orders. to be in the. u.s. fighter jets strong his law mix state positions near the iraqi city of irbil with the white house refusing to rule out the deployment of troops but only when a new inclusive government is formed. ukraine says it could cut the transit of russian gas through its territory as part of economic sanctions against moscow potentially affecting e.u. states that heavily depend on russian energy this winter also. 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 and thanks once again for joining us my name is neil harvey and you're watching r.t. international the us is carried out air strikes against islamic state fighters near the iraqi city of irbil president obama had said that 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 joins me now with more. nasty now these strikes they came fairly quickly didn't they after obama had said that intervening was a possibility. well let me know that's absolutely correct developments are really speeding up by the hour and the u.s. military in iraq seems to really be gathering pace what we do know is the white

house spokesperson has now said that the united states will be ready to involve military deployment in iraq when iraq if it does create an inclusive government to help the iraqi government fight off the islamist militant forces fighters that have been ravaging the country in the northwest and central iraq now the white house does continue to insist that this will not involve boots on the ground however this is raising some serious questions in terms of that exactly what kind of shape and form this further military force from the united states will have once and if decides to eventually partake in the events unraveling on the ground so certainly concerns are high that this could be a quite slippery slope of course considering the long history of u.s. military involvement in iraq now of course all of these statements are coming in just hours after air strikes were conducted by the u.s. administration in order to fight off and target the isis forces the affiliated

groups that have been ravaging through the northwestern parts of the country before seeing as many as two hundred thousand people to we trap being as many as forty thousand people on the mountaintop without access or. where according to unicef as many as forty children have already died there also just going through multiple towns and cities certainly the situation has been unraveling and into chaos and has been getting out of control and what the united states proceeded to do is conduct airstrikes to target isis these included two f. eighteen fighters that fighter jets that dropped five hundred pound. laser guided bombs on the capital of the kurdish province and continued and took steps to provide. commanded terri and relief aid drops so that the people stuck in these mountain tops could get access to food and water and of course all of this continues to go on as promises of no boots on the ground are continuing to be made

but of course as we know even back in june three hundred our forces were sent back into the country to assess the situation and certainly with these latest promises for further military involvement and sending military forces to iraq it remains to be seen exactly how the u.s. continues to try to keep promising that it has no intention to return to iraq in quite some full force. ok thank you very much thoughts on this to see the church going to bring is the very latest live from new york thank you to you and we can get more on the developments now let's speak to journalist john want to joins us thanks john first we recently heard from the white house that they could be ready to deploy military in iraq that is only though they say wants a new inclusive government is for now how does that stand with president obama's assurances that there will not be boots on the ground. well isn't it ironic that

just three years after u.s. troops left iraq. which they phoned were no coin to play and u.s. troops returning to iraq in large number. only those who've had their humanity surgically removed could feel to be moved by the play of these poor people in northern iraq right now and as such any efforts to alleviate their place in the short term must be however the cause of a problem can never be a solution good for war and this is why washington's role here must be as part of a coolish and certainly not taking charge of any military action so i would suggest that we go to the un remember the un there was supposed to be part of international law seems to be bypassed more and more by the west and its allies to get a grand coalition which would have to include russia would have to include china to include. all the state actors in the region who have a role to play and we really have to look at the reorientation of western foreign

policy in the middle east has to take place because right now we have a situation where the west is opposing isis rebels in northern iraq and rightly so but has been tacitly ordered personally supporting them in syria is madness yard looks like to pick pick up on that john because the free syrian army as part of the syrian opposition they pledge their allegiance to the islamic state now this syrian opposition it's a force that was long supported nurtured you might say by the u.s. do we don't see a situation now where the u.s. are actually having to turn their sights on a force that they were actually rearing for quite a long period. oh absolutely i mean the entire focus of u.s. troop western foreign policy in the region has been to eisley. icily around in both israel and the snow borne back in their feces so if they are interested in

alleviating the fire that is reaching across the middle east they have to understand that the divide in the region right now is not between sunni and shia it's not between reform and on this one is between sick and nonsectarian so the rule must be to isolate known security and forces to bolster nonsectarian forces so they have to also look at the relationship with the so d. or e. b. and. c. that khatami's because they go cities who are four main thing in funding this chaos in the region and have been for quite a number of years now ok john let's turn briefly to finances want to take a quick look at the possible costs that today's strike could be incurring upon the american taxpayers because launching an f. eighteen hornet fighter jet that costs around sixteen thousand dollars an hour the laser guided bombs which have been dropped on jihadists they come in twenty one thousand dollars each we don't know how many bombs were used today but local

reports are suggesting there were at least six air strikes i mean this is a early days but already quite a lot of money will have been spent in these early now do you think that the american taxpayers already bore the brunt of a very expensive war in iraq the last time out do you think there will be ready to pay for this violence in the expense once again. roselli no here we see the growing disconnect between american public and their political class in washington . when it comes to war when it comes to survey after regimes all across the world when it comes to going to war and service clueless corporate business interest there seems to be a limitless amount of money. and within the u.s. government when it comes to alleviating the poverty the growing inequality and us detroit is bankrupt. you know there's third world levels of poverty in most american cities there's no money this oversea kind of teen and saw i don't think

that the obama administration has much weight and much credibility with regard to on the ground or engaging or sustain military effort in the region or anywhere else for that matter now isis has been calling on its members to tollgates pretty much all encompassing u.s. interests worldwide the u.s. has been very vocal about its war on terror do you think that perhaps that's now coming back to haunt them to an extent. or clearly is since nine eleven the path to the killings certainly by george w. bush administration has been an absolute disaster for the u.s. for the west but only for millions of people in the middle east who are suffering that their traditions of the kills and so on and so as i said earlier there has to be a major reorientation western foreign policy towards the region these short term mists idea that you can play with fire that you can grab

a tiger by the tail that you can support rebels and fanatics and then hopefully the war we. clearly are unraveling before our eyes so unless it is a major reorientation a coup or chaos will get worse there has to be an into the hypocrisy and double standards support for the party of visual and its massacre of women and children guys as we speak attempts to undermine one of the only known c.t.d. and governments in the region right now the sitting government and supporting proxies whether it's in ukraine or whether it's in the middle east or anywhere else in the world this must come to an end ok thanks so much for giving us your take on this joining us from the u.k. that's journalist john white thank you. 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

parties a renewed. obviously it will affect russia as 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 this awful gas war between russia and ukraine some years back and they could be looking for another repetition of that experience if indeed 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. meanwhile political analyst. says that 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. it were slovakia bulgaria and partially other countries by saying that this proposal will never gets reality since the pressure from brussels by commission and other actors from the national states will stop this proposal by york. well the south stream pipeline that's currently under construction now remains one possible route for russian energy supplies around ukraine its construction however was frozen by bulgaria back in june after brussels said it didn't comply with the e.u. regulations bulgaria itself is highly dependent on russian gas supplies which make up more than ninety percent of its domestic consumption. and oil transit would also be affected by a possible ukrainian blockade but russian oil company trans the afters offered assurances that it will be able to fulfill most of its obligations one option will

be to read directs the flow to another branch of the pipeline network through bella reuss instead of ukraine and the company spokesman said a ban would hit hungary slovakia and the czech republic. the danger of an energy blockade comes with some e.u. countries already bracing for an economic hit they fear that they could lose billions of euros because of russia's ban on food imports russia is blocking imports of meat fruit vegetables and some dairy and fish products for the period of one year european agriculture will take the brunt and some farmers an export as they are demanding to be compensated for their losses. if someone there know 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. the national put it 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 stamp to work. some estimates suggest that the ban could cost the finnish economy as much as a billion euros mostly from dairy exports elsewhere the german trade union that deals with wholesale foreign trade said that the ban posed a risk to the anti or economy in greece the opposition party syriza accuse the current government of hurting farmers in ireland the minister of agriculture said that there was real worry particularly regarding cheese exports which were valued four and a half million euros in two thousand and thirteen. ukrainian army surrounds the largest cities in the country's.

shelves it residential areas hospitals and even churches moscow is already providing aid to children injured in the conflict zone will have more on the ongoing hostilities very shortly. but first at least one teen reportedly killed has been killed and fourteen palestinians wounded one seriously in fierce clashes with israeli soldiers across the west bank. the israeli army used tear gas rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse thousands of people staging protests against the military offensive that palestinian protesters threw stones and fireworks at troops the west bank has seen skirmishes a number of times since the beginning of the month long conflict but this time to ten towns including bethlehem and ramallah were involved fear reports for r.t. 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 the fighting in a train israel and hamas and other factions in gaza well earlier today the operation by israel resumed on gaza as rocket fire from gaza continued after this 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 gaza israel war protests have become early warning form of expressing anger against the israeli offensive in gaza a string of incidents suggested an increase of anti semitism and attacks on jewish communities across different parts of the world marina culture of it takes a look. we've seen the tragic images. and the public outrage that followed. 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 at a local jewish center in the danish capital copenhagen police had to disperse a pro israel rally fearing for the safety of those taken parts in italy rome's historic jewish area has been transformed by graffiti and flyers covering shops and walls and even in berlin german protesters were seen barren and systematic banners and chance in hate slogans thousands of brits show up at each program palestinian rally calling for an answer israel's operation and demanding that let's stop selling weapons to the. foreign office minister baroness falsie also quit calling david cameron's position on gaza morally indefensible others but 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. . to stay with us all have details of the latest violence from ukraine and plenty more news after this short break. we're all talking about language as well but i will only react to such right i have read the reports from. pollution and no i will leave that to state park to comment on your latter point. to say it is their k.l.a.

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welcome back a photo correspondent working for the russian real novice the agency has reportedly been detained by ukraine's national guard the agency says that under a stand in who disappeared in the east of the country three days ago is now in the hands of the security service or kiev denies that stand in was last heard from on tuesday when he sent photos from the region of first communication disruptions were blamed for the loss of contact he's been working all over restive regions where several reporters have been killed or abducted just two weeks ago a british journalist who filed several reports for r.t. was snatched by security services and he was held for three days and says that he was beaten and tortured before being thrown out of ukraine's. army. ukrainian army is moving in on the largest cities in the country's east in an attempt to crush the anti-government resistance there military officials say that they are ready and troops to fight in the streets of then yes and lugansk as part

of the next face to take back control of the rest of regions a correspondent for 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 kind of calls and detail of the region in these parts of the country they spokesperson 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 lugansk these are big cities of course with these promises from cave to intensify the attacks the concerns are that there could be even more civilian deaths in less than four months 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 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 old this is the situation now in ukraine. moscow's receiving refugees that have fled the combat zones of east ukraine a number of children badly hurt in the fighting have now arrived in the russian capital but many more remain stranded under fire as cochon of the reports nine severely injured 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 injured during the bombing some 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 are company of them say that if they only take

those who can state in the refugee camp and clean that only in that area there are over forty children in such condition they see they need a humanitarian corridor but so far the situation in that area remains too challenging to make that a possibility. 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 its accounts 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 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 it for 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 nation so that just promotes it in a sense some in social media hit back at gun advocates by changing the book's cover irony aside 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 are a great purchase to get. and this hank was crossing the creek they said these little red slipped. and when he did the better they get hit the guy all. and it went off and shot or hit 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 your perry parents carry guns i can't even stretch my mind up or it's so for me it's just. very a 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 to. take a very short break and then sophie shevardnadze will be taking a look at why some in the u.k. with the muslim words are a threat to the country. clean more zero casualties war this is the great fantasy of warmongering politicians. capturing people is this what do you do if they're innocent killing them easy we

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