and there are mafia. our headlines this hour is really tanks opened fire on a u.n. schooling gal's where hundreds of civilians were sheltering from the daily earth strikes tell of eve officials are denying any fatalities despite evidence to the contrary. the 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 organizations european businesses warn the move is likely to backfire. heavy artillery attacks target towns across eastern ukraine leaving it residents dead and houses destroyed twenty seven people were killed in three days in one city alone.

from moscow to the world you're watching r.t. international my names you know neil welcome our top story at least nineteen civilians including children were killed during the israeli shelling of a un school you can see pictures of the aftermath here hundreds had been taking refuge there in the hope of escaping the daily bombardments last night children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in the un designated shelter of children killed in the sleep this is an affront to all of us the source of universal shame today the world stands to scrape . the u.n. agency spokes person say's their initial assessment shows it was really artillery that hit the school however the israeli ambassador richard russia claim the truth

behind the story is being obscured. the selling of the direction of the when school was taking place when the bonding with empty everything the palestinians showed in the media was a staged insinuation israel is denying any responsibility for the number of deaths all that deaths committed by the israeli side in this attack. correspondent hari fear went to the un school he stated on his twitter feed that he saw blood and body parts country to tel aviv claims here is his report from the scene after a heavy night of fighting in which at least one hundred twenty palestinians were killed the hostility is continue just in the last few hours we've seen this significant strike on this the united nations run school being used as a shelter by hundreds of families eyewitnesses say the least five israeli tank shells hit the complex different parts of the complex including classrooms

belonging to normally school girls at least eight palestinian children were killed say eyewitnesses at least three women including at least one pregnant woman and also united nations security guards for this complex it's the second time in less than two weeks to a nice united nations run shelter has come under fire we've been catching up with those most severely affected with worms during these ongoing hostilities. it's hard to fathom how such bars devastation can occur in three weeks of fighting . thousands of homes damaged or destroyed tens of thousands internally displaced and well over a thousand people 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 deceived.

her mother two brothers with severe burns. this morning this woman is a very severe condition she is she 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 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 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 family's you'll since father his mother his brother is

a grandfather and all the time he's crying he wants to further his mother so i closed the door of my office and i sat crying those that survived this war will have to the physical and psychological scars for years to come. ask what degree 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 . because of people with bodies and face is badly on the ground it feels as if during this war israel is fixed on stopping harasses rockets once through the darkness of the critical civilian told. to gaza. the attack on the school comes after a severe bombardment of the gal's a strip of the only power station there destroyed the international house already

denying the destruction of the plan calling it a quote collective punishment for palestinians the electricity shortages will harm an already devastated region worsening the problems with the water supply on medical care. a former israeli earth force officer believes her 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 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 to death is something immoral i don't think that even times of war we can do whatever we want without boundaries the reaction as you probably know in here. very gentle but i'm not sure it's only the public we see when our officials you know government

ministers a government calls to raise gaza to flatten whole neighborhoods in gaza well this is sort of violence that have to you know to be drawn down to the people so the sentiments of these days are very harsh it's hard to make any criticism these days in the israel but they do believe that this is our obligation as the israelis care about our future to make those statements and speak of. the ongoing operation in gaza has already seen more than twelve hundred people killed with israel getting little support from across the world in protest of the violence chile and peru have recalled their ambassadors to israel following the example of brazil and ecuador and mexico meanwhile hundreds have taken to the streets to voice their anger over the israeli offensive people were 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 is really mission to the un police stepped in to break up the demonstration arresting twenty six people in the process. now we are right across the on folding events in palestine if you'd like to know more log on to our website r t dot com where you can find the latest pictures analysis and i witness reports all just a click away. 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 key sectors of the russian economy. washington's once again pick some of russia's biggest financial pillars ticket d.t.b. for example as the country's second largest bank the group also operates in europe asia and africa one of its subsidiaries the bank of moscow is also on the list another major institution russia's agricultural bank which funds the farming sector

has been hit as well all are not barred from the u.s. capital markets should they apply for medium or long term loans also on the list the united shipbuilding corp russia's largest holi in the particular field will be prevented from importing certain equipment going to church account reports now on what's behind the new measures president obama was asked if this were 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 but 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 sort you fell there was a tremendous potential to make sure our friend i have tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. were open to all kinds

of interactive even being come in 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 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 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. moscow believes the u.s. is using the sanctions are as an excuse to crack down on russia for its independent point of view which is not aligned with washington's the other reason according to the foreign ministry is designed to help the u.s. with its own trade and economy. economist max freed wall believes u.s. firms will be trying to slip past the new restrictions 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 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. e.u. leaders have bought the u.s. sanctions they also agreed to impose their own measures on russia which could potentially hurt the country's financial an energy sector peter all over as more leaders have put forward sweeping sanctions against russia in a joint statement the president of the european council home and been wrong be 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 would be blocking russian access to e.u. funds that are available and in defense a arms in both the imports and exports of weapons into or out of russia however any

previously existing contracts won't be affected by the us 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 they hear the full wording of the sanctions agreed on by all the e.u. heads of government and these 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. global oil giant b.p. her. said in a statement it's not affected by the sanctions against russia the company whoever believes this could change in the future if further pressure is placed on moscow but it's not just b.p. more and more western companies are concerned about the way they do business with russia for many russia is a perfect place to use advanced drilling technology from the e.u. and the u.s. which is not impossible under the new restrictions this could hurt moscow's plans

to dig into the resource laden arctic but it would also leave big international players without access to these reserves some of russia's experts exports excuse me including rare materials like titanium will be off the shopping list companies like boeing are likely to see their money factoring call sky rocket on the c.e.o. of the association of european businesses in russia believes political and business interests conflict in the e.u. . will be restricted access for russian companies to do financial markets in the european union and disorderly is also going to be. a difficult situation for russian companies to receive french money mostly from from the international financial markets politicians have to take decisions which might not be to the taste of the business community but things are does now and we have to

find a way to work in practice with this now over at r t dot com we've gathered details on the potential damage the sanctions could have on russia's economy and how this could affect global markets visit our website for analysis. coming up on r t international a full charm offensive for african leaders in washington but we look at the chinese elephant in the room which is driving president obama's attempts to win hearts minds and influence across africa. waters do you have a plan to me because. you haven't the whole. drama zones in the tissue inquiry furthermore restrictions.

i marinate join me. for india impartial and financial reporting commentary for news and much much. only on the bus and. you're welcome back to the program at least twenty seven people have reportedly

been killed in just three days in one ukrainian city as the army continues its artillery attacks in the east. praised you know i got up what i want you know when you. grow to live here go you know where you go go or what you are you know is that i will start school. this is. the. this is a part of the reach of the roots of. the fruit. meet in the streets there was a movie. that was literally just. the heaviest strike fell on the city of core aloft which witnessed the twenty four hour long attack several apartment blocks a school on a kindergarten where destroyed on monday seventeen people were killed there including three children in neighboring new ganske artillery hit

a retirement home killing five people have been trying to hide or flee from the fighting on a daily basis. five or tillery shells fired from ukraine have reportedly exploded next to a russian border checkpoint russian territory has repeatedly come under fire another group of international observers has arrived at the scene to inspect the situation among cos for a visit a village applies 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 this particular house is located right on the russian ukraine border right beyond that river yes you know not but they are nothing but i'll fins are always passing and bacon is now useless bullets off land right in tall yards. 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 it for all days a nurse at a psychiatric hospital and says it's hard to comfort her patients while the area gets shelled by the mail which in boats have the 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 at all 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 well out of the view we went to the town too hard to escape from here there are huge borg attacks here much of this in

a way but each other lads are still going very scared especially at night and window panes are shaking and i'm crying these youngsters seem to say 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 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 calls for of artsy russian ukrainian border. this scene is from the west of ukraine meeting against the government's efforts for military mobilization a deputy polled by the angry cried after he called young men who refused to go to war howard's. online few right now of putting a gloss on the horrors in iraq. promotional video showing the mass executions

they have carried out in the area that declare their own caliphate. ebola doctor and sierra leone's only specialist in the virus has fallen victim to a rapidly spreading our break of being sure a bill killer find out more in our teeth dot com. in less than a week forty seven african heads of state will depart for washington d.c. for the first ever continent wide u.s. african leaders summit but many believe the historic event is designed not just to strengthen ties but also the country china's ever growing economic influence in the region but i'll be me as a kiwi from the pan-african news wire thinks 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 where there is a extensive history of exploitation of relations between the united states and other western european countries of these would be the after consciousness i believe that the obama administration is late taking this initiative but i think it's very important for him to be somehow in a hands the image of the united states on the after concert. to more news from around the world now in southern romania severe floods have left whole villages submerged three people have been killed and several hundred were forced to leave their homes the rains also caused landslides and destroyed bridges on many roads in the region hoping that by mud and free how the coppers have been set the flooded areas while the army dispatched dozens of trips to help the rescue efforts. to

libya where rival militias fighting for control of tripoli airport have agreed to a temporary cease fire to a large fire fighters to extinguish a huge blaze at a fuel depot where the fire first started several days ago when the site was hit by a rocket. meanwhile france has sent a navy ship to evacuate forty of its citizens from the country during the ambassador as well as seven british nationals also temporarily closed its embassy in tripoli just a few days after the u.s. did the same. is the news for now but up next here on our to international it's breaking the set with abby martin discussing the u.s. losses during the afghan campaign do stay with us.

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what's happening guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so earlier this month i reported that 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 the bell you would think 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 pick it up 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 a hundred and three billion dollars just on 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 wads of cash at middle east countries and expecting stability and us style democracies to magically emerge let's break this up to. the please please sir they are looking very

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