he states to be. what he was. this is an affront to all of us the source of universal shame today the will stands disgraced israeli tanks opened fire on a un school where hundreds of civilians were sheltering from the strikes tel aviv officials are denying any fatalities despite evidence to the contrary. the u.s. and the 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 a toxic target tons across eastern ukraine leaving residents dead and haas is

destroyed twenty seven people were killed in three days in one city alone. just past nine pm here in moscow this wedding to be evening you're watching r t international my name's union o'neill welcome at least nineteen civilians including children were killed during these really shelling of a un school and you can see the pictures of the aftermath here hundreds have been seeking some sort of protection there in the hope of escaping the. last night children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in the un designated shelter 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 un agencies spokes person say's their initial assessment shows it was israeli

artillery that hit the school however the israeli ambassador to russia claimed 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 that 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's his report from the scene. after a heavy night of fighting in which at least one hundred twenty palestinians were killed the hostilities 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 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 vast devastation can occur in three weeks of fighting . thousands of homes damaged or destroyed tens of thousands in tourney displaced and well over a thousand killed inside gaza's main hospital in its unit or a small fraction of the surviving injured this girl three years old.

this morning this woman is a very severe condition she is she presented 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've 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. when these people and all the families killed. in one of the instances i have

a child here he was all the time claimed all his families he lost his 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. 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. people the bodies and faces badly on the ground it feels as if during this war israel is fixed on stopping hamas is rockets once and through regardless of the incredible civilian toll. free. gaza. attack on the

school comes after a severe bombardment of the gal's a strip so the only power station there destroyed the international house are really denying to the destruction of the plant calling it a quote collective punishment for palestinians the electricity shortages will harm already devastated region worsening the problems with the water supply medical care nowak a former israeli earth force officer believes her country's tactics are hard to condone 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. our normal. very

gentle but i'm not sure it's only the public we see when our officials in our government ministers a government calls to raze 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 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 who care about our future to make those statements and 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 the death toll keeps growing in the latest israeli attack at least fifteen palestinians were killed and more than one hundred injured a busy market in gaza was targeted by these really are a force that was during the humanitarian truce proclaimed by tel aviv earlier today

which was denied as a publicist and by hamas. now we are right across the unfolding events in palestine if you'd like to know more logon to our website r t dot com we can find the latest pictures analysis eyewitness reports as always just a click away. but the u.s. has expanded its list of individual 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 picks some of russia's biggest financial pillars take for example as the country's second largest bank the group also operates in europe asia and africa and 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 now barred from u.s. capital markets should they apply for medium or long term loans now on the list the

united shipbuilding corporation which is largest holding in the field will be prevented from importing certain equipment guy nature to account reports now on what's behind the new measures. 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 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 different perspective you know after the short film there was a tremendous potential to make sure our friend i have tremendous potential they withdraw their troops from eastern europe. the russians. are open to all kinds of interactive human 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 nine hundred eighty 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 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 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 officials in all these countries say that this had nothing to do with the current tense political environment but the events did a lot of questions about timing. believes the u.s. is using the sanctions are as an excuse to crack down on russia for its independent point a few which is aligned with washington's the other reason according to the foreign ministry is designed to help the u.s. with its own trade economy. the economist believes u.s. firms will be trying to slip past the new restrictions little bit hard 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 backed the u.s. sanctions they also agreed to impose their own measures on russia which could potentially hurt the country's financial and energy sectors pitter all of us more. 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 noise in manuel but also said that these sanctions were intended to send a strong warning to russia where it's 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 embargo banning both the imports and exports 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 they hear the full wording of the sanctions agreed on by all the e.u. heads of government and these 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. global oil giant b.p. has said in a statement it's not affected by the sanctions against russia the company whoever believes this could change in the future and 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 here in russia for many russia is a perfect place to use advance drilling technology from the e.u. the u.s. which is now possible under the new restrictions this could hurt moscow's plans to dig into the resource laden arctic but also leave big international players without

access to these reserves plus some of russia's exports include materials like titanium which will be off the shopping list companies like boeing are likely to see their money fracturing cost skyrocket and the chairman of the association of european businesses in russia believes political and business interests conflict in the is a very bad idea it's a very bad idea and we already said that it is a bad idea and we reconfirmed that is of everybody ideas because it's not only the couldn't go pressure of course it's not only it we also couldn't you know if you and also herbs equally if we krynn the trade between russia and ukraine is very important we think that the. russian market is a market so a result of this big t.v. . commercial for a long time we would. for

a long time. the put it in the woosh autumn pacific ocean city saw we are not really in the same into the same thing of course being forest it would be difficult but we are very confident that isn't it is that even in next few trips situation will improve. russian stock markets have grown slightly today despite the sanctions being honest alexander. who is an investment banker on partner lake shore international thinks traders are optimistic the sanctions might not last all that long given the fact that the same shows are not as harsh as we thought they would be especially given the three month period after which the same shows will have to be renewed european union will have to vote for the sanctions eventually need to do to get back to normal and this is not a big probability that it will happen because this usually happens. the financial

world prepares for the worst and then it's not as bad as you expect and you get this like correction yeah you know this is what happened like we sort of hit the whole world was was in the red zone and russia was the only market trading in the green and this is just because of the sell on the rumors why in fact as these. sanctions expire in ninety days what should we read into that that they only last for a finite amount of time will have a lot of pressure in terms of raising capital for the beings that are involved in the sanctions. being as they are they can get funding from this they can get funding from the central bank in the three months period i don't think they plan to issue any bourne's that you shoot them during the last month and two ones that you raise several billion dollars from the european investors so there was not this is more positive news for the top of sanctions washington accused moscow of refusing to help the investigation into the fatal crash of m.h. seventeen in eastern ukraine two weeks ago but the russian foreign ministry says

the country was the first to hand over evidence into what could have done the malaysian plane. it was the way you do me according to rules of the international civil aviation organization russia cannot just come here and say hi there we're participating in the probe we're supposed to wait for an official invitation from the international commission and that's from the netherlands this invitation was sends just a couple of days ago and after that we immediately decided on our representatives who started their work straight away. still to come this hour on r.t. international a full charm offensive for african leaders in washington but we look at what might be driving president obama's attempts to win hearts and minds and influence across africa. iran like syria has been george very harshly on the leaves and the constant sad.

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nineteen minutes into the hour welcome back 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 don't want i want you to go when you go. girl if you're going to leave go go or what you are you going to go. this is. really. this is about it you really should move to the. first. meeting as it was some of. the one. i just threw up so

heavy a strike fell on the city of core law which witnessed a twenty four hour long attack several apartment blocks a school and a kindergarten where the steroid on monday seventeen people were killed there including three children and neighboring lugansk artillery hits 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 not a group of international observers has arrived at the scene to inspect the situation among cost for a visit a village there 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 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 packed and bacon is now useless bullets are flying and right into our 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 and for of 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 is. 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 bed seems wrong 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 bomb attacks here much of this in a way but it shall flash children i'm very scared especially at night their 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 on 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 numberous times over the last month one civilian have been killed and several houses destroyed as these people have dragged into someone else's battle room on calls for of artsy russian ukrainian border. this scene is from the west of ukraine now the meeting against the government's

efforts for military mobilization a deputy got his her poll by an angry crowd after he called young men who refused to go to war cowards. online for you right not putting a gloss on the horrors in iraq islamic extremists released a promotional video showing the mass executions they have carried out in the area if they carried their own caliphate. on the top ebola dr on sierra leone's only specialist in the virus has fallen victim to a rapidly spreading break of the incurable killer find out more on r t dot com. right on the scene. of the first strike. and i think you're. on a reporter's. instrument. to

be in the. lead. 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 to contradict chinese ever growing economic influence in the region but i'll bet you me as a kiwi from the pan africa news wire things 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 and the poles 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 will 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 inhance the image of the united states on the after continent. time for some when he's been run the globe starting with libya where rival militias fighting for control of tripoli airport have agreed to a temporary cease fire to a lot of firefighters to extinguish a huge blaze at a fuel over there the fire first started several days ago when the site was hit by a rocket during. meanwhile francis and the navy ship to defect with forty of its citizens from the country including the ambassador as well as seven british nationals there's also temporarily closed its embassy in tripoli just a few days after the u.s. it just. this video shows

a sport in port pirie in southern england blazing after a fire broke out inside one of its buildings tourists and shopkeepers were evacuated by police the fire reportedly started after wood paneling in one of the rooms caught light built more than a century ago the iconic landmark has starred in a number of films and t.v. shows. just so then romania where severe floods have left whole villages submerged free people have been killed several hundreds were forced to flee their homes the rains also caused landslides undestroyed bridges while many roads in the region have been left blocked by mud and debris three helicopters have been sent to flooded areas while the army the spots dozens of troops to help the rescue efforts. after the break earn aid takes a look at argentina's struggling economy and boom bust. lead

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