our headlines q have promises it will soon control the government strongholds of lugansk and our team mates those putting their lives in danger to help refugees flee the constant bombardment. comes true for the chair of the israeli state is playing out well see the israel when use its bombardment of gaza triggering mass rallies worldwide we report from london and berlin where to the global protests against the spiraling palestinian death toll look heard. also u.s. . strikes on new militant targets in iraq as president obama admits that washington's

military involvement in the country could be a long term operation. also this hour the russian navy pushes away a u.s. attack submarine lurking on the country's northern coast. from our international news center here in moscow this is our team international my name's union o'neill welcome to our top story kiev says its forces are ready to take over lugansk. two key cities of government resistance in eastern ukraine. being without water and electricity for a week according to the city council. says the city was shelled for twenty two hours on thursday a six year old girl report. oddly becoming the latest victim of the attacks there

this is a map of lookouts the red dots are areas which were hit marked by local residents authorities in the lugansk region say up to one and a half thousand people died there are cheering me on the terror campaign. they met some of those risking their lives to help survivors escape the war so. it's the final countdown for the gun east and. the winds are now eastern ukraine remains under the control of and together and forces the challenge in the region is intensifying we tried to cross the border to cover wherever it is to come the next checkpoint at the russian ukrainian border the line of cars and people stretches for kilometers and almost nobody is willing to cross into ukraine once you are through here we're in the empty terrible ration zone where no one can guarantee your safety few hours research for a driver to take us towards the guns with little success then we met and that

totally he's sixty three years old and east from the guns almost every day he travels to russia and then back to equate with a nation. when people escape from the attacks they took very little with that that's why many of the refugees don't even have documents when they arrive in a nucleus so why bring them out the way mr recently people have started to ask him to bring them into claims they've lost hope of a quick and to the crisis. anatoly says sometimes he arrives too late and the house he has been sent to has either been looted or dies in ruins we ask him to take us along on one of his salvage treats but he says he hasn't been able to get across the border for two days himself the reporter go on for you don't know if you will be shot at or not when you're driving through the garden there is an area the army uses to attack the city where they're surrounded but they keep attacking the city.

so instead we try to get to danny ask we ask an anti government fighter with lies ahead and is under tells us his small town which lies between the seats and the border has seen some of the most intense shelling in the area is driving back there and he admits the rock he traced. i think they don't want to let their initial g.'s cross the russian border which is why they are shooting at the roads as they are also trying to cut us off from humanitarian aid food and water the moment is that xander politely refuses to take us with him we take his number and agree to keep in touch to check on him and the road once he reaches his destination the wrong several times but no one is answering reef nationality on the russian ukrainian border the national guard is a privately funded group which is fighting alongside kiev forces many ultra nationalists are known to be part of those units here they are storming the high

spot modern partly this thing is an outtake government fighter as is being kept they must not hear shots obscenity and asks where the weapons are but then the assailants stuff their victim into a pack of press and taken away. mall school has launched a support campaign for a russian photo reporter who's missing in eastern ukraine photos of c.n.n. will be hunted eyed and people are being urged to spread the word about them online the reinforce the employee has not been heard from since thursday c.n.n. is a veteran reporter who's worked in hotspots such as syria. egypt some russian security officials suggest that he may have been detained by ukraine security authorities kiev hasn't commented on disappearance yet while moscow is continuing efforts to find him. the free hush type has emerged on twitter with lots of people using it

to show support for the missing photo reporter some are saying he's been illegally detained and should be freed while other users have been offering words of encouragement for c.n.n. several other russian journalists have previously disappeared in eastern ukraine with later transpiring they were held by kiev forces. activists continue to come by it on the central square in the ukrainian capital they're resisting attempts by authorities to make them leave the iconic landmark known as mike down some tents in the camper briefly set on fire on the scuffles with police and city authorities trying to find which people like some officers were injured on a number of people detained the protesters say the revolution isn't finished so they're not ready to leave their claim that some kiev official stole their money and killed people they need to face justice. ukraine's parliament will

vote on tuesday on whether or not to cut russian gas transits through its territory king of could implement such a measure as part of a pocket of sanctions against moscow but the move could hurt ukraine's european allies as well. explains obviously it will affect russia's shipments to europe but it will should look at the implications the 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 hundred percent of their gas supply from russia via ukraine and of course with all those countries have already found themselves out in the cold literally here in this so-called 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 posing these sanctions but as a result what we're looking at really is ukraine punishing its european neighbors. russia's been building a scythe stream pipeline so that gas deliveries can go abroad in ukraine and to

countries in europe but will dariya blocked its construction this summer after u.s. officials criticized the project in brussels said that it breaks e.u. rules now suddenly in europe like italy want sidestream to go ahead while austria signed a pipeline construction agreement with russia. at least five palestinians have been killed in gas a day after a fragile cease fire with a mouse crumbled three bodies including one of a senior hamas official where find under the ruins of a mosque in total three miles were destroyed overnight as this really work pains continued strikes on palestinian territories fighting erupted on friday breaching a brief come in the month long conflict which is claimed up to nineteen hundred palestinian lives and sixty seven this release. the renewed violence some increased

death toll has triggered widespread protests across the globe party fear reports for r.t. from ramallah in the west bank where one of the fiercest clashes took place. behind me palestinian use caution with israeli troops many have just buried their relative and friend twenty year old mohammed guitarist who was killed yesterday by a gunshot to his heart in clashes with israeli soldiers this side an illegal settlement he had by here and earlier this morning another palestinian man a middle aged man succumbed to his wounds sustained in set for clashes in the south west bank yesterday hamas said code for a day of rage and thousands of palestinians came out yesterday and clashed with is ready troops throwing stones and in some cases fireworks against well armed and well ahmed israeli soldiers who responded with tear gas and in some cases gun fire

while inside the gaza strip several palestinians are being killed including at least three children since israel resumed its operation against hamas hamas has resumed its rocket fire into southern israel the hamas movement wants to win serious concessions from israel mainly the lifting of the eight year long paid to the gaza strip inside the perceived coastal on clay of all of gaza almost one third of the population remain in touch and the displaced and today israel has stepped up its strikes on the gaza strip. hundreds of protesters marched against the israeli operation outside the united nations headquarters in new york city let's hear a chef's grip orts from the rally. several hundred people have gathered in new york city to protest against the military operation in gaza this is a free palestine protest and we keep hearing things about the ongoing onslaught in

israel but essentially this is more than that this is about stopping the u.s. more machine. this protest in new york is part of a global free palestine campaign happening everywhere across the blood of the cross it is a very multinational here we see flags of different countries from latin america from europe of course the palestine it is the same in terms of the slogans that what we see in iraq but it's different altogether not every day you can see such a big march through the streets of new york but this is a particular city and they are going to have particular place. in the final destination of the free palestine protesters literally across the street from the u.n. headquarters in new york it's a weekend the diplomats are not in the office but this book are here pretty much tells the story of how angry the protestors are about you and according to them doing not enough to save people in gaza course again it's we can't diplomats at all

the office but people here are genuinely hoping that their voices will be hard let's hear a chest a hearty reporting from new york city. mosque protests have also taken place in london where people gathered on the streets to condemn the offense in cows a river reports from the english capital. thousands have gathered here at b.b.c. have orders who want to organize us are saying is the biggest rally to date in support of the palestinian people at the rally started here because these people here are protesting against what they say is the b.b.c. is unfair and biased already told the phone in gaza for the first time their year because they feel that their message is not being heard the baby thank you not presenting like you want to know that they're not moving over to the us embassy will be demanding he was government stops by who was and who is sean was demanding was going to do was why he was also whether arms exports eyeballing the people who are going to widen the armed forces all the arms exports from the u.k.

to israel at the preschool which on their most people can't think why all the power to raise right so they can kill innocent children and women and palestine it's an absolute this crisis of course comes on the heels of foreign office some of the run this was already on the wall this novel what she says was that it was a warning to position all the way to god to bring you the really was what we got it was the protest was. in berlin demonstrators say they're rallying not against israel but against the ongoing operation which has left many innocent dead peter all of reports from the german capital. here in berlin we've seen a lot of people come out into the center of the city to show their support. and their opposition to the ongoing military operation is taking place from the israeli military just here you can see a flag in the shape of the the flag of the palestinian people. each color

representing the names and the ages of somebody who's been killed since the current idea for peroration got under way what everybody is telling me here though is that this isn't an unseen israeli demonstration it's not an anti jewish demonstration but this is a demonstration against this operation it is not about israel but of course the government of israel is ordering these atrocities i would be against the same thing in the opposite side you know when and when you don't want to see. innocent people to be killed the majority of people here actually calling for we can see here for the people you caught of israeli goods saying that that's the best way to try and try and send a message to israel to stop buying their products and hit them in the pocket rather than make any kind of un-p.c. messick or anti jewish message. across the globe demonstrations something held

against the israeli operation in gaza which shows no signs of ending par asbos one of the other european couples to witness rallies people also protested in the run on green with israel's actions elsewhere in the world from africa to a strategic crowds in a number of nations joined by displays of anger. still to come in the program a huge arctic exploration project russian and u.s. oil giants start drilling up the most northerly oil well in russia a story and more coming up after a short break. i'm abby martin the stories we cover here are not going here in iraq other big story hamstrung the headlines same time there's a reason they don't want to. reset. now let's break the

set. with the unit paying union promise to make ukraine become part of it it clearly contributed to the bathtub ration of tensions within ukraine ukraine will not become part of the european union who won't tell tales ukraine absolutely doesn't have the economic level to become part of the e.u. . walk

and walk an american submarine has been chased away from russia shortest navy spotted the vessel in the northern bar in sea and sent over an empty submarine stryker prone cos rev takes up the story the american submarine was detected near russia's northern border in the bering sea and was shadowed by a navy strike force and an aircraft then you can air powered virginia class submarine is capable of launching twelve tomahawk missiles among other armaments after about half an hour over radio contact then merican were pushed away from the border by the northern fleet reconnaissance of russia continues from under the water and in the skies in july an american spy plane the rivet joint was reportedly conducting surveillance of the russian military when detected by radar it was then forced to illegally cross into swedish airspace after being chased by a russian fighter jet swedish an american authorities kept silence about the incident for nearly a month but were pushed to admit swedish airspace had been violated after reports

in local media over a staunch u.s. ally sweden is not a member of nato so they infringement cause some anger the swedish press along with their foreign called leagues made sure the violation of the country's borders was firmly made public knowledge. r.t. . u.s. fighter jets and drones have carried out for more strikes in iraq reportedly targeting you how this vehicle is firing at civilians after barak obama said that washington's resumed operation in the country is likely to be a quote long term project american fighter jets conducted two runs of a toxin friday on the pentagon has released a video all of the strikes you can see an f. eighteen fighter jet obliterating artillery positions belonging to the islamic state terrorist group the president say the operation in iraq is solely aimed at protecting u.s. personnel as well as ethnic minorities fleeing the jihad is that months obama added

that he won't let the country be dragged into another war there but it's you who are pissing off reports washington may have inadvertently reinforce the enemy it's not about playing. one leaving behind a sovereign stable and self-reliant iraq three years on is america coming back so they also rise to operations in iraq targeted airstrikes to protect our american personnel. and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians the target this time is the islamic state formally known as isis a terror organization which hasn't only been rampaging through the country with tremendous speed and extreme violence but is even proclaimed its own state stretching from iraq to syria so radical even al qaeda says it's too much brutally murdering anyone even muslims in its way destroying holy sites attacking religious minorities taking control of key infrastructure including would refineries and dams

military hardware as well while certainly potentially more dangerous today than al qaeda they are very extremely radical group with increasing capabilities capabilities which you are only slightly state just set its sights way beyond iraq and syria. and could tell you. and i know i don't have that to another but it wasn't just the two of you know that can. not other not enough to get out of the cells on the model alone because you know can i shall love it and i got so enough i'd say a lot in keep a will of dealing with them on its own back that's to washington for help woodward to be slamming state or isis fighters come from we are where we are because we armed the syrian rebels we have been fighting alongside al-qaeda fighting alongside isis isis is now in bold and in two countries but here's the anomaly we're with isis in syria we're on the same side of the war so those who want to get involved to stop isis in iraq are allied with isis in syria that is the real contradiction

to this whole policy the white house says that the limited u.s. military action in iraq could be extended to what we see standing state tightens its grip on iraq according to the u.n. and around two hundred thousand new refugees have fled their homes what isis claims it's made more than a dozen military gains over the past five days alone you are just going off r t. washington is also calling on baghdad to form an inclusive government that will give iraqis a base the country that you how this threat on their own but some experts think that militants were given more than a leg up by the u.s. in the first place we really have to look at the reality and kishen 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 these

are us weapons us weapons on both sides in this combat just as three years ago in libya and in so many wars when you are the top supplier of weapons to the world seventy nine percent of weapons transfers into the middle east or from the united states you're going to have u.s. weapons all to on all sides which is just fine for absolutely our weapons makers looking for a profit but each fuels destruction. lots more stories for you online right now including world of thanks russia holds the world biathlon championship with a dozen countries and all participating in the offense in the competition already vehicles must overcome obstacles and of course shoot targets head to our team dot com you'll find the full story on video. also there an origami inspired robot scientist at the veldt the new ballpark can assemble itself from a flock of sheets of material more than months on our web site.

russian american oil giants have launched a joint project to explore the arctic rosneft on exxon mobil are using a huge rig owned by a norwegian company north to drilling to work on the most northern oil well in russia russian president vladimir putin speaking during a tele conference to mark the launch compliment of america's exxon mobile cooperation in the praja. the u.s. and russian companies both expressed their long term commitment to the joint venture. but the attention resources in this project can be compared with the biggest loser lives in saudi arabia and a much bigger than the resources of the mexican govt a loss of canada so we're paying special attention. to the platform is located far out on the open sea so there's a multi level system of security here and we're using the latest technology and.

the leaders of armenia and azerbaijan are now unsought whether expected to join russian brokered talks about the armed conflict in one corner can ethically or meaning an enclave in azerbaijan a territory the only going tensions there go back decades in the beginning of the ninety's the region wanted to obtain independence which led to a war between the nations the conflict some thirty thousand lives and officially ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when a ceasefire was proclaimed been dependence of the region was not recognized since then occasional shooting incidents have occurred the violence that erupted at the start of august has led to both a media and azerbaijan accusing each other of breaking the cease fire. in an attempt to promote peace talks the russian president held separate meetings with his rimini and an observation on the counterparts in saudi all three presidents met together saturday evening of a martial arts advance warning to spokesman all three parties could meet at the

same table on sunday. let's move on to more world news in brief a tour bus is falling off a ten meter cliff in tibet killing forty four people the bus careens after crashing into a pileup which involved a pickup truck a sports utility vehicle the road where the accident occurred how experienced the muscle blunt slide earlier in the week roads in that's a bit mountains are known for being especially dangerous during the summer rainy season. several african countries have declared a state of emergency as the deadly ebola virus continues to spread throughout the continent nigerian authorities have call for volunteers to come forward to help fight the outbreak officials in guinea say the nation has closed its borders with like bierria and sierra leone and zambia has announced that its travelers from the ball effected countries the u.n.

and world health organization are coordinating preventive measures to stop the spread of the deadly fire this. coming up here on r t international a closer look at america's use of drones in iraq but if you're in the u.k. it's boom bust host or an aid. a few weeks ago we discussed detroit's plans to shut off water to those who can't pay their bills logically what a basic human the system he could get taken away some protesters gathered to give their opinion on the issue at our plaza and what is the response from the state maybe some sort of dialogue or explanation as to why they have to turn off the water you know they turned on the high tech quote non lethal weaponry against the protesters they used an el red system which basically blasted the protesters with sound which sounds but intended humane until you look into it and read that the

weapon can cause permanent hearing loss the company even admits this is true at less than fifty meters we see all across the country so-called non-lethal weapons being used to very harmful and even to well we thought ns but why does this happen because they make breaking up protest easy unsafe for the cops remember in the old days when you had to physically break up protests or things like el read allow any coward to just flip a switch to disperse a crowd with not a drop of blood visible and the fact that it seems not harmful as the. please to be justified in using it whatever they want for the sake of the constitution i think no police forces should be able to use this technology but that's just my opinion. other than your culture why should these college face either surprise you.

pleasure to have you with us here on r t today i'm sure. the slippery slope doesn't only concern the use made of these machines. technological evolutions give these weapons more and more sophisticated capabilities. to see ram is a cannon that destroys missiles while they're flying. it

is fully automated and decides to shoot by itself. we can turn the machine on we can turn the machine off while the machine is operating we can stop it but when you have a missile coming in your reaction time is what i call mid-course where okra you have less than a second to decide and if you're wrong you've not only killed. but all your friends and soldiers around you. tony is the new wave it is the word in the mouth of every specialist these robots are they so skilled that they will eventually become independent and execute missions without human input.