for the. kiev steps up its artillery shelling of the antigovernment stronghold of dawn yet despite local militia a truce to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. israel and hamas agree a new three day ceasefire i mean hopes for a prolonged truce in the devastating month long war that's left more than one thousand eight hundred dead and. outrage over the police killing of a black teenager in the u.s. state of missouri witnesses say the eighteen year old was unarmed when he was repeatedly shot by the officer.

you're watching r.t. international we're coming to you live from moscow it's eight am here in the russian capital it's good to have you with us don yet in eastern ukraine is reeling from further heavy artillery fire which killed one person and injured ten others on sunday here forces pressed on with its assault despite local militia calling for a cease fire and warning of a humanitarian disaster residential areas were again pounded by shells. for the. local officials say more than ten civilian buildings were damaged including a hospital and a shop and yes the largest chemical plant was also nearly hit

a spokesman warned the bombardments of opposing ukraine and its neighboring countries risk of an ecological catastrophe this is the city or the nearby city of shock task another anti-government stronghold and targets of kiev's military operation weeks of fighting have turned it into a ghost town european security monitors reported gas and electricity supplies are cut off their water is barely available and shops are closed the u.n. says over a thousand people per day fleeing the war zone here's how refugees describe their ordeal. there you go. here you. know that you know that when things get people thinking that. it doesn't still google. plays in wasn't there to see. you doing it.

even with. you with. the ongoing strikes of force patients and staff of this maternity unit into the basement where expectant mothers are giving birth in poor conditions and i see say they managed to get upstairs for about ten minutes to get food and basic facilities but then the bombardment starts again. ukraine's president has told america secretary of state that he's inviting red cross coordinators to organize aid for people in lugansk now the city declared a state of humanitarian disaster last week russia wants to send emergency aid and they've been trying to get permission from key have to do so refinance now reports from the beleaguered city. the guns can made luke abandoned with the rusty people here. those who didn't flee have a daily struggle to survive the city has been without electricity for more than

a week now but it's the shortage of water which poses the biggest humanitarian challenge. in russian her name means home but she has little of that left not. being bombed so severely it's hardly anything left to mom people are running out of money how are we supposed to survive in this heat what is some sort of history demographics out. queues form early in the morning because people are afraid they won't be enough fuel to go around we all know. we used to have food and water now cleared has completely destroyed our city there's no water no electricity and out you didn't there is a breath field near there terrorizing us as i can as a daily and they survive the shelling on the weekend they have attacks all our businesses who for the main help for our economy and some of the cities districts

residents have to use water pumps because it's a no go zone for trucks that could share out the precious liquid fuel out of a used to bring water here but they stopped once the shelling started some say the driver of the water truck has lost a leg. the city with no water and no power also has no contact with the outside world there are big problems with connection now in the guns going all over the city where we couldn't get any signal anywhere but there are some places where people say you might be able to connect this is one of the places we keep on trying and trying we hope but still we don't have any signal but what we don't like about this place resists warning signs saying attention do not call shelling area. but people still try their luck they say the entire city is a shell an area now and at least here they can talk to relatives and friends on the phone and. every day in lugansk at least a dozen apartment buildings and private houses are hate by to refire some of them

more than once. two shells hit this building at the same time one from each side that's why everything is burning mccloy's flat is on the eighth floor fortunately none of his family was hurried when it was heat this plasma television is the only thing he managed to save he makes one more trip to salvage his belongings. but comes back minutes later empty handed. the u.n. estimates over one hundred seventeen thousand people are counted displaced inside ukraine and russia's authorities claim more than seven hundred thirty thousand ukrainians have crossed the border since the conflict started but in lugansk and other cities across eastern ukraine often huddled together terrified in dark basements and other havens which aren't always as safe as they seem many more remain. in the gonski ukraine. well ukraine

is threatening sanctions against russia and some of them may end up hating europeans the prime minister says key have may stop any kind of transport on its territory including the transit of oil and gas now on tuesday parliament is expected to vote on arson he gets a new plan and that could mean a cold winter for europe and find out why exactly right now the bloc gets about a third of its gas from russia most of that is delivered through ukraine cutting off the root could be harmful for industry in some european countries take slovakia area for example which almost entirely powered by russian fuel many others rely on their gas as a main source as well russia's gas of course the scene could be replaced by the south stream a pipeline project bypassing ukraine its construction is being hindered by e.u. lawmakers but southern nations say they're ready to push through with its construction the executive director at the ron paul institute believes that the

consequences of the gas blockade will be drastic for both ukraine and the e.u. . really what ukraine is is doing is committing economic suicide in the us itself 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 hall 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 cut off the baltic states are also heavily dependent they're

also particularly bellicose against russia so in a way they are cutting off their own noses to spite their faces. in other news the latest attempt at a temporary truce is underway in gaza israel and palestine agree to hold fire for three days after both accepted egypt's latest effort to broker an end to the violence the month long conflict has claimed more than one thousand eight hundred lives and left gaza in ruins. goals are. hard. for. the. five was was. israel says it will send negotiators back to cairo on monday to prolong the deal if

the truce holds it withdrew its delegation after the previous ceasefire ended in a firestorm of violence but while there are hopes for this fresh rest by two loss the conflict has cemented an anger among people which is unlikely to fade quickly are a fair reports. since the latest israel gaza conflict began there's been a spike in racial violence and tension between jews and arabs throughout both feel keep high territories and is realit self beyond me install that system of checkpoints here in two thousand and six now thousands of palestinians who live in the west bank but work inside israel must queue from dawn to reach their workplaces for business hours time their attitude to us since the war began has changed completely they have become more aggressive even now when we try to find transport to get to work there's discrimination regardless of how personally politically neutral they may be workers say they face discrimination and violence from some

israeli colleagues because they're really bothering us they're pressuring us a lot in work and constraining our freedom they won't let us move freely inside israel. since the war began were really fear of the settlers one leaves the house with fear in his heart the situation's not like before. in your keep in mind west bank civilians continue to suffer from what they say are random attacks by settlers in one recent incident an eight year old girl was hit by a car palestinians labeled it a settler terror incident and some israelis say they too now live in a climate of fear i am in the wife and and i when i walk him back i'm just so i can't survive my myself. an arabic dr come to take me from my home and i'm scared i'm scared i'm scared to drive them because there was

a case that they murder. a girl go to hell well and they killed her israel and the palestinians are war in gaza with vastly in balance military means and both societies are overwhelmingly supportive of their own people see this movie for eight years didn't feel any special but it's politics this is the symbol is not only from here to the but hamas i choose. to they voted for him for the hamas and now though we be was get the bomb but. needless to say the palestinian people see the current situation from a very different perspective as palestinians we cannot accept living. we cannot accept will be violated on daily basis and say we are fine with it by listing the people because of what they are or what they. people because they are simply.

do not accept occupation and its policies within the guards a war zone israeli soldiers have been accused of scrolling racist graffiti inside homes and needlessly destroying belongings locals see this as a way of demeaning them because they feel their humanity has been too. in away from them so it's also a lot of humiliation in there that they're not allowed to live as normal human beings for generations now empathy is a human trait and palestinians just like other humans around the road you know they just react to how they're being treated it's not clear whether the faltering cease fire negotiations process will fruit any sense of security and peace for both peoples here in israel it seems that many of blinded by fear unable to see why palestinians may have any animosity towards them and civilians from the west bank and those inside the gaza strip clearly on the receiving end of discrimination for

the mere fact that they are palestinians howry fear jerusalem. a lot a dot com has analysis on all dates on the latest israeli palestinian conflict which is the most deadly in years we've also gathered personal stories from people across social networks still to come here on r.t. international. terrified and starving in the wilderness thousands of iraqi minorities flee for their lives from the jihadist rampage in the capital the prime minister is busy trying to tighten his political grip this a more author a short break. but. if you. would you know the price is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy like ours. in

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back to our top story in ukraine now and former u.s. congressman ron paul says washington may be hiding the truth about the tragic malaysian plane crash in the east of the country it's hard to believe that the u.s. with all its spy satellites available for monitoring everything in ukraine that precise proof of who did what and when is not available when evidence contradicts our government's accusations the evidence is never revealed to the public for national security reasons of course too bad we can't depend on our government to just tell us the truth and show us the evidence i'm convinced it knows a lot more than it's telling us well let's talk more on the stalled probe on the crisis in ukraine with professor a professor paid to nick who collaborated with director all of a study on the untold history of the united states and professor peter because nick joins us live now here in our international thank you very much for your time on the flight recorders were recovered weeks ago now we aren't getting any information

why do you think that is. said to say that again played started in the flight recorders from m.h. seventeen were recovered a few weeks ago now but we're not getting any information no information is being made public why do you think that is. i think it's not surprising we're getting a story about what's happening in the ukraine that is very very distorted that's especially the case in the us media where there's a narrative that's emerging about evil putin who wants to expand the russian borders and recreate the soviet union so this is this vision of putin as this aggressive threat to world peace and stability is really destabilizing the region there are other forces at play there and the american public is not getting that

story well do you agree them with the wrong poll suspicion we heard it a few moments ago the the u.s. government government may have more information on what happened to m.h. seventeen and he's withholding that information deliberately. right now i'm in naga saki with my students in tokyo after nagasaki so we haven't been entirely on top of the latest developments there but there is a lot of suspicion as to why they've been delaying releasing that information and clearly the united states government is distorting this and not explaining the way it looks to the russian leaders we've got to you've got to put this in historical context we can trace it way back but even if we trace it to the end of the cold war you have to remember that the united states promised gorbachev that the that nato would not expand one foot eastward when they allowed the you know the german east

and west germany the united states has consistently expand that is were you know george w. bush said that we want to include ukraine and georgia as part of nato at some point so clearly the russians felt that they were being boxed in by western force that had betrayed its promises then with the more recent developments in the ukraine with the seeming overthrew the overthrow of a government that was trying to work out a solution to the problem the russian leaders saw this as a kind of illegal coup that was taking place so the russian perception of events consistently has been very different than the western perception of events however obama has been goading his european allies to a hard line stance against russia you have to see that the united states loves to impose sanctions repeatedly on country have to country the united states imposes

sanctions what's happened in ukraine is very complicated but when the united states invades iraq when the united states invades afghanistan when the united states invades libya along with its allies and the united states bombs countries around the world where the people imposing sanctions on the united states for actions that are. as in hundreds of thousands and in some cases over a million deaths so we've got a situation where the united states is pushing a policy of isolating and diligent in my eyes in the russian leaders in a way that is not going to produce stability so that their produce peace is not going to resolve the serious issues there are very very serious issues with ukraine ukrainian economy is a basket case where ukraine neighbors after the end of the cold war if you look at russia you look at bella ruse you look at poland they thrived economically ukraine has not ukraine was controlled by corrupt guards who have profited immensely off of

this but the ukrainian situation is one of serious economic crisis that can only be resolved by the west collaborating cooperating with the east it was the west that gave the ultimatum that said that ukraine had either be with the europeans or it had to be with russia and said they couldn't do both putin said we can resolve this by working together to solve the solution solve the problem and i think that's the kind of thinking that's necessary peter thank you very much it's been fascinating talking to you but i'm fortunate time is against us professor peter because nick from the american university here on r.t. international thank you thanks very much for your type. america's trigger happy policing is back to the fore after an eighteen year old was shot dead in the state of missouri mike brown who'd only recently graduated was on his way to visit his grandmother witnesses say he was unarmed and had his hands up when a police officer shot him multiple times and great crowds from the neighborhood where the teenager was gunned down marched on the local police headquarters demanding

justice for what they describe as a cold blooded murder tensions reportedly grew overnight with several calls destroyed and shops looted and set on fire mike brown's killing drew criticism from civil rights advocates over the violent police tactics and racial profiling is going to choose you can reports police brutality is being seen as commonplace rather unusual. captured on a bystanders camera new york police suspect the man of selling individual cigarettes i do so. moments later an officer puts him in what appears to be a choke hold and brings him to the ground where forty three year old eric gardner can be heard saying i can't breathe several times. harry garnett died lying at the feet of those police officers leaving behind a wife and six children my son is missing this day the officer who prepared garner in an apparent chokehold has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk

duty video garners death in july would viral sparking protests in local communities why has the city not been barking a campaign that targets zero deaths of police brutality but it's not just new york police that has been accused of using excessive force in recent months in arizona police confronted university professors or for jaywalking. i was never asked what my name was others never told that i was a violation in california at fifty one year old marlene pinette quote. walking along the highway when a patrol officer straddled her and began with p. diddley punching her upper body. the woman is known to be homeless and reportedly suffering from psychiatric problems i think much of the brutality sounds from our cultural problem with police officers have been used to school in a power structure where they can get away where almost anything because they are

the police video cameras have only captured some incidents but many more took place away from the public eye more and more people filmed their interactions with the police on camera one officer from new jersey was caught saying this to someone who argued he had a constitutional right to take pictures in a certain area early here writing police officers made pretty colorful so i knew a prison for prostitution for if the officer apologized for the statement then resigned to it is that the case is so brutality and well documented on camera casts a shadow on that thousands upon thousands of police officers who diligently do their work in cities across america but the hope is that greater public awareness will make some police officers think twice before abusing someone in washington i'm going to check out our team. america's notorious spy agency which we know has had

its eyes everywhere has also had its hond in a very different kind of blind justice the latest me suggest it's gone as far as deleting court transcriptions of affairs they may reveal too much more details on our website analyse dot com. there's no missing the moon right now it's at its closest and brightest in two decades and this was how the photographer and many people with some stunning luna images online take a look. at special forces and security. the offices loyal to iraq's prime minister have taken control of the capital vehicles and soldiers are mostly cordoned off baghdad's diplomatic hub where most state institutions are located nouri al maliki earlier gave a tough speech accusing the president of violating the constitution by failing to support his bid for a third term as prime minister maliki also resisting calls to quit saying that the

president stalin's is harming the country's independence washington's calling for a more inclusive government in iraq and pledged its full support for the president janice lowry everest who's written widely on america's record in iraq thinks the u.s. would like to see the embattled prime minister removed. the molecule regime has put in power by the united states is a product of the two thousand three invasion it is a pro imperialist very reactionary very repressive regime it is fueled sectarian tensions carried out his crimes if you know the sunni population and the us as a gun bombing iraq warrants again so i would not doubt the united states is maneuvering behind the scenes to put in power every day he is more comfortable with it it is not all of this in the name of humanitarianism and the unity of

iraq. well iraq's power struggle could hardly comedy was time the country is under attack by islamic state jihadists who have already carved out swathes of northwest of the country and declared a caliphate that thousands of iraqi religious minorities have fled into remote areas to escape slaughter by a group that even al qaeda rejects. thousands from the minority here being trapped by the militants on a mountain near the turkish border kurdish forces managed to free some of them many more remain in danger jihadists consider them devil worshipers and have already executed those they captured. the u.s. has conducted asterix out the militants in iraq targeting their artillery positions and convoys lawmakers in washington wanted a direct invasion fearing that the u.s. risks an attack on home soil like nine eleven but as well the. as

a key way points out the jihadist were cultivated by the u.s. in the first place. the intervention of the united states several weeks ago by deploying so-called military advisors and intelligence specialists today has resulted in aerial bombardments which they say could go on perhaps for several weeks what the united states government is not saying is that they gave at least tactical support to elements from the islamic state of iraq and syria now calling itself the islamic state of course they fought for several years by supplying arms and other intelligence and tackle support to the armed opposition groups in syria some of the same elements that last year were fighting very fiercely with the support of the united states and turkey and other western states to defeat militarily the government of bashar al assad in syria today these elements were

spread out and crossed the border into iraq are in fact being bombed by the united states. elsewhere around the world now and demonstrations against islamic state militants have taken place in the netherlands scuffles broke out with police while demonstrators were also seen clashing with protesters at the counter-rally the netherlands has witnessed several pro and anti islamic state for a test in recent months as well as incendiary public speeches and a rise in hate crimes earlier this month the country became the first in europe to buy the line of the black flag of the movement. a suspected case of ebola in remaining here has scared people off going to hospital after a man was admitted to an infectious disease unit it recently returned from nigeria displaying symptoms connected to but doctors are yet to give a conclusive diagnosis nigeria's become the fourth west african country to declare a national emergency over the.