in this edition of the week. including the conflict in the east. is a food import responding to. consider halting russia's energy transfer to europe. israel and the palestinians agree to another seventy two hour ceasefire talks in egypt. violence has continued to.

the same group. into the weekend here in our to. the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the minute as well i'm going to welcome our top story. surrounded the city of. the regional capital which was shelled all day on sunday. the wrestler scenes earlier in the week two apartment blocks in the city center suffered significant damage from constant bombardment look arrested and described the horrors of the deadly attacks. but wonders if you and says you i did not ride.

i feel them into the photo work of road destruction have. given up looking. you know you know it was a national. poll. we did. government activists in the nets say they're ready for a ceasefire with kiev forces in order to prevent further civilian deaths just about every neighborhood in the city has been bombarded on the rafah electricity shortages not long ago donetsk was a completely different place let's take a look at some facts about the country's fifth largest city the next car a population of almost one million forbes name but the best place for business in

ukraine last year has been one of the nation's key economic obs in the center of its mining industry and a couple of years ago the nets hosted the euro two thousand and twelve football championship matches today though driving around in it could lead to things like this you're watching a missile hit a highway with a driver who filmed it extremely lucky to escape harm and many others have fled be in battle city ended up in russian risk for national myth some of those refugees on the border. in each of these cars individual stories of anger uncertainty and loss. these ukrainians are fleeing their homes for russia after months of conflict has left well over one thousand civilians dead and reduced whole cities to rubble the people in these cars have already spent six or seven hours sitting in line waiting to cross the border which is still a kilometer away but they say they are ready to wait as they practically have no

other choice but deal of a cruel. well below average of muslims made up of them nationalists you. know got more snow with this don't you don't usually many of the cars here have a sign saying they've got children onboard a war doesn't discriminate between age or gender only no children it's safe to be in two to three. but you know what a little sheepish will get us closer to his nose the way that little little. cluster point you know which of you which is the planet this is where many refugees will end up when they make it across the border to russia and people here are angry because i saw them also but also my but i still not all feel lucy shirt abortion so i'm a bit from her word it really could be simple but i was floored did scope so gross margin. of course her doctor says he's planning has to

go back to ruin your story the more you do. your thoughts enjoy your version for abortion rights group over for. most of what are you in here to use if you can't be ethical. he invites me to see where they found shelter to rest so many refugees many don't have a proper place to sleep. because his wife also doctor tells us how she lost her home and you served as a board before i don't know. if you need to be a regular dom before. you get up the. pressure this could be cheap this camp is designed for a thousand people but there are at least twice as much air now every afternoon officials managed to send up to three hundred refugees from eastern ukraine to

different parts of russia but every evening even more erratic these people have managed to escape but their fight for a peaceful loan is just beginning. and if notional from russian ukrainian told. the un say seven hundred thirty thousand refugees have fled to russia from eastern ukraine since the beginning of the year moscow also offered aid for those displaced inside ukraine but washington sees there's no need for the type of help given that ukraine has allowed international humanitarian groups to deliver aid within its territory there is no logical reason why russia should seek to deliver. almost. apparently un philanthropists think children a better. care of ignores pleas from russian human rights groups to move youngsters to safety and what is the un think kids deserve to be safe.

this week more than four hundred ukrainian troops crossed into russia because they didn't want to fight for the kiev government anymore it's happened before but they were never so many soldiers laying down their arms at the same time. well we have all witnessed so many deaths and other terrible things so all of us are very happy to be here we've been given new clothes and managed to rest and we're very grateful for that which. we were encircled we had no way out so to keep the manpower safe our commanders decided to escape to russia i think for no clear reason the ukrainian population is destroying itself because on both sides we and they are the same people are not in the book. the soldiers were housed in a special count almost half of them have since returned home he was having

a hard time recruiting new soldiers and those already fighting have been complaining of terrible conditions faulty equipment and incompetent commanders. the army says it needs a leavened billion dollars to update its weapons and for all their needs but ukraine struggling to provide the cash on the soldiers are also running out of food the charges the website set up to help them out ukrainian troops well they are being paid far from good wages as well and our citizens are being forced to fund a military tax. the events that are happening in ukraine can be traced to protests and kiev's independence square which led to a government in the winter and the iconic landmark has seen a new wave of violent clashes and demonstrations this week just like back in february people are refusing to leave the camps that they set up on the square back then the violent clashes led to the overthrow of president coverts but many of

those who are still camped out believe the revolution isn't finished they are unhappy with some of the people who came to power in ukraine. this is. some in the crowd burned car tires and others even set their own tents on fire a few police officers were injured when they flashed but the demonstrators you have to america tell a klitschko. came in to help dismantle the tent camp she was enough to vest on that same independence square just months or a year some say the people are still out in my town because they haven't seen the changes they expected situations quite ironic to say the least since the revolution seemed to take a three hundred sixty degree turn the government they have right now is simply replaced the other and they're simply at a point of exit right now where it seems like nothing much exchange overall plus there's a civil war in east some forces from the might don have gone on into power and they

are now acting against those that are outside of power that have political differences with the regime that has come to power and so we see a lot of ideological differences katy personality fighting and really a power play among different factions. russia's bomb on western imports could cause food producers billions of dollars it comes response to the e.u. the u.s. and some other nations imposing sanctions on moscow following what they say is russia's influence in the ukrainian crisis they're all over it does the sums do it for those that backed sanctions russia's ban on the imports of certain food stamps from the u.s. canada australia the way have you seen response to the economic sanctions imposed almost sco the ban will block meat fruit vegetables some dairy and fish imports for one year those watching international trade say this 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 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 the european i've just said to bed. the brunt of the import ban e.u. leaders that backed sanctions against russia look likely to face farmers in export is demanding compensation 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 our remaining crops of oranges and we don't know what will happen if no one buys them from 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 staff to work terms of them so i don't know what we're going to do if this

continues. being threatened in our region we have dedicated to good part of our produce to this market and so this is very dramatic force. european food exports to russia worth over twelve billion euros last year if you win year and penland with the first contact brussels about compensation some estimates suggest the ban could cost the finnish economy four hundred million euro mostly from dairy exports elsewhere 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 says accuse 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 exports which were valued at four point five million euro in twenty thirteen european analysts a warning that sanctions aren't the way to find

a solution we trade is a key for peace we shouldn't be in this game of tit for tat thing or we sanctions we we should be negotiating on the same table but as it stands russian consumers are going to have to go with out certain imports western exports is going to be locked out the bush market peter all other party. ukraine is considering its own sanctions against russia on tuesday the parliament is expected to vote on measures are blind by the prime minister which could include stopping the transit of energy. well let's take a look at what thought could mean for buyers of russian gas in the u. right now the bloc gets about a third of its gas from russia with most that delivered via a ukraine cutting the route off could be harmful for the industry of some european countries take slovakia or bulgaria for instance which are almost entirely powered by russia many others rely on it as

a main source as well of course this scheme could be replaced by sidestream a pipeline project bypassing ukraine altogether its construction is being hindered by e.u. lawmakers but southern nations say they're ready to push through construction don you mccallum's executive director at the wrong pole institute believes that the consequences of a gas blockade will be drastic for ukraine on the. really what ukraine is is doing is committing economic suicide in the us it's so demanding that the e.u. apply its own sanctions is demanding that the europeans commit economic suicide but remember ukraine is spending six million dollars a day on its war against the people in the east of that country this money is is borrowed money well i find it ironic that the most bellicose of nations and i'm thinking particularly of poland and its foreign minister radek sikorski he is the one who is taking the most pleasure and sticking it to russia while the average

poll is going to have an awfully bitter winter this year thanks to use of course as you know poland i think it's around ninety percent of its gas its energy from russia so they will be caught all the baltic states are also heavily dependent they're also particularly bellicose against russia so in a way they're cutting off their own noses to spite their faces. still to come in the program a small passenger plane crashes in the arena capital thirty nine forty eight people on board are reported to have been killed i think aircraft came down right after takeoff. special forces loyal to iraq's prime minister have been deployed in the center of baghdad the troops on shia militias are said to be controlling all main roads in the city and blocking entrances to it as well guards of the president policies have been put on high alert. he gave

a tough speech accusing the president of violating the constitution of the field to support maliki's third term as prime minister on sunday a constitutional deadline to nominate a new prime minister expired meanwhile the u.n. on the u.s. repeated their calls for baghdad to come up with an all inclusive government but says washington has not pledged full support to the president journalist and author long. evarist thinks the u.s. would like to see the embattled prime minister removed. of the molecule regime has was put in power by the united states is a product of the two thousand and three invasion it is a pro imperialist very reactionary very repressive regime it is fueled sectarian cantons carried out vicious crimes against the sunni population and the us as a gun bombing iraq once again so i would not doubt that the united states is

maneuvering behind the scenes to put in power. that is more comfortable with. its couching all of this in the name of humanitarianism and the unity of iraq. this deepening political crisis comes just as washington authorized a new military operation in iraq this week u.s. jets carried out four rounds of strikes and to harvest militants sweeping iraq's north and approaching the capital of the semi autonomous kurdish region f. eighteen fighters and drones targeted militants artillery positions and vehicles aiding the kurdish military in their attempts to push the islamic state from back as a result of a summer offensive that you have a sub seized oil rich territories in the north west of iraq proclaimed in the slum caliphate there. hundreds of thousands of people from the religious minority had to flee the militants who are threatening to kill them unless they convert to islam

seeking to escape to turkey refugees ended up surrounded by joe harvest in a month in this region harvests have killed five hundred cities while scores of more reportedly died stranded on the monckton the us president named protecting minority groups as one of the main goals of the country's military involvement but some of our gas suggested that the hottest offensive was inadvertently aided by washington in the first place but we really have to look at the real western foreign policy in the middle east that 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 or implicitly supporting them in syria is madness these are u.s. weapons u.s. weapons on both sides in this from bat 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 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 just struction. the. reportedly captured another city in the north of iraq earlier a suicide blast killed ten kurdish fighters there the so-called peshmerga forces were defeated after days of fierce clashes with militants according to reports kurdish fighters earlier regaining control over two other tons in the north. a new seventy two hour ceasefire between israel and the palestinians came into effect at nine pm g.m.t. on sunday this week witnessed the fresh wave of violence with civilians in gaza again bearing the brunt the sides had restarted hostilities after previous talks to prolong a cease fire brought little result. i

. was. a month long conflict that has claimed more than nineteen hundred lives that gaza in ruin on the return of facilities brings the region even closer to monetary and disaster tens of thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged by israeli strikes universities hundreds of schools and mosques were rendered to rubble reports say how the million people were displaced knots almost a third of the population for more than a million civilians as well there's no fresh drink couple water. fell from human rights watch told r.t. it's fair to brandy its really operation a war crime gaza's infrastructure is on the brink of collapse there has been such

massive destruction in areas that the israeli military declared a no go zone that covered almost half of gaza's territory we've seen cease fires in the past be held up as justifications when western countries or the israeli military claims that hamas violated the cease fire in the past that has been held up as a justification and a claim that any future civilian deaths would be the responsibility of hamas for violating the cease fire the laws of war need to stop being violated and that finally for once in gaza there needs to be criminal accountability for war crimes. the deaths sparked massive protests across the globe over the weekend tens of thousands of people united in a worldwide day of rage against the israeli offensive with the latest rally taking place in brussels also in new york several hundred people marched to the u.n. headquarters to protest the killing of palestinians on the gas a blockade the german capital saw more than

a thousand people waving palestinian flags and chanting deewar slogans one of the largest protests took place in march say in france where crowds condemn president all on for his support of israel's actions and more than twenty thousand people gathered in london slamming the government for sponsoring israel on accusing the b.b.c. of quote biased coverage the destruction of gas also brought many dissenting voices from within the israeli armed forces closely or spoke to some of. you know that there are a lot of soldiers a come back and say to yourself you know what the hell are we doing here why are we using so much force why are we treating the best way is one such form israeli soldier she calls herself an anti occupation activist and was one of fifty percent of troops to sign an open letter to the washington post but fusing was sort of juicy talk on our show you know about the year in the service i didn't talk about this thing in so many out there you just a part of it but more and more soldiers are choosing not to be part of an army

increasingly seen as the bully in the region we are spending billions and billions of. different through the system and there is no hope of different. we are not prepared for it than verbal river possibility from overcoming five wars in eighty years levanon two thousand and six thirty four days more than eight hundred people killed and in the end israel faced an even stronger hizbollah four devastating wars with them us two thousand and six eight twelve and fourteen thousand killed international outrage and in the end israel faced a unity government between former rivals hamas and fatah her foreign policy was. we had four years in the which we lost the middle east. we lost.

we in a way lost egypt. we are of very eyes in the middle east and many would argue more vulnerable the latest operation protective age has done seemingly little to protect israel in the long term you're not going to finish by trying to physically to start from us there isn't and there's nothing that indicates that it will work this time or indeed the next time and that's taking its toll on the reputation of what was once considered one of the world's most efficient fighting forces the hope is that the coming days will see a permanent cease fire in place but bottom line gaza is in tatters mistrust between israelis and palestinians is at an all time high policy r.t. tel aviv. a passenger plane crash has reportedly killed thirty nine people in the arena in capital tehran the aircraft came time right after takeoff if you see that forty eight people were on board including at least five children it

crashed in a residential area five kilometers from the runway injuring several people on the ground as well an engine problem is believed to have been the cause of the accident there have been at least seventeen fatal crashes involving a reunion plane since two thousand but the country prohibited from buying your craft aviation expert christie aides thinks western sanctions have undermined the safety of iran's passenger jets but talking about an aging fleet of aircraft and we're also talking about the fact that. lines within parts of the world have long been starved of the spares needed to maintain those. craftily. primarily because of the sanctions that have been imposed so the fleet getting old the bits for the. in short supply or non-existent already being bought on the black market for which there is no.

safety guarantee. and it revokable lists leading to tens of millions of deaths was made exactly a century ago the beginning of the great war pave the way for major political changes and revolutions all over the world farmer investigates the event but remains in the history books forever. franz ferdinand. set off a chain of events that would lead to the great war within a matter of days the great powers of europe particularly had war on each other when it all started cranks cheered and welcome the fighting little did they know of the horrors that lay ahead while the battle lines were drawn long before russia joined with britain and france forming the allied powers on one side and on the other side the central powers of austria-hungary in germany later joined by the ottoman empire and both garia while russia fielded five million men at the start almost as much as

germany and austria hungary combined and war raged everywhere. and always warships delivered tons of rands with explosions shaking the expanse of the sea conflict filled the sky city for the first time and pilots of the first war planes were regarded as heroes the breakthrough for russia came in nine hundred sixteen russian armies managed to ram through enemy lines almost a hundred kilometers into austrian territory threatened the central powers sent thirty divisions to the eastern front easing the burden for the allies in the west from that moment germany had lost the strategic advantage but it was too late for russia the people exhausted by war coupled with a weaken government to read revolution it enjoying growing support the bolsheviks urged troops to abandon their posts let germany have whatever it wants and by nine hundred eighteen the war ended for russia but despite that the role it played is

hard to overstate it carried on it shoulders alone in the burden of the eastern front and helped end the war which would claim eighteen million lives. coming up after the break it's worlds apart the post reporter. says the media leave us so we leave the media by the same motions security for your party visible. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our team. on marriage and in the financial world. to goldman's cannot stop it is the

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