moscow rolls out its own restrictions on imports from countries which have imposed sanctions on russia over the crisis in ukraine. food water and power shortages the b.c. cities of eastern ukraine the worsening situation has led the un to demand to stop the fighting to end the humanitarian crisis. and the united nations believes the nearly three hundred thousand people have been displaced by the escalating standoff between the kiev army and local militia with most of them fleeing to russia r t follows their road to safety. and a front truce in gaza israel will prolong

a humanitarian cease fire beyond the agreed two days following tough talks with the palestinians. welcome thanks for joining us once again my name is the harvey and you're watching r.t. and. moscow has imposed sanctions against countries which of introduce their own restrictions against russia over the crisis in ukraine and there will now be a limit on the imports of some farming goods for a period of one year russia's agricultural watchdog says the list will be as broad as possible auntie's you go to skin off as the details. well this decree signed by the presidents either bands or limits the import of products coming from countries which have been involved in sanctioning russia for its policies on ukraine and

these countries include the us and member states the european union sanctions will affect raw materials farming frogs and foods the exact list of products is expected to be published on thursday by the government but there's already some information about what we may and what we may not see on it for instance baby food and wine is not expected to be affected however different types of vegetables fruit meat cheese is expected to be limited from now on and also according to russia's agricultural watchdog. poultry imported from the united states is also going to be banned now these limitations are expected to last for about a year although the time span may be revised and of course all of this is being viewed as moscow's response to the sets of international sanctions on russia which

have been targeting now whole sectors of the russian economy many companies have already felt the effect here in russia some even had to temporarily suspend operations altogether but it's not only russian companies which have been affected but their international partners as well including in the west and actually britain's biggest labor union has called on the country's government not to take part in anti russian sanctions because they say that they go against britain's financial interests. and the european union's ambassador to russia said that the crisis in ukraine should not be resolved with sanctions but tackled with steps towards deescalation that's something that moscow has been saying for several months and boy also said that russia's restrictions will not affect europe's position on ukraine let's talk now to an of and then skip political commentator from the e.u. reform magazine thanks so much for joining us anna to me this is

a confusing situation you've got the e.u. imposing sanctions on russia and then next moment you've got the e.u. ambassador to russia saying that sanctions are no solution to the crisis in ukraine what kind of message do you think they're trying to send here. while it was a very adventurous to decision first of all it was a decision behind the closed doors a we haven't seen the the opinion of the european parliament so basically the only european institute which is directly elected by citizens wasn't represented nobody consulted european parliament while taking this decision reportedly the heads of state and government when there were a consulting each other at the council when they when meeting taking this decision they consulted american president barack obama but they will be europeans who will pay the bill so basically it's a dramatic lack of democratic democratic basis in this decision and

so it's no wonder that now there will be reactions and they will be very negative because they're europeans who will pay the bills there initially they were talking about forty billion euros but of course now with their response and it's a very logical response because mr putin is president of the country he was elected to defend and promote russian interests worldwide and so it would be very strange to expect from him a reaction close to jesus christ that he would offer the other cheek so what happened is absolutely predictable and he's a result of the political adventurism because the situation of ukraine and everybody knows it has no other solution than a negotiated solution. it sounds from what you just said that you expected the response from putin from from russia do you think it was reasonable then for russia to impose its own sanctions. well it's the only logical answer because our as a president of

a country. mr putin has to defend russian interests and if the voice of russian diplomacy is not heard and still there is no. no there is no investment people are not really engaged into negotiated solution of we for a reason no other answer than to have a sort of a mirror like reaction so basically it's a mirror what he does his logic or any more i repeat it would very very strange if you would react as jesus christ and offer the other choice and then in this case our one hundred thirty million of russian citizens would be although really up and loving with him it wouldn't be human his responsibility so in this situation presently and russia and russia would call classic what they are doing the responsibility is further it's not a very it's not a bad news for russians because it's basically a very good news provider agricultural producers because they will try to do their

best to feel the gap and it will boost russian agriculture so most probably russia has a chance to come back to what it used to be once before over evolution when it was a big exporter of agricultural products worldwide. thanks so much for joining us the son of undone ski political commentator from the e.u. reporter mike is. now the u.n. is calling for an end to violence in eastern ukraine to prevent a severe humanitarian crisis against the second largest city in the region has been the worst hit as the images you can see right now show on monday officials there declared a state of humanitarian disaster and so the situation hasn't improved since his senior u.n. official thinks about. insecurity and violence prevail in conflict areas resulting in a steady worsening of the humanitarian situation fighting has caused significant damage

to infrastructure affecting the power and water supplies and access to basic services health supplies are running low and an estimated seventy percent of health personnel have fled and this will continue to deteriorate for as long as violence persists with senior united nations official saying that he was talking to a u.n. emergency meeting about the increasing hold chips of life in eastern ukraine kiev however sees the situation somewhat differently. there is no no when they're in crisis in ukraine as it is continued to be portrayed by our russian colleagues and i was echoed by some western delegations with the u.s. representative questioning whether the humanitarian situation in ukraine actually needed an emergency meeting while the u.k. envoy blamed russia for the crisis moscow requested the meeting of the un security council with russia's envoy calling for a humanitarian mission in the situation there is catastrophic.

artillery tanks as well as grad rockets have been used locals are saying phosphorus and cluster bombs are still being used there is indiscriminate shelling of housing blocks and critical civilian infrastructure in many small towns about eighty percent of houses have been destroyed according to the most conservative estimates more than six hundred buildings have been razed to the ground. a quarter of a million people are stuck in lugansk unable to leave getting out of the war zone is proving dangerous often fatal just take a look at this video from the region that appears to show a rocket presumably fired by a heavy missile launcher hitting a highway just in front of a car fortunately the driver survived here he says only though because the armor plated is vehicle i have i now officials in done yet which is another key antigovernment strong cold base

a three civilians were killed there overnight as the outskirts of the city came under heavy artillery fire. stepping up its offensive on done yet ska regional capital with a population of just under a million it's reportedly concentrating tanks and armored vehicles in the area preparing for a major offensive to retake it from local militia and here are the latest pictures from don yes they show the aftermath of overnight strikes and this time the violence was closer than ever to the city center. here won't get it done that spirit you a little cynical use when you call yourself. you can you register with the.

video. after weeks of see heavy battles on the outskirts of town yes the locals there are living in fear of what's still to come we spoke to one of the residents one your brother was. food stocks have decreased severely and we're having shortages of water and electricity in the areas close to the airport people are forced to cook their food on bonfires it's a very tense situation here the majority of people don't know what to do they can't even abandon all of their belongings but it's terrifying to stay is while. we take a look now what dani it's used to look like it this time of year it was a very pleasant place to be in the summer for locals and visitors ukraine's fifth largest city and one of the country's main economic hubs it was also a host city during the twenty twelve european football championships. but the ongoing violence will let us change things and change them drastically the suburbs of the city been turned into a war zone pounded on

a daily basis by shells thousands of being forced from their homes and this is the international terminal at donetsk airport it was opened just two years ago and it's been a focal point of combat all flights there have now been suspended. done yes kotel welcomes its guests with a warning of possible rocket attacks and to r.t. dot com for the details on mt as well as minute by minute updates on the situation in eastern ukraine. now the u.n. says that almost three hundred thousand people have become refugees since the conflict began in ukraine most of them have been fleeing to russia riff and i went to one of the border crossings. in each of these cars individual stories of anger uncertainty and loss. these ukrainians are fleeing their homes for

russia after months of conflict has left well over one thousand civilians dead and reduced whole cities to rubble the people in these cars have already spend six or seven hours sitting in line waiting to cross the border which is still a kilometer away but they say they're ready to wait as they practically have no other choice but bill overclock the march will be all over internet becomes made up of the national sociopaths. who. live in is no car got more than over the throne you don't usually many of the cars here have a sign saying they've got children on board the war doesn't discriminate between age or gender only no trouble i go to is it safe to be able to through the. years or put a little sheepish will get us closer to his nose the way that little boy that i'm going to put up by you know which of you wait a minute this is where many refugees will end up when they make it across the

border to russia and people here are angry because i said the mafia but also my but i still not all feel worse if certain broughton i see i'm a bit from afterward it really could be so but i was floored didn't go so far but i started. the quarter the doctor says he's planning his new to go back to ruin your story of the murder of. your thoughts enjoy your quarter board here the no rights group over for. most of what are you and your group here to use if you're going to be ethical. he invites me to see where they've found shelter the rest so many refugees many don't have a proper place to sleep. tutor's wife also doctor tells us how she lost her home and use those to design. a before and narrow. but didn't have to be

regular dorm before. you get a. crush this could be cheap this camp is designed for a thousand people but there are at least twice as much here now every afternoon officials managed to send up to three hundred refugees from eastern ukraine to different parts of russia but every evening even more erratic these people have managed to escape the rule that they fight for peace for long this is just the. me from ocean from russian ukrainian. been in the midst of the ukrainian crisis for several weeks you could walk through the ports that she's been sending us these you tube channel. to be in the. stay with us here and i'll see plenty more to come after the break such as cyber

threats will tell you about the biggest but ever and why there is a very good chance that your email account no longer fully belongs to you. there's a media leave also we leave the media by the sea motions she surely play your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with to get big you deserve answers from. politics. are today. they just want to keep building that allowing saudi arabia qatar and iran to fund millions of millions of pounds worth of the building of mosques in this country where they have addresses where current we have one hundred thousand four to sixteen year old children who have been schooled in these mature asses which is encouraging complete non integration within the society.

israel has agreed to extend a current three day ceasefire garza by a further seventy two hours both sides are sent delegations to egypt to try and put in place a longer lasting deal on tuesday israel decided to withdraw its army after almost a month of fighting the i.d.f. says it has completed its main mission which was to destroy the high downs and tunnels belonging to hamas for the campaign has brought the worst devastation and

civilian losses in years and even within the israeli forces there are many dissenting voices fall asleep or talk to some of them. you know that there are a lot of soldiers a come back and say to yourself you know what the hell are we doing here you know why are we using so much force why are we treating the best way is one such form israeli soldier she calls herself an anti occupation activist and was one of fifty percent of troops to sign an open letter to the washington post refusing receive juicy doctrinaire shorten or learn about the year in the service i didn't talk about this thing in so many out there you just a part of it but more and more soldiers are choosing not to be part of an army increasingly seen as the bully in the region of spending billion billion a rural or. different through the system and there is no top of the. the for the river possibility

overcoming five wars in eight years levanon two thousand and six thirty four days more than eight hundred people killed and in the end israel faced an even stronger hizbollah for devastating wars with a months two thousand and six eight twelve and fourteen thousand skilled international outrage and in the end israel faced a unity government between former rivals hamas and fatah foreign policy was. we had four years in the which we lost the middle east we lost. we in a way lost egypt. and we are very isolated in the middle east and many would argue more vulnerable the latest operation protective age has done seemingly little to protect israel in the long term you're not going to finish by trying to

physically or story hamas there isn't and there's nothing that indicates that it will work this time or indeed the next time and that's taking its toll on the reputation of what was once considered one of the world's most efficient fighting forces the hope is that the coming days will see a permanent cease fire in place but bottom line gaza is in tatters mistrust between israelis and palestinians is at an all time high policy r.t. tel aviv. or are as a civil engineer from sheffield in the u.k. who lost eleven members of his family in a single israeli airstrike he told us his story. after midnight and early morning. while my abilities were sleeping the block of flats three floors of the of each other they were helped by the first missile in which the israelis call. a warning listen while weaknesses call the guiding listen for the f. sixteen as you can imagine the terrified they started rushing down in their pajamas

and nineteen is at the entrance of the building they were helped by the f. sixteen bomb which killed some of them injured many the entire neighborhood came out thinking that that's it the drawn so the missile and then the f. sixteen but to our show come of course to their tragedy a third. rocket by by the f. sixteen was was launched and killed the rest of them they are just as causing the joining forty year old brother. and their cousins. the fifteen and mohammed eleven the two sisters and the brother were the first in their school every year and the pairs and the entire neighborhood all of us were very very proud of. what i want to say to the israeli spokespeople

when they give the all the false statements about the palestinians using their children as human shields were my cousins being used as human shields when they were fleeing for their lives i really can't imagine our spokesperson. through his or her thirty's who they know exactly that. they are killing innocent people in my dictionary in international law dictionary the east are crying but why is israel getting away with it why can benjamin netanyahu today come out in a press conference and say we don't target civilians i don't understand. the ceasefire is the longest lol in a war that is killed nearly nine thousand nine hundred palestinians but the israeli military and palestinians of violated previous truces earlier my colleague to say spoke to paul hershon from the israeli ministry of foreign affairs he told us israel resorts to such measures only under pressure from harm us. why didn't israel

decide to withdraw now has anything been achieved apart from the large scale of loss of civilians that we've all seen happen first of all we did want to be in this conflict in the first place we said that very loudly and openly and publicly we said quietly through the diplomatic channels that calm would be responded to with calm this was a message which was rejected out of hand by some us who insisted on this collecting the violence we basically finished the work which is to decommission those territories which traverse the international front here having done that we still have the issue of the rockets mortars the missiles that are being fired at our civilians hopefully hopefully the number of casualties will be lower than the numbers that are being thrown around by the hamas ministry of health we certainly know that about fifty percent of the fatalities of terrorist of the others which these forty million perhaps approaching a thousand civilians are being killed we'll find that maybe hoffa's been killed by hamas many of whom in the execution style of call of so-called collaborators and

people who demonstrated against hamas let me just jump in there i don't think any of us are standing is saying what hamas is doing is correct i want to clarify that what i merely asked for here is the scale in which you went into this attack sure is questionable many civilians died quoted by many human rights watch organizations as well as a un and the world is watching and i'm merely asking you is this right that you do every magill you you did as a government as a country to make sure that little kids small children women i secured many people died and that's the great tragedy of what goes on and that's why we didn't want to be in this conflict in the first place the israeli military took unprecedented steps to try and minimize and limit civilian casualties i'm not going to belittle the death of any civilian even one is too many and we grieve all civilian casualties on. this is the difference between ourselves and commerce have

deliberately done everything they can to generate civilian casualties on the israeli side because they hate us and on their own side in order to prosecute a public relations war against israel. it's believed to be the largest ever known first of confidential internet information a group of russian hackers is stolen more than a billion username password combinations of websites in the u.s. and across the world ortiz arena has the details we usually don't think twice before logging on computers sometimes to browse social media sites or debate bills online but the results of a new investigation could make you want to give it another thought if you're not careful next time you type in your password you may see something like this a number of russian hackers have amassed a mind blowing one point two billion usernames and passwords online cyber specialists from hold security after an investigation that lasted more than half

a year believe more than four hundred thousand web addresses have been hacked the affected sites large and small include leaders in virtually all industries across the world among them companies from the top five hundred in u.s. as well as many smaller and even personal websites cybercrime costs as much as five hundred billion dollars a year affecting many industries and this is the first time russian hackers have been at the epicenter of the scandal recently a group known as energetic bear gained access to control systems of more than one thousand european and north american energy firms and last year saw hacker known as reach was the specter the author of point of sale more where he didn't personally use it in his acts but sold it to dozens of others who use it to hack the likes of target neiman marcus and other u.s. retail giants. stay with us after the break the big hall taking questions from

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