breaking news on our team more than four hundred thirty ukrainian troops cross into russia and ask for shelter this follows kiev's claims the army is soon to win the war against anti-government forces in the east. partially humanitarian ceasefire officially a place in gaza following the israeli bombing of a un school that killed ten people on sunday the united nations condemning the attack on the gaza shelter calling it a criminal. money making scheme or backdoor immigration policy some critics question the u.s. quota system ensuring tens of thousands remain behind bars sometimes for petty

crime. one pm in moscow good to have you with us we begin this hour with breaking news from russia's border with ukraine where more than four hundred thirty ukrainian troops deserted their positions and sought refuge in russia details from our correspondent marina kosar able joining us live so this is a very large group the largest to date that has crossed over the border tell us more yes exactly and this is the first time we're talking about such a huge numbers hundreds of the soldiers in fact inside it seem to lay down their arms and chose to flee the country and the last time we saw something like this happen in sense. was and july and at that point we had forty troops seeking shelter and then this past sunday twelve of them across the border and this is what they had to say about why they left. bill. i was

just put it. on you. i'll still support your ball if it's an issue. of the rapture of the chimp part. ukrainian officers i have said that they don't want to be seen as traitors but they don't feel comfortable with the situation and they don't feel comfortable with risking their lives of their subordinates which is why they chose to flee the country and even though they themselves don't see themselves as traitors kiev authorities appeared to do so because the forty that crossed the border in july they're now being accused of abandoning their military duties in across the river thanks for that update there have been a regular reports that the army has been demoralized some complained about having to fire upon their own people others pointing to conditions and for

a quick also anger. these. days these new. your group is free to. post is there. also anger at a lack of food and saying they survived on supplies sent from home. but i'm a little we have to got most of the grants from these a few they only have a small edible card to the middle but there are a lot of people here see a callable of things for their protest against ongoing mobilization efforts have sparked across the country mothers and wives of those deployed to the battle zone were already or already there are held rallies and blocked traffic even in western parts of the country where the population has been supportive of the crackdown in the east in southwest ukraine a local government official got an unexpected response from

a crowd when he tried to recruit to fight in the used to the country president suggesting the official should go to the front line himself locals claim he tried to threaten and blackmail but. it is becoming difficult reportedly for the ukrainian government to support the impoverished army he had hesitant to impose a state of martial law but a special military tax already in place and salaries slashed to support the military sales of so-called a separate is tears mineral water also launched in the west with protein proceeds going to the military fund raising campaigns launched online as well but it could be that little of the money is reaching soldiers and their families and they say they've raised the salaries but we didn't get any money yet my husband didn't get it and they keep promising it will happen to morrow my two year old daughter will off this morning and said that she's hungry what i'm supposed to tell her in the meantime the defense minister says he's sure his troops are only

a few steps away from victory over anti-government forces in the east of the country. people in the region second largest city suffering severe water and food shortages and power cuts long lines outside shops and a distribution centers in the city one of them was shelled by the army according to witnesses. there was a crowd of thirty to forty people standing outside then came a loud whistling noise in a flash the explosion was just across the road about fifteen meters away we opened the shop door so everyone could hide there were splinters all over the place the shop windows in front is damaged as you can see. in the same area another artillery round a strike a kindergarten many of the residents say they are too worried to leave their homes let alone send their children to school luckily no one was inside the building when it was hit by rockets reports of civilians being killed and coming in almost daily with more areas targeted the u.n. saying the number of innocence lost in the crackdown has surpassed eleven hundred.

while in southern ukraine a group of far right protesters clashed with police at a nightclub in the city of odessa mast men with baseball bats tried to disrupt the college sort of a ukrainian pop singer they blamed her for continuing to perform in russia in may dozens of people most of the government activists were killed in odessa during a bloody standoff with pro forces. staying on top of all the updates coming out of ukraine twenty four seven on air and online. a seven hour humanitarian cease fire in place in parts of gaza. here are pictures from gaza and the israeli palestinian border the latest that we have israel's army has warned that if the truce is breached it will return fire palestinians in gaza already accuse israel of not abiding by its word saying fifteen people were wounded in one strike the i.d.f.

says the ceasefire doesn't apply to the town of raphael in southern gaza where three israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush on friday and israeli airstrike killed a hamas militant leader in his home in gaza monday the previous day saw ten killed after a school run by the united nations was shelled witnesses say people were lining up for food at the gates during the time of the strike. israel says the incident may be linked to an attempt by the army to kill hamas linked gunman as they drove by the un shelter the world body repeatedly inform israel's defense force where the exact location of its facilities is but just last week twenty people were killed in another bombing of a un school in gaza also at least ten palestinians killed overnight during raids. late i should say. that.

it was. not then you might actually have come in a bombing of the gaza shelter sparked an international outcry un chief ban ki moon calling it a moral outrage and a criminal act as well as a gross violation of humanitarian law saying the madness of war that's wreaking havoc in gaza must stop even israel's main backer of the us says it's appalled by what it calls a disgraceful shelling still israel continues to insist schools were used to store weapons. israeli army is working to justify its mission sunday released a video of what it says was a precision strike on a hamas rocket launcher hidden inside one of gaza's residential areas also images from the i.d.f. of soldiers removing motorbikes from what they call a hamas terror tunnel my colleague marina joshing spoke with her spokesman lieutenant colonel peter lerner who says the military is only responding to persistent rocket attacks from hamas militants that sort of continues to be threatened by indiscriminate rockets that are launched by hamas to israel even as

we speak even during the continued days as we've seen in the last three and a half weeks and they have continued to attempt to attack us through tunnels and indeed we had the incident on friday when two two soldiers and then a third were killed in an attack coming out from a tunnel and this is a repeating occurrence hamas which has hundreds and hundreds of militants are utilizing exploiting the civilian arena so it's a huge challenge something we are facing but indeed we are determined. that you know isn't your response a bit disproportionate prime minister netanyahu says hamas rulers would pay an intolerable price if they continue to fire rockets at israel and that options are on the table and we have this huge civilian dast tell among palestinians so what options do you think prime minister was talking about when he said that every single time hamas has had the opportunity to deescalate the situation with a ceasefire every time they've escalated it there would have been no more people

killed if hamas would have abided by the internationally brokered cease fire on friday but what did they do they chose to escalate they chose to increase aggression they chose to exasperate the situation and this is an unfortunate outcome but we cannot and we will not. be willing to live under this type of threats. new well turkey's prime minister tayyip erdogan accused the country of deliberately killing palestinian mothers and children the well known critic of israel said this during a campaign speech ahead of the presidential vote next sunday to one claim the country is aiming at creating a pure race just like hitler once tried are also plenty of the anti israeli sentiment in jordan the crowds gathering outside the u.s. embassy in amman burning u.s. and israeli flags using washing of supporting the i.d.f. operation also in pakistan hundreds protesting against the continued shelling in gaza some protesters pull in foreign. policy means in the west bank expressing their solidarity with gaza harry fear filed this report from.

billboards and banners across the city read here and now we are dancing this is ramon now palestine's and minister to capital since israel's campaign began nearly a month ago the outrage at the devastation wrought on gaza is one point eight million inhabitants has boiled over into solidarity demonstrations and angry crashers several killed some shot in the chest with life by israeli troops people here are in mourning their lives on hold we are living at their word normal life anymore since the start of their work it's very hard and. we do not consider ourselves like a distant part of palestine living the war we watch the news. we send our prayers we send our thoughts and. our hearts is with. west bank palestinians see gaza as horror on their t.v.'s and in newspapers filled with

harrowing images of death ruins of those stuck inside gaza what they consider a defacto ghetto just tens of kilometers away. they are fighting comers they are not afraid to come out they are fighting for their humanity i'm crying in front of the skins of the t.v.'s. all the members of my family live. here i want us never. to do anything to help because many palestinians here have relatives in dance or who've been injured or killed in these past weeks dr. lost fifteen relatives in the highly dangerous border neighborhood of sand in harness in southern gaza to come to. the discussion and bitterly we have about fifteen people. under the bill over has

been shopped in the street. this. crofts. not a single house skate the surely. so the sculpture is tilted in recent weeks not only has hamas strengthened but also the islamic jihad movement flexing against israel from within gaza despite the obvious geographical and sivia administrative separation between the west bank and gaza it's clear that all palestinians here have gaza are on their mind with prevailing anger at israel's actions frustration with their own powerlessness and dismay at the world's reaction sorry fia azzi. any more details i mean israeli gaza conflict on our web site r t dot com. the u.s. may use strong words against israel when it comes to bombing gaza but the assistance

it provides to israel very much hands on and what new documents have been revealed after the break and. also still to come gender neutral toys and no concept of race the latest attempts in europe to promote tolerance. in justifying their stance they're citing all sorts of what they see as international pass a dance in qassam they are coming referendum in scotland but the response that they're hearing from the one is that what you are doing is illegitimate but what we have been doing is still full of life emerge if you break into their story good luck america does is right rules are made for other people for centuries like russia or countries like australia but whatever america does is right because america doesn't.

join me. and. harry and much much. only. thanks for staying with us fifteen minutes past the hour new documents published monday have exposed links between u.s. national security agency and israel they say the n.s.a. has been providing israel with intelligence as well as cash to combat palestinian terrorism for more on this i'm joined live from london by polly boyko so tell us

about these intelligence links. well glenn greenwald says that every time an israeli attack takes place in gaza public figures in the u.s. make grand sweeping statements about how devastating the conflict is as though it's some sort of natural disaster just like that. shelling of the u.n. school in gaza but according to glenn greenwald's article. the u.s. directly enables israel's actions so he cites for example documents that show that over the past decade the n.s.a. has expanded the number of ways in which they work with israeli intelligence agencies especially when it comes to gathering intelligence in regards to palestinians now he also says that the british spy agency g c h q is sort of taking part in that data gathering and data sharing along with their canadian counterparts

as well now he cites documents that say that the u.s. government has made large sums of money and has paid large. has paid large sums of money to israeli operatives and that's all the talk of publicly available information that the u.s. is supplying israel with weapons such as ammunition and grenade launchers amidst the gaza fences but interestingly despite that very high level of cooperation between the u.s. intelligence services and its key allies with israel he cites some secret memos that say that the n.s.a. and the c.h.p. are still wary of israel so he says that previously leaked n.s.a. documents say that one of the u.s. agencies biggest threats actually comes from what they call friendly intelligence services like israel who has echoed that in a secret memo that says to quote israel is

a very real threat to regional security so both the n.s.a. and. you have said that they didn't comment on existing relationships in relation in response to glenn greenwald's article they have however said that everything they do is within the framework of the law but according to glenn greenwald legal oh no these new documents highlight that u.s. role in what he calls israeli aggression towards its neighbors and he says that with the help of the u.s. and its key allies it's it's very close it's squarely at all with the image that the u.s. has cultivated of this sort of helpless detachment from the conflict that we're seeing take place probably boyko in london with that update. in the past five years a record number of illegal immigrants have been locked up in the u.s.

officials driven by a federal mandate obliging them to keep thirty four thousand behind bars every day critics of the system say it's nothing more than a money making scheme and others claim it's a backdoor way to curb immigration ring important to explain. the country that once opened its doors to immigrants. is becoming better known as the land that jails that the congress for the past several years has set a mandatory requirement on the federal government to maintaining thirty four thousand detention beds for immigration detention purposes only its otherwise known as detention bed quota exclusive to america's immigration and customs enforcement agency. with a minimum of thirty four thousand beds the quota serves as incentive to keep the jails filled at full occupancy this is about my. nazarene was stock him served three hundred and thirteen days in an immigrant detention facility unable to

post bail or receive a bond hearing. and see who was in how it affected the guys in there a lot of them are you know i just had expired or something they are not criminals not immigrated to the country legally at thirteen and his wife is a u.s. citizen he was arrested at his home in two thousand and eleven in connection with a four year old guilty plea for drug possession we never had any encounters with immigration. before he and i was a green card was renewed every ten years and now is the extent of it the us is immigrant and customs enforcement agency has a budget of nearly two billion dollars a budget put it by american taxpayers in two thousand and twelve the agency detaining nearly one hundred seventy eight thousand immigrants many of whom are housed in private or part all in detention centers up contracted by the u.s.

government to make me sick because. this bad quality about me. stay in. tell me the poor high amount of money five hundred or nine hundred sixty eight hundred sixty dollars i mean i. wanted to see you know i can see me working to support my family disowned it because there's this company can make money out of me remaking you and locking up immigrants is hardly the only option available to the u.s. government congress or at least many members who are pushing this agenda don't trust the president to enforce immigration laws and they think that by requiring these people to be detained that it's going to urge the president actually effectuate their eventual removal from the country there are other methods such as alternatives to detention use of intensive supervision custody checks on the person

telephonic monitoring but the cost effective options would necessarily benefit the corporations behind america's detention and deportation machine you realize early on when you start reading if you article that oh there's something current you know group and the cia and they make billions of dollars off of this and then you start seeing how a lie how parallel with like the lack of medical adequate medical care in the food quality and why they don't even allow contact that it could be cheaper for them i want you to visit only through glass and use those kind of things are making. a reality in which a better quality puts a price tag on the lives of tens of thousands of immigrants marina port i am r.t. new york. geodes militants from the islamic state group of made a major advance in northern iraq seizing another oil field three towns in the country's largest dam holding the mosul dam allows your hardest to manipulate

electrical output to major iraqi cities even flood them latest setback to the embattled government in baghdad that's failed to contain the islamic insurgency formerly known as isis the self-proclaimed islamic state expanded across northern parts of syria and iraq now controlling five oil fields and reportedly selling crude on the black market to fund their group they also hold a total of five dams in several key military bases including one of saddam's former chemical weapons sites radical groups ultimate goal is to forge a massive islamic state in the region. they'd find in a bowl of here if it came to london claims britain's top doctor you can head to r.t. dot com to find out how he lambasted pharmaceutical companies for their response to the deadly viral outbreak also. almost half a million residents of the u.s. state of ohio warned not to use their tap water learn what's behind the mass alert on our web site.

right to see. first. and i would think that your. instrument. in an attempt to fight racism the swedish government plans to scrap all mentions of race from legislation over looks at the latest attempts in scandinavia to promote tolerance. scandinavia has long being billed as something of a trailblazer when it comes to tolerance and multiculturalism in society the latest move in sweden could see all references to race or ethnicity removed from the country's legislation currently in sweden there are twenty laws that make reference to race or ethnicity and these include laws covering the country's criminal code

student financing eight on things like credit information law now the integration minister in sweden says that he's putting this forward because there's no such thing as race in his society anymore however it has come in for criticism from the national afro swedish association who say that just legislating a review or removing this wording from legislature isn't going to stop racist and in fact could harm any future discussions about the issues of race in swedish society and it's not just in sweden that new laws on tolerance are coming into place here in denmark your legislation is set to make it easier for transgender people to officially register their change of gender without having previously had to undergo sexual reassignment surgery now this is a move that's been highly praised by amnesty international who see it as a shining example to societies around the world but also what's going on here in scandinavia is a toy company is trying to set out the message of not gender stereotyping early on

by issuing a catalogue in time for christmas it's going to show gender neutral toyah advertisements meaning little boys and it will girls playing with things like toy ovens and toy workbenches not dependent on their gender in a message to try and spread the word to a quality and tolerance across the region. and national after a swedish association thinks the measure will do little to lessen racism in the country. when we remove the race. make it impossible to the reality the people who will raise it late for this advantage in the race studied trying to take these conceptual away from us believe. that just foreign born national born we think of that is a way of mystifying people keeping them from becoming politically and racially conscience we're not behind what the swedish government is doing is uninformed and

then will not meet the new results in number of european states people can change their gender in official documents without undergoing surgery or treatment german parents of babies born with characteristics of both sexes no longer have to classify them as male or female creating a third category in the gender category for public registries and in france officials tried to introduce gender equality classes in primary schools the initiative scrapped after an outcry from parents. turning out as some other global headlines beginning with an earthquake that struck southwest china killing at least three hundred eighty one people and injuring nearly two thousand the six point one magnitude quake toppled buildings forcing people on to the streets for safety survivors just scribe nothing but ruins and buildings reduced to rubble the quake the strongest to hit the united province in fourteen years. at least fourteen people died when

a ferry capsized in southern bangladesh the ship with two hundred fifty passengers aboard went down in the powder river some forty kilometers from the capital dhaka forty four passengers have been recovered so far but the exact number of casualties remains unknown. heavy rain lashing southern europe bringing areas in several countries to a standstill in northern italy at least four were killed more than twenty injured when a flash flood tore through a festival two people drowned in bold. area more than nine hundred fled their homes when a river burst its banks and in turkey floods paralyzed snarling traffic across turkey's most populous city. recapping our headline breaking news headline this hour more than four hundred thirty ukrainian troops crossed into russia and asked for refuge according to the federal security service not the first such case with ukrainian servicemen sunday a group of twelve soldiers surrendered positions and sought refuge across the border claiming they were abandoned by their commanders the biggest incident before

today was when four dozen troops did the same in july more on this developing story in the next hour. still to come we hear from the founder of the notorious security firm blackwater or if you're watching us from the u.k. undergoing underground with often returns. a few weeks ago we discussed detroit's plans to shut off water to those who can't pay their bills logically one of basic human the system he could get taken away some protesters gathered to give their opinion on the issue at heart plaza and what is the response from the state maybe some sort of dialogue or explanation as to why they have to turn off the water you know they turned up on the high tech quote non lethal weaponry against the protesters they used an el red system which basically blasted the protesters with sound will.