as you do with your new found anything mission to teach me reason why you should care about humans. this is why you should care what you only. fears of a possible environmental catastrophe as a great army shells a chemical factory in what it calls the final stage of its liberation off the rest of east of the country also. down swat teams are deployed to stop looting and street violence in the u.s. state of missouri after the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer and. and new three day cease fire has so far gone and broken in gaza as israeli and hamas to go she and the devastating war that's killed almost two thousand palestinians.

this is our t.v. coming to live from moscow with the marina joshing now the ukrainian army says it's and during quote the final stage of its mission to liberate deniece but so far this appears only to have meant stepping up its shelling of residential districts of east ukraine is biggest city the mayor's office reports and going explosions and artillery fire in the city's south. you didn't. really do it and would. you please there was a woman. more than a dozen buildings have been damaged in the past twenty four hours and this is the nearby city of shock to risk another into a government stronghold and target of caves crackdown it's been almost completely deserted european security monitors reported that a few people who remain in the city have no access to basic supplies. back.

to the patients and staff of this maternity unit have been forced to stay in a basement nurses say they managed to get upstairs for only about ten minutes to get food and use the basic facilities but then bombardment starts again. as cave tries to wrest back control of the east and major a new threat has emerged the region houses scores of industrial facilities and plant managers are raising the alarm over a potential catastrophe these are projects that landed at a major calico plant outside manske officials and factory say that if the army carries out carries on targeting its facilities there is a high risk of an environmental disaster or whatever you want to go to the bottom. of the city and the chemical plant continue day and night visually and now as they do to the irresponsible actions of the ukrainian army the citizens of ukraine

russia and belarus are exposed to the deadly threat of an ecological disaster on a daily bases the size of which can be calculated with minimal impact zoom would be at least three hundred kilometers to the council plant in garlic a stores over two thousand tons of a substance known as blood poison. used in pain production if it and tears the body it affects the liver hard bone marrow and can cause death on top of that there are also its thirty tons of t.n.t. at the facility and nearby ten thousand cubic meters of liquid ammonia are reportedly stored exposure to it and high concentrations can lead to blindness long damage and death let's get more on this now and more splay should know the dangers from alastair hay a professor of environmental toxicology think is much alister for being with us here in our t. now what kind of health threats exactly do the substances at the plant post tell us

more. well as you suggested the facts. on many organ systems this particular chemical it's coal not troops or benzene or horror nights you've been seeing it is something that affects oxygen carrying potential into blood and it causes a condition called meant him a globe anemia and in essence that prevents the gym being carried around in the bloodstream so you can get a range of effects as a result of that and most organ systems are affected then i'd not convinced about the massive ecological damage my view is that you should never attack a chemical plant anyway well if you know what we will discuss it a little a later but i'd like to go back now to the risks that you were talking about you know just judging by what you told us it's pretty serious you know that the health problems that all of those chemicals can produce but the question here is if the

risks are so serious how well protected are the storage areas yes absolutely i mean this is a chemical that is essentially a solid it doesn't burn very easily and unless you direct last specifically at the chemical much of it should remain intact but in my view you shouldn't. never attack a chemical plant with the possibility of releasing chemicals into the environment we saw that many years ago that the consequences of that when there were attacks on belgrade and chemical complexes outside it and so really chemical plants i think ought to be a no go zones for either side in any kind of conflict because of the risk of chemicals being spread far and wide well that there are fears that areas of up to three hundred kilometers a may be affected should occur can you explain how that's possible.

but i didn't think there would be a risk as far as that at all this is a chemical that is largely a solvent if it is vaporized in some way and that would possibly be by direct hits with explosives or very intense fire chemical does it that they once it's in the air there for a very long time. degrades in the atmosphere very very slowly so the concentrations for example falls by off over something like ninety day if it lands on soil water it's also there for quite a long time it doesn't degrade it will easily so you are talking about a contamination problem if chemical is released from beyond the factory confines that has implications honestly for people for the environment for any crops that are grown so a chemical plant to be

a no go zone in any conflict. all very briefly you know the managers of the firm raise the alarm but the owners say there's nothing to worry about is the factories currently not operational who's right in your opinion there briefly. well that's very difficult to say i not obviously privy to what's going on there. i think it's i said if it's solid it is solid unless there's a direct hit i think the risks the small but you shouldn't run the risk of there being any direct attack on the factory in the first day and i would hope that i decide would observe that kind all. and would say that it is just not worth the risk of this plant being attacked and people and the environment being affected. i think is so much for sharing your thoughts with us here our senior national professor of environmental toxicology welcome back i. now the

o.s.c. is demanding that a russian photo journalist has been missing in ukraine for almost a week now being released amnesty international says reporters should not be taken hostage while moscow has urged rights groups to help andre stan and his colleagues from other ria novosti news agency have launched a twitter campaign with the hash tag free andrew and he was reportedly detained by ukraine's security services but that's something kiev denies it's not the first time a journalist covering the conflict in east ukraine has gone missing last month graham phillips from britain was working forty one he was seized by ukraine's security forces before releasing phillips they also denied detaining him. ridge coming out in a program bal ground baghdad the iraqi capital is engulfed by a power struggle with the islamist insurgency and u.s. military intervention. riots erupted overnight in the

u.s. state of missouri over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager by a police officer locals say they have had enough of lloyd force member tally and what they call racial profiling witnesses saw michael brown with his hands up when an on duty police officer shot him several times at close range some officials claim the killing came after a violent struggle between the teenager and the officer but the police car had no dashboard camera to provide food which of the incident is going to account reports it's the latest in a string of police brutality cases in america. was captured on a bystander scammer new york police suspect the men of selling individual cigarettes it is so easy to get just 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 barry gardner can be heard saying i can't breathe several times if you. and the rest of the

evening meeting eric garner died lying at the feet of those police officers leaving behind a wife and six children my son is missing is the dad of the officer who put their garner in an apparent chokehold has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk duty the video garners that things july would viral sparking protests in local communities why has the city not a bargain a campaign that targets zero deaths a 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 solo or for jaywalking. was back i was never asked what my name was out was never told what i was in violation of in california fifty one year old marlene pinette quote is walking along the highway when a patrol officer straddled her and began repeatedly punching her upper body. the

woman is known to be homeless and reportedly suffering from psychiatric problems i think much of the fruits now eighty pounds for arm or cultural problem where police officers have been used to school in a power structure where they think that 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 of their care or writing course for office that's pretty cold so i don't think there's a paper or costume for this the officer apologized for the statement and resigned. the cases of brutality well documented on camera casts a shadow on the thousands upon that. 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. and more news after the break including the racial and religious tensions flourishing in israel fueled by the latest gaza war. there's a media leader so we leave that maybe. i will see bush and she surely play your party years ago. where shoes that no one is that stand with to get that you deserve answers from it's all politics. are tea.

leaf. cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. welcome back this is our senior national and you amnesty international report has slammed the u.s. military over the torture and killing of civilians in afghanistan calling these

apparent war crimes that went unpunished. airstrikes were responsible for approximately one thousand civilian deaths and the other key source of civilian casualties was an escalation of so-called force incidents when civilians were fired on at checkpoints or near military convoys the report says the u.s. military falls far short of what is needed to ensure accountability for the alleged war crimes well i'm now joined by amnesty international steve crawshaw director of the office of the secretary general to discuss the findings thank you so much for joining us mr crawshaw now in the report it says that not every civilian death occurring in an armed conflict implies a legal breach under international humanitarian law so the question here is what incidents could be regarded as war crimes during the u.s. military operations in afghanistan. that's correct is that the

bottom line in all these things is disproportionate and clearly if you out one end of the spectrum if the extrajudicial executions in other words if you just come in and kill civilians right there then clearly if you torture somebody to death that's clearly a war crime but beyond that what we're seeing is for example in an strikes where we see that it was only civilians who died for example a group of women girls and women collecting firewood above all what this report is called is left in the dark and we're seeing an absolute lack of accountability we're seeing a lack of investigation we're seeing a lack of any consequence and so we can't say for sure whether this particular particular incident was a war crime or was not but the lack of accountability the lack of investigation is very troubling indeed both in the moral sense in the legal sense and of course for the people of afghanistan who are suffering the consequences now the report also highlights quote the near complete lack of transparency of the u.s. military yet we've seen a number of high profile cases such as that of sergeant robert bales who gunned

down sixteen afghan civilians in two thousand and twelve so why are some soldiers brought to justice while other investigations are shrouded in secrecy. we have as you see seemed say seen some high profile cases in general those have tended to come when. the person's own comrades have kind of brought this forward and where the author and his had been ready to bring it forward the trouble is we have a situation where the military is ready to investigate itself and so too often it appears to them that there is too little incentive to do so so a command can rule whether or not there will be investigations into the possible abuses or the possible crimes being committed that's of course not satisfactory in other countries we see that there is proposed civilian oversight and that's what we're really looking for ways is a change in the law the u.s. of course is not alone in this up to say that russia for example is one where we've again seen too little investigations too often but in the u.s. context what we need is a change of approach we need to see that transparency accountability because nearly

all the ones we looked at including in some way they said there was an investigation that would happen the relatives the friends the witnesses they never heard anything back nobody heard a thing so an absolute lack of transparency so now is there any way in your opinion to may us soldiers answer for their war crimes and if washington chooses to ignore the problem of course. i think washington is ignoring the moment the certainly is a way of addressing these things in a different way. bringing civilian supervision in more so this is happened in a number of other countries where we have seen civilian judges all civilian processes of their and they have the same interest in seeing justice being done and the other part of the justice system what you shouldn't have is in effect people investigating themselves where the inclination is going to be to cover up we haven't actually found that many cases where there was a direct cover up what we don't see is many cases where they have been clearly

ready to turn and that's wrong in afghanistan it's been wrong in chechnya over the years it's wrong in ukraine wherever you have crimes or potential crimes being committed you must have investigation also that's what brings the closure for those who have over suffered grievously and that's what brings stability for the future i see of croshere director office of the secretary general amnesty international thank you so much for talking to us here r.t. . israeli and palestinian delegations are in cairo hoping to secure a longer term ceasefire the latest temporary truce appears to be holding after it began late on sunday the conflict now over a month long has claimed more than one thousand five hundred palestinian lives and is laughed gaza in ruins. i. am reading those. that are carrying divorce loud in the east.

somehow last officials say rocket attacks will resume in three days if you go she has brokered by egypt leave no were the militants won the blockade of gaza lifted but israel says its closure is necessary to prevent arms smuggling a previous seventy two hour truce and on friday and at least twenty palestinians have been killed since then even though the intensity of the fighting diminished the conflict has cemented anger among people on both sides of the border as harry fear now reports. since the latest israel gaza conflict began there's been a spike in racial violence and tension between jews and arabs throughout both the yorkie pite territories and his relit so 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 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 in new york he pined 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. the war began were really few of the settlers one leaves the fear in his heart the situation's not like before and some israelis say they too now live in a climate of fear i am in the wife and and i when i walk in. so i can't survive my myself and arabic drive to take me from my

home and i'm scared i'm scared i'm scared to a drive with them because there was a case that a murder. a girl go to a while and they killed her. yes didn't feel any suspicion hate but that's politics this is the sit between those days of on the phone here at the but to choose the hamas i choose. to vote they voted for him for the from us and now though we'd be one day 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 in occupation we cannot accept to be violated on daily bases and say we are fine with it but this ten years do not take people because what the order they hate people because they are jews simply but listen to me and do not accept your patient and its policy.

see jerusalem. and on our website r.t. dot com a wave compiled a picture gallery called stolen childhood containing images of children in gaza trapped in the violence. with the iraqi government under pressure from the islamist insurgency in the country a power struggle has erupted in baghdad the country's president has named a new prime minister after the previous premier nouri al maliki was denied a third term by lawmakers and some officials say maliki could now be preparing a military coup well he has already launched a verbal assault on the country's president accusing him of violating the constitution in dealing with parliament says he'll file an official complaint over president assumes actions meanwhile the u.s. is urged iraq to form an inclusive government and is backing the country's president. political route in baghdad comes amid washington's on going into

wrenching against islamic state militants in northern iraq u.s. jets have already carried out at least four air strikes against the insurgents washington has now reportedly also begun directly arming kurdish resistance fighters in the country's north american lawmakers have called for an even tougher response they claim is the most are a direct threat to america well let's discuss the latest developments with military journalist naser abdo carter thanks much for joining us now the u.s. is going to great lengths of this point to help islam in northern iraq and that's an oil rich region and the jihad is have already captured several oil fields there why do you sing washington decided to launch a military intervention now. i think. this was the great victory he had they have achieved in and most of them first i think. we'd all. like to benefit from that we didn't try to

exploit that success and that i've house first. they thought that i bought from their word plank to crush the force of the thing was their actions and now looks like the focus is on the north bank to fight the bush. who playing the city over yellow they are only about thirty minutes from out of view the couple of the could stand this thing so i think the iraqi government feels now as well as the local authority the good dish local also to be framing top of the now the good dish also to be. really blaming the central government and the americans that the same time for not delivering. the a nice weapons to fire these few fighters.

gunning them who have more and who are. trying to their own eyes everyone and. they face and sometimes their bodies people alive well you know mr arnault now i just want to ask you a question here about the u.s. role because you were touching on it earlier you know the u.s. a princely supported the now ex prime minister and the real maliki but it looks down to right now it's backing his opponent to the iraqi president so how would you expect washington to react if mocking lose to seize power by force. i think that is a big political problem that i know between the various. forces in iraq and i don't think the americans would find an easy way to solve the problem of.

bring in about a government bush could really represent everyone saw the particular situation. is something i this is benefiting from and i think that iraq in iraq right now maliki is trying to dig in to hold true to his or soroti and that's why he deployed all the. shiite militia which. is obedient to him and the bug thanks to dig and if you would really to have someone taken his place so i don't know and well if the if there would be if i lived in the. opening for a political solution for this crisis because that is no way you know the americans with strikes or the push want to go with the receiving some weapons would really solve the problem of pfizer's the problem of this could be solved finally and the

and and all the way through a political solution which good really a group all the different forces of iraq to come together and then i think. this would find itself very vulnerable to all these us tidal forces all. and they come in and do and do a solid coalition backed by a political authority got them all right and mr way to tell you how iraq could be saved we're running out of time where the way we could talk about it of course more but thank you so much now for sharing your thoughts and he's with us that was a life or road military journalist and he's our abdulla catarrh thank you so much. well it's almost time for crosstalk here on c.n.n. national but if you are watching us in the u.k. coming up next a special report on rape culture in u.s. colleges don't go away.

it was recently revealed that under the guise of an hiv prevention workshop and as tourists you know latin americans were sent to cuba by the u.s. government to overthrow that government yes the u.s. agency for international development organized for these young people to go to cuba to recruit and set up new political activists however the infiltrators were not very good at their jobs and the cuban authorities were able to nab these well funded travelers in their country this is nowhere near the first time that the u.s. government has tried to meddle in cuba in two thousand and nine usa he tried to set up a twitter like program to organize people in cuba and we can't forget about the ill fated cuban television airplane that was supposed to bombard the island with western media that was totally blocked by the government during the cold war i could see the justification to dominate cuba if the us didn't have influence in a country that automatically the soviets did but now was just why does the us need to infiltrate cuba and by what right do you want doesn't have nukes put in america

and they have limited industrial capacity they can't do anything to anyone just leave the poor island alone and let the people there figure out their own future without the us state department's help but that's just my opinion. you got a lot of sneering and negative press for your engagements here in russia especially public appearances speculate and even though they weren't explicitly politically or just supporting sports. some people's resume has become very adept at is controlling the media to sample right here c.n.n. do i think c.n.n. is you know completely telling it like it is no i think it's a have an agenda i think through gender is is bought and paid for.