furthermore restrictions. on a mission to surround a sin ukraine's largest city on the shelves had residential buildings a hospital a school in. western firms a one though they could lose a billion dollars. sanctions with food in. saying it's taking its business elsewhere. to the military to take targeted strikes against terrorist convoys should they move toward the city the u.s.

prepares to get involved in. a way to islamic militants have. including the country's largest christian. hostilities in gaza take a new turn after the truce with these radio. worldwide. sentiment across. from or whatever you're watching from around the world you know we welcome to moscow this is our to international you're with me. the ukrainian army is the in crowd cheering on of the largest city in the country's east to crush the anti-government resistance the a series of attacks on the center of the netscape head to new apartment blocks at least one local was killed.

the footage was shot inside one of the apartments you can see it's badly damaged should just two hundred meters from the buildings of the hospital it's a second floor was completely wracked including walls furniture and medical equipment just to give you an idea and yes is the city of almost a million people which is roughly the size of brussels. and this video is from a town just outside today near a church exploded into a fireball after it was hit by a shell and as you can see it's right next to a playground which likely was empty at the moment of the attack all this happened in just a one day and just to show you something else on this video this right here is

a crater just at the bottom of my screen there which this was from a previous strike a couple of days before this. military officials say they're reading troops for street fights in donetsk and lugansk as part of a crucial phase in the operation to take back control over the rest of regions river national has more. ukraine's national security and defense council has confirmed that the army is currently preparing to regain control of the major cities in eastern ukraine it is also now confirmed by the officials of what kiev calls its antiterrorist the region in these parts of the country they spokesperson has said that the military will take the cities and the towns and the villages street after street building after building without specifying which feature will come first but say that it will either be done yet or lugansk these are big cities of course with these promises from cave to intensify the attacks concerns are that

they could be even more civilian deaths in less than four wants of the operation in ukraine more than one thousand people have already been killed ordinary civilians we just couple of days ago visited the city of the guns can we saw a very dramatic picture on the ground many have already scaped the town but many are still inside and they're hiding in their basements they're living under constant shelling and they're mostly women children or see and this is the situation now in ukraine. a foreign correspondent for the riyadh of a state news agency has reportedly been detained by ukrainian security service now the agency says under a stone and who disappeared in the east just three days ago is being held by the national guard he was the last heard of on tuesday when he sent photos from the region at first it was thought destruction to communication in the area was

a reason he'd gone quiet stern and is well known for working in dangerous areas like syria and egypt has been taking photos all over the rest of the region where a number of journalists have been killed or abducted just two weeks ago a british correspondent been occasional reporting for r.t. was snatched by security services outside daniel he was held in captivity for three days and says he was beaten and. shelled. a russian resolution to the un security council for all sides to abide by a cease fire at the site of the malaysian plane question eastern ukraine has been blocked ambassador vitaly churkin the said it was rejected by countries including the us and little way i'm russia had circulated the document after kiev announced the currency's fly at the site had been suspended unfortunately the

members of the security council some members of the security council reacted in their typical way. being adamantly against any kind of criticism of the ukrainian authorities even though we have a case of. attempted violation of twenty one sixty six. however just as the suspension of a cease fire was being discussed here were announced at the truce was in fact still holding lithuania and the us reportedly blocked to russia's resolution because they wanted amendments condemning the actions of who they call separatists. moving away from the east to the ukrainian capital kiev which has also witnessed a turbulent twenty four hours people on that central square first clash with police and burning tires and later started dismantling the pavement it happened when the city authorities tried to tear down barricades that have been on my done since last november now that's when the protests against the then government first started

after former president yanukovych suspended the ukraine e.u. trade agreement now shortly after clashes with police erupted the first deaths were reported from the my den violence three days of every eighteen to twenty five became the bloodiest in three months of the standoff and more than seventy people were killed by protesters and police a deal to settle the crisis was signed by a local vision opposition leaders the following day but dry is continued and you know coverage flat here the next day the ukrainian parliament to the rod appointed an interim president and the government presidents of elections were set for may the twenty fifth our people on my done we're not going anywhere tents and barricades remained on the square despite several unsuccessful attempts by the new of forward cheese to dismantle them foreign affairs analyst jericho rose says of the current situation is all too familiar. actually situation's quite ironic to say

the least since the revolution seemed to be taken to see the return where the situation as it transpired today keeping the same on the banks it was last november when the protests to quakes so right now it seems to me that all the variety of different people who agree with their wives or the livelihood as far as the overall revolution is concerned are simple realizing that a government they have right now is simply replaced the other and they're simply to a point of exit right now where it seems like nothing much exchange overall plus there's a civil war in east so overall if i can sum it up the whole developments in the ukraine is a bit of complete disaster and there's really nothing else to show for the grief destruction of mayhem. the food industry on both sides of the atlantic is sounding the alarm over the bad russia has placed on most impulse from western nations fearing billions of dollars in potential losses the latest reaction

a warning of mass layoffs will meet producers in belgium and address the income drop for those exporting poultry from the u.s. . as more. no market for those that back sanctions russia's ban on the import of certain food stamps from the us canada australia norway and you said response to the economic sanctions imposed on moscow the ban will block meat fruit vegetables some dairy and fish imports for one year those watching international trade shows that russia is a different animal to other nations sanctions recently what's striking is that when the sanctions were ramped up against iran there was very little iran could do the west didn't really need much from iran that's not the case with russia and i think russia has made very clear that it will retaliate in a proportionate manner with european culture set to bear the brunt of the import

ban e.u. leaders that backed sanctions against russia look likely to face farmers and exporters demanding compensation for their losses there's some in there now. it's going to affect us all it will take two or three months to collect all remaining crops of oranges and we don't know what will happen if no one buys them so if there isn't a sufficient market prices will go down and we don't know if we can cover the costs of production because it is so expensive. european food exports to russia worth over twelve billion euros last year if you win year and finland were the first to contact brussels about compensation some estimates suggest the ban could cost the finnish economy four hundred million euro mostly from dairy exports elsewhere but the german trade union that deals with wholesale foreign trade said the ban posed a risk to the economy in his country in greece the opposition party accused the

current government's actions of being detrimental to farming and in ireland the minister for agriculture said there was real worry particularly regarding cheese xx . ports which were valued at four point five million euro in twenty thirteen european analysts a warning that sanctions are the way to find a solution the trade is a key for peace we shouldn't be in this game of tit for tat thing we sanction we should be negotiating on the same table but as it stands russian consumers are going to have to go with certain imports western export is going to be locked out the russian market peter all over. the largest opposition party in greece is a urging the government to drop sanctions against russia even if the move is not supported by other nation. is the heart's a member of the party's a political sectarian it told to us or told us rather that athens can't afford to

lose a key trading partner. really it's just going through a fifty year old for a course of recession the memoranda of policies which are being followed with austerity programs in the last five years have created great problems from the greek economy and especially for bring back sports russia has been a strategic partner for greece and really for me and food export. products brussels done a lot still in the gallery konami from the economic decrease of exports for greece or other countries greece has a long history of traditional good ties with russia and we should continue on that road. head to our web site to tell us all who years think will be hit the hardest by the sanctions over the crisis in ukraine let's take a look now what you've been saying online right to the majority believe that the e.u. and the u.s. could suffer big losses only

a little less feel both russia and western nations will be affected equally and the rest of you say it's either russia all no one as the world will quickly adjust writes controverted r.t. dot com we want to hear what your thoughts are. on the. president obama has given permission to launch u.s. is strikes on just how does militants of the so-called islamic state that are north east iraq now however he said the strikes would only could only take place in the event of islamics attacking the kurdish city of way u.s. diplomatic personnel obviates this comes as the militants have stepped up their offensive capturing the largest christian city of. its of called some two hundred thousand people have fled fighting in recent days meanwhile bombs went off in

baghdad in the oil town of killing dozens artie's an associate should test. the mission of the u.s. to get in the way of the humanitarian crisis on raveling in the country as these state and al-qaeda affiliated groups also known as isis ravages through northern iraq pushing two hundred thousand iraqis to flee and trapping about forty thousand religious minorities on mount sin jar where according to unicef forty children have already died from heat and dehydration air drops of humanitarian aid in iraq are now being conducted by the u.s. these climate militants have been sweeping through northwestern iraq taking over multiple towns and cities as well as the country's largest dam intensifying concerns but this is only the tip of the iceberg and that the instability of the country will only keep growing directed our military to take targeted strikes against eisel terrorist convoys should they move toward the city. we intend to stay vigilant and take action if these terrorist forces threaten our personnel or

facilities anywhere in the world but are there any other options one of those actually putting together a nato type organization which consisted of jordan turkey egypt saudi arabia you can organize the sunni nations which we've helped train and equip to go take care of this nobody wants isis to be successful even a so me was so you've got to look at this realistically and frankly the american people are tired of war so which steps if any could actually bring more stability to the chaos torn country and how far could any u.s. involvement lead these are sensitive questions after almost a decade of the u.s. presence in iraq which cost over seven hundred fifty billion dollars and the country is now at the point of catastrophe as chaos and six arion violence continues to rage on. our new york. previously the u.s. incursion into iraq was a very costly exercise costing both in terms of human life and financially let's take a look now now the white house has spent what pay one point seven million dollars

on the holo deal that's five thousand dollars per second during the occupation each american soldier costs three hundred and fifty thousand to deploy and the government will still need to give billions to its veterans and pension payments until activists richard back has says washington will still need to pull even more money into iraq the cost of the war has not really been added yet in terms of the damage done in iraq the damage done to me. from the united states and the actual cost which will be ongoing and hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars will be added to that in terms of health care in the future and i think people are quite aware of that you know what a catastrophe that war was for the people in iraq and also for the people in the united states. parents and bloggers in the year was up in arms over a controversial book promoting gun rights to kids one that's an aisle the news

after the break. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here and here in iraq other big story extra headlines same talk there's a reason they don't want to do not. want to reset. now let's break the set i just want to keep building the island saudi arabia qatar and iran to fund millions and millions of pounds worth of building of mosques in this country where they have them addresses where current we have a hundred thousand four to sixteen year old children who have been schooled in these mature says which is encouraging complete non integration within the society . delete speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's what you

hear. from the world talks about six of the ip interviewers intriguing story are you. trying arabic to find out visit arabic don't call. well the my to r t international israel has resumed strikes on gaza in retaliation to missile attacks question must offer the truce between the two sides expired medics say one palestinian child was killed and two israelis reportedly injured the month long conflict has already claimed almost one thousand nine hundred lives with most of the dead being palestinian civilians artie's pulis fia has more. all of this is happening as a follow on from talks in egypt that failed what we understand is that the main

sticking point was a demand put forward by hamas insisting that israel lift its a.t.'s siege on gaza the situation on the ground is extremely tense both here in israel and in the west bank over the past few days we've seen what amasses called days of rage with clashes erupting both in palestinian cities and also kalandia checkpoint between israeli soldiers and protesters so be moved on the ground is extremely tense israeli police are on high alert and people in the west bank itself extremely concerned about what is happening inside gaza the breakdown of the verse humanitarian truce does spell bad news mostly for the people of gaza where the humanitarian situation has been dying to say the least the latest figures suggest that tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed and damaged more than one hundred schools and mosques have been destroyed and damaged one point eight million gazans have been displaced and at the same time some one million gazans are without

access to drinking water and loads of protesters in madrid have taken to the streets in protest at the royals in gaza demonstrators demanded israel put an end to its military invasions and the occupation of palestinian territories this is just the latest in the series of rallies that have swept across the world during the month long offensive. but it's not just the protests and demonstrations that have been sparked by these really operation tel aviv's the military campaign has given away to growing and to some magic sentiment and attacks on jewish people worldwide artie's maria costa looked at the latest incidents. we've seen the tragic images. and the public outrage that followed. i and now it appears that backlash is being directed at anyone who has any links to

israel which is. in sydney australia five teenagers were arrested for allegedly screaming and systematic abuse at a group of jewish school children as young as five in the french city of toulouse police arrested the man for throwing fire bombs at a local jewish center in the danish capital copenhagen. israel really fearing for the safety of those taken part in italy rome's historic jewish area has been transformed by anti semitic graffiti and flyers covering shops and walls and even in berlin german protesters were seen barren and systematic banners and chants in hate slogans that muslims of great show up at each procrustean rally calling for an end to israel's operation and demanding that let's stop selling weapons to the. foreign office minister baroness vasili also quit calling david cameron's position

on the morally indefensible others but their anger over the stuff that. according to the metropolitan police and systematic crimes have doubled in london over the past year and these figures predates israel's a recent operation in gaza on the fish really it appears has been an even sharper rises since the conflict began and jewish communities living here in the capital and beyond are now warning everyone to take extra care with over three hundred and systematic incidents recorded across the u.k. in the first half of the year including twenty two quadrants attacks in their concerns are understandable while politicians scramble to find a peaceful way out of the israeli palestinian conflict there are many other issues which will need resolving too far away from gaza marina cost of our reporting from london for r.t. . and over at our website to protect and sometimes ignore the constitution learn why one of you is police officers says he doesn't need to follow

the country's basic law full stories on our t.v. dot com for you. we tell you how google is favoring web site. their online security i know what that's about. a new children's book that teaches youngsters about gun rights is raising more than a few eyebrows in the u.s. art is going at it again ripples on how the gun advocacy groups are taking the fight for their rights to a new level. a new children's book has hit the bookshelves of america my parents' open carry is designed to explain to children why it is a great idea for their parents to be carrying guns with them everywhere to the thirteen year olds character in the books the parents say when seconds count police are minutes away the book already has its supporters and its haters. why do you think it's because people need to know how to take care of themselves protect

themselves and to protect the children in the home if they know how to use their safe with them are you are you a father very much i have three boys but i don't think that that's good for example why i think that we already have a pretty violent nation as it is so i think that we have a nation so that just promotes it in a sense some in social media hit back at gun advocates by changing the book's cover irenaeus site the american academy of pediatrics points to grim statistics firearms are one of the top three causes of death among children in the u.s. killing twice as many as cancer injuries from fire arms send an estimated seven thousand children to casualty every year and an additional three thousand died from gunshot wounds before they get to a hospital and despite the growing number of deaths among children gun culture in america seems to be gaining momentum. the documentary film kids and guns features american families who encourage their young children to own and shoot arms

. and those who regret ever having given a gun to their child he had a little twenty two thank you twenty two and i had just purchased it for him first and a purchase from us. obviously are a great purchase to get. and this hank was crossing the creek they said these little rubber slipped. and when he did the better they get hit the guy on. and he went off and shot him or he and i ran into several non americans as i was asking people what they thought about the children's book death explained your kids why your perry parents carry guns i can't even stretch my mind that far it's not so for me it's just a. very culture shock american children younger than fifteen are nine times more likely to die in a gun related accident and those in the rest of the developed world gun advocates

in the us seem variably see all attempts to restrict the use of guns as an encroachment on the constitution so all meaningful efforts to bring about policy change have hit a dead end in washington i'm going to check on our team. and on the way here on our team the civilian cost of the ongoing conflict between israel and the palestinians . is next. during a press briefing president barack obama said something very unusual and used a certain term you almost never hear from a government bureaucrat he told the audience that in the immediate aftermath of nine eleven we america did some things that were wrong we did

a whole lot of things that were right but we tortured some folks here it is a rare thing to hear someone in the white house admit to torturing people after nine eleven but the question is why did he say this now please allow me to suspect first obama is the teleprompter master so if he loves to read off a screen i doubt this was some sort of slip up this was probably done consciously but why well it always helps if you look good by condemning the moral failings of previous presidents liberals and democrats love to hate bush so this could be subs kind of pandering or trying. look good by comparison headlines like obama condemns torture sound nice and dry out the fact that he sure approves of shelling civilians eastern ukraine if obama really does feel that the post nine eleven torture was a shameful part of american history then as the leader of the executive branch of the nation he could do a lot to punish those who did the torture then and prevent it from happening again in the future but if i do obama this is all just a bunch of sweet talk but that's just my opinion.

of. what's going on guys and i mean martin and this is breaking the set so last month new york city man and father of six eric garner was approached by a plain clothes and i pretty officer ended up paying the ultimate price after raising his arms another officer daniel panta leo put him in a choke hold while other cops helped to bring him to the ground the entire incident was caught on tape and the video can you can clearly hear garner who is three hundred fifty pounds and asthmatic saying i can't breathe after his death the

medical examiner's office ruled that garners death was a homicide caused by the charcoal and accept the evidence of the video combined with the medical examiner's analysis seemed to have no impact on the largest union representing n.y.p.d. officers take a listen at the president of the patrolmen's benevolent association had to say earlier this week it was not a chokehold he was a big man that had to be brought to the ground to be placed on their rest by shorter police officers well there you have it folks i was in a choke hold it. all i guess it was a strangle grab meanwhile both the man who filmed the incident ramsey order and his wife had been arrested on gun assault charges respectively and all the charges may be legitimate considering that the has had a record of at least twenty four previous arrest the timing of them definitely raises some eyebrows but no matter the criminal history of florida that doesn't change the disturbing and undeniable images we all saw on that video.