inside. israeli tanks opened fire on a un school in gaza where hundreds of civilians were sheltering from the daily at strikes that follows the destruction of the area's only power plant worsening the plight the palestinians face. u.s. and e.u. look to pressure russia's financial and energy sectors in a fresh round of economic sanctions targeting some of the country's largest institutions. heavy artillery attacks target towns across eastern ukraine leaving scorched houses and residents dead while government forces claim they're ready for dialogue.

welcome thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey you're watching r.t. international a short ceasefire is to be declared in the garza strip expected to last for four hours after at least nineteen civilians including children were killed in israeli shelling of a un school hundreds have been taking refuge there in the hope of escaping the daily bombardments fear who's in regard in gaza as this report for us. well this instance follows another heavy night of bombardment in gaza 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 go pupils we understand that civilians were of course sheltering in these

areas this shelling of united nations school constitutes the second act of violence against a un school in less than a week last thursday the united nations school in the north of the state 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 are being caught up in the fighting which is now of course beginning. to move now into its twenty day well we've been catching up with some of those hit most horrendously with awful injuries in gaza's main hospital the 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 internally displaced and well over a thousand killed inside gaza's main hospital in its burns unit are a small fraction of the surviving injured this girl three years old. this israeli is demolished the house of this family. so we do see of the girl his mother two brothers with severe burns. this morning. this woman is in a very severe condition. she presented five days ago with her son and her husband her son and husband died with severe burns and she's still. surviving with a 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 the human being if i see whole family is 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 further his mother so i closed the door of my office and i said crying 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 human beings those ones are intended to kill mass mass casualties of people the bodies and faces very badly on the ground it

feels as if during this war israel is fixed on stopping her master's rockets once and for all regardless of being a credible civilian. the attack on the school comes after a severe bombardment of the gaza strip the sole the only power station that destroyed the international is already denounce the destruction of the plant calling it a collective punishment for palestinians electricity shortages will harm an already devastated region worsening the problems with the water supply and medical care. reform a surely air force officer believes that a country's tactics are hard to conduct. i think that. to make a phone call or send a message or drop a tiny bomb minutes before you. destroy an entire 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 to death is something immoral i don't think that even in times of war we can do whatever we want without boundaries 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 in our government ministers in our government calls to raise gaza to flatten whole neighborhoods in gaza well this is sort of violence have to go to be drawn down to the people so the sentiments of this is are very harsh it's hard to make any criticism these days in israel but they do believe that this is our obligation as israelis who care about our future to make those statements and to speak out loud. the ongoing operation in gaza has already seen more than twelve hundred people killed with israel getting little

support from across the world and protest that the violence chile and peru have recalled their ambassadors to israel following the example of brazil and ecuador mexico meanwhile hundreds of taking to the streets to voice their anger over the israeli offensive people shouting slogans and carrying banners calling for television and hostilities protests also took place in new york where several activists blocked a road next to the building hosting the israeli mission to the un police stepped in to break up the demonstration arresting twenty six people in the process. and the u.s. has expanded its list of individual and economic sanctions against russia building on the measures we announced two weeks ago the united states is imposing new sanctions and sectors of the russian economy washington's once again picked some of the russia's biggest financial pelisse that's take a look at v.t. b. for example the country's second largest bank the group also operates in europe

asia and africa one of its subsidiaries the bank of moscow also on the list and another major institution russia's agricultural bank which funds the farming sector that has been hit as well all are now shunned from u.s. capital markets should they apply for medium or long term loans also on the list united shipbuilding corp russia's largest holding in that field will be prevented from importing certain equipment going to cheat you can reports now on what's behind the new measures. the previous 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 the u.s. longer than ninety days president obama was asked if this 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 or 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 short film there was a tremendous potential to make sure our friend have tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds of interacting and being korean part of the world community and. a tremendous opportunity i should say was squandered in the last few weeks we've seen. 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 one thousand nine hundred seven american officials say russia tested cruise missiles as early as two thousand and eight so this accusation has been years in the making but u.s. officials 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. 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 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 to pay about fifty billion dollars in damages that lawsuit was ten years old now for. and 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. meanwhile economist max from wolf believes that the u.s. firms will be trying to slip past the new restrictions it's a little bit hard to nail down exactly what they will be serious potential public relations as well as regulatory fallout so i do think you're going to see folks

making a good faith effort to first understand what exactly this means and then to 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. and e.u. leaders have banks the u.s. sanctions they also agreed to impose measures on russia which could potentially hurt the country's financial and energy sectors speak to all of us more. b.-u. leaders have put forward sweeping sanctions against russia in a joint statement the president of the european council home and van rompuy the head of the european commission or as in manuel but also said that these sanctions were intended to send a strong warning to russia where is previously sanctions imposed by the e.u. it targeted individuals or one particular company these are targeting huge sectors of the russian economy so what they are looking at is energy where russia will have

restricted access to technologies in the financial sector will be blocking russian access to e.u. funds that are available and in defense a arms embargo banning both the import and export of weapons into or out of russia however any previously existing contracts won't be affected by that now the united kingdom has announced that it wants to push ahead with even further stronger sanctions against russia but what we are expecting is that here the full wording of the sanctions agreed on by all the e.u. heads of government and the sides are expected to come into effect on the first of all this will be reviewed after three months whereby they can be scrapped all continue depending on what european leaders decide. the association of european businesses is responded to the latest wave of sanctions same they deeply regret the decision made by the e.u. the body believes not only will further restrictions hurt moscow the also slow down development in europe and ukraine. global oil giant b.p.

has said in a statement it's not being affected by the sanctions against russia the company however believes that this could change in the future if further pressure is that placed on moscow but it's not just b.p. more and more western companies are concerned about the way that they do business with russia for many of us is a perfect place to use advanced drilling technology from the e.u. in the u.s. which is now impossible under the new restrictions and this could hurt moscow's plans to dig into the resource laden arctic but this would also leave big international players without access to these reserves for some of russia's exports including materials like to tamia will be off the shopping list companies like boeing are likely to see their manufacturing costs skyrocket. well over a dot com we have go the details on the potential damage the sanctions could have on russia's economy and how this could affect the global markets visit our website for analysis to stay with us i'll be back in just

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day to long to do your psych night and the rest of life so you need a field day every week. welcome back at least five people have reportedly been killed and twenty more wounded in one ukrainian city alone as the army continues its artillery attacks in the east i mean you got what you said leave you more he's dug up seeing you go when you get there you can morning you. need you have to you go to the conclusion. that. the focus is on the field. because the.

global. praised structural you know what does start up what i when you sit down when you expose or you thought. the girl a year ago you know you don't read is a door what's the reason why you know is that i will start to go up. this is. a. this is a political move for them to do. for. the . mood in the streets there were some of. which was. the heaviest strike fell on the city of gori that witnessed a twenty four hour longer attack several apartment blocks a school in a kindergarten were destroyed on monday seventeen people were killed there

including three children in neighboring the ganske artillery hit a retirement home killing five people been trying to hide or flee from the fighting on a daily basis this video of a wounded girl addressing president poroshenko has gone viral. but so is yours for your age you should see it live yes a little more bugged by it like you know you. wonder why it's this. young little well why are so all those are some of my just lost reactions i don't even exist. but i will. leave the us out of our seniors are. five artillery shells fired from ukraine have reportedly exploded next to a russian checkpoint on the border russian territory has repeatedly come under fire and now a group of international observers arrived at the border to inspect the situation and i'm cautious visit

a village that lies just across the river from ukraine and asked locals what it's like to live next to a combat zone 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 so 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. civilizations still look at that a little of all the villages here are close to each other and some of them on ukrainian territory who have relatives there and when the ball dishes separated us

would come true see them and they can see us. 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 or gaze a nurse at a psychiatric hospital and says it's hard to comfort her patients while the area gets shelled by leo which is something that patients are scared it's hard to explain it all to mentally ill people would tell them its 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 border tax year. you know only an inch out the largest and 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 of 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 the ukraine and 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 room on costs or of artsy russian ukrainian border ukraine's authorities say they're 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 violence that message came from the u.s. state secretary john kerry after he met the ukrainian foreign minister to geo political honest airing trying to think the kid will use any pause in a thirty's to try and make territorial gains. 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 has attempted to retake territory that they have mounted offensives in that they have been there are repelled or in other ways unsuccessful feel this made a tactical decision along with its patrons in washington that if they cannot retake territory militarily then they will use diplomatic and political cover in order to achieve that goal this is a means of allowing the military run by here to assert itself through the back door of diplomacy through the back door of a cease fire. ukrainian m.p. has turned vigilante a local authorities in the east and timid on eating them and accusing them of links to separatists other guests go they met of a small town and then again screech and he was on holiday with his wife.

well. on your way to soon you want to go now and you will then you should learn the more you easier to change your story. all that in. a man was accused of neglecting his duties while on holiday trying to protest but was ignored people gathered around as the mayor's wife pleaded for somebody to help her husband and no one came to his rescue ukrainian media say the man was later taken away for questioning. we have of the stories online for you such as putting a gloss on the horrors in iraq islamic extremists release a promotional video showing the mass executions they've carried out in the area they've declared that they face. and also their doctor in sierra leone over the specialist in the virus is. rapidly spreading outbreak of the incurable killer find

out more. in less than a week forty seven african heads of state will head to washington d.c. for the first continent wide u.s. african leaders summit but many believe the historical event is designed not just to strengthen ties but also to counter china's ever growing economic influence in the region. from the pan-african news wire thinks that china is already well ahead in the battle for hearts and minds on the continent. 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 to be the african continent i believe that the obama administration is late 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. and us around us and other news for you from around the world the main special forces base in the libyan city of benghazi has been seized by militias after days of heavy fighting and that's after a battle involving rockets and warplanes killed at least thirty people also in libya it's really is offered help to put out a blaze raging in the biggest oil depot in the capital tripoli. during battles for control of the international airport and heavy gunfire prevented firefighters from tackling the inferno. to china now where heavy fatalities have been reported in a pre-planned knife attack in a predominantly muslim province

a large gang stormed a police building and several government offices all and with knives and axes police for back shooting dead dozens of militants and arresting more than sixty thirteen officers as well as several members of the public were killed in the attack. i'll be back with the very latest headlines i hope to see you at the top of the hour stay with us the next on our say breaking the set with abby martin will be discussing the u.s. losses during the afghan count. serious serious effects of a society where. people are going to be a community and you know like for instance you're changing every minute of.

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in the judicial inquiry furthermore those restrictions. on their. release. what's. what's happening guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so earlier this month i reported the isis in iraq seized over fifty american made artillery weapons from the iraqi army which cost half a million dollars each and with this disaster out of the pentagon's belt you would think it would make sure it doesn't lose any more of its arms in the middle east

except a new report by the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction or seeger shows it's done exactly that according to the report the pentagon has lost track of more than forty percent of the firearms it's delivered to afghan security forces that's right of the more than seven hundred thousand arms provided the afghan army a full four hundred seventy four thousand of them have gone missing or have duplicate serial numbers amazing the inability of the pentagon to track these weapons means that some of the arms are probably on the black market already ripe for purchase by militant groups and afghan warlords not only is this development and they could have a what happens when unaccountable weapons exports become par for the course but also illustrates the incredible amount of taxpayer waste spent on rebuilding week in military institutions in afghanistan consider that over the course of the thirteen year occupation of the country congress has shelled out over one hundred three billion dollars just in reconstruction efforts and wasted seven billion of

the approved ten point six billion allocated in two thousand and twelve see these types of reports will only continue until the government stops throwing waters of cash at middle east countries and expecting stability and us style democracies to magically emerge it's great to set. the problem it was terrible they come up very hard to make outlets again to plug a plug that you never had sex with that hurt their lives let alone blood. tests. lists and lists .