that make money based decisions are much more common than they would ever admit publicly. u.s. fighter jets strike islamic state positions near the iraqi city of erbil president obama had said the operation would only go ahead if americans were in danger. ukraine says it could cut the transit of russian gas through its territory as part of economic sanctions against moscow potentially affecting east states that heavily depend on russian energy this winter. the army begins to surround the eastern ukraine largest cities with shells hitting residential areas hospitals and churches already providing aid to children injured in the conflict zone also on the way.

more clashes between palestinians and israeli soldiers but this time it's in the west bank later we'll report from the heart of the unrest. welcome thanks for joining us this hour my name's neil harvey and you're watching r.t. international. the us is carried out strikes against islamic state fighters near the iraqi city of erbil president obama had said he would only authorize the military operation as a last resort if your hardest attack the kurdish area where u.s. personnel are deployed and see a churkin as the details. despite putting an end to the iraq war being central to obama's election campaign promises six years ago we're seeing u.s. warplanes return to the airspace over iraq to carry out air strikes to target isis

and al qaeda affiliated group that has been ravaging through the northwest of the country control of multiple towns and cities for seeing two hundred thousand people to flee we do know that two f. eighteen fighter jets have dropped five hundred pound laser guided bombs near air below the kurdish province capital and another action that the u.s. has been carrying out as humanitarian relief air drops to provide the trapped people with water and food and we do know that of course the u.s. president has said that boots on the ground in iraq again are not an option but it has to be said that back in june three hundred special forces troops were sent back into the country to assess the situation and remain there we also know that the u.s. consider these latest airstrikes legal because they had received requests for help from the iraqi government and also because they see the situation unraveling on the

ground as a threat to u.s. national security but of course these latest airstrikes are seen as a very slippery slope with the united states have been involved on the ground for so long. now being the fourth u.s. president in a row to order military action in the country political analyst and author william believes that what washington says in public about its iraq policy should never be taken at face value. i think the obama administration is being extremely critical is not really dishonest about its policy toward iraq since the emergence of going to early june i don't so you go to washington it's particularly interested in stopping. the isis. i think obama is lying to the world and to the america. people about what the u.s. military is doing with these surgical nurse sharks look see that they are i think the arm of the key government is out of it's mind to invite u.s.

military to make your strikes there are other militaries that make such strikes that could be invited instead but that's another question. let's take a look now at some costs of the previous u.s. invasion of iraq and the white house spent a huge one point seven trillion dollars on the whole ordeal so every second of the occupation cost american taxpayers five thousand dollars deploying just one u.s. soldier costs three hundred fifty thousand dollars and billions in pension payments are still to be paid to war veterans and middle east journalists karen told r.t. the cost is still getting hired. and since the merican troops and other troops invaded iraq in the first place in two thousand and three they were not able to find a political solution and all the military involvement. a new army in iraq or other groups are this has aggravated the situation people are

fleeing by the cells and millions we have so many refugees all over the area and another military adventure are strike in this area definitely aggravates the situation ukraine could block the transit of russian gas to europe as part of a set of economic sanctions against moscow approved by parliament the measures are far from a done deal as yet but the possibility was outlined by ukraine's prime minister auntie's a renewed as more obviously it will affect russia's shipments to europe but it will should look at the implications this situation will have on russia's european partners especially of the countries that are in the center in the east and in the south of europe some of them are getting as much as almost one hundred percent of their gas supply from russia via ukraine and of course with all those countries have already found themselves out of the cold literally during the so-called gas wars between russia and ukraine some years back and they could be looking for

another repetition of that experience if i did ukraine does go through with its promise of sanctions and we may assume that ukraine wants to punish russia by imposing these sanctions but as a result what we're looking at really is ukraine punishing its european neighbors and political analyst masses door past experience shows which countries are likely to be the worst hit. ukraine is then targeting more the european union and energy security for its eastern member states than russia because as we saw in two thousand and nine. and war slovakia. and partially other countries i seeing that this proposal will never get to reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states will stop this proposal by yes in york. the south stream pipeline that's currently under construction remains one possible route for russian

energy supplies around ukraine its construction however was frozen by bulgaria in june and it's up to brussels said it didn't comply with e.u. regulations will go of itself is highly dependent on russian gas supplies which make up more than ninety percent of its domestic consumption law transit would also be affected by a possible ukrainian blockade but russian oil company trans now has offered assurances that it will be able to fulfill most of its obligations one option would be to read direct the flow to another branch of the pipeline network that's three belo routes instead of ukraine a company spokesman said that a ban would hit hungary slovakia and the czech republic the hardest. now the danger of an energy blockade comes with some countries already bracing themselves for an economic hit they fear that they could lose billions of euros because of russia's ban on food imports are sure is blocking imports of meat fruit vegetables

and some dairy and fresh fish products for the period of one year european agriculture will take the brunt and some farmers in exporters are demanding to be compensated for their losses. there's someone there now it's going to affect us all for us 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 and 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. then i should put it that it's a disaster for my company will need to stop production the money will receive without imports to russia won't even be enough to pay for the buses that bring our staff to work there are. some estimates suggest that the ban could cross the finish economy as much as a billion euros mostly from dairy exports elsewhere the german trade union the deals with wholesale foreign trade said the ban posed the risk to the whole economy greece the opposition party queues the current government of hurting farmers and in

ireland the midst of agriculture said that there was real worry particularly regarding cheese exports which were valued at four and a half million euros in twenty thirty they are just a few of the voices in europe who believe that their country can't afford to lose a key trading partner. russia has been a strategic partner for greece in many farming and food export. products brussels does not feel in that. 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 in that role. of politically she said. trying to. push. political. shop.

so i can see recent budget kind of sids. at least fourteen palestinians have been wounded one seriously so in fierce clashes with israeli soldiers across the west bank. israeli army used tear gas rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse thousands of people staging a protest against the militants in gaza palestinian protesters threw stones and fireworks at troops the west bank is seen skirmishes a number of times since the beginning of the month long conflict but this time up to ten towns including bethlehem and ramallah would involve a fear reports for i'll tell you from the heart of the disturbances. just behind me palestinian protesters are clashing with israeli troops here in the occupied west bank throughout the west bank today we've seen clashes between israeli troops and

palestinian protesters throwing stones is. now the hamas movement throughout the occupied palestinian territories called for a day of rage today as on previous fridays during this latest israel gaza war. this is in the context of now more than a month's worth of fighting a train in israel and hamas and other factions in gas well earlier today the operation by israel resumed on gaza as rocket fire from gaza continued after the cease fire efforts broke down at least one palestinian civilian has been killed already as this operation has resumed a ten year old boy playing near a mosque in central gaza or in gaza city was killed mortally wounded by a head injury as a result of israeli strikes on a mosque and this is now the beginning of what some palestinians in gaza calling phase two of this most recent two thousand and fourteen gars israel war. protests

have become only one form of expressing anger against the israeli offensive in gaza a string of incidents suggests that an increase of anti semitism and attacks on jewish communities across different parts of the world auntie's mean a culture of it takes a look. 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 or judaism. 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 out a local jewish center in the danish capital copenhagen police had to disperse

a pro israel rally fearing for the safety of those taking 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 thousands of brits show up at each pro palestinian rally calling for an end to israel's operation and demanding the british government stop selling weapons to them foreign office minister baroness vasili also quit calling david cameron's position on gaza morally indefensible others vent their anger more destructively. 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 there's 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 violent attacks 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. . over to our website the protests over gaza reach even supermarkets and. caught now led shoppers know if the product they want to buy has any links with israel. learn why one u.s. police officer is decided he no longer needs to worry about the lure of the land as laid down in the constitution. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here you're not going to hear any right separate story that after that while same time there's

a reason they don't want you to now want to tell friends that you should be completely outraged now let's break the set. they just want to keep building that allowing saudi arabia qatar and iran to fund millions and millions of pounds worth of the building of mosques in this country where they may have them addresses where current we have one hundred thousand four to sixteen year old children who have been schooled in these metastases which is encouraging complete non integration within the society. do we speak your language of the you or not at the. news programs and documentaries and spanish what matters to you breaking news what alternative angles. are you here to. this story or to spanish find out more visit.

welcome back a photo correspondent working for the russian region obviously agency has reportedly been detained by ukraine's national guard agency says that under his stand in who disappeared in the east of the country three days ago is now in the hands of the security service or denies that then and was last heard from on tuesday when he sent photos from the region first communication disruptions were blamed for the loss of contacts he's been working all over the rest of regions where several reporters have been killed or abducted just two weeks ago a british journalist to fall the number of reports for r.t. was snatched by security services he was held for three days and says that he was beaten and tortured before being thrown out of ukraine. the ukrainian army is moving in on the largest cities in the country's east in an attempt to crush the

anti-government resistance their military officials say that they are ready and troops to fight in the streets of don yes and ganske all part of the next phase to take back control of the restive regions our correspondent richard knox has what. ukraine's national security and defense council has confirmed that the army is currently preparing to regain control over the major cities in eastern ukraine it is also now confirmed by the officials of what key it calls anti terror of the region in these parts of the country they spokes person has said that the military will take the city center towns and the villages street after street building after building without specifying which city will come first saying that it will either be dead or guns these are big cities of course when these promises from cave to intensify the attacks concerns are that they could be even more civilian deaths in less than four ones of the operation in ukraine more than one thousand people have already been killed ordinary civilians we just couple days ago visited this city

over the guns can we saw a very dramatic picture on the ground many have already scape to 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 whole or see and this is the situation now in ukraine. moscow's receiving refugees that have fled the combat zones of eastern ukraine a number of children badly hurt in the fighting of now arrived in the russian capital but many more remain stranded and under fire authorities medina cochon of the reports nine c. very into children have a right of this morning to moscow from dying is now a number of ambulances were waiting for them here at the city really station and we do know that two of those children were injury during the bombing of the city there was one four year old boy on board of this train and

a young girl who was injured during the firefight all these children are in need of urgent medical help doctors who accompany them see that they only take those who can stay in the refugee camp and claim that only in that area there are over forty children in such condition they see the need a humanitarian corridor but so far the situation in that area remains too challenging to make that a possibility. a resolution calling for all sides to accept a cease fire at the site of the malaysian plane crash in east ukraine has been blocked to the un security council countries who refuse to accept the document put forward by moscow or do down to government forces blamed in the wording professor bruno diversity from the national institute of east and civilisations believes that it's all part of a world plan campaign against russia. very concerned. to have an inquiry about the incident of the accident of the malaysian plane plane but

most obviously united states don't want to cooperate on that field and they don't give the information they have they don't want to communicate they just want to make pressure. against russia unfortunately the 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 where we case of. attempted violation of twenty one sixty six you know ukraine is now a playground. for western countries but especially for united states against russia and i don't think they are very. interested. about do it human rights question in ukraine you know it's double standard all the time the united states defend the human rights in countries they don't like but they don't defend them in countries

which are of their ally so since the government is brought american it's obvious they were not different human rights in ukraine. now says it will extend a cease fire near the flight m.h. seventy crash site but only after it receives an official request from international investigators. next to us gun rights advocates have written a children's book to promote the idea that attack is the best form of defense and to trust your weapon and i said you can spoke to parents who support the idea and those who don't. 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 old character in the book 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 them for them are you are you a father very much i have three boys and i don't think that that's good for example . 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 i purchased from us. obviously our great purchase he did. and this hank was crossing the creek they said these little ripples slipped. and when he did the better they get hit the guy on. you know when our shot of working and i ran into several non americans as i was asking people what they thought about the children's book you have to explain your kids why you're appearing parents carry guns i can't even stretch my mind or. so for me it's just. very culture shock american children younger than fifteen

or 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 invariably 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 out our team. around some of the global headlines for you now starting with the spreading ebola outbreak. in our schools more than nine hundred sixty people in west africa africa's most populous country nigeria has now declared a national state of emergency the virus was first detected in guinea in march and spread to sierra leone and liberia there is no license treatment or vaccine for a bowler and the pace to lety rate has been up to ninety percent. the volcano in ecuador has begun spewing lava and rocks it's been shooting plumes

of ash into the sky over a distance of three kilometers since monday no injuries or deaths have been reported or thirty's warn of the more violent eruption is now likely. and at least one person was killed and three others are missing after flash floods hit central and northern parts of bosnia or thirty's declared a state of emergency evacuating hundreds of people from affected villages floods in the same area in may feted nearly two million people and caused billions of euros of damage. to stay with us still to come this hour abby martin. that the civilian cost of the ongoing conflict between israel and the palestinians in gaza.

during a press briefing president barack obama said something very unusual and used a certain term you'll 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 since 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 a 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 to look good by comparison headlines like obama condemns torture sound nice and drown out the fact that he sure approves of shelling civilians in eastern ukraine if

obama really does feel that the post nine eleven torture was a shameful part of american history that 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. talking about languages but i react to situations i have read the reports for. clues to know i'll leave that to stay close to comment on your letter. so it's. no more weasel words. when you question me prepared for a change when you punch be ready for a. president of speech and down the street into class.

what's going on guys and i mean martin and this is breaking in the set so last month new york city man and father of six eric garner was approached by a plainclothes and i.p.t. officer and 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 credibly hear garner who is three hundred fifty pounds an asthmatic saying i can't breathe after his death the

medical examiner's office ruled that garners death was a homicide caused by the choke hold except 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 joke 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 order that doesn't change the disturbing an undeniable images we all saw on that that.