crosstalk rules in effect going to can jump in anytime you want. i. think the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees accuse israel of using disproportionate force as the death toll there approaches four hundred eighty. one of america's most wanted persons former n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden has to extend his asylum in russia claiming he won't receive a fair trial in the u.s. . the regional capital of the ganske in eastern ukraine is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster after relentless bombing as women and children attempt to flee to safety we listened to some of their stories this hour.

just past eleven pm here in moscow this thursday evening into r.t. international my names you know neil welcome our top story in almost five hundred thousand civilians have become refugees hospitals have been destroyed food is running low and there is no electricity it's taking the situation in the region to the brink of a complete humanitarian catastrophe that's according to valerie amos the u.n. bodies under secretary general he said israel must make clear where its firing. we have all watched in horror this ration 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 believe harming civilians or civilian objects and protect them can do it best administer. the un senior human rights official claim that israel and hamas should be held accountable for possible war crimes she said tel aviv is breaking international law and doing this deliberately by targeting civilian structures in its ongoing operation you're about to see footage of one of israel's attacks on a busy gaza market which saw fifteen people killed shells hitting even compliments workers there it does contain graphic images was . it was. thanks. was. was

was was . with tel aviv insisting on continuing it's still at ease that death toll rises 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 but two of them soldiers with a mosque violating ceasefires by firing rockets and using tunnels to infiltrate israeli territory let's take a look at the steal of devastation in gaza from another angle the satellite images released by a u.n. affiliated organization show the strip before and after that bombardments as you can see on the screen whole districts were leveled to the ground now another

u.n. school has reportedly come under israeli shelling leaving one man dead and fifteen injured comes a day after a strike on a different school so twenty people including children killed hundreds had been seeking refuge there hoping to escape the daily bombardments that attacked cause widespread outrage we talked to the spokes person of the organization controlling the schools christopher goon as he say's they warned israel numerous times out there were civilians in the buildings. there's been creation ellis' trajectory analysis we've examined the day bri we've examined the damage and we were confident enough to make a strong public condemnation of the israeli army for having. for this serious violation of international law we were confident enough to make a public statement that it was indeed israeli artillery which struck the school and don't forget we made seventeen calls one seven calls to the israeli army we gave

them the precise cordon it's of the school and we made it clear to them that there were three thousand three hundred people at the school so they knew very well where this place was we estimate that there are seventy five thousand children in gaza and i'm sure it's much higher of that that are deeply traumatized there are the scars you can see and the scars you can't see now we saw the wounds but i fear that the scars are that you can see the psychological scars are going to be far far deeper. r.t. also spoke with the israeli side to get their explanation on what is going on. we're doing everything we possibly can to limit and to. restrict the civilian casualties in very difficult circumstances we've accepted and implemented in abided by five i think it is ceasefire proposals all of which were rejected and and violated by hamas and they have abused the palestinian but it's an obvious. it is

really 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 that is their words neither back in the previous were even in libya or syria or how do you react to that well first of all i will say to you that i think that the trade in blood the numbers is a little bit distasteful especially since nobody has the numbers 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 it is simply silly we are talking two hundred thousand people who've been put in syria and. today it's a one and a half thousand over here in tragic circumstances about forty percent of whom are all terrorists but that leaves too many civilians who have been killed we know of tains and tens and tens 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 a fall on the on israel's side and this is precisely the reason why we didn't want to be in this conflict with plans to continue its operation television has called up sixteen thought as an additional reserve troops but not everyone wants to join the attack in gaza 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. as 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 but he knows his views have made him an outcast. i am 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 head on and called naive and traitors during a recent antiwar demonstration in the center of tel aviv this when protesters were attacked by right wing extremists chanting death to arabs verbal attacks seem to mean physically fine and the protesters were beaten up on the way home but there remains a small vocal minority who are not afraid to speak out whatever the cost of the divine man a former i.d.f. soldier in occupied territories is one of them it's very hard to talk about it you know so i think. it's. and that's why i

think about it. then i decided ok i'm going to be quiet anymore about what is happening over there dove 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 salter's towards palestinian we're talking about dozens of checkpoints in a very very small area only a few enough to speak 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 forty c. r t television. we're closely following the ongoing events in israel with

our correspondent you've just been hearing from paula sleep in tel aviv you can read the updates on her twitter feed where she says hamas is continuing to fire rockets at the region really causing heavy damage and leaving one person injured in the city of civil rights. 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 on a spring a 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 granted that for a year and he had the option to extend it 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 years of ours 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 year 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 has been here a year and reportedly has found a job of related to website maintenance and of course we'll find out what happens if he gets it another extension and will be bringing in 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 if the us could have found any link to the government russian government that 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 the e.u. has revealed the full details of its sanctions against russian banks coming up by over the crisis in ukraine some of russia's largest financial institutions which bankroll energy and i could cultural sectors are on the list peter all over brings us more. the full details have now 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 now in terms of the banking sector we've seen sanctions slapped on five of russia's biggest banks including the biggest spur bank which will stop them from being able to sell bonds to european investors with regards to the energy sector what we're going to see is anybody who wants to provide equipment technology for old russia they're going to have to get approval 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 imports and exports of arms into russia however that isn't retroactive knowledge 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 tail 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 and significant countries within the e.u. notably germany have been around sixty billion pounds euros worth of annual trade with russia. they do not want to have that risk they are some sanctions that are being in place but of course there may not be stringent enough yet to make sure

that russia fully complies with the european union point but of course there's the greatest geopolitical issue whether indeed russia should be doing what the united states and the european union say should be doing. to stay around because there's lots more news coming up after a short break. iran like syria has been george very harshly on the leaves on the constant change so isn't it justified the in if not pursuing him for a weapon and you know raising the spectrum of person never going to leave you on your own who say move on you see he was developing nuclear weapons in the. speech and he did they want to see jesus being removed in full makeup and form. we would be stupid not to take you.

quarter past eleven pm here in moscow welcome back a large city in the east of ukraine continues to be punished with artillery around thirty residents of been killed in the past four days with local infrastructure bodily damaged as well 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

on shops is quickly expiring as fridges and freezers don't work on top of thought of a safe drinking water will run out in ten days. caught in the middle of the conflict are thought 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. when you more simply the steely gaze he built the city with the gang who would have crushed digging. almighty camp little step family to put on the spot at least a third of the refugees are children international monitors witness the exit this say it's far from safe even for cars he remarked we did notice a lot of civilians we noticed for example always in their cars and. they were

working do their job or to go to their windows to do their job or their cars so there's definitely a sense of the city that was either. the explosions that we heard when we decided to order. our teams from on cost or at met with some of those who have crossed over into russia hoping for a fresh start away from violence. the key here was twelve years old when the second world war began and the grandmother remembers that time vividly but she probably never imagined that seventy three years later she would once again be hiding from airstrikes in her own backyard that would be 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 here rumors. you spoke i couldn't sleep during my first night here before i left i said good bye it's my sister ok for the paperwork says she could have my flat. yelena says she's 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 passion and was still working and now lost my job my house and my pension but 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 trip 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 for the last straw was constant shelling and gunfire of course through the practical he lived in basements or bomb shelters or others the sites of friends and relatives killed by multiple rocket strikes. calls for a russia ukraine and border. for the mainstream media across the globe take the ukrainian crisis in all its complexity boils down to just one person or nature if you can look at what seems to be an obsession with the russian president. president obama said he does not believe this growing tension with russia could be the beginning of the new cold war no. no cold war one could only wish during this thought the same or at least those who are making covers of 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's working all for an outdoor adventure and why don't we see him smiling very much he's not really driven 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 to to the united states speaking to 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 that's a reckless to makes one wonder if they really want to solve a problem or if they're good with the current state of affairs the media focus on

the russian president has had its effect on twitter where users came up with the hash tag putin and now many use it to comment on pretty much anything it didn't rain in my country today i blame poison for it or a mosquito just bit me blame putin and then to the report that former georgian president saakashvili doesn't want to go back to his country to stand trial and says he blames putin this use of goes if you are in trouble just playing putin you know washington i'm going to show. now always plenty of stories online few including plugging your u.s.b. key. ensure brain to not have to worry about having trim ember everything size like a scythe five movie but in fact scientists from the university of michigan say they're close to making it a reality find all about it dot com. also discover how london is preparing to tackle i'd have control boozy brit say in the future all the details

as well on our websites. right see. first rate. and i think that your. orders. one of the u.k.'s leading banks which s.p.c. has closed be a kinds of a number of muslim groups in the country saying they pose too much of a risk. to the accusations of prejudice the bank insisted decision wasn't based on the race or religion of the customers that lead trustee of finsbury park mosque and also hitch s.b.c. client believes this is a clear campaign of islam a phobia in the u.k. if they would have given us

a clear reason then we would be able to at least maybe to address the issue or to find out but what we believe in is actually this is a clear campaign isn't cinema phobia policy that instituted by him just b.c. against the british muslims in u.k. individual as well as charities and who believe that species should be held ashamed for their actions and should really be clearly that we should be working to stop to stop such because it will have and it has a huge negative impact on the social cohesion of britain. let's move to more global headlines now reported blast in southern taiwan has reportedly killed several people and left more than one hundred injured local media suggest a thick plumes of smoke seen above the city where the result of an underground gas explosion some reports claim there were multiple blasts after a gas leak explosions rocked the streets flipping over paul college.

in istanbul police use water cannon to stop fighting between supporters of two presidential candidates both rivals of the current prime minister 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 record by the kurds on their campaign materials set on fire presidential elections will be held in turkey in august. the deadliest outbreak of ebola 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 to the ready being registered in three african couples with international airports sparking fears it could move rapidly around the world. cool fired power station in west yorkshire in the u.k. is a blaze fifteen fire crews are trying to get the flames under control thick smoke can

be seen coming from the site no injuries have been reported so far the power station was on a summer shutdown and hadn't been generating electricity at the time. britain has begun a public inquiry into one of the most mysterious deaths of the last decade the murder of the former russian security officer aleksandr litvinenko he was poisoned by radioactive polonium eight years ago in london his family believes that at the time was working for m i six as well as the spanish security services the investigation will focus on only one aspect of the case whether the russian government how to hand in the former agents death we've spoken to let the his brother and he has his own theory about what happened. i seriously didn't mean everything on the wall so far we haven't seen one official piece of evidence that would prove the cause of alexander's death it's been eight years and all we've had our interviews and newspaper articles as far as i know alexander was trainee agents for amite six in that time he found out a lot about the life of russian dissidents in the u.k.

he didn't know any english and after he lost his job he wanted to start a business in russia of course his previous employers didn't like the idea of him going back so i suppose the western security services decided to get rid of him a. russian expert at the university of london martin mccauley believes the timing of the inquiry is far from coincidental it's another spoke in the wheel of bad russian relations so the government is putting pressure now i don't know moscow. checking from two sides one side is through eastern ukraine and the other through the literally didn't go case convincing to see where the case comes to trial how much of the evidence which previously regarded she could actually be revealed because that is in loose from intelligence sources. they may have to reveal their intelligence sources which could in fact be very very very

embarrassing. ok moxness this will be taking over in a few minutes with a discussion on the latest economic bubble its ups and the kaiser report do stay with us and. 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.

welcome to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser you know europe unease once wrote when one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob great woes befall the state oh woe is me and you and us for with honeyed central banking words the mob has been persuaded to buy a dog bought by with borrowed money while great was befall the state of the economy . stacy well max in the united states here's an article republished in usa today is the fed fueling a giant stock market bubble and they invite you to take a look at the s. and p. chart from one thousand nine hundred six to present and you'll see the internet bubble then the housing bubble and then today they.