that were hit by these rockets so if it's if the rocket hits the western wall of the building it's coming from the west by doing that we were being it we were able to establish where the attacks were coming from and in for attacks they were coming from areas under the control of the ukrainian army so in four of these attacks in the nets which killed sixteen civilians we believe that the ukrainian army was responsible for those attacks we are calling a human rights watch is calling on both the ukrainian government and on separatist forces to immediately stop using grad rockets these kinds of indiscriminate weapons

in populated areas and the ukrainian government should also investigate these cases where there are where there is reason to believe that ukrainian government forces were responsible for for the killing of civilians and both sides are denying the use of granite weapons or the use of at least the use of grad weapons in populated areas that our evidence is quite clear and the ukrainian government should investigate and should immediately stop the use of these weapons in populated areas . well the resistance hub of the net in eastern ukraine has enjoyed another night of shelling and amid the violence more people have been fleeing the region the latest un report puts the number of refugees at two hundred fifty thousand people however. reports not everyone is convinced by the shocking numbers. that the un says two hundred fifty thousand ukrainians have left their homes in eastern ukraine since the fighting began to say department had dallied the sources

of the un's previous reports on ukrainian refugees and many russians from ukraine have family in russia some may be staying with them but neither ukrainian border guards or nor international organizations operating in the area have reported any large outflows of refugees to russia but now we do colleges possibly for the first time that there is a humanitarian crisis inside ukraine i can't confirm those numbers and quite frankly haven't seen that from u.n. reports so i'm happy to fact check that for you and see if we can confirm what we think the numbers are we know there's a humanitarian crisis here at the same department believes ukrainian military posts came under fire from the russian territory the spokesperson did not go into detail of where such information comes from you are envisaged that artillery russian territory. military is going into a not european military outpost but you are convinced you see no indication she's

no indication that the opposite is true that there are some encouraging while the u.s. the department says no indication that the russian territory comes on the fire from ukraine witnesses who live near the border inside russia offer a different perspective because of bashing the barracks. here come out the moment. and also yes that was just what. was going to go to the for those who wish to be looking for a new chief justice. the u.s. is now so. prepares to send powerful missile launchers into ukraine but again does not specify what evidence such allegation is based on i can underline the information that had led to that assessment and we don't have specifics about what those systems might look like to outline when pressed on how officials can put out such allegations without backing them up with substantial evidence here's what she said it's not that i don't. know much. it's not

a question. it's a question of whether you can you know we've put out a plane isn't when you put out information that we will continue to do so and it's difficult and we're happy to put out as much as we can all that appears for the state department it's not so much about evidence but about trust but the fact of the matter is many journalists here do take the official's word for it the media is generally slanted against russia. meanwhile morale in ukraine's army appears to be falling soldiers wounded on the front line say their commanders have forgotten about them as one course the ref reports. the dozens of wounded military were able to get out from encircled mines by and forces the soldiers a claim that high ranking officers read accounts the front line and if they do they tried to leave as soon as possible preferably before dark and i didn't hear the. soup of. the with. the of the of the fellow far

off i felt it was the fall of the would you put the. millions of dollars have already been spent by kiev on its punitive action against those they call terrorists now while the countries and leadership they had ordered yes and another mobilization a round of its citizens into active armed forces the money stream to finance all that still seems to be dry announced he won't have the money to pay for a military operation after all because of the first salute to the army needs around seven hundred seventy five million dollars with just a week left before the first of august ski of a scrambling for support all that said punitive action in the east of the country but morale of the soldiers on the grounds and the collapsing parliament could become a barrier for their peroration star get room on costs or have artsy done s.q.

crane. still to come in the program big brother likes your status update the u.s. government reportedly hones its manipulation skills with experiments on facebook and other social media we've got all the details. join us. as we follow the international teams fighting for racing glory. holmes how much the mysterious cost of a cult classic underscoring he pulls away from the clearing the roads for the closer. to. the future.

you have in the whole. process drowns out in the tissue inquiry furthermore restrictions. well again welcome back israel and hamas have agreed to a humanitarian tracing garza to allow aid supplies in and to recover the dead and wounded it is supposed to last twelve hours but previous pause in fighting have ended prematurely with both sides blaming each other for fire to negotiate a week long cease fire is still ongoing but israel. as it will use that money

tearing window to demolish masses underground tunnels the u.n. says israeli air strikes killed nearly seventy people in gaza on friday bringing the total number of palestinian deaths to around eight hundred seventy israel has lost thirty seven soldiers safe in the current conflict meanwhile palestinians have again been hurling stones and firebombs at the israeli police early on saturday in the west bank city of bethlehem or a slayer brings us more from jerusalem. the idea is that this twelve hour truce won't become a seven day truce that is the proposal that is on the on the cards right now and that during this week both sides will have a chance to cease each instant martens if indeed this seven day tuesday as into effective will begin on sunday at this stage tonight this side has agreed to it one of the major disagreements is that it's not wants to even soldiers inside gaza the hamas is not agreed to this and must for its side is insisting its prisoners that

are being held in israeli jails we race to be released in this long saying well this is just too many preconditions for it to be to fully kind of movement to the meet it certainly doesn't seem as if private side is willing to wear them on office can material not into the not to truce so beginning on the ground is quite pessimistic at the moment the israeli cabinet is still to decide whether or not they were in accept this sit in the cease fire that is being put forward by the united states the year of secretive state john kerry was in cairo on friday really made even she thanked him as well as the arab league secretary never be in and out of the play to today they will be meeting in paris for between kerry and the foreign ministers of could talk and you support hamas and on the other side it will be heard and we will delegations from both britain and hans but it is worth mentioning that all previous cease fires have been brokered as these diplomatic efforts are happening minds on the ground it is skyrocketing certainly was

international leaders all seeking is some kind of force in the fighting that ultimately they hope will lead to a more long term solution. earlier we spoke with palestinian politician and activist mr and he believes israel should be held responsible for the ongoing conflict. the first people who are for the cease fire were the palestinians and we asked the united nations security council to issue a cease fire. resolution it was israel that blocked the united states and the united nations security council twice then israel wanted to impose its own conditions by in being by having a ceasefire while keeping the siege on gaza while keeping their troops inside and while demanding that palestinians have no right to desist occupation this is unacceptable what palestinian says that should be a cease fire but also there should be a lifting of the sea so in reality what you see here is

a struggle of people who are fighting for their freedom from military occupation that has become the longest in modern history from a system of apartheid and discrimination and segregation that is much worse one what done what prevailed in south africa. well the israeli offensive on gaza has made the annual could stay even more resonant this year millions of muslims worldwide express their solidarity with the plight of the palestinian people protesters in toronto chanted anti israel slogans and burn the israeli flag with the iranian president attending a rally in the capital similar came from india and rallies were held in several european countries too in berlin police had to step in to prevent clashes between rival crags one in spain people on the streets demanded a halt to the killing in gaza. in london spoke to some of the protesters there. i says the arabic word for jerusalem and this is actually and i knew it would prove

palestinian if that had all been nice is all this protest say that public opinion and hypothesizing in community has been galvanized by that increasing civilian death toll in gaza and you get a picture just looking at the banners the chanting and the sea of people rooting for essential lines and making their way towards the american embassy you get a picture of just how strong the crazy palestinian community is that we're here to fight against israel to get the word across that palestinians are the ones are victims they're not pursing they're being oppressed so we're trying to get the mistrust our support to them my my fibro parents originally kicked out nine hundred forty eight out their homelands my mom's family must hurt and. and this course is not just important to me because i am palestinian it's important to me because it's blatant occupation it's it's blatant oppression and it's it's our duty to do what little we can just to end this what they're doing. anderson

children bombing indiscriminately not proportional for you know so they are just a moron to themselves of little dishes but do everything to stop them i think it was six russians i think it's just that. but in this day and age we are living in a place where we're seeing children dying dying god being snorted cut in pieces and we're sitting here and probably to our own homes this is by no means the only rally to take place in london a force of the conflict just several days ago huge protests really much rocked the center of the capital where there were several thousand people gathered. in such a multicultural multi religious that's all said seats this is a prime slick that is touching people who know rising opinions and raising tensions conceived by those that sprouted the amount of people that have gathered in there that london is very much at stake said by the bloodshed that's taking place in the

middle east forty one said i really broke a. look at some international news in brief now the french president has announced the no survivors from the jet that crashed in mali contact was lost with the plane after requesting change course due to a severe sandstorm nearly half of one hundred sixteen people on board were french at least fifteen people have been killed in a militant assault in northern afghanistan according to officials the attackers stopped too many buses and shot the passengers dead no one has claimed responsibility for the shooting but the taliban is known to be active in the area so a man has died from an infection in the nigerian capital lagos it is the first confirmed case of the deadly fever in africa's most populous nation the latest outbreak began in guinea in february later spreading to liberia and sierra leone claiming at least six hundred sixty lives no cure or vaccine for the virus exists.

previously watchdogs are in up uproar following revelations the u.s. government may have been behind a recent facebook experiment the social media site try to manipulate the emotions of users by showing them different news feeds and is porn i reports washington has an appetite for this kind of research. when the world's largest social media platform betrays its users there's going to be outrage the study to see whether facebook could influence the emotional state of its users on that news feed it allowed researchers to manipulate almost seven hundred thousand users newsfeeds some saw more positive news about their friends others saw a more negative bomb not surprised i mean we're all kind of lab rats in the big facebook experiment but it wasn't only facebook's experiment turns out the psychological study was connected to the u.s. government's research on social unrest this is really kind of creepy here and it gets worse what you may not know is that the u.s. department of defense has reportedly spent roughly twenty million dollars

conducting studies aimed at learning how to manipulate online behavior in. a mission it was launched in two thousand and eleven by the pentagon's defense advanced research projects agency otherwise known as darpa the program is best described as the u.s. media's effort to become better at detecting and conducting propaganda campaigns b.s. social media translation when anti-government messages gain ground virally washington wants to find a way to spread counter opinion they want to dominate what they call the information battle space. so what they're looking at is developing methods into techniques in order to do that and it gets very scary from the standpoint of where our rights can be violated and you know not knowing whether we're receiving accurate information security and privacy researcher kevin gallagher says one way

the u.s. government can spread misinformation is through fake bots on twitter you're followed by a lot of these accounts to. have a really set up their profiles apparently i have a bit of a fake following because this account it's been treating me using my probably all of your colleagues trying to get you guys interested in this link according to the guardian some of the d.o.d. funded research monitored and analyzed the twitter feeds of occupy activists and reportedly went so far as to message on winning social media users in order to track and study how they responded in an era of mass information critics say that manipulating messages is quickly growing into a valuable tool of the u.s. military very important i.r.t. new york. now don't forget we've got plenty of stories for you online too including buying ting the bullet americans going up buying frenzy. forty seven i would think you could soon struggle to get one in the u.s.

you can find out more about this story at r.t. don't call also. an iraqi shrine revered by both christians and muslims has been reduced to rubble by the islamic state jihadi screens today filled the ancient monuments with explosives do you had online the full video and background to this story. up next here nancy is that technology update and if you're watching us in the u.k. it is george galloway and spinning. a friend of mine flew in from germany and he said that as he was leaving he looked in to do stand at the airport and on the front page of twelve german publications were basically titles like putin's missile destroyers airplane alluding to the

crash malaysian airplane that fell into the combat zone in eastern ukraine this isn't just some fluke that my friend saw all these newspapers together the entire mainstream media has made the same bold speculations i think this is interesting for two reasons one the way that the mainstream press jumped onto the story with exactly the same headlines and exactly the same angles really makes me want to start believing in conspiracy theories especially when an investigation had been conducted yet there wasn't any formal evidence yet but from fox to c.n.n. to medium sized german newspapers the speculation of who was at fault for the crash is identical and absolute and to the western media which feels justified to push for war with anyone who doesn't adopt western values have themselves completely forgotten just what those values are i thought in the glorious west everyone gets a fair trial with due process evidence and a conviction only after their guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt but when enemies of washington need to be demonized i guess all

those principles just fly right out the door but that's just my opinion. government system is to help poor people poor women but they can only to change their life and nobody's trying to make money out of them those who want to make money out of them misusing. the term the whole thing and to launch a can do that and we're all forced to look. hello and welcome to technology updates the world cup's over but if you think you've seen the end of countries going head to head in the heat think again because

we can check out the national teams looking for racing glory here in barcelona. but first glance the catalonian capital seems more touristy than tacky but it looks can be deceiving already home to the world's largest mobile tech conference in two thousand and thirteen barcelona became the birthplace of the smarts moto challenge where it seems of engineering students from around europe came to the city to pitch their electric bikes against each other over four grueling days i'm glassed year participants were left eating the dust from bush has made one. name duck to make koreans famous make one fighter the bike was designed and built by the moscow state university of mechanical engineering also known as mommy and the university's jungle ins are very to use the theory from the classroom to cut their teeth out on the track. back in two thousand and ten take up snake levy followed another team of students beasts from the u. .