i was detained by the korean military i was threatened with my life and i was deported from the country and banned for three years in a few minutes i'll be telling you the full story about my three days in detention in ukraine british journalist nazi contributor graham phillips describes his ordeal after being released from captivity by ukraine's security service. fresh army shelling in the city of lugansk the hub of. resistance kills at least nineteen civilians as a residential area comes under heavy fire. human rights watch urges kiev to stop using unguided rockets in east ukraine which already claimed new britain is and lives saying this could amount to war crimes and.

then. mass reportedly fires three rockets at israel just minutes after televisa greed to extend the humanitarian truce until midnight local time the number of palestinians killed so far has now climbed to over a thousand. ten o'clock saturday night here in moscow kevin only with r.t. international thanks for watching us first the now is just mentioned british journalist graham phillips has been deported from ukraine and banned from entering the country for three years on the grounds that he's been working for r.t. he's been held in captivity by security services for three days the last word we had from him was a message saying he was fine grain is now in poland he told us why he was unable to get in touch. they were sending messages from my phone that message that you go

r.t. saying all these fine i didn't i didn't send that message they were going through my messages asking me about every single message who sent this to you who is this person how do you know this person was put in a room next to an artillery positions they were firing heavily from that was being fired on i was kept in a cell or was detained along with another journalist the deal he was beaten in front of me i saw soldiers you know kick him in the face and then a soldier said if you can confirm my details and he couldn't guarantee that i was going to live i was blindfolded kept in a cell without water or toilet facilities and then we were separated i was interrogated i was interrogated all day i was called a terrorist i was told i had a russian passport i was a russian spy they were telling me all day that i had entered ukraine through ukraine and entered it through russia it's all completely completely false the recusing me of working for terrorists all of these accusations and interrogations

and then they took my computer they took my things and i've just go are just recently been released and i was on the train to warsaw coming from the polish border and i just recently discovered that the now all of my accounts have been hacked so i want you to recount my e-mail account my you tube account which is obviously money and livelihoods on it deleted two thousand videos from every single account i have facebook contact the time that ukrainian forces have had my computer it was held by the s.b.u. as well they've taken that they've stripped all the passwords basically be cyber attacks and i'm just fighting now to try and get my life back i mean being kicked out of the country of ukraine my car was taken by the ukrainian military my money was taken my bullet proof vest i've been deported from a country i own a flat in told i'm an enemy of the state when all i ever did there was report the news which report the truth and i've been told i've been obviously banned from for three years kicked out of the border and there have been cyber attack so basically you know my entire life has been has been taken apart i mean thankfully i'm alive

and as you can see how effective your i'm a little shell shocked by the whole experience and just trying to kind of get my bearings and get things back together after what was an ordeal. when ukraine's security services say they removed graham phillips from the country in the interests of national security in territorial integrity but here's what the kiev authorities were saying at the time he went missing you may recall this as well if you watched this couple of days ago as his whereabouts they said they had no information at the time they're also adamant that the military doesn't detain reporters and that on the contrary they were working to create safe conditions for them to fight is what a spokesman from ukraine security service said at the time about that. i know it's been taken hostage there is no information on those were boats where there is a bounty on his heard the ukrainian military don't journalists. as well as we've heard was being questioned graham says he was threatened here's what he says as part of his conversation with the ukrainian security officer. so yes cazalet

designedly is this your calls tonight into this new year if you wouldn't in one year what do. you believe don't you think we'll get to the moon when you pull. your man who personally more to the left what they want you to. be up to the only you call in the for you thirdly a new guy that you seem to think you are. going into with an easy thing to do anything but to do what he. did. but i still believe you want to. read it. mr mean you. it's becoming increasingly dangerous for journalists to cover the events in eastern ukraine activists are sounding the alarm of reporters being killed or kidnapped and attacked there according to a survey published by the international news safety institute ukraine is now the most dangerous country in the world for journalists to work in and get their jobs

done seven media workers have been killed there this year more than it where else in the world including iraq syria and pakistan as to why a british reporter greg phillips might have been targeted in particular i asked legal expert alexander mccurry us. first question that he was working for r.t.e. and eighty's or a russian television station saying. that he was a broadcast team and so was attracting an english speaking audience and so did finally say so because mr jennings 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 to them so presumably they will be treating other journalists who work for other russian television stations or news media organizations in the same way i find it actually very worrying. dutch police and

investigators arrived meantime in eastern ukraine to examine the site of the crash of the malaysian airlines plane that came down last week killing all two hundred ninety eight on board although they haven't reached the scene of the tragedy yet these pictures are from the netherlands meantime more planes carrying the bodies of the victims recovered from the scene of the tragedy of the rugged eindhoven airport and made seventeen flight recorders are currently being examined by experts in the united kingdom and the dutch safety board which is leading the international investigation expects to release its initial findings by the internet this week care for the us sick use local militia of shooting down the boeing claiming they were armed by russia for its part moscow denies any involvement and is demanding explanations from ukraine after releasing radar data suggesting a fighter jet was in the vicinity of flight m.h. seventy at the time of the crash so far there has been no response. and the first family of one of the victims of m.h. seventeen's arrived at the crash site via strolling couple came to pay tribute to their twenty five year old daughter who was among the passengers on that doomed

flight on our website r.t. dot com as the timeline of events surrounding the crash plus the latest from the crash investigation. there's been no letup in the deadly fighting in east ukraine with more than two hundred fifty civilians killed in the last two months in the city of lugansk alone in the most recent attack where government shelling resulted in at least nineteen civilian deaths these be warm some of the video coming up is quite graphic here mortar shells landed in residential areas of the city several civilians at this bus stop were among the victims blocks of flats a kindergarten the school being used as a shelter were also hit in the attack is a one night when it is described as kind of. wrong with the. ball very well could you just heard an awful. look like that would you favor. would you talk more but you could probably do this you know it. was probably just before your ready for it

moved to the other where you live the other level and you can hear that what you want to get where you are it was a little bit of those few. human rights watch says the ukrainian army may have committed a war crime when it killed sixteen civilians with unguarded grad rockets in the donetsk region meantime the group says the grad system is just too and accurate to be used on populated areas human rights watch is calling for this kind of weapon not to be used to avoid civilian casualties one of the authors of the report says the cranium 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 receive the instability injured and killed and that's what we saw in the pitofsky district that civilians were being killed by these kinds of rockets we 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 a building it's coming from the west by doing that we were being it were able to establish where the attacks were coming from 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 . furthermore antigovernment forces are claiming that king of the used banned white phosphorus bombs during its latest shelling in donetsk they posted this video of the alleged attack online which has made independently verified what could meantime says it's got proof that kiev has used a controversial weapon or at least six different occasions of his defense ministry claims there are a number of indicators which are characteristic of phosphorous bombs kids denying these allegations earlier we got the thoughts of british army officer chose shoot bridge what he thought shows many of the characteristics one would associate with white phosphorus use in particular it looks like it's an air device that's to say it's been delivered by mortars or artillery or perhaps an aircraft it covers quite some substantial areas you can see by the time it reaches the ground and also

you've got this very characteristic. features of breaking into very small very bright burning particles which as indeed military spokespeople elsewhere have commented upon in their right to to say that it falls very quickly to the ground this is a fear some device white phosphorus will burn it intense heat will burn right through to the bone it's it can't be put out by using water and if civilians are in the air it's on my sense of course widespread damage as well as fear and of course very serious injuries if it can be proved that white phosphorus has been used against either civilian targets or in an area where it's very likely civilians will be harmed there could well be repercussions in terms of crimes actions for example ukraine is indeed a signatory to the convention the un convention which governs the use of sentry weapons. was four months since the start of a military operation in ukraine morale in the army appears to be waning soldiers

wounded on the front line say their commanders neglecting them as roman concert for ports dozens of wounded military were able to get out from one circle means by force. that's high ranking officers really comes to the front line and if they do they try to leave as soon as possible preferably before dark you know the. soup of. the office the fault or. shut the fuck would you put them to both. millions of dollars have already been spent by kiev on its punitive action against those they call terrorists now while the country's leadership they had ordered yes and another mobilization a round of its citizens into active armed forces the money stream to finance all

that seems to be dry announced he won't have the money to pay for a military operation after all because of the force of the army needs around seven hundred seventy five million dollars with just a week left before the first of august ski of the 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 parishioners targets are among cos are of artsy don't ask you crane. had us comes up a fresh accusations against russia of involvement in ukraine but still fails to present any evidence i can underline the information they had led to that effect meant after the break the report of the mounting pressure on washington to back up its allegations with facts. we chase profit

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completely out now let's break the set. russia's foreign ministry is releasing partially wouldn't comment on the ukrainian crisis it slams washington claiming it bears partial responsibility for the conflict and its grave consequences moscow also accuses the bomber of ministration of lying a law used to implement its foreign policy meantime tens of thousands of people have been fleeing eastern ukraine amid the raging violence according to the united nations the number of refugees has doubled since june was going to change you can reports the u.s. doesn't believe the numbers. the u.n. says two hundred fifty thousand ukrainians have left their homes in eastern ukraine since the fighting began the state department had doubted the sources of the un's previous reports on ukrainian refugees and many russians from ukraine a family in russia and maybe staying with them but neither ukrainian border guards

or nor international organizations operating in the area ever boarded any large out 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 i 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 is a humanitarian crisis here at the state 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 and that artillery russian territory is hitting the military is going to get even out your immediate military out but you are convinced we have seen no indication she's no indication that the opposite is true that ukrainians are something occur while the u.s. state department says no indication that they're watching territory comes under fire from ukraine witnesses who live near the border inside russia offer

a different perspective. because of last minute. yes you know. but they are not sold around the dozen you don't know when you seem to be in uganda with them but they will stop for you so you can preserve our with the idea which was a bit are you and us with visions of them going so that i would visit some. of the would would have wanted to use them the true for the most part the but the more. the u.s. is now saying that russia 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 more you know 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 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 word for it and the media is generally slanted against russia. the fragile truce between hamas and israel is under threat the i.d.f. says three rockets have been fired into israeli territory it's still unclear whether israel responded the extended cease fire was due to end in three hours time or to be brokered after foreign ministers calls from the u.s. europe in the middle east are still ities is also being suspended to try to allow aid supplies in and to recover the dead and wounded. and the dead. they are. a number of deaths caused by israel's onslaught in gaza has reached a harrowing milestone now there are more than one thousand victims the figure

leaped as bodies began being recovered from the rubble israel continued to buy the girls or until the very last moments before hostilities were halted on saturday morning medics a tank fire killed nineteen members of a palestinian family just minutes before the truce started. where now fears the hostilities will break out in the west bank which has been relatively calm in recent years in bethlehem palestinians who stole and fire bombs at israeli police early on saturday the clashes left at least nine people dead falsely reports. in the moments immediately following the start of this truce hundreds of gazans poured into the streets they have been lining up in front of shops and banks and a.t.m.'s withdrawing cash and stock piling on food and other emergency supplies so certainly the the fear on the ground is that hostilities in this israeli ground operation will continue and continue for some time to come this is a u.n. brokered humanitarian truce the idea is to allow u.n.

aid workers in and out of gaza they are bringing with them emergency supplies such as medicines for the hospitals that have practically run out it is also an opportunity to evacuate the injured and it's also a chance for people to believe they did well in addition to those twelve hour humanitarian ceasefire there is a seven day truce that is in the pipeline this is something that has been proposed by the u.s. secretary of state john kerry he was in talks in cairo on friday that israel has rejected a new version of this proposal as it currently stands what hamas is insisting on is that there was a total lifting of is will seize on the gaza strip but israel says if there is no way that it can agree to this and also won't agree to any kind of preconditions a must is also asking people who were recently arrested to be released there is a meeting in paris attended by the foreign ministers of qatar and turkey to support a mass as well as high level delegations from bush and france and that meeting is being brokered by the u.s.

secretary of state john kerry but i must mention that aside from all this kind of diplomatic flurry that is happening the tensions on the ground are extremely high and. published a good politician about divisions to for good to you told me that israel should be held responsible for assaulting the producer for two full. the first people who are asked 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 through the united states and the united nations security council twice then israel wanted to impose its own conditions by. 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 to me and there should be a cease fire but also there should be a lifting of the seat 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 than what prevailed in south africa. there's been probe palestinian demonstrations worldwide hundreds of thousands of people calling for an end to the bloodshed protests held today in paris even turned violent. i. crowds clashed with police fired tear gas to disperse them calling the protest on sanctioned saturday's protests came after the annual day of solidarity with palestinians in a day israeli offensive on gaza give more residents this year families who waved with slogans play biggest role for the thousand plus deaths resulting from the offensive so far in some cities angry mobs u.s. and israeli flags they were rallies in the united states that america europe and many muslim countries. calls for the end to the violence of being just

a slight on live to on our website to get a minute check it out you see a large range of pictures where jews and arabs refuse to be enemies it was launched by us couple of mixed arab jewish background. to be an. on. around the world as more headlines know in egypt at least four children have been killed when a mortar round hit their home in the sinai peninsula on the gaza border it was reportedly made by militants targeting soldiers the blast took place in a northern sinai town believed to be a base for islamist militants militant attacks of serge since last year after the military overthrew islamist president mohamed morsy the united states has shut its embassy in libya's capital and evacuated stuff to neighboring chin is here it comes as clashes between militias leave the embassy of intensified the u.s. state department says all embassy operations are suspended until security improves

and is warning americans not to travel to libya it's the second time in a little more than three years that the u.s. embassy is being closed. the un's chief investigator says islamic state group militants may or. may be added to its war crimes list for their actions in syria the confidential list was revealed for the first time to the un security council reporters on friday islamic state insurgence to seize control of areas in both northern syria and iraq and are engaged in fierce fighting with syrian forces had the jihadists have conducted public executions abductions and murder among many other atrocities. britain's daily mirror tabloid newspaper has been left red faced out of failing to do some fact checking when putting together friday's front page the paper published a cover photo saying it was the russian president and his daughter the story claimed she fled her home in the netherlands but the woman next to vladimir putin turns out to have no connection with the tall she is in fact a lawyer who was working for russia's federal agency for youth affairs at the time

the picture was taken we managed to to speak. it was a nice sunny day the president was walking on my left so i remember that day but the photo was taken by chance in two thousand and eight someone posted it on the internet without checking the facts it's strange that now a media organization with such a big name has decided to use it. up next thanks for being with us by the way in on a lawsuit against the world's biggest but nonna company accused of funding colombian militias that's the station a break in the set lined up for you if you're in the u.k. he said to get george galloway to say more the week's news of sputnik. in florida the debate over whether illegal immigrants should be able to get driver's licenses is heating up one group called the living with angels says that

they should be allowed behind the wheel to support this view they use a classic argument that comes up a lot in the media they say that not a lot of people for it are legal so if you're not legal you can't ever driver's license what's with that this is like when people say well we should legalize drugs because people use them anyway or we should legalize prostitution because people will do it anyway so such i think they mean that it's everyone comes here illegally anyways we may as well let them drive so if enough people do something we currently consider illegal does that make it ok maybe sometimes but in the case of illegal immigration rolling out the red carpet for people to come to our nation illegally just empowers more people to come and it certainly spits in the face of locals and legal immigrants who do obey the rules and bureaucracy so here i would say no to driver's licenses for illegals in florida yeah there might be millions of them in the usa but that doesn't justify society bending over to make their lives comfortable if you want to drive in america be born american or become one the legal way but that's just my opinion.

the money is the rid of all easy pickens and money is the root of all classes for once every dumbest but to what school is one to sell. what's happening everyone i imagine martin and this is breaking the set so remember chiquita banana was funny in a right wing paramilitary death squad in colombia oh well even if you don't they were yes to the tune of one point seven million dollars see back in the ninety's the violence between the chiquita banana supported a you see that's left wing counterparts far resulted in the deaths of almost fifty thousand people mostly civilians and because of this the families of the thousands of colombians who were killed during the country's bloody civil war had sued the company trying to get

accountability for their loved ones however just this week a federal appeals court threw out the case out of the justification that the lawsuit was out of the court's jurisdiction it was a big blow to the families considering how the banana giant had previously pled guilty excuse me to criminal charges regarding the funding of the paramilitary death force having to shell out twenty seven million dollars to the d.o.j. as a result now without a legal avenue against chiquita for the families to pursue one of their last hopes as a petition the supreme court to reconsider the case interesting that the u.s. justice department gets millions of dollars from the banana monolith instead of the actual people who truly suffered as a result of the corporation's actions interesting yes surprising now let's break this up. with a.