the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees accuse israel of using disproportionate force in gaza as the death toll there approaches fourteen hundred people. one of america's most wanted people former n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden has asked to extend his asylum in russia claiming he won't receive a fair trial in new u.s. . the regional capital of lugansk in eastern ukraine is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster of a relentless bombing as women and children attempt to flee to safety we listen to some of their stories.

live from our new center here in moscow twenty four hours a day welcome to our to international my name's o'neill the top story in gaza almost five hundred thousand civilians have become refugees hospitals have been destroyed food running low on there's no electricity and it's taking the situation in the region to the brink of a complete humanitarian catastrophe that is according to valerie amos the u.n. bodies under secretary general who said israel must make clear where its firing. we have all watched in horror this aeration of children of civilians as they have come under attack. with no say placed. under international humanitarian law or the government of israel the mass and other militant groups

must distinguish between military objectives and civilian objects and between competence and civilian with they must also harming civilians or civilian objects and protect them from the effects of minute. the un senior human rights official claimed that israel should be held accountable for possible war crimes she said tel aviv is breaking international law and doing this deliberately by targeting civilian structures and its ongoing operation here is footage of one of israel's attacks on a busy gas market which saw fifteen people killed shells even hit workers there it does contain graphic images i was . right here.

i. was i was . with tell of the insisting on continuing their hostilities the death toll does rise every day the number of palestinians killed most of them civilians has topped thirteen hundred people that's moving ever closer to the tragic number of victims of the gaza war in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine israel itself has lost fifty eight people all but two of them soldiers with a mosque violating ceasefires by firing rockets and using tunnels to infiltrate is really territory. let's take a look at the scale of devastation in gaza from another angle these satellite images released by u.n. affiliated organizations show the strip before and after that bombardments as you can see on screen whole districts were leveled to the ground.

joining us live now as paul here said he's a spokesperson for the israeli foreign ministry thanks indeed for joining us now the israeli government says it will investigate the bombing of an un school in which twenty palestinians died however we've heard from the returned the israeli ambassador to russia that the school was empty at the time is that your position well because the thank you for having me there are so many different events going on at the moment i'm not sure that the the ambassador you're talking about is talking about the same incident you're talking about to the best of my understanding the incident you're talking about is a school which was hit it's being investigated right now we nobody knows whether it was hit by israeli fire or by hamas fire. one or the other it's obviously the case and civilians were killed there this is this is precisely the tragedy of what come

us has brought down on both sides of this conflict so it's likely that the investor was speaking about a different incident to the one you're speaking about ok the head of the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees spoke to the un security council on thursday describing the consequences of the israeli offensive on gaza let's just take a quick listen. i mean if you can determine a time to whole neighborhood and then for infrastructure i have particularly for morning needed a catastrophic going off to war at the pediatric ward in the main hotlink. are all going on you know at the regional and i make the consequence ok an armed conflict waiting to happen and the prime proportionate force in the way to deter been acting . like it's incredibly graphic and it is tragic aren't you concerned about the soaring number of civilian deaths almost fourteen hundred people can hardly be

called collateral damage at this stage can it well well you know we are concerned we're very concerned we're doing everything we possibly can to try to limit and to to to restrict the civilian casualties in very difficult circumstances you know where we're up against a school full of which is elevated suicide took place in society which amounts to nothing less than the the worship of death one time they locate themselves inside a school one time they look at themselves adjacent to a school one time they locate themselves in the hospital and one time they locate themselves adjacent to a hospital. it's a terrible terrible tragedy that's that's unfolding it before our eyes the responsibility for which lies directly at the doorstep of hamas who are deliberately locating themselves as the secretary general of the united nations himself said as the cd the secretary of state of the united states nevertheless in

civilian neighborhoods in low tangles of fire but nevertheless yes let's just talk about let's just speak about the un school because we do know that your government said it's ready to apologize if israel indeed carried out the attack do you think a simple apology will suffice for the deaths we've seen. look i'm not going to belittle the death of any civilian this is precisely the reason why we did not want to be in this conflict in the first place we said so repeatedly loud and clear we also did through through quietly through the diplomatic channels that quiet would be answered with quiet for three weeks prior to the to tell being forced to go in to put a stop to this we've accepted and implemented and abided by five i think it is ceasefire proposals all of which were rejected and and violated by hamas the human tragedy that come us is brought down on both sides in this conflict is is is

catastrophic and they have abused the palestinian but it's an obvious. it is really that misfiled it's attacked by your country international journalists covering the conflict have said they've never seen so many children's deaths so many is their words neither back in the previous were even in libya or syria i wonder how do you react to that. well first of all i will say to you that i think that the trade in blood in numbers is a little bit distasteful especially since nobody has the numbers and i you know i again it's a cold and horrible reality but to say that it's anything anywhere approaching what goes on in libya and syria of course you and i both know is is simply silly we two are talking two hundred thousand people who've been put in syria and. today it's a one and a half thousand here in tragic circumstances about forty percent of whom are armed terrorists but that leaves too many civilians who have been killed look we know of

at least one hundred fifty cases where a mass of missiles have fallen short in a landed and done significant damage in. the gaza strip we know of tens and tens and thousands of booby trapped houses by come us waiting for our soldiers which have caused incredible damage inside gaza but i agree with you a lot of the damage is also being caused by far only only israel saw it again and this is precisely the reason why we didn't want to be in this conflict paul person israeli foreign ministry spokesperson thank you for speaking to us this hour. where plans to continue its operation tell of eve house calls up sixteen thousand additional reserve troops but not everyone wants to join the attack and artie's policy are met with i.d.f. soldiers fed up with the ambitions of the government and refusing to take part in any more destruction. in the future i hope. i can aspire to

be a reasonable palestinian after israel no longer exist in yell rosenberg is one of a kind the thirty three year old israeli 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 that he knows his views have made him an outcast. i'm not a true israeli unlike 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 to 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 able 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 think about. when i decided that i want to be quiet anymore about what is happening over there after being an adult 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 boasting we're talking about dozens of checkpoints in a very very small area only a few abra 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. we're closely following the ongoing events in. israel on gaza with our correspondent paula slayer in tel aviv you can read the op dates on her twitter feed where she says hamas is continuing to fire rockets at israel causing heavy damage and leaving one person injured in the city of surgery on. former cia specialist edward snowden has filed for an extension to his asylum stay in russia the whistleblower is hiding from u.s. authorities after exposing america's global spying network and this marina cost rev explains returning home is not an option edward snowden's

a lawyer not only his client is waiting to hear whether his asylum is renewed for another year he applied for temporary asylum back in august two thousand and thirteen and he was grant's about for a year and he had the option to extend that for another twelve months needless to say edward snowden doesn't wish to return to the united states because he is a wanted man there that's after yourself hours he's accused them of leaking secrets surveillance programs by the u.s. national security agency to the media and he's facing charges related to espionage at one point it was even treason and the charges there yet if he does go back to the united states he faces up to ten years on the charge and of course as we know it's not only one charge or two that he has so he faces a substantial time behind bars and also here right now in the country he's been here a year and reportedly has found a job of related to website maintenance and of course we'll find out what happens and if he gets it another extension and we'll be bringing you all the latest. the

n.s.a. whistleblower recently spoke to britain's guardian newspaper which frequently published his revelations snowden said he wasn't working with moscow in any way he added if the u.s. could have find any link to the russian government then it would have been all over the media student also believes the u.s. won't give him a fair trial and even in exile he says he feels more comfortable on the war activist than journalist norman solomon feels washington's out for retaliation for what it believes was a betrayal it's really not possible for edward snowden to get a fair trial and united the structure of the legal system and the politics in the usa in paul a way in which the u.s. government is the judge the jury and the center there is enormous you your. initial. intelligence community of the united states to so i went oh boy edward

snowden they would like to do to snowden what they did to chelsea manning yet him back in the united states court and in solitary confinement then any meaningful contact with the news media or the pole and then put him away in perth and. the e.u. has revealed the full details of what sanctions against russian banks brought about over the crisis in ukraine some of russia's largest financial institutions which bankroll energy and i grew culture sectors are on the list let's get more from peter all over no it does seem like politicians are willing to lag behind the americans bodies this for russia. well the full details of no come out about what the latest round of sanctions entailed what we're looking at is its targets three main sectors of the russian economy we're looking at the energy sector the

banking sector and the defense sector now in terms of the banking sector we've seen sanctions slapped on five of russia's biggest banks including the biggest bank which will stop them from being able to sell bonds to european investors know to put that into picture what that actually means just last year around half of russian bond sold was sold to europeans that's about ten billion dollars worth of business with regards to the energy sector what we're going to see is anybody who wants to provide equipment technology towards russia and they're going to have to get approval we're looking at things here like the continued exploration for oil in the arctic that could be affected by this and when it comes to defense well there is a ban on import and export of arms into russia however that isn't retroactive norm of these are any deals that have gone on in the past any deals that have been

agreed they'll all be fine and be allowed to progress but they that's basically the brass tacks of water of what these latest sanctions and tell. peter over speaking to us from copenhagen thank you for that. expert on the e.u. robert oulds explains why there is a limit to how far the block is prepared to go with punitive measures against russia. the european union's economy is very fragile at the moment significant countries within the e.u. notably germany have ground of sixty billion pounds euros worth of annual trade with russia. they do not want to have doubts. they are some sanctions that are being in place but of course there will not be stringent enough yet to to make sure that fully complies with all the european union forms but of course there's the great if you are physically sure whether indeed russia should be doing what the united states and the european union should be doing. more news coming up after

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picture focused days. from around the globe. welcome back to the program now a large city in the east of ukraine is continuing to be pounded with her tillery around thirty residents of lugansk camping killed in the past four days and the local infrastructure bottle now the city's been left without power and local authorities say it's on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe no food supplies have come in and what's left in storage and shops is quickly expiring as fridges and freezers simply don't work on top of activists a drinking water will run out in ten days to be caught in the middle of the

conflict are thousands of civilians hiding in basements or sometimes even churches is the tough reality for these women and children tens of thousands have already fled but many more simply don't have the means to do so we need more simply the studio he hoped they would be getting who would it cause digging digging oh my he can pull stuff. up there on the spot. at least a third of the refugees are children international monitors that have witnessed the exit the say it's far from safe even for cars that are clearly marked. we did notice a lot of civilians we noticed for example families in their cars. that were working do their job or to go to their windows to do their job or their cars so there is definitely this is a city that was kind of like. the explosions that we heard when we decided to order. our teams from on cost rev met with some of those who have

crossed over into russian are hoping for a fresh start away from violence. yep the kiya was twelve years old when the second world war began and the grandmother remembers that sign of the of italy but she 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 the scams 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. you spoke i couldn't sleep during my first night here before i left i said goodbye to my sista ok for the paperwork so that 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 living you would never thought something like this could happen i was gettin a panshin and was still working now i've lost my job my house and my pension. at least a third of the refugees are 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 refugee camp that can 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 that force them to practically live in basements or bomb shelters for others the sights of friends and

relatives killed by multiple rocket strikes. call center of russia ukraine and border. there's always plenty of stories for you online including. have you ever wanted to just plug a u.s.b. drive into your brain and not worry about having to remember anything at all well scientists from the university of michigan are close to making out a reality but their method involves water find all about it on our t. dot com. one hundred twenty three million dollars not the compensation a texas woman wants from facebook to discover online just what she say's this social network of did to her. right on the scene. of the first strike. and i think that you're. on our reporters' twitter. and instagram.

to be in the. one of the u.k.'s leading banks b.c. has closed the accounts of a number of muslim groups in the country saying they pose too much of a risk and string to the accusations of prejudice they insisted the decision wasn't based on race or religion of the customers unless of to create a from the islamic thing time to find nation is among those whose accounts are being closed he feels the decision is both politicized and insulting 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 reeks of extremely unsavory reasons and context that this comes from this is a targeted campaign against areas of sectors of the muslim community britain which

are active exactly against the israeli aggression in palestine and i am also saying that. essentially but this is. not a commercial decision based on the best interest of any just species but rather a political want. to more global headlines now in istanbul police use water cannon to stop fighting between supporters of two presidential candidates both rivals of the current activists for a kurdish candidate were attacked by a mob supporting the former head of the organization of islamic cooperation stones were thrown out a standard arrested by the kurds on their campaign materials set on fire presidential elections will be held in turkey in august. the deadliest i break of the ball a virus in west africa has claimed the lives of more than seven hundred people in sierra leone a public health emergency has been declared a neighboring liberia has closed schools in an effort to stop it spreading that

have already been registered in three african capitals with international airports sparking fears it could move rapidly around the world. not. it's one of the most famous parts of russia's most famous fortress and soon tourists will be able to walk right through it the gates of the kremlin's main clock tower will be thrown open to visitors now it's part of a plan for greater tourist access to the site which is currently undergoing reconstruction work to completely restore it to its original plan under those works government officials base that the sites were moved to new premises. that's the news for all but after a short break our innate talks money in boom bust. in fish farms waters do you have the pond to me because. i saw it spread all over

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hello there i'm marinate this is boom bust and these are some of the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up the u.s. and e.u. have significantly expanded sanctions against russia but the pain seems to be spreading from newton to paris to plano plano texas that is we look into it coming right up that absalom mark is a live on the show today 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.