breaking news this morning on r.t. international israeli tanks fire on another un school and killing twenty people that's according to palestinian health officials a live report is coming up. washington and europe launch another round of sanctions against russia over the ukraine conflict targeting from the financial and energy sector. the civilian casualty count climbs the ukrainian army intensifies its offensive in the east of the country moving ever closer to the russian border meantime moscow is struggling to get the children out of a combat zone. you

took world headlines live on r.t. international. thank you for joining us we start this hour with breaking news palestinian health officials say a u.n. school in northern gaza has been attacked by israeli tanks let's get the very latest now from standing by for us good morning harri can you bring us up to speed . yes well this incident follows another heavy night of bombardment in gaza we understand over one hundred twenty palestinians were killed last night just in the last couple of hours we've had this incident of the united nations school being used as a shelter hit by israeli tank shells we understand more than one shell hit first the courtyard and also secondly part of the school which is primarily used by the female to girl pupils we understand that civilians were of course sheltering in

these areas which is why the latest number killed the ministry of health redacted the previous number thirteen palestinians killed in this tank shelling this shelling of. united nations school constitutes the second act of violence against a un school in less than a week last thursday united nations school in the north of the strip in beit hanoun was struck in similar circumstances of course. under contention with regard to israel and hamas both obviously giving different explanations for the violence but certainly on the ground we're seeing again continued hostilities of course and this is another significant incident now over five united nations schools working course up in the fighting which is now of course beginning. to move now into its twenty day this operation now extraordinarily costly in terms of civilian life now it

exceeds the obviously very bloody war of winter two thousand and nine which lasted twenty two days so the palestinians now fear how long will this operation last given these deaths well yesterday we saw another significant incident which was the targeting of the fuel tanks belonging to gaza's sole power station ghassan has been suffering from fuel and electricity crises on and off for several years since the israeli and egyptian imposed siege began this now is obviously only going to worsen the electricity crisis for civilians here in the strip we now expect electricity to be provided for just a couple of zero hours per day. the number now of killed here is over twelve hundred over seven thousand injured as i say in less than twenty three four days is now the twenty eighth day we think catching up with those suffering from some of the worst and most horrendous horrendous injuries inside gaza sheaffer hospital.

it's hard to fathom how such a vast devastation can occur in three weeks of fighting. thousands of homes damaged or destroyed tens of thousands in. turny displaced and well over a thousand killed inside garza's main hospital in its burns unit are a small fraction of the surviving injured this girl three years old. this israeli demolished their house of this family. so we deceived. her mother two brothers would say rebels this morning this woman is a very severe condition she is presented to us about five days ago with her son and her husband her son and husband died with severe burns and she's still surviving with very critical condition the doctors and nurses here look as stunned

as the civilians who survived in heavily bombarded areas it's hard to imagine how the medical staff can cope with these truly horrendous cases a human being if i see whole families the killed under the rubble of their house the house. and these people and all the families killed. in one of the instances i have a child here he was all the time claimed he lost all his families he lost his father his mother his brother is a grandfather and all the time he's crying he wants his father his mother so i closed the door of my office and i sat crying here those that survived this war will have to the physical and psychological scars for years to come. as for what weaponry is causing these injuries it's not entirely clear. having is very severe

the magnitude of destruction of the of the human beings those ones are intended to kill. people the bodies and the face is very badly on the ground it feels as if during this war israel is fixed on stopping have masses rockets once and for all regardless of the incredible civilian toll. the television channel has broadcast a video showing hamas fighters infiltrating israeli territory to attack a guard post five israeli soldiers one house militant died and the shooting is ready troops responded by destroying the tunnel meanwhile the i.d.f. says its iron dome defense system intercepted two hamas rockets over television and you only know over a former israeli air force officer she believes her country's tactics a very hard to condone i think. to make a phone call or send a message or drop

a tiny bomb minutes before you. destroy a tire house and to think that the fact that we noticed them five or ten minutes before is enough to sentence five or ten or twenty five people there is something. i don't think that even in times of war we can do whatever we want without boundaries. now when somebody speaks out against the actions of the government you have there always be some people who consider you in some way to be betraying your native country what is the public reaction to what you've had to say and do you worry about any of the repercussions the reaction as you probably know in here. are not very gentle but i'm not sure it's only the public we see when our officials you know government ministers government calls to raise gaza to

flatten whole neighborhoods in gaza. well this is sort of violence that they. have to. look to be drawing down to the people so the sentiments of these days are very harsh it's hard to make any criticism these days in israel but they do believe that this is our obligation as the israelis who care about our future to make those statements and speak out loud and in new york demonstrators blocked a road in anger at israel types against the protesters next to the building which hosts the israeli mission to the u.n. route one hundred people gathered chanting for an end to the violence twenty six of them were arrested after they refused him. well good morning to you from all of us here at r.t. international in moscow the u.s. and e.u. have targeted russia's economy with a new set of sanctions washington accuses moscow of being reluctant to help to end

the violence in ukraine details here with artie's guy nature. the previous round of u.s. sanctions targeted certain russian banks more were added to that list their punishment is that they will not be able to borrow from your way of school longer than ninety days today. and building on the measures we announced two weeks ago the united states is imposing new sanctions in key sectors of the russian economy energy arms and finance were blocking the exports of specific goods and technologies to the russian energy sector we're expanding our sanctions to more russian banks and defense companies that were formally suspending credit that encourages exports to russia and financing for economic development projects in russia. and because we're closely coordinating our actions with europe the sanctions we're now seeing today will have an even bigger bite president obama was asked if this threat shooting up of tension could effectively mean the beginning of

a new cold war he disagreed he said he does not see another cold war coming but that's not the way many people see it there was a hearing in the u.s. congress several hours before the president's announcement where you could hear the usual voices calling for increasing tensions and pressure on russia and then there was this one congressman the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee who offered a different perspective you know after the soviet union fell it was a tremendous potential to making russia our friend have tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds of interacting and being coming part of the world community and. a tremendous opportunity i should say was squandered in the last few weeks we've seen issues pop up one after another not even related to the crisis in ukraine the u.s. has just announced its conclusion that russia violated an arms control treaty from

nine hundred eighty seven american official say russia tested cruise missiles as early as two thousand and eight there was a test. but the united states agreed upon zus and therefore we have to waste a christian u.s. president why is he blaming the washington always sees things so this accusation. it's been years in the making but u.s. officials she chose to formally announce this accusation now when the tension between moscow and washington is already high on the other side of the atlantic the u.k. government announced an inquiry into the death of alexander litvinenko that he was poisoned in two thousand and six in london whether or not that case will ever be close to russia will be the headlines for weeks to come related to a murder case then in the netherlands the international arbitration court has ruled in favor of the shareholders of the defunct oil company and ordered russia to pay about fifty billion dollars in damages that lawsuit was ten years old now officials in all these countries say that this issue has had nothing to do with the current

tense political environment but the events did raise a lot of questions about timing let's have a look at the companies hit by the latest round of the u.s. sanctions for example v.t. b. is russia's financial behemoth it's the country's second largest bank operating in the e.u. africa also asia its subsidiary the bank of moscow here also included of washington's penalties another target russia's agricultural bank which is completely government funded these financial institutions won't be able to bank with americans at all also affected the united building corporation which manufactures both military and civilian vessels but up to the end of the day though we spoke to the economist max fraud wolf you said u.s. may have a tough time actually a brain the new penalties it's a little bit hard to nail down exactly but there will be serious potential public relations as well as regulatory fallout so i do think you're going to see folks make a good faith effort to first understand what exactly this means and then very quickly

especially given again the really short timeframe here quickly be compliant with what they think exactly this means as it becomes hopefully more clear in the days ahead. this time the e.u. backed up u.s. sanctions european leaders agreed to talk at several sectors of russia's economy including finance and energy explanation here without he's pretty rough. the e.u. has announced the new wide ranging sweeping sanctions a joint statement from the president of the european council herman van rompuy the president of the european commission jose manuel barroso says that these sanctions are designed to send a clear message and warning to russia now the form that they'll take is looking at individual sectors of the russian economy and putting sanctions on them the main ones are going to be concerning energy where russia will be restricted its access to technology in financial sector where they'll be russia will be blocked from

accessing russian banks will be blocked from accessing e.u. funding and in defense where both imports and exports of russian arms will be banned deals that have already been struck including the deal between france and russia for two helicopter. ships two helicopter base ships and that will go ahead as planned but no fresh deals will be announced also included in the latest barrage of sanctions will be new inclusions on the so-called black list for individual sanctions eight more individuals in three companies it's been added to that list analysts predicted bubblin will lose up to six billion euros worth of exports to russia trade between the two countries reached seventy six billion euros last year and around six thousand german firms are doing business in russia right now what is i mean well that means that hundreds of thousands of jobs are potentially dependent on the economic ties between the nations economist and michael moore he told us

that many in germany where you have the damage the sanctions will cause. when you talk to the people on the street when you talk to people who have a one of business. executives in a big company they're not for this all this sanctions i can tell this to you because sanctions never a one way street you have always a reaction to a sanction and when it comes to this imposed sanctions all the sanctions it will be imposed on russia then of course the germans the ones who are suffering most it's easy for united states to shout full sanctions but the ones who are suffering all the germans all those countries who are close to russia because they naturally have the biggest business implications you can read more about the previous rounds of european and american sanctions against russia at r.t. dot com we've assembled all the details and analysis for you well still to come on

the program a full charm offensive for african leaders in washington but here on the program we look at the chinese elephant in the room which is driving president barack obama's attempts to win the hearts and minds and influence across the african comes.

across talks rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. hello again ukrainian army is intensifying its offensive on two breakaway ukrainian eastern regions it's reportedly added short range ballistic missiles to the arsenal in the area at least eight civilian deaths have been reported overnight including five residents of an elderly cat or i mean you got when you said leave.

or you don't get up so you go when you get there you can morning you. do you have to you go to the conclusion. the ubiquitously with the you know the money but then the. world will. cease praised structural you know what sort of what i want you did you know when you expose you to. the early years i know you don't read is just store which means you know you know that i will start school. this is. really. going to. disappoint you really for the members of the. bush team meeting as it were some of. which was literally just.

and in the donetsk region nine children reportedly severely wounded when a mortar shell they found exploded near them and interior ministry official blamed anti-government forces and the incident highlights the ongoing struggle to get children out of the combat zones we spoke to the russian commissioner for human rights who said that opticals are being put up to stop them being taken to safety. in the west so we have made requests to the ukrainian authorities and always see representatives who are present there and to the red cross we ask all warring parties to grant us a humanitarian corridor to rescue children severe illnesses it's proving very difficult to negotiate this with the ukrainian authorities because the ukrainian conflict is now very close to the russian border a number of times shells of cross the frontier already resulting in at least one death r.t.s. remind causer of now reporting from a russian village forced to run and hide from the hostilities these people aren't

at war with anyone and yet it's their homes that are being shelled. the residents of this russian village say artillery and gunfire usually start when it gets dark forcing them to flee their homes for safety the ongoing conflict in nearby ukraine has now moved into their own backyard the residents here are able to see the fighters of the national guard without any special equipment this particular house is located right on the russian ukraine border right beyond that river. local deputies that's yana was born and raised here just like most of her neighbors she has relatives across the border in ukraine they are now coming to her side as refugees. civilization is still look at that a little difficult all the villages here are closed to each other and some of them on here korean territory who have relatives there and when the bull dishes separated us would come true see them and they can see us as. locals have

a chance to find shelter elsewhere in the region far from the area of combat but not everyone can just up and leave all gays and nurses at a psychiatric hospital and says it's hard to comfort her patients while the area gets shelled by mail which in boats have the patients are scared it's hard to explain it all to mentally ill people would tell them it's founder we hide under blankets and dive under the beds. it's hard for children as well to understand why their homes are being targeted but they already know what to do when hearing the sound of a rocket or gunfire one of the we went to the town to hide to escape from here there are huge barb attacks here much of this in a way but in a chapel actually still very scared especially at night their window panes are shaking and i'm crying these youngsters seem to take the threat of shelling quite bravely but that's not the case in all the families and the other person. my

daughter is so scared she doesn't even leave the house she cries and i even don't know how to help her russian border crossings with ukraine in nearby villages have been shelled numerous times over the last month one civilian have been killed and several houses destroyed as these people are dragged into someone else's battle remonde costs are of artsy russian ukrainian border and now ukrainian authorities are ready for a ceasefire and dialogue with anti-government forces. we say that it is more appropriate to try to resolve the underlying issues of the negotiating table than to continue a tit for tat of violence the message came from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with ukrainian foreign minister geo political analyst writes i think that will ultimately use any pause in hostilities to make territorial we're not there's the question of strategic and tactical necessity for

having such a ceasefire now we've seen countless times in the in recent weeks that the iranian military is attempted to retake territory that they have mounted offensives and then there are held or in other ways unsuccessful he'll just made a tactical decision along with its patrons in washington that if they cannot retake territory militarily then they will use different magic and political cover in order to achieve that goal this is a means of allowing the military run by you to assert itself through the back door well misstate through the back door of a cease fire it's an international in less than a week and historic u.s. africa summit in washington will focus on strengthening america's ties with africa but many believe the real reason for the event is to target china's growing economic influence that i buy only as a kiwi from the pan african newswire he believes china is well ahead in the battle for hearts and minds many african opinion makers and analysts have said

that the relationship between china and africa as opposed to the relationship between africa and the united states has many advantages for the african people the chinese interventions have resulted in infrastructural developments whereas there is a extensive history of exploitation of relations between the united states and other western european countries obviously. the after concerts i believe that the obama administration is late in taking this initiative but i think it's very important for him to somehow in a hands the image of the united states on the after continent well thank you for joining us here at r.t. international today on rory's to show you in moscow if you're joining us from the u.k. good morning to you you'll be joined by me martin shortly though if you are in any of the countries around the world that we broadcast to you we joined. boston.

if you drive people away from the dollar many people now it must be sitting there saying gosh if we have u.s. dollars and the u.s. decides they don't like us they're going to put sanctions on us so people more and more people would say maybe i should use the u.s. dollar. the try to. people are going to be. like for instance you're taking every minute. sometimes me. now with. my. wife but.

i think this. squeezes. sometimes for nothing. and it's. just still the kids will be just if you see the state take the t.v. . but others. there i marinated this is boom bust and these are some of the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up the land of polo ponies the tango and many other

things is dancing with another default now argentina has until wednesday to pay its bondholders and we're looking into the likelihood of this actually happening then patrick byrne is on the program today the c.e.o. of overstock dot com sat down with me earlier to discuss what's more important in terms of big points except in the retail or the consumer and in today's big deal edward harris and i are discussing super air b.n. b. corporate expansion and the fundamental value of these companies and i'll start right now. with. our lead story today argentina now the land of polo ponies well done carnegie and tango is dancing with another i just love that line now argentina has until

wednesday to make an interest payment to bondholders or will officially default for the second time in thirteen years argentina claims it's willing to pay bondholders who agreed to take less than thirty cents on the dollar in a debt restructuring after its two thousand and one fault but federal judge thomas agree has said that argentina can not pay those bondholders without also paying so-called holdout bondholders who have refused to accept the thirty cents on the dollar offer and of one. a series of us court cases against argentina now as of right now when i was there is refusing to pay the holdouts so what's the worst case and the best case scenario in this whole calamity well the worst case scenario and the most likely outcome president cristina kirchner his government will in fact a fault in fact kirshner's government has spent months running public campaigns vilifying the holdouts and calling judge greer and the u.s.

judicial system corrupt which takes a lot of nerve especially coming from a country that has no problem trampling on property rights now i'm not saying that the u.s. courts have any real right to force argentina to pay its holdouts but argentina's argument for failing to negotiate is flimsy at best and i mean very best argentina says that the amount owed is too arduous and that it would have to slash its foreign exchange reserves however the country recently settled some sixteen billion dollars in claims with repsol and the paris club of creditors with little impact on reserves by issuing new bonds or stretching out payments so here's the question what's the best case scenario sadly i don't think that there is a best case scenario here but we'll have to wait and see what happens tomorrow.