new kind of power this technology that is very tempting. whistleblower edward snowden asks russia to temporarily extend his asylum his lawyer says he expects an answer within the next twenty four hours. the deadly attack on a busy marketplace in gaza during a short cease fire leaves fifteen going destruction has led to some i.d.f. soldiers laying down their arms. tens of thousands flee the fighting in eastern ukraine at least a third of them children in the cities all over russia prepared to take in refugees we listen to some of the stories. also britain launches an inquiry

into the death of former russian f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko eight years after he was poisoned in london. welcome thanks for joining us once again my name's neil harvey and you're watching international. former n.s.a. worker turned whistleblower edward snowden is asking for his asylum in russia to be extended to. give us more details and joins is live marina what exactly is happening there and we've snowden's legal status has been slightly confusing the because we're temporary asylum some very political asylum but in fact edward snowden is trying to get an extension of the asylum which would allow him to stay here longer than the year that he's already here been here. originally applied for

temporary asylum in august two thousand and thirteen and that actually expires today july the thirty first and of course needless to say it's hardly surprising that he's trying to extend his stay here considering the fact that he is a wanted man in the united states he's of course been accused of revealing secrets surveillance programs by america's and the media and in fact in his home country he's accused of a number of charges including espionage out one point it was treason and he faces present time of up to ten years on each charge and he doesn't have one or two even but there is a plenty there so it's hardly surprising that he's trying to stay in russia where he supposedly found a job as. a maintenance website maintenance job waits to see what happens if in fact gets that are not on will bring you the very latest as we get it yes thanks for clarifying that situation for us marine of course of reporting for us the whistleblower just recently gave an interview to britain's guardian newspaper and

snowden denied that he was now working for the russian government he said if the u.s. government had any evidence to prove that it would have been all over the american media snowden was also pessimistic about the prospects of ever receiving a trial he said that he'd rather stay in russia than return home and face prosecution under the war activist and journalist norman solomon also believes the u.s. government wants only to throw snowden behind bars for as long as possible. it's really not possible for edward snowden to get a fair trial and united states the structure of the vehicle system and the politics in the us they involve a way in which the u.s. government is the. curie and the center there is enormous you are. the top of this whole. intelligence community of the united. ireland void

edward snowden they think when life due to snow or what they did to chelsea manning yet him back in the united states. and then solitary confinement then any meaningful contact with the news media or the paul and then put him away in prison . and of the news at least fifteen palestinians including a journalist and two paramedics were killed when israeli air strikes hit a busy marketplace in gaza the shopping area was busy because israel's four hour humanitarian ceasefire was supposed to be in force a warning he may find some of the following pitches distressing. gunmen are going to get a little bit. was . i. israel's

full week bombardment as claimed more than thirteen hundred palestinian laws the majority of those civilians israel itself has lost fifty eight people including fifty six i.d.f. soldiers with hamas violating cease fons by firing rockets and using tunnels to infiltrate israeli land at one time and also lost his life. and here is a look at the scale of devastation in gaza from another round of these before and after satellite images well they have been released by the united nations institute for training and research and they show the huge level of damage caused by israel's bombing israel has previously accused the palestinians of staging an attack on a un school and refused to accept responsibility. the u.s. has condemned that attack on a un run school but washington sustainment elected to actually make any mention of israel journalists to the state department briefing pushed for an answer of over

who was being held responsible for that attack. so that you can show. who showing are we talking about what we understand that iran has put out a statement on its views that we would underscore the importance of a full and prompt investigation to determine the facts or you are not ready to. israel for the showing of the school correctly having said that there needs to be a full investigation to see what happened here specifically are you asking the israelis to not make any u.n. facilities a target because there are civilians that are seeking shelter there i'm not going to make a blanket statement at least what i'm going sometimes it's ok i'm not saying that i'm just not going to make a blanket statement about what our private conversations with the israelis look like even if there are rockets inside and i'm not saying they should be used against israel and i'm not saying that should they should be gotten rid of i mean the shirt but ok even if they are her rockets inside does that justify the killing of innocent billions civilians who are seeking shelter obviously nothing justifies

the killing of innocent civilians who can show. damaged or destroyed iraq is in a u.n. facility we believe the u.n. here truly should be respected and recognized by everyone we understand it's complicated to understand. but there's a lot of a lot of different pieces happening on the ground and quite frankly a lot of facts we don't know yet. political analyst william dora says the u.s. is calling for an end to hostilities at the very same time that it dispatches yet more weapons to israel. washington knows full well what's going on and washington is paying for if the u.s. government wants to stop the killing in gaza call it there should do is start then sending weapons and start spending money to pay for it but the pentagon announced that it was resupply israel with artillery shells to use against the people who were the u.s. may sixteenth flown by u.s. trained pilots a reigning u.s. married. they're out on civilians who are trapped in

a cage with nowhere to go and all the worries where a huge about investigation and we want the violence to stop are meaningless literalists calling up sixteen thousand additional reserve troops as it's a solved goes on bus there are fifty one i.d.f. soldiers who are making a stand and refusing to take part in any more destruction artie's paula slayer tells their story in the future i hope. i can aspire to be reasonable palestinian and after israel no longer exist in yell rosenberg is one of a kind the thirty three year old it's really programmer cuts a solitary figure on the margins of israeli society formerly a soldier in israel's defense forces he now hits a campaign for those who want to resist the draft on political grounds but he knows his views have made him an outcast. i'm not a true israeli i'm like some israeli or i'm

a bad israeli in the eyes of the regime. israel is not a place for dissenters a recent poll in israel found that nearly nine out of ten is rabies not only supported the army's operation in gaza but wanted extended those who criticize it are made hit on and called naive and traitors during a recent antiwar demonstration in the center of tel aviv left when protesters were attacked by right wing extremists chanting death to arabs the little attack soon turned physically fine and when protesters were beaten up on their way home but there remains a small vocal minority who are not afraid to speak out whatever the cost the government a former i.d.f. soldier in occupied territories is one of them but it's very hard to talk about it you know so because. it's very very thorough. and that's why it took me. about two years after. when i decided that i want to be quiet anymore about what is

happening over the doves now works for breaking the silence and israeli human rights organization which collects testimonies from former soldiers and tells these stories to the world to talk about settlers violence we're talking about drones from saudi towards palestinians we're talking about dozens of checkpoints in a very very small area only a few even after speaking out against an institution that beats at the heart of israeli society we have to remember that the soldiers that testify just examples of what any other soldiers are doing not because the soldiers are bad people it just shows the israeli public the reality of what is going on there but most of the israeli public of reluctant to hear a different point of view and are defending the country's bloody war in gaza policy r.t. tell of of. discontent with israel's offensive in gaza. what has gone global here

are the latest pictures from germany where hundreds took to the streets of berlin angry with the continuing attacks on palestinian civilians they were waving flags holding banners and chanting slogans condemning the operation protective edge and earlier i discussed with my colleague ida crotty just how widespread the anger has become. i think it's fair to say that social media is changing the way narrative around gaza is playing out and the case of farrah baker a sixteen year old girl from gaza is certainly a good case in point she's a native of gaza her father is a neurosurgeon in the one of the hospitals there and she began live tweeting from her house pictures and vines of an israeli bombardment flares in the sky rockets in the sky it's not easy now her tweets were basically picked up by media over the weekend and her following absolutely ask a little extraordinary weight i understand it has been all plain sailing in short but successful twitter career her twitter life was temporarily suspended

over the last twenty four hours by the massive power outages that we're seeing in gaza the i.d.f. blew up gaza's only power generator but the power outage doesn't necessarily mean that gazans aren't getting their story out neal if we take a quick look at the israel under fire for example which was issued by the i.d.f. when they began their operation into gaza you can just get an idea of how intensely that's being tweeted now let's have a look at gaza under attack and let's see the global impact that this is having as you can see the guys are under attack. is certainly operating at a much much more intense of a much stronger level than the i.d.f. would like to admit it's all part of the social media war that's been conducted around the gaza mines. very interesting story and it just comes from the ground is nothing that's why people find it so interesting there's not a political involvement in a sense it's the people really in the heart of the matter is i like to think of it that maybe social media. we're going somewhere. and on our website you can find

live updates photographs videos and all the very latest from the israeli gaza combat zone including our spokesman for the united nations relief and works agency was so overwhelmed that he burst into tears during a t.v. interview about an attack on a un run school for palestinian refugees. three civilians including a fifteen year old have been killed in the eastern ukrainian city of lugansk seven more have been wounded and that is all in just the last day according to the city's council artillery and air strikes of impounding the city infrastructure has been severely damaged and most of the city remains without water or electricity food supplies have also been cut off and locals fear that their cupboards will soon be empty. and in the neighboring don't yet screech in a children's summer camp a speed shell thankfully was empty at the time but within days it's planned to be

a camp for refugees from elsewhere across the region. with a civilian death count well above a thousand thrones of locals are fleeing the fighting in eastern ukraine at least a third of the refugees are children international monitors that have witnessed the evacuation say it's far from safe even for cars that are clearly marked. notice that lawless ago is we noticed for example their cars. that were rushing to the driver to go to the windows to get that car so there's definitely this is that. the explosion was. so. now ti's remain cautious i've met with some of those who've crossed over to russia and are hoping to get a fresh start away from the violence. the key here was twelve years old when the

second world war began and the grandmother remembers that time vividly but you probably never imagined that seventy three years later she would once again be hiding from airstrikes in her own backyard and being they have been bombing us and they are still doing it now the jets fly very low you can hear them firing in the morning and in the evening this camp has been operating since mid june displaced people find shelter here for a few days and then move on to places more suitable for longer term living the latest arrivals came from the shell shocked town of slogans here rumors. you spoke i couldn't sleep during my first night here before i left i said goodbye to my sister ok for the paperwork says she could have my flat yelena says she has lost everything is the result of kiev's military action her only hope for a fresh start now is in the siberian city of novosibirsk where she has relatives

doesn't use the money when nana for something like this could happen i was getting the panshin and was still working now lost my job my house and my pension. at least a third of the refute geezer children and russian humanitarian authorities try to provide what they can to make their its i'm here as comfortable as possible but no matter the effort such conditions are certainly not normal for these youngsters this think you can take and hold up to five hundred people is just a kilometer away from the border which frequently comes on their artillery fire from ukraine the people i've talked to here are now one nothing to do with their former country. the last straw was constant shelling and gunfire the force there for practically live in basements or bomb shelters for others the size of friends and relatives killed by multiple rocket strikes. called for a russia ukraine and border. or russian aviation experts have arrived. in kiev they

plan to meet with foreign colleagues and join the investigation into the malaysian plane crash in eastern ukraine other international experts still haven't reached the crash site they say that nobody ordered them to turn back but they actually decided not to travel to the area because of the ongoing military operation nearby is that why it was issued. as it was yours or was it was it was very very. it was the decisions that you because your situation was. sufficient was not that was the it was or was it. just means very late is the first group of international experts i can tell you how has arrived at the crash site of that n.h. seventeen flight. now the e.u. has officially published the list of sanctions that it's imposing on russia for its alleged role in the ukraine conflict new measures target several economic sectors

three companies made it onto the list including a russian low cost airline a producer of air defense systems and a private bank the country's energy sector will have restricted access to advanced technology including methods of drilling for oil and defense there will be no more weapons sold by e.u. members to russia the existing contracts will not be. before the mainstream us media the ukrainian crisis is a pretty clear picture in their eyes the complexities involved all boil boil down to just the one person you probably can guess it's the russian president and he's going to cheat you can reports now on the apparent obsession with putin. president obama said he does not believe this growing tension with russia could be the beginning of a new cold war no. no cold war one could only wish journalists thought the

same or at least those who are making covers for magazines because some of them hark back to cold war as if they were made back in the day no matter how complicated an issue you can be almost certain that the media are going to boil it down to personalities well with ukraine it's one personality the russian president what does he do when he is working or off on an outdoor adventure and why don't we see him smiling very much he's not really driven by by women or by we're distracted by alcohol he's very tough he's a very arrogant. person to deal with. and what kind of diplomacy can you expect moving forward when diplomats use this kind of language this is the you came back later to the united states speaking give me three adjectives you'd use to describe a lot of your proof. i'm not a poet but. i think. dishonest afraid comes to mind because we've

had all these lies. but i think it's a reckless to makes one wonder if they really want to solve the problem. or the media focus on the russian president has bled its way into the social networks hash tag blame putin is now a twitter trend and it's used to comment on almost anything called quit smoking. something weird in the neighborhood like craters that appear out of nowhere putin did it your country hasn't had rain for a while of course it's putin's fault so you get the idea the bottom line as defined by one of the tweets if you are in trouble just blame putin ok well ok maybe going to take a very short break r.c.c. . i think that's the master plan is to tear removed public governorship or stock market participation from the unwashed masses who have the temerity to go out there

and buy a share in some publicly listed company hoping that they too can emulate warren buffett all that's going to be wiped out by the koch brothers and the buffets of the world the private equity scam artists are going to take it all private and this is what these is going to become he told one oligarch hill america's a clip talk oligarchies. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. food says change the world. to picture of two days. from around the globe. to.

come back britain has reopened an inquiry into the death of former russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko comes eight years after he was poisoned in the u.k. by radioactive polonium boyko was covering the first cool session and joins me live now thanks so much so first of all what does this inquiry hope to actually achieve . well what we saw in court was the official opening of the public inquiry into alexander litvinenko his death now the judge several but explained that the previous inquest that was held into the f.s.b. offices jeff had basically collapsed after the british government demanded that certain sensitive documents be blogged from the court room they said it was a threat to national security which is why this judge has been calling for

a public inquiry ever since because it's allows for the court to hold closed sessions where they can look at this sensitive evidence without it being examined in the public on i now to reason may has resisted previously calls for the inquiry to go ahead but last week she changed her mind and it was officially announced that it would be open now the sole purpose of this public inquiry is to establish whether the russian government was responsible for alexander litvinenko his death now walking into the courtroom this morning eyesores widow marina. she told me that she was extremely pleased that this is finally going ahead she's been battling to get to the bottom of who killed her husband for a number of years now so she just seemed relieved and happy that it was going to go ahead but the judge has said that despite there being some secret herrings the

conclusion into whether or not he thinks the russian state was involved will be made very much public and we can expect. the end of twenty fifteen minutes public inquiry is set to draw to a place ok thanks for the chorus one of police in front of the rule courts of justice and one rather enthusiastic anti nuclear activist. ok well r.t. spoke exclusively to alexander litvinenko his brother he thinks that the timing of the start of the british inquiry is somewhat suspicious. this case became a big p.r. campaign against the russian government and the country's president in particular the west is pressuring russia very hard now the mh seventeen crash crimea the war in ukraine sanctions against moscow and now this inquiry i'm not buying that this is a coincidence. rights activists in bahrain are accusing your thirty's of targeting

journalists trying to report on the crackdown against antigovernment protests several photographers are among those to been arrested bahraini opposition leader nabila jobs said this is because the protest movement is growing. in the ground more appreciated more people in detention thousands of people behind bars thousands of people have read the country thousands of people are hitting a lot of people thought people were killed hundreds of people were wounded. hundreds of thousands of houses being raided in a year a lot of houses being robbed by the security personnel so the repression is there was according to you my very. vision including the united nation but unfortunately as i see it then that we are in a richer region and we are paying the price for being an elected. burble british bank a just b.c. is closing the accounts of several muslim organizations that offer no specific excuse saying only that decision is not based on racial or religious prejudice and

us al-tikriti from the islamic think tank the cordoba foundation is one of those whose account is being closed and he told us the decision is both politicized and insulting i'm i'm utterly bewildered and so is everyone else who hears about this about why my twelve year old for instance how does it count close so it will reach of of extremely unsavory reasons and and context that this comes from this is a targeted campaign against areas of the sectors of the muslim community britain which are politically active particularly against the israeli aggression in palestine and i also see that. essentially but this is you know not a commercial decision based on the best interests of egypt specie but rather a political want. i can see in just over half an hour's time up next.

sometimes i am baffled by the closed little world that a lot of people in the mainstream media must live in they seem shocked and appalled at the fact that around forty percent of the weapons supplied afghanistan have gone missing let's ignore the fact that while americans are going broke the u.s. must rebuild the afghan military and think for just a second what would happen if you sent a lot of weapons into a country in dire economic suffering i'm sure you've heard reports that say that afghan farmers could only make a living off of poppy crops because they just have no at the resort so if you throw a bunch of guns and ammo into the hands of people who have the career choices of poppies or starvation yeah that someone might be willing to sell some bullets to get by also we shouldn't forget that every government on earth has people in it working for their old self interests or others interests it is totally naive to think that every person involved in the process of transferring weapons will be

loyal to the afghan government which seems to have been put in place by a certain hyper power who remain nameless in short if you find this story shocking then you really need to get off the couch and see how the world really works but that's just my opinion. there i marinate this is boom bust and these are some of the stories that we're tracking for you today. first that the u.s. and e.u. have significantly expanded sanctions against. russia but the pain seems to be

spreading from putin to paris to plano texas that is we look into it coming right up then absalom mark is alive on the show today and i are talking about the u.s. economy and what the remainder of twenty fourteen looks like and in today's big deal edward harris and i are discussing the latest g.d.p. numbers you won't want to miss a moment so let's get to it. our lead story today the global economic fallout from the latest sanctions against russia now tuesday the u.s. and e.u. expanded sanctions against russia to punish moscow's out.